Chapter Seventy-One: Determination
The next morning, Mr. Zhang sat in Nielsen's office.
Nelson and Zhang Zhenren have met a few times, and at first he thought that the other party was too young, but the other party is the type who bites the contract and does not let go, and this type of person gives Nelson the most headache.
But in Nelson's heart, any player has a value evaluation, and the previous Zhang Tiehan was not up to the level of a big contract.
But seeing Zhang Zhenren again, Nelson had a headache.
He regretted that he had not finalized the contract with Zhang Tiehan earlier.
"That's what we're asking for, Mr. Nelson. You should know that my cousin's performance in the team, we are not very demanding. Zhang Zhenren said with a smile.
The expression looked a little scary, as if the underworld was extorting money. Nelson's expression also looked like he was being blackmailed, and his face was terribly dark.
"Twenty thousand pounds in salary! Only a three-year contract? There are also goal bonuses, assist bonuses, an increase of 25% in a year, and the team will be promoted to give another bonus......" Nelson stared at the contents of the contract, secretly smiling bitterly.
According to Zhang Tiehan's performance in the last game, this salary is indeed enough, and he can score three goals at Stamford Bridge, and there are few strikers in the world who can do it.
But that's just a game!
You can't judge a player one game at a time, but because of this game, Nelson is also in a passive position now, and now the whole of England is reporting on Zhang Tiehan, and that young man is really famous.
Nelson thought about it, but gritted his teeth and said, "The club still can't accept it, this salary is too high, Mr. Zhang, you know, I can't increase the average salary level of the team just because Zhang is alone." ”
That's the last thing Nielsen can accept.
For the three-year term, he has already acquiesced, and Lao Huilan has already spoken, and he must sign a contract with Zhang Tiehan.
There are many teams staring at Zhang Tiehan outside, and the liquidated damages of four million pounds are quite a lot, but after watching the last game against Chelsea, no one will deny Zhang Tiehan's future, if he wants to leave, there will really be a lot of clubs willing to pay this money.
But Nelson also has considerations about the team, the average salary level of the team is not so high, and Ridell, who has the highest salary, is only 20,000 pounds a week, which is the highest salary, and Ridell's goal bonus on the contract is not much, and other benefits are also very little.
If Zhang Tiehan is given this contract, Nielsen can almost imagine that others will definitely be dissatisfied with their salaries.
For a long time to come, he will have to face those vampire agents.
Zhang Zhenren was expressionless, but he smiled secretly in his heart, and he also understood Nelson's bottom line, the other party was not entangled in the issue of years, there must be pressure, and he had to negotiate with himself.
In this way, they take the initiative.
Then other things are negotiable, but the issue of wages is also very important, and my cousin is still paid a measly more than a thousand pounds a week, which is not what a star should take.
The two began to argue over the salary.
The last time he talked about the contract, Nelson only felt that Zhang Zhenren was very difficult to entangle, but when he really talked about it, he realized that this terrifying-looking guy was so difficult to entangle, and it could be said that he had to fight for it at all.
Regarding the issue of goal bonuses, the two talked for more than an hour before deciding on it, not to mention the issue of weekly salary.
The morning passed quickly, and Nelson ordered the staff to bring two meals, and after a harmonious meal, the two began to fight again.
It took a full day for the main terms of the contract to be roughly negotiated, and then some details needed to be discussed, but they were generally finalized.
The weekly salary is £16,000, the appearance bonus is £2,000, the goal bonus is £2,000 and the winning bonus is £6,000.
In addition, there are some specific clauses, such as Wigan Athletic promotion, which will reward eight weeks' salary, Wigan Athletic who wins the league and cup, ten weeks' salary, signing fee of 100,000 pounds, and so on.
This condition was finalized, and the treatment was on par with Ridell.
Riddle is Wigan Athletic's number one star and is a Wigan native himself, having played for Wigan Athletic for seven years and has no doubt about his role in the team.
Zhang Tiehan has only been in Wigan Athletic for more than two months, and he was not well-known before.
The contract is finalized, and the treatment of the two is equal.
Even so, Zhang Zhenren was still a little dissatisfied, Nelson was smiling on the surface, and he had already scolded Zhang Zhenren half to death in his heart, "Zhang is such an honest person, how can he have a cousin who looks like a vampire!" ”
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That night, Zhang Zhenren told Zhang Tiehan about the contract.
After negotiating the contract, Zhang Tiehan was also a lot more stable, and when he heard Zhang Zhenren talk about the general content of the contract, he was also secretly speechless, and even a little stunned.
The weekly salary is more than 16,000 pounds...... That's more than ten times his current salary, plus all sorts of other terms.
"Is that cool?"
Zhang Zhenren said, "Tie Han, don't underestimate yourself, you can score three goals at Stamford Bridge, it's worth the price, this is still you at Wigan Athletic, if it's in other teams, the treatment will be better!" ”
It's the truth.
Among the League One teams, Wigan Athletic is not a high average salary due to being a promoted horse.
"With such a high salary...... Zhang Tiehan was a little excited, but he suddenly felt a little pressure.
In the past, he was just working hard for his future and fighting for football, and there was no pressure on the club, after all, he was just a 400,000-pound transfer to Wigan Athletic, only with the team's minimal salary, even if he was a substitute, others would not say anything.
But now with such a high salary, if you don't want to perform accordingly, you will really become a vampire of the team.
The club can give itself such a good treatment, because it takes a fancy to its own strength, and what I have to do is to use the corresponding performance to prove that I am worthy of such a fancie.
Zhang Tiehan secretly clenched his fists.
He found the motivation to keep working hard and try to play every game well in order to be worthy of his salary.
Also for better treatment in the future!
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On October 15, in the 14th round of the English League, Wigan Athletic hosted Stoke City.
Zhang Tiehan's crazy performances at Stamford Bridge spread throughout England, and Stoke City couldn't afford not to take him seriously, and they arranged for two defenders to focus on Zhang Tiehan's marking.
Even so, Zhang Tiehan still scored two goals, one was a tactical free-kick header, and the other was a corner header. Ellington and Riddle also scored a goal each to help the team win 4-2.
With two headers in one game, Zhang Tiehan continued his crazy performance.
Three days later, in the fifteenth round of the league, Wigan Athletic hosted Gillingham, and the final score was 1:0.
Gillingham defended very tightly throughout the game, Wigan Athletic hardly found any chances, and it was not until the 80th minute that Zhang Tiehan took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and scored with a header.
A goal, still a header, Zhang Tiehan's performance was also praised by the media.
At the end of the two rounds, Zhang Tiehan scored three goals, and the team also won two games in a row, and everything looked like it was going in a good direction.
But the next league did not go as smoothly as expected......
On 22 October, Wigan Athletic host Sheffield United.
Sheffield United are a mid-table side in League One who have not had a good season and are even teetering on the edge of the relegation zone. Wigan Athletic, on the other hand, are on a high pitch in the league, with the two teams in opposite positions.
Zhang Tiehan still got the start, he has played almost all of Wigan Athletic's games recently, and his position in the team is very solid.
Everyone thought that this was a game without suspense, but after ten minutes, Zhang Tiehan, who had performed very well before, was dumb in the game.
Throughout the game, he was closely guarded by the opposing defenders and did not get any decent shots on goal.
Sheffield United is not just sending someone to mark Zhang Tiehan, their defense is all-round, some people are particularly marking at the same time, there are other players to intercept the passing route, when encountering corners, free kicks, he is even more desperate to mark.
When Jewell saw that Zhang Tiehan did nothing in the audience, he knew that the other party must have studied Zhang Tiehan seriously.
The whole game was very dull, and in the end the two teams ended up 0-0 and no one scored.
After the game, some media felt that this was just an episode in the league, after all, the form of the players could not continue forever, and it was impossible to score goals every game.
But in the next game with Walsall and Crystal Palace, Zhang Tiehan still did not score.
The defense of these two teams against Zhang Tiehan is almost the same as that of Sheffield United, under that kind of tight marking, not to mention shooting opportunities, it is not easy for Zhang Tiehan to get the ball in the frontcourt.
There were no goals in three consecutive games, and there were very few shots on goal, even people who didn't know how to play knew that Zhang Tiehan had encountered some trouble.
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After the match against Crystal Palace, Jewell was in the coach's box and watched Zhang Tiehan walk into the players' tunnel with a gloomy face and disappear in front of everyone.
He knew that Zhang Tiehan was in some trouble.
In the middle of last month, Zhang Tiehan also scored a hat miracle at Stamford Bridge, but now he has not scored in three consecutive games, and even has few chances to shoot, this turn of events is really difficult to accept.
But Jewell felt that this was not necessarily a bad thing for Zhang Tiehan.
After Zhang Tiehan came to Wigan Athletic, everything went so smoothly that it was so smooth that even Jewell felt that it was not real.
Now seeing Zhang Tiehan's setbacks, Jewell breathed a sigh of relief, he really wanted to see what would happen to Zhang Tiehan next.
Jewell is optimistic about Zhang Tiehan, he doesn't think Zhang Tiehan is the kind of person who admits defeat when he encounters setbacks, otherwise he would have gone down when he was at Manchester United, and he would not have come to Wigan Athletic at all.
Manchester United's setbacks are a kind of experience, and the current setbacks are what a player must experience, without setbacks, it is not a successful life, even if it is successful, it is not perfect.
All he needed to do was watch quietly.
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Zhang Tiehan is also thinking about his own affairs, and he knows where the problem is.
He's been working his shots, but in reality, it's hard for his long-range shots to work in official matches because it's hard for him to get passes near the penalty line, and even if he does, it's hard to get out of the space to shoot.
On a technical level, when he gets the ball, he doesn't handle it in a very small way against the defence, unlike players who are very skilled, they can find opportunities in all sorts of fancy ways, and he doesn't have that ability.
That is, he has too few and too few means......
As a center forward, the biggest reliance is on the header, but when the opponent defends tightly, even if he is stronger and stronger, it doesn't have much effect.
If you want to find opportunities under the tight watch of the opponent, the only way is to improve your personal skills, and just by playing football with your body, sooner or later you will be restricted.
Technique, technique.
Zhang Tiehan thought about it, in fact, he wanted to improve his personal skills, and he also had an innate advantage, since he awakened the second ancient power, he had always regarded it as a means to improve his shooting ability, and he didn't think about practicing his personal skills at all.
Now that I think about it, I have a lot of control over the ball, and it is entirely possible to improve my possession of the ball in a short period of time.
When the other party wants to prevent himself from death, it will not be easy.
Zhang Tiehan clenched his fists and secretly made a decision.