Arsenal Club has difficulties, their salary structure, contract rules, have not changed for a long time, even if they want to change, it is impossible to rashly raise all salaries, extend the contract, it needs a gradual process, Pire is destined to not get a two-year contract.

So Pire had no choice but to leave.

But in fact, from a neutral point of view, Pire's request is not too much, not to mention Pire's contribution to Arsenal, only to talk about his fame and performance, such a famous player, often in football can get the top salary, in exchange for Manchester United can also get a weekly salary of more than 80,000 pounds.

Pire is not yet thirty-three years old, and with his barely declining form, it is not a problem to continue playing for another two years.

His previous salary was only £50,000 a week, and his annual salary was only around £250,000, and he signed a contract three years ago.

At a time when Roman Abramovich has raised the maximum salary of players to more than 100,000 pounds, many top players have reached 100,000 pounds a week, and it is unthinkable to receive only 50,000 pounds a week at the level of Pire's fame.

Pire's choice to leave is understandable.

Millwall was willing to sign a two-year contract with Pire, and his annual salary was raised to £3 million, so it was natural for Pire to sign with Millwall.

Actually, it's a transfer.

With an annual salary of £3 million and a two-year contract of £6 million, it is also a considerable expense, and Pire will also be one of the highest-paid players when he arrives at Millwall.

But he is not the highest salary.

As early as before the end of the season, Millwall Club began to renew the contract, when a player performs beyond the salary level, it must be a salary increase to retain people, and the players who perform well in the team have basically received a salary increase.

Darren Bent became the highest-paid player, and he deserved the best, with a new four-year contract that was raised to £70,000 a week, making him more than £4 million a year, the highest salary in world football.

This is followed by Jody Morris, Darren Ward and David Livermore, all three of whom are veterans of Millwall and were the best and most consistent players last season, all of whom received more than £50,000 a week.

Josh Simpson and Braniff are in the third tier, with weekly salaries raised to £30,000 to £40,000, and other players, such as Jamie Vardy and Curtis Weston, who are paid less, have also received some salary increases.

Millwall's salary increase for most of the players who stayed in the team also showed a resolute attitude to retain people, which will stabilize the morale of the team.

The player worth mentioning is Graham Stark.

At the end of the season, Graham Stark was interested in leaving Millwall, because playing as the second goalkeeper made it difficult to get a few appearances, and he wanted to be a regular instead of being the second goalkeeper, but Zhang Yang spoke to him and kept him in the team.

Zhang Yang gave Stark hope, "Next season, I will increase your playing time." Hislop is over 37 years old, the club has only extended his contract for one year, and he is taking a pay cut to stay at the club, what that means, you should know very well. ”

Stark suddenly understood.

Heathlop's salary cut to stay in the team means that his form has declined, and he has entered the countdown to retirement, and in the next season, he will definitely gradually replace Heathrop and become the main goalkeeper.

Stark also received a certain degree of salary increase, although after the salary increase, the annual salary does not exceed one million pounds, but a twenty-five-year-old goalkeeper who is expected to play in England's top goalkeeper is a very good opportunity, and if he can perform well, he even hopes to be selected for the Irish squad.

Stark became energetic.

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On July 10, the World Cup final began, and Italy defeated France 6-4 on penalties to win the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Italy's victory was very unexpected, before the start of the World Cup, most people were not optimistic about the Italian team, because their squad was too old, but the final results proved that the 'old' team performed more consistently, Italy was by virtue of its stable performance, defeated Australia, Ukraine, the host Germany and France, and won the Hercules Cup, the highest honor on behalf of the national team.

At the moment of lifting the cup, the Italian fans rejoiced.

For Millwall FC, the end of the World Cup also means that the pace of transfers will be accelerated, with new players and veterans returning to the team one after another, and preparations for the new season will also be accelerated.

Two days later, Zambrotta arrived in London.

Millwall officially signed Zambrotta, and he was offered an average annual salary of £3.1 million for a three-year contract, which is definitely a lot of money.

After passing the club's medical examination, Zambrotta officially joined Millwall.

Quaresma then came to the club for a final medical check-up, and the club officially announced that Quaresma had joined the team.

The arrival of the two big names has put Millwall in the spotlight and needs to be covered by the media.

At the same time, Millwall's transfer work continues.

Jimmy Traore, three million pounds.

Millwall and Liverpool have officially agreed to seal the transfer of left-back Traore.

'It's a nice addition, Traore is a fantastic player and his arrival strengthens us!'

Zhang Yang welcomed Traore's arrival.

Traore, 26, born in Saint-Duin, France, is a Malian footballer with dual French and Malian citizenship and plays at left-back.

Millwall have a lack of pure full-backs in their squad and Traore will certainly struggle to be a regular in the squad, but there is enough to add to the squad.

After finalizing Traore's transfer, Millwall's transfer work is basically over, and the transfer in the summer is still very good.

Ricardo Quaresma, right wing-back, is worth €15.5 million.

Gianluca Zambrotta, the main position full-back, full-back, and all-round at the back, is worth 16 million euros.

Robert Pire, left wing-back, free transfer.

Antonio Barragán, right-back, worth £2.5 million.

Jimmy Traore, left-back, is worth £3 million.

Álvaro Arbeloa, versatile at the back, is worth €4.1 million.

Li Wei, goalkeeper, worth 10,000 yuan.

Millwall's transfer work has come to an end and the new squad has basically taken shape.

Zhang Yang looked at the list of players on the table, and was also full of expectations for the new season--

Goalkeepers: Hislop (Trinidad and Tobago), Graham Stark (Ireland), Li Wei (China);

Defenders: Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy), Darren Ward (England), Wes Morgan (Jamaica), Alan Hutton (Scotland), Koncheski (England), Álvaro Arbeloa (Spain), Antonio Barragán (Spain), Jimmy Traore (Mali);

Midfielders: Jody Morris (England), David Livermore (England), Vladimir Smitchell (Czech Republic), Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal), Robert Pire (France), Josh Simpson (Canada);

Forwards: Jamie Vardy (England), Darren Bent (England), Kevin Braniff (Northern Ireland), Curtis Weston (England).

The list of 21 players is still a little small compared to the teams that need to fight in the third and fourth lines, but the overall structure is formed, and then it is enough to make some small additions to the position.

Zhang Yang considered signing some powerful free agents, or buying cheap veterans, or loaning some players to increase the depth of the bench.

These players will be on the 'fringe', they can only be regarded as 'temporary players', and it will definitely have nothing to do with the main lineup, and Zhang Yang has begun to plan the tactics to be used in the new season.

Millwall's lineup changes are still relatively large.

In addition to the four fronts have not changed, the midfield side and the back line, the changes are relatively large, as long as there is a player change, the tactics will change, when the overall change is larger, the tactics will definitely have a big change.

Zhang Yang put out a list of eleven people, using the 'speech and spirit calculation' to check the strength of the new lineup-

Highest Ability Assessment: 8 out of 5 stars.

Current Capability Assessment: 7 out of 1 point.

The data obtained by the 'Yanling Calculation' is expected, but the value of the 'Eight Stars and Five Points' of the highest ability evaluation still makes Zhang Yang sigh that it is different to have star players join.

From last season to the end of the season, the highest data obtained by using the 'Speech Spirit Calculation' was only 'Seven Stars and Nine Points', and no matter how it was changed, it was impossible to get eight stars.

Now that Quaresma, Zambrotta, Pire, and other players have been added to the lineup, the evaluation values are immediately different.

The value of 'eight stars and five points' is still quite high.

If a team can play the strength of eight stars and five points, it can be said that it is no less than the top European giants, in the Premier League, such as Manchester United and Chelsea can be compared, unless they play very well overall, otherwise the head-to-head confrontation will not be at a disadvantage.

However, the value of 'eight stars and five points' is the 'highest ability evaluation', and it is almost impossible to perform perfectly.

Next, Zhang Yang began to experiment with other formations.

Josh Simpson has become a key player, and Josh Simpson will be in an awkward position in the new season, because with Quaresma on the right, it will be difficult for him to continue to play as a regular right midfielder.

Zhang Yang still values Josh Simpson very much, other players don't have excellent free-kick skills, and 'spend a lot of resources' to develop Simpson, not let him play as a substitute.

In the process of using the 'word and spirit calculation', Zhang Yang also tried to put Josh Simpson in various positions, and after continuous experimentation, he found that Simpson is actually a versatile player: he can replace Livermore in the middle of the midfield without letting the lineup rating drop, and his rating as a forward does not have to replace Braniff.

In other words, Josh Simpson can play flexibly on the right side of the pitch and would be a qualified replacement for Quaresma.

"It's not bad to add a generalist."

Zhang Yang thought.

For the next week, Zhang Yang began to be bored in the office, burying his head in studying the most suitable tactics.