Super Marshal

Even though it has been a year since he came to Eindhoven, Hans is still not familiar with the roads here.

He travels to the Philips Stadium every two weeks, but almost every time something goes wrong, and every time he makes a mistake, he will laugh at himself and say, "I'm from Groningen."

Fortunately, later everyone got used to his road blindness and always reminded him to leave early so as not to be late.

Just like today, they went out ten minutes early, turned in the wrong direction at an intersection near the Philips Stadium, and after a detour, they finally arrived at the stadium earlier than the scheduled time.

"Phew, I found that I'm more and more able to catch up with your speed, Aryan." Hans had just parked his car in the parking space, and smiled at his son who was sitting next to him proudly.

Robben just recovered from his nervous emotions, unfastened his seat belt, nodded to his father, and got out of the car.

As the home stadium of Eindhoven, the Philips Stadium is not big, but it has a magnificent appearance and a very modern design.

Robben still remembers that a year ago, when he went south from Groningen to Eindhoven to sign a contract, when he came to this stadium, he was almost standing at the same place today, and he was very excited.

But who would have thought that today, one year later, he would come here again, only to leave.

Life is really like a play, fickle.

Just yesterday, coach Guus Hiddink was still advising him not to leave the Netherlands prematurely.

"The competition in the Premier League is very fierce, and the intensity of the competition is very high. You are not yet 20 years old. Going to the Premier League too early is not good for your long-term development. Moreover, there are many high-level players at Manchester United. Even if you go, you can compete with Giger. Do we compete?"

Hiddink's words are still in my ears, but many things in professional football are independent of the will of the players.

PSV need some cash, selling him is the best option!

Moreover, the club invited them today not to arrange for them to meet with representatives of Manchester United, but someone else.

A person Robben had been longing to see all this time, and today he specially took time out of his busy schedule to fly over to meet him.

Chelsea coach, Gao Han!

Thinking of Gao Han, Robben was full of anticipation.

Gao Han's qualifications are indeed not as old as Ferguson's, but his reputation is not lost at all. More importantly, he has unearthed a lot of young players in Atletico Madrid in the past, and each of them has been cultivated by him.

Villa, Xabi Alonso, Torres, Petr Cech...

Among the most legendary are Marcos Senna and Kaka.

In the past two years, Robben has read reports about Gao Han and Atletico Madrid from magazines and newspapers. As a professional player, he dreams of meeting such a Bole and training himself to be the best star.

But he never thought that one day, Gao Han would invite him to join the team by name.

Even Gao Han came to Eindhoven himself.

From this point of view, Gao Han is much more sincere than that Ferguson who has never met.

Thinking of this, Robben took a deep breath, "Let's go, Dad."

The father and son soon entered the Philips Stadium and came to the PSV Eindhoven office.

The staff also knew they were coming, but because they came early, they were put in the reception room next to the meeting room.

But just as he sat down, he heard the door opening next door, and then saw Chairman Fan Lai walking in with a smile on his face.

"Haha, Hans, Arjan, I'll be waiting for you."

The father and son were a little puzzled.

"How far has it progressed?" Hans asked with concern.

This is related to his son's future.

Van Lay nodded with a smile and said: "I just talked to Mr. Gao Han. I really didn't expect that he is not only good at directing the team on the court, but also very good at negotiating transfers. He is bold and generous. There is no longer any relationship between us." any obstacle."

Hans was a little surprised. This seems to be the first contact between Chelsea and Eindhoven, right?

So easy to negotiate?

"Hans, Arjan, I know that you have always been more interested in Manchester United before, but I want to say that they are too dishonest and too preoccupied. When Stam transferred, they played tricks behind the scenes. Later, Van Nistelrooy was the same. Even halfway through the conversation with Van Nistelrooy, after he was injured in the game, they put aside the negotiation for half a year without even the most basic greeting. They did not continue until Van Nistelrooy recovered. A cold-blooded business machine."

When Van Lay said this, he took a deep look at Robben, "Think carefully, Chelsea will be a good choice."

After speaking, Chairman Eindhoven didn't talk nonsense, and took them directly to the next meeting room.

As soon as Robben and his son came in, the PSV management people withdrew.

Judging from their faces, everyone was full of satisfaction, obviously they all got a very satisfactory result.

"Hans, Arjan, nice to meet you." Gao Han immediately stood up with a smile when he saw them coming in, and stretched out his hand far away.

Robben and his son rushed up to meet him and shook hands with Gao Han one after another. Especially when they arrived at Robben, they held hands tightly and vigorously, seeming a little nervous.

Accompanying Gao Han this time, in addition to agent Jorge Mendes, there are also Chelsea's lawyers, who are responsible for drafting the agreement and drawing up specific contract terms.

"First of all, I am very happy to meet you two, especially you, Arjan. I have studied your game in PSV very carefully and watched a lot of videos. I am very familiar with you and know you well."

Gao Han's words immediately flattered Robben, "Thank you, Mr. Gao Han."

"You are very young, but I feel very special, especially your courage to challenge the defenders with the ball on the court, which left a deep impression on me. Frankly speaking, a player like you Players are rare in the new generation."

When Robben and his son heard Gao Han give such a high praise, they were also very happy from ear to ear.

But Gao Han's words were not intentional flattery, but from the heart.

One-on-one on the court, taking the ball past others seems to be very simple, but in fact it is very difficult.

Even the top superstars may not have half the success rate.

More importantly, there are many players who are fast and have excellent skills at their feet, but there are very few players who dare to take the ball and break through.

For example, the Argentine striker Saviola, whom Barcelona has placed high hopes on, certainly has no problem with his personal ability, but his biggest weakness and shortcoming is that he does not have the courage to challenge defensive players on the court, which makes him lose more than half of his threat on the front line .

A forward who is less than 1.7 meters tall doesn't dare to break through with the ball, so how useful is that?

Robben is also very happy about Gao Han's evaluation, because he himself sees himself in the same way.

On the court, he has absolute confidence.

"Of course, Arjan, I also have to remind you that your style of play is prone to injury, and you are still young, so, for the sake of the long-term future, I definitely can't treat you like an adult player. It's a big responsibility, but I promise you, at Chelsea, you get the best environment to grow up in."

Having said that, Gao Han took two documents from Jorge Mendes next to him, handed one to Robben, and handed the other to his father and agent, Hans.

Robben's part is about Gao Han and the coaching staff's plans for Robben's future, as well as his prospects at Chelsea.

As for the offer to Hans, it was a personal treatment offered by Chelsea.

As soon as Hans opened it, he glanced over the other clauses and landed on the most critical position, salary.

A weekly salary of 40,000 pounds, a five-year contract!

The middle-aged man in the Netherlands was taken aback, and looked at Gao Han in disbelief, as if suspecting that he was wrong.

"Don't be surprised, Hans, and don't doubt our sincerity, because I firmly believe that for a top winger who is destined to shine in European football in the next few years, this treatment is not outrageous." Gao Han calmly smiled.

In fact, he is very satisfied with this feeling of throwing money at people.

Just now, Eindhoven's chairman Van Lay was directly stunned by his transfer offer with a total value of 15 million euros and an initial payment of 10 million euros.

In contrast, Manchester United's offer is only slightly more than half of Chelsea's.

If, just now, Hans was a little suspicious that Gao Han was here to fool you, then now that he saw the contract and the lawyer, he completely believed it.

Yes, what Fan Lai said is right, he is indeed very generous in his work!

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"What? What did you say?"

While Gao Han was sitting in the Philips Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, talking eagerly with Robben and his son, at the Kearney training base in north London, Wenger also received a call from his right-hand man Steve Lawley. A phone call.

"I just got the news from Barcelona that Cesc Fabregas agreed to Gao Han's invitation and went to Chelsea!"

Steve Lawley's words were like a bolt from the blue sky, directly hitting Wenger on the phone.

Cesc Fabregas, a young player whom he had been watching for several months, even invited him to visit Arsenal's Highbury Stadium and Kearney training base, but he was scooped up by his rivals in the same city?

"Impossible, impossible, how is this possible?" Wenger cried out.

"Haven't we already talked about it with the players? Why is this happening?"

After being silent for a few seconds, Steve Lawley sighed, "He contacted Barcelona openly, and finally persuaded Barcelona to release him by paying compensation and signing a buyback clause."

In contrast, Arsenal are poaching corners secretly, and they will definitely not be on the table.

"Not only Cesc Fabregas, Pique, who we were eyeing at the same time as Manchester United, but also the short Argentine teenager Messi, all went to Chelsea in the same way. It is said that the Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes working."

Wenger finally recovered, but he still felt his mind was buzzing and blank.

These three players are the most outstanding young players in the Barcelona youth academy, especially Cesc Fabregas, who performed very well in the European Youth Championship just past. Arsenal have also been staring at them for a long time, but unexpectedly...

"This damn bastard!" Wenger cursed angrily.

At this moment, if Gao Han stood in front of him, he even had the urge to tear him apart.

"What the hell is he trying to do?"

"I don't know, but I heard that he hasn't been in London these two days." Steve Lawley replied.

"According to the information I got, Chelsea has basically signed Veron, and it's just a matter of announcing it to the public."

Wenger nodded and hummed, which did not surprise him.

Manchester United's intention to sell Veron to cash out is obvious.

"In addition, I heard that Makelele's agent is also in contact with Chelsea."

"Oh?" Wenger shook his head and smiled, "I'm afraid he called and sent faxes to all the big European clubs, right?"

Makelele's contract renewal incident has long been nothing new in the past six months, and rumors of him leaving the team have continued. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is difficult for the two sides to compromise.

So now, there is only one catcher.

"Who would be so stupid to spend 20 million euros for a 30-year-old defensive midfielder?" Wenger sneered and shook his head.

Last year, Arsenal bought the midfielder Gilberto Silva, who shined in the World Cup from Brazil, and only spent a total of 4.5 million euros. Wenger thought it was expensive at the time.

Almost the same position, but Makelele is four years older than Gilberto Silva, but asking for 20 million euros?

The brain kicked by the donkey to do such a crazy stupid thing.

But this has nothing to do with Arsenal, so Wenger soon hated Gao Han again.

"This kid... let's wait and see!"