I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

After being rejected by Neymar, Coutinho and De Bruyne, Gu Ran asked Lais to contact the future Belgian goalkeeper Courtois.

Courtois also turned down Southampton.

Gu Ran secretly made a note in his notebook...

Of course, there is still good news.

Little Pharaoh Salah was the first to respond to Southampton, saying that he would be willing to consider Southampton if he was given a substitute rotation position in the first team and a certain appearance rate was guaranteed.

This requirement was so low that Gu Ran felt like pie in the sky.

In fact, Salah was only 19 years old at this time. He was originally a central defender in the youth training camp of the Egyptian League. It was not until Salah was 16 years old that he switched to a forward.

Salah officially made his professional debut in the first team in 2010, playing 25 times and scoring 4 goals.

In fact, such a report card is not very good, and it is not even considered to be a rising star. In addition, the Egyptian league is not competitive enough, so few scouts will notice it.

But Gu Ran is a reborn person, and Gu Ran knows very well that in another year, the whole world will know the name of Pharaoh Salah.

Therefore, buying Pharaoh to the Southampton Club before he even knew he was Pharaoh was definitely a very cost-effective deal.

When Pharaoh becomes famous, he will inevitably leave the small temple of Southampton Club, but it will also bring very generous financial returns to Southampton Club.

Reborn people with poor information are extremely happy to engage in this kind of human trafficking.

When little Pharaoh Salah received the invitation from Southampton, he was flattered.

He said that he is a fan of English football and is looking forward to playing in England. He is also looking forward to playing with Gu Ran, one of the most famous stars in England.

When Rice brought the contract to negotiate with Salah's agent, Salah agreed without making any excessive conditions.

Old Rice followed his instructions and gave Salah a salary that far exceeded his salary at the Egyptian League club. He also promised to register Salah to qualify for the Europa League, as well as a generous goal bonus.

Of course, Gu Ran also asked Lao Rice to increase Salah's minimum termination fee to 1 million pounds, and the contract period was 5 years - without 1 million pounds, no one could take the Pharaoh away.

Salah himself was dumbfounded by such a high termination fee.

Rice was the best at raising the minimum termination fee. After some encouragement, Salah excitedly signed his name on the transfer letter of intent.

Southampton Club immediately entered formal transfer negotiations with Salah.

Immediately afterwards, news came back from Toni Kroos and Kante. After some consideration, they also rejected Southampton's transfer invitation.

This is also normal. Toni Kroos has already received the attention of Real Madrid and naturally looks down on Southampton.

Kante has also attracted the attention of many wealthy clubs such as Chelsea, and naturally he does not like Southampton.

Gu Ran recorded it in a small notebook.

The next good news is that Mane and Van Dijk readily agreed to Southampton's transfer invitation.

Mane and Van Dijk will be Southampton players in the future, so when Southampton found them, they were very happy.

Especially Mane - at this time, Mane was just a little-known forward player with a very low salary, but Gu Ran directly offered him a first-team level weekly salary. For Mane, who has infrastructure in his hometown, this is a timely help. Of course, the contract lengths and minimum termination bonuses of Mane and Van Dijk are also very high.

Immediately afterwards, "High Leg" Rudiger also conditionally accepted Southampton's transfer invitation. As Rudiger, who may not be able to play as a main player in the Stuttgart U19 youth team, his only requirement is to be in the first team. The contract must be signed for at least five years, and the termination fee must be increased.

Rudiger was afraid that Southampton would break the contract, so he asked for a high termination fee.

This played right into Gu Ran's plan.

Although Rudiger's running posture is very weird, among the younger generation of defenders, Rudiger is still young and capable. After practicing for a few years, he will be sold to Real Madrid at a high price. How flattering!

Southampton Club also immediately contacted Rudiger, and the two sides quickly reached an agreement.

Another future center back star, the Frenchman Varane, rejected Southampton's transfer invitation because Real Madrid had already offered Varane a 1000 million euro transfer contract, so Varane would naturally choose Real Madrid. .

However, with Rudiger and Van Dijk, Gu Ran doesn't have to worry about Southampton's back line.

Being able to sign all these players will be equivalent to transforming Southampton, and Southampton's performance in the new season will definitely be very shocking.

Gu Ran couldn't wait to think about partnering with these future stars in the new season.

Of course, in addition to buying a large number of these currently unknown players, Southampton itself has also begun to prepare and clean up.

First of all, the promising star Luke Shaw, who has been training with Southampton's first team, officially signed a first-team contract. At the age of 16, he was promoted to the first team and became Southampton's youngest left back.

Ward-Prowse also received a new first-team substitute contract due to his good performance at the end of last season.

The 34-year-old veteran center back Walton hung up his boots and retired without regrets after last season.

Also 34-year-old forward Connolly also hung up his boots and retired.

Another forward, Barnard, took the initiative to request a transfer because he no longer had a place in the team, and transferred to a League One team.

Midfielders Dixon, Gborn and Pulis are all also on free transfers.

Defenders Siborn and Tafazzoli moved to the English second division team.

The entire Southampton team has undergone a major overhaul.

After all, Southampton is now a Championship team and still has a place in the Europa League qualifying rounds.

On July 7, Chelsea's Sturridge and Henderson, who had just transferred to Liverpool from Sunderland, were loaned to Southampton Club.

On July 7, Salah, Mane, Van Dijk, and Rudiger completed the labor permit review and officially joined Southampton!

On July 7, Southampton Club entered the combat preparation training period ahead of schedule, and the players returned one after another.

New and old players gather together, Southampton Club has a new atmosphere!

The schedule for the new season has not yet been released, but Southampton will play a Community Shield match against the Premier League champion Manchester United at Wembley Stadium as the home team at 8 pm on Sunday, August 7th!

The Southampton team is full of enthusiasm from top to bottom!

Especially the little-known Mavericks players who have just joined the Southampton team, they all want to perform well in the much-anticipated Community Shield!

...(End of chapter)