i want to be king

Chapter 416 The Terrible Truth
Barcelona beat Alaves [-]-[-] and got off to a good start to the new season!

Su Dong performed a hat-trick and was elected the best player in the game!
These two pieces of news spread all over Spain immediately after the game, causing widespread heated discussions among the media and fans.

Real Madrid coach Luxenberg said that Barcelona will be suppressed in the first round of the new season, but now, this sentence looks more like a joke, unless Real Madrid can beat Cadiz by a big score.

As for Su Dong and Robinho, can the performances of the two peers really be compared?
At this time, the Catalan media also showed their evil side, and they ridiculed Real Madrid one after another, especially for the new aid Robinho. The Daily Sports Daily even dug a hole and said, "You don't need to surpass Sudong. As long as you also score a hat-trick, you will be considered a winner!"

This undoubtedly brought huge psychological pressure to Real Madrid.

Everyone knows that the first round of the league itself is not easy to play. Barcelona has played in the Spanish Super Cup and the European Super Cup before.

But Real Madrid is the first game. Although Cadiz is weaker than Alaves, who is sure if they really want to win?

Amid all the turmoil, the next day, Real Madrid was a guest at the Carranza Stadium, but in the end they failed to beat their opponents.

Robinho did not start the game as the outside world expected. Ronaldo broke through Cadiz's goal with a wonderful curve ball in just 4 minutes of the opening, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.

But then, for most of the time and game time, Real Madrid played badly, lacking highlights, and not exciting enough.

On the contrary, Cadiz, in No. 603 minutes, used a sharp counterattack to equalize the score.

Luxenberg decisively replaced Robinho at this time.

After the Brazilian teenager came on the field, he really brought an eye-catching performance. The first time he touched the ball was a very entertaining back-and-forth pick. Then he immediately created the most threatening shot since the start of the second half of Real Madrid. Unfortunately, Carlos shot was bravely saved by the goalkeeper.

In the end, Ronaldo assisted Raul to overtake the score again.

Real Madrid narrowly beat Cadiz [-]-[-] and scored three points with difficulty.

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Playing 27 minutes, he instigated Ronaldo's assist for Raul's goal, made two wonderful passes to his teammates and almost scored, created two opportunities for free kicks in the frontcourt, succeeded in all five frontcourt dribbles, and formed shots four times.

It should be said that Robinho's debut is indeed very beautiful.

If it were any other ordinary player, it would definitely win a lot of applause, and everyone would sing his praises.

But unfortunately, he chose the wrong opponent!
Real Madrid mouthpiece AS reported after the game that Robinho's performance was perfect.

But the Catalan media immediately counterattacked, thinking that the real perfect is Sudong.

The Daily Sports Daily even asked sarcastically, "After ten games in the first round, who is the team that stands at the top? Who is the top scorer?"

Mundo Deportivo stepped on Robinho even more, "21-year-old Robinho is just a rookie who has just landed in La Liga, but 20-year-old Su Dong is already the strongest fighting force in Barcelona. He is the youngest ever World Footballer and Golden Globe winner!"

The implication is, is there any comparison between the two?

Real Madrid and the media close to Real Madrid also realized this and stopped comparing with Su Dong.

Butragueno clarified in an interview with Aspen that Real Madrid never meant to compare Robinho with Su Dong. "Robinho is a genius with great talent and potential. Like me, he made his debut against Cadiz, both at the Carranza Stadium."

"The difference is that when I represented Real Madrid for the first time, I couldn't compare with Robinho now. He is better than me 21 years ago."

Luxemborg also came forward to clarify that it is meaningless to compare Robinho with Su Dong.

"Su Dong has been a world football player who has been famous in European football for many years. There is no comparison between the two."

For Robinho, Luxenberg said that his contribution to the team is very large, "He is a player we can rely on."

Marca also revealed that the Brazilian head coach is creating a new 3R combination for Real Madrid, namely Ronaldo, Robinho and Raul.

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To Su Dong, the turmoil from the outside world has no real meaning.

He has never participated in the hype news of the media, he only cares about himself and the team.

After playing the first round of La Liga, we ushered in two weeks of national team competition.

But during this period of time, Barcelona's interior was equally unsettled.

The first is that Ronaldinho's contract extension is finally complete.

After Su Dong renewed his contract with Barcelona, ​​Ronaldinho's contract renewal has attracted the attention of the outside world, because his brother Agassi often uses Ronaldinho's scandal with Chelsea to hype the contract renewal. The reason is very simple. They are very dissatisfied with the annual salary offered by Barcelona.

Before the contract renewal, the annual salary of Su Dong and Ronaldinho was the same, but after the contract renewal, Barcelona was only willing to give Ronaldinho an annual salary of 800 million euros after tax, which was far lower than Ronaldinho's requirements.

But Laporta has a very tough attitude on this matter, so the contract renewal has been delayed.

Until recently, after a long period of wrangling, both parties finally signed contract extensions.

Ronaldinho's annual salary after tax is 800 million euros, but he got back all his portrait rights.

From now on, like Su Dong, he has his own portrait rights.

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When Su Dong heard the news from Mendes, he was a little surprised, because Barcelona made a big concession.

The reason why he holds the portrait rights in his hands is that his income from portrait rights has already surpassed that of Beckham during his stay in Valencia, so Barcelona never dared to get involved in Su Dong's portrait rights, because they knew it was impossible.

But Ronaldinho is different. His portrait rights are still very valuable, and they were held in the hands of Barcelona before.

"How can you compromise so much?" Su Dong was puzzled.

Mendes smiled, "Barcelona has always been like this. The chairman has changed a few times, but many things have never changed."

"What do you mean?" Su Dong asked with a frown.

"Remember, didn't you ask me before why stars like Maradona, Ronaldo, Figo and Rivaldo couldn't stay in Barcelona for a long time?"

Su Dong nodded, this is indeed his doubt.

"Didn't Ronaldo tell you that it was a matter of contract renewal?"

At the beginning, when Su Dong was about to join Barcelona, ​​Ronaldo did raise this issue with him. The reason why he switched to Inter Milan after only playing for Barcelona for one year was because of the renewal of his contract.

"Simply picking out Ronaldo's contract extension is a muddled account that has no way to explain it clearly, but if you carefully analyze the departure of all Barcelona's superstars, you will find that they all have a common problem. Either the contract extension was not negotiated, or after the negotiation, Barcelona regretted it!"

Su Dong still didn't understand, what exactly does this mean?
The contract renewal was successful, why go back on it?

"Let's put it this way, I've heard a lot, and more than one said that the negotiation ability of Barcelona's management is really bad. If you don't say anything else, you can say that this season, Deco's after-tax annual salary after contract renewal is as high as 500 million euros, Puyol will also renew his contract with a salary increase, and Xavi, Iniesta...Have you ever thought about what will happen to Barcelona's finances after this wave of contract renewals?"

Su Dong was silent. Although Barcelona's finances have improved, they suddenly renewed a large number of contracts, and the salary increase was still large, which has to be worrying.

"I still remember that in 1000, when Laporta first took office, the first thing he did was to attack Gaspart's signing and renewal, thinking that he gave the players too much and too high a salary. Kluivert can get an annual salary of [-] million euros after the contract renewal. Can you imagine what happened?"

"At that time, Laporta criticized Gaspart for signing a lot of stupid contracts, but now, he himself has to sign so many contracts, because he wants to stabilize his position as chairman, and to stabilize the position of chairman needs the support of the players and the results of the first team, so the renewal must satisfy the players as much as possible."

"If not, next year or the next year there will be a presidential re-election, which will become the most powerful weapon for the opposition to attack him, just like what he did two years ago, so he has to do it, and as soon as possible."

Su Dong still didn't understand, "Does this have anything to do with the star leaving the team?"

"It's very simple. Just think about it. Now that so many contracts are signed, the financial pressure is huge. The purpose is to run for the election. After he is selected, the team's finances will start to be unsustainable. What should I do?"

"Seller?" Su Dong asked tentatively.

"That's right, if the star's performance is not good, then there's nothing to say, but if the performance is good, how can they be sold? Fans can't be sprayed to death directly?"

Su Dong began to understand what Mendez meant.

"I've heard a theory, but it's never been confirmed."

"tell me the story."

"Every time Barcelona sells a star, it will first form a momentum of public opinion. Many media will stand up and expose the star's black material, and then choose the right opportunity, the right seller, and sell the star."

Su Dong figured it out.

"The reason why I tell you this is that I hope you can understand that although Laporta has more trust in you now, and keeps saying that you are his best achievement, but you have to know that you are just a bargaining chip for him to run for or keep the Barcelona chairmanship. In order to keep this position, anyone can be sacrificed, including you!"

Su Dong smiled wryly. He always knew that the world was not so simple, but he never thought it would be so complicated and so black-bellied.

Was Mendez wrong?
Estimated not.

Barcelona has always hired a public relations company to help players suppress some news. For example, Ronaldinho likes to go to nightclubs. He goes there almost every week, sometimes several times. Now Barcelona suppresses it, but what if one day in the future, Barcelona does not suppress it, and even keeps leaking it?
It's scary to think about!
(End of this chapter)