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1Chapter 16: Transfer turmoil resumes—the issue of contract renewal

Li Zihan is no longer the "innocent little virgin" when he first arrived in Italy. After half a year in Juventus, he also knows the importance of players signing contracts.So in Marotta, he came to the door with a contract, and his salary was three times higher, and he was not as excited as before.Although he saw Susan and said that there was no problem with the contract, Li's mother often said, "If you don't have anything to do, you can either rape or steal."

Although he has nothing to lie to, Li Zihan is not stupid anymore.He often sees that the first team, whether they are substitutes or main players, will find a formal occasion when renewing the contract, and some will notify the media to attend the contract renewal ceremony.For lesser-known players, at least a reporter from the club's official website will be there to take a few photos. Anyway, it's not the case that the manager holds the contract and visits at night.

And he could see that although Marotta hid it well, the sweat on his forehead and the impatient look in his eyes did not escape Li Zihan's eyes, which showed that Marotta looked very anxious.

So Li Zihan didn't sign the name on the spot, but said with a smile: "Thanks to the club and Mr. Marotta for their kindness, but I don't want to make such a hasty decision on renewing the contract, so I plan to talk to my agent first. People discuss and discuss."

It was only then that Marotta realized that it seemed presumptuous and hasty to come to the door with a contract in such a hurry at night.In order to show Li Zihan other flaws, Marotta nodded understandingly: "It's not a problem, I think it should be. I just hope you can make a decision quickly, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue with you for a long time. John, Antonio will come to my house and smash things."

Marotta used the meaning of joking to reveal that the contract renewal is actually what the head coach Conte has been paying attention to.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Marotta said goodbye and left.

And after Marotta left, Li Zihan also forgot to "talk about life, talk about ideals" with Susan, he just had a feeling.

Susan saw that Li Zihan was thinking about something, so she planned to leave.I was just annoyed that Marotta came to negotiate the contract sooner or later.Although Susan is Li Zihan's agent, many things are decided by Li Zihan himself. She just asked Susan to sign the contract under the name of the agent, and check to see if there is any problem with the contract.

Li Zihan sent Susan to the bus station as usual, and watched the bus carrying his beloved get farther and farther before turning and leaving.

After returning to the dormitory, Li Zihan called his good friend Pogba and explained the contract.

Pogba is very clear about this matter, and knows much better than Li Zihan.After all, he was Juventus who left Old Trafford on a free transfer after his contract expired. Although Manchester United tried their best to keep him, it didn't work.

So as soon as Li Zihan said that, Pogba roughly knew what was going on.On the other end of the phone, Pogba analyzed: "Li, judging from the comparison between the new contract and the old contract, Marotta's cancellation of the termination clause is generally because he is afraid that talented players will be forced by other clubs because the termination fee is too low. Poaching the wall. You are in such a good state now, Marotta should think so. But considering your good performance in the past six months, the club should have taken the initiative to re-sign a contract with you, but there has been no news for a long time, and It happened during the winter transfer, so there is only one situation."

"Is there a team that uses the minimum termination fee to force me to buy me?" Li Zihan is not stupid, as soon as Pogba said it, he understood the general idea.

"Yes, it must be like this. But the attitude of the club is also suspicious. After all, they acted too late. They should have renewed your contract before the winter transfer period started. Now the winter transfer period is coming to an end. It’s time for other teams to make big moves. And the annual salary of the new contract is really too low, only 150 million. In your current state, it’s probably 300 million. You know, I’m not here for salary. There is an annual salary of more than 100 million."

Li Zihan knew that when Pogba rejected Manchester United's contract extension, he did not hesitate to offend the godfather Ferguson and left Manchester United to Juventus not because of salary issues.In the end, Manchester United offered an annual salary of 180 million after tax but failed to keep Pogba's heart, but Pogba accepted Juventus' contract with an annual salary of 100 million.It's just because Pogba wants more first team appearances in important games, and there is another more important reason, he wants to learn from Pirlo.He wants to be an organizational midfielder like Pirlo, not a pure defensive midfielder.

Then Pogba expressed his conjecture: "They want to sell you for a good price. After all, this kind of thing is nothing new in professional football. They didn't know about Jokin, and they just said how much money." Come on. Don’t sell if the price is a big step. Anyway, you score more goals and the annual salary is not high. A player with your potential will not worry about selling if you keep it for a season.”

Li Zihan suddenly realized, it turned out to be the case, I said why Marotta was in such a hurry.

Pogba finally said: "I just don't know if it's what the boss means or the club. If it's what the club means, then the boss can't do anything about it. I know that Italian football clubs are not like the Premier League. There is not much right to speak at the meeting.”

Li Zihan thanked him, and then called Pirlo who was also a teacher and friend.

Pirlo has spent half his life in Italian football, and he knows a lot of gossip.For example, this time the club Marotta went to Spain and the UK, nominally signed a striker Llorente, but also secretly reached an agreement with another British club and a striker in their camp, and officially transferred in the summer to Juventus.

So when Li Zihan talked about the contract, he fully understood what Marotta meant.Two forwards will be transferred in next year, so many forwards now have to be cleaned up, and renewing Li Zihan's contract is nothing more than two things.Either start the price on the ground and sell it at a good price; or sign a long-term contract and use the young Li Zihan as a "spare tire".

For the sake of Li Zihan's future, Pirlo said: "If you want to transfer without any trouble, set a termination fee in the new contract. It should not be too high. I think 800 million or 1000 million is good. After this When the club does not have much playing time and cannot satisfy you, many clubs are willing to ask for the money to sign you. Modern football is like this, don’t be embarrassed.”

"I know what you Chinese think, you want to be grateful. Think it's ungrateful to leave the club when you're a bit famous, but know that your performance on the court is completely worthy of what the club gives you in return. And Juventus If a giant like Tus lacks you, they can still find other players, such as Llorente. If you decide to come to Llorente now, who will come in the future? So you have to think about your future, if you want to repay The cultivation of the club is just to help the club get more transfer fees when they transfer in the future."

After listening to what Pogba and Pirlo said, Li Zihan finally figured it out.There have been quite a few transfer rumors surrounding the Juventus striker position recently. Today it is said that Real Madrid is interested in Vucinic, and tomorrow it is said that Barcelona needs Li Zihan or something.He didn't care about it at first, but he didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen to him now.

In fact, Li Zihan has no intention of leaving Juventus. He is very happy in Juventus and his teammates treat him very well.There are also "teachers" like Pirlo and Baggio and a good friend like Pogba. The head coach Conte is also good to him.

But if he doesn't have much playing time in the team, then he really has to consider the issue of transfer.He is different from other young players who may need more training and less playing time to familiarize themselves with the game of the first team.But he needs a lot of games. What if the system task comes and asks him to win a league championship, but he is playing youth team games?
So Li Zihan, who has figured this out, is also paying attention. If he has a lot of playing time in the team, other teams will not take it away.If there is not much time to play, then we have to get together and leave.

In modern football, there are indeed very few players who can spend their entire lives in one team, either for this or that reason.You must know that there is not much "love" between Ryan Giggs and Manchester United.

So he already had an idea in his mind, so he didn't pay much attention to this matter.In fact, the recent tight schedule didn't give him much time to think about things.

A day later ushered in the first round of the Coppa Italia semi-finals this season, playing at home against the Blue Eagles Lazio.

In this game, Conte did not start the full lineup. The striker was Giovinco and Giacherini's partners. It seems that Matri's performance in that game really made Conte angry, otherwise he will play with Giovinco. He is basically the starter.

In the midfield is Padoin's partner Marchisio, in the midfielder is Li Zihan's good friend Pogba, and on the two sides are Isla and De Qieli.On the other hand, the main defenders are all on the back line, and Juventus' main three central defenders are still starting, Barzagli, Bonucci and Chiellini.The goalkeeper is Storari.

And Lazio, who have done nothing in the league, has indeed shifted the focus of this season to the cup competition. In the league standings, if they want to qualify for the Europa League next season, they have to face their rivals in the same city. Talay's "Wuji Baifengwan" Udinese's challenge, and Viola Fiorentina, who are constantly rising and falling in the Europa League and Champions League qualifications.What's even more exasperating is that even Inter Milan will compete with them for the Europa League qualification next season.