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As for how valuable Deng Kai's shares will be in the future, Mansour doesn't care at all.

Even if it's more than that, it's a gift he gave to Deng Kai; he can afford to give it away.

This collaboration with Manchester City was merely a trial run for Mansour.

Once successful, he will be able to use this achievement to gain internal support and thus become the leader in external development.

At that point, money won't matter.

Scattered shares can be bought back in no time by spending money.

No matter how valuable Manchester City is, can it be as rich as the Abu Dhabi consortium in the UAE?

Similarly, for Deng Kai, 35 percent doesn't seem like a large percentage.

But this is definitely a great opportunity for him to achieve a leap in wealth.

His current total earnings, including all his salary, bonuses, and proceeds from reselling Guardiola-related items, do not exceed 500,000 euros.

Perhaps in the future, when he becomes famous and marries into a wealthy family, his assets will experience a surge.

However, it will take several years to reach the tens of millions of euros level.

Reaching the €100 million level is even more difficult; it requires maintaining superstar status for many years and avoiding signing exploitative child labor contracts.

However, this collaboration with Mansour could very well propel him into the 100 million yuan club within the next two years!

The hardest money to earn in this world is not 100 million or 1 billion, but the first pot of gold.

Looking at the world from a macro perspective, under the most favorable circumstances, the amount of a person's wealth is determined by the amount of their first pot of gold.

And for anyone, it's very difficult to earn 100 million euros in their first pot of gold!

Guardiola: So the autographed footballs I gave you didn't count as my first pot of gold?

Deng Kai: Boss, the first pot of gold refers to the money invested in the next wave of business. Look, did I invest 35% of it? The few hundred thousand euros I scraped together, Mansour didn't even want it. He just handed it back to me as part of my salary.

Yes, Deng Kai also holds a position as a sports advisor within the leadership team assembled by Mansour to acquire Manchester City.

When it comes to being kind and generous, Middle Eastern tycoons are never ambiguous.

However, this matter did not attract widespread attention.

On the one hand, amid news that "Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich is interested in taking over Chelsea," "The Glazer family is very interested in Manchester United," and "Fenway Sports Group is paying attention to the Premier League and Liverpool," other acquisition news seems rather commonplace.

On the other hand, the UAE has virtually no international recognition at this moment, while Cuba is far more famous than them.

Therefore, the news that Mansour, a relatively unknown UAE billionaire, had made an offer to buy out League One team Manchester City went unheard of, and even Manchester City did not take it seriously.

It wasn't until the tycoon found the owner of Manchester City and stuffed checks into his pocket that Manchester City truly believed—what did I do to deserve someone wanting my little city?

Let's make arrangements!

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The transfer market is ever-changing, and every year there are those who are riding high.

Similarly, there will be those who are disappointed.

In Barcelona, ​​a bald man looked helplessly out the window at the light rain and muttered, "Damn Guardiola!"

Clearly, this person is very familiar with the local language habits of Lisbon.

He is Guardiola himself.

Just now, he finalized the details of the new contract negotiations with Barcelona.

Barcelona rejected his proposed four-year contract.

Barcelona could only offer Guardiola a one-year contract, and the salary was lower than Guardiola had expected.

Upon learning of this, Guardiola exclaimed, "These bastards from the village of Sardinia are taking advantage of my old age and weakness. Their behavior is worse than that of thieves!"

Barcelona: Saying it's about height is going too far!

But to be fair, this incident really can't be considered a case of Barcelona being unfair.

The main reason is that Guardiola has suffered too many injuries in the past few years.

Originally the core of the midfield and defense, his numerous injuries directly led to chaos in Barcelona's backline.

Injury-prone players are scary, but injury-prone core players are even scarier.

Barcelona simply didn't want to drag things out with Guardiola any longer.

Besides, they don't lack midfielders right now.

Cocu and Gabri are both very useful in the defensive midfield position.

Gerrard, who was brought in from Valencia last year, has not performed well, but in theory he is an all-around midfielder who can do everything. If given another chance, he might be able to make a name for himself.

Luis Enrique, who had stepped down from the winger position, also played well in midfield.

Not to mention Xavi, the talented midfielder who joined the first team last year, who will take on many important organizational responsibilities for the team starting this year.

This big-eyed guy is practically a younger version of Guardiola, with a more forward position and stronger offensive attributes!

Guardiola: Your youth version is way too simplified, isn't it?

This doesn't even include Rivaldo in attack, the newly acquired Giovanni, or Quaresma, who can move into midfield.

And let's not forget that Guardiola is also the team captain and one of the veterans of the local contingent.

Under pressure from Real Madrid's internationalization strategy, Barcelona previously heavily supported the Dutch contingent and is now bringing in South American players. Guardiola's influence makes it difficult for him to stay. If the team doesn't get rid of him now, it will be harder to do so later.

For example, Florentino Pérez was planning to purge Hierro from Real Madrid, but he didn't dare to make any rash moves. He was very cautious, which was unlike what one would expect from a club president.

oh Barcelona, ​​it's too late to say goodbye after this breakup!

This perfectly describes Guardiola's current situation.

Of course, as a relatively good, well-known, national team-level defensive midfielder, Guardiola has no shortage of suitors.

Moreover, the next team is an Italian Serie A team.

At this stage, going to Serie A is still an "upward option," even though Guardiola is actually "downward" in terms of career advancement, but at least it's a respectable move.

However, the frantically vibrating phone has almost ripped Guardiola's hair out.

Hair: Stop dreaming, you haven't had hair in a long time.

Finally, Guardiola realized that what was meant to be was not good, and he couldn't avoid it. He answered the phone: "Hey, puppy, oh no... little Kai, congratulations on winning the World Youth Championship!"

"You're now the strongest kid in world football!"

The child is referring to Deng Kai's short stature, implying that Deng Kai bullies the weak.

Guardiola can insult people without using profanity, and even used a technique of echoing his previous statements to deliver another blow to his former club, Barcelona.

On the other end of the phone, Deng Kai was quite humble: "Guard, oh no... Captain Guard, that was just child's play, it's not a big deal."

"I heard Barcelona doesn't want you anymore, oh no... I heard you're preparing to leave Barcelona?"

Kai Shao's swearing is equally impressive.

Guardiola clenched his fists and boasted, "There's nothing I can do, Serie A is pressuring us. After all, it's the mini-World Cup, and it's hard for a famous star like me to resist their temptations."

"I can only apologize to the Barcelona fans in advance!"

Deng Kai smiled slightly, then slapped him across the face: "Oh? So Juventus, Inter Milan, and Roma are the ones who invited you?"

Guardiola was speechless with emotion.

Will he become a benchwarmer for one of these championship contenders?

Deng Kai: "That's impossible... So it should be Milan, Lazio, and Parma?"

Guardiola's face froze.

The midfielders of these top clubs are either much better than Guardiola, or they prefer to nurture young talents while the old guys are sidelined.

Deng Kai was practically laughing so hard he was practically a meme: "It can't possibly be Brescia, right? Although Brescia has Roberto Baggio, he's already in the final years of his career."

"Brescia is currently not even in contention for the league title, let alone a Champions League spot. At this stage, only declining stars would consider going to Brescia, right?"

Guardiola is losing face.

Because his next destination is indeed Brescia.

How exactly did Kai receive the message?

Could it be that my team is practically empty...?

There was a mole?

Before Guardiola could even ask for the mole's name, Deng Kai extended an invitation directly to Guardiola: "Pep, come to Sporting Lisbon! We have the Champions League to play this year, and we need a big-game player like you who has both skill and experience."

"After all, your wife wouldn't want your career to take a sharp downturn after leaving Barcelona, ​​would she?"

Guardiola's system crashed at that moment.

What does it have to do with his wife?

However, Sporting Lisbon's invitation is indeed another solution besides Brescia, and may even be the optimal solution.

(End of this chapter)

I like playing football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him.