After all, Atletico Madrid is not as rich as Real Madrid. 20 million euros has reached the limit of their budget for a player. Although they are well aware of Wen Zhihao's role, the salary balance within the team has to be considered.

This reflects the professionalism of European clubs, which will not invest in a player at any cost, and hundreds of millions of parallel goods like Tevez are absolutely impossible to appear in the five major league teams. La Liga is okay, and the Bundesliga, which pursues financial health, is better than it is in this regard.

The wage game between players, agents and clubs is a long process. But in Wen Zhihao's case, several factors add up to make the problem less complicated. First of all, Wen Zhihao is not playing for money, and he will not care about personal treatment, so naturally there can be a highly unified tacit understanding with his agent Saki. The interests of the two are the same, one is prosperous and the other is lost. Secondly, Atletico Madrid does not have the pressure of quotation from the outside world, and the needs of both parties can be negotiated slowly.

In this case, Saki has demonstrated superior bargaining power. Except for some important issues of intention that need to seek Wen Zhihao's consent, he can handle other situations by himself. Wen Zhihao joked with him, I am lucky to meet you, a person who has the ability and no skin and no face, and has a kraft candy character, but I deserve to be unlucky!

Wen Zhihao is still training as usual every day to prepare for the Copa del Rey final next week, and after the new contract is finalized, Sacchi will inform him that if he has no opinion, he can sign it directly, and he can make an official announcement.

Regarding Barcelona, the opponent of the Copa del Rey final, Simeone can actually play a small role, because there is nothing to explain. In the past few days of training, the coaching staff have consciously controlled the amount of training, and Simeone no longer has a straight face, but tries to make the training atmosphere more relaxed and reduce everyone's physical and mental fatigue.

The day before the final, the issue of Wen Zhihao's new contract was finally finalized, and Sacchi and Atletico Madrid finally gave each other a step, and after Wen Zhihao agreed and signed, the day before the Copa del Rey final, it was officially announced in the afternoon of local time.

The salary of the new contract finalized is 9.5 million euros, which is lower than Atletico's first counter-offer.

Wen Zhihao wondered how Saki would agree, and Saki replied that he was fighting for the greater good for Wen Zhihao.

Regarding Wen Zhihao's personal portrait rights.

According to the usual situation of La Liga players, players will transfer half of the income of their personal image rights to the club, mainly for the income of commercial endorsements, and the two sides will split fifty-fifty. In the entire La Liga, only Ronaldo and Messi are exceptions. Real Madrid only has 40% of Ronaldo's portrait rights, while Messi's portrait rights are 100% in their own hands.

And due to the decline in Ronaldo's overall form, Real Madrid has moved the mind of selling Ronaldo. In order to stay in the team, Ronaldo did not hesitate to sell all 60% of the club's income to the club, which shows that image rights are an important factor in the professional contracts of La Liga players.

This time, in order to show sincerity, Atletico proposed to divide the income of portrait rights by 64. Wen Zhihao accounted for 60 percent, and Atletico Madrid only took 40 percent.

This is actually the biggest concession. With Wen Zhihao's current development, whether it is in terms of strength or market, his advertising endorsement activities will not be less in the future, and giving up 10% of the income from portrait rights will make the club lose a very important piece of income.

Atletico Madrid's new contract with Wen Zhihao was officially announced as soon as Wen Zhihao signed, including Zidane, countless giants can only sigh in disappointment, they want to get Wen Zhihao's mind, they may really only think about it in their heads.

Even if Wen's contract expires, it will be difficult for them to take advantage of it – the new contract includes a provision that Atletico have the right of first refusal to renew it in the final year of the contract period. Other teams want to sign and need to face a high threshold of 40 million euros in liquidated damages.

The Spanish media did not pay particular attention to this detail in their reporting, while the Chinese media did. After all, at this current time for the championship, Wen Zhihao's attention in front of the Chinese media is unimaginable.

Because of this, some fans and reporters are mixed about Wen Zhihao's new contract. The good thing is that even if the annual salary level after concessions, Wen Zhihao can easily sit in the top spot and become the top salary in the team, which shows that Atletico Madrid values Wen Zhihao very much.

And the worrying side also comes from this, it is a good thing that Atletico Madrid attaches importance to Wen Zhihao, but everyone feels that the contract is too long, who can guarantee that Atletico Madrid can always be as prosperous as this season?

Another reason is that the €40 million penalty threshold is too high. Some media ridiculed Wen Zhihao for being easy to get in and difficult to get out, even if some giants want to introduce Wen Zhihao, liquidated damages are also a big obstacle, and if the contract is about to expire, Atletico Madrid still has the ultimate right of first refusal.

The club is naturally quite satisfied, and wrote in the official announcement article: "We believe that this signing is a win-win choice, which is beneficial to the long-term interests of our club and the long-term development of the player himself." ”

The next day, many reporters waited at the gate of the Atletico Madrid training center to interview Wen Zhihao, among which the Chinese reporters were the most active, and they did not believe the club's wording, so they wanted to hear what Wen Zhihao had to say.

"Zhihao, to be honest with us, how do you feel about this signing? It's okay, you boldly say that they don't understand Chinese. A reporter instigated this.

Wen Zhihao replied with a normal face: "I think the club's statement is very correct, it is a win-win choice, which is good for me and Atletico Madrid." ”

The reporters glanced at each other, and the reporter probably felt that Wen Zhihao was too young to realize the dark hole in the contract, so he prompted: "This is what you are talking about?" We all feel that this is unfair to you, and the length of the contract, liquidated damages and priority renewal clause will all be obstacles to your future departure from Atletico. If Atletico don't be as strong as they are now during your contract and finish the season with all four empty as before, do you really not regret it? ”

Wen Zhihao looked at him and replied, "Then what if it's the opposite at the right time?" Me, Antoine Griezmann and Costa are all long-term, at least four years or more, so at least while we're here, the team's results should be guaranteed, right? You all know the level of youth training in our club, and we can guarantee the output of fresh blood every season. Sorry, I'm an optimist and don't believe this. ”

"Thank you to all the journalists and fans who care about me, I understand everyone's thoughts. Professional football doesn't believe in loyalty. It would be considered stupid behavior from the beginning, which is not in line with this era. But what if a club can keep me alive at the top level and keep up the title challenge with a good group of team-mates, even if it's tied to Atletico? Just choose the right one. ”