Raw in MTLNovel : "The Red Devils Successor"
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On the way to Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands, Woodward asked Tiger King: "Tiger, you said that the central defender is about to sign a contract with someone, what is the situation?"
"As far as I know, this young man is about to sign a contract with the Scottish Club, Celtic, and we have to get ahead of the Celtic and pull him to Manchester United." Tiger King explained.
Woodward frowned: "Will this hurt the relationship between the club and the Celtic? Is this young man important? Can't we choose someone else to replace him?"
Tiger King shook his head: "Irreplaceable, he is an important member of my future team. I introduced him to let him replace Ferdinand in the future."
"That important?"
"That important."
"Well, since you say so, I'll try to find a way," Woodward said with a sly smile, "I have a good relationship with the Dutch club, I believe that the club will give priority to us with the same price. "
"That would be better."
"But the player's will is the decisive factor, and we need to deal with that. Tiger, I hope you succeed to win him over."
Tiger King confidently said: "You can rest assured, this is not a competition with clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona, I am sure to win him."
As Tiger King said that, they finally arrived at Euroborg Stadium, the home stadium of FC Groningen. Woodward had a close relationship with the club's chairman, Middle, and the two of them chuckled for a while, and then talked about the purchase of the players.
Middle: "So, Ed, Who do you want to buy this time?"
"I want to buy Virgil van Dijk."
"Him?" Middle froze, showing an embarrassed expression.
Woodward assured him with a smile: "Old friend, don't be embarrassed, he is not the main force of your team, just a young player, the price is easy to negotiate."
Middleell shook his head: "Ed, it's not that I don't want to sell him, but we have already negotiated with the Celtic Club, and sold Van Dijk to them for 4 Million euros. It is estimated that Van Dijk is negotiating a contract with the Celtic right now. "
Woodward did his best to negotiate: "Old friend, as long as there is no final signing, everything is negotiable."
Middle looks very embarrassed: "Ed, we are all businessmen, and what we have agreed on, how can we say that it changes? This is not appropriate ..."
Woodward was a little disappointed. As he was about to say something, and Tiger King interjected suddenly: "5 million euros!"
"What?" Middle frowned.
"I said Manchester United offered 5 million for Van Dijk."
At this point, Middle looked at Tiger King next to Woodward. Although Woodward just introduced Tiger King's identity as Manchester United new Manager, although Middle seems respectful, he is in fact disdainful. A fledgling young head coach, maybe he will be kicked out of position in a few months. With this mentality in mind, Middle has been discussing the transfer with Woodward, not taking Tiger King too seriously.
But now that Tiger King suddenly said this, Middle froze, and he looked at Woodward. Woodward shrugged. "I'm just here to help Tiger. He has the final say on the transfer."
Tiger King looked at Middle in front of him and said with a serious expression: "Sir, you can cancel the contract that has not been signed, and then exchange for a transfer fee of 5 million and also a deeper friendship with a Manchester United Manager. This sale should be cost-effective."
"Damn, you can really give me a hard problem." Middleall showed a look of pain and love, and then quickly dialed a phone. "Mr. Tom, I tell you a good news. Your players should return, don't sign a contract with the Celtic ... No, just fine. You told him, I found a bigger client for him here, he will soon be able to land in the Premier League Manchester United, and the salary is higher than the Celtic give, much more. I suggest you take your players now, let's discuss the details of the transfer ... Don't thank me, this is what I should do. Groningen always puts the players' interests first."
When he hung up the phone, Middle showed a fake and sincere look: "Mr. Tiger, look, I have unilaterally stopped the contract with the Celtic for your friendship. When Van Dyke and his agent come, we can sign a contract immediately. "
Woodward gave a thumbs up: "Middle, on the one hand, you won Manchester United's friendship, on the other hand you got Van Dijk's favor, and you also earned an extra one million euros. It's amazing. "
"Hahaha, let's talk to each other," Middel laughed. "You got the player you wanted, I got the money I want, it's mutual. I must ask you to have a good drink at night, um, with the 1 million you give me, it's my treat, ha ha ha ha."
After an hour, Van Dijk brought his agent to Middle's office. After the people introduced each other, Tiger King looked at the big man in front of him. Van Dijk, with a height of 193 Cm, is burly and looks very strong in front of Tiger King. Tiger King knew that in his past life, Liverpool spent more than 84 million euros to dig Van Dyke from Southampton. The tall defender had excellent defense, amazing jumping, and excellent header. He is also good at long passes, often becoming the initiator to organize an attack. Right now, Tiger King only need to spent 5 million euros to dig the hot back defense of future international football into Manchester United, which is definitely a very cost-effective transfer.
Van Dijk heard Tiger King telling himself that he was Ferdinand's successor, and Woodward also paid a much higher weekly salary. In all aspects, it was much better than transferring to the Celtic. So Tiger King signed Van Dijk without much effort.
In the early morning of the next day, Tiger King and Woodward left the Netherlands. Middle came to the hotel to send two people in person: "Ed, Mr. King, I hope you will have the opportunity to come back to the Netherlands next time. I will take you to Amsterdam then, I believe that Mr. Tiger, a young and strong guy, will definitely like the culture there."
Everyone waved at each other and said goodbye. Looking at the two men leaving, Middle who had a smile on his face, then became serious.
This young coach named Tiger is not that simple. England should be interesting next season.
On the way out of Netherlands, Woodward asked Tiger King: "Tiger, how do you know if you add 1 million euros, that old guy will sell Van Dijk to you."
Tiger King shook his head gently: "I don't know. But if he doesn't agree, I will keep increasing the price until he agrees."
"You ..." Woodward was helpless.
Tiger King laughed.
Van Dyke successfully transferred, the transfer fee is 5 million, and now Tiger King has 43.2 million transfer funds available.
Continue to buy more players.
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