Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 761: Transfer of 200 Million Euros_1

Chapter 761: Chapter 761: Transfer of 200 Million Euros_1

If you’re a professional in the football industry, you certainly know that Buffon’s transfer last year was the world’s top transfer, making him the most expensive transfer of 2002!

But the thing is, Wang Ye is not part of the football world; he’s just a pseudo soccer fan, so naturally he didn’t pay attention to this.

Now when he heard the figure mentioned by David Dain, he is slightly taken aback.

Dang, didn’t realize that in 2003, footballer’s value had started to inflate so much.

Thankfully, the price isn’t outrageous enough that he can’t afford it.

So, Wang Ye unnoticeably nodded, saying: "Hmm, okay, do we need to buy any other players?"

Both Wenger and David Dain were stunned because they didn’t understand what Wang Ye meant by "okay".

So is he going to buy Buffon or just skip out on Buffon...

Wenger, being a more straightforward person, asked: "So, are we going to buy Buffon? Of course, the difficulty is quite high. If it is not possible, I have a backup list. They are also capable, and the price is not that high, the transfer difficulties are not that great."

Wang Ye waved his hand, laughed, and said: "It’s Buffon. I admire him as a player. By the way, do we need a central defender? How about Nesta?"

This certainly has some of Wang Ye’s personal preferences. In his past life, his favorite three players were Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, and Nesta...

Ronaldo does not need mentioning, he’s Wang Ye’s favorite player. In the heart of many old soccer fans, he is the only one who can sit on the "King of Soccer" throne after Pele!

Unfortunately, by 2003, he had already passed his peak. He had at the most one more year of glory before he slowly disappeared from top-tier football after 2004.

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Wang Ye’s words once again shocked the other two.

Just one Buffon would probably require tens of millions of Euros!

And you want to add Nesta on top of that?!

Although he is a defender, Nesta’s fame and price are absolutely top-notch in world football!

He is a truly deserving superstar!

Oh, it’s worth mentioning that in 2002 Nesta transferred to AC Milan from Lazio for 31 million Euros.

The transfer fee was also outrageously high.

If you truly wanted to acquire Buffon and Nesta, without a transfer budget over 100 million Euros, you wouldn’t even think about it!

Juventus and AC Milan are not poor clubs that need to sell their star players. Even if they agreed to sell, the premium would certainly be very high.

"The transfer budget..." David Dain said tentatively.

When he went to Moscow a while ago to meet with Wang Ye, they mentioned an annual transfer fee of 30 million pounds.

At the time, David Dain was already very satisfied, feeling that this much money was enough to bring in two or three powerful players for team reinforcement.

That’s when they never dared to think of any superstar players!

But it’s clear now that 30 million pounds neither buys Nesta, nor Buffon. Let alone the two of them together...

Wenger held his breath, looking expectantly at Wang Ye.

He of course hoped that Wang Ye was not joking and was actually determined to bring both Buffon and Nesta to Arsenal.

By the addition of two or three more competent players along with these two superstars, and the existing team, Wenger believes that Arsenal will be quite powerful!

Wang Ye chuckled lightly and casually said:

"I will pay for these players separately, not accounting for them in the club’s normal transfer.

Apart from Buffon and Nesta, someone recommended another player to me named Ronaldinho. This player won’t be very expensive, probably could be acquired for around 30 million Euros.

These three football stars are sort of a gift to the fans after I took over Arsenal Club."

David Dain and Wenger were overjoyed!

No need to mention Buffon and Nesta. If the two of them came, that would definitely give a huge boost to the team’s strengths!

Even Ronaldinho is not an ordinary player, with a value of 30 million Euros, he is also considered a luxury brand player.

Moreover, the two of them had heard of this star, who was at Paris Saint-Germain Team, performing quite well.

As for the French League, Coach Wenger is certainly very familiar.

Actually, he’s a bit puzzled, because no matter how you look at it, Ronaldinho can’t compare with Buffon and Nesta, but the new boss saw something in this player.

Wenger didn’t bother thinking too much about this. After all, he wasn’t the one paying. Just consider it as the boss being capricious.

After all, Arsenal only has Henry as the core forward, which was originally one of the positions needed to be reinforced.

Now looking at the three players brought by the new boss, they’re definitely not being bought randomly. They are all needed for team reinforcement.

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Three superstars would certainly require quite a bit of money.

Wang Ye estimated, if they wanted a clean transfer for these three players, they would have to throw enough money at the club to leave them no room to refuse.

Maybe other methods could also effectively lower the transfer price.

But Wang Ye didn’t want to use those methods. Unnecessary, won’t save much money anyway. It’s better to spend a bit more money, and cultivate the image of a wealthy, luxury club.

To a certain extent, whether or not a club is rich is an absolute key factor to becoming a luxury club!

Only with a rich club, could you afford to buy star players and provide them with better salary treatment.

With superstars, and the ability to retain them with generous treatments, the team could possess stronger abilities, which then leads to better results.

Like this, the club will have stronger appeal to other players...

This positive cycle, if a club can perform well commercially, it will become a true luxury club within a few years.

Real Madrid, Manchester United, the Milan teams, they all started like this, right?

Sayings like historical heritage are rubbish.

If a club has won league championships consecutively as well as UEFA Champions League, achieved double-crown and triple-crown repeatedly, even if it’s a new club, who dares to say it’s not a luxury club?

If they were to blast the other clubs with money until they agreed to sell, Wang Ye made a preliminary estimation.

Buffon might cost between 80 million to 100 million Euros!

Nesta is a bit cheaper, perhaps between 50 and 60 million Euros.

Ronaldinho is even cheaper; he should be around 30 million Euros.

To add it up, it’s at least 1.6 billion Euros, at most 2 billion Euros!

And that’s not including the money for Messi and C Ronaldo...

Fortunately, Wang Ye has prepared enough money.

Moreover, after these players arrive, they may not need much big transfers for the next few years. Compared to A Bu’s Chelsea, it’s relatively more economical...

After all, Arsenal’s foundation is good. The main framework is in place. All they need is to reinforce individual positions with stars to steadily increase combat power.