i want to be king

Chapter 228 Victory over Valencia
Su Dong was not very clear about the club's management, so he couldn't understand why Valencia was so eager to renew his contract with him after joining for less than half a year and with a good annual salary?
Of course, he didn't have trouble with money, but he always kept a vigilance in his heart.

There is no one in this world who is so stupid as to give money to others for no reason, right?

But after Mendes explained clearly, Su Dong understood.

To put it bluntly, it was because of Mijatovic back then.

A long time ago, Valencia and Real Madrid were still a pair of good buddies. The relationship between the two clubs is very friendly. Even in Valencia, half of the fans are also fans of Real Madrid.

In 28, Mijatovic moved to Valencia. The president of the club at the time was Roig, and Mijatovic was also very competitive. He has always been the top scorer in the Valencia team and scored [-] league goals in the third season, helping Valencia to win the league runner-up.

But just before the end of that season, Real Madrid chairman Sanz sent his deputy to Valencia to secretly contact Mijatovic and reach a transfer agreement, because Mijatovic's liquidated damages were only 900 million euros at that time.

This has a lot to do with the fact that many professional teams did not pay much attention to liquidated damages. After all, the Bosman Act was not officially introduced until December [-], so in the first half of [-], all professional teams were very unfamiliar with this set of laws, and no one would have expected that this law would completely overturn the European football transfer market.

Needless to say, even though Valencia fans went to protest in front of Mijatovic’s residence and asked him not to betray the club, in the end, Mijatovic still accepted Real Madrid’s high salary, left Valencia with liquidated damages, and switched to Real Madrid.

Chairman Roig was extremely angry at the poaching behavior behind Real Madrid chairman Sanz. He not only attacked Real Madrid in public many times, but even had a conflict with Real Madrid fans when he went to the Bernabeu with the team and was beaten black and blue.

Since then, the relationship between Valencia and Real Madrid has completely fallen apart.

At the beginning of the century, under the leadership of Cooper, Valencia reached the Champions League final twice. At that time, the number one star in the team was the local midfielder Mendieta. Like Mijatovic, he was also favored by Real Madrid.

But this time, Valencia learned from previous experience and lessons and did not give Real Madrid any chance.

Although the chairman changed from Roig to Otti, Valencia still rejected Real Madrid's poaching. At that time, the chairman Otti uttered harsh words. If Real Madrid wanted to get Mendieta, they could pay Mendieta up to 7000 million euros in liquidated damages.

But Lazio, who is also interested in Mendieta, only needs to pay 800 million euros to get the Spanish international.

Not only that, in order to further prevent Real Madrid from digging corners, Valencia even added a clause in the contract of Mendieta's transfer to Lazio. If Mendieta returns to La Liga within two years, Lazio will need to pay another 1000 to [-] million euros in liquidated damages.

This is the famous [anti-Real Madrid clause].

It can be said that between Real Madrid and Valencia, due to the transfer of Mijatovic, the original friendly relationship has completely become a deadly rival.

Returning to take over Valencia, Roeg is also learning from Mijatovic's experience and lessons.

Especially seeing that Su Dong not only scores goals on the court, but also has a rapid increase in commercial value off the court. This fits well with Florentino's management strategy for Real Madrid, so he is also secretly anxious.

What if Su Dong transferred to Real Madrid again?
Mijatovic was born in the first term, which made him lose the hearts of Valencia fans. If there is a second Mijatovic in the second term, then he really can only make amends.

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"So, both Roig and Subirac told me very, very clearly that they will not accept your transfer to Real Madrid, nor will they accept any offer from Real Madrid!"

When Mendes said this, his eyes were watching Su Dong's expression.

Su Dong's idol is Ronaldo. If Su Dong said he wanted to go to Real Madrid, it would not be surprising at all.

But Su Dong did not.

Not only did he not, but he looked at Mendes calmly and asked, "Has Real Madrid contacted you?"

"No." Mendes shook his head, indeed no.

"As far as I know, Real Madrid is in a mess now, Queiroz's situation is not good, and there are so many superstars, there is no need for us to get involved at this time."

Mendes nodded, it is definitely not appropriate to go to Real Madrid at this time.

"Besides, my situation in Valencia is pretty good now. When I go to Real Madrid, what else can they give me besides money? With my amount, how can I be convincing in front of superstars? Why should I compete with Ronaldo and Raul for the main position?"

Regarding this point, Su Dong himself still saw it very clearly.

Thanks to his domestic education over the years, he has become a very pragmatic person. He has no so-called idol complex, and he only wants to make choices that are beneficial to him.

Mendes was a little surprised by this, originally he planned to persuade Su Dong.

"This time, the contract proposed by Subirac is good. The number of years has basically not changed, and the liquidated damages have not changed, but an anti-Real Madrid clause has been added in it, and the annual salary has been increased by half." Mendes laughed.

It can be seen that he is very satisfied with this contract extension.

According to the usual practice, if the contract renewal is successful, Su Dong can also get a signing fee of hundreds of thousands of euros. As a broker, he also gets a lot of commission from this contract.

"What do you think?" Su Dong asked.

Mendes raised his brows, "It's better to sign at this time, if they don't sign, they won't worry."

Su Dong felt like he couldn't laugh or cry, when people rushed to send money over, and he didn't accept it but offended others?

"Alright, just support my parents in buying a house in China!" Su Dong was not hypocritical.

In fact, basically all the money he earned was sent back to the country, which can be regarded as contributing to the increase of foreign exchange reserves of the motherland.

However, the parents in China are continuing their big business of buying houses unswervingly as before.

Sometimes Su Dong really can't understand, is their obsession with buying a house really so strong?
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In addition to Valencia's contract extension, Mendes also mentioned another thing.

He wanted to form a team for Su Dong, specially packaged for him.

"Beckham, Irving, Ronaldo, and even Zidane and Raul all have such a team behind them to provide services for them. For example, Torres of Atletico Madrid is currently planning to change his agent. He just wants to form such a team."

"You know, [GQ] has the sharpest sense of smell. Before the magazine came out, many companies had already contacted me. They were all very interested in you, but I kept them safe for the time being and didn't have any in-depth discussions."

"Why?" Su Dong was curious.

That's not like Mendez's style.

Portuguese brokers are still very keen on making money.

Mendes noticed Su Dong's playful eyes, but he didn't care, instead he was a little complacent.

Making money for his employer, isn't that what he is most proud of as an agent?

"The few sponsorship contracts we have signed are good, but gradually, I have begun to notice problems. For example, if you are also a clothing brand, Armani and Hugo Boss are both interested in you, then the problem comes. If we choose one of the two, we will suffer."

"what do you mean……"

Mendes nodded shrewdly and smiled, "Segmentation, just like Manchester United, they not only classify sponsors into levels, but also classify industries, and even divide regions. Some sponsors are only sponsors in Africa or the Middle East."

"The benefits of doing this are obvious, but it is impossible to build such a system with our current manpower alone, so we need more mature and experienced traders to plan."

Su Dong understood what Mendes meant. It was as if he was wearing a Reebok jersey when he was playing for Sporting Lisbon, but he was wearing Nike shoes.

When Nike supported Valencia to sign him, the very important reason was also that they wanted Sudong to wear their jersey.

"You can do this, I trust you!" Su Dong nodded.

Mendes immediately promised that he would find the best packaging master to operate Su Dong's golden brand.

In fact, if Su Dong is really operated, other players under Mendes will follow suit. After all, resources will be spilled. If Su Dong rushes to eat meat in the front, there will naturally be people who will follow behind to eat bones, and then there will be people who will drink soup.

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The day after Valencia arrived in Milan, the team went to San Siro to challenge Inter Milan.

The Nerazzurri experienced a coaching change. After Cooper got out of class, Zaccheroni took the stage.

As the saying goes, changing coaches is like changing knives. After Zaccheroni took office, he made major adjustments to Inter Milan's tactical play. He changed the conservative style of play during the Cooper period, resolutely adopted a three-back tactic, and aggressively promoted the banner of offensive football.

The most famous of these is that in the just-concluded Serie A, Inter Milan beat Reggina [-]-[-] at home. In addition to their [-]-[-] win over Ancona at home in the previous round, Inter Milan scored nine goals in the last two rounds without conceding a goal.

For a while, the entire Italian media was shocked by Zaccheroni's coaching change, especially the anti-Cooper media before, which was extremely high-profile, and they all assumed a posture of hindsight.

"We have already said that Inter Milan is going to play offensive football!"

"Look at Zaccheroni's Inter Milan. Not to mention the solid defense, the offensive firepower has skyrocketed countless times compared to Cooper's time!"

Affected by this wave, before this Champions League game, all the media and fans are looking forward to a big victory, hoping that Inter Milan can beat Valencia at home, and get rid of the shame of losing the first round of the group match away.

Even Inter Milan coach Zaccheroni said that he has full confidence in the home game and firmly believes that he can win Valencia.

"We firmly believe that we can win and win the game beautifully!"

(End of this chapter)