Chapter 399: A Different History
Diego Simeone's willingness to return to Atletico Madrid is naturally great.
In terms of annual salary, Simeone has not yet achieved fame at this time, so naturally he will not open his mouth.
As a result, Caminero returned to Spain with Simeone for detailed contract negotiations.
Simeone met with current president Enrique Cerezo at Atletico Madrid and spoke to Zhang Huasong on the phone, and finally agreed on an annual salary of 1.5 million euros, with a number of bonus clauses, and signed a three-year contract.
Simeone was very satisfied, and after Zhang Huasong participated in the Wimbledon Open, he came to Madrid to sign with Simeone and held a press conference to announce it to the media.
On July 3, the men's singles final of the 2011 Wimbledon Tennis Open was played by Zhang Huasong against Djokovic.
Federer is indeed old, this year's Grand Slam and Masters, Federer did not break into a single final, Zhang Huasong faced either Nadal or Djokovic.
Because of the lack of grass games, Zhang Huasong's strength on grass is worse than that on hard and clay.
However, it's not much worse. Coupled with an extremely serious attitude towards the game, although Djokovic defeated Zhang Huasong in one set, he could not beat Zhang Huasong.
In the end, Zhang Huasong defeated Djokovic 3-1 on aggregate in the Wimbledon final to win his 11th tennis Grand Slam title.
Although Zhang Huasong's number of Grand Slam titles is not as high as Federer's 13 and Sampras's 14, the highest in history.
However, Zhang Huasong's 11 Grand Slam championships are consecutive, 11 consecutive championships.
In this regard, Zhang Huasong surpassed any tennis player in history.
After the match, the TV commentators from various countries sighed: "Zhang Huasong is worthy of being the first active person in the tennis world, if it were not for him to participate in the World Championships in Athletics in the second half of the year, I believe that Zhang Huasong will continue to win the US Open, win 12 consecutive championships and three consecutive years of annual Grand Slam without any problem." Even so, Zhang Huasong's 11 consecutive Grand Slam titles are definitely the greatest achievement in the history of tennis. Aside from Zhang Huasong himself, I can't imagine anyone who can break this record in the future. ”
In the media and fans' lamentation and worship for Zhang Huasong's 11 consecutive championships, Zhang Huasong flew to Madrid, Spain, to participate in the club's signing ceremony with Diego Simeone.
On July 6, Spain's Atletico Madrid Club held another press conference to announce that Diego Simeone, the former captain of the Argentine national team and a former meritorious player of Atletico Madrid, has entered the Calderón Stadium and started coaching Atletico Madrid as the head coach.
Simeone earns €1.5 million a year and signs a three-year contract.
For the media, Simeone's career as a player has been quite successful, but Simeone's as a coach is currently somewhat lackluster.
Therefore, the media were a little disappointed, thinking that Zhang Huasong's first move after spending a huge amount of money to acquire Atletico Madrid was a bit childish, and invited Simeone, a young coach who had just retired for a few years and was not well-known, to coach a La Liga powerhouse like Atletico Madrid.
The newspaper "As", which is loyal to Real Madrid, suddenly seized the opportunity to ridicule its sworn rival Atletico Madrid: although there is a new boss, this new boss is similar to the original boss Hill Marin, a miser who is reluctant to pay for a world-famous coach.
Look at who Real Madrid hired: Jose Mourinho, who holds two Champions Leagues and more than a dozen other titles, has an annual salary of 10 million euros.
Simeone's annual salary of 1.5 million is really insignificant. In the Madrid derby after the start of the new season, Atletico Madrid is waiting to be crushed by the Galaxy Battleship led by the magic bird Mourinho!
"As" is not only ridiculing, they also have a purpose, that is, to provoke Atletico fans to be dissatisfied with Zhang Huasong and the club, it is better to boo Zhang Huasong, Simeone and the team at home after the start of the new season.
However, the purpose of the newspaper "As" was not achieved.
Although Diego Simeone has not yet achieved much success as a coach, Simeone, as a meritorious player of Atletico Madrid, once brought Atletico Madrid the glory of the league and Copa del Rey double in 1995.
Under the monopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the Western Super League, Atletico Madrid can win the double in one season, which is definitely a remarkable achievement, and the fans' memories of that season are very good.
For the core of the double that season, and even the leader Simeone, Atletico fans absolutely miss and support!
Therefore, not only were the fans not provoked by the "As" newspaper, but many people openly expressed their support for the club and Simeone in an interview with reporters, firmly believing that Atletico Madrid, under the leadership of Simeone, can regain its strength and restore the normal level of the third best in La Liga.
In fact, the fans' pursuit is still too small.
Zhang Huasong is not satisfied with just leading Atletico Madrid to restore the third place in La Liga, he wants to subvert the situation of Real Madrid and Barcelona monopolizing La Liga.
After completing the signing of the head coach, Zhang Huasong had a long talk with Simeone, and clearly told Simeone that he would join the team in 2013, the position is a striker, and the forward can also be a midfielder, so that Simeone can leave a place for him when considering the squad configuration.
Simeone was surprised by the fact that the boss was going to play in person.
This is also normal, and it is estimated that no manager other than Simeone has ever encountered such a thing.
Fortunately, Zhang Huasong told Simeone that he would not interfere with Simeone's tactical arrangement, and he would also play according to Simeone's tactics, and would not change the team's tactics indiscriminately on the court as the owner.
Moreover, whether Zhang Huasong will play or not is also decided by Simeone, not by Zhang Huasong's identity, everything is just to make the team achieve better results.
Zhang Huasong clearly told Simeone that the criterion for assessing Simeone's success in coaching is whether Atletico Madrid's results can improve, not whether he can get along with Zhang Huasong.
Originally, Simeone was indeed a little worried that Zhang Huasong's identity would interfere with his tactical arrangement, so that he could not command the boss like other players.
And the privilege of the owner will certainly cause distress or unfair impression on other players.
When he first heard that Zhang Huasong was going to play football across the border and join the Atletico Madrid squad to play, Simeone did have a bit of a headache.
But Zhang Huasong is really good at being the boss, and before he raised this question, Zhang Huasong dispelled his doubts.
Although I don't know if Zhang Huasong accepts it when I really need to sacrifice Zhang Huasong, but fortunately, Zhang Huasong has the awareness of this aspect, and I believe that the communication will not be too difficult at that time.
In addition, Zhang Huasong also secretly showed Simeone his skills.
With the standard skills of ordinary professional players and the speed that is unique in the world, Simeone suddenly found that if the owner joined Atletico Madrid's squad, the improvement of the team's strength would be huge.
Especially in the counterattack, Zhang Huasong is definitely the fastest player in the world, and no opponent's defender can catch up.
After watching Zhang Huasong's ball skills demonstration, Simeone let go of his worries about President Zhang's cross-border football, and instead became looking forward to it.
However, that won't be until 2013, and now Zhang Huasong still has to focus on his tennis game.
Therefore, the 2011/2012 season will be a time to test Simeone's ability.
If Simeone can't succeed in the 2011/2012 season, he may not be able to wait for him to take charge and be sacked.
However, Simeone has absolute confidence in this!
He is a man with a strong personality and great self-confidence.
Although his previous coaching experience has not been dazzling, he has found the knack.
In Catania's last three matches, he won three in a row because he had found a way to win.
However, instead of giving him more time to perform, Catania gave him a chance at his former club Atletico Madrid, and he was confident that he would lead Atletico back to its former glory.
At this moment, what made Simeone even happier was that Zhang Huasong promised to give Simeone a summer transfer fee of 50 million euros for Simeone to use to strengthen the squad.
And to clear the transfer fees from some old players who are not in Simeone's plans, Simeone can also be used to buy new players.
This 50 million transfer fee support does not even include the cost of contract renewals and salary increases for old players. The renewal of the contract and salary increase of the team's existing players will be supported by Zhang Huasong's additional funding.
On a parallel time and space, in the summer transfer period of 2011, Atletico Madrid's talented striker Aguero and main goalkeeper De Gea will be poached by Manchester City in the Premier League, and the 32-year-old meritorious veteran and previous generation striker Diego Forlan will also be poached by Inter Milan.
Although Atletico eventually brought in Colombian striker Falcao for the transfer fee from the sale of Aguero, and Falcao also inherited Atletico's tradition of being a striker, no worse than Aguero and Forlan.
However, Atletico Madrid's strength has only maintained a smooth transition, and has not increased, and it has declined slightly because of the departure of the main goalkeeper.
Therefore, before the winter break, Manzano had only a poor record of 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses with Atletico Madrid's lineup.
Had it not been for Simeone's arrival in the second half of the season to put out the fire, Atletico would not have finished fifth in La Liga and qualified for the Europa League after the 2011/2012 season.
Therefore, Zhang Huasong hopes that after Simeone communicates with Enrique Cerezo and Caminero, he can keep Aguero, De Gea and Diego Forlan and give them a salary increase and contract extension.
In addition, it is also necessary to continue to buy Colombian striker Falcao of Porto according to the historical trajectory of parallel time and space.
At that time, the goal will be guarded by David De Gea, the strikers will have Aguero and Falcao, and the experienced veteran Diego Frando will be on the bench, plus Simeone will not rush into the middle of the game, but will take charge before the start of the season, and have a full season preparation period.
Zhang Huasong believes that even without his participation in the 2011/2012 season, Simeone's Atletico Madrid results will never be bad.
Listening to Zhang Huasong's support for player contract renewal and transfer fees, Simeone was quite happy.
You know, Aguero is only 23 years old and at the top of his prime. If Aguero is released at this time, it will be quite a loss. If Aguero can be renewed and his salary raised, he will undoubtedly make the team much more stable.
There is also Falcao, who Simeone is also keeping an eye on as a football coach for the Colombian striker, who is also a striker with considerable individual ability.
There's also David De Gea, who is also a goalkeeper with a lot of quality.
If Zhang Huasong's plan can be perfectly realized, then next season's Atletico Madrid, under his leadership, will definitely be qualified to wrestle with Real Madrid and Barcelona, not just a spoiler.
At this moment, Simeone became more confident.
Zhang Huasong only explained the arrangements of these key players, and the others will see Simeone supplement or reduce according to their own tactical needs, and Zhang Huasong will not interfere too much.
If the transfer fee is really not enough, Zhang Huasong can continue to make additions.
After arranging the affairs of the club, Zhang Huasong began to busy his own affairs.
His studio and Feixun have accumulated a lot of things that he needs to deal with. The management of Atletico Madrid will be handed over to President Enrique Cerezo and General Manager Caminero, and the team's preparations for the new season will be handed over to Diego Simeone.
Just when Zhang Huasong began to busy his own affairs, on July 15, Atletico Madrid announced that he had successfully renewed the contracts of main goalkeeper David De Gea and forwards Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan, and De Gea and Aguero both received significant salary increases.
As a result, they also rejected the offer of Manchester City in the Premier League and announced that they would continue to play for the Sheets.
And Diego Forlan, despite being a 32-year-old veteran with just eight goals in 32 appearances last season, was offered a three-year contract with the same high salary as before.
Forlan, who reached the pinnacle of his career at Atletico, is naturally very affectionate towards Atletico, even if he is willing to be a substitute. In addition, the club showed their sincerity with an annual salary, so he also rejected Inter Milan's offer and announced that he would continue to play at Atletico Madrid.
The rumours that Aguero and De Gea were going to move to the Premier League had been widely circulated and looked likely to come true, given that the club was rich.
However, with the change of ownership of Atletico Madrid and the entry of Zhang Huasong, Atletico Madrid is not short of money.
In the end, after Zhang Huasong invited the club's meritorious player Diego Simeone to coach the team, he successfully renewed the contracts with Aguero, De Gea and Forlan, which made Atletico Madrid fans rejoice and feel that Atletico Madrid will definitely make a big difference next season.
Many Atletico fans have already felt the changes that Zhang Huasong has brought to them when he took charge of the club.
Not only that, but the media also picked up the news that Atletico Madrid Club is in contact with Colombian striker Falcao and Galatasaray striker Alda Turan in Porto.
Falcao and Turan are both talented players that have emerged from the European scene in the past two seasons.
Falcao, in particular, scored 41 goals in a total of 50 appearances for Porto in the first two seasons, and his goalscoring efficiency shocked Europe, which has already attracted the attention of many clubs.
If Atletico wants to grab these two, the transfer fee paid will definitely not be a small number.
However, although the signing of these two has not yet been confirmed, such news at least makes fans feel the team's ambitions, and the resistance to Zhang Huasong's entry has weakened a lot.
Many fans are already looking forward to the start of the new season.
They believe that the 2011/2012 season of Atletico Madrid will definitely be very different from the 2010/2011 season of Atletico Madrid, and everyone is a little impatient.
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