World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 495 The Correct Way to Open a Super Big Card
After signing Aguilar and Aduriz, Maritimo immediately made an official announcement.

But only the biggest signing in team history-Ronaldo, the club kept it secret for the time being, and paid Real Madrid a hush money of 50 euros, requesting that the loan matter be kept secret for the time being.

Maritimo's management did not understand Gao Yuan's actions, but Gao Yuan's status in the club made them swallow their complaints.

Gao Yuan is very clear about what he is doing, he wants to maximize the benefits!

During the secret negotiations with Real Madrid, Gao Yuan instructed Yuanshuai Sports to contact sponsors in China.

Ask if sponsors can invest more if the club signs a world-class star.

Of course, enterprises hope that the clubs they sponsor can have big-name football stars, so as to further expand the brand's popularity and influence. World-class football stars are hard to come by, so they promise to make additional investments as long as the players they sign are big enough.

Gao Yuan didn't even need to calculate carefully, he knew that the additional sponsorship money he got had far exceeded the rental fee and the salary he paid!

After making a lot of money financially, Gao Yuan still didn't make an official announcement. He was waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Every year when it comes to the preparation period for the league, the major clubs are very busy, because various commercial invitational tournaments emerge in endlessly.

Especially North America and Asia, which have a large number of local tyrants, will spend a lot of money to hold some tasteless events such as the International Champions Cup and the World Football Challenge.

For the sake of money, the major European football giants have squeezed out precious pre-season training time and went to North America and Asia to pan for gold.

This is actually a very risky thing, because the pre-season training camp is very important. It can be said that every inch of time is precious. It is necessary to reserve physical fitness and polish tactics. Whether it goes well or not determines the success or failure of the entire season.

A consistent training rhythm is an important guarantee for good training results.

But these tasteless gold rush events have seriously disrupted the team's training rhythm. The players have to fly more than half of the world in a few days. Before their bodies have fully recovered, they will play a few meaningless games.There may be hidden dangers for the entire season.

Therefore, the football coaches of European giants are very repulsive to these commercial events.

For example, during the China match between Manchester United and Manchester City in the summer of 2016, Mourinho publicly complained that "the weather is terrible and the training ground of the Bird's Nest is even worse. I regret coming here."

In the end, the Manchester Derby also died midway.

In 2018, Mourinho even refused Manchester United to come to China to participate in commercial competitions.

But generally speaking, being invited to participate in commercial competitions is an affirmation of the club's prestige and status, and it is the exclusive property of the rich.

Whether you want to come is one thing, but whether someone invites you is another matter!
Now, this honor has finally fallen to Maritimo.

Maritimo was invited to participate in an event called "China Star·European Giants Football Invitational Tournament" this summer.

The four participating teams are all sponsored by Chinese capital, namely Inter Milan, Wolves, Espanyol and Maritimo.

These four teams will hold a tour in Kyoto, Shanghai, and Yangcheng within a week.

It is 1300 kilometers from Kyoto to Shanghai, 2300 kilometers to Yangcheng, and 1400 kilometers to Yangcheng, which is more than 5000 kilometers in total. It is only 2500 kilometers from Paris to Moscow across the European continent.

Not to mention the toss of playing a game and changing places, Gao Yuan couldn't stand the fatigue of traveling alone.

This season, his team is going to challenge the top of Europe. There is a lot of work waiting for him and his players to do. He doesn't want to waste time on such a tasteless event.

Wouldn't it be nice to find a secluded place to concentrate on practicing with this kind of time?
However, this competition must be participated in. On the one hand, the high prize money of commercial competitions is exactly what Maritimo, who is short of money, urgently needs.On the other hand, the main sponsors of Maritimo are all domestic brands, and they also hope that the team will compete in the country to expand the influence of their own brands.

So Gao Yuan came up with a very "chicken thief" trick.

At the press conference of the event, all four teams released their list of entries.

The other teams are all first-line main players, and only a few older big names are absent from this event.

But what Maritimo announced was a reserve-based lineup.Only the "thriller" Wang Zi was named by the sponsor.

The media fans present were in an uproar.

Maritimo is playing big cards!

And in the real-time barrage comments, there was even more criticism.

"Maritimo doesn't know what his surname is. Without the support of domestic fans and the investment of domestic sponsors, Maritimo is nothing!"

"Inter Milan has sent the main players of the first team here. Can you Maritimo be better than Inter Milan?"

"Maritimo is a typical example of picking up the bowl to eat, and putting down the bowl to scold mothers! Earning money from China, but looking down on Chinese football! Looking down on Chinese people"

"I want to see Niu Gensheng, Pan Xinyue, and Wen Jun. If they don't come, I'll see the stupid Maritimo!"

"Damn, I just bought the ticket from Maritimo, refund the ticket! Lose money!"

……

Just when the scolding was spreading, Maritimo's representative suddenly and slowly announced that our lineup is based on the old and the new, and the new big-name foreign players will lead the team to compete in this invitational tournament.

New aid?Who is the one?
The discussion in the barrage was very lively.

"It's a bit of a mystery, what kind of big-name new signings, just Maritimo's broken team, what kind of star can afford!"

"It's probably an African or South American international. The real big players go from the Portuguese Super League to the five major leagues. How can they go from the five major leagues to the Portuguese Super League?"

"Hehe, I wish it was a guy whose name I've heard"

"For everyone's science, before the 34-year-old Dzeko joined, Maritimo's biggest signing was Vukovic, haha"

……

At this time, the representative of the Maritimo club, under the questioning of the reporter at the scene, named the name of the newly joined big name.

"James Rodriguez!"

The scene and barrage were silent for a moment.

Who?
What he said was... Luo!
Ouch, it smells so good!
Now no one cares about whether Maritimo is the main force. With Ronaldo here, who cares about others!
Although most of the Chinese teenagers in Maritimo did not participate in the competition, after all, there is no "heartbeat" Wang Zi!

His popularity is even hotter than all the others combined, and the "Prince's Personal Guard" is more fierce than Xiao Xianrou's brainless fans!

Besides, isn't Maritimo's biggest star coach Gao Yuan?As long as this magical Chinese coach stands on the coaching bench, it is already worth the ticket price!
A sudden Ronaldo can make others remember the goodness of Maritimo. This is the charm of super big names!

And the unexpected official announcement is also the correct way to open a super big name!
　I'm so happy today, Luneng beat R&F with a 5-0 victory over the previous two-game winning streak!Take four consecutive victories!

　　Haha, what about those guys who said that Li Xiaopeng was no good?Climb for Grandpa!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)