"Haha, I know you all are waiting for me to announce the transfer news. So..."
Upon saying this, David Dain paused a bit to create some suspense.
But his irrepressible grin "gave him away," suggesting there was more significant news to come.
Not one to ever keep people waiting, David Dain quickly declared: "Fifty million Euros for Beckham!"
When he announced this news, he couldn't be bothered to explain further, simply uttering an amount and a name.
But that was enough!
Perhaps for professionals, Buffon and Nesta might weigh more heavily than Beckham.
But in the UK, Beckham is undoubtedly the darling of soccer fans and journalists!
Don't forget, he's a local star. Natural preference is always given to locals over "foreigners".
In the Premier League, same level local players are generally priced higher than foreign players. This has long been a general consensus because, after all, UK's "hukou" is valuable.
