Chapter 204: Indifference
Shi Hao's latest contract is a weekly salary of 83,000 euros after tax, a signing fee of 1.8 million euros, appearance fees, goal bonuses, and assist bonuses are also very generous, in addition to the 800,000 euros special bonus clause for winning the Champions League, the 400,000 euro special bonus clause for winning the French championship, and the contract breaking fee is a sky-high price: 80 million euros. The contract was signed for 5 years www.biquge.info expires in 2018.
Shi Hao quickly integrated into Blanco's tactical system, while PSG's recruitment work was still in full swing.
Edinson Cavani came from Napoli with a value of 64.5 million euros, and his salary also surpassed Shi Hao and Ibrahimovic in one fell swoop, becoming the team's top salary. Winger Digne joins from Lille for €15 million. Together with the previous signing of Marquinhos for 31.4 million euros, Paris Saint-Germain invested 140 million in transfer funds.
Some come and some go. Sako went to Liverpool, Gameiro moved to Sevilla and Alex moved to AC Milan for €3.8 million.
In general, although Paris Saint-Germain's transfer season is large, it is all blockbuster transactions, there are not many personnel changes, and there is not much run-in between players.
It's a pity that heartthrob Xiaobei announced his retirement at the end of last season, and Shi Hao was unable to compete with one of his idols after all.
And another French powerhouse, Monaco, also showed its true character as a tyrant after being rejected by Shi Hao, and their Russian dad waved a cheque book and directly smashed J Rodriguez's contract breaker of 45 million euros, and bought Moutinho for another 26 million. Both of them were Shi Hao's teammates last season and contributed to Porto's treble, but this season will be their own masters.
The local tycoon Monaco also signed Falcao for 60 million, Kondogbia for 20 million, and others signed Abidal, Carvalho, Tulalang, Berbatov, Martial, etc., almost bought half of a brand new team, and wanted to wrestle with Paris.
In fact, it is not only Paris and Monaco that are crazy, but the transfer market this summer has been repeatedly detonated, with 7 transactions exceeding 40 million euros.
In addition to Cavani, Falcao and J Rodriguez, there are also Bale's 91 million euros to Real Madrid, Neymar to Barcelona for 57 million euros, Ozil 50 million euros to Arsenal, Fernandinho to Manchester City for 40 million euros, Willian to Chelsea for 38 million euros, Higuain to Napoli for 37 million euros, Gotze to Bayern for 37 million euros and other deals.
Under these big-budget transactions, Shi Hao's transfer fee of 31.5 million euros seems so inconspicuous.
In the friendly match, Grand Paris showed a convincing performance, and Shi Hao wore the yellow vest from the first day of training, and also won many times in the warm-up match.
On August 11, the Ligue 1 season kicked off with Paris Saint-Germain away to Montpellier. Ibrahimovic was left and right, with Shi Hao and Edinson Cavani on the left and right, followed by a midfield of Verratti, Motta and Matuidi. The back line is Maxwell, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Van der Wiel, goalkeeper Sirigu. This lineup should be said to be able to meet gods and kill gods and prevent Buddhas from killing Buddhas in the French League.
But the process and result of the competition were beyond everyone's expectations.
In the first half, Grand Paris was slow to get into the groove and was taken the lead by the home team.
After half-time adjustments, Grand Paris gradually got better, but still couldn't score points. Until the 77th minute, Shi Hao made a long-distance run of 40 meters and then picked up a pass to Ibrahimovic, who stopped the ball on his chest and shook Koonger's volley to equalize for Paris.
A week later, Paris returned to host underdogs Ajaccio and, to their surprise, fell behind by one goal in the first half. The players looked unmotivated on the pitch, as if they were still immersed in the casual atmosphere of the holiday. New signings Marquinhos and Edinson Cavani failed to put in convincing performances and made frequent mistakes.
At the critical moment, Shi Hao stepped forward and equalized for Grand Paris with a free kick.
The first two league games were drawn, and Paris received a lot of criticism, some criticized Blanco's tactics for being too conservative, some questioned Cavani's high value, and some thought Marquinhos was too immature to occupy a starting line-up......
Only for Shi Hao, the media was unanimously praised, and after only two games, he was called the best recruit of the season in Grand Paris.
But Shi Hao found that his situation in the locker room was not good.
The media always compare Cavani to him, who is worth twice as much as him and has a salary close to twice as much, so it seems that he should perform twice as much.
Of course, everyone knows that this comparison is ridiculous, but the person concerned feels a lot of pressure because of it.
Although Cavani is also a new joiner, he has a good friend of Ravitch, and Ravic and Pastore are fellow countrymen, so all three of them are a little cold to Shi Hao.
Moreover, because of the 1+9 on Shi Hao's jersey, Ibrahimovic also spoke coldly to him during his usual training. Of course, Yibu is such a character, in fact, his relationship with Shi Hao is not bad in private, and he can make some jokes from time to time.
But others don't know! Others only felt that there were 4 bigwigs in the team who expressed their dissatisfaction with Shi Hao.
Moreover, his arrival took Mene's place, so the French gang was lukewarm to him.
So naturally, Shi Hao was given a cold reception in the locker room. No one is explicitly targeting him, but embarrassing him in some small details.
The whole team, as well as his old teammates at Inter, Motta and Ibrahimovic, will talk to him more.
But it doesn't matter, I'm here to play football, not to make friends, Shi Hao comforted himself. But the taste is really uncomfortable.
On August 26, Paris Saint-Germain ushered in the third game of the new season, away to Nantes. Ravic started in place of Edinson Cavani and played as a right winger, while Shi Hao still appeared in the left winger position.
Paris Saint-Germain finally stopped worrying about this game. In the opening 16 minutes, Ravic set up a goal for Ibrahimovic to establish an early lead.
Throughout the first half, the tempo of the game was controlled by Grand Paris, with Verratti and Motta in midfield working together seamlessly. Shi Hao had a few chances, but he still followed Blanco's instructions and mainly assisted Ibrahimovic, so he only had 1 shot on goal.
In the 57th minute of the second half, Shi Hao got a good chance. He ran to the middle to receive the ball, and after breaking through to the penalty area with successive dribbles, a powerful shot was saved by Nantes goalkeeper Leo.
Shi Hao himself felt quite sorry. Verratti ran to prepare for a corner, when Ibrahimovic walked up to him and said arrogantly: "You should have passed this ball to me just now." ”
Shi Hao retorted: "Your position is not good. ”
Eevee snorted, "I can do what you can't." ”
Shi Hao sneered: "There are also many things I can do, but you can't do it." ”
Ibu didn't laugh angrily: "Boy, you're crazier than me, do you want to make a bet on who will score more goals this season?" ”
It's actually an unfair gamble, Ibrahimovic is further down the line, and Blanco's style of play is also centered around him, so he naturally has more chances to score.
Although Shi Hao was a little reluctant, he refused to admit defeat: "What are you betting on?" ”
Ibu sneered: "If you lose, just run around the training ground." ”