The success of Liverpool and Chen Yu this season has been a surprise to world football, but it has also presented a problem for Liverpool's two American owners.

For a team like Liverpool, which is not very rich, it is very normal to have a peerless treasure like Chen Yu and attract the coveting of others, and it is not normal for no one to rush to buy it.

In fact, near the end of the season, the teams that "pursued" Chen Yu formed a long queue, these teams have giants such as Real Madrid Barcelona, huge rich, such as Chelsea, and even old clubs like Florence, but Chen Yu will be bent on hitting the double, he has never asked about transfers, commercial endorsements and other things, and now that the season is over, Chen Yu has free time, and the club that "pursues Chen Yu" has become more proactive, which also brings huge pressure to the Liverpool club.

Although this is Chen Yu's first season, for Liverpool, who signed Chen Yu's three-year contract, there are still two years left to be safer, besides, Chen Yu's annual salary was also among the top ten in world football at that time, but now it has only been a year, and the top annual salary is not worthy of Chen Yu, and the two-year contract has become less secure.

According to the "Sun" newspaper, Real Madrid pursued Chen Yu the most ruthlessly, they gave Chen Yu a transfer fee of 80 million euros, an annual salary of 10 million euros, both of which are now world records, Real Madrid President Florentino publicly said that as long as Chen Yu can be obtained, Real Madrid is willing to spend as much as he wants, and the price is not the top now, and it can be talked about again, Real Madrid is doing this now, just to express respect for the future world's first person.

Real Madrid has been suppressed by Barcelona in La Liga in the past two years, and they very much hope to break through Barcelona's suppression and surpass Chen Yu in the transfer market and green field, but they are not the highest price, after all, a club like Real Madrid is the top club in time, their strong fame and heritage are worth tens of millions of euros.

Compared with Real Madrid, Chelsea is poor and only has money left, and of course they covet Chen Yu, and considering the team's heritage and reputation, Chelsea's offer is even more crazy.

It was also a report from The Sun, and the editor seemed to have ulterior motives for putting the two reports together and placing them in a prominent position on the front page.

Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich offered Chen Yu a transfer fee of 100 million yuan, with an annual salary of a staggering 12 million euros, and what is even more shocking is that Abramovich decided to divide the image rights with Chen Yu.

Compared with the previous transfer fee and annual salary, the sharing of image rights is the most surprising, because a superstar like Chen Yu has a huge market behind it, and if it is operated properly, the profit is incomparable with the annual salary, so the first thing Liverpool did when buying Chen Yu was to take back the portrait right, and now Chelsea intends to return the portrait right to Chen Yu Sancheng, this generosity is simply slapping Liverpool's face.

No one is disgusted with too much money, even if it is too much money to spend. So after seeing the news reported in the media that Chelsea was going to buy Chen Yu at a sky-high price, Liverpool, who was originally talking about a contract with Chen Yu step by step, was anxious

The key to the rise and fall of Liverpool is now Chen Yu, if Chen Yu cannot be retained, Liverpool's plan to dominate Europe cannot continue, but now Liverpool's funds are not loose, and if they really bid with a golden predator like Chelsea, it will definitely disrupt the salary structure of the two Liverpools.

If you can't compare who has more money with your competitors, then you can only compare your feelings.

When there were more and more rumors about Chen Yu being poached, Liverpool also accelerated the negotiation with Chen Yu to renew his contract and raise his salary.

In early June, when Chen Yu left England for a vacation to Formentera in the middle of the Mediterranean, Liverpool CEO Rick Barry couldn't wait to ask Chen Yu's agent Zhang Shubin out for afternoon tea.

Afternoon tea was served on Matthew Street, where the famous Beatles lived.

In this bar full of artistic temperament, Rick Barry and Zhang Shubin are not talking about art, but about money.

English gentlemen always start with a milder topic, and Rick Barry smiled and said to Zhang Shubin: "I heard that Chen went to Formentera for a vacation, it is really a good place." The music there is outstanding. ”

Rick Barry's words seem like a normal greeting, but in this context, this sentence actually has a certain questioning nature, because although Formentera is located in the middle of the Mediterranean, about the same distance from Spain and Italy, but the island belongs to Spain.

Zhang Shubin is also an old man, and he knows the meaning of Rick Barry's words, but at the critical moment of contract negotiation, even if he doesn't have this meaning, he has to take it as such.

Zhang Shubin smiled slightly. "Yes, it's a beautiful island, I've been to it twice, and now I'm even thinking of buying a house in Formentera." ”

Rick Barry's face darkened a little, and he forced a smile: "Formentera is a good place to vacation, but it may not be suitable for permanent residence, and not everyone is suitable for living in such a climate and environment. ”

Zhang Shubin said with a smile: "Yes, I just think about it, I am entangled in affairs all day long, where can I go to the Mediterranean Sea to enjoy Qingfu." ”

Rick Barry said seriously: "After solving Chen Yu's contract problem, I think you can go to the Mediterranean to enjoy your happiness." ”

Zhang Shubin spread his hands and said: "Barry, it's not that I don't want to solve the contract problem, it's that you don't want to solve the contract problem, let's not talk about the rumors in the newspaper now, let's just say that when Chen Yu transferred to Liverpool last year, what kind of annual salary did you give Chen Yu and how harsh the conditions were, now you should understand Chen Yu's role, shouldn't he have better treatment?" ”

Rick Barry smiled bitterly: "Zhang, you can't say that, last year, Chen's old club Fiorentina didn't dare to renew Chen Yu's contract, it was our Liverpool who risked coming to him during Chen Yu's injury, and now Chen Yu's return to the top is of course gratifying, but if Chen Yu is riddled with injuries, our losses will be great." ”

Zhang Shubin said: "This sounds reasonable, but in fact it is not the case at all, because if Chen Yu is not injured, it is impossible to sign Chen Yu with that transfer fee and annual salary, it should be said that you are a venture capital, and now your adventure has been rewarded several times, and you have earned." ”

Rick Barry said: "Yes, we got Chen Yu at a low price, but you can't deny that it was we who helped Chen Yu when he was in trouble." ”

Zhang Shubin said slowly: "If Chen Yu doesn't think Liverpool is good, I should sit at the negotiating table of Real Madrid or Chelsea now, because the conditions they offer are impossible for Liverpool to start." ”

Rick Barry's face is gloomy? "So the rumors in the media are true?" ”

Zhang Shubin said: "Someone contacted me, I won't hide this from you, it should be said that clubs all over the world want Chen Yu, but the vast majority of clubs understand that they are not worthy of Chen Yu at all, so they don't want to fight this idea, but some clubs have the ability to poach any star from Liverpool, let alone Chen Yu, even Gerrard is not impossible." ”

Rick Barry was speechless, what Zhang Shubin said made sense, now is not the original era, now in the era of Jinyuan football, loyalty has become a thing of the past, it has become an old-fashioned symbol, now even if it is the flag of a club, as long as the price is enough, they will choose to transfer, unless you have enough money to keep him.

After pondering for a while, Rick Barry said: "Zhang, you know that the current economic situation of the club is not as bad as the legend in the outside world, but it is by no means as good as the legend, we can't afford the price mentioned in the newspaper, but it is necessary to give Chen a salary increase, we will do our best to give Chen Yu the highest salary in the team, and strive to make Chen Yu the highest salary in world football." ”

Zhang Shubin smiled slightly and said: "We did not ask for the same price as Real Madrid and Chelsea, but there is no suspense for Chen Yu to win the World Footballer and the European Golden Ball Award this year, as the first person in the world in the future, there should be the world's first salary, otherwise we are too stupid, with the world's first name and strength, with the second-tier salary, Barry, do you really think that Chinese are all living Lei Feng?" ”

Rick Barry scratched his head and said, "Zhang, you can't open your mouth, Chen is not the first person in the world now, if Chen really becomes the first person in the world, we can talk about it again." ”

Zhang Shubin said unhappily: "Is there still suspense in the current situation?" Who can snatch Chen Yu's World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, if the club is really unwilling to give Chen Yu the world's No. 1 salary, and has to wait for the results of the selection at the end of the year to come out, then there is no need to talk about contract renewal and salary increase now, anyway, Chen Yu's contract still has two years, and it is not too late to talk about it after the selection results come out. ”

After Zhang Shubin finished speaking, he stood up and wanted to leave.

How dare Rick Barry wait until that time to negotiate the contract, not to mention the giants who are eyeing the giants outside, even if the giants don't poach and offend Chen Yu, maybe this personality superstar is directly unwilling to stay in Liverpool, he was a sinner at that time. He hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop Zhang Shubin and said, "Zhang, don't worry, we can still talk in detail, these are preliminary plans, how to know the thoughts of both parties without talking about it." ”

Zhang Shubin was just bluffing, seeing that Rick Barry stopped him, he also sat down, before, Chen Yu had given him a rough range and bottom line, what he had to do now was to try his best to meet Chen Yu's requirements, and at present, he had all the advantages, and he was not afraid that Rick Barry would not give in.