Chapter 44 World Cup All-Star Lineup
Ferguson truly thought the other party was crazy!
For a 17-year-old boy, a young man who has only played professional football for less than two years, how can that club from the Eastern country dare to propose a price of 10 million pounds? Don’t they know what such a number is? Or do they?
Are they really crazy?
You know, it only cost 7 million pounds to introduce Diego Forlan, who has already made a name for himself in the Argentine League!
"How dare they?" Ferguson said angrily on the phone to the person in charge who was sent by the club to Jiangzhou, China to negotiate a transfer with Jinfan Club.
The person in charge smiled bitterly and said: "Jazz, of course they dare, because that kid has just entered the 16-man All-Star lineup officially announced by the World Cup!"
"What?" Ferguson was stunned.
The person in charge said again: "Jazz, I said that kid made it into the 16-man All-Star lineup for the World Cup announced by FIFA!"
Ferguson is not deaf. He was just too shocked the first time and couldn't believe it.
Although Yin Jun's name was included in the 33-man All-Star list for the World Cup previously announced by FIFA, many people do not believe that Yin Jun can actually be selected for the 16-man All-Star list.
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Ferguson quickly hung up the phone and went to confirm the news.
Soon, he found the news just announced on FIFA's official website.
At noon on June 28th local time in Korea and Japan, and in the early morning of June 28th at Greenwich Mean Time, FIFA announced the list of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup All-Star Team.
The All-Star team for this World Cup was selected by a 10-member FIFA review panel headed by former Czechoslovakia coach Vengeros. When talking about the only three Asian players on the list, Yin Jun of the Chinese team and South Korea
When talking about Hong Myung-bo and Ryu Sang-cheol, Vengeros said: "The selection of Yin Jun is due to his almost perfect personal performance, which makes us unable to ignore him. The selection of the two Korean players is due to the excellent team performance of the Korean team.
.They all play a vital role in the Korean team, one is the captain on the field, and the other is the core of the midfield. The selection of the three of them is well-deserved."
At the same time, Vengeros also said that the list was originally only considered for players entering the top 16 teams, but the appearance of Yin Jun made the review team change this decision because Yin Jun's performance was impeccable.
Yin Jun is also the only player from a non-knockout team selected for the 16-man All-Star roster.
The 16-man All-Star roster includes Kahn and Rustu at goalkeepers, Roberto Carlos, Campbell, Hierro, Hong Myung-bo and Alpe at defenders, Yin Jun, Ballack and Rivaldo at midfield.
, Ronaldinho and Yoo Sang-cheol, as well as Ronaldo, Diouf, Hassan and Klose at the forward position.
The top four teams became the big winners in this list, with 12 people selected. England defender Campbell, Spanish defender Hierro and Senegal forward Diouf became representatives of other knockout teams, while Yin Jun was a non-knockout team
The only one in the team.
In addition, FIFA will also announce the 11-man best lineup for this World Cup, which will be selected from the 16-man All-Star roster.
However, this 11-man best lineup will not be released until the World Cup is completely over.
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Seeing this news, Ferguson was helpless. Even he thought it was reasonable for Jiangzhou Jinfan to offer Yin Jun 10 million pounds.
As the FIFA review panel said, Yin Jun's performance in this World Cup cannot be ignored, even if the Chinese team ultimately failed in the group stage.
In fact, Ferguson felt that the Chinese team was a bit unlucky because they were placed in a group that could be called a group of death, and two top four teams eventually appeared in the group.
In addition, it is the Chinese team's weak overall strength that drags down Yin Jun. If the Chinese team's overall strength were slightly stronger, the Chinese team might not even be able to advance to the knockout rounds.
However, even in the face of a death group, even in the face of the team's weak overall strength, Yin Jun still brought the Chinese team into the knockout stage almost single-handedly.
With 5 goals and 1 assist in 3 games, this kind of performance could not be ignored by FIFA, so it changed the original review rules and made an exception for Yin Jun to be included in the 16-man All-Star roster!
As far as this World Cup is concerned, Yin Jun is definitely a well-deserved star. This has nothing to do with age or country!
Ferguson also recognized this list, but it did not mean that he could make up his mind and spend 10 million pounds to bring Yin Jun to England and Manchester United.
Now in 2002, a signing worth 10 million pounds is definitely a blockbuster signing. Because even Zidane's move to Real Madrid last summer only cost Real Madrid about 43 million pounds!
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Today's British pound is still very valuable. 10 million British pounds is worth 15.7 million U.S. dollars, and nearly 130 million yuan when converted into RMB!
As for the euro, it has just become the legal currency of the Eurozone countries. There are still great doubts about it internationally, and many countries have not yet recognized the status of the euro.
Although Yin Jun performed very well during the World Cup, he was too young and his career was too short. He only played for a year and a half. Although his overall performance was excellent, it was still not enough to convince Ferguson to start from scratch.
In the transfer fee, he spent a huge sum of 10 million pounds to sign Yin Jun.
However, after carefully understanding Yin Jun's performance, Ferguson was really reluctant to give up on Yin Jun. He wanted to send someone to contact Yin Jun first to understand Yin Jun's thoughts and see if he could use Yin Jun to Jiangzhou
Jinfan put pressure on the other party to lower their psychological expectations.
According to Ferguson's understanding, after Jiangzhou Jinfan suddenly raised Yin Jun's offer from 5 million pounds to 10 million pounds, many clubs, including Arsenal, Ajax and Benfica, have chosen to give up.
Arsene, that miser, ran away faster than a rabbit after seeing the sky-high price of 10 million pounds from Jiangzhou Jinfan Club.
At present, only Manchester United and Real Madrid are left, and they have not made it clear that they have given up.
For Real Madrid, Florentino is currently implementing a superstar policy. To put it bluntly, this policy is to only buy expensive ones, not the right ones. Yin Jun's reputation has soared rapidly, which means that his value has also increased.
This is in line with Florentino's policy.
Although Yin Jun is not yet a superstar, he is already a star with considerable fame around the world.
Coupled with the Chinese market behind Yin Jun and Yin Jun's good personal image, Florentino naturally became more and more interested in him.
Chapter completed!