Chapter 0252: Unexpected Events
Although Rashford, his agent Catherine Gloria and the endorsement brand have avoided talking about Rashford's endorsement fee, the pervasive British media have heard the news.
According to The Sun's guess, the six brands together will be able to bring in £7 million to £8 million a year for Rashford.
The paparazzi's ability to find out the news is still very strong, and their reporting this time is very reliable, and the total amount of Rashford's five sponsorships is 4.8 million pounds a year plus Nike's sponsorship, the total amount is as high as 7.8 million pounds.
Combined with Rashford's various incomes at the club, as well as other odd and poised incomes, he is now a wealthy man with an annual income of more than £15 million.
Even in football, he has entered the top income bracket, although he cannot be ranked in the top 10 in football, but he is very close.
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Signing big contracts in a row has made Rashford very happy. However, on the last day of May, he received a piece of news that made his good mood a little unpleasant.
Marcus Rashford was returning to his hotel after his last business event to grab another bite to eat when he received a call from Jesse Lingard.
"Marcus, something is wrong." Lingard shouted.
"What's the matter?" Rashford asked suspiciously, and at the same time wondered which teammate had left, or had some heavyweight join Manchester United?
As a transfer season, transfer is an eternal theme, and the so-called iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers, the transfer of players in and out are all normal things, so the first thing Rashford thought of was the transfer of players.
"Something is wrong." Lingard paused before continuing, "Resigned, coach resigned. ”
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Rashford didn't realize what this meant at first, because he didn't think it was possible, but then he came to his senses and asked: "What? ”
Lingard said: "The news, the official website of the club, the termination of the contract between the coach and the club, he is not our coach now. ”
Rashford froze. Rashford would not be surprised to say that in the middle of the season, or when he had just debuted, Rashford would not be surprised if someone told him that Van Gaal and Manchester United were saying goodbye, because during that time, the most hyped by the British media was Van Gaal's dismissal.
But now that the season is over, and Manchester United have achieved what can be said to be unprecedented success since the beginning of the new century, Van Gaal has terminated his contract with Manchester United, which is really unexpected.
After all, during this time, even the media stopped hyping Van Gaal's dismissal, because everyone knows that this is really unlikely.
Moreover, at the end of the season, Van Gaal did not show any intention of ending his contract with Manchester United, although he did not talk about renewing his contract, after all, he signed a three-year contract with Manchester United, and there is still one year left.
But now Lingard said that Manchester United has officially announced the termination of Van Gaal's contract, which really caught Rashford off guard.
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"I see." Rashford said, and instead of speaking again, he silently hung up the phone.
"What's wrong?" Catherine Gloria asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”
Rashford shook his head and didn't answer immediately, as if to digest the shocking news, before he said: "Mr van Gaal has terminated his contract with the club. ”
Catherine Gloria let out an "ah" in surprise and covered her mouth with her hand, apparently also startled by the news.
She and Marcus Rashford have analysed that Van Gaal may have a conflict with Manchester United's top management, after all, Van Gaal is not like the old lord Ferguson before, who holds almost all the power of Manchester United and can make decisions about almost everything.
Summer is the transfer season, and Van Gaal and the club are likely to be at odds over the transfer, as Van Gaal was very unhappy with the transfer of Manchester United in the previous two years.
However, given that Van Gaal has just led Manchester United to the small treble of the Premier League, Europa League and FA Cup, his prestige at Manchester United is very high, so the conclusion of the analysis of the two is that in the end, Manchester United may bring in stars in the transfer market according to Van Gaal's wishes, which is used to appease Van Gaal and maintain the stability of the club.
They had no idea that Louis van Gaal would resign from Manchester United and leave a team that had just come out of turmoil and was on track.
'It seems that the conflict between Louis van Gaal and the Manchester United hierarchy is bigger than we thought. Catherine Gloria said.
"Maybe it's not just a transfer issue, maybe there's something else." Rashford said that when the two sides work together to achieve a goal, some contradictions will be hidden and ignored, but when success is achieved, some long-hidden problems may be exposed, or even infinitely magnified.
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Just then, Rashford's cell phone rang.
It was an unfamiliar call, and the caller ID showed to be from the Netherlands.
Rashford answered the call, which was supposed to be from Louis van Gaal, because Rashford did not have any close relationships in the Netherlands, and his relationship with Blind and Depay, two Dutch teammates, was very average, and even had a bad relationship with Depay.
Sure enough, after the phone was connected, the familiar voice of the old man came from inside: "Hey, Marcus! ”
"Hi, Coach." Rashford responded.
"You read the news, I'm not your coach now." Van Gaal said, "I'm sorry that it was a bit sudden, and I couldn't say goodbye to you earlier. ”
"It's been an honor to work with you for three months." Rashford said: 'Thank you to the coach for believing in me and teaching me. ”
Van Gaal laughed and said: "It's also an honour to coach a player like you. By the way, congratulations on your selection for the national team. ”
Van Gaal's reference to the selection for the national team is referring to Marcus Rashford's eventual 23-man squad for the European Championships. Just today, England national team coach Roy Hodgson announced the final 23-man squad for France's European Championships, and Marcus Rashford was selected.
In addition to Marcus Rashford, three other United were also selected, and Jesse Lingard eventually completed the comeback and caught the last train in the national team squad.
Rashford said: "Thank you, coach! ”
Van Gaal said on the phone: "I wish you a good performance at the European Championships. So be it, I'm going to have to talk to the other guys. ”
"Goodbye, Coach." Rashford said in a somewhat depressed mood. I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~