Chapter 185: Battle for Falcao

The words of Falcao's agent, Mocio, have been analyzed countless times in the media. Reporters, experts, and critics always like to be analysts.

They are good at, or like, to extract hidden meaning from every word spoken by the other party.

Even if it is an ordinary sentence: "Hello", they can analyze many similes and metaphors from the speaker's tone, expression and the sentence itself.

This sentence is analyzed and analyzed, and it actually has one meaning.

"Our talks with Lazio have collapsed. If other teams are interested in Falcao, please make an offer quickly. We must run away!"

After being disseminated by the media, the news that Falcao had failed in Lazio's contract renewal negotiations spread throughout Europe within a day.

It can be seen from this that if Gazzetta dello Sport really has to wait for the so-called exclusive news from Pacheco, it is estimated that they can only eat leftovers from others, and even the leftovers will not be able to eat warm... What a tragedy.

Therefore, "Gazzetta dello Sport" did not ask for the original manuscript written by Pacheco. Instead, like other media, it directly extracted Lazio's official statement from the Lazio club's official website and published it as news first.

European clubs were stimulated by this provocation.

Falcao's current performance has made his name resound throughout Europe, and countless European clubs dream of him.

Rich clubs are even more flocking to it.

During this period of time, the core reports of the Italian media, especially the Gazzetta dello Sport, which is well-known in European football, have always been inseparable from Falcao's name, and even helped Falcao to promote it virtually.

A future superstar on the rise at the Lazio club, he has excellent physicality and superb shooting skills. The most important thing is...he is a new low! Such a low annual salary shows that he is easy to find, as long as you can get the Lazio club. That Falcao must be one of yours!

That's why so many clubs want to buy Falcao.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" and other media have used continuous attention to illustrate Falcao's potential and reputation. They are tantamount to helping Falcao write a guarantee letter to guarantee Falcao's future potential and let those hesitant giants We are willing to go to great lengths to buy this person.

This is why England players are generally inflated in value. Because it was all promoted by the English media. One or two of them boasted that they were geniuses who met once in ten years, once in twenty years, once in thirty years, once in fifty years... once in a hundred years.

Naturally the price is high.

Now the Gazzetta dello Sport are doing what the English media did to English players.

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The next day, "Gazzetta dello Sport" published Pacheco's column "Falcao's failure of negotiations means the collapse of Lazio."

In this article, Pacheco cited many data and examples. Citing many interview records to prove my point of view-why did the failure of Falcao's negotiations mean the collapse of Lazio?

Because this is just the beginning. Falcao's failure to renew his contract will shake the morale of the army. It will make more players want to leave Lazio. Especially those who were still hesitating before will make choices now. Falcao set an example for them.

For a club that can't even keep the team's top scorer, what future and future do they have?

This will form a chain reaction, and more players will be affected and flee Lazio.

It ended up being more of a breakdown.

Just like a bank run, the irrational positioning of a small number of people will cause the panic of the majority, which will turn into a social disaster.

Pacheco expounded his views from the perspective of economy and competition.

It seems reasonable and convincing.

His article aggravated everyone's concern about Lazio's economic situation. And concerns over performance - what will Lazio do next season when players are sold out? I'm afraid even Chang Sheng himself is going to leave?

And this season, the players are panicked and want to leave the team. How many people can focus on the game?

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Gazzetta dello Sport is one of the most authoritative professional media in Europe. Their views have always been recognized and sought after by everyone.

Pacheco's article lit a fire in everyone's heart.

The fire is starting to burn - maybe the Lazio supermarket is opening again?

Whether the undecided players at Lazio have made up their minds because of his article is unknown.

But it seems that those clubs who were hesitant to dig Falcao before have made a decision-dig!

And as if catering to the pursuit of these clubs, Falcao scored a hat-trick in the twenty-sixth round of the league and made a very good advertisement.

But what makes Pacheco unhappy is that Lazio won the ball. They relied on Falcao's hat-trick to beat Atlanta 3-0 at home.

It did not reflect the "competitive crisis" that Pacheco asserted.

Moreover, Lazio's direct competitor, Inter Milan, also lost away. They lost to Naples 0:1. The gap of two points became five points again...

An angry Pache scolded Inter Milan in his apartment for not living up to expectations.

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Just after the game, Falcao's agent, Claudio Mocio, told reporters he knew Real Madrid were on the move.

"At the moment, of course Real Madrid is closer to my players..."

Real Madrid has indeed been looking for a powerful center forward.

Raul Gonzalez is playing more and more like a midfielder, Ruud van Nistelrooy is getting old, and Higuain's performance is unstable... The majestic Real Madrid doesn't even have a stroke.

Under such circumstances, Lazio's Falcao naturally entered their sights.

In fact, Real Madrid did start to act. They asked Lazio about Falcao's worth.

A day later, Chang Sheng not only rejected Real Madrid, but also publicly refuted the words of Falcao's agent in the media.

"At present, of course, Lazio is the closest to Falcao. He is not for sale, we will not sell him! It doesn't matter if his suitor is Real Madrid or any other team."

It looks like a battle has been waged for and to defend Falcao...

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After the twenty-sixth round of the league, midweek is the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals between Lazio and Liverpool.

This game is related to who can enter the quarterfinals.

Due to the first round, Liverpool was forced to a 0-0 draw at home by Lazio. So the promotion situation is not very good for Liverpool.

Of course. It's not like there's no chance at all.

As long as they can draw with Lazio in this game, if they still score, they can rely on the advantage of away goals to eliminate Lazio.

Liverpool thought very well.

It's just that they didn't consider how strong Lazio's combat effectiveness is at the Olympic Stadium.

Before the start of the game, Chang Sheng said to them in the locker room: "I said that this season we are going to win the Champions League. Now it seems that this idea still seems like a fantasy. But I know we can do it. You can hear those voices outside now. They want to tear us apart. But we can't let them succeed. For me, for you. It's the same, the Champions League really starts now!"

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Liverpool did score in the game and scored away goals.

But it's meaningless and doesn't help.

Because when they score. The score at that time was already 3:0, and Lazio at home had a three-goal lead!

The game has lost its suspense.

Falcao scored a goal in the game, continuing his recent excellent state.

He has scored five goals in the Champions League this season.

Falcao seems to be using his actual performance to seduce the giants and let them bid for him.

The scouts of the giants in the stands buried themselves in their little notebooks.

Body, consciousness, technology and fighting spirit..."Tiger" Falcao is almost perfect!

"This is a good player worth spending money on, believe me, he can become a super goalscorer with more than 20 goals every season!"

In the end, every scout wrote this on the back of their scouting report.

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Falcao's consecutive outstanding performances have stimulated the giants.

The Champions League has just ended. The media exposed the news that Chelsea bid 30 million to buy Falcao from Lazio!

In this regard, the media excitedly announced: "Chelsea made a move! They fired the first shot for the 'Tiger'!"

When Chelsea made an offer, all eyes were on Lazio.

They wanted to see how Lazio would respond.

Only one day later, it was reported that Lazio had rejected Chelsea.

Chang Sheng stood in front of the reporters: "Yes. We received an offer from Chelsea, but I rejected their offer without hesitation. This is nothing to discuss, Falcao is not for sale!"

Chang Sheng so directly rejected the offer of 30 million yuan without even a stumbling block, which made people doubt whether other teams could poach Falcao from this miser.

You must know that when Changsheng brought Falcao from the River Plate to the Olympic Stadium, it only cost 3 million euros, second only to the 5 million euros bought out of Handanovic from Udinese.

And now Chelsea's first offer for Falcao has reached 30 million!

His net worth has increased tenfold from a year and a half ago!

Some media said that this is more profitable than robbing a bank, and it is faster and risk-free.

But with such a high transfer fee, Chang Sheng still doesn't take it seriously...

Maybe he really didn't intend to sell Falcao?

It's quite normal when you think about it, Falcao performed so well, Chang Sheng had a brain twitch before selling him. Selling the top scorer in the team and attacking the core, this is the rhythm of the end... They thought, Chang Sheng should not be so stupid.

Such voices began to appear in public opinion.

As soon as Pacheco heard such a voice, he became anxious.

If those clubs don't buy Falcao, how can they split Lazio?

You can't do that.

So he wrote an article in Gazzetta dello Sport that Lazio would definitely sell Falcao.

Even if Chang Sheng doesn't sell it, Lotito will.

Because Falcao is now the most expensive player in Lazio. If the debt is to be paid, Falcao must sell!

With the character of Lotito who regards money as his life, he would rather take back the transfer rights he gave Chang Sheng, fall out with Chang Sheng, and sell Falcao.

So even if you can't impress Chang Sheng, as long as you can impress Lotito.

And what is the key to impressing Lotito?

It's a transfer fee, a sky-high transfer fee!

As long as the money is in place, Lotito will definitely allow Falcao to transfer!

Therefore, those teams that are interested in "Tiger" Falcao must be willing to spend their money! Is it worth paying a high price to buy Farkao? Of course worth it!

This striker can earn back your transfer fee in one year. When you lift the trophy after one season, no one will think Falcao is expensive...

(to be continued)