Sao Paulo, Brazil.

"Hey, Jorge, my friend, welcome to Mollombe!"

Paul Amaral, chairman of the São Paulo Football Club, walked out of the door excitedly to welcome Jorge Mendes from Europe, and an assistant to the Brazilian football tycoon Firge who accompanied the Portuguese agent.

"Hello, I'm glad to see you, Paul!"

After shaking hands and saying politely, several people walked into St. Paul's club side by side.

When we arrived at the conference room, we sat down with the host and the guests, someone immediately sent boiling water and coffee.

"Tell me, my dear friend, what can we help you?" Paul Amaral asked diligently.

Jorge Mendes' heart sank. He could see that this was not a good person.

There is a meme circulating in Spanish football, about Real Betis.

It is said that many European teams fell in love with De Nielsen at that time. Everyone believes that this talented star who has high expectations in Brazil will become another great superstar after Pele and Ronaldo.

But why did Real Betis end up falling?

It was because Paul Amaral asked for too high a price that scared away potential buyers.

In the end, Real Betis, who was eager to enhance the team's strength, became the sucker.

Facts have proved that at a very high price, Real Betis has become the most tragic takeover in football history.

Paul Amaral made an extremely smart deal.

It seems that this vampire chairman is not easy to deal with at all.

But since it has come, there is no need to worry too much.

"Paul, let me be honest, a team has fallen in love with your players and has entrusted me to come and contact you."

Paul Amaral was not surprised, but still smiled so hard that his eyes were about to squint into a slit.

"That's our honor, my friend, you're right here, we'll definitely be able to complete a beautiful deal."

Jorge Mendez smiled.

"I don't know which team is entrusted to you?"

"I almost went bankrupt a year ago and was relegated to the Spanish Second Division, but I've been promoted to Atletico Madrid this season."

Mendes' words are also very particular.

It depends on who does the business. In European football, there are always a few teams that are not short of money. You always have to pay more when buying people.

For example, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and several giants in Serie A are all like this.

When Paul Amaral's face changed slightly when he heard it was Atletico Madrid, his eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment.

But soon, the smart Brazilian smiled again.

"Which player is the player at Atletico Madrid's favourite?"

Mendes replied without hesitation: "Kaka!"

"Kaka?" Amaral was a little surprised.

You know, this player is not the most conspicuous player in the Sao Paulo team, so how could he be favored by European teams?

Especially Atletico Madrid in La Liga.

No matter how poor this team is, it is still the third giant in Spain.

But when he saw this guy slapped his thigh hard, and smiled and praised: "You guys are so good at it."

Mendes was stunned, what's going on?

"I tell you, this is the rookie that our team values ​​the most now. Almost all the coaches and scouts in our team praised him. We even tailored physical reinforcement training for him to help him go further."

When Mendes saw him saying this, his face was not flushed or breathless, and he couldn't help but admire him.

I finally saw a shameless guy than me!

And all the coaches are optimistic?

Kaka hasn't even played a starting game so far, okay?

Mendes even learned through Fergere's channels that Kaka has never been the most conspicuous player since the youth team, but rather is a marginal character that is not popular. It has only changed in the past six months.

Why did Amaral become a talented rookie that the team focused on cultivating?

Too shameless!

"Paul, we are not secretly speaking, let's be honest."

Mendes was not moved at all and seemed confident.

"As far as I know, from the children's team, to the junior team, to the youth team, Kaka has never played the main player in Sao Paulo, has always been a substitute, and has even been almost eliminated many times. Is this a bit different from what you said?"

In fact, even now, Mendes still doesn't understand why Gao Han likes Kaka.

The resume of this white Brazilian player looks very ordinary. It can even be said that except for his sudden popularity in the past six months, there is no highlight in the rest of the time. Can he play for Atletico Madrid?

But with the lessons from Marcos Senna, Mendes dared not doubt Gao Han anymore this time.

After all, wasn’t Marcos Senna the same as Kaka now?

After Amaral was exposed, his face remained unchanged and he still looked smiling.

"Jorge, what you said is indeed the truth, but you probably don't know that in the past six months, Kaka's progress has been very fast. Now he has become an important player in our team. He was previously selected for the Brazilian National Youth Team and participated in the World Youth Championship, and performed very well."

"And we have encountered players like Kaka before, such as international Louis Muller and Denilson, who currently plays for Real Betis, have also performed very well in the youth team, but after entering the first team, they have made great progress and become famous in one fell swoop."

Denilson?

He has become a world-famous trash!

Mendes smiled and didn't say it out loud.

What does it mean to perform well?

No highlights at all, okay?

In that Brazilian national youth team, the biggest card is Adriano!

"Our team values ​​Kaka. Maybe you have some doubts, but you can find out that he is the first team at the end of January. In the early February, we renewed a contract with him, and his salary increased by eight times to 6,000 reais. But in less than a month, we renewed another with Kaka, and his salary tripled to 18,000 reais."

"You said, if we didn't value Kaka, would we renew our contracts with him so often?"

Real is Brazilian currency, which is about two to one with the US dollar.

Ten thousand reals are equivalent to nine thousand dollars.

This salary is indeed not low for a young rookie in Brazil.

Mendes frowned when he heard this. He had a premonition that it was not easy to dig Kaka.

It’s not that St. Paul really values ​​kats so much, the key lies in the contract.

The contracts in Brazil's football world are very chaotic, and often they are even signed for short-term purposes.

Sao Paulo renewed his contract with Kaka so frequently and was willing to give such a high salary, so the contract term and liquidated damages must be set very high.

"When will the contract be? How much does it cost to break the contract?" Mendes asked.

"In February 2003, the debt was 200 times the annual salary, 30 million reals."

"What?" Mendes was secretly shocked.

Thirty million reals?

That's $15 million!

There is no way, there is no way!

Fortunately, Gao Han thought Kaka had never played the main player before and had never even started a game, so it should be very cheap.

But now it seems that Sao Paulo was prepared for a long time and set a high threshold early on!

One thousand five million dollars?

This is the price of Barcelona introducing Riquelme!

But can Kaka compare with the famous genius midfielder Rikelme?

"What do you mean?" Mendes asked faintly.

Amaral looked at the Portuguese, still smiling.

But in Mendes' eyes, this smile is not to mention how hypocritical and annoying it is.

"It's very simple. In one sentence, take away the Kaka, you can pay the breach fee!"

"This is impossible!" Mendes refused without hesitation.

"Then there is nothing to talk about." Amaral's attitude was also very tough.

Mendes thought about it and didn't want the negotiations to break down, so he decided to ease the atmosphere.

"Or like that, Paul, I'll contact Atletico Madrid again."
To be continued...