049: A great opportunity to make a deal with Chelsea

And just when AC Milan and Paris were bargaining, Chelsea Football Club suddenly made a cross.

Chelsea has asked AC Milan for Donnarumma!

When he saw this inquiry, Tong Yi was stunned. What is going on?

Isn’t Chelsea’s goalkeeper Courtois the world’s top goalkeeper?

Does Chelsea no longer need Courtois, or are they planning to bring Donnarumma over as a substitute?

If it were to spend tens of millions of euros to introduce a substitute, and he was a goalkeeper, that would be too extravagant, right?

So why did Chelsea bring in Donnarumma?

Suddenly, Tong Yi's eyes lit up.

Is Courtois leaving Chelsea?

Tong Yi thought about it carefully. In his previous life, Courtois seemed to have left Chelsea this summer and went directly to Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 35 million euros. Then Chelsea changed hands and spent 80 million euros to introduce unknown goalkeeper Kepa Kai from Spain for guidance!

To be honest, many people thought Chelsea people were crazy at the time.

You only sell the top three goalkeepers in the world for 35 million euros, but you are willing to spend 80 million euros on a nobody. What are you doing? You can't launder money like you do!

Why would you send Courtois away instead of doing this?

In fact, Tong Yi knew that Chelsea had no choice but to do this. They also knew that they would suffer a huge loss, but they had no other choice.

Because Courtois wanted to leave Chelsea himself, and he only had one year left on his contract with Chelsea, he delayed renewing his contract with Chelsea, and even made it clear later that he wanted to leave Chelsea. Even after the World Cup, he threatened Chelsea by not returning to the team for training to prepare for the new season!

There is nothing Chelsea can do!

If Chelsea does not agree to Courtois' request to leave, then Courtois only needs to wait another six months before he can sign a contract with another team, and then he will leave Chelsea on a free transfer when the contract expires one year later. At that time, Chelsea will not get a penny.

Rather than doing this, it would be better to sell Courtois directly for 35 million euros now, and at least be able to recover some money.

That's why Chelsea gave Courtois away at such a low price.

Then the team no longer has a goalkeeper. At this time, there are many excellent goalkeepers in world football, but almost all of them are famous players who have their own owners, and Chelsea cannot find them. So after much picking and choosing, I chose a less well-known coach, Kepa Kepa. Even if Kepa was coached by Athletic Bilbao, they did not intend to sell. Chelsea had no choice but to bite the bullet and spent 80 million euros to pay the liquidated damages. , who forcibly took Director Kai away!

Therefore, Chelsea will definitely lose this amount.

The main reason is that the contract between Chelsea and Courtois is about to expire, and Courtois is unwilling to stay at Chelsea.

If it was a previous life, Tong Yi could understand!

After all, the past life library

Courtois and Real Madrid have been flirting with each other for a long time. Courtois must have received many promises from Real Madrid before he dared to threaten Chelsea by not returning to the team for training.

And now that Tong Yi is in this position, Real Madrid has the young and world-class goalkeeper Alisson. They definitely don't need Courtois. Without the promise of Real Madrid, why are Courtois clamoring to leave?

It seems that all the top football clubs in the world have their own goalkeeper position.

At present, Manchester City has just spent a lot of money to introduce Ederson, who Guardiola admires very much. Liverpool has Edouard Mendy, Manchester United has De Gea, Bayern Munich has Neuer, Inter Milan has Handanovic, and Barcelona has Ter Stegen, Juventus has Szczesny, Crystal Palace has Maignan, Arsenal has... Cech...

Well, Arsenal does have a bit of a goalkeeper shortage, because at the end of last season, Wenger announced his departure from Arsenal, and Chelsea were also discouraged by Mustafi and the others, and they are getting older. It seems he is retiring.

Arsenal really needs a new outstanding young or outstanding goalkeeper in his prime.

But for now, Arsenal needs to be rebuilt, and the head coach has not yet been decided. This future seems to be incomparable with Chelsea. Would Courtois leave Chelsea for Arsenal? It’s a bit unlikely, right?

Could it be that Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in Courtois, so why do they still ask for Donnarumma?

Tong Yi asked Schwartz to investigate.

It turns out that Juventus, Arsenal and Paris are really interested in Courtois.

Juventus is still a little worried about their current goalkeeper Szczesny and feels that he is a bit unstable. Buffon also held a press conference at the end of the season and stated that they would leave. Therefore, Juventus wants to move Courtois to play as the main goalkeeper and let Szczesny play as a substitute.

If Szczesny has no problems, then this is definitely a good thing for Juventus!

Therefore, Courtois should be relatively close to Juventus at present.

In this case, there will be no problem for Chelsea to purchase Donnarumma.

Seeing Chelsea's inquiry, Tong Yi's lips raised.

You are willing to spend 80 million euros to bring in Kepa, so you certainly don’t mind spending so much to bring in Donnarumma, right? It would not be bad if I could knock Chelsea off at this time!

Therefore, Tong Yi has almost given Paris Saint-Germain to Ass. He just wants to sell Donnarumma to Chelsea.

Of course, sell Donnarumma

Lan is also in need of a goalkeeper.

Where will AC Milan look for goalkeepers then? Are we going to dig out a young one again and slowly train him?

To be honest, Courtois is actually very good!

Courtois is now also the top goalkeeper in the world, at least ranked in the top five.

If you can get Courtois to AC Milan, you will make a lot of money. After all, Courtois is cheap at this time. It is even possible that Tong Yi has reduced Courtois' worth to less than 30 million euros, because Tong Yi and the others are willing to sell Donnarumma to Chelsea.

Chelsea must be more or less willing to make concessions for Donnarumma.

However, there is also a problem with the introduction of Courtois!

That’s the issue of annual salary!

Courtois's current weekly salary at Chelsea is actually not very high. The weekly salary is only 100,000 pounds, and the annual salary is about 5.2 million pounds. At the current exchange rate, it is converted into euros of about 5.72 million euros. This is before tax. After tax, it is about 34.32 million euros!

If it is this annual salary, AC Milan can naturally afford it, and it is also very reasonable in AC Milan's salary structure. But this was Courtois’s previous weekly salary. When they learned that Courtois was leaving, Chelsea proposed a contract extension with a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds, and the annual salary would be doubled, which is 6864 after tax. Thousands of euros!

Even in Tong Yi's memory in his previous life, Courtois's weekly salary after going to Real Madrid was 2.45 million pounds, and after tax, it was about 8.4 million euros. If we try to match this salary, it is really a burden that AC Milan cannot bear. This salary is too high and AC Milan's salary structure will collapse.

Of course, if it is 6 million euros after tax, AC Milan will be able to accept it.

I'm just afraid that Courtois won't want to come!

However, Tong Yi also thinks that Juventus will not offer as high a salary as Real Madrid, right?

If we talk about it carefully, there may not be a chance, right?

Therefore, Tong Yi immediately called Kruger in Russia and asked him to contact De Bruyne and ask what Courtois meant!

Let’s see if Courtois has any interest in coming to AC Milan to develop?

If we take Courtois, that would be perfect!

At this time, Tong Yi actually realized a problem.

That is, AC Milan's current salary structure is indeed very reasonable, but it is difficult to attract top-notch players with their maximum salary. Otherwise, they could easily win De Bruyne Goretzka and so on!

And now it's because of this salary structure that it's a bit constraining them.

However, it is impossible for Tong Yi to give up the price just to introduce these top players.

Are these young people here raising their salaries like crazy?

So there are advantages and disadvantages to having too many young players!

For the current AC Milan, this salary of about 6 million euros after tax should be the limit.

I wonder if Courtois can accept it?

However, Tong Yi felt that it was quite uncertain, because he rejected the 6.86 million euro contract extension offered to him by Chelsea.

But Tong Yi still has some hope. What if Courtois has been a fan of Milan since he was a child and dreams of playing for Milan? What if?

Now he is waiting for news from Kruger.

To be honest, if Courtois is willing, Tong Yi can still match the annual salary of 6.86 million euros offered by Chelsea.

Now we are waiting for Courtois's reply.

Not long after, Kruger brought back good news, that is, Courtois is willing to come to AC Milan. Courtois is full of yearning to play under Tong Yi. In Kruger's words, Tong Yi's achievements in the Crystal Palace in the past two years have made Courtois jealous. When he left Chelsea, Courtois went for glory.

He had been linked to Juventus before because he felt that Juventus had spent so much to bring in Ronaldo, Bonucci and others this season, giving him hope of winning the Champions League. And Chelsea has to change coaches and rebuild, etc., so he can't see any hope, so he is clamoring to leave Chelsea.

The great success of Tong Yi in recent years makes Courtois feel that he has a greater chance of winning the Champions League title under Tong Yi, so between Juventus and AC Milan, he is willing to choose AC Milan. of.

He even said that as long as AC Milan matches the contract extension Chelsea offered him, he is willing to come to AC Milan.

That is to say, Courtois is willing to accept a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds before tax, which is an annual salary of 68.64 million euros after tax!

After Tong Yi pondered, struggled and struggled again, he agreed to Courtois' request!

After all, Donnarumma now has an annual salary of 6 million euros from AC Milan, and this guy has even been crazy about asking for a salary increase to 8 million euros recently. Compared with this guy, he is pretty good if he cries!

Moreover, by mingling with Chelsea, they can also make a fortune from Donnarumma's transfer, which is a bargain!

Then, Tong Yi contacted Qiersi and asked Chelsea to exchange Courtois plus 70 million euros for Donnarumma. Chelsea people naturally think Tong Yi is crazy. Even if they only sell Courtois for 30 million this time, your offer is still 100 million euros. Which goalkeeper in this world is worth 100 million? Tong Yi, you are really crazy about money.

Finally, after much push and pull, Chelsea and AC Milan reached an agreement!