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Chapter 393: Sarnia's Contract Renewal Issue
"Baccari, I really want to know what you think when you fall to the ground? There are only seven months until the summer, and the staff of the club have been talking with you during the transfer in the last winter, until now. I think we should have a good chat, just you and me." Wenger said to Sania who was sitting opposite.

Sania lowered his head and his face was dark. It wasn't because he was trying to show favor to Wenger, but because his skin color was black.
The issue of Sarnia’s contract renewal has always been a headache for Wenger. Since last year, the club’s staff began to negotiate with Sarnia’s agent on the issue of contract extension. As a result, it has now been a year and things have not progressed at all. No, this made Wenger a little anxious.

Sarnia's current contract expires in the summer of [-], that is to say, if Arsenal cannot complete the renewal of the new contract with Sarnia before this, then after the end of this season, the Sarnia France Iron Gate, one of the best right backs in world football, is about to leave the Emirates Stadium as a free agent.

So Wenger had to be anxious, and there was no progress until today, so Wenger planned to have a face-to-face communication with Sarnia.That is to talk openly and honestly, and put aside those cheating agents.

"You are not young anymore Bakari, you need to make a careful choice. You have been at Arsenal for six years, you know everything here. The teammates of the team, the coaches of the coaching staff, the team doctor, the jersey administrator, Even the team bus driver. Your future belongs here, Bakary!" Seeing that Sagna was silent, Wenger continued.It's just that this time it's the emotional card.

It's been a long time, maybe it's been a long time of ideological struggle, or maybe it's been held in my heart for too long.Sagna raised his head and said to Wenger with some embarrassment: "As you said, professor. I am not young anymore. As a wide player with both offense and defense, my future is really limited. So I'd love to earn a pension before I retire, and I'd really like to retire at Arsenal. I like it here, Professor. But... have to face reality!"

"You also know the club's finances and salary ladder. For the club, a weekly salary of [-] pounds is a very suitable figure. Considering your age, this weekly salary is very reasonable." After hesitating, Wen Greg said.

But after finishing speaking, Wenger couldn't help turning his gaze to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the room. Through the transparent glass, Wenger could see the entire training base.

The professor wasn't looking at the scenery in the distance, but he was a little embarrassed about what he said before.

Sania smiled, not sure if it was amused or ridiculed.Then he said: "Sixty thousand pounds... Another sixty thousand pounds! Since I came to Arsenal, my weekly salary has been sixty thousand pounds. Now six years have passed, and my weekly salary is still sixty thousand? I have worked hard for the club. Six years, no salary increase at all?"

"Is it because of my strength or my mentality that I am not worthy of a generous reward?"

Faced with Sania's questioning, Wenger moved his lips when he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.

In fact, Wenger is not all to blame, because the club's salary plan is set by the club.He has no extra salary space to raise Sania's salary. Once Sania's salary is raised, will others be raised?For example, people like Modesat and Koscielny.It would be unfair to only give him a raise and not other outstanding players.For the team, this is definitely a discordant signal.Foreigners also understand the truth that people do not suffer from poverty but from injustice.

And if other players are also raised, there are not so many salary vacancies in the club's account.If this money is to be taken out, either the club will increase funds and formulate a new salary ladder plan, or it will take money from the transfer fee to fill this vacancy, and finally it will sell players for cash to free up salary space.

Either way, it's not realistic for Arsenal.First of all, according to the usual style of the club owner, it is impossible to increase the funds and spend a large amount of money every year to improve the salaries of the players. Wenger still expects that these millions of euros can be used to rent one or two players during the current winter transfer period to supplement the current team lineup, and finally, to sell players It's even more unrealistic.In fact, Arsenal never wanted to sell their main players. The players they sold over the years were all forced.Arsenal's fringe players can't be sold for much, and their salaries are not high.

Bentner Wenger really wants to sell it, but it's not easy to sell this product. Last summer, this product actually said that he can completely stand shoulder to shoulder with Messi and Ronaldo, the two most powerful people in today's football.

Moreover, Wenger also has some plans of his own. The combination of various reasons has led to the inability to increase Sagna's salary when renewing the contract.

"The momentum of the team this year is very good, and once we can win a season championship, the board of directors will have the confidence to increase investment in the club!" Wenger finally said, hoping to use Arsenal's results in the league as a reference Keep Sarnia.

For Sarnia, Wenger still understand.After all, they are of the same nationality, and they have been working together for six years.He knew that Sarnia was actually full of desire for championships, because he hadn't won a championship in the past six years since he joined Arsenal, even if it was a domestic cup championship.Affected by Arsenal's nine-year absence of a championship, Sagna, like many Arsenal players, is eager for the championship.And next month, Sania will actually be 30 years old.If he can't win the weight competition championship in the past two years, it will be the most regrettable thing for this veteran after retiring.

"In the last six years I've been at Arsenal, we've been so close to the title at one point, but in mid-to-late May, we're nowhere near the title! It's not my negativity, it's just the fact. And You can see my attitude towards training and games, and I really hope to win some heavyweight titles with Arsenal."

Wenger was a little embarrassed, because Sania saw that he was "painting a big cake" for him.

Wenger really wants to keep this experienced veteran at Arsenal. With Sagna's current state, he can stay at the main right back for at least two to three years, and he can also play a cameo in midfield.Even after the age of 33, if there is not much impact from injuries, with his physical fitness and training performance, there is still no pressure to be a main rotation player.

Of course, the main reason is that Sarnia's strength is indeed outstanding, and there are not many injuries.It can be seen from the data that he can play nearly [-] games for Arsenal every season.

The conversation between Wenger and Sagna in the office lasted for a long time. Sagna wanted a three-year contract with a weekly salary of 15 pounds, and also held a commemorative match for him.

It's okay to talk about the commemorative match, and there is no problem with the new three-year contract.The problem lies in the 15 pounds, which is undoubtedly a bit of a lion for Arsenal. A weekly salary of 15 pounds is equivalent to an annual salary of more than 600 million euros a year. Now Arsenal really can't afford it, because it will break Arsenal's salary balance.

Speaking of the image point, the highest salary in the Arsenal team is now Ozil who joined in the new season and created the record for Arsenal's signings and transfer fees.The German is currently earning a weekly salary of 14 pounds at Arsenal, which is currently the highest level of Arsenal's salary ladder.

Next is Walcott, Podolski and others' £6, and then Wilshere and Li Zihan's weekly salary of almost £5.Then there is the weekly salary of more than [-] pounds for Cazorla and others. People like Ramsey and Chamberlain are currently only more than [-] pounds.

And Sarnia's weekly salary is higher than that of Ozil, becoming the highest salary in the Arsenal team, which is obviously unacceptable to Arsenal.

As the clock ticked, Wenger tried to say Sagna.Sagna slackened a bit, but stopped at £12-a-week and told Wenger it was his last line.

After some bargaining, although the price was reduced by 12 pounds, Arsenal still felt that the figure of [-] pounds was a bit high.

After more than two hours of "chat", Wenger and Sagna finally did not reach an agreement.In the end, Sagna said that he insisted on a weekly salary of 12 pounds. If Arsenal agreed, he could call his agent at any time.

Watching Sania walk out of the office, Wenger rubbed his temples with some headaches.Now it's not just Sarnia, Wenger is also negotiating with several players to renew their contracts.The salaries of some players are indeed going to increase, but the details of the increase are still being communicated with the opponent's agent.As for Sarnia's weekly salary, Wenger is not actually not going up, but his bottom line is that the weekly salary is 12 pounds.And when he told Sarnia about his bottom line, Sarnia still insisted on asking for [-] pounds.

There is a difference of 160 pounds, which is 500 pounds in one year. For the three-year contract, Arsenal will have to pay nearly [-] million pounds more.

Add some more money to the price difference, and if you make up 1000 million euros, Arsenal can buy a young new player.

The renewal of other players is not a big problem, Sagna is now the focus of Wenger.Because Arsenal does not have a suitable player reserve for Sagna's position. Although there is a post-[-]s teenager Jenkinson, Jenkinson's current ability is not enough to be Arsenal's main right back.