"Signing fee."

Lei Yi's father looked seriously at the club manager of Sporting Lisbon. And the other party was obviously stunned by the word he uttered.

The so-called signing fee is an extra sum of money given by some clubs in order to better convince the player to choose him when a hot player is being chased by multiple clubs at the same time.

When multiple clubs compete for a big-name player at the same time, they usually offer a variety of lucrative terms to attract each other. Since the transfer fee can only be given to the player's old club, then ...... In addition to impressing each other with a high annual salary, they can also promise a certain amount of signing fees. And, in order to better convince the player's agent, they often attach a commission to the agent's contract.

However, these are additional terms and are not conventional.

What's more, for a player like Ray Wing, who had only played in Brazil before and had a very brief stint at the World Cup, it would be ridiculous to ask the club for a signing fee.

But Lei Yi's father didn't stop. He continued:

"The annual salary, it's too low."

"Liquidated damages, too high."

It was still the statement that the former word was a Portuguese word and the latter was an English phrase, but each sentence made the club manager of Sporting Lisbon a little stunned.

Even Lei Yi himself couldn't understand these words of Lei Yi's father, he frowned, turned his head to look at his father with some hesitation, and whispered: "Dad, what are you talking about......?" ”

Before Lei Yi's father could give an explanation, the other party seemed to have reacted, and after pushing his glasses, he smiled and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Lei, but I think I might need to explain." Liquidated damages are not for individual players, but if another team wants to buy Garrincha from us during the term of our contract, they will have to pay liquidated damages for Thunderwings. The liquidated damages here are actually what people often call transfer fees. ”

As he spoke, the other party smiled at Lei Yi's father again and looked at him.

And Lei Yi's father also looked at each other after thinking about it.

…………

Every year's World Cup can be said to be very short, or it can be said to be very long. It's long because you always have to wait for him for four years and completely change your life while it's going on. It's short-lived because...... The World Cup finals will last only a month.

In fact, by the end of the World Cup group stage, half of the World Cup had passed.

And as the date of the finals of this World Cup is getting closer, the transfer market is gradually heating up.

Many of the biggest clubs are starting to get in touch with the amazing new faces of the World Cup.

At the end of another year of the World Cup, the bloody storm of the transfer market is about to come again.

Countless smoke bombs, information about player transfers, and various open and secret battles between clubs are about to make the heat of the World Cup last for a whole summer.

The big clubs have a lot of money ready and are planning to buy a batch of new players in the quadrennial World Cup year.

The small clubs sighed and worried about what they would do in the new season when their key players were all bought out.

This is not surprising. Except for the conscientious football media, no one knows what kind of rookies have emerged in the underdog leagues and clubs. Even the head coach and management of a football club can't do it here.

Perhaps this cannot be denied, the entire football world has a strict time lag and strong barriers to information about players and teams.

A lot of people only watch the Premier League, a lot of people only watch La Liga, and a lot of people only watch Serie A or the Bundesliga. Even, more people may only care about the knockout rounds of the European Champions League every year, which means that this is the only player they can know. For a player who plays in a league or club they don't care about, even if that player has become the league's best player of the season, the best foreign player, or even the silver boot, most fans in this world won't know about their savings.

But when the horn of the World Cup sounds, every qiē will be different.

As long as your country makes it to the finals of the World Cup, as long as you are good enough, you will be able to be discovered by the world.

Now, it's time to wonder where the players of the Chinese team who have had a great record at this World Cup will go after the summer.

Zhang Shaolin's successor in the national team, Premier League Sunderland midfielder Wei Lin made it very clear on his personal social platform that as long as Sunderland still needs him for a day, he will not leave for a day. He loves this club and the fans who support him. He didn't want to leave.

In order to keep Chilie Nyima, Guizhou Renhe offered him an annual salary of up to 9 million yuan.

As for Yelti, who always brings surprises to fans in the central defender position, he is very favored by Turkish Super League giants Besitacs.

But just when everyone's concern about the retention of several players in the Chinese team gradually warmed up, people thought that they would definitely go to Sporting Lisbon's Thunderwing, but there was extremely shocking news - Thunderwing's negotiations with Sporting Lisbon broke down and will not play for Sporting Lisbon at the beginning of the new season......

Portugal

Porto.

Lei Yi: "Dad, Dad? Where are we going? Not going to Lisbon? ”

Father Lei: "Don't go now, the people at Sporting Lisbon are not good, we can't let them bully us, let's go to Porto!" ”

Lei Yi: "Ah...... Yes? But their club manager is obviously very kind! ”

Father Lei: "Kind, kind! You know kindness! Is there anyone else who is bad in your eyes? They do this to the players they want to sign! In fact, they're always thinking about how they can make more money out of you when they're smiling at you! They've even figured out how they're going to sell you for more money later! ”

Father Lei, who said this, was angry with annoyance, and it wasn't until Father Lei Yi said this sentence that Long and Short Legs really realized what might be in front of him now. He stopped abruptly, looking at his father with suspicion in his eyes.

Lei Yi: "Dad, which club are we going to sign a contract with?" ”

Father Thunder: "Porto! ”

Lei Yi: "But I never thought of going to Porto!" I didn't like this club for anything! ”

Father Lei: "Didn't you say before that you were going to stay in St. Paul and not come to Europe this year?" Isn't it coming now? ”

Daddy Lei's words are like stepping on Lei Yi's long legs, so that even if you want to jump on one foot with another short leg, you can't jump well. The long and short legs were in a hurry, "You, you ......" couldn't say a word. Seeing Lei Yi like this, Lei's father hurriedly walked back, grabbed his son, and asked him to go with him to the club headquarters in Porto for a physical examination.

But Father Lei never thought that when he walked over and wanted to hold his son, his son with long legs avoided him with a few slight moves, and it was at this time that he was so anxious that "you, you, you" couldn't speak for a long time, and finally held his breath and said:

"That's different!! I thought I didn't play well in the World Cup, and there would be no European clubs coming to me! And I have a crush on Sporting Lisbon! My friend is there!! ”

"Silly son, if you go to Porto, won't you still find friends? Didn't you get along well with your teammates when you were on the national team? As soon as you go to Porto, you'll be able to find new friends in no time. ”

Father Lei patiently tried to persuade his son, but his long and short legs were so angry that his face turned red, and he said anxiously: "But I don't like Porto at all!" How can you let me play for a club I don't like!! ”

"No, no, no! Where did you come from so much like it or not!! Can you tell me what makes Porto inferior to Sporting Lisbon? The two of them are on par in terms of club history and recent years! You also have to say that your friend is there too, and you don't want to think about it, you and that Tigos, both are wingers, and he is still Portuguese! Can the club make you both a big part? ”

"So what!! You have no idea what the club means to the players!! ”

"Meaning?" In the past two days, Father Lei, who was already anxious and unbearable because of his son's transfer, was about to be laughed at after hearing such words, and he simply got angry with his son.

"You love Sporting Lisbon! But what about Spenh Athletic? Do you dig your heart out of us like you? What are you worse than that friend of yours? But the annual salary offered to you by Sporting Lisbon is only one-sixth of his!! Is this what you should look like! Besides, I've done all of my research, and Sporting Lisbon's academy is famous all over Europe! There are a lot of talented young students in their academy who are about the same age as you! One day, when you bring one up, you compare it with the players they have cultivated themselves, they don't necessarily use their own people! ”

"Can the little student compare with me!! I'm a professional! I've been playing in the Brazilian league for a year now! I'm on the first team, not the second team, not the youth team!! I've also scored in the World Cup! How can you compare the average academy player to me!! ”

The longer and shorter the legs became, the more anxious they became, and when he said this, he was almost about to cry.

So, Lei Yi, who was so anxious to jump to his feet, finally heard the truth of the matter that his father told him, which was so cruel that his life could not bear it.

Father Lei: "Son, it's not good for Dad." Dad and you can be honest, I wanted to get you 50% of the image rights from Sporting Lisbon at first, but they insisted on 30% of the image rights and refused to give more. I wanted to ask them again for a signing fee of 10% of the transfer fee, and they treated me as idiots!! If I ask about the annual salary, it's only one-sixth of your friend's!! Less than one in six!! They only gave 400,000! I'm angry...... Let's just say I don't think my son and their club are still a good fit. ”

Lei Yi: "Then you can run back now and say that you don't think it's suitable, I think it's suitable!" I've got it all with Tigos!! ”

Father Lei: "It was too late for me to say that to Sporting Lisbon, and the people in Porto told me that they really value you, and that they are really a great club, and you will develop very well there. As soon as I got excited, I took a deposit of one million euros from them. ”

Lei Yi: "Give it back to others!" Hurry up and return it to others!! I'm going to go with you right now and talk to them that your Portuguese and English are not good!! You were mistaken!! ”

Father Lei: "Alas...... I didn't see it clearly, but there was a liquidated damages clause in the contract of intent, and if we didn't go after receiving a deposit, we had to pay them 4 million euros......"

Knowing the truth, tears fell from the long and short legs, and then they howled and cried in the street.

Father Lei: "Son, don't cry. This...... It's not far from the headquarters of the Porto club, so it's not good to be photographed. Men don't flick if they have tears! How did I teach you before? Don't cry, don't cry, I've told the people in Porto, they said if you like it, you will be given the number 17 shirt! ”

Hearing this, the long and short legs cried even more sadly......

The author has something to say: the first stop of the landing in Europe with long and short legs is set in Porto, and it is a foregone conclusion.

Many people may say that it is swollen like this!!! But in fact, I can spoil one here, because the first stop went to a "seemingly wrong" Porto, once it is "combined" with the club that his favorite friend likes, it is difficult to make the decision to play in another club, so that Lei Yi can choose a more correct second stop than Sporting Lisbon at the next fork in the road.

Sometimes, every choice a player makes can indirectly or even directly affect the trajectory of their entire career. I didn't go into much detail about this choice and the impact it had on their careers later in the day, but I'll write about it many times here. It's about wings, and it's about his friends.