The two of them met in a row.
Ron acted quickly and called Li Shiguang back 10 minutes later, saying that Raiola was in Milan and he also wanted to meet Li Shiguang.
Then Li Shiguang sent the name of the hotel where he was staying to Ron and asked him to pass it on to Raiola, asking him to chat in the hotel tomorrow morning.
At first, Raiola was at a loss when he received Ron's call, but when he heard that his boss wanted to meet him, Raiola's interest came up.
Unlike other agents, he has no friends in the same industry and never establishes any close relationships with club owners and managers. Since his debut at the age of 25, Raiola has been extremely confident in his vision and he can gain the trust of players. Every time he negotiated a player transfer, he would always strive for the best interests for the players and himself. In recent years, he has manipulated the transfers of Bergkamp, Nedved, Emerson and Ibrahimovic, and each time he made a lot of money.
As for why he, who never liked to get too close to the club owner, was interested in Li Shiguang, it had to start with Howard's transfer.
At that time, Li Shiguang made more than 10 million euros from Howard in just 4 months, which shocked him.
From this time on, he began to pay attention to Leeds United and Li Shiguang. In the subsequent observation, he found several terrifying points. One is that Li Shiguang almost always introduced some young players at extremely low prices in the transfer, and these young players can often perform beyond their own value in a very short time.
At first, he thought that Leeds United's scout team was very strong, but he knew Ron's level. Later, in a chat with Ron, he learned from some fragments that these players were all discovered by Li Shiguang and then the scouts went to investigate. This discovery made Raiola think about it terribly! He really couldn't figure out how Li Shiguang, who never left the house, knew these potential players.
And this summer transfer window, Li Shiguang's operation shocked Raiola again. After Leeds United sold Adebayo and other three players, Raiola calculated seriously that in one year, Li Shiguang made nearly 80 million euros with an investment of less than 10 million euros.
This accuracy in selecting players is simply amazing! Even Raiola, who always thinks highly of himself and thinks he has world-class keen insight, couldn't help but exclaim "It's terrible"!
After being amazed, he made a prompt decision. After hanging up Ron's phone call, he set out from the fashion capital Milan overnight and rushed to Turin, a city in northern Italy. He was anxious and couldn't wait to meet the young Leeds United boss and ask him personally for advice on selecting players!
Li Shiguang didn't know that Raiola had rushed over overnight. He had a good sleep in the hotel that Allen booked for him. The next day, Li Shiguang had just finished the breakfast sent by the hotel when his mobile phone rang.
As soon as the call was connected, a warm voice was heard: "Hello, Mr. Li, I'm sorry to bother you so early, I'm Mino Raiola, I've arrived at your hotel."
Li Shiguang was stunned, took the phone in front of him to check the time, and then replied: "Uh... Mr. Raiola, hello, if I'm not mistaken, it's only 8:30 now, did you leave Milan before dawn?"
Raiola smiled: "Haha, to be honest, Mr. Li, I came from Milan last night, and I also stayed in this hotel, maybe I'm next door to you now."
Hearing Raiola's answer, Li Shiguang was speechless, brother, not really, I won't run, do you have to be so active?
But he still took the initiative to say: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Raiola, I just finished breakfast. Let's meet in the hotel cafe in 20 minutes, okay?"
After receiving Li Shiguang's active invitation, Raiola quickly hung up the phone, tidied his suit a little, and hurried out to the cafe downstairs.
20 minutes later, Li Shiguang, who was late, met the agent who had gradually become famous in the world football in the cafe.
But now Raiola is not the image that Li Shiguang saw on TV before. Perhaps because he is only in his 30s, he is not as fat as he will be in a few years.
, the whole person looked very energetic, wearing a dark blue suit with a brown tie, standing next to the seat and looking at him with a smile.
After Li Shiguang approached, Raiola took the initiative to extend his right hand and said to Li Shiguang with a smile on his face: "Welcome to Italy, Mr. Li, you are younger than I thought!"
Li Shiguang also smiled and shook hands with him, and then asked him to sit down together.
Raiola had ordered two cups of cappuccino, but Li Shiguang was not used to it. After asking the waiter to change a cup of tea, he took the initiative to start the topic.
"Mr. Raiola, I have wanted to meet you for a long time. This time I happened to come to Turin for something, so I asked Ron to help me make an appointment with you. I didn't expect you to rush over from Milan overnight. In the words of my hometown, I am so flattered." In order to make Raiola understand what he meant, Li Shiguang tried to make his facial expression look very friendly when he spoke.
Raiola obviously felt Li Shiguang's kindness, shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, you are joking. In fact, I have wanted to meet you for a long time. When I received Ron's call last night and learned that you wanted to meet me, I was very excited, so I rushed here overnight. I hope that the call just now did not disturb you too much."
Raiola's answer made Li Shiguang a little confused. I thought, I didn't tell Ron that I wanted to meet you to talk about player transfers. You are so excited.
But before he could ask the question in his mind, Raiola spoke again: "Mr. Li, I'd like to ask, are you in Turin for any deal with Juventus?"
In fact, Raiola wanted to ask Ron this question on the phone yesterday, because he is the agent of several Juventus players. When he heard that Li Shiguang came to Turin, Raiola's first thought was that Leeds United and Juventus should have reached a deal for a certain player, and now they want to discuss the player's personal contract with him, but Ron didn't say anything in this direction on the phone, so Raiola didn't ask in the end.
When Li Shiguang heard Raiola's question, he secretly admired this person's sensitivity to the transfer market, but unfortunately, Camoranesi was not his player.
So Li Shiguang shook his head and replied: "I'm sorry, Mr. Raiola, I can't tell you anything that hasn't been confirmed yet."
"I asked you to meet today for something else. In the next six months, I hope you can help me persuade Ibrahimovic. I will give him a high salary and let him come to Leeds next season!"
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