i want to be king

Chapter 404 The World's No. [-] Annual Salary
Although the team had officially announced its disbandment at the championship celebration ceremony, Su Dong still got up early the next morning for training, mainly for some recovery training.

Nuno Cruz and other members of the personal trainer team have already started to take vacations, so Su Dong practiced alone.

After the training, he had breakfast with his parents, then asked the driver to drive, and personally took Wang Chuqing to the airport.

She booked an early flight back to Munich today.

Because of the camouflage, no one was found along the way.

Perhaps, everyone in Barcelona hasn't woken up from last night's carnival.

When Su Dong returned home, Mendes was already waiting for him.

"Congratulations, Sue! Great job!"

As soon as Mendes saw Su Dong, he immediately got up and greeted him, smiling from ear to ear.

Today's Su Dong is like a cash cow, and Mendes doesn't need to do anything at all. Every day, someone will take the initiative to send money to his door in every possible way, which allows him to thoroughly taste the pleasure of being the manager of the world's top superstars.

Not to mention anything else, even the world's top brands such as Nike, BMW, and Audi have deep business relationships with him, which has allowed him to develop deeper channels and personal connections than before, which will be of great help to his future career.

Su Dong is quite satisfied with his agent.

Mendes has been able to spread his career over the past few years not only because Su Dong leads the way, but also because he is indeed very capable.

Not to mention anything else, just because of his reputation among the players and his ability to play well between the players and the club, this Portuguese agent is by no means ordinary.

The career is getting bigger and bigger, and Mendes is no longer around Sudong all day long like before. I heard that he has even started to involve some players in the third-party ownership business, mainly in South America where the football environment is relatively chaotic, especially Brazil.

I mentioned it to Su Dong before and asked him if he was interested, but Su Dong didn't plan to participate.

Third-party ownership is a good way to say it, but if it's not good, it's really tossing about players as commodities.

Also as a player, Su Dong is quite disgusted by this, but the chaotic South American football market, especially in Brazil, does have a strong demand for this, and naturally there is a business in this area.

Mendes is a broker. From the perspective of a businessman, if he doesn't do it, the market will be robbed. There is nothing wrong with it.

……

"Yesterday, Soriano called me, and now he is in charge of player transfers and contract renewals."

After the two chatted for a while, Mendes took the initiative to talk about the progress of the contract renewal.

Renewing the contract with Sudong was a matter that Barcelona had already confirmed half a year ago. Laporta had personally mentioned this matter to Sudong before, expressing that he would start contract renewal negotiations with Sudong after the end of the season.

Now that the Champions League is in hand and all the games of this season have been settled, it should naturally be put on the agenda.

Su Dong brought Mendes here for the same reason.

"What did they say?" Su Dong asked with concern.

"As far as I know, in addition to you, Iniesta and Messi are currently in Barcelona's contract renewal plan. Messi should be officially confirmed. I heard that the annual salary offered is 100 million euros, which is not bad."

Su Dong is not surprised, this is what it should be.

Whether it is Messi or Iniesta, they have performed very well this season, and even both of them have begun to threaten Giuly's position. The French winger is now unable to integrate into the team for a long time, and there is not enough cards for the team. Tailor-made right offensive tactics for him, resulting in his current position being unstable.

Sometimes this is the case, the team has so much tactical authority, and if it is given to one person, it cannot be given to another.

The point is that Giuly was out for some time due to injury this past season, when Iniesta and Messi performed very well.

Coupled with the support of Su Dong, these two people rose very quickly in Barcelona.

Everyone knows that both Xiaobai and Messi are Su Dong's little followers.

"Marcos Senna is about to renew his contract, but I'm still talking, and I hope to further establish his position." Mendes laughed.

This is another treasure under his command.

You know, when Su Dong recommended it to him, Mendes didn't care much about it, and even looked down upon it, but after Marcos Senna played a game in Barcelona, ​​Mendes was surprised to find that he had picked up a treasure.

"Senna does have the strength to play the main force. It is a good thing to fight for it, and he is not too young. If he doesn't fight now, it will be more difficult in the future." Su Dong still supports Mendes' idea.

Marcos Senna was recommended by him, and he is also his iron club. For such a player, Su Dong must strongly support him. More importantly, he is really not young. After 30 years old, it is estimated that Barcelona will not have much interest in renewing his contract. At that time, he can only retreat to other teams to retire.

Therefore, it is better to take advantage of the present to fight for the main position, and at the same time try to fight for the contract period.

This should be the last long-term contract in Marcos Senna's career.

"What about me? What is their position on me?" Su Dong asked with concern.

Mendes smiled. In fact, Su Dong's contract renewal is the best thing to talk about, because the initiative is in the hands of Su Dong and Mendes.

"Barcelona is very sincere in renewing the contract. They really want to finalize the contract as soon as possible, but there are a few problems now."

"tell me the story."

"First of all, the most important thing is the annual salary. The annual salary offered by Barcelona for the renewal of the contract is 800 million euros after tax, which is much higher than before. The bonus and appearance fee have also been relatively increased. Frankly speaking, I am not very satisfied with this."

"Eight million euros?" Su Dong thought for a while, but in his heart he still thought it was okay. "As far as I know, Real Madrid paid 800 million euros after tax to superstars such as Zidane, Ronaldo, Raul and Beckham."

The implication of Su Dong's words is that after tax of 800 million euros, it is actually okay.

All along, his concept of annual salary is not particularly strong, because the annual salary is actually less than [-]% of his income.

Most of his income now comes from commercial sponsorships, especially from some world-class brands.

In today's world football, besides Su Dong, only Beckham can do this.

But you know, when it comes to commercial sponsorship income, Beckham doesn't even have half of Sudong.

It is not difficult to understand why Su Dong doesn't care much about the annual salary.

"We don't compare with Galacticos, because Florentino came from a large management group, and he attaches great importance to the salary structure. You know, why did Real Madrid sell Makelele? Would you rather let him go than meet his little salary increase request?"

"Salary structure?"

Mendes nodded, "Real Madrid attaches great importance to Makelele from the beginning to the end. Florentino is not stupid. Everyone can see the importance of Makelele, but the problem is that if Makelele's annual salary requirements are met, other people will follow suit. Real Madrid's overall salary structure will also rise accordingly, which exceeds the salary red line set by Florentino."

Su Dong also heard about this incident, and later released McManaman and other substitute players for the same reason.

In the final analysis, the joining of Beckham has greatly increased Real Madrid's salary expenditure, which naturally squeezed the salary space of Makelele and other players, and Real Madrid had to sell him in the end.

As for what Florentino said to the outside world, anyone who can replace Makelele can be found at will, that is just a rhetoric after deciding to sell people, and it is estimated that even he himself will not believe this.

"I found some information recently." Mendes smiled as if offering a treasure.

"what?"

"You know, when Laporta first took office, Barcelona's annual salary expenditure was as high as 2000 million euros, and who among them had the highest salary?"

"It seems to be Kluivert, I remember, it was reported in the media at the time."

This is also the reason why Barcelona was determined to sell the Dutch center later. The salary was too high, but it did not play its due value at all.

"His annual salary after tax was more than 1000 million euros, which was the highest annual salary in world football at that time, and there was no second one. Mendieta's annual salary was also very high, reaching an annual salary of 750 million euros after tax. There are also Puyol, Riquelme, Luis Enrique and others. Their annual salary has reached or even exceeded 500 million euros, and even Gerard is close to 500 million euros."

Kluivert, Mendieta, Riquelme and Luis Enrique, who have retired and transferred, have all left Barcelona, ​​and Gerard is basically determined to transfer this summer.

Puyol is the captain and the backbone of the defense, and his annual salary is slightly lower than that of Su Dong and Ronaldinho.

If the information received by Mendes is true, then Barcelona's team's annual salary structure was indeed ridiculously high during Gaspart's time, and it can even be said to be completely out of control.

"We won the Champions League this season. According to the usual practice, there must be a wave of salary increases. I got news that Ronaldinho's annual salary request for contract renewal has already reached 900 million euros. Barcelona now just wants to suppress our annual salary and then talk to other people."

Su Dong understood what Mendez meant.

Barcelona's operating strategy is very simple. If Su Dong's annual salary is only 800 million euros, how can other people talk about it?
At that time, Ronaldinho himself would be embarrassed to offer an annual salary of 900 million euros, wouldn't he?
It can also be said that on the surface this is Su Dong's contract renewal, but in fact, it is also the contract renewal negotiations of other players at the same time.

"What do you mean?" Su Dong asked.

This aspect is really not what he is good at.

"We are not demanding, at least the same as Kluivert."

When Mendes said this, he smiled proudly: "You are now a double football player, and you have just helped Barcelona complete such an epic comeback in the Champions League final, but what did Kluivert do back then? He can get an annual salary of 1000 million euros after tax, why can't we?"

Su Dong nodded slightly, making money, who would think too much?
Besides, it is one thing to be short of money, but another thing to pay attention to.

To a certain extent, the level of annual salary reflects the importance the club attaches to a player.

However, Su Dong thought of another problem.

"I'm going to add a special clause to the contract."

(End of this chapter)