Chapter 626: Contract Renewal Turmoil
The performance of scoring four goals in two consecutive games also indicates that the overall competitive form of Real Madrid players has begun to improve significantly, which is certainly a great thing for the team to play next, but in the eyes of the coaching staff, it is still necessary to keep a close watch, because there are still two or three months to go before the real decisive stage at the end of the season, and everything is still difficult to say.
Ideally, there would be a smaller wave of flare-ups to deal with the upcoming fixtures in the domestic league, and then a return to the adjustment period until the Champions League semi-finals begin in mid-April, when the final high// tide begins, and continues until the end of the season. It's just that this situation is obviously a product of Real Madrid's next YY, even with the most advanced and scientific training plans and other assistance, no one can control the state trend of the players, it can only be said that they try to intervene as much as possible, even Li Mudi, who has an external body, does not have too many ways, who let him not have the luck of that "Li Tongfan", and have that omnipotent modifier.
Although it seems that the competitive state is mainly related to the training and health of the players, there are actually many factors that can affect them, and the degree also varies from person to person, and there is no particular pattern at all.
For example, when it comes to the world's favorite amateur activity (which may be professional for some), some players are used to abstaining from sex for a few days before a game to conserve enough energy and energy, while others insist on heying before the game, claiming that this will keep them excited and good for the game.
Over the years, scientific research has not been able to prove whether this "attrition" affects a player's performance on the field, so the question of whether or not to abstain from pre-match sex has become a controversial topic. Some old-school managers will still be strictly restricted, but with more and more new generation managers coming to the center of the stage, especially the emergence of many players turned coaches, the paternalistic discipline concept of the previous grandfather era is no longer popular.
However, regardless of whether other factors will have a greater impact on the player's competitive form, morale and mood are recognized as the key to making a huge difference in the performance of the players, so for the team and even the club as a whole, how to ensure that they can maintain a positive level in these two aspects is the focus of all staff, including the manager.
It's just that Real Madrid is now facing a big crisis, because according to the club's plan, large-scale contract renewal negotiations have begun in mid-February, and there will inevitably be some disagreements or contradictions, which will definitely affect the mood of the players involved, making it difficult for them to focus on the game.
According to the common sense of football circles, the summer and autumn seasons of each year are the peak period for contract extensions, mainly because they can be used as a reward for the excellent performance of players in previous seasons. However, there are also many cases to prevent players who have only the last year of their contracts from negotiating free transfers with other clubs after New Year's Day of the following year, which is an act to prevent the team itself from suffering losses.
But there are exceptions to everything, and the reason why Raul and Hiero chose to start large-scale renewal negotiations during this time period was based on the situation of the Galaxy Battleship itself.
First of all, after Li Mudi joined the Bernabeu in the summer of 2024, the first team ushered in a collective contract renewal in the following summer, and signing a new contract after a year is definitely not acceptable to the club, and the two-year renewal has been strongly opposed by many agents, so in order to maintain the atmosphere of the river crab in the team, they chose to negotiate the next contract when the old contract was implemented to about 20 months, which was acceptable to both parties, and then strive to complete all tasks within one to two months. Lay a good foundation for the end-of-season sprint.
Secondly, doing so can also save Real Madrid some wage costs, in this season the double is within reach, the treble is also a bright prospect, once the season is really in June, the asking price of these heroes is very likely to be sky-high, even the top giants are difficult to afford. This is one of the reasons why the hugely successful dynastic teams always fall apart very quickly, after all, with the development of the times, the salary and bonus package of players have become the main expense items of the club, and it can even reach 65% in local teams such as Manchester City and Grand Paris, which is too burdensome.
Although Real Madrid has always been one of the best commercial clubs in world football, and every year it competes with Manchester United for the top position in the annual revenue list, but the cost of not being able to afford a big business is not small. For example, in order to maintain the face of the world's largest wealthy family, even the coffee used for hospitality is specially purchased from the place of origin, and it is not only understandable that the consumption figure of this "spectrum" has always remained high. Under the premise that it is impossible to reduce expenditure, and even expenses will gradually increase every year, the club that has achieved close to the extreme in open source is also facing a lot of financial pressure.
In order to maintain sufficient competitiveness, the adequacy of the team's recruitment funds must be guaranteed, and UEFA's financial fairness policy is closely watched, which makes Raul, the chairman, quite painful, after all, he is not a business tycoon like Lafayette, and occasionally he can use some capital operation to help the club solve some troubles.
In the case that the landlord's family does not have much food to spare, it has become the common dream of all clubs to reduce the salary of players as much as possible, but due to the fierce competition, so far, no club has been able to achieve this goal. While the big-name stars have become super-rich, the clubs that should have been in the driver's seat have repeatedly fallen into financial crisis, which is one of the drawbacks brought by the entry of capital into the football circle. No wonder many people have said before that the gang of Wall Street people can't do anything else, but a group of experts who are engaged in sabotage, and the industries they are involved in will not be able to get rid of the fate of bankruptcy and settlement in the end.
However, negotiations are a process of agreement between the two sides, and the club wants to save money, but the players and the agents behind them are not willing, especially when there is no shortage of suitors behind these stars, let alone make them willing to make some concessions. This is not to say that they all want to leave Real Madrid, no one is stupid, how could they leave the top team in the world at a time when the team is in its prime. Instead, there are other options to make the player's agent dare to take a tough stance at the negotiating table, and the club cannot easily achieve its goal.
So half a month after the contract renewal work began, in addition to the Real Madrid youth team led by Febas and Marcos Llorente who have determined that they will soon sign a new contract after simple negotiations, the negotiations of as many as six other team players have reached an impasse, especially the leader of local players Asensio, his agent, the famous Spanish football boss Gagilio personally came out to warn Hierro, If Real Madrid are not able to offer their clients a new contract in line with their status in accordance with normal international standards, then they will not be able to control the rumours that will circulate in the transfer market this summer.
The director of Real Madrid was naturally very angry at what could already be called a threat, but he could not face the greed of the other party, because Gagilio's words themselves have nothing to blame, and they are all true. It is no secret that several giants such as Juventus, Manchester City and Manchester United have always maintained a strong interest in Asensio, and even Grand Paris has made two offers for the Galaxy during Guti's tenure, both of which are more than 100 million euros, showing that the Spanish star's ability has indeed been recognized by the world.
And judging from the information given by the FM system and scouting tools, among the existing giants with a capacity of more than 180, Asensio's annual salary level is indeed in the last grade, even nearly a third less than Woodburn, who currently receives the highest salary, which is obviously an unbearable situation for the former. In fact, even in the Real Madrid squad, the homegrown big man can only be tied for second place with captain Raphael Varane in terms of salary, ahead of the club's number one man, Kylian Mbappe.
Removing the veteran French centre-back, who has obviously received a high salary because of seniority and reward, Ardon and Mu have actually always been in the team in a competitive posture, and on the premise that both of them enjoy a central position in tactics, the annual salary has become a favorable basis to prove who is the first brother of Real Madrid, but in this regard, Asensio is clearly the one who has the upper hand.
Since the 2019-20 season, when both men established themselves as the main players in the team, the Spaniard's contract value has been slightly behind that of the French prodigy, which is inextricably linked to the nearly three-year age difference between the two sides, in addition to the giants' tradition of preferential treatment of foreign stars. Everyone can see at a glance that compared with Asensio, who was born at the end of 1999, Mbappe, who was born at the end of 1999, and Asensio, who was born in early 1996, undoubtedly has greater training potential, and the treatment given naturally will not be the same, which makes the local king who wants to replace Ronaldo as the next generation of Real Madrid's "leader" very angry.
In the past few years, the star, who is widely regarded as the core of the national team, has been rumored to transfer to other foreign teams almost every summer, but he has not been able to make the trip for various reasons, which has a lot to do with his loyalty and love for the team. Only this time, Asensio, who has already celebrated his 30th birthday, has no time to choose to swallow his anger anymore, and he has to be tough on the age at which he can sign the last top contract, so that the Real Madrid hierarchy can confirm his top position in the team, even if it is tied with others, he has to come up with the corresponding treatment, right?
From this point of view, Li Mudi and others understand his decision very well, but Gagilio's posture is a little too strong, with an annual salary of 40 million, a signing fee of 15 million, and various reward terms adding up to more than 8 million requirements, so that Raul and Hierro don't know how to open their mouths even if they want to bargain. Although these figures are in principle affordable for the Galacticos, which is in a decent financial situation, if such a sky-high contract is agreed, then the rest of the players who are still on the sidelines will inevitably raise their renewal conditions, which will bring huge new expenses to the club.
Tottenham and Paris's performance decline in the past two years, in addition to the reasons for the big problems in the squad structure, is inevitably related to their excessive salary expenditure, which seriously squeezes other aspects, especially the fees for transfers.
As a result, there was a huge disagreement between the two sides on the issue of the renewal of the local leader of the team, resulting in more than ten days of negotiations being shelved directly before the arrival of the last Sunday in February, and then there were rumors in the media that Asensio and Real Madrid had collapsed and was about to leave the Bernabeu, which seriously affected the team's preparations and provoked Li Mudi, who was busy with many work and private matters, to be furious.
On the evening of the 22nd, Real Madrid is about to welcome the second Madrid derby of the league this season on their home turf, although their current lead is enough to feel extremely reassuring, and the opponent's recent form has also been unstable, judging from the pre-match analysis, it should not be particularly difficult to win. But the derby is different, and it is impossible to extrapolate the course of the game and what will happen as a result.
After the game of focus, for the first time since the end of the winter break, there was no midweek fixture scheduled, and Li Moody is planning to use this rare opportunity to make a major change in the team's form, preparing to implement a wave of measures to boost morale and fitness, so that the players can survive the relatively relaxed schedule and reduce the risk of injury during the international break in March, and then go all out after the Champions League quarter-finals in April.
However, during Saturday morning's training, the performance of the Real Madrid players disappointed the entire coaching staff, and there were constantly various low-level mistakes in tactical drills. What's even more unbearable is that there seems to be a certain estrangement between the local help led by Asensio and foreign players such as Mbappe and Rodrygo, and the efficient and tacit cooperation in the past has been greatly reduced, which directly leads to the tactics arranged by the head coach cannot be realized.
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