Of course, Tottenham Hotspur hadn't lost their minds.
On the contrary, they were one of the most difficult clubs in all of Europe to deal with.
Anyone who had done business with Spurs once hoped never to have to do it a second time.
At this moment, the other European clubs watching the live broadcast were all intrigued by this young player who had received a 6 million euro offer from Spurs before even stepping onto the field.
Anyone who could make Tottenham's stingy owner spend so much money was definitely no simple character.
"Tendou Kageyoshi?" Kaiser narrowed his eyes.
He had thought he was the most valuable player in Blue Lock, but it turned out someone's value was higher than his, and by several million at that.
"I'd like to see just what you're made of," Kaiser thought, committing the name to memory.
In the Paris Saint-Germain lounge, Loki also noticed Tottenham's offer.
To be honest, it was a huge sum.
Loki recalled his own first contract; it wasn't even a tenth of that amount.
However, a footballer's contract can be re-signed at any time. If you perform well, the club will give you a raise just like that.
When he had started to make a name for himself, AS Monaco had long since re-signed him to a new contract; otherwise, PSG wouldn't have needed to spend over a hundred million to buy him out.
But an opening bid of 6 million Euros was still quite astonishing.
After all, this was only the first bid. There was no telling how high it would go.
Could it be that Tendou's debut annual salary would break 10 million Euros?
"But when it comes to money, I don't need to worry," Loki quickly relaxed. When it came to financial power, Paris would not lose to anyone.
He took out his phone and called his coach, telling him to make an official offer for Tendou after Manchester City's next match.
"Do you understand? When the Neo Egoist League is over, excluding the foreign players, the top 23 players on the annual salary ranking will automatically become members of the U-20 World Cup representative team."
Ego Jinpachi revealed the condition for making the national youth team.
It was to strive to be among the 23 most valuable players.
Hearing this, Tendou shook his head.
Whether in football or basketball, offensive players are always more favored and have a higher market value.
According to this selection method, the ones who end up at the top will only be the players who can score goals.
For the players in the backfield, this was not a fair selection.
Many talented defenders could even be inexplicably eliminated.
However, considering this was an anime world, one couldn't look at it with a realistic lens.
After all, considering that even Nagi Seishiro gets eliminated after the Neo Egoist League, you can imagine how it is.
"For you, this is a place to hone your own skills. For the foreign rising stars, it is a stage to be appreciated by the owners of major clubs."
"This is a rookie scouting market where Blue Lock and the world's superstars are mixed together."
"You are the products, the teams are the shops. This is the so-called world of sports."
With things laid out so plainly, the Blue Lock players completely understood the key to this selection.
Victory, once again, was not the ultimate goal.
What they needed to show was their own value.
And scoring goals was the easiest way to demonstrate that value.
At the same time.
Ego Jinpachi also announced the details of the next match.
Bayern vs. Manchester City.
Another clash of titans, though there wasn't much bad blood between the two sets of fans.
Barça and Bayern were old-guard giants; Man City was still a quasi-giant.
The only thing that could connect the fans of both sides was probably Guardiola.
Before joining Man City, the team this famous manager coached was the southern kings, Bayern Munich.
So, this match was still full of things to watch.
What's more.
The fans had already learned about Tendou, who had just received a 6 million Euro offer from Spurs.
And right now, he was in Manchester City's training camp.
"Rest time is over. Let's continue training."
The next match was in ten days, giving Tendou plenty of time to practice.
"What's wrong, feeling nervous?"
"Are you talking to me?"
"Of course. As the highest-valued player of this stage, don't you feel the pressure coming at you like a tidal wave?" Prince couldn't help but tease.
After spending ten days together, he hadn't felt an ounce of respect from Tendou.
This kid was way too cocky, completely looking down on him.
"You wouldn't understand even if I told you, world's number two."
"You little brat, you're asking for a beating."
Prince just found Tendou incredibly annoying. Who pokes at someone's sore spot every single day?
"World's number two," for an ordinary person, was an honor, something to be proud of.
But for a genius, second place was a curse. It meant being the biggest loser.
That's why he was so desperate to knock Noa off his throne.
"If you don't want to be number two, then train properly instead of thinking about advertising your mineral water."
Tendou shot him a look, walked out of the lounge, and went to the field to practice.
"Rest time is over! If you want to play in the match against Bayern, then show me your muscles!" Prince instructed, walking out with Tendou.
...
On the field.
Tendou wasn't training his muscles; that was the morning's training content. In the afternoon, he was practicing his skills.
"Without the camera, the rate of popularity point growth has slowed down a lot."
Riko had been revived.
But it had also used up all his savings.
"This offer from Spurs came at a good time."
For the audience, this selection method was still very novel and a hot topic.
In the real world right now, a heated discussion had already erupted over Tendou's annual salary.
Some felt it was overly exaggerated, some felt it was reasonable, and some felt it was too low.
These discussions could all help Tendou attract more fans and get his name out there.
"Pochettino really did me a big favor this time," Tendou said, looking at his popularity points and choosing the long-missed lottery draw.
Shooting +1, Dribbling +1, Ball Control +1...
Most of the prizes he drew were still attribute points, and mostly technical ones. He didn't get a single physical attribute point.
Several consecutive ten-pulls had increased Tendou's technical attributes by quite a bit.
Looking at his popularity points again, he found he had enough for one more pull. He thought about it and decided not to save for a ten-pull, instead using them all at once.
And then.
[Lottery Draw Complete. Congratulations, Host, for obtaining "The Triple Counters of the Genius Fuji Shusuke."]"
Huh?
I got a skill?
Tendou's spirits were lifted.
If you were to ask him what he was lacking right now, he wasn't really lacking anything.
But who would turn down the Triple Counters of the genius Fuji Shusuke?
He certainly wouldn't.
After all, regardless of whether Fuji Shusuke's Triple Counters were practical or not, the key was that they were really cool, the kind that came with their own special effects.
"This is a pleasant surprise," Tendou accepted it gladly.
At his current stage, the amount of popularity points needed to unlock a new ability was massive.
He had cleared the world of Kuroko's Basketball and most of Blue Lock, but had only unlocked six stages of his ability. There was no telling when he'd get the next one.
The Triple Counters couldn't provide the huge boost that unlocking a new ability would, but it was still a significant improvement.
The next match against Bayern is going to be a good show, he thought.
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