Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 290 Fighting for a New Contract

The Wanda Metropolitan Stadium fell into jubilation at the moment when the referee blew the final whistle. The waves of people in the stands, combined with the dazzling red color of the stadium, gave people a great visual impact.

Atletico Madrid's players and coaches all huddled together. Wen Zhihao rushed to the sidelines immediately and jumped on Simeone. Simeone was obviously unprepared. Wen Zhihao's weight of more than 100 kilograms on him made it difficult for him to bear it for a short time, but at this time he could only pretend to criticize, and he was actually very happy.

The club has already made all kinds of preparations for the award ceremony. It took only 15 minutes for a temporary podium to be built in the center of the court.

All Atletico Madrid players have already lined up, and everyone is most looking forward to this moment. Only at this time can they feel that they have received real rewards after a season of hard work.

The on-site DJ provocatively announced that the champion team Atletico Madrid would be invited to the stage to receive the award. The cheers of the fans reached the peak, and Atletico Madrid's substitute players jumped up first and stood in the back row.At this time, it reflects the status of each player in the team.Similar to the Chinese concept, important people always appear in the finale.Griezmann, Costa, Wen Zhihao and Gabi stand in the last four of the team.

Every Atletico Madrid player stepped onto the podium, and the audience shouted the player's name in unison. This is a spontaneous move by the fans.But it will make the players feel very warm. No matter how much they have paid in the championship process, everyone has different roles and contributions. However, the uniform shouting of the fans at this moment will let everyone know that they have not forgotten everyone.

Wen Zhihao was very shocked. This is the advancement of the five major leagues, especially the giants with championship strength. The cohesion and intimacy between the fans and the team are super strong. In domestic terms, not only hard power, but also soft power.

When Griezmann and Costa came on stage, the cheers of the audience were significantly higher. They are the key figures to win the championship and deserve more applause.

Next, the DJ at the scene suddenly paused, took a breath, and announced in a more excited voice: "Welcome our new leader of Atletico Madrid with the warmest applause, the most important hero to regain the championship—"

"Wen Zhihao!" The tens of thousands of spectators shouted each word in a rhythmic order.

Hearing DJ's introduction, Wen Zhihao touched his nose and turned to look at Gabi.I feel embarrassed, the captain is still behind, the team leader?Next season will be just a rookie in the second year of the team. This statement is too flattering.

"It's Wen Zhihao's turn! Listen to the cheers of the audience. No Chinese player has ever received such high-level praise in the top hall of European football! Only by conquering everyone with strength can he gain his own respect. I think Wen Zhihao's status today should give some inspiration to Chinese players studying abroad in the future. Studying abroad is not about changing places, changing jerseys, and using superficial articles to whitewash, let alone exporting to domestic sales."

After that, Gabi was the last one to step onto the podium. As the captain, he will represent the whole team to win the championship trophy.

The president of La Liga and the officials of the Spanish Football Association handed over the La Liga championship trophy, the "La liga" trophy named after the Spanish abbreviation of La Liga, to Gabi. Gabi held the trophy high. With the cheers of the Atletico Madrid players, the yellow ribbon fell down, declaring that the 2017-18 La Liga season was officially settled.

At the VIP seat of the stadium, Atletico Madrid President Cerezo (there was a place where it was written as Perezzo, sorry for the typo) stood up and applauded heartily.At this time his secretary came in and said to him, "Sir, the guests have arrived."

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In the Atletico Madrid chairman's office, Cerezo sat on his chairman's office chair, frowning slightly.

After a while, he put down the things in his hands, and said to the middle-aged man opposite him who had always maintained a gentlemanly demeanor: "Mr. Saki, your requirements are too high, and it is difficult for us to meet them."

That's right, the person who is talking to Cerezo is Wen Zhihao's manager Saki.

Sacchi had a confident expression on his face. Seeing the change in Cerezo's face, he tapped his finger on the table and replied, "Is it high? Without Wen, Atletico Madrid wouldn't overthrow Real Madrid and Barcelona so soon, and still have a chance to win the Triple Crown? I think this salary standard is in line with his current strength."

Cerezo looked embarrassed: "Wen's contribution to the club is obvious to all. We are considering the long-term interests of the players and the club. We agree to your salary increase request, but... 2000 million euros, this is tantamount to a lion's big mouth, which is very unfavorable to the salary balance within our team."

After Atletico Madrid decided to win the championship one round ahead of schedule, Sacchi moved to win a higher salary contract for Wen Zhihao.Wen Zhihao's current net worth has only reached the threshold of tens of millions of annual salary before tax, and Saki also has his own way. Of course, he knows the level of Wen Zhihao's current net worth assessment, and he also knows how many wealthy families are eager to pile up money and want to introduce Wen Zhihao.It's just that the first year of the contract is the protection period, no matter how jealous the giants are, they still have no right to activate the transfer clause of Wen Zhihao's contract.

Although Wen Zhihao will not change his employer for the time being, but with the mind of Saki's manager, he saw an opportunity to use this opportunity to fight for higher treatment for himself and Wen Zhihao.

Atlético may win the Triple Crown this year, which can also be a bargaining chip for him to negotiate a salary increase. Wen Zhihao's performance this year has been off the charts. After Real Madrid and Barcelona focus on him next year, it will be difficult to have such impressive statistics this year.

Atletico Madrid really hope to keep Wen Zhihao for a long time, at least to ensure the stability of the six-year contract period.However, there was a disagreement between the two parties on the salary. Sacchi said it was 100 million euros after tax, which made it difficult for Atletico Madrid.

"Mr. Saki, how about 1000 million euros?"

Saki shook his head: "Your club won't think that I'm a rookie who just entered the industry and doesn't know anything about the market, right? This doesn't include the honors he will win in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey, as well as the value brought by the Chinese market behind him. This price is just the lowest price. If I bargain again, I don't feel that your club has the sincerity to train him as a core."

What Sacchi said was the truth, Cerezo knew better, because of the joining of Wen Zhihao, the turnover of sports goods related to Atletico Madrid, including jerseys, sneakers, etc., in the Chinese market soared rapidly.Wen Zhihao has not accepted any advertising endorsement yet.The endorsement fees of La Liga stars have portrait rights, and the club will take 50.00% of it.Cerezo is very clear that as Wen Zhihao gets more and more honors, the dividends brought to the club will also increase.

Of course he wanted to fasten Wen Zhihao's cash cow, but the price of tens of millions of euros still hurt him.

(End of this chapter)