Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The transfer window opened on January 2, 2003.

Manchester City officially announced that the team signed the Brazilian superstar Kaka for 12 million euros.

However, Kaka will stay in Sao Paulo until June 30, 2003, and then officially join the team on July 1.

Yang Luo remembered that the Premier League would soon introduce a special talent clause, and it would be easier to apply for a work permit for Kaka at that time.

On the same day, Manchester City announced that it had officially hired Woodward as the CEO of Manchester City.

The old guy finally handed over the affairs of JPMorgan Chase and officially joined the team.

As soon as this news came out, many people were shocked.

Who is this guy?

Where did Yang Luo get such a piece of material?

Soon, Woodward's working experience was exposed.

They were surprised to find that this man had never had any experience related to football in his previous career.

So, David Jones of the Guardian immediately wrote a report: "Manchester City Club has appointed a new CEO. But as far as we know, Mr. Woodward has no previous experience in football and has not obtained any academic certificates related to sports management. Perhaps his only intersection with football before was to help Mr. Yang Luo acquire Manchester City Club. Mr. Yang Luo rashly put such a person in such an important position. Is he far-sighted or is he too frivolous? Let's wait and see."

A reporter blocked Yang Luo who was eating in the restaurant: "Mr. Yang, what is your purpose in hiring such an inexperienced person as CEO?"

Yang Luo smiled: "Mr. Woodward is a genius. I believe he can create more commercial development income for the club."

The reporter asked again: "But he has no experience, don't you think this is a gamble?"

Yang Luo looked at him strangely: "Manchester City is mine, so what's wrong with the gamble? It's not your money."

The reporter was stunned.

After buying the Brazilian double star, Manchester City's budget spent less than 35 million pounds.

According to Yang Luo's plan, he wanted to try to spend the remaining 115 million pounds.

So, he pulled Bernstein and went straight to Portugal.

This time, he set his sights on the Portuguese man.

But the management of Sporting CP is not as real as Mr. Juvencio in Sao Paulo. They are members of the famous Portuguese three black shops.

With Manchester City's current reputation, if you want to buy people from them, you must bear a very high premium.

Moreover, the agent of the man now is named Mendes.

Yang Luo had a headache just thinking about it.

But the man was too tempting, and he was absolutely unwilling to give him to the red-nosed old man.

So he came to Sporting CP.

At first, he offered 15 million euros, but he didn't expect to be rejected directly.

So he decisively raised the offer to 20 million euros.

Bernstein frowned. He really looked down on this boy who was just a show-off, not to mention that he needed such a high price.

He couldn't help but wink at Yang Luo, but Yang Luo was unmoved.

For Yang Luo, 20 million euros for Comrade Cristiano was like picking him up for free!

Sure enough, this generous temperament stunned the chairman of Sporting CP, and they finally reached an agreement on the price of 23 million euros.

The next thing was the matter between Manchester City Club and the players.

While the chairman of Sporting CP was out on the phone, Bernstein couldn't sit still anymore: "Boss, we can't do this no matter how rich we are. I've seen the video of this Cristiano Ronaldo. Although he has certain skills, speed and physique are also good, he is a show-off and not worth the price at all!"

Yang Luo smiled: "In my mind, he is a future Ballon d'Or-level player, so I'm willing to pay any price."

Bernstein was stunned.

Yang Luo glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, we still have plenty of money!"

Bernstein opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

After a while, a man who looked very capable knocked on the door and walked in.

Behind him was a young man who looked a little green.

Yang Luo recognized at a glance that this was the future five-time Ballon d'Or winner, the greatest player in Portuguese history, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Aldo!

But at this time, he was far from the temperament of a superstar in the future, and even a little rustic.

After all, he was a player from a small island, and he still lacked some experience in facing the spotlight.

Mendes came over and shook hands with Yang Luo and Bernstein very politely: "Hello, Mr. Yang Luo and Mr. Bernstein."

Yang Luo's heart moved, this was the only foreigner who could accurately call his full name when they met for the first time.

This top agent really has something, he must have studied himself.

Sure enough, after Mendes and Ronaldo sat down together, the future top agent immediately chatted with Yang Luo and the others in a familiar way.

He just said: "Mr. Yang Luo, since you took over Manchester City, you have made many big moves. You should want to make a big change in the club, right?"

Yang Luo did not hide it from him: "The current lineup cannot meet my plan for the club, so a change is necessary."

Mendes said: "Then I want to ask, what is the position of my Cristiano in the team?"

Yang Luo said frankly: "He is the cornerstone of my team."

C Ronaldo moved beside him.

Mendes looked at his eyes carefully, and then said: "Thank you for your honesty. But the club's supporting facilities and coaching configuration are still far behind those of the top teams, which will hinder Cristiano's growth..."

Yang Luo said: "I understand your concerns. This is also the problem I will solve next."

Mendes said: "Do you have any target candidates?"

Yang Luo smiled: "How about your old acquaintance Mourinho?"

Mendes was stunned. Many of his men played under Mourinho. It would be best if he could invite him.

But Yang Luo said, "I was just joking. Mourinho is a top-notch winner, but he is not necessarily the best at training young players. I plan to hire a coach who is good at using young players."

Mendes looked at him inquiringly: "For example?"

Yang Luo smiled: "Mr. Mendes, this involves our next plan."

Mendes also smiled: "Sorry. I said too much."

Yang Luo glanced at him: "Then I wonder if Mr. Mendes and Mr. Cristiano Ronaldo are interested in joining my team?"