Chapter 26: Lobbying Weigel
When passing by the Brackel training base in Dortmund, the boys were in full swing, and everyone stopped to watch with great interest. Pen Fun Cabinet www.biquge.info Watzke introduced the head coach Thomas Tuchel to the guests, and the new generation of young and radical coaches in Germany did not hide his displeasure at all, and ran back to guide the team training with a cold greeting. Watzke, who was left to dry, looked slightly embarrassed, and Li Haolong laughed: "If I were the coach, I would kick all the guys who tried to poach my players out of the training ground, and if necessary, I would kick them in the ass." ”
"Li, you are such a wonderful person, it must be a wonderful experience to do business with you!" Watzke admired Li Haolong's wise and humorous solution at this time.
"Oh, so we can get the deal done?"
"Oh, no, no, it needs to be separated, and personally I'd love to, but you have to know that we're a joint-stock club."
"Watzke, I knew you were going to say that, we have an old Chinese saying that if you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle, and you are the hunter who holds the cunning falcon."
"Haha, it's an honor to be so highly praised by Chinese friends, and I really hope there will be good news when we meet next time."
"Hopefully, Watzke."
The two sides said goodbye to each other in a pleasant conversation, on the way back to the hotel, Xiaoxue praised his performance, Li Haolong was also a little complacent, Xiaoxue's long talk with his father made him slowly regain his self-confidence, he felt more and more into a state, and he became more and more comfortable talking and laughing, and everything was developing in a good direction.
The transfer battle has finally taken the first step, and the next step is to talk to Weigel about personal conditions, throwing money also requires art, and it can't be too naked and blunt. Alfred gathered all the information about Weigel this year on the table, and everyone studied it carefully, looking for a breakthrough in it, and this improvised team was also functioning in an orderly manner.
The meeting with Weigel was quickly reciprocated, and with the reputation of Dr. Wohlfault, almost no player could refuse, not to mention Weigel's association with the old man in the national team. The meeting took place at AcquaPazza, an Italian-style restaurant and a favourite place for Dortmund players. Because foreigners do not like to talk about business at the dinner table like Chinese, and the result is determined after drinking, the time of the meeting was selected at three o'clock in the afternoon, and a terrace was specially rented to talk while drinking afternoon tea.
Weigel and Hertz, the economic man, arrived as promised, and as I remembered, Weigel was a little thin and looked like a shy boy, while Hertz had the typical Jewish features, in his forties, with a big beard, curled black hair, a high nose, and a shrewd look in his eyes. Walfat introduced the two sides seated, and Tom was the first to speak.
"I'm sure you've got some information from the club, and we at Aston Villa are interested in inviting you to join you, starting with you, and embarking on the road to a big revival."
"First of all, thank you very much for your appreciation of Weigel, with all due respect, I really can't think of any reason why we can jump from the Champions League to the Championship and I think we will not be able to help with such a grand plan for the revival of the giants."
"It's true that it's too unrealistic to just talk about ideals, so let's start from reality, we know that you have had some disagreements recently about the renewal of your contract with the club, and I think we can talk about that."
'Just because there is a disagreement doesn't mean it can't be reached, the contract doesn't expire until 2019, we have time and Wegel is happy with where he is in the team.
"It's not too late for you to listen to our offer, we can give the salary standard of the Premier League superstar, 140,000 pounds a week, which is equivalent to 8.5 million euros, as far as we know, your salary for contract renewal is still at the level of 4 million euros, and you must know that the salary of Weigel's national team teammate Ozil at Arsenal is 140,000 pounds."
"Oh, I have to admit that the number is indeed too generous, but Weigel certainly deserves the price, but ......"
"The personal image rights are 100% owned by the players in the first contract, I know that the biggest difference between you and Dortmund is the image rights, we are willing to concede, but when we sign the second contract, we ask for 40% ownership, 3-year contract 100% portrait ownership, you can imagine the benefits in between, the Premier League is the most mature commercial league, we have never spared no effort to develop the value of players, with Weigel's skills and image, I believe he can become one of the image representatives of the Premier League in three years." Tom calmly threw out another tempting condition, the other party's generosity exceeded Hertz's expectations, and for a moment he was a little stunned, and the young Weigel was a little unaware of these things, and his demeanor was quite calm. This kind of negotiation has never been done in Tom's career for so many years, almost unprofessional and suffocating, but it is really cool. With the current situation of the Villa club, there is no way to attract big-name players in addition to this, and they have already reached a consensus in private. And for the player's pursuit of the economy, Li Haolong is also understandable, after all, the player eats the rice of youth, the golden career is only a few years, and he has to plan for his life after retirement. The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and it is irreproachable by nature.
"However, Real Madrid and Barcelona are also interested in Weigel and I'm sure they can get that salary too." The sophisticated Hertz eased up in just a few breaths.
"Yes, I'm sure they can put forward such conditions, but Weigel goes to this mature giant now, can you ensure his development? Will he be guaranteed playing time? Let's analyze the selection of these two clubs in his position, Busquets is 88 years old, 28 years old, Kroos is 90 years old, 26 years old, they see Weigel as the successor of these two, and you can calculate how many years it will take for him to take over, think about James Rodriguez, 80 million euros of luxury substitute, Weigel is only 21 years old, it is the time for the long ball, do you have to waste years on the bench? From a competitive point of view, with strong financial support, we can completely copy another Manchester City model, no, the Aston Villa model, our own model! ”
"In my eyes, Weigel has no template, he is himself, the unique Weigel will only become someone else's model in the future, there is no need to take over who is whom, we at Aston Villa are a club that pursues strength and is fully worthy of the ambition of young players." Li Haolong added a fire on the side, intentionally or unintentionally, which made this young man shy, but from his deep eyes, he clearly saw a flash of heat, this is a young man with pursuit, and these small movements were all seen by Li Haolong.
(Note: Unless otherwise specified in this novel, the salary is all before tax)