Chapter 324: The Key to the Decisive Battle

Millwall FC's new contract with Zhang Yang has already been negotiated.

Millwall offered a guaranteed contract, which guaranteed that as long as Zhang Yang did not leave voluntarily, then he would receive all the salary stipulated in the contract.

The contract period is three years.

Three years is a strange number of years, most managers have four years of contracts, and players have four or five years of contracts, and three years seems a bit awkward.

In fact, Millwall Club began to propose four years, but Zhang Yang is more concerned about each year's salary, Millwall Club can't accept high salaries and long years, they need to take a lot of risks, such as next season's poor results, the club dismisses Zhang Yang, they have to pay all the remaining salaries, the risk is too great.

The two sides only finalized a three-year contract, and the focus of the dispute was £2.4 million, but it was raised by 25% each year, and by the third year it would be £3.6 million, with a total salary of £9 million for three years.

This salary level is definitely among the best in the world, higher than most managers.

However, compared to the 'competitors', there is still a gap in contract salary, such as Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho, who has a salary of more than five million pounds a year, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson and Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, whose salary income is at the same level, but in fact, the two are not comparable at all.

Ferguson and Arsene Wenger got the top contracts, and the salary is only part of the income, and their actual income is linked to the club's income that year.

Many media outlets have said that Jose Mourinho is the highest-paid manager, but in fact, Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are the real highest-paid, and they are like members of the club's board of directors, who can directly share the club's revenue for the year.

That's what a really top manager looks like.

Of course, Ferguson and Wenger are veteran managers, who have coached in their respective clubs for more than ten years, so they will naturally enjoy better treatment, and Zhang Yang will definitely not be able to compare, even if he leads Millwall to win the Premier League championship, he will only lead the team for a year and a half, and it is already quite good to get this level of salary.

This is already more than five times higher than the salary of the previous contract.

With an average of £3 million a year, it is only the salary stipulated in the contract to lead the team, and Zhang Yang pays more attention to bonuses, and the new contract stipulates many bonus items linked to performance.

First of all, the prize money for the Premier League winner is £1 million, the same as the previous contract, and the prize money for the top four of the Premier League is £200,000.

The FA Cup winner is £300,000.

The winner of the League Cup is £100,000.

The most important thing is the rules of European competitions, as long as Zhang Yang can lead the team to the Champions League final, the prize money will reach 5 million pounds, and only enter the semi-finals will also have 2 million pounds.

The previous bonus stipulates that during the negotiations, Andy struggled to fight for it, perhaps because both Ebenezer and Wilkinson are very confident in Zhang Yang leading the team, and they feel that the provision of 'entering the Premier League semi-finals' is almost equivalent to giving money, with Millwall's situation this season, coupled with the summer transfer to strengthen the strength, there is still a lot of hope for the semi-finals.

The prize money rules for Champions League matches are the easiest to talk about.

When Andy proposed that the Champions League winner should be five million pounds, before Ebenezer could speak, Wilkinson directly made a decision, "No problem, it's decided!" ”

Ebenezer nodded as well.

They don't think Millwall will do anything in the Champions League.

Actually, this is a normal thought.

Millwall have not performed in European competitions in history, such as in 2003, Millwall reached the UEFA Cup with the FA Cup semi-finals, and were eliminated in the qualifying stage.

Millwall is not what it used to be, but it can only be a start-up team, without any European experience, and the top European giants can not be compared at all, and in Europe, even Manchester United, Chelsea and other teams, it is not easy to get good results, Arsenal is even more 'lose in Europe', in contrast, in recent years, only Liverpool, which has poor league results, has won the Champions League.

So European competition and the league are two different things.

Wilkinson and Ebenezer are both confident in the league results led by Zhang Yang, but it is difficult to say what results they can get when they move to the European arena.

However, the signing of the European bonus clause is still not harmful to the club.

If Millwall can really reach the Champions League final, the income for the club is definitely calculated in tens of millions of pounds, compared to five million pounds, which is nothing, exceeding the expected results, and paying some bonuses is of course.

Zhang Yang is very satisfied with this.

Regardless of the results in Europe, at least the club has a bonus statement, and the huge prize money is still very attractive.

On the same day, Zhang Yang and the club completed the signing.

After that, the official website of Millwall Club announced the news, and a press conference was officially held at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, announcing that Zhang Yang had signed a new contract with the club.

There were quite a few reporters who came to cover the news.

Many media have paid attention to Millwall Club, one is that Millwall Club won the league championship, and the other is that the club's top management has changed, whether it will affect Zhang Yang's position It is difficult to say, and the outside world has been circulating recently that Zhang Yang may leave Millwall.

Now that Zhang Yang has officially signed a new contract, then next season will definitely be guaranteed.

At the press conference, Zhang Yang said that he would work hard to lead the team and strive for good results and other nonsense, and also briefly said that Millwall is working hard to prepare for the FA Cup final and look forward to winning another title at the end of the season.

Next, a reporter asked about the next round of the league, "Will Millwall give it their all?" ”

This is a very 'pit' problem.

If a finds out that the team has won the title, he may say, 'We're going to send a bench', and then there will be comments in the media about 'Millwall don't respect the league' or 'Millwall should have a fair play spirit'.

In short, you can't answer like that.

Zhang Yang smiled and replied, "Of course we will do our best, in fact, the team has been preparing for the next games, three league games, one FA Cup, each one is very important. We take every game with our all and the players we play very seriously. ”

That's a pretty standard answer.

It was difficult for the media reporters to say anything, so they began to ask the club to reveal the details of the new contract, but unfortunately the content of the contract was confidential and it was impossible to show it to the reporters.

The media is still very powerful.

Although they did not get a first-hand contract, the Times revealed that night that Millwall had offered Zhang Yang a contract with an average annual salary of £3 million.

And they said yes.

This news also attracted attention for a while, and many media reports began to say sourly, "Zhang Yang is not yet 30 years old, and his annual salary has reached 3 million pounds." ”

The Internet is also boiling, and many netizens said that Zhang Yang is the standard diamond king Lao Wu-

"His salary is higher than that of the top coaches!"

"He's more famous than most of the top coaches!"

"Not only is he famous and has a high income, but the key is that he is not yet twenty-three years old!"

"Maybe he will become the most popular football person for actresses!"

"In terms of East Asian aesthetics, he is also very handsome and handsome!"

“……”

When Zhang Yang saw the last sentence, a mouthful of water almost squirted out of his mouth, "East Asian aesthetics? No! In terms of aesthetics all over the world, my brother is extremely handsome! Otherwise, how could there be so many beautiful women who are crushed with brothers? ”

After self-absorption for a long time, Zhang Yangcai looked at the seven-figure account balance happily, and his mood suddenly became extremely refreshing.

The club has given out bonuses!

After signing the new contract, Wilkinson simply gave Zhang Yang the league championship bonus, and the previous contract stipulated that if he won the Premier League championship, he would be able to get 1 million pounds, which also allowed Zhang Yang to get rid of the 'poverty line' in one fell swoop and officially enter the ranks of the rich.

In the past season, Zhang Yang's salary and bonus were not 1 million pounds, and it was still very refreshing to get such a bonus in one go.

"Finally rich!" After buying a house, he felt like a house slave, half of his salary had to be used to pay the loan, and he also injected some investment into Denise's company, and his personal living expenses were the least.

For example, some rich coaches and football stars, wear and use luxury goods, dress up is to spend a lot of money, all kinds of living expenses, plus night life expenses, etc., especially single football stars, and then 'raise' a little girlfriend, the consumption is relatively high, and the consumption of a family is not low, and every consumption of wives and children is relatively high-end.

In professional football circles, Zhang Yang is the most frugal. His life is the same as that of ordinary people, breakfast and lunch will be served in the club restaurant, and sometimes even dinner, he chooses to eat at the club.

In the past year, Zhang Yang's living expenses were not enough for 10,000 pounds, and this standard of living, 1 million pounds is enough for him to live for a lifetime.

"Do you want to have a lot of luxury during the holidays? Going to Hawaii? Las vegas? Or somewhere else? Zhang Yang thought carefully and fell asleep.

By the next day, the thought of where to spend was thrown out of the clouds.

Millwall are on normal track, with their preparations geared towards the FA Cup final, opponents Liverpool, with three league games not on the table.

Three days later, Millwall had a league game against Liverpool, and the game was highly anticipated, with the media believing that 'the game would be a preview of the FA Cup final', because Millwall are at home, and Liverpool will need to secure the league standings, and a losing game is likely to be overtaken by their rivals.

Will both teams give it their all?

The media's judgment is not known on what criteria it is based on, but as soon as the players of the two teams came on the field, most people knew that Millwall did not take the game seriously at all, and the vast majority of the squad were substitutes, not to mention Jamie Vardy, Curtis Weston, and even players such as Neil Harris and Peter Sveley were given the opportunity to start.

Zhang Yang didn't think about the last three rounds of the league at all. He sees these three league games as a tournament where players who have played less can also win championship medals, so players who have played two or more league games get a chance to start, and as long as they make up five games, they can get a championship medal.

Most of these players have to leave in the summer, but after all, they are the heroes of the team, and after the team wins the championship, they can't even receive a commemorative championship medal, which is really a bit too much.

So they had a chance.

As for the winner or loser?

Millwall have won the league title!

Many players are grateful for their flamboyant approach, they know that they are definitely leaving, but they can get a championship medal before leaving, and the team is enough to show off, even after retiring, the championship medal will still become a lifetime of glory and memorial, many players are thinking that when they leave in the summer, they will get the highest transfer fee for the club.

It's all they can do.

Zhang Yang doesn't know what the player thinks, and even if he does, it doesn't matter, to get the highest transfer fee for the club?

That's none of his business.

Anyway, the extra money in the end is also the club's finances, he can take as much as he should get, and the club will not pay an extra penny.

Although Millwall didn't care about winning or losing, Zhang Yang seemed very serious during the game.

He has been watching Liverpool's attack and defence.

The media said that the game was a rehearsal for the FA Cup, but there was some truth to it, at least Millwall could observe their opponents and gain experience from it.

Liverpool's defensive lineup is difficult to rank among the Premier League teams, but their defensive solidity is definitely one of the best, and it can be compared to Chelsea.

It's not just a compliment, it's real data.

Liverpool are third in the league for goals conceded, with Chelsea in first place, Millwall in second and Liverpool in third.

Chelsea's defence goes without saying, with most of the games without conceding a goal.

Millwall, on the other hand, relied on wins, winning the vast majority of their games and taking their defence seriously, perhaps more importantly because many of the goals were 'predicted' in advance by Zhang Yang, and in the end they didn't happen, so the number of goals conceded was naturally much less.

Liverpool have conceded just four more goals than Chelsea, and four goals in the last 35 league games are nothing at all.

This is enough to see Liverpool's defensive ability.

In the FA Cup final between Millwall and Liverpool, the focus of winning is how to break down Liverpool's defense.

There are ways to do it, such as relying on Josh Simpson's set-pieces, David Livermore's long-range shots, or Darren Bent's goalmouth play. The three players have their own means and characteristics, but when it comes to breaking Liverpool's goal, the cooperation of other players is also important, Liverpool will not foul in dangerous positions, Livermore will have a hard time getting up in good positions, and Darren Bent will definitely be the target of the opponent's defense.

So in what way to create more opportunities?

Zhang Yang pondered. Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!