What? My Mino Raiola's player is only worth this much?

Pepys!

The decorated head coach of the Argentina U-20 National Team.

During the four years from 2004 to 2008 when Pepys led the team, the Argentina U-20 National Team won two consecutive World Youth Championship titles from 2005 to 2007.

Back then, Argentina's U-20 side had been unstoppable.

However, following Pepys's departure and the sudden gap in Argentina's talent pipeline, Argentina had been eliminated in the semifinals for several years afterward.

And this year, they were in even worse shape.

They had stumbled through the qualifiers, only barely defeating Uruguay with a last-minute winner in their final match to reach the World Youth Championship finals.

Because of that, the Argentine Football Association directly fired Alvor, the U-20 team's head coach, and reinstated the veteran coach Pepys.

There were now less than two months left before the World Youth Championship began.

Pepys did not have much time.

A lack of firepower up front was this Argentina U-20 National Team's weakness.

During this period, Pepys had been searching through leagues at every level for suitable forwards.

It was not that Pepys had never heard of Su Bai; he had simply always assumed Su Bai was Chinese. No matter how well he played, it would have been useless.

It was not until today, when the team's assistant coach strongly recommended Su Bai and told Pepys that Su Bai held Argentine nationality, that Pepys finally found the attacking centerpiece of his dreams.

That monstrous level of physicality and finishing made him feel as though he had found the key to Argentina winning the World Youth Championship again.

"Mr. Pepys, that kid has already terminated his contract!"

Unfortunately, when Pepys instructed someone to send Boca Juniors a call-up notice, they learned that Su Bai had already terminated his contract with Boca and gone to Germany.

The plane landed smoothly at Dortmund International Airport in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Mino Raiola led Su Bai out of the luxurious first-class cabin.

"Su, I've already booked the hotel. Do you want to rest first, or go straight to the club?"

Seeing that it was only a little past ten in the morning, Raiola asked.

Su Bai had been lying down on the plane for twenty hours.

And Argentina was only three hours behind Germany, so Su Bai did not feel tired at all.

"Let's go to the club. I want to start training earlier."

Su Bai could not bear to waste even a second right now.

Those were precious attribute points. His ball control was still terrible, and Klopp's Dortmund had high demands when it came to passing and possession.

If his ball control prevented him from fitting in with his teammates, then no matter how much Klopp liked him, he would still have to sit on the bench.

"Haha, Su, you're a hardworking kid. Thinking about Balotelli gives me a headache!"

Seeing Su Bai like this, Raiola could not help but think of another young genius under his management.

The man known as Super Mario—the one who was world-class from the neck down.

After getting off the plane, Raiola had a car waiting to take Su Bai straight to Dortmund's training base.

Dortmund's club facilities were on the outskirts of the city, close to the airport.

Before long, Raiola and Su Bai arrived beneath the club building.

Since Raiola had already informed Klopp in advance, Klopp had been waiting downstairs for them early on.

"Hi, Su!"

Upon seeing Su Bai, Klopp warmly patted him on the shoulder.

It had to be said that Klopp had an unusual obsession with collecting talented young prospects.

"Jürgen, you forgot your old friend already?"

Seeing Klopp greet Su Bai so warmly while completely ignoring him, Raiola laughed and scolded him.

"Do I need to greet you? You've been in this building more times than I have!"

"Haha, that's true!"

"Su, go get your medical done. I'm going to talk to Hayden!"

With that, Raiola walked directly into the building.

From the look of it, he clearly knew the place well.

"Su, this is the team's assistant coach, Phyllis!"

After watching Raiola leave, Klopp pulled Su Bai over and introduced his assistant coach.

"Hello, Su. You can call me anytime if you have any problems in the future!"

"Of course!"

Su Bai and Klopp communicated in English.

"By the way, Su, the club has already found you a professional German teacher. If you're going to play in Germany, you need to learn German."

Language!

This was one of the biggest reasons many players struggled to adapt to Europe's top five leagues.

Su Bai had grown up in Argentina, so the only languages he could speak were Chinese, Spanish, and English.

He really didn't know any German.

Most of Borussia Dortmund's players were German, and they used German in their daily conversations. It seemed he really couldn't get by without learning it.

"Thank you!"

Su Bai was quite pleased with Borussia Dortmund's thoughtful arrangement.

At the very least, these little details showed that Borussia Dortmund truly cared about him.

"Mino Raiola has gone to negotiate the contract. Su, go with Phyllis for your medical examination! Let's speed things up—the league is about to start, and you need to integrate into the team as soon as possible!"

After saying that, Klopp smiled, patted Su Bai on the shoulder, and headed upstairs.

Su Bai then followed Phyllis to Borussia Dortmund's medical center.

Inside Borussia Dortmund's manager's office.

Mino Raiola sat with a cigar in his mouth and his legs crossed, looking thoroughly displeased.

"Hayden! You old bastard, don't think that just because my player has come to Borussia Dortmund, he belongs to Borussia Dortmund!"

"Believe it or not, I can take him to Schalke right now?"

"Bayern Munich isn't out of the question either!"

"A weekly salary of twenty thousand euros? Are you trying to feed a beggar?"

"And five years is impossible. Three years at most!"

"Don't take me for a fool. You can't possibly claim you don't know Su's potential, can you?"

Mino Raiola was very unhappy.

Just moments ago, he and Hayden had been chatting arm in arm about which numbered masseuses to call that night.

Yet in the blink of an eye, Mino Raiola had completely changed his face!

Hayden, seated opposite Mino Raiola, looked equally awkward.

The eight-million signing bonus had been the result of discussions between him and Klopp.

But to be honest, the two of them had never discussed the contract terms or salary.

So when Mino Raiola came to negotiate the contract, Hayden immediately produced a rigid five-year deal.

That instantly enraged Mino Raiola.

"Mino, my old friend!"

"I know Su's potential, and I trust your eye even more!"

But precisely because he was your player, I fucking wanted to lock him down with a tighter contract. What kind of vulture are you? Who the fuck doesn't know that?

Of course, Hayden didn't say that last thought aloud.

Everyone in the world knew how ruthless Mino Raiola was.

If they didn't sign him for five years, there was a chance that after just one season, this guy would already arrange Su Bai's transfer elsewhere.

"Aren't we negotiating now? If you think the weekly salary is too low, we can raise it. How about fifty thousand? I'll more than double it for you. You know Su is still young, and he hasn't played in the high-intensity Bundesliga yet. If his salary is too high, it'll be hard to explain to the other players!"

"Reus just won German Footballer of the Year, and even his weekly salary is only one hundred and fifty thousand!"

Hayden said with a deeply aggrieved expression!