"Clemens, Jin Ming's contract renewal is going to speed up."

The game was lost, and Schalke was sad up and down.

But speaking of which, Schalke was able to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League and force Manchester United to a penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals, which was beyond all expectations. At the beginning of the season, who would have thought Schalke would go this far.

For Schalke's top management, this achievement is already very satisfying.

Although they are happier to be in the Champions League final, even the last four of the Champions League are enough for them to be happy.

Because Schalke's excellent Champions League results this season have brought more than 50 million euros to Schalke FC. There are bonuses for participating in the Champions League, Champions League ticket revenue, and Champions League broadcast revenue, which easily add up to more than 50 million euros.

That's not a small amount.

Especially for a club like Schalke. Schalke's annual income is just over 100 million euros, and Schalke still owes more than 200 million euros, and this season's Champions League income has greatly increased Schalke's income and can also greatly alleviate the club's financial problems. Therefore, Schalke's top management is happy.

Therefore, although they were eliminated by Manchester United, the Schalke hierarchy was not too disappointed, but was thinking about the following things.

Although Schalke's financial problems have been greatly eased, the shape is still not optimistic. After all, Schalke claims to have a debt of 250 million, and the annual interest is very large. 50 million euros is a drop in the bucket for such a level of debt.

Just in February of this year, Schalke also issued fan bonds, collecting more than 10 million euros. These are all for the purpose of paying off debts.

Now that the Champions League campaign is coming to an end, the Schalke hierarchy has to start thinking about next season.

Horst Helt has a busy job right now. Mainly because Magath left behind a mess, especially with too many players in the first team. Magath sold quite a few people, but bought many more.

Magath has drawn too many people to Schalke in two years, and there are too many first-team players, more than 40 people. Not to mention the Bundesliga, in the whole of European football, Schalke's first team has the largest number of players.

Schalke already owes so much debt, and the first team has to support so many players, so the burden is even heavier.

So many players have to be downsized, and that's what Helt does. It's not easy to bring in reinforcements, and it's even harder to dismantle. Many players have had their salaries increased a lot since they came to Schalke. But to clean them up, there will definitely be a change in salaries, and that player is willing to suffer himself. So the cleanup was very tough.

However, compared to these dismissed players, Helt is more concerned about Jin Ming's affairs.

"His agent wants a lot, right?"

Clemens Tunis nodded.

Whether it is the chairman of Schalke or the sports manager of Hault, they all recognize Jin Ming's strength. That's why he contacted Jin Ming privately and revealed the news that Magat was leaving.

But they didn't expect that after Jin Ming's comeback, he would be in such a good state.

All of a sudden, Schalke fell into passivity.

Originally, he was just the best newcomer in the Bundesliga, but the airport Champions League knockout match suddenly increased Jin Ming's value by I don't know how many times. This makes the issue of renewal a huge variable.

"Yes. An annual salary of 3 million euros and 15 million euros in liquidated damages. ”

There are many conditions for the renewal of the contract proposed by Wen Dongfang, but Helt said the two most important ones. One is the annual salary required by Wen Dongfang, and the other is that Wen Dongfang must set up a liquidated damages clause in the contract this time.

"He has a big appetite."

"Jin Ming's current market is also very high."

Wen Dongfang's requirements are high, but Jin Ming's current market is higher. Kim only returned to the first team in March, but has already scored more than 10 goals for the club in a short period of time.

Such a table is definitely one of the best players in European football at the moment. It also gave Wen Dongfang enough confidence to put forward various requirements.

"yes."

Two years ago, it was just to test the reaction of the Chinese market, so Jinming was introduced. At that time, in Schalke's recruitment list, there was not only the name of a Chinese player like Jin Ming.

Jin Ming is just one of Schalke's Chinese players.

But who would have imagined that two years later, Jin Ming had grown to such a point. It has reached the point where he can talk directly to the club's top management.

An annual salary of three million euros is nothing among the Premier League teams.

Even a team like Arsenal that has a relatively low salary among the giants, there are more than a dozen of them with an annual salary of more than 3 million euros. Among teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, and Manchester City, there are also a lot of teams with an annual salary of five or six million euros.

Even Liverpool, Tottenham, and Newcastle have a low salary, but there are many with an annual salary of more than 3 million euros.

But in the Schalke team, the annual salary of three million euros is already a high salary. Except for Raul, who can get an annual salary of 4 million euros, there are few other players who exceed 3 million euros.

At the age of twenty-one, he received three million euros, which has never been seen in Schalke's history.

"Clemens, what do you think?"

"Horst, it's your job, I won't talk much. However, I have only one opinion, and that is that Jin Ming should continue to stay at the club no matter what next season. We still need him as a club. But the liquidated damages are too low. ”

"I understand."

Hale nodded.

Schalke is going to lose Neuer this summer, which has a great impact on Schalke. Losing a captain that he has cultivated has a big negative impact on the team. At this time, the Schalke leadership was not willing to lose Jin Ming at all, and there were a lot of sponsors behind Jin Ming.

Therefore, Schalke is going to leave a golden inscription no matter what.

But the liquidated damages of 15 million euros are too low. Although the German website is now only worth 11 million euros for Jin Ming, Schalke does not think that Jin Ming can really only sell at this price.

Even if the value of the players from the Bundesliga is low, in the hearts of Schalke's top management, the current Jin Ming should be sold for at least 20 million euros. Therefore, the liquidated damages of 15 million euros are still too little.

"It seems that we can't keep Jin Ming, he will have to leave sooner or later."

Clemens sighed.

He is actually very ambitious and wants to build Schalke into a European football giant. It's a pity that reality is reality, and it's not just what you want. Schalke is only a strong team in the Bundesliga and cannot become a giant in European football.

The biggest reason is money.

There is too much debt, and even if Schalke has good results, it will not be able to attract more stars to join.

Schalke now earns a maximum salary of four million euros. Such a salary is not even comparable to the highest salary of the second-rate teams in the Premier League. Among the giants in the Premier League, there are those who earn more than 150,000 pounds a week, and Real Madrid and Barcelona have a weekly salary of more than 200,000 euros. What does Schalke take to compete with these giants.

A young genius like Jin Ming will definitely leave Schalke in the future and find a bigger stage. This is the helplessness of reality.

"Even if you have to leave, you have to leave the money."

…………

"Schalke! Schalke! Schalke! ”

"FC Schalke will never be beaten! FC Schalke will never be beaten! ”

Shock.

Unlike the Schalke executives, they think differently, Jin Ming and they are just some players. Schalke's top management is satisfied with the results so far, and although they did not make it to the final, they already have enough income.

While these revenues can't fully cover the club's debts, they can give Schalke a breather.

But the players are just a bunch of players.

They were sad.

In particular, they all entered the penalty shootout, but in the end they lost to Manchester United and failed to reach the Champions League final.

Something like this is a big disappointment for the players.

A penalty shoot-out win over Manchester United would give Schalke a chance to reach the Champions League final. But he lost the game at the last minute.

Therefore, on the way back, everyone was a little lost on the plane, and they were silent one by one. But when I came back to Germany and came out of the airport, the whole team was in good spirits.

Because you saw thousands of fans.

There are literally a few thousand fans.

They were all wearing Schalke's jerseys and had come specifically to greet them.

"Schalke! Schalke! Schalke! ”

The moment the team appeared, the fans gave the team a huge cheer. It's like welcoming a team that wins the championship. Such a welcome made Jin Ming feel flattered.

"You are the heroes of Schalke!"

Schalke fans hold long banners that say this.