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Chapter 42 Contract renewal! The highest salary in the team! [Four thousand words two-in-one]

January 27.

There are less than a few days left before the end of the European winter transfer window.

As the transfer window draws to a close, the biggest transfer news in English football is not that Juan Mata, the core midfielder who once helped Chelsea win the Premier League and the Champions League, has transferred to Manchester United for the highest transfer fee of 37 million pounds.

It is not that Chelsea has won Basel winger Salah, making the latter the first Egyptian player in the history of the Blues.

Instead, it is where Ling Feng, the rising star of England who has been snatched by many Premier League clubs, is going!

For traffic and royalties, media people and transfer reporters of all sizes have joined the carnival party of “Where is Ling Feng going?”.

Some media people, based on “reliable intelligence” obtained from nowhere, claimed that Ling Feng had arrived in London and was ready to reach a personal agreement with Arsenal;

Some tabloids speculated that the team Ling Feng joined was in London, but it was not Arsenal, but Chelsea;

The reason was also very sufficient. Mourinho had just bought winger Salah, who helped Basel beat Chelsea twice in the Champions League group stage.

It was normal to buy Ling Feng, who helped Leicester City eliminate his own team in the FA Cup.

As the saying goes, if you can’t beat them, buy your core.

This kind of operation is nothing new in football.

Various gossips made the little sweethearts of Leicester City fans nervous and uneasy.

They were afraid that the next latest news that would pop up would be Ling Feng’s official announcement of leaving Leicester City and joining other clubs.

For most Leicester City fans, they can only go to the club’s official website and social media to call on the club to sign a new contract with Ling Feng as soon as possible.

However, for the members of the “Fox Club”, the largest fan organization of Leicester City, they do not intend to just sit back and watch Ling Feng leave!

So, early in the morning, nearly fifty fans wearing Fox jerseys came to the outside of the Belvoir base with their own placards.

They have only one purpose, which is to show the fans’ attitude to the club!

The organizers of this protest are Big William and his friend Bob.

Since today is the day when the team resumes training, the first-team players are back from vacation.

When Leicester City players drive into the base, they will be surprised to see fans holding signs saying “Ling, don’t go!” “Ling Feng, stay!”

It would be a lie to say that they are not envious.

It took Ling Feng less than a month to become the darling of the fans.

And if there are transfer rumors, will the fans also keep them like this?

In response to the fans’ inquiries, the players who didn’t know the situation just shook their heads and said they didn’t know.

Mahrez, the only one who knew the inside story, tried to keep an expression of “I don’t know anything”.

He knew very well that Ling Feng would not transfer and would sign a new contract with the club.

However, before negotiating a new contract with the club, he’d better not leak the news to the fans or anyone else.

After signing the jerseys for several fans, Mahrez drove slowly into the base.

At this time, Bob, who was holding his mobile phone and paying attention to the transfer news, turned his head to look at his friend and said:

“William, I just saw a tweet from a sports reporter. He said that someone saw Ling at the London airport.”

Hearing this, William, wearing a blue woolen hat with the Leicester City logo and with a red nose due to the cold, said immediately:

“Impossible!”

“Ling is a very polite and affectionate young man. He will not leave like this!”

“But someone took a photo of Ling Feng appearing at the London airport.”

Just as the two were talking, a black Land Rover slowly drove in from a distance.

Seeing that the driver was an unfamiliar bald man, the Leicester City fans who were about to surround him stopped immediately.

However, what they would never have thought was that the middle-aged man in a black suit sitting in the back seat of the black Land Rover was the famous Mendes!

And Mendes was the agent Ling Feng had just hired.

. . .

At the same time, in a meeting room at the Belvoir base

The club’s sports director Rudkin and the team’s head coach Pearson sat in their chairs, but their faces were full of anxiety.

They frequently looked at the door,

It seemed like they were waiting for some big shot to come.

“Why hasn’t he come yet?”

“It should be soon. The guard said his agent has already driven into the base.”

However, when the two saw Mendes walking into the meeting room, both sports director Rudkin and Pearson were stunned.

“Gentlemen, good afternoon.”

As the other party blurted out English with a slight Portuguese accent, Rudkin couldn’t help but widen his eyes and recognized the identity of the person who came!

There was no way, this football giant with many stars under his command was too famous.

In an instant, Rudkin’s heart was filled with shock.

Ling’s agent turned out to be the famous Mendes? !

When did he sign with Mendes? !

Just as Rudkin was shocked, everyone introduced each other, shook hands and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, Mendes took the initiative in the negotiation:

“Gentlemen, let me tell you some news.”

“Now Chelsea, Arsenal, Crystal Palace and other Premier League clubs have offered generous conditions to my client. Even Mr. Wenger of Arsenal has personally called my client.”

Hearing this, Pearson frowned, “But Ling told me yesterday that he is not going anywhere!”

“Indeed, my client hopes to stay and fight for the Premier League qualification with the team.”

“However, you should understand that he has more than one choice.”

“So, my client hopes to see the sincerity of the club, and a new contract with reasonable treatment is a must!”

“That’s why I’m here!”

Faced with Mendes’ slightly aggressive attitude, both sports director Rudkin and head coach Pearson were shocked.

He is indeed the most resourceful agent in football in recent years!

In fact, the moment they saw Mendes, they were already prepared for the other party to ask for a high price.

However, they were willing to be slaughtered.

After all, once Ling Feng left with only a penalty of one million pounds, the club’s loss would be huge.

Whether in terms of reputation or interests.

As long as they signed a new contract with Ling Feng, they would be able to have Ling Feng’s future.

Even if they planned to sell Ling Feng in the future, with his potential and ability, he could also bring a considerable transfer fee to the club!

“At all costs, Ling Feng must be kept!”

This was the final conclusion reached by the Leicester City Club’s top management after an emergency meeting last night.

So, after hearing Mendes’ request, sports director Rudkin spoke directly without hesitation:

“Of course, we are very sincere in renewing Ling’s contract.”

“We hope to train Ling Feng as the future of the team, and he is our youth player, the child of the club. The club and the fans hope that he can stay here for a long time.”

Hearing Rudkin’s words, Mendes smiled slightly and then said:

“Very good, then let’s talk about the details of the new contract”

. . .

Under the premise that one side is willing to fight and the other side is willing to be beaten, the negotiations went very smoothly.

Mendes didn’t spend too much time talking and won a new contract with Ling Feng with generous treatment!

First of all, Ling Feng’s weekly salary increased from 100 pounds to 15,000 pounds!

It soared by 150 times!

Compared with the weekly salary of tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 in the Premier League, this amount is simply not worth mentioning.

Due to excellent business operations, the broadcasting fees of the Premier League are simply terrifyingly high.

The broadcasting income of Premier League teams is divided into three parts: 50%, 25% and 25%, and each part is allocated to each club according to different standards.

First, 50% of the domestic broadcasting income is divided equally among 20 clubs, averaging 34 million pounds for each club.

In addition, 25% of the broadcasting income is allocated according to the number of broadcast matches, and the team with more broadcast matches on TV channels will get more income.

The last 25% is allocated according to the ranking.

Each ranking is worth 1.7 million pounds.

By analogy, the last team can get 1.7 million pounds, and the first team can get 35 million pounds!

It is precisely because of the huge income after being promoted to the Premier League that almost all the Championship teams hope to rush to the Premier League and make a lot of money!

Compared with the tens of millions of pounds of broadcasting income that each Premier League team can get, each team in the secondary Championship League can only get about 3 million pounds of broadcasting income.

The huge difference in broadcasting revenue has also created the differences between Premier League players and the Championship.

Huge gap in player salary levels.

The weekly salary of top players in the English Championship fluctuates between 15,000 and 30,000.

Considering Ling Feng’s qualifications, a weekly salary of 15,000 pounds is already the highest salary in the team!

You know, most of the players in the team still have a weekly salary of less than 10,000.

Even Schmeichel and captain Morgan, who have the highest weekly salary in the team, only have 12,000 pounds.

This means that after Ling Feng signs a new contract, he will become the highest-paid player in the team!

This shows how sincere the club is in order to keep Ling Feng.

As for bonuses, in addition to the basic goal and assist awards, there are other bonus clauses, such as:

Winning the Player of the Month in the English Championship once, a bonus of 20,000 pounds;

Winning the assist king of the season, or the Player of the Season, a bonus of 30,000 pounds;

Helping the team win the English Championship League, a bonus of 50,000 pounds!

The purpose of adding these bonus clauses is to motivate Ling Feng to perform better and focus on helping the team win and succeed.

After salary and bonus, there is the salary increase clause after promotion to the Premier League.

Once Ling Feng helps Leicester City to be promoted to the Premier League this season, his salary will increase by 30%!

Finally, the two sides had some differences on the release clause.

Unlike La Liga, which likes to add hundreds of millions of release clauses to contracts, Premier League clubs generally do not add release clauses when renewing contracts with players.

However, in Mendes’ view, Leicester City is Ling Feng’s career springboard.

As long as he leads Leicester City to the Premier League and performs well in the Premier League, Ling Feng can enter the vision of the top five leagues and “marry” into the top clubs.

Adding a release clause can make future transfer operations simpler and ensure that the club will not force Ling Feng to stay.

However, from the perspective of the club, Rudkin is definitely unwilling to add a release clause to the contract.

If Ling Feng performs well and his value exceeds the release clause, wouldn’t their club lose money?

Although he is very reluctant in his heart.

However, under Mendes’ strong request, Rudkin compromised for the sake of future transfer fees.

Termination fee of 30 million pounds!

Contract term of five years!

After the two sides reached an agreement on the details of the contract, the player himself needed to sign the contract and then officially announce the news to put an end to the transfer storm.

After exceeding his task, Mendes walked out of the meeting room, took out his mobile phone and called Ling Feng.

“Ling, it’s me.”

“Mr. Mendes, what’s wrong?”

“The negotiations are over, you can come to the club to sign.”

“Okay, thank you very much.”

Half an hour later, Ling Feng, who was waiting for news at home, rode his beloved bicycle to the Belvoir base.

“It’s Ling!”

The moment he saw Ling Feng, the fans outside the base swarmed up and surrounded him.

“Ling! Don’t leave!”

“Ling, you won’t leave, right?”

“Ling, we need you!”

Feeling the care from the fans, Ling Feng felt warm in his heart.

These fans, both on and off the court, have always supported him in different ways.

Facing the fans’ expectant eyes, Ling Feng smiled slightly and answered very firmly:

“Don’t worry, guys, this is my home, I won’t leave!”

While saying this, Ling Feng kept whispering in his heart:

“At least not now!”

Hearing Ling Feng’s personal promise to stay, the fans immediately put down the big stone in their hearts.

At this time, a rough voice sounded:

“Good job! Ling! I knew you wouldn’t betray us!”

Looking at the voice, Ling Feng saw a familiar face in the crowd.

“Hey, are you. Big William?”

Seeing that Ling Feng recognized him, Big William immediately smiled happily.

“Haha, you still remember me?!”

“Of course, you are the first fan to ask me for an autograph!”

“We didn’t take a photo last time, let’s take one this time!”

After signing autographs for the fans and taking photos with Big William, Bob and others, Ling Feng rode his bicycle and slowly entered the base.

After arriving at the meeting room and carefully confirming the terms of the new contract, Ling Feng couldn’t help but give a thumbs up to Mendes’ negotiation skills in his heart.

“You are worthy of it!”

Witnessed by the lawyers of both parties, seeing Ling Feng sign his name on the new contract, Sports Director Rudkin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After completing the signing, Ling Feng was taken to the press room to prepare for the filming of the renewal.

Photo.

In a room with a large Leicester City logo on the background wall, Ling Feng, wearing a Fox training suit, was holding a pen, sitting behind a table, pretending to sign a contract.

Then he looked up at the camera pointed at him and smiled brightly.

With a “click”, the scene was frozen.

And this contract renewal photo was immediately uploaded to the official website and social media by Leicester City Club.

The title was – “We have renewed the contract with the future of the team!”

(End of this chapter)