Football: I carry forward Shaolin Kungfu

Milan, Inter headquarters base, 8:30 am.

Inter Milan general manager Marotta hurried to his office.

During this winter break, when the players are on vacation,

As a professional manager, Marotta never rests for a moment!

Let alone a vacation, the phone is turned on 24 hours a day, and the calls and text messages never stop.

He entered the club's official mailbox, and he was shocked to see the inquiry emails sent by the big clubs one after another!

There are a total of six bid letters about Ye Chen, from Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Barcelona and Liverpool.

These wealthy families all want Ye Chen!

Because Ye Chen's contract included a release clause of 1500 million euros, these teams all offered round numbers of 1500 million euros.

In other words, these teams can activate Ye Chen's penalty clause at any time.

As long as you negotiate a personal contract with Ye Chen, you can take Ye Chen away immediately!

"Good guy, this is killing me!"

Looking at these emails, beads of sweat could not help but appear on Marotta's forehead.

Ye Chen is the top scorer in the half of Serie A, and also the biggest contributor to Inter Milan's half-time league championship!

His significance to Inter Milan in competition is self-evident.

Whether it is Lukaku, who is the most valuable in the team, or Candreva, the player who is facing Ye Chen, from a tactical point of view, they cannot replace Ye Chen's contribution to Inter Milan.

If Inter Milan wants to win the championship at the end of the season, they must keep Ye Chen in the team!

Therefore, Marotta made an appointment with Ye Chen last night to come to the club to discuss the terms of the contract extension this morning.

He must remove Ye Chen's liquidated damages clause in the latest contract.

The 1500 million euro clause was finalized by Inter Milan's technical director Victor when Ye Chen came to Inter Milan from Manchester to sign a professional contract.

At that time, Ye Chen was just a young player who was terminated by Manchester United.

If it weren't for the strong recommendation of Chivu, the coach of the Inter Milan youth team at the time, it would be impossible for Ye Chen to get this professional player contract.

Therefore, when Victor signed the contract with Ye Chen, he didn't even take the figure of 1500 million to heart.

I even imagined: If this kid performs a little better, maybe some team will really take him away with 1500 million euros in a flash of brains, then we can see that we have made a lot of money!

Unexpectedly, the clown turned out to be Inter himself in the end.

"Victor's 15-year technical director has been for nothing. I'm a fool. It's okay to put a liquidated damages clause. Now Ye Chen has become a favorite in Europe, but I want to wipe Victor's ass!"

Marotta was nervously handling official duties in the office, waiting for Ye Chen's arrival.

The goal of his talks with Ye Chen this time is to keep the original five-year contract unchanged, remove the liquidated damages clause, and change the annual salary from 5 euros to 50 million euros.

An hour later, Ye Chen opened the door and entered on time.

"Mr. Marotta, I've been waiting for a long time. I'm here to discuss the contract."

Marotta turned off the computer, put on his glasses, stood up and greeted him with a smile.

"Here you come? Have you had breakfast? You came to the club when you were on vacation, thank you..."

The general manager of Inter Milan hadn't had a few polite words with Ye Chen when he suddenly found a person standing behind Ye Chen.

"This, this is..." Marotta was taken aback.

"Hello, Mr. Marotta, we meet again!"

Mendes, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, kept his figure in good shape.

He squeezed Marotta's hand tightly.

Although the two can't be called old friends, they once cooperated in a transfer that caused a sensation in the world of football!

In the summer transfer window of 2018, Ronaldo came to Juventus from Real Madrid with a transfer fee of 1.17 million euros!

At that time, Marotta was still the general manager of Juventus and dominated the transfer negotiations.

At the negotiating table, he and Mendes had a fierce confrontation over transfer fees and player contract treatment.

As the most experienced club manager in Italy, Marotta, who has been engaged in football management since the age of 19, has worked in this industry for more than 40 years.

Experience, judgment, and knowledge are all at the top level in the industry.

He can often achieve satisfactory results for both clubs and players through his superb negotiating skills and tactical concessions.

But in that confrontation with Mendes, Marotta did not take advantage of it at all.

Not only did Juventus become a 33-year-old veteran, it cost the club the largest transfer fee in team history.

He was also forced to accept Mendes's after-tax annual salary request of 3100 million euros.

You know, in Serie A, which is not financially rich, this salary is four times that of No.2, Dutch defender De Helit!

For this reason, Juventus paid a high financial burden.

Since then, Marotta has been afraid of falling for Mendes, and said to everyone: "This guy is too ruthless, I will never do business with him again!"

Now how did Mendez come to us by himself?

"Ah, Mr. Mendez, hello,"

Marotta hesitated for a while, "Did you come to see me for something? We don't seem to have an appointment today, right?"

The meeting between the agent and the club manager needs to be scheduled in advance. Everyone is very busy, so a sudden visit would be impolite.

Mendes and Ye Chen looked at each other and smiled.

They looked at each other and smiled, and Marotta, who was watching aside, felt his scalp tingle for a while.

No way?

Difficult, could it be!

……

Inter Milan negotiation meeting room.

Ye Chen sat with Mendes, and Marotta, the general manager of Inter Milan, sat opposite.

Marotta had a bitter look on his face, looking hopeless.

Boy Mendes, he's still so ruthless!

This is a money grab!

Ye Chen signed a contract with this agent, and I, Marotta, have been miserable for eight lifetimes!

"Mr. Mendes, I really can't accept the offer of 850 million euros in annual salary after tax. This figure is too exaggerated. If I agree, the club chairman will tell me to leave!"

First-round offer for Mendes.

Although Marotta knew, the other party must have shouted up first, and then negotiated.

But you are shouting too high!

850 million euros, even if I cut it in half in the future, it will be far beyond my bottom line!

Mendes disagreed and shrugged towards Marotta.

"Mr. General Manager, my client Ye Chen and I negotiated the new contract with full sincerity, and I hope you will also show sincerity."

"As far as I know, Inter Milan's top-paid player Lukaku has an annual salary of 850 million euros after tax. I ask Ye Chen to reach the same level as Lukaku. Is this unacceptable to you? "

"Ye Chen scored twice as many goals as Lukaku!"

Marotta suppressed the anger in his heart.

Ye Chen is only 17 years old, he played well for half a season, so he was given the maximum salary in the team.

What do you make the old players on the team think?

"Impossible, Mendes, let me tell you the truth, if you give Ye Chen 850 million euros, other players, such as Lautaro, Barrera, and Brozovic, will ask me for a raise. Even if there are two Inter Milans, it cannot be afforded.”

Mendes spread his hands, "Hey, are you interested? This is your Inter Milan general manager's business. As a player agent, I want to maximize the benefits for my clients. I don't need to care about other things. "

Marotta knew that Mendes was not an easy man to deal with, and his original plan was to fight a long-term war.

But the current urgent situation cannot help him to fight a protracted war!

Ye Chen's termination fee is only 1500 million euros.

This amount of money is just a matter of sprinkling water for several giants in Europe!

As long as they spend the money, they can discuss the contract one-on-one with Ye Chen's consent.

Marotta is doing the final struggle:

"Mendez, we are old acquaintances. Last year, Ronaldo came to Juventus to transfer. At that time, I was the general manager of Juventus. I also discussed the transfer with you personally. Tell me, the conditions I offered , didn’t take advantage of you!”

Mendez grinned.

Ronaldo's deal from Real Madrid to Juventus is the largest transfer that Mendes has promoted in his career, and he earned a lot of money.

"Yeah, Mr. Marotta, you were so generous when you were at Juventus last year, why are you so generous now, and you refuse to pay a salary of only 850 million euros?"

"How can it be compared?" Marotta smiled wryly, "I am a professional manager, and the money is not in my hands. You know the current financial situation of Inter Milan. It cannot be compared with Juventus!"

Mendes was silent for a moment.

Using the fancy pen turning method, let an ordinary pen fly around at the fingertips, just like a pretty figure skater, showing difficult turning and jumping movements.

According to rumors in the industry, when negotiating with Mendes, if you see him start fancy pens, you should be careful, this guy is going to make a big move!

Snapped!

Mendes held the pen, slapped it on the table, and made a loud noise!

Marotta was so frightened that his body flicked, and he blurted out a dirty word:

"*￥%@#, what are you doing so loudly, you scared me to death!"

Mendes said in an aggressive tone: "Since Juventus can satisfy Ye Chen's salary, I will call Juventus now and ask them to negotiate a contract tomorrow!"

hiss……

Marotta gasped.

"Mendez, how dare you!" Marotta's face suddenly changed, and his eyes showed a fierce look!

"If you use Ye Chen to Juventus, Inter Milan's arch-rival, I'm not exaggerating. You won't be able to mess around in Italy in the future!"

"Okay, see if I dare!" Mendes took out his mobile phone with a smile, dialed Agnelli, the chairman of Juventus, and showed Marotta that the mobile phone had been dialed to the interface.

When Marotta saw that Mendes was serious, she stood up abruptly!

Halfway across the table, he used a yang finger to poke the hang up button of the phone.

"Well, we can talk about anything," Marotta sat back and sat down, smiling like a chameleon.

"Ye Chen, don't always talk about Mr. Mendez, tell me what you think."

Old fox Marotta, see that Mendez doesn't like oil and salt.

Just change the strategy and start communicating with Ye Chen.

After all, the agent only acts as a bridge, although sometimes it is very important to build a bridge-but the person who crosses the bridge is ultimately the player himself.

Therefore, the player's personal wishes are also very important!

Marotta looked at Ye Chen with a smile, and began to play the emotional card.

"Ye Chen, everyone in the club, including the fans, likes you very much and loves you. We have the utmost respect and gratitude for your dedication to the players."

"I remember you promised me to stay at Inter Milan in the winter transfer window and renew our contract."

"For this reason, I also abducted your youth training teacher in Manchester, Mr. Green, to Inter Milan U17 as the leader. With his company, you will be the happiest staying in Milan. What do you think?"

Ye Chen nodded with a smile, "Dear Mr. Marotta, I am grateful that Inter Milan extended an olive branch to me when I was terminated by Manchester United. I am very happy here and get along very well with my teammates."

"But for the renewal of the contract, I entrust my agent, Mr. Mendes, to host it for me. You should talk to him."

From a personal point of view, Ye Chen wants to stay at Inter Milan.

However, before coming to negotiate, Mendes had three chapters with Ye Chen.

Ye Chen seldom spoke, but responded to Marotta with smiles, nods, thoughts, and noncommittal remarks.

The specific details are still handled by Mendes himself.

As Ye Chen's agent, Mendez and Li Yi are bound together with Ye Chen.

Ye Chen can get a more attractive contract through Mendes, and Mendes can extract 10% of the commission income from Ye Chen's contract every year.

Marotta scratched his head, rolled his squinted eyes for a while, and then dialed Barrera's phone with a smile.

"Ye Chen, I know that Barrera has a good relationship with you. You two are still neighbors. Listen to what he said. Young people, salary is not that important. The important platform is the prospect and you... hey , The phone is connected!"

"Barrera, I'm Marotta. I'm negotiating a new contract with Ye Chen. I'm stuck on the annual salary. I know you two have a good relationship. Do me a favor and persuade Ye Chen!"

On the other end of the phone, Barrera hesitated for a while.

What the hell?

You are talking about the contract with Ye Chen, what are you calling me for?

You are a penny-pinching iron cock, it must be that Koukou Soso doesn't want to give you money, let me wipe your ass for you!

"Okay, Mr. Marotta, let me talk to Ye Chen."

Marotta looked at Mendes proudly, turned on the phone to the power amplifier, and handed it to Ye Chen.

Barrera's rough voice came from the phone.

"Marotta, he wants to eat farts! Ye Chen, don't listen to him fooling around. The average efficiency of more than one goal per game only pays a salary of 50 euros. If you want me to say, at least 500 million starts, you just open your mouth and ask him. I can't believe he didn't give it to you!"

Mendez chuckled.

Ye Chen smiled without saying a word.

Marotta had a dark face, took the phone back, and yelled at Barrera on the other end of the phone:

"Fuck your 500 million, if you don't give half of your salary to Ye Chen, I will promise to give him 500 million. Do you want to do it!"

He hung up the phone with a snap.

Mendes smiled and shook his head, leaning on the back of the chair and sitting up straight.

"How about Marotta, in fact, my client has repeatedly expressed to me his desire to stay at Inter Milan."

"Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that the reason why I, Mendes, is so loved by stars is because I am not like some agents who deliberately let players transfer for their own commissions. One team this year and one team next year."

"I am an agent who is willing to consider clients. I respect clients' personal wishes. Since Ye Chen wants to stay at Inter Milan, let's talk about his new contract at Inter Milan."

Mendes didn't go around the door anymore, and made a straightforward request.

"Just as Varela said, 500 million euros a year, I will give you the reserve price directly, and we will not go around."

Seeing that Mendes' asking price dropped from 850 million to 500 million, Marotta breathed a sigh of relief.

This is the way to negotiate!

However, this price still makes Marotta very embarrassed.

He frowned.

Indeed, if Ye Chen goes to Paris Saint-Germain or Manchester City, he can get 500 million.

But Inter Milan's financial level...

Unlike others, with the backing of Petroleum Dad!

Mendes seemed to have been prepared for Marotta's reaction, and he immediately had a plan.

"Valero can't play in Inter Milan anymore, I remember correctly, Marotta?"

"Um, that's it, what's the matter?" Marotta was a little surprised.

Spaniard Valero is not a client of Mendes, he asked what to do.

"If you do this, let's make a deal," Mendes waved, motioning for Marotta to poke his head over.

"I know that veteran Valero can no longer meet your team building requirements. You need to sell him, but there has been no suitable team to take over, is that right, Marotta?"

Marotta sighed and patted his forehead.

"That's true. Before you came, I was still promoting this old man all over the world. He has only played 4 times this season, all of them are substitutes. The contract with Inter Milan is only half a year. If you don't sell it, you will be free at the end of the season." Let's go."

Mendes nodded in satisfaction, and Marotta's answer was within his expectations.

"You give Ye Chen an annual salary of 500 million euros after tax, and I will sell Valero for you. Not only will it save him the remaining half-year salary of 150 million yuan, but it will also allow you to return a transfer fee of 300 to [-] million euros. You see How about it?"

Marotta's eyes lit up when he heard it!

"You keep talking!"

Mendes leaned back tactically, leaned back on the back of the chair, and continued to play with the pen in his hand.

"Don't worry about it. I have my own channel. If you trust me, you can sign a new contract with Ye Chen. As for Valero, I promise to send this master away within a week."

In fact, Mendes got a call yesterday.

Zaragoza of West Second Division is aiming to advance to the first division this season. They are currently ranked 7th, and there is still a gap between the play-offs at the end of the season. They hope to sign a veteran who can control the ball in the midfield next winter, so as to strengthen their offense and keep the ball in check. The number of goals hits, strive for the second half of the season and break into La Liga.

Although Valero's physical fitness and confrontation declined at the end of his career, he could not meet the requirements of a giant like Inter Milan.

But based on his work and the overall situation, it is more than enough to play in the second division.

Even because of the league style that advocates technology and lightens the body in the West Second Division, Valero went, maybe he can rejuvenate the second spring of old age!

Marotta hesitated for a moment, and immediately agreed to the deal.

Although Mendes is difficult to deal with, his character is well-known in the industry.

Promises made, never broken.

"Okay, Mendez, I believe you. I will give Ye Chen an annual salary of 500 million euros after tax. The contract will remain unchanged for five years, but I request to remove the liquidated damages clause!"

"Yes! Then enjoy the cooperation!"

Marotta shook hands with Ye Chen and Mendes.

Ye Chen signed his name on the new contract, and his annual salary increased tenfold overnight.

ps: Tonight, two chapters will be published together, mainly describing such a story: the player entrusts his own agent, and the negotiation process with the general manager of the club who is in charge of the transfer.This process is very difficult and complicated, and I have simplified it for all the factors involved.This story, for readers who don't know football, can play a role in popular science.