Forty million!

Or the euro!

When news from Italian media reached China, it immediately caused a huge response at home.

No one expected that the Chinese Super League, which had always been a big deal, could even sell such an amazing sky-high price, which was 40 million euros!

Not only are the domestic football and fan circles in the country, but even all sectors of society are paying attention to this transfer.

Soon, deeper details came from abroad, allowing everyone to see the entire process of this transfer.

It turned out that the world's top agent Jorge Mendes was the one who personally operated the transfer. It was precisely because of his smart calculations, excellent operating skills, and the clever cooperation of Chinatown that Juventus finally forced him to accept the sky-high price.

Gao Han also specially accepted an interview with an authoritative TV station and analyzed the transfer.

"Augusto transfers to Juventus for 40 million euros. Is this transfer expensive?"

"The answer is clear. It is indeed expensive, but not expensive."

"Why do you say that?"

"The transfer market is a market economy, and the price is determined by supply and demand. The situation in the Serie A has not been very good in recent years, but the two strong teams Inter Milan and Juventus have taken the opportunity to grow. In the Champions League prize pool every year, the part of the Italian team belonging to the Italian team is nearly 90 million euros, and most of them are divided by these two teams."

"It can be said that the overall Serie A is poor, but Juventus and Inter Milan are very wealthy. They have money on hand, but no one. They need high-level players. But they have a lot of money to find that the high-level midfielders in European football have been extremely scarce in recent years. How scarce are they?"

"Before buying Augusto, Juventus, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea, Barcelona and Liverpool and other giant teams all fell in love with Monaco's midfielder Baccayoko. He is very young and only 22 years old, but Monaco rejected a 60 million euro offer from a Premier League team, and this player has not played for the national team yet."

"The reason I give this example is just to tell all the fans and all peers that we should not be arrogant, but we should not be self-deprecating. Buying a Brazilian midfielder with a high performance for 40 million euros is not worthy of shock in the European transfer market."

"Perhaps, the only thing that surprises is that this popular Brazilian international comes from the Chinese Super League."

Gao Han believes that Augusto's transfer is of great reference value and proves that the competitiveness of the Chinese Super League is not that weak.

“More importantly, I think it shows us a path.”

"Augusto transfers to Juventus, which means that the Chinese professional league is officially in line with other mainstream leagues in the world. The so-called market is about incoming and outgoing. In the past, we always blindly relied on spending money to introduce outside players, but in fact, I think we can also send our players to the outside world appropriately."

"We did two transactions this summer, one of which was Augusto's transfer to Juventus. Everyone knows it, but in fact, we also sent Ilmaz back to Turkey. The transfer fee was 10 million euros, which was higher than when he joined. With Ilmaz's transfer fee, we introduced three young foreign players, Richarlison, Artur and Lucas Verisimo."

"And I positioned Beijing Chinatown as a springboard to European wealthy families."

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Gao Han’s exclusive interview on TV not only caused heated discussions in the fan group, but also caused discussions in all walks of life.

The authoritative party newspaper highly praised Augusto's transfer and believed that it would be a milestone in the development of the Chinese professional league. The world's top operating team introduced by Beijing Chinatown also allowed everyone to see the role of the hero behind the scenes.

It is not easy to operate such a transfer transaction. You must not only see Juventus' desire for talent, but also weigh Juventus's wallet. At the same time, you must be able to accurately grasp the general trend in the transfer market. Finally, you need to have smart operations.

As for what Gao Han finally said, he hoped to use Beijing Chinatown as a springboard for wealthy families, the authoritative party newspaper also praised this positioning.

Augusto is the best example.

Judging from the three foreign players introduced by Beijing Chinatown, they are all very young and promising players. After a little bit of crafting, I believe that it will not be difficult to sell at a good price in the European top league in the future.

This is also the trajectory of Chinatown's rise in La Liga.

The strong youth training, talent training, and excellent scouting system have made Chinatown a star-making factory for the wealthy teams. They were poached by opponents every year, but the result was that they became stronger and stronger, and they even achieved three consecutive Champions League championships.

This summer, he sold eight core players in exchange for a transfer fee of one billion euros, which is probably unprecedented in the history of the European professional league. But even so, Chinatown is still ranked among the top in La Liga, most of whom are hovering in the second and third positions, and has also launched another famous coach after Pochettino and Zidane, Valverde.

The authoritative party newspaper finally summarized, calling on domestic football players to consider Gao Han's suggestions. It is not possible to burn money wildly, and there will always be a stop. The European League can attract hot money from all over the world and make fans around the world pay for them, but the Chinese Super League cannot.

Since that's the case, then finding the best way to survive as soon as possible and accurately finding your position in the world football market will undoubtedly be the biggest test for the Chinese Super League teams in the next step.

The answer given by Beijing Chinatown is to tap into the potential of new players, so what about other teams?

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Compared with the strong discussion caused by Augusto's sky-high transfer, another thing Gao Han mentioned in an exclusive interview with the authoritative TV station did not attract the attention of the outside media and fans, but it caused riots between the Football Association, the Chinese Super League team and the capital.

That is Gao Han called for postponement of the China Cup Invitational, or even cancellation.

At that time, Gao Han just told him about it in one sentence and did not talk in depth, but the industry insiders still noticed it.

The debate about the China Cup Invitational has been long, and it has caused discussions and even protests among industry insiders since the competition was scheduled in January.

The reason is very simple. January is the most critical pre-match preparation period for the Chinese Super League team. At this time, the international players are transferred to play such a cup match. I believe there is no need to say much, but I am very clear about the losses caused by the club.

Not only the national football team, but also the opponents in the game.

As a person who has coached in the European League for more than ten years, Gao Han knew very well that in January, the European League was in a critical winter break, and the Premier League was the most intensive stage of the schedule. At this time, it was impossible for any team to allow international players to participate in national team competitions.

Since it is not on international match days, it is impossible for the national team to force the international team to return to the team.

Not to mention the European League, even their own teams will probably be difficult for the national team to draw national players and go to China to play an invitational tournament. Therefore, it goes without saying how valuable such an event is.

The three teams invited this time are Croatia, Iceland and Chile. The teams are all strong teams and meet Gao Han's previous requirements, but their opponents are all for money. Even when Gao Han called Modric, Kovacic, Sanchez and others to find out the situation, they had not even received the national team's call.

This is obvious. The other party has only one goal from the beginning, making money by walking.

With Gao Han’s current status and influence, even just a casual word can cause heated discussions across the country.

After hearing the voices from the outside world, Gao Han quickly clarified on Weibo, saying that he highly recognized the good intentions of the capital party in operating such an event and cherished the opportunity to have such an international competition at home, but the time is indeed not suitable.

Gao Han also said that many Chinese Super League teams have just gathered, and some have not even started winter training. At this time, the national team was recruited into the team and they did not have the ability to play games. Instead of doing this, it is better to delay and choose the right time again.

The Football Association quickly responded to the appeal from Gao Han and said that it was carefully studying and considering Gao Han's suggestions.

The investor's attitude is relatively bad. He asked at the beginning, saying that he had worked hard for two years and had been preparing for this event for the past six months. Even the provinces and cities where the event were located have done their best to cooperate and invested huge resources. Now it is already an arrow. Is it appropriate to call for a pause at this time?

Although he did not name a name, the spearhead was undoubtedly directed at Gao Han.

Gao Han's reply was as gentle as ever, and there was no intention of having a conflict with the other party at all.

He first apologized, saying that he did have any inadequate considerations, but he said in a humble manner that he was just the head coach of the national team and was only responsible for the national team. He did not receive news until recently about the specific operation of the event and the selection of participating teams.

"I have reacted to these questions many times in the past month, but I have not received any answers."

"As a head coach, my responsibility is to lead the national team and the international team. No matter which game it is, we will do our best, but I will never allow players who do not have the ability to participate in the game to appear on my team."

The implication is that even if the national team is forced to participate, Gao Han will only recruit some players from the second team, or even third team, and fourth team.

Gao Han's argument has strived to receive support from all international players, and even many Chinese Super League teams and football people have praised him.

Others may not know how important pre-season training is to a team and a player, but Gao Han is very clear about it.

The pre-season training camp affects not only the start of the league, but the first half, even the entire season. This is true for the team and the players.

This is also why Gao Han always liked to complete transfers before training when coaching European teams in the past. La Liga Chinatown and Beijing Chinatown, which he was able to make decisions, also completed transfers early, leaving the team and coaching staff with plenty of time to prepare for training.

Just imagine, if in this case, elite teams were drawn for an invitational tournament with low value, even if it only took a few days, it would completely disrupt the preparation plan of each team. It would needless to say how much impact it would be.

Gao Han's position was quickly recognized by domestic fans and public opinion. Many people who did not dare to speak out also stood up and said, believing that the schedule of the invitational tournament should indeed be reconsidered.

Under pressure, the Football Association quickly came forward and said that they agreed to participate in the competition and did not consider the schedule. It was indeed unprofessional of the Football Association. They will communicate and coordinate with all their efforts to achieve a proper solution.

The investor also quickly came forward to clarify, saying that he had absolutely no intention of questioning Gao Han. At the same time, the organizer also seriously considered Gao Han's suggestions and was currently communicating and coordinating with all parties.

At the end of December, the investors finally issued a statement saying that the invitational tournament would be postponed.

But just when the Chinese Super League team, the national team and the national team were very excited and thought that Gao Han won another victory, Gao Han was not happy at all.

Because he knew that many things had not been changed, such unprofessional troubles would come one after another in the future.
Chapter completed!