The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 1184
1184 A Centre-Back at the Main Level
The centre-back that Zhong Cheng has his eyes on is Leonardo Bonucci!
Leonardo Bonucci, born on May 1, 1987 in Vitebo, Italy, joined Inter Milan’s youth camp in 2005. In November of that year he was recruited into the first team by Inter coach Mancini.
Inter made their Serie A debut in the 90th minute of the final round of the 2005-2006 season when Bonucci was substituted for Inter in the away game against Cagliari. In 2006/07, Bonucci played three Italian Cup matches throughout the season for a total of 138 minutes.
Bonucci started his loan career in the second half of 2007. When he loaned out, he played for Serie B for a long time and was an absolute central defender, accumulating a lot of experience.
But now, José Mourinho did not have time to nurture Bonucci, and Bonucci did not have any important place in José Mourinho’s heart.
In Zhong Cheng’s previous life, it was this summer that Inter Milan brought him to Diego Milito and Tiago Motta, sending him to Genoa. Because Diego Milito went to the Genoa Club.
Inter bought Diego Milito for 25 million euros and Diego Motta for 14 million euros plus Leonardo Bonucci, Francisco Borzoni and Ricardo Megiorini.
Diego Milito, introduced by Euro 25 million plus Leonardo Bonucci, and Euro 14 million plus Diego Mota, introduced by Francisco Borzoni and Ricardo Megiorini, are also considered.
However, Leonardo Bonucci has just moved to Genoa for 20 days before he was bought by Italy’s promotion team Mabari.
In Bari, Leonardo Bonucci became the central defender, partnering with his Inter teammate La Nokia. That season, the strikers who wanted to play in League One were frightened. In the first half of the season, they conceded 16 goals in the back line, which was very powerful.
Unfortunately, La Nokia was severely injured and went to recuperate for half a year.
Leonardo Bonucci played 38 Serie A games for 3,420 minutes this season.
At the end of the season, he was bought by Serie A giants Juventus for 15.5 million euros and soon became a central defender. Bonucci played seven seasons at Juventus, helping Juventus win six Serie A titles, three Italian Super Cup titles, three Italian Cup titles and two Champions League and Asian Champions League titles.
Leonardo Bonucci has become the world’s top centre-back.
In other words, Leonardo Bonucci is now a Serie A central defender and is very strong. At this time, Zhong Cheng brought Leonardo Bonucci to Leeds United. He can even play at Leeds United’s central defender. He is completely capable of replacing Ivanovic when he leaves.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng was very anxious to bring in Leonardo Bonucci immediately!
But Zhong Cheng also knew that José Mourinho would definitely capture Leonardo Bonucci to discuss the introduction of Diego Milito. José Mourinho was very interested in Diego Milito and wanted to bring Diego Milito to Italy.
If he knew that Zhong Cheng wanted to bring in Inter players, José Mourinho would definitely be willing to trade Leonardo Bonucci and cash for Diego Milito.
To be honest, Diego Milito is also important to Leeds United now.
After all, Levandovsky and Diego Costa were both young, could they afford to take on the responsibility of Diego Milito?
Zhong Cheng was confident in Levandowski, but his plan was for Levandowski to follow Diego Milito for another year and then stand up to carry the banner.
Now it seems like the plan really can’t keep up with the changes!
Moreover, Diego Milito has also made a request to Zhong Cheng for a transfer.
Because Diego Milito saw several of Leeds United’s main players leave and Leeds United did not bring in any good players, he no longer had confidence in Leeds United. He felt that Leeds United had collapsed, as the outside world had said.
Who knows how bad Leeds United’s results will be next season if they stay?
Instead of staying and sinking with Leeds United, it would be better to leave Leeds United and get a decent contract at this time of brilliance.
After all, Diego Milito has only been at Leeds United for a season. He doesn’t have such a deep understanding and affection for Zhong Cheng and Leeds United. Inter Milan are very good. Inter Milan are Italy’s big clubs. He is very happy to join Inter Milan.
Moreover, Inter have offered him a very good deal and José Mourinho has promised him a place in the first team. It is normal for Diego Milito to want to leave.
Zhong Cheng had asked Albertini, Canales, Nai Smith, and the others to discuss this matter!
Zhong Cheng asked, “What do you think?”
Albertini immediately said: ‘Boss, I don’t think we can agree with Inter. There is no secure striker after Diego leaves our club, which will greatly weaken our attacking power for the new season. More importantly, the departure of our central midfielder, Luka Modric, will certainly weaken our offense, and our Leeds United record in the new season will not be guaranteed!
Canales added: “This is not the most important thing. Most importantly, Leeds United have already left so many regular players. If we send away the regular players now, it will cause the team to be in turmoil. Most importantly, it will cause the Leeds fans to rebound. Right now, we are under a lot of pressure.”
Yes, now every day there are fans protesting at the Leeds United Club building!
Zhong Cheng also received a phone call from Tolliver Burch today. He was here to complain to Zhong Cheng about this matter. He also asked Zhong Cheng when he would bring in an extremely powerful player to shock the crowd. Now, Leeds United urgently needed a crisis PR player!
Hearing these words, Zhong Cheng nodded slightly. This was indeed the most crucial issue at the moment.
Leeds United have to deal with this now.
“But I don’t think we can keep Diego Milito,” Zhong said. “Diego Milito is now keen to go to Inter Milan. And most importantly, I really want to bring in Leonardo Bonucci!”
Everyone was silent!
Zhong Cheng’s intentions were obvious, that was, he would definitely bring in Leonardo Bonucci!
Albertini immediately asked: “What level of player is Leonardo Bonucci that you value so much?”
The other coaches stared fixedly at Zhong Cheng. They also wanted to understand this point. To see if Leonardo Bonucci is worth it for Leeds United.
Of course, everyone believed in Zhong Cheng’s vision. If Zhong Cheng felt that it could be changed, they would still support Zhong Cheng.
Zhong Cheng said: “Although Leonardo Bonucci is young, he will definitely be able to play at centre-back of our Leeds United team. Of course, he will also play at Ivanovic’s position and change the starting line-up.”
Hiss!
Everyone took a deep breath and it would be worth it if Diego Milito and a sum of cash were traded for a regular centre-back.
Albertini immediately asked, “Are you saying that he will be able to reach this level in the future, or that he is already at this level?”
Zhong Cheng immediately said: “Of course there is a level now. Unfortunately, José Mourinho thought that Inter Milan have a lot of defenders and very little interest in Leonardo. Otherwise, we would not have had the chance to bring him in!”
Everyone’s hearts trembled when they heard Zhong Cheng’s words.
If it was really as Zhong Cheng had said, then they had really picked up the treasure!
Albertini immediately clapped his hands and said: “Then let’s bring in Leonardo Bonucci. After all, Diego Milito’s mind is no longer on Leeds United. Send him away. We also have Levandovsky, as well as Diego Costa, Alexander Pato and Edison Cavani!”
The other Leeds United coaches echoed.
Nay Smith immediately said: “That’s true, and we have a lot of money now and we can bring in a strong striker. I think it’s more than worth the deal!”
“Well, since the boss thinks so highly of Leonardo Bonucci, I think we can give it a try,” Canales said.
Zhong Cheng looked at these assistants and immediately nodded. He was very glad to have such a group of assistants!
Zhong Cheng immediately said, “Alright, since everyone agrees, then let’s prepare to talk to José Mourinho!”
The Leeds United coaching staff nodded in agreement.
Zhong Cheng asked someone to reveal Inter’s offer for Diego Milito and he wanted to take a good look.
This is the third offer from Inter. Inter’s first offer was 22 million euros, but Diego Milito was rejected by Leeds United. Their second offer, 25 million euros, is dead set.
Internazionale’s latest offer was 27 million euros, which Zhong Cheng originally meant to sink to the bottom of the ocean. If Ivanovic hadn’t left, Zhong Cheng wouldn’t have fished out this offer.
After reading the offer, Zhong Cheng asked the transfer staff to reply directly to Inter Milan. With 28 million euros plus Leon Difficulty Bonucci and Balotelli, Inter Milan were allowed to take Diego Milito away.
Apparently, José Mourinho was surprised and furious when he saw the reply.
Surprisingly, it took them so long to get a response from Leeds United. Angrily, Leeds United’s response was too irritating. Balotelli is Inter Milan’s talented rookie striker and his future is limitless. Now he is worth at least tens of millions of euros, which means Inter have to spend at least 40 million euros to buy Diego Milito. How can José Mourinho not be angry?
Even introducing Ibrahimovic would not have cost so much!
José Mourinho was really furious, extremely furious!
Of course, José Mourinho wasn’t angry, because he really liked Diego Milito very much. It was appropriate for Diego Milito to take over from Ibrahimovic. José Mourinho pondered for a moment before asking Inter Milan’s transfer office to respond to Leeds United’s request.
José Mourinho was bound to win over Diego Milito!