Chapter 50: Spending Money for the Sake of Spending It!

Barcelona's ferocious attack was unstoppable, and the winning streak continued......

On September 24, Barcelona beat promoted Mamurcia with a score of 7:0 at the Camp Nou!

On September 28, Barcelona defeated Betis 4:0 away!

Barcelona, who have won five games in a row, are at the top of the table with one game in hand, and the number of goals scored in five league games is exactly 23, which is exactly the same statistic as when they played the first five games of the season, which is also an interesting coincidence.

The most important thing about the victory of these two games is not the victory itself, or the score, but Simon? Grayson made a bold attempt to rotate success, and everyone in the team except for No. 2 goalkeeper Covar, No. 3 veteran goalkeeper Valdés, and Brazilian star Rafael, who has not recovered from form, everyone else has played on the team.

Even the 16-year-old Chen Jinlong made his debut against Betis, playing the full 90 minutes in his first appearance, giving a satisfactory answer, 44 successful passes in 47 attempts, 4 tackles, 1 header, 6 interceptions, and a distance of 10.8 kilometers.

After the game, the Spanish media praised the ability of "Brutal Simon" to adjust young players. Grayson was once known for boldly using young players, and last season's first season in charge of Barcelona was basically a buy star, and this second season began to use the team's strong attacking power as a cover to boldly develop young players.

Now there are as many as six players under the age of 20 in the Barcelona team, 20-year-old Jimenez, 20-year-old Otara, 20-year-old Gonzalo, 20-year-old Matthews? Muller, 16-year-old Du Xiaoguang, 16-year-old Chen Jinlong.

These six youngsters have already had the opportunity to play, even Du Xiaoguang, who has the lowest rating, has 7 points, and his performance is quite good, which can be said to be six out-and-out talented players. The Spanish media have even called them the "Barcelona Six", which means that they will continue to be responsible for making Barcelona continue to be strong in the future.

In addition to these six young players, there are also 22-year-old Batista and 23-year-old Rivero, these two can ensure that the future Barcelona defense is stable enough, and Barcelona will not need to have a good central defender in the next ten years, plus the midfielders 23-year-old Vasquiz and 23-year-old Rinaldi. Barcelona's midfield doesn't need to worry too much at all, and it can be said that with these people, Barcelona is guaranteed for the next ten years.

These youngsters can secure the future of the team, while Shaq, Shaarawy, Ben? Parker, Alaba, Marc, Ganso, Cesc Fabregas and others will be able to guarantee Barcelona's present.

Barcelona will continue to go strong for the next decade, which is already predictable!

After being evaluated by the Spanish media, Barcelona fans really realized what the "brutal Simon" did for the team, the world's No. 1 coach's football wisdom is really extraordinary, and he spent a lot of money to change the team's blood in his first season of coaching. And then brought the "triple crown" and "five crowns" good results, and the second season just began, he made a plan for the team for the next ten years.

Simon? Grayson...... Is he really brutal!?

When last season's "brutal Simon" frantically cleaned Messi, Iniesta, Pique, Pedro, Sanchez, Mascherano, Kompany, Neymar, Bojan, Montoya, Salomon and a number of other old courtiers, Barcelona fans almost hated the champion coach, but the absolute trust of Chairman Rosell, as well as the team's unbeaten record that lasted for a whole season, as well as La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League three heavy trophies, finally let fans begin to understand the team's manager.

Now...... "Brutal Simon" has made a plan for the next ten years for the team!

Simon? Grayson. He's really brutal!?

No!

No!

No!

Simon? Grayson...... He's just a hard-working, resolute person!

Fans who truly love Barcelona no longer call Simon? Grayson is the "Brutal Simon", when countless fans left messages on the official website to make comments. The term "great Simon" has already begun to be used.

On October 1, the second round of the Champions League group stage ignited the flames, and Barcelona defeated Lyon France with a score of 3:0 at home!

People found out that even if Simon? Grayson used the young central defender combination of Jimenez and Du Xiaoguang in the game, and also boldly used Otara, Rinaldi, and Matthews? Muller, Gonzalo and other six young players, but Barcelona still won again. And once again showed the ability to take full control of the game.

Shots on goal 20:4, possession 62%:38%, pass completion 85%:65%............

In comparison of all the data, Barcelona has shown an overwhelming advantage, and the French powerhouse Lyon team is not the strongest Barcelona at all, but can only be regarded as the "youngest Barcelona", and it is still like a primary school student competing with an adult.

Barcelona. It's really going to be invincible!

"Brutal Simon" is really going against the sky!

Every Catalans are proud of the team's hot form and promising future prospects, and with it, it naturally brings better financial returns to the Barcelona club, with a new record of 84,198 season tickets sold, and even more so on in the sale of jerseys and other derivative goods.

After the game against Lyon, the players were off the next day, but the coaching staff still had to have a summary meeting, and the coaches' job was not so easy.

Simon? Grayson and McAndrew were leading a group of coaches to carefully analyze and summarize the performance of the players when an uninvited guest arrived, and the club's president, Russell, came in person.

"Hi Sandro!"

"Mr. President!"

The coaches greeted Russell one after another, and Russell motioned to the coaches to sit down with a smile on his face: "Hey, everyone has worked hard!" The current situation of the team is satisfactory, the new survey report has come out, and the fans' satisfaction with the team has reached 100%! An unprecedented 100%! It's all the result of your hard work! Hahaha............"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

As Rosell spoke, the room burst into applause, Barcelona is a members-only football club. The satisfaction of the fans is definitely a very important statistic, and now it is 100 percent, which is of course the biggest recognition for them as a staff.

Russell laughed: "We have all seen everyone's efforts for more than a year, so today I am here to express my condolences on behalf of the club's management." ”

Simon? Grayson laughed and said, "Sandro, words of condolence...... I don't see you bring any gifts! ”

"Huh. How could I not bring a gift? ”

Rosall laughed and turned to his entourage and said, "Take it out and show it to everyone." ”

"Okay!"

The accompanying staff member took a large stack of documents from their briefcases and handed them out to everyone in the room.

Kindness!?

Simon? Grayson was stunned when he looked at the document in his hand, this turned out to be the contract that Barcelona gave him, this ...... What does that mean!?

"Hehe, now you have the contract you signed with the club, but please take a look at the salary position and decide if you want to re-sign it. In addition, you can carefully compare the original contract in your hand. Let's see if there are any changes other than salary changes. ”

Russell said proudly on the side, and the coaches also understood that this was to raise their salaries!

Sure enough, when they found the salary figures, they found that their salaries had gone up, and ...... That's a 50 percent increase!

Simon? Grayson looked at the annual salary of 30 million euros written on his contract, and was really a little stunned: "Sandro ...... This, what's going on? ”

"Hey, hey!"

Russell smiled triumphantly. Then he showed a helpless wry smile: "The club's financial situation is very healthy this season, no." Should I say...... Healthy overkill! Since the team has just won the Champions League trophy, signed two sponsorship contracts, the previous sponsors have also increased the sponsorship fee, and we have won the UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup to become the 'five champions', so from July 1st to now, we have made a profit of 50 million euros! Conservatively, the team's profit this season will exceed 150 million! ”

"That's a good thing!"

"The club makes so much money?"

"I'm dizzy!"

Russell said with a serious expression: "Good thing. The increase in the profitability of the club is indeed a good thing! ”

"But...... Don't forget that we are a members-only football club, which means we can't make a profit! If you make money this season, you have to spend it next season! ”

"But you know best the current state of the team, do we have a place to spend so much money? Who else do we need to buy? And that's not two or three million euros. Let's buy two players and make a loss-making deal and it will cost ...... So we can only spend money now! A 50% increase in staff salaries is just the beginning, and it has been calculated that the club must spend 204 million euros a year on wages, and we only have 143 million euros now! ”

"So not only will your salary go up, but the players' salaries will also have to be increased as appropriate, those talented young players can increase their salaries and contract years through contract renewals, players who have contributed to the team can also be rewarded with a raise, and the veterans should not be disadvantaged! We don't need to save money! There really isn't a need! ”

Speaking of which, Russell looked at Simon meaningfully? Grayson, it was his purge at the beginning, which lowered the club's salary expenses, which was a good thing at the time, and the extra money allowed the team to buy more stars!

But now Barcelona is too perfect, they have no point in continuing to spend money on the transfer market, and if they get two or three more Otara, he will definitely be summoned by the Spanish court again.

So so much money can only be spent internally, or find a big investment direction to invest, but how can investment be finalized in a moment and a half, and now the only people in the team who can get tens of millions are Shaq and Ben? Parker and Alaba are the three of them, even if Shaq has the world's highest salary of 34.5 million this season, the total salary of this team is not very large!

Now, you really have to spend money for the sake of spending it! (To be continued......)