As Yang Cheng's status in the club rose, his office also got a renovated treatment. Although it still looks quite simple, at least it is much more advanced than when he first came, with computers and other things.

  Yang Chen sat on the sofa in his office, surrounded by Paul Borrell and Werner Schnitzer.

  As the vice chairman of the team, Werner's responsibility is to operate the team according to Yang Cheng's will. As for the stars in the team, Yang Cheng has already said that except for those who have decided to leave such as Kaderabek, all other players must stay, especially Barak, Bellon, Nedved and Gattuso, his most valued main players.

  But he wants to stay is one thing, whether others are willing to stay or not is another matter.

  "Two days ago, Bellon's agent Mascatti personally called the club and explicitly stated that Bellon wants to sign a brand new contract, with a salary three times higher than now, plus a signing fee of one million dollars..." Werner snorted indignantly.

  "Has he gone mad?" Yang Cheng sneered.

  Paul, Bayer also felt that this requirement was too outrageous, "Bellon's salary has always been the highest in our team. After entering the Bundesliga this season, we began to implement salary increases and contract renewals for players. Bellon performed exceptionally well in the 2nd Bundesliga last season, and his salary increase should be higher than that of ordinary players. They should feel very satisfied!"

  "The insatiable vampire, if he remains so stubborn, then don't bother with him!" Yang Cheng said resolutely.

  But Werner Varella couldn't help but smile wryly, "Easy to say, I responded the same way to Mascarati before, but guess what, yesterday the club received two faxed offers, one from Lazio and one from Sampdoria, both wanting to get Bellon."

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, Meller spread his hands and said, "Mascati is now Argentina's most powerful football agent. Since the 1980s, when South American football began to have a closer relationship with Europe, he rose to prominence. Almost all of Argentina's star players came to Europe through him because he was one of the few licensed agents recognized by FIFA..."

  "I've also heard of him, they say he has a lot of connections in Serie A and La Liga!" Paul, Bierthon also felt a headache.

  The relationship between the player and his agent is complicated, just like Bellon, he currently has many things handled by his father, but when it comes to international transfers, Mascart has to be used, because only through him can Bellon qualify for an international transfer.

  Yang Chen naturally did not know that the reason why Mascherano was so tough this time was that he had not gone through Mascherano before, but directly contacted Belon and his son, breaking the rules of Mascherano in Argentine football and suffering some losses. So this time Mascherano wanted to win back at once.

  "Is there no room for negotiation?" Yang Cheng still hoped to make a profit by being friendly.

  Even Ferguson has no way, he can only choose to compromise conditionally. If it really gets out of hand, the broker will stir up the players to make a fuss about the transfer meeting, which is not good for anyone.

  Mancini shook his head, "Belloti's contract renewal has been going on since the end of last season, and now it's already over a month, with no progress at all. Plus, with the league approaching, they want to force us to compromise on this matter."

  The Bundesliga has to be played earlier than other leagues, and if the league cup is really going to the end, Kaiserslautern will not give up, Mascarell may provoke Bellon to rebel and join his team.

  This kind of trick Yang Cheng has also experienced before, and countless people have used it in the transfer market of past lives, and there are even more despicable ones.

  "What's Mascati like?" Yang Cheng asked suddenly.

  "A very powerful and overbearing agent, after many years of operation, other Argentine agents gradually faded out of the football circle, while he rose with the trend, becoming a big shot in Argentine football. At the same time, due to his being one of the few Argentine agents holding an internationally recognized FIFA agent license, plus his great influence in Italy and Spain, players dare not offend him."

  What Menotti meant was clear: he wanted Yang Chen to understand a reality, that Bilardo might appreciate Yang Chen's discerning eye and his cultivation of him, but in the face of the powerful Mascherano, Bilardo seemed incredibly weak, as an Argentine player, Bilardo knew very well the consequences of offending Mascherano.

  So when Kaiser's troops and Muscati go to war, Bellon will inevitably join Muscati's camp even if he is reluctant, because he has to rely on Muscati.

  South American football is so chaotic, many players have a large number of agents, but in fact most agents are doing things for a very small number of big-name agents, such as Brazil's Falc?o and Argentina's Mascherano.

  Compared with him, Mendes, who was once known as the world's No. 1 football agent, is now in a slump and doesn't know where to go!

  As a transmigrator from his previous life, Yang Cheng only knew some things related to football stars, but when it came to the field of agents, he knew very little. Compared to Melzer, who had been in the Bundesliga for many years, he was still severely lacking in information.

  "Masi is a very cunning guy, he has connections in European football that other agents can't match, but at the same time, everyone knows he's a cold-blooded vampire and a tyrant, even the top executives of European clubs who deal with him are well aware of this, yet they still have to choose to cooperate with Masi because they want to get their hands on the Argentine geniuses in his possession, and all they can do is try to avoid following in Cruyff's footsteps!"

  "Kruyff?" Yang Cheng was momentarily perplexed by Meitzer's words. "What does Kruyff have to do with this?"

  Mellor smiled faintly when he saw Paul, and Bayer also seemed to be unaware of this secret news, suddenly became interested.

  "You should know about Cruyff's background?" Melzer asked.

  Yang Chen nodded, if he didn't know Cruyff's resume, then he really didn't need to be in the football circle.

  "After leaving Barcelona, he went to the United States and became teammates with Beckenbauer. In 1978, he returned from the US to Ajax, joining the team that had nurtured him since childhood. However, during his time at Ajax, due to the team's poor performance and Cruyff's advancing age, his performances were not satisfactory. In 1983, Ajax refused to renew his contract citing high wages and frequent injuries. Cruyff angrily joined Feyenoord!"

  During his time at Feyenoord, Cruyff showed a final flourish, leading the team to the Dutch league championship but beating his beloved Ajax in the process. Cruyff was also filled with regret and left after one season despite Feyenoord's attempts to keep him, only rejoining Ajax years later as part of the club's management.

  "Do you know what happened in those years?" Mel asked with a chuckle.

  Yang Cheng and Paul Maher exchanged a look, both suddenly having an urge to kill him.

  "This guy, deep down, has the spirit of gossip and a gene that wants to uncover secrets. Even Yang Cheng is no exception, let alone this secret being related to Cruyff, he must understand it clearly."

  Feeling Yang Cheng's almost murderous gaze, Mei Zhaotei suddenly let out a pleased humph of laughter. He rarely saw Yang Cheng so eager to ask for someone's help, and it made him feel especially pleased in his heart.

  "Cruyff and Bar?a were closely linked, and during Maradona's time at Bar?a, Mascati met Cruyff, it is hard to say who started the collaboration first. However, after Cruyff chose to leave Feyenoord, he chose to collaborate with Mascati."

  "One was a former world-class superstar, the other was an Argentine football tycoon. They hit it off immediately and came up with a plan called 'Marscati's Argentine star resources' plus Cruyff's European connections to actively bring Argentine stars to Europe and influence the world!"

  "Cruyff and Gustavo set up a brokerage firm, becoming the link between Argentine football and European football, and even world football, while Cruyff at that time solemnly declared that he had seen the dawn of success!..."

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, Cruyff shook his head and sighed, bitterly smiling: "Actually, Cruyff wasn't exaggerating. Although from our current perspective, he failed and boasted too much, at that time almost the whole world believed in him, almost everyone thought their plan was flawless, even they had a very detailed arrangement and planning for Argentine players' development in Europe."

  "Entire Europe was watching, expecting Cruyff to come from behind in Buenos Aires for the second Maradona, but unfortunately he failed. Nobody knows what exactly happened here, but the relationship between Cruyff and Mascati completely turned into enemies, he even revealed in a conversation that Mascati betrayed him!"

  But Mascatti did not admit it, he thought he just made a proper decision at the right time, Cruyff was stubborn and didn't know how to compromise, but what news was inside, nobody knew!... Meitzer shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly.

  In the mid-1970s, when the media was not as developed as it is now and information was seriously lagging behind, many things were unknown to people, let alone the cooperation secrets between Cruyff and Mascati, two of the biggest names in football.

  "What happened next?" Paul asked eagerly, his curiosity piqued.

  "After that, Cruyff returned to Europe with a heavy heart. At that time, many people in Europe advised him to go to Brazil, and Figueirense also expressed interest in cooperating with Cruyff, but Cruyff gave up the idea and accepted Ajax's invitation to become the club's technical director, embarking on a coaching career!"

  However, after Cruyff's plan failed, Feijer learned from it and withdrew when he saw the terrible domestic economic situation in Brazil, sending some already famous stars to Europe to make way for new-born newcomers, thus forming an effective star circulation system.

  "When those Brazilian soccer stars transfer to Europe, on the one hand, they create opportunities for new domestic players to emerge. On the other hand, once they make a name for themselves in Europe, they can bring continuous benefits back to Brazil, attracting batch after batch of young newcomers, thus forming an orderly digestive system that guarantees the sustainable development of Brazilian football - this is Brazil's global strategy!"

  Yang Cheng thought of the reason why Brazilian football would be called the future of world football in the next few years after listening to it.

  By the turn of the century, almost every football league in any country with a slightly developed economy could see the presence of Brazilian players, who often represented a typical cheap commodity, but despite supplying the whole world, Brazil's domestic football talent remained inexhaustible.

  From this point on, he can imagine how perfect and forward-looking the Brazilian global strategy system established by Filho and others is, and at least the development of Brazilian football is inseparable from the influence of this system.

  Yang Cheng couldn't help but admire Fule and others, at least in his opinion, a smart agent should not only know how to extract benefits from players, but also know how to benefit the players. Therefore, including Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, they all have great respect for Fule, and regard him as the godfather of Brazilian football.

  Of course, it's not that Fergie is so great that he sacrifices himself for others. At least when Sven-G?ran Eriksson switched to Real Betis, Ferguson was clearly blinded by his own interests, but this cannot hide his contribution to Brazilian football.

  "What happened to Mascatti in the end?" Paul Bayer noticed that Melzer was getting further and further away from the topic, so he quickly brought it back.

  "He went into business, at that time the domestic economy of Argentina was not like now, at that time the Argentine economy was booming and trade expanded to all over the world, so many football professionals including Mascati abandoned football and went into business, because in their view, it's better to do legitimate business than to earn grey income from hard work, plus the interpersonal relationships they established during their football career also brought them a lot of benefits in business."

  "Nowadays, Mascioli is a well-known wealthy man in Argentina. If it weren't for the recent economic downturn in Argentina, he would have re-established and expanded his brokerage company long ago. However, after making a lot of money outside of football, he returned to the football circle with bigger ambitions. Previously, taking a small portion of commission was no longer satisfying for him, so he started engaging in the business of buying and selling player ownership rights. The commission on player contracts also increased from 10% to 15%, and even reached 25% in some cases, causing the players to complain bitterly!"

  "Isn't there anyone opposing him?" Yang Cheng suddenly thought of something.

  Meirzer shook his head and smiled, "Oppose? How to oppose? Almost all Argentine FIFA agents are doing business with him, can the players afford to offend him? Moreover, with Mascherano's connections and network in Europe, the players will inevitably be a little intimidated."

  Yang Chen thought that was right, the agent is essentially the player's spokesperson, and the relationship between the two is very close. If they don't know each other well, the player won't easily entrust their image rights and other powers to the agent. Moreover, when choosing an agent, players generally choose someone they are familiar with, preferably from their own country.

  That's why Brazil has Fiel, Argentina has Mascati and Portugal has Mendes, all for the same reason.

  As they spoke, the three people in the office suddenly fell silent, because Paul...Bayer also began to realize that this time's opponent was so troublesome, no wonder even Melzer was powerless.

  As for Yang Cheng, he was suddenly stirred up by Meier's words and vaguely remembered something in his memory, searching for it in his own recollections, so he didn't speak for a while.

  "How did you think of solving it?" Melzer asked with a wry smile.

  Paul Bayr shook his head in distress, apparently helpless against Mascar.

  The two of them suddenly looked at Yang Cheng, who furrowed his brow in deep thought. It wasn't until nearly a minute later that he suddenly burst out laughing.

  "Is it done?" Meller and Paul yelled in unison, their faces alight with excitement.

  Yang Cheng nodded, "Right, I think the best thing to do now is to just ignore him!..."

  "What?!" The two of them were suddenly speechless, is this really okay?!

  Yang Cheng smiled confidently, "Don't worry, Warner. Since Mascot wants to blackmail us, he won't rush to stir up the players. I'll have a good talk with Bellon. Even if he can't give me any guarantees, at least I can temporarily stabilize him for now. If nothing else, I still have this confidence!"

  "As long as we temporarily stabilize Verona, we will slowly capture Muscat!" A stern look flashed in Yang Cheng's eyes.

  He's also starting to understand why many head coaches later on didn't want to face agents. If Yang Cheng can't severely teach Mascati a lesson this time, who knows if he'll continue to blackmail him again and again in the future, making it a habit, and he'll have to compromise time and time again?

  "A mosquito wants to suck some blood from my body, I will slap it to death without hesitation. Maybe I'll lose a little blood, but then I won't see this mosquito again and other mosquitoes will also be driven away!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

  Leaving Yang Cheng's office, Mei Zhi was puzzled all the way, unable to make sense of it.

  "Paul, do you think he really has a chance?" Mel asked cautiously, after all, Belong's affairs were unpredictable.

  Paul, Baye smiled and said, "Don't worry, since Yang Cheng said he could handle it, then he must be able to handle it. I've always had confidence in him, and I've never seen anything that can bring him down. So just do what he says and you'll be fine."

  Mei Zai's heart skipped a beat with a smile, but thinking again that since Yang Cheng joined Kaiserslautern, it seemed like nothing was impossible, and his heart had some expectations.

  Maybe this time he can really solve the trouble!