Nyon received no response after sending the offer, as if it had disappeared into the sea.

He knew that Real Madrid was dissatisfied with his offer and wanted to give him the cold shoulder.

He laughed as well.

They weren't considering who was more anxious right now…

However, dragging things out like this would only lead to more complications. If possible, he wanted to speed things up.

He picked up his phone and dialed a number, "Andre? Ah, I'm really sorry to bother you again… Yes, yes, it's still about that matter… It doesn't seem like there's enough pressure, I want to put even more pressure on them…"

After hanging up, Nyon stared thoughtfully at the Real Madrid logo on the fax.

After a while, he snapped out of it and called Mendes, "Mr. Mendes? It's me…"

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Mendes was vacationing on a beach in Portugal, holding a curvaceous woman in a bikini. After receiving Nyon's call, he let go of the woman and walked to a more secluded spot.

"Ha, Nyon – don't worry, Pepe is on vacation right now. Yes, Portugal was eliminated, and he's really sad. The whole of Portugal is in mourning… It's okay, he'll recover in a couple of days, he knows what he needs to do. Don't worry, there's no problem, I assure you. He'll only go to Liverpool, even if other teams make offers, we won't consider them. Liverpool is the best place for his future…"

After ending the call, Mendes frowned and thought for a moment, before picking up his phone again.

"Hello, Pepe? Yes, it's me… Yes, yes… I have something to tell you… Are you planning to move to a different club?"

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Pepe was also on vacation, but unlike what Mendes said, he wasn't sad about Portugal's elimination. He had been sad, but that was right after the team was eliminated. Now he had completely recovered.

When he received a call from his agent, Mendes, he was a little surprised.

"Move to a different club?"

"Yes, I have some breaking news… Shhh, let me finish, you have to promise not to leak this information."

Pepe's curiosity was piqued, and he immediately swore, "I promise I definitely won't say anything."

"Very good. I recently heard something, and this news is absolutely reliable, because it was told to me by someone close to your club's president. He said… Mr. Florentino Perez is seriously considering selling you. He's already in secret talks with several clubs…"

When Pepe heard this, he wasn't too surprised, he seemed very calm.

He had expected this result. He could feel that Florentino didn't like him, but he just hadn't given him a chance to get rid of him.

He asked, "Does Jose know?"

Because of Pepe's reaction, Mendes was even more convinced that Pepe intended to leave.

"He doesn't know, if he knew, he would definitely step in to stop it… Do you think I should notify him?"

If Pepe nodded, it meant that Pepe wasn't particularly willing to leave. If he stopped him, it meant that Pepe was determined to leave the team.

Pepe was silent for a while on the other end of the phone, then said, "For now… don't tell him, Jorge."

Mendes smiled.

He knew Pepe's intentions.

"What are your plans?"

"If Real Madrid wants to sell me, I have nothing to say, I agree to leave."

"Is there any particular team you want to go to?"

"No."

"Alright, Pepe. Just leave it all to me, like when you were at Porto. I guarantee you'll go to a team that's competitive enough, and you'll get there what you got here…"

"Thank you, Jorge. I'm sorry, I have to…"

Mendes nodded, "I know, I know, go have fun, enjoy your vacation, and get ready to start a new life!"

Mendes hung up the phone, a faint smile on his lips.

The old man from Real Madrid, you're finally going to pay the price for your stubbornness and arrogance… Hopefully, this will teach you a lesson.

※※※

Originally, with the end of the World Cup, the hype about whether Pepe was a butcher had gradually subsided.

But at this time, the media suddenly started hyping up the topic about Pepe again.

This time it wasn't discussing Pepe's fouls in the Portuguese matches, but directly discussing Pepe's future.

A media outlet from Italy claimed with certainty that Pepe was in contact with other teams, and he was planning to leave Real Madrid. The media outlet revealed that Pepe was disappointed with his life at Real Madrid, because he had given his heart to Real Madrid, but Real Madrid obviously hadn't treated him with sincerity.

He felt that he wasn't valued at Real Madrid, and when he was attacked by the media and fans, none of Real Madrid's officials stood up to defend him.

So he was planning to leave. To go to a team that would value him.

This media outlet had completely exposed the relationship between Pepe and Real Madrid to the public.

As more and more media outlets participated in the hype, more teams would inevitably come up with the idea of signing Pepe.

Nyon wasn't afraid of competition, because he had already received Mendes's support, and he was the one who really decided which team Pepe would go to.

As for other teams that might go to Mendes, he wasn't worried either. He had already reached an agreement with Mendes. Mendes was able to become the number one agent in the world of football today, he must pay attention to integrity.

He had to fulfill what he had promised. If he didn't do this, his position in the industry would be challenged and questioned.

Liverpool, after all, was a globally influential powerhouse, not some small, insignificant team.

If Mendes dared to betray him and betray Liverpool, he would probably have to weigh the consequences of doing so. Liverpool was a member of the G14, and its power in football shouldn't be underestimated.

Nyon believed that Mendes was very aware of this.

And the benefit of the media exposing the relationship between Pepe and the Real Madrid executives now was to make Florentino unable to sit still.

He believed that Mourinho would find out about this sooner or later. If Florentino wanted to successfully get rid of Pepe, he had to take the lead and settle this matter before Mourinho did.

This was forcing Florentino to not be able to hold back, so Real Madrid couldn't be a coward.

You don't want to come out and face me? Then I'll force you out!

※※※

How could Florentino not know what the result of these media outlets clamoring here was? Now he couldn't remain calm.

Soon, Nyon received a revised offer from Real Madrid.

Thirty-eight million euros.

This was the new price that Real Madrid had set for Pepe.

This price was already very close to Liverpool's psychological price.

But it still had to be negotiated.

Liverpool quickly made a counter-offer, still twenty-five million euros, not a penny more.

This time it was Real Madrid's turn to frown. Liverpool's attitude was so tough, which put them at a disadvantage… Now it was Real Madrid who was anxious to sell Pepe, not Liverpool.

Helpless, Real Madrid raised their price again to thirty-five million.

Liverpool insisted on twenty-five million.

The gap between the two sides was still ten million.

This time it was Liverpool's turn to put on airs.

To push the price down, you have to be patient.

Nyon knew that Real Madrid would definitely surrender first.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before Real Madrid sent back a fax.

Thirty million euros. And they said that this was the final offer, if Liverpool couldn't accept it, then there was no point in talking about it.

Thirty million? How was that possible?

And the final offer!

Who didn't know how to bluff?

Nyon didn't hesitate to tell them that it was twenty-five million euros, Liverpool wouldn't pay a penny more, this was the most reasonable price, and he couldn't see any reason to raise the price any further.

In fact, when Nyon made this counter-offer, he was also very uneasy and nervous.

What if Real Madrid really rejected it? After all, the other side was a century-old powerhouse, and they still had some arrogance. If they were angered, be careful of losing everything…

In this anxious mood, Nyon waited for two days. He even couldn't help but call Pepe's agent, Mendes, again, and ask him to put more pressure on Real Madrid? Then he thought about it, he was just buying Pepe, and he always had to ask the agent for help, which seemed a bit incompetent.

So he never made this call.

Fortunately, good news came two days later, Real Madrid accepted the offer of twenty-five million euros!

Nyon took the fax from Madrid and laughed loudly in his office for a long time.

To sign Pepe for twenty-five million euros was definitely a miracle!

When Pepe transferred to Real Madrid, it was thirty million euros. Although this price was inflated, it was a recognized price that everyone accepted.

Now Pepe had performed well at Real Madrid and had already become one of the world's top center backs, and his value was even lower than when he first joined, which was simply unbelievable!

It seemed that Real Madrid's image as a rich sucker was well-deserved!

This time his reply was to agree to this price.

After replying to Real Madrid, what Nyon had to do was wait for Real Madrid to respond to him and confirm the transfer, and he could openly talk to Pepe about a personal contract - in fact, this was just a formality. Mendes had already taken care of it, and the personal contract was not a problem.

As long as it was consistent with Pepe's salary at Real Madrid, Pepe should have nothing to say.

With Pepe, Liverpool's defense would be complete, with both height and speed, and they could deal with any kind of ball.

And Pepe was rude and barbaric?

This was not a problem at all, or rather, it was just the pretentiousness of those softies in Spain. Pepe's actions in the Premier League were just ordinary defensive actions. No one would call him a "butcher" or a "fighting monk".

In short, the Premier League was the league where Pepe should be, and here, he would be like a fish in water.

He would completely become a world-class center back, and he wouldn't have to worry about being restrained like he was at Real Madrid. He also wouldn't have to worry about the club not standing up to speak for him after being criticized by the media.

He would know that Liverpool was very united…

Nyon was already looking forward to the shocked faces of those news reporters after Pepe joined the team…

But he didn't wait for a response from Real Madrid.

What he waited for was a call from Mendes.

"There's been a little trouble, Nyon. But don't worry, things are still under control, this trouble won't change the result, it will just delay the confirmation of the deal a little bit…"

"What trouble, Mr. Mendes?"

"Jose is back in Madrid." Mendes didn't explain much, because Nyon knew what this meant.

This was a head-on confrontation between Mourinho and Florentino, and two tigers couldn't share the same mountain. One of them would definitely fail.

Could he, the fisherman, benefit from the clam and heron fighting?

※※※

Things had indeed changed a bit.

At the most critical moment, Mourinho was back.

The media's crazy hype about Pepe leaving Real Madrid had alerted Mourinho.

He hurriedly ended his vacation and returned to Real Madrid's sports city.

With little effort, he learned that President Florentino was in talks with Liverpool about selling Pepe.

Mourinho was furious!

It was agreed that the team was his sphere of influence, how could the president stretch his hand into my territory?!