That night, Millwall had a carnival at the hotel where they were stationed, and the players had a rare time to indulge, and Zhang Yang also lifted the 'alcohol ban', allowing each player to drink a few bottles of beer, just reminding him not to go too far, "If you can't get up tomorrow morning, you can fly back to London by yourself!" ”

It was a night when everyone was relaxed.

The win over Chelsea to win the Carabao Cup was something to celebrate, and what made the players even more relaxed was that there was an eight-day break between fixtures, not an international break, but a real break between the fixtures, with no fixtures in late February and early March.

Under the pressure of a long and high-intensity schedule, just a week's rest also made every player feel very relaxed, a rare opportunity to get together, and the name of celebrating the championship, even if there was a special reminder from Zhang Yang, there were still players who drank a lot, but fortunately, there were Wise, Aldous and others watching, but no player was poured down, otherwise the damage to the physical state would be too great.

Back in London the next day, the club gave each player a special bonus.

This is what Wilkinson promised.

The English League Cup is an unplanned championship, the club has a million championship bonus, which is equivalent to creating additional income, Wilkinson is also a lot more generous, using money to motivate players, the effect is still very good, he allocated half of the prize money, that is, 500,000 pounds, to the first team including players, coaches, team doctors, and everyone has an average of about 17,000 pounds.

Less than £20,000 is not much for a first-team high-paid player, which is equivalent to more than a day's salary for a top-paid player, but it is also a very high income for ordinary players, such as marginal substitutes and players promoted by youth teams.

The extra income is always a joy and the whole team is happy.

Immediately after handing out the prize money, Wilkinson announced, "We've done a great job, but we need to keep it up and I'm sure we can do our best." So the club decided to give £3 million as a reward for winning the league title this season! ”

"As long as you win the league, there is a prize of three million pounds, which will be divided equally between everyone. In addition, there is a prize money of 2 million pounds, which will also be a prize for the league winner, which will be distributed according to the season's performance! ”

"With a total prize money of £5 million, I hope to motivate everyone to play steadily and strive to win the league title again!"

Wilkinson's statement was supported by applause from the players.

No one will have trouble with the prize money, and Wilkinson's distribution plan has also made the players very satisfied.

Five million pounds is definitely a huge bonus, it can be said that the club's 'big bleeding' came up with the 'big prize', part of the distribution plan is evenly distributed, will ensure that everyone gets at least 100,000 pounds, even if the player who has not performed much in the season, as long as he is a first-team player, he can get the bonus.

The other part is distributed according to performance, according to the season statistics, the more you play, the better the performance, the more bonuses you get, this distribution is also very reasonable, if you don't play, you won't be allocated bonuses, and if you play more, you will get more.

This satisfies the psychological needs of the main players.

In fact, for the main players, the bonus of five million pounds seems to be a lot, and if it is distributed to them, they can get at most two or three hundred thousand pounds, that is, three weeks' or four weeks' salary, which sounds like a lot, but in fact, the amount of bonus alone is not very attractive.

Take, for example, Darren Bent.

Darren Bent's base salary is enough to earn more than 200,000 pounds in three weeks, and there are goal bonus clauses and assist bonus clauses in the contract.

The other players are a little worse, and they are not much worse, and the temptation of the bonus is not small, but if it is the same amount as the 'hardly played player', it must be a little unacceptable in my heart.

Bonuses are not only not motivating, but may have a negative effect.

Wilkinson's distribution plan is still very clever, at least it will satisfy every player, and he will look forward to getting the amount of prize money allocated to the championship.

Wilkinson's use of bonuses as an incentive is also a means of buying people's hearts, after all, he has only been at the club for a year, and many players are not familiar with him, let alone support or anything, he also wants to use this opportunity to win the hearts of the first-team players.

After Wilkinson finished speaking, in addition to applauding in support, some people immediately asked, "You said there is a league championship bonus, but what about the Champions League?" ”

'If we win the Champions League, will there be any prize money?'

Everyone looked over, and the person who asked the question was Vardy, and many people's first reaction when they heard the league prize trophy was to take more money, Vardy's brain circuit was more advanced, and he suddenly realized that it was not only the league that could win the trophy, but the Champions League was even more important than the league.

Wilkinson was stunned.

Before he came, he had never thought about the Champions League trophy, not that he didn't think Millwall had a chance at all, but he didn't think about it at all, and when discussing with other club personnel, everyone ignored the Champions League.

But what if the Champions League also won the trophy?

Wilkinson's heart was suddenly full of heat, it was the Champions League, the most influential club competition in the world, and it was unthinkable to win the trophy, and Millwall's fame would definitely be pushed to a peak at that time.

But is there really a chance?

Wilkinson looked at Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang smiled and said that he would not express his opinion on this, Wilkinson suddenly felt a little difficult to ride a tiger, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Five million!" There are also five million in the Champions League prize money! ”

Wilkinson left with some regret, and the process of announcing the prize money was a little different than he imagined, but it is certain that Wilkinson also wants the team to win the Champions League.

That's the Champions League!

Not to mention the influence and honor of the Champions League, from the perspective of direct interests alone, the Champions League champion alone has a prize of 8 million euros, not counting the appearance fees of previous Champions League games, victory bonuses, etc., if all are counted together, the income brought by a Champions League champion to the club is at least more than 30 million euros.

This is still the most basic.

However, Wilkinson is a businessman, he is not ready to take out the prize money in the Champions League, five million pounds is not a relative gain, but if it is not five million, wouldn't it save five million?

As for how much excitement the bonus will give to the team...... Wilkinson thinks that Zhang Yang can lead the team to win the Champions League trophy, whether he has a bonus or not, otherwise no matter how high the prize money is, he will not be able to exchange for the Champions League championship.

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After the English League Cup, the next competition will not be until March.

The first two games in March were a replica of the end of February, with the first being a league game against Chelsea. Millwall have just finished the Carabao Cup with Chelsea and will play another league game against Chelsea, and the game is also the highlight of the round, and the media and fans find the schedule interesting.

Of course, both sides certainly don't think so.

Neither Chelsea nor Millwall want to meet each other in the Champions League schedule, because the game is bound to be difficult to play, and if you put too much energy into it, it could affect the Champions League.

The second game is the second leg of the Champions League against Real Madrid.

When it comes to the importance of the game, the Champions League is definitely more important, the work of Millwall's coaching staff is also to prepare for the Champions League with Real Madrid, and the league with Chelsea is put aside, Millwall still has a points advantage in the league, and it is best to beat Chelsea, otherwise it will not affect the Champions League, and a draw or loss is actually acceptable.

And, importantly, Chelsea don't have time to prepare for the game because they have to prepare for the Champions League as well.

Chelsea's Champions League situation is much worse than Millwall's, losing a goal to Porto in the first round, and moving to home games, they will have to beat their opponents in 90 minutes, and make sure they can't miss a goal and get Porto away goals to progress to the last eight of the Champions League.

In Millwall's preparation for the event, the outside media also continued to report that Millwall won the League Cup, a cup championship is nothing, after making some reports, the media's perspective turned to the Millwall team, one by one players were hyped and analyzed, fans who did not know Millwall before, after reading these reports, they almost knew what players Millwall had.

At the same time, some media continued to 'fry cold rice', reporting the hot news before the game "The story that Zhang Yang, Manchester United and Chelsea have to tell", cough cough ...... To put it simply, it is hype that Zhang Yang may be the manager of Manchester United and Chelsea.

No matter how much this news is hyped, it will not expire, especially the closer to the end of the season, the more attention will be.

British media analysis believes that Zhang Yang may leave Millwall, because Millwall is only a small club, and it is too attractive to big clubs.

Zhang Yang's coaching ability has been recognized, and the career trajectory of the general head coach is to coach a small club to a big club, and only a big club will give excellent coaches room to show.

These reports are a bit of a headache.

Many Millwall fans have been affected and have left messages on Zhang Yang's Weibo, hoping that he can continue to stay in Millwall.

Zhang Yang's assistant Ruan Hailong, while clarifying the rumors on Weibo and constantly replying to fans, also took the initiative to post on Weibo, saying, "There are many rumors in the outside world. Manchester United? Chelsea? No, I've never thought about other teams in the past, those reports and analyses are ridiculous, I love Millwall, I'm familiar with everything here, I've never thought about leaving. ”

This Weibo news was reprinted by many media outlets, and it also reassured Millwall fans.

But in fact, the effect of personal clarification is not great, how should the media report, or how to report, because any head coach will not take the initiative to say that he wants to leave before changing jobs, and the same is true for players, often at the end of a season, there will be news that a certain big-name star is going to transfer away.

When the season is not over, players will come forward to show their loyalty to the club.

And then what?

The summer transfer window opens, and it's time to talk about it or it's going to be about leaving.

That's the reality.

Then the situation seems to have become very complicated, because the domestic media has also started to hype, they are not hyping Zhang Yang to coach Manchester United, Chelsea, or any other team, but Zhang Yang is to coach the Chinese national team!?