Signed for Everton
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In Liverpool, England, a 60-year-old man with white hair and a ruddy complexion sits in an office. Outside the window behind him is a green football training ground where players wearing blue jerseys are training under the command of their coach.
In front of the old man, a 40-year-old slightly balding middle-aged man wearing a training suit was talking to him.
"Mr. Chairman, has Maridi accepted our quotation?" said the middle-aged man.
"The quotation was sent out early this morning, but they haven't replied yet," said the old man slowly.
"Isn't 50 million euros too low? To know that in the summer, they didn't even want to let people go for less than the buyout clause."
A middle-aged man said hesitantly.
"Our offer and the buyout clause are only 30 million euros apart, now that player seems to be at odds with Maridimo, this is a good opportunity." The old man said with confidence.
"Indeed, after Roger left, our midfield creativity was much worse. If we want to maintain competitiveness, we must introduce this player."
Ding ding ding ding......
Just as the old man was about to return to his conversation, the phone on the table rang. It was an old-fashioned telephone with a clear and crisp metal ringing sound, as if this old man had a special nostalgia for things from the past.
The old man picked up the receiver, and a similarly hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone. The English was spoken with great awkwardness, and seemed to have the same accent as the middle-aged man's English.
However, the middle-aged man sitting opposite the old man couldn't hear the words coming out of the receiver clearly, and could only listen nervously to the old man's response, judging the development of things from his facial expression.
"Alright, we'll contact him today, thank you, old friend." With that, the old man hung up with a hint of a smile on his face.
"Did it succeed?" A middle-aged man's face showed a hint of anticipation.
The old man smiled and nodded, "Yes, Felipe has agreed. You go to Portugal today and discuss the contract with his agent. Be sure to bring him back!"
"I understand, I'll go prepare now." The middle-aged man couldn't suppress his excitement and hastily turned to leave.
Maridiu Training Base, Felipe's office. Felipe, Martins, Teno and Wu Yong are all sitting inside.
"What? Let me transfer?" Wu Yu said in surprise after hearing Felipe's narrative.
He was about to go alone to the orphanage, but Ternana found him and said there were important things. Unexpectedly, after arriving at Felipe's office, he got the unanimous opinion of the club chairman and team coach, allowing him to leave the team in the winter transfer.
"That's right, you didn't succeed in transferring during the summer, I think you must be eager to develop on a higher platform. The club's European mission this season has also been achieved, so we decided to let you leave. I don't know what you think?" Felipe said calmly.
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"But I just regained my state, and Hot Streak has been out of contact with me." Wu Yu was still very surprised.
"This time it's not Tottenham, but your prospects in their lineup will be better than if you were to join Tottenham." Tenorio explained on the side.
Wu Yu looked at Ternana, then at the two important members of the club, his eyes full of confusion. Just now when Ternana brought him here, he didn't explain anything, let alone which team to transfer to.
"It's Everton, their offer has been accepted and someone will be in touch with you this afternoon." Felipe said calmly, but a hint of reluctance was evident from his expression.
Indeed, for a talented player like Wu Lei, letting him go to another team for just 50 million euros is quite a loss. However, he didn't make the mistake of selling Wu Lei to Everton without considering the future benefits. He added a clause in the transfer contract that 30% of the profit from any future transfer would belong to Malaga. Given Wu Lei's potential, it's not impossible for his value to rise to 20-30 million euros in the future.
"Everton!" When Wu Yun heard this name, his heart skipped a beat, secretly marveling at the coincidence of fate.
Wang Pei-yun is currently studying at the University of Liverpool, and Everton, one of the two Premier League teams in Liverpool, has a nickname "The Toffees" with a long history. Thinking that he can live in the same city as Wang Pei-yun and also fight in the Premier League, Wu Yun's heart couldn't help but feel a little excited.
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After leaving Felipe's office, both Wu Yun and Ternio were relieved. The transfer invitation from Everton was quite suitable for Wu Yun's current reputation and strength, so they had no reason to refuse this transfer invitation.
Wu Lei is slightly worried that he has just won back the fans who were angry with him because of his transfer to Everton in the summer, and now he will be transferred again in just over a month, which may hurt the fans' hearts once more.
However, Felipe and Martens both assured Wu Yu that they would handle the matter properly, which made him feel a little more at ease.
In the late afternoon, Wu Yu received a call from Ternonia and rushed to their usual meeting place, a restaurant. Inside, Ternonia was already waiting for him. Sitting across from him was a man in his 40s with a somewhat awkward expression.
Wu Yu entered the restaurant and sat down beside Tenorio.
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"Wu Yu, this is Everton's head coach, Roberto Martinez." Tenerio introduced.
Even if Ten Hag didn't introduce him, Wu Yu already knew who the visitor was. In the summer of 2013, he helped Wigan win the FA Cup final against Manchester City and won the FA Cup championship. Last season, after Moyes left, he moved into Goodison Park Stadium, ranking sixth in the league, and suppressed arch-rival Liverpool, can be said to be another emerging coach in the Premier League.
After some pleasantries, both sides quickly got down to business.
"Mr. Martinez, why do you want to sign me?" Wu Yu's first question was to understand his position in the other party's mind, and he knew that Everton had no intention of contacting Maritimo during the summer, but now before the winter transfer window, they wanted to sign him, which was a bit strange.
"We've actually been watching you all along, but we thought it wasn't the best time to sign you in the summer because we still had Roger Buckle on our roster," Martinez explained calmly.
"But then Rodgers joined Chelsea on the last day of August, just before the transfer deadline, which left us stunned. At that time, you were also injured, so we had a very difficult first half of the season." Martinez said helplessly.
Everton are currently 10th in the Premier League, a far cry from last season's 6th place. The main reason is the lack of creativity in midfield, resulting in only 13 goals in 15 games so far. Although the backline has been solid, the midfield and frontline have not been able to deliver, leading to too many draws and poor results for the team.
Wu Yu and Tenorio both looked at Martinez quietly, seemingly acknowledging his statement.
"I have always had high hopes for your creativity, you can become the core of our team and help us return to the top of the standings in the second half of the season," Martinez promised.
This sentence fully reveals his attitude. To give a 19-year-old young general, promise a main position, and also the core of midfield, this is absolute trust in Wu Yu.
Wu Lei, who was originally inclined to join Everton, had nothing more to say at this time. Martinez was so sincere and Everton is a competitive Premier League team, it's hard for him to refuse.
Next is Tenorio and Martinez negotiating Wu's treatment and contract
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Wu Yu looked at the two people haggling, and his mind went back to several months ago in the summer. Tottenham's chairman Levy was negotiating with Tenoni about his contract, but this time, sitting opposite him was Everton's head coach Martinez.
Martinez promised Wu Lei a core position, but the salary was not that high, let alone Chelsea's ￡500,000 weekly offer in the summer, even Tottenham's ￡300,000 weekly salary had a gap. Everton were only willing to give Wu Lei a weekly salary of ￡15,000, with a 4-year contract, an appearance fee of ￡1,500 and a signing fee of ￡100,000, but there was no release clause.
Wu Lei was never particularly concerned about money, although his family had been in debt since he was a child, but now the debts have been cleared, and his endorsement contract with Nike China has also been changed to a global cooperation contract in the summer, and the endorsement fee has increased several times. Therefore, Wu Lei did not have much objection to the weekly salary of 15,000 pounds, and the two sides quickly reached an agreement.
After the contract was signed, it was already evening. Martínez stayed behind to have dinner with Wu Yu and Terneno. Since Martínez is Spanish, also a Romance language speaker, communication between the three wasn't a big problem.
To avoid long nights and many dreams, Martínez had the club's assistant bring the contract over the next day, he wanted to complete the signing with Fonsi and Wu Yu.
All this was done very secretly; there was no time for it to leak out.
The next day, Wu Lei completed his physical examination at the hospital in Foshan, and all the test reports were normal, which made both Wu Lei and Martinez breathe a sigh of relief. In Felipe's office, Wu Lei signed a transfer contract with Everton and Maridimo.
When he signed his name on the contract between himself and Everton, he felt that the whole world had changed.
Finally joined the Premier League team, can be on the world's highest stage of football, to show their strength, let all the fans around the world see their performance.
Wu Yu turned his head to look at his teammates who were training outside the window, with a strong sense of pride and a hint of reluctance, after all, Maridimo was the first club where he started his professional career.
December 13th, the last game before the winter break of the Portuguese Super League, Marítimo will play at home, which will also be his farewell performance in the team.
The transfer deal will take effect on January 1, 2015, at which time Wu Lei will officially become a player of Premier League club Everton.
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