It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 227 225 New Mousetrap and Edible Toothpick (Daily Transition)

"David, are you really going to Barcelona and not considering Real Madrid?"

asked Valencia president Llorente.

Since Villa has broken off relations with his agent Tamargo, all of his transfers have been handled through the Valencia club.

Just recently, Barcelona began to make another offer for Villa, and it was said that it was a special request from Guardiola.

In fact, Barcelona’s interest in Villa has been going on for a long time.

As early as last summer, Barcelona was very close to signing Villa, but ultimately failed for various reasons.

The most important point is that Villa feels it is too difficult to compete with Ibrahimovic, Henry, Charles, Yossi, Bojan and Pedro for the starting position in the front line.

Now everyone can see the incompatibility between Ibrahimovic and the Barcelona system. Coupled with Henry's serious decline in form, it has been confirmed that he will leave Barcelona this summer.

So what Villa was originally worried about no longer existed.

As for Valencia, there was no resistance at all.

Due to the impact of the economic crisis, Valencia was close to bankruptcy. Even though it raised 9000 million euros through various methods last year, all that money seemed to be thrown into a bottomless pit.

Now Valencia is still facing the threat of bankruptcy, and club president Llorente can no longer keep the team's top players in the club like he did last year.

At least two of their three most expensive players, Villa, Mata and Silva, must be sold in order to alleviate the current club crisis.

Villa is now ranked second in the La Liga scorer list.

But his club Valencia can only dream of winning the championship.

As long as he wants to win the La Liga title, he only has two options.

Either join Real Madrid or join Barcelona.

However, the competitive pressure on Real Madrid's front line is no less than that of Barcelona before.

Ronaldo and Benzema are young and valuable.

Although Higuain is rumored to be involved in scandals in various media every day, saying that Real Madrid wants to exchange him for Charles or Fabregas.

But Villa felt that since Benzema could be kept on the bench, there was no way Real Madrid would really sell Higuain.

In Barcelona, ​​Bojan's position conflicts with Yosi, and he has been determined to be sold, and he does not pose a threat to Villa;

Villa can play as a center forward or on the left.

But since Charles has already been confirmed to be the player on the left, Villa's final position will be center forward.

"What's their offer?"

Villa asked.

"Barca wanted to include Bojan and Hleb in the exchange plan to reduce cash expenditure, but we did not agree, so their final offer should be more than 4000 million euros."

40 million euros is just enough for Valencia to repay the loan from Bancaja Bank.

Lorente glanced at the message and spoke quickly.

Villa was already very tempted, but seeing Llorente's undecided expression, he was still a little hesitant.

“What’s the Barca dressing room like?”

"It's better than Real Madrid. I heard that the locker room of Real Madrid is very complicated now, but Casillas really hopes that you can join Real Madrid;"

"As for Barcelona, ​​as far as I know, Puyol, Xavi and Iniesta have completely accepted you."

"What about Charles?"

"Ah, well, he's easy to get along with. You don't have to worry too much about him. He's likely to leave Barcelona, ​​too."

Villa was a little bit unbelievable when he heard this, "How is it possible? Is Barcelona also facing a financial crisis and going bankrupt?"

Lorente felt like his heart was stabbed.

Villa also realized his gaffe and said, "Sorry, I was too excited."

"Nothing, let's talk about the jersey so I can discuss it with Barcelona."

"I know this," Villa said directly, "I don't ask for No. 7."

He is wearing number 7 now.

Finding that Villa did not want to compete with Charles for the No. 7 number, Llorente continued, "What number do you want? How about No. 17?"

"No, wearing the number he wore is too stressful," Villa said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I'd better change my number."

As a new player of a team, he wears a special number of this team, and fans and media will definitely compare him with the former owner of this number from time to time.

Good grades are taken for granted, bad grades are an insult to the number, and mediocre grades mean you are unworthy of the position.

The performance is as good as the previous owner of this number, that is, the previous owner has a successor;
As for surpassing...is there really anyone who can surpass Ciel?

No matter what, unless you completely surpass your previous master, you are destined to live under the shadow of your previous master.

Villa felt that, let alone No. 7, even No. 17, which Charlton only wore for half a season, would not be dared by any new signings for a long time.

The current owner of No. 17 is Pedro, because he is a Barcelona youth player and a substitute for Charr, so people will naturally be more tolerant of him.

Lorente nodded.

"Okay, I've got it. Do you have any other requests?"

Villa hesitated for a moment, "My agency contract with Tamargo will not end until June, so I hope to postpone the transfer announcement. I don't want to give him a commission."

"I can't guarantee that, because as you know, Barcelona is going to hold a presidential election, and there are too many changes involved."

Lorente explained.

Villa was a little helpless, "Okay, I get it."

Office of the President of Barcelona.

Laporta sat at his desk, looking at the list of signings and the current team roster on the computer, thinking constantly.

His term ends on June 6 this year.

Although the next chairman candidate still needs to be voted on, he has been involved in too many scandals before, so the next chairman candidate has basically been determined, and that is Rosell.

Barcelona is now on the right track, but Rosell is just a businessman and Laporta does not think he will be a good president.

Under his leadership, no one knows what the future of Barcelona will be like.

Therefore, he now has to find ways to pave the way for Barcelona's future, so that no matter how much trouble Rosell does in a short period of time, it will be limited to a certain range.

Even though he and Rosell have many differences in ideas, he loves Barcelona and this is not the first time he has made sacrifices for Barcelona.

When he took over Barcelona in 2003, due to the poor signing decisions of his predecessor Gaspart, Barcelona was filled with a large number of players with high salaries but few chances to play.

If I have to describe it, it's even worse than Chelsea's transfer plan during the Bolivian period.

At least the players recruited by Khabarovsk can still play in the game, but those recruited by Gaspart basically cannot play.

At that time, Laporta took two seasons to complete the cleaning of redundant staff and put Barcelona back on track step by step.

Even if he has to leave, he will clean up Barcelona in the final moments and stay.

His first step was to make Cruyff the honorary chairman of the club and restrict Rosell.

As long as he is not crazy, Cruyff will keep him under control.

The second step is to retain the championship team, clean out those who need to be cleaned out, and sign new players to improve the stability and strength of the lineup.

The first thing is contract renewal.

So far, 15 players of Barcelona's first team, including coach Guardiola, have renewed their contracts with the team.

However, the contract renewal will definitely increase the players' salaries. In this regard, Barcelona will have to spend 2500 million more than last season.

Add to that expenses such as loyalty bonuses and necessary expenses for team operations, and even if there are no salary increases or contract renewals in the next three years, the team's total expenditure will be more than 100 million euros.

Then we need to clean out the redundant staff.

This kind of thing that is bound to cause turmoil in the team should not be left to the new chairman.

Henry still has one year left on his contract with Barcelona, ​​and Laporta hopes to terminate his contract early.

At the same time, he also received an invitation from the Major League Baseball, and the termination of the contract was a win-win for both parties.

Then there is Max, who is not in the same shape as before after his last serious injury.

Laporta felt it was time to release him. Next up was Yaya Toure.

His agent has been asking Barcelona to give Yaya Toure a raise, but Barcelona's salary system affects the entire system, so how can his request be met?

Now, with Busquets already here, he is not an indispensable defensive midfielder for Barcelona.

And then there is... Ibrahimovic.

His salary is very high and he was just signed this season, but the conflict between Guardiola and Ibrahimovic and the incompatibility between Ibrahimovic and the Barcelona system have forced him to hesitate whether to get rid of Ibrahimovic.

There are also players like Hleb who cannot play in Barcelona and are still loaned out.

However, Barcelona was tripped by Stuttgart in the Champions League, so Hleb should be loaned to other teams.

Finally, there is the issue of introducing new players.

In addition to Villa, Laporta decided to follow Guardiola's advice and strengthen the team with a full-back.

As for Arsenal's Arshavin's willingness to join Barcelona, ​​which he expressed in an interview with the media that "even if I only play for one year at Barcelona, ​​it will be the pinnacle of my career", Laporta does not take it to heart.

But then Arshavin blew up his truck, directly indicating that he and Clichy wanted to join Barcelona, ​​which forced Laporta to be alert.

Is the old fox Wenger thinking of using Arshavin, Clichy and Fabregas to exchange for Charles?

Out of caution, Laporta directly asked the club to reject it.

Just as Laporta was still thinking, there was a knock on the door.

"Mr. Chairman, the game will start in one hour."

Laporta turned off the computer and said, "Okay, I got it."

Today is the 36th match day of the La Liga, and Barcelona is still 8 points ahead of Real Madrid.

As long as this game ends in a draw, Barcelona will win the championship in advance.

Even if Barcelona loses the next two games and Real Madrid wins them all, Barcelona will still be 2 points ahead of Real Madrid.

……

"Zhuangdianer.com, Zhuangdianer.com, you are watching the 2009th round of the 10-36 La Liga season, Barcelona vs. Triunefe at home."

"Trinefe is a newly promoted team from the Spanish Second Division this season, while Barcelona is still striving for the six-crown feat this season."

“两队西甲历史上共交锋25次，巴萨16胜6平3负，主场9胜3平保持不败。”

"The last time Tenerife beat Barcelona was in the 96/97 season."

"So far, Barcelona has accumulated 97 points, setting a record for the highest points since the La Liga three-point system."

"The original highest score was 92 points, created by Real Madrid, when La Liga had 42 rounds, but now there are only 38 rounds."

Charles had just walked out of the locker room and Busquets followed him out.

It's still raining in Barcelona.

The sound of the dripping rain only made the sound vague, but it could not dampen the enthusiasm of the audience.

"Char, are you coming out so early to train with Valdes?"

Generally speaking, during the warm-up phase, the goalkeeper comes out first, followed by the other players.

"No, I'm watching the rain. There's been very little snow in Barcelona this year, but there's been a lot of rain."

Busquets looked at the drizzle in the sky and scratched his head, "Maybe all the snow turned into rain."

Charles leaned against the wall, staring at the raindrops in trance.

Even if the rain falls from the same cloud and lands in the same place, when it gathers into a stream, it is always inevitable that it will go its separate ways.

"Is your chef not ready yet?"

Busquets suddenly asked.

"You mean Alessandro? His hand is recovering a little slowly, but I heard he's been working on a new type of mousetrap lately."

Ciel said with a smile.

"A new type of mousetrap? Didn't we clear the rat infestation in Barcelona?"

After the rat plague in Barcelona, ​​the staff moved all the cabinets away and found many rat holes. After blocking all the holes, there was no trace of rats anymore.

Unless the rat hides in the sewer, but does not show up, people will only regard the rat's eyes in the dark as diamonds or little suns of faith.

"He always got his hands caught in mousetraps, so he wanted to develop a super mousetrap that could catch mice without hurting them and prevent accidental injuries to children."

Ciel explained.

Busquets suddenly realized, "So that's how it is, just like an edible toothpick, it's a toothpick under normal circumstances, but if it is accidentally eaten, it won't hurt the stomach and intestines."

"Edible toothpicks? I've never heard of such a thing."

Busquets was a little proud to hear this.

"It's normal that you don't know. I only found out after checking."

"Why are you checking this?"

Charles still didn't quite understand.

"It's very simple. In the pre-season next season, we will first go to Norway to play against Valerenga, then go to South Korea to play against the All-Star Team, and finally go to Beijing. I have checked all the specialties of these places first."

"So you found out that Korea's specialty food is edible toothpicks?"

Charles was puzzled and shocked at the same time.

Busquets was also helpless.

"When I checked online, I saw a delicacy called蓑衣瓜."

"Then many people in the comment section said that this delicacy is from Korea."

"But when I looked it up, many people told me that the sedge cucumber couldn't be from Korea because Korean cucumbers aren't this long."

Ciel couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Busquets explained seriously: "If there is something that China does not have but South Korea has, I can only think of American soldiers."

Charles almost rolled over on the ground.

Busquets is still outputting: "The earth should not be called the earth, it should be called baseball."

"Hahahaha——" Charles laughed like a goose.

How come Busquets is more talkative than the Italians?

"Haha so why a toothpick?"

"Like Ruth said - like cures like?"

《Cristiano Ronaldo mocks Mueller for expanding the rat-catching army》

C. Luo is more than eight feet tall, has a handsome appearance and is good at catching mice.

He put on his court dress, looked in the mirror, and said to his mother, "Who is better at catching mice, me or Xia Er?"

His mother said, "My son is very good at catching mice. How can Xia Er compare to you?"

Charles is the best rat catcher in France.

Luo was not confident, so he asked his son again, "Who is better at catching mice, me or Xia Er?"

Confucius said, "How can Xia Er be as good as his father?"

Day one day, a guest came from outside and sat down to talk with him. He asked him, "How good are Xiaer and I at catching mice?"

The guest said, "Xiaer is not as good as you at catching mice."

The next day, Xia Er came. He looked at himself and thought he was not as good as him. He looked at himself in the mirror and thought he was still far worse than him. He went to bed at night and thought about it. He said, "My mother praises me because she loves me; my son praises me because he is afraid of me; and my guests praise me because they want to ask something from me."

So he went to Germany to see the rat catcher Muller and said, "I know I am not as good at catching rats as Charles. My mother loves me, my son fears me, and my guests who want to ask for something from me all say that they are good at catching rats because of Charles. Now Germany has more than 35 square meters of land, 9468 million fans all love the king, Bayern's defeated players all fear the king, and everyone in Bayern wants something from the king: From this point of view, the king is very blinded."

Muller said: "Good."

He issued an order: "Those who can catch rats in national team matches will receive a high reward; those who can catch rats directly in the Champions League will receive a medium reward; those who can fight the plague in the league will receive a low reward if they hear my news."

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