There is a belief called football

Chapter 82 The First Professional Contract

"Whoosh...".

This is the Nth time today that Kucek has watched the ball go into the net. He can do nothing but stare at the ball.

"Joe, your falling leaf ball is too powerful".

Li Qiao still touched his head shyly and smiled.

This is the 7th year that Li Qiao came to Kiev, and also the 17rd year that he was promoted to the U3 youth team. Most of the others are 2 years older than Li Qiao, so those like Corbin, Prahimi, and Rakitsky have already got contracts to enter the adult team, while some others, such as Rotan, have moved to other leagues.

And Kucek's position is very awkward. We know that the most embarrassing part of a team is the goalkeeper. In other positions of the team, even an iron man like "Zanetti" can hardly be full throughout the season, but the goalkeeper position is generally not replaced unless injured.

For example, Bayern's Kahn occupied the team's main goalkeeper for more than 10 years. The direct consequence was that Bayern had no goalkeeper available after he retired. It was not until he bought "Neuer" from Schalke 2011 in 04 that he filled Kahn's vacancy.

At this time, the situation of Dynamo Kiev is similar. The team's main goalkeeper "Alexander Shovkovsky" is in a stable position, causing other goalkeepers to not have a bright future at all.

Kucek has also had the idea of ​​transferring many times, but the current head coach of Dynamo Kiev "Marsh" is determined to keep Kucek, so as the team's No. 3 goalkeeper, Kucek often goes to the youth team to train to maintain his state.

Now the head coach of U19 and U17 is "Milos Ninkovic".

"Joe, you should be able to get a senior team contract soon," Kucek said.

Kucek didn't know that there was such an agreement between Lobarov and Li Qiao, but he understood Li Qiao's strength. If the team didn't want to make an exception and let people surpass Shevchenko's record, they could have signed Li Qiao last year.

Li Qiao just hehe, without answering.

"What's the matter, Joe, did you get a better fat offer"?
Kucek feels that with Li Qiao's current level, it is not impossible to go to the five major leagues. Of course, it may still be difficult to play the main force.

Another reason is more important. Li Qiao is now a free agent. Although if Li Qiao leaves Dynamo Kiev, he will need to compensate the team training fee (many European stars transfer, and his original home team will receive a training fee. For example, when the Dutch star "Makai" transferred from Deportivo to Bayern, his Dutch youth team could still receive money).

But this fee is only 25 euros, and being a team in the five major leagues is not a problem at all.

Li Qiao quickly replied: "Of course not."

"But I feel like you're not happy," Kucek said.

In fact, Li Qiao is not unhappy, but not as happy as others. Kucek remembers that when Prahimi got the team's contract with an annual salary of 20 euros, he was as happy as winning the lottery.

"I'm very happy," Li Qiao smiled.

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During dinner, Li Qiao seemed to be thinking and worried, and Lobarov seemed to have something on his mind. Diana saw all of this, but Li Qiao seemed to be troubled by something, while his father, Lobarov, seemed to have met a happy event.

"Joe," Lobarov raised his glass.

"I want to congratulate you",
Li Qiao was confused by Lobarov's words, "What, Mr. Lobarov"?
"Your contract has been finalized, come to the club to sign tomorrow, there will be a small signing ceremony, and the chairman will attend." (Now Lobarov is already the manager of the team, the No. [-] figure in the club, similar to Hoeness before Bayern, and the chairman is similar to Beckenbauer, who does not take care of specific affairs).

"Congratulations, Joe," Diana said, looking very happy that after all those years of training, competition, injuries, lows, recovery, and continued improvement, Joe Lee was finally signing.

Li Qiao raised his glass, "Thank you Diana, thank you, Mr. Lobarov, and thank you, beautiful Ms. Eva, you are more beautiful than when I came."

"Hehe", hearty laughter rang out in the restaurant.

Li Qiao raised his wine glass and clinked his lips, just as he was about to drink it down in one gulp.

"Wait a minute, Joe, there's better news," said Lobarov.

Diana wondered, is there anything better than signing a contract?

Seeing Li Qiao, Diana looked suspicious, and Lobarov looked very proud, "Guess, how much annual salary I won for Li Qiao."

(Although Lobarov is the team manager, the annual salary or the team's budget needs to be approved by the team's board of directors, and he can only propose).

李乔心想，做为进入球队18人大名单的球员的普拉希米只有20万欧元的年薪（欧洲球队一般是20到30人不等，每场比赛大名单是18人，11个首发加7个替补）。

So myself?About 10 Euros, but Li Qiao dared to say 15?
"I guess Joe's worth 20," Deanna said.

"20"?Li Qiao thought to himself, with almost 200 million RMB, he could buy two houses in Jinhua, and he could earn that much money at the age of 17.

Li Qiao smiled, noncommittal, neither agreeing with Diana nor refuting.

"Hahaha", Lobarov laughed.

"Hehe, I really am a lion," Li Qiao thought to himself.

After laughing, Lobarov said: "Joe, is the genius I found so hard worth so much? Diana, you are too stingy, even more stingy than that "Henes" of Bayern." (This is because when Bayern introduced the Croatian star "Pranic" in 2009, there was a shortfall of 50 euros. Hoeness couldn't afford it. In the end, there was no way. Planic decided to pay in installments and deduct it from his salary in 4 years)

When Li Qiao heard this, he was startled, "I want less"?
"How much, Dad, don't be a fool",
Lobarov grinned, raised his hand and stretched out five fingers, Diana was startled from ear to ear, "5 Euros"?
You must know that when 17-year-old Rooney made his debut at Everton, he only paid a few hundred pounds a week, but now Li Qiao's first contract is 50 euros! !
"Really"?Li Qiao asked timidly.

"Of course, I, Lobarov, don't seem to have lied to you, Li Qiao."

At this time, Diana pushed away the chair and jumped up and hugged Li Qiao, "I'm so happy for you, Joe."

Hehe, Diana is not blind to money, it is because she knows that signing a contract does not mean that there will be development in the team, such as Kucek, although the coach looks up to you on the surface, but it is just a spare tire, and giving real money means that the club really recognizes you.

"But theoretically, that money is Joe's only after signing the contract tomorrow," Lobarov said.

"But," Diana said, "Dad, how did you convince the board of directors?"

Of course, Lobarov started bragging at this time, saying how important he was in the club. If the old guys on the board left him, Dynamo Kiev would not be able to play.

Diana, hehe, hehe, she stopped complaining, because she was really happy at the moment.

But in fact, the real situation is far more difficult than what Lobarov said. Marsh is the one who objected first. Leaving aside the outrageously high annual salary, Marsh himself doesn’t like Li Qiao very much.

As for Li Qiao's fancy moves, Marsh thinks it's like a Brazilian dribbling master"

Denilson", Real Betis paid a high price to buy "De Nilson", it turned out that Denilson was a vase, with beautiful moves, but it was useless in the fierce modern football field, and he was soon swept out by the team.

In short, at the adult team level, Marsh felt that he could buy a much better player than Li Qiao for only a few million euros. He clearly pointed out that Li Qiao could enter the first team, but he could not enter the 18-man squad.

How did Lobarov handle Marsh in the end?Very simple, using the power of the manager, he promised to win a transfer budget of 1000 million euros for Marsh, and the money was completely controlled by Marsh.

In this way, Marsh agreed to Li Qiao's entry into the first team.

In terms of facts, maybe Marsh is right. Can the 17-year-old Li Qiao gain a foothold in the Ukrainian Super League?It's hard to say, after all, even if the footwork is as good as Beckham's, there must be fierce confrontation in every game (post-match data proves that Beckham runs more than 1 meters in every game on the court, and he will never suffer from physical confrontation).

Marsh, as the coach of the adult team, is under a lot of pressure, the Champions League spot, the league championship, he can't let Li Qiao grow up slowly, he needs people who can fight, and can gain a foothold immediately.

If it weren't for Marsh who needed the 1000 million euros too much, it would be impossible for a person like Marsh to agree to Lobarov. After all, his grades are not good, and he is going to leave.

Of course, Li Qiao didn't know all this, he was immersed in joy, "I can finally support my family, with 50 Euros, my parents can live comfortably for the rest of their lives", Li Qiao thought to himself.

And more importantly, all of this is just the beginning, Li Qiao can finally compete in the professional league, that feeling is what Li Qiao has been looking forward to for too long.

"Thank you, Mr. Lobarov",
After 7 years of getting along, Lobarov at this time is really like Li Qiao's father. Lobarov looked at Li Qiao affectionately. He remembered the snowy night when Li Qiao first arrived, at the airport, shivering from the cold, and now Li Qiao has grown up.

Thinking of this, a tear ran across Lobarov's old cheeks. At this time, he didn't care about the Chinese dream anymore. His feelings for Li Qiao are real now, like a father and son.

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