Zhen Shaolong's salary negotiation is not a trivial matter.

For any club, player salaries are the most important thing, because player salaries account for the majority of club spending, and some clubs will transfer to the market and invest tens of millions of euros in huge sums of money, but compared to the player salaries paid in a single season, they are nothing at all.

Take Michael Owen, for example.

Newcastle United did not want to renew Owen's contract because the high salary expenditure was not proportional to the benefits it brings, Owen's salary was the second in the team, and he demanded a new contract salary of at least more than £8 million a year before tax.

What is this concept?

If Newcastle United decides to renew Owen, considering that Owen is thirty years old, he will have to come up with a contract of at least two years or more, eight million pounds per year, plus various bonuses such as goals, assists and rankings, the expenditure will definitely exceed nine million pounds, and two years is eighteen million pounds, and Owen is a 'somewhat outdated' star, it is almost impossible to expect to sign him and then resell him, which is equivalent to the club spending 18 million pounds for nothing, and it is difficult to say what Owen's specific performance is.

Comparatively.

There has never been a shortage of excellent strikers in the European transfer market, relying on the transfer to buy a striker worth five million pounds, the strength and performance will definitely not be bad, because the players bought are still young, and they may be able to place hope, and the annual salary of three million pounds is enough, and the signing of four years at most includes the transfer fee, which is the same as the cost of signing Owen for two years, not to mention, the purchased players perform well, and maybe they can earn a transfer fee in the future.

In this way, you can see the reason why Irving did not get a contract extension with a high salary.

Owen's salary problem is so serious, let alone Zhen Shaolong's salary problem, which is a big problem for a wealthy club.

At present, Zhen Shaolong's annual salary is 12 million pounds after tax, which is about 15 million euros according to the exchange rate, even if it is not a few terrible bonuses, the club has to pay nearly 30 million euros a year, and it is even more terrifying to count various bonuses, Newcastle United spent more than 40 million euros a year for Zhen Shaolong.

According to this annual salary contract, the total expenditure of signing a five-year contract can easily exceed 200 million euros, not to mention, the premise of Mendes' negotiation is to give Zhen Shaolong a 50% salary increase, as long as Zhen Shaolong officially transfers and signs, Real Madrid will have to pay at least nearly 60 million euros for Zhen Shaolong's salary every year.

This number is terrible!

It is difficult for most top clubs to spend 60 million euros a year on transfers, but they have to pay such a high salary for a player.

Even if Zhen Shaolong only plays for Real Madrid for three seasons, Real Madrid will have to pay nearly 200 million euros for it.

Such a sky-high contract must be carefully discussed.

Mendes' initial tone was to give Zhen Shaolong a 50% salary increase, but he would definitely strive for a better salary, and other issues of the contract, such as commercial revenue sharing, goal bonuses, winning bonuses, appearance fees, and some mandatory rules, such as how many appearances in a single season, etc., should also be carefully discussed.

This negotiation must have taken a lot of time.

But whether it is Real Madrid, Mendes and his team, it is clear that there is no possibility that Zhen Shaolong's contract cannot be finalized, because either side is interested in promoting the transfer and will not last too long on some disputes.

In addition, the willingness of the sponsor is also important.

Adidas, an important sponsor of Real Madrid, very much hopes to promote the transfer of Zhen Shaolong to Real Madrid, because Zhen Shaolong is a star signed by Adidas, and his transfer to Real Madrid can achieve the best publicity effect.

What Adidas is most afraid of is Zhen Shaolong joining a 'Nike team'.

Nike certainly hopes that this is the case, and they are more willing to get Zhen Shaolong to join a team signed by Nike in order to get Zhen Shaolong's free advertising, and they are even willing to shell out tens of millions of euros for this.

Therefore, Adidas tried its best to promote the transfer of Zhen Shaolong, and even did not hesitate to add an additional sponsorship to facilitate this transfer transaction to reduce possible risks.

This is one of the important reasons why the transfer will definitely be done.

Zhen Shaolong's focus on personal transfers is limited to talking to Mendes, after which he can patiently wait for the results.

Current.

After the transfer is confirmed, what Zhen Shaolong needs to do is to 'fulfill the promise' and help Newcastle United win enough championship honors.

When the time comes, you will have the confidence to choose to leave.

In addition, Newcastle United Club, or rather, Michael Ashley completely attracted firepower, his transfer was completely facilitated by Ashley, and the fans' dissatisfaction was also directed at Ashley, and the relationship with him was not very large.

Of course.

Whatever the reason, Zhen Shaolong decided to leave, and felt a little guilty about the fans, the fans are the cutest group, they support themselves unconditionally, and he is also determined to work hard for honor--

League Champions!

Champions League winners!

Newcastle United will face the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Arsenal.

The five-goal win over Arsenal in the first leg was not a big pressure in the second leg.

Most of the players only feel that they are playing a small game without suspense, and they don't feel the pressure of the big game at all, but Keegan has noticed this, even if his mentality is the same as that of most players, and he keeps reminding everyone, "Be vigilant, we don't win 100%!" ”

"I'm sure none of you want to see the team reversed, five goals...... If it is reversed, we will be nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of the Champions League......"

Keegan's statement makes many people feel chills when they think about it.

Five goals reversed!

If they are indeed reversed by Arsenal, they will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame, and there is no other team that can compare to the pillar of shame, and the results they have achieved so far will be completely regarded as a joke.

It's better not to happen like that.

In order to minimise the chances of a comeback, Kevin Keegan has also developed a set of defensive strategies, even if they don't score for a long time in the front, they must defend well, as long as they don't allow Arsenal to score five goals, they will definitely reach the final.

Arsenal side.

Many players have a slight expectation of achieving a reversal, even if they think about it, it is impossible, but the game is not over and there is a chance, and it is not completely impossible to score a few more goals in 90 minutes.

The same goes for Arsenal fans.

Although the vast majority of fans know that Arsenal basically lost the Champions League, more than 40,000 Arsenal fans still came to the scene, hoping to see a possibility of a reversal in the game, and they also saw hope for a while.

In the 11th minute of the game, Bam Adebayor scored with a header to help Arsenal complete the goal.

After that, Arsenal also continued to attack, and they relied on positive performances to completely suppress Newcastle United, but having an advantage does not mean that they can score, and Keegan's defense still has two brushes.

In addition, Zhen Shaolong is the most headache.

In the 31st minute of the game, Zhen Shaolong received a pass from his teammates in the penalty area and stabbed with a toe shot to help Newcastle United complete the goal.

6 to 1!

"1-1, 6-1 in two legs, Zhen Shaolong scored a goal that made Arsenal desperate, and this away goal means that Arsenal must score six goals in the following time if they want to win, because they don't have any away goals......"

The game commentator analyzed.

Although the time point for Zhen Shaolong to complete the goal was in the first half, and Arsenal seemed to have a lot of time, everyone has already pointed X for the 'possibility of reversal', which means that Arsenal has no hope.

Eventually, too.

Arsenal scored again in the second half, but they didn't hold out until the end, and with 20 minutes to go, Arsene Wenger made a crisp decision to make a substitution, with Bam Adebayo, Cesc Fabregas and Toure all coming on as substitutes and fringe substitutes.

The game goes into garbage time early.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the score was 3-2, and Arsenal scored another goal, and it was Martins who scored for Newcastle United, who replaced Zhen Shaolong and had a good goalmouth performance.

3 to 2.

Newcastle United beat Arsenal 7-3 over two legs to reach the Champions League final.

At the end of the game, Newcastle United were excited and could look forward to the final in Rome, Italy.

Arsenal are down.

If you really talk about the players who participated, in fact, the performance was better, much better than Liverpool who lost the last game, perhaps the main reason is that Arsenal has long been prepared to lose, and it is much easier to accept the result if they are mentally prepared.

Alexander Song is the more relaxed player.

After symbolically comforting a few teammates, Alexander Song ran to Zhen Shaolong for the first time and asked him directly for the football shoes, which also made Zhen Shaolong feel very helpless, every time he played against Arsenal, he had to wear temporary shoes back to the locker room, the key is that 'collecting jerseys and shoes' is his method of teaching Alexander Song.

"Alas......"

Zhen Shaolong sighed helplessly.

This scene was seen by Adidas' scouting employee Dennis in the stands, and he somewhat understood why Zhen Shaolong's sneakers were always in short supply, and their department was in charge of the supply of ball star shoes, and other stars averaged two pairs of sneakers per month.

Zhen Shaolong...... Double every Monday!

Their department spends almost 3,000 euros a month on this, which is not a huge amount, but it still feels a bit too wasteful to supply so many extra shoes for just one star, but there is nothing they can do.

I can't help but supply it!

If Zhen Shaolong wears other ordinary sneakers, or even other brands of sneakers, on the grounds that 'the supplied sneakers have not been delivered', Adidas will be held responsible, and someone in their department will definitely pay for it, and the most likely thing is that many people will be laid off for this.

"But...... Alexander Song is really smart, the sneakers that Zhen Shaolong wore in the Champions League can sell them to cover my monthly salary, right? ”

"Maybe it should be...... Every time there is a game, Zhen Shaolong is given the latest sneakers, and the old ones must be worn in the game...... If I do this......" Dennis suddenly found a way to make money.