"Michelle, Mario will definitely be the flag of Dortmund."

"I hope."

Zolke sighed, it was really not easy to negotiate with Lister. It should be said that it is too tired, although Dortmund is a strong team in the Bundesliga, but Rist is stronger than Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund had no advantage at all in front of Lister.

"Lister, Mario is only nineteen years old. At this age in Dortmund's history, Mario is the highest-paid player. ”

Zorge himself didn't know if the contract was worth it. Because Dortmund signed a pre-tax 5 million euros contract with Gotze this time, the total amount of the four-year contract reached 20 million euros.

Gotze can get 3 million euros after tax, although it is not as good as the 3.5 million euros after tax for the team's captain Kyle, but this salary is already very high for a 19-year-old young player. At the moment Borussia Dortmund, Götze's salary is in second place, only lower than captain Kehl.

But Götze deserves the salary. Last season, just 18 years old, Gotze played more than 30 games, scoring seven goals and providing a staggering sixteen assists. Among the current talented players in European football, Götze is the only one who has performed so well at the age of eighteen. And Gotze, who is becoming more and more mature this season, has become the core player of Dortmund, with more than ten goals and assists in half a season. Only nineteen-year-old Gotze, known as the German "Messi", the market price has exceeded 30 million euros.

A lot of big names want to bring him in. In order to keep Gotze, Dortmund will make a lot of concessions. gave Götze a high salary of five million euros before taxes. For Borussia Dortmund, this is a really high salary.

"Michelle, not much, not much at all. Mario will give Dortmund more in return. ”

This time the contract Rister is also very satisfied. In addition to the fixed salary, Götze's other bonus income is also very high. If Borussia Dortmund can win the Bundesliga this season, Götze will have no problem earning more than four million euros with his win bonus and championship bonus, plus goal bonus and assist bonus.

Not only that, but Rist also has a commercial contract with Dortmund. Because Dortmund is about to change sponsors, Dortmund's main sponsor is going to become Puma.

Gotze and Reuss are the two stars that Puma has focused on. As a result, Lister asked Dortmund to take a share of Puma's sponsorship fees and the proceeds from the sale of Puma's jerseys. Give Götze a portion as well. Because Puma's sponsorship fee for Dortmund is not high, and the jersey sales revenue is also average, this part of the income is not high. But that part can also reach about three or four hundred thousand euros.

This is the same contract as Messi. This is the case with Messi's current contract with Barcelona. Barcelona is not Borussia Dortmund, and Messi is not Gotze. Messi gets more than 3 million euros a year according to this part of the share. More than five million is not out of the question. That's the gap.

"Rist. Do you know? What worries me the most is liquidated damages. ”

When Zolke said this. He looked straight at Rist. He wanted to see the expression on Rist's face, but Rist's expression didn't change at all.

Who is Rist? I have been an agent in China for so many years, and then I have been an agent predator in world football for almost 20 years. So many years down. Even the stone is already enlightened, let alone Lister. With these experiences, how could Lister be able to tell everything.

So he smiled and said: "Mario, forty million euros." This is already a safety line. ”

The liquidated damages in Gotze's contract are 40 million euros. This is Rister's estimate of Götze's earnings for a year based on his income after taxes, bonuses and other aspects of his contract with the club. Rist still didn't break his own rules, and designed liquidated damages based on the income that players received from the club.

This time, though, Rist gave in. Originally, according to Gotze's salary, Rist was proposing to set up a liquidated damages of 30 million euros. But Zolke didn't do it, and he had been grinding with Lister for a long time. Because of the liquidated damages of 30 million euros, I don't know how many giants will go straight to it. Therefore, in the end, the income from all sides turned into 40 million euros in liquidated damages.

But Rist wasn't playing, either. After so many negotiations, Rist agreed to increase the contract liquidated damages. However, there are other conditions in Lister's contract, which is that if a club poaches Gotze for liquidated damages, 10% of the transfer fee will be paid to Gotze. And the liquidated damages for players are decreasing year by year.

It's not that Rist is bullying Dortmund, it's that the players' contracts are all the same. Liquidated damages will be reduced slowly as the contract period decreases. For example, if you have four years to go, it will be 40 million euros, if you have three years, it will be 378 million euros, if you have two years, it will be 345 million euros, and if you have the last year, it will be 30 million euros.

This is not just Götze, but Messi as well. Messi has just signed a new contract with Barcelona, with an annual salary of 15 million euros after tax. The liquidated damages are also 150 million, but if it is delayed until the last year of the contract, then the liquidated damages will be 100 million.

"Lister, stop telling jokes."

Zorke shook his head and said, "Look at the current European football transfer market. In the past few years, there have been more than 60 million euros of players, and more than 50 million players. More than 40 million euros are countless. I'm not at all worried about this liquidated damages. ”

"Michelle, don't worry."

Rist smiled and said to Zolke: "I don't do that kind of thing in all aspects of my cooperation with Dortmund. If Mario really wants to transfer, I will definitely tell you in advance, and I will definitely not lower the price. After all, there is also my share and Mario's share of the transfer fee. ”

As long as Gotze transfers, Dortmund will have to return 10% of the transfer fee to Gotze. Of course, half of them are Rist's, and half of them are Götze's. This is the remuneration of the Dortmund side. Rist will also receive his own commission from the buyer, so Rist will not lower Gotze's transfer fee.

Historically, Götze has moved to Bayern. Gotze's agent is following Gotze. To be the most profitable. But Lister is different, and Lister will continue to work with Dortmund in the future. So it's not going to do that kind of thing.

"Then I'll trust you."

"Of course. We will continue to work together. ”

…………

"My trump card didn't disappoint you."

After negotiating Gotze's salary with Dortmund, Lister immediately negotiated Gotze's sponsorship contract with Puma. Götze has been so good this year that the sponsorship fee will increase accordingly. It's already 2012, and Rist wants to make Gotze's income exceed 10 million euros this year. Putting Gotze in the top tier of world football players.

This time, the negotiations went relatively smoothly. After all, Gotze is a player that Puma focuses on promoting, and Gotze's performance is indeed very good. Gotze eventually signed Puma a blockbuster contract, a mega-contract of four years and tens of millions of euros. Although not as good as Messi and Cristiano. Ronaldo, but at the age of nineteen, this is a sponsorship contract that could shock the European football world.

"Yes."

Jochen. Caitz was very pleased with his decision to make Gotze and Royce the key representatives of Puma. Jochen. Caitz is always very confident in himself and very happy with himself.

Of course Jochen. Caitz will always have the right to be proud. When he became the CEO of Puma. Puma is not well-known internationally. And it's a heavy loss phase. The main thing is that it is losing money every year, claiming to be losing money for eight consecutive years, and no one knows when Puma will go bankrupt.

But Jochen. After becoming the CEO of Puma, Caitz has led Puma to become the third largest brand after Nike and Adidas. Just last year. PUMA's annual revenues exceed three billion euros. This amounted to 3.5 billion euros. Although it cannot be compared with Adidas's turnover of 13 billion euros. But it has surpassed most other sports brands.

And this year's trend is good in Jochen. In just a few years, Puma's annual turnover will exceed four billion euros, according to Caitz. That's a remarkable achievement.

"Up to three years. I would make Mario and Marko the most paid of any player in Germany. ”

In Rist's opinion, Gotze's talent is definitely above Royce's. But on the flip side, Royce's looks are better than Gotze's. In other words, Gotze can become a superstar with his talent, and his future achievements are limitless. And although Royce is not as talented as Gotze, his talent is also top-notch. With a handsome face, the business side is also very promising.

"I believe it."

"Jochen, I've heard lately that you seem to be leaving Puma. Why is the new boss not good to serve? ”

Rist has cooperated with PUMA for so many years, and the employees up and down the PUMA company know a lot of people from the top to the middle. Recently Puma is in the news, Jochen. Caitz is leaving Puma.

Puma has just come in with a major shareholder, but this major shareholder is Jochen. Caitz personally introduced. And even if he is a major shareholder, he does not control Puma's strength, but is only a relatively large shareholder among Puma's many shareholders. Now Puma, even the largest shareholder, does not have the strength to fire Jochen. Caitz. After all, Jochen. Caitz has been in Puma for nearly 20 years, and his strength cannot be underestimated.

"It's not. I've always felt like I don't have much room to play at PUMA. I feel a little tired. ”

"Puma's shareholders must have cried."

Rist didn't say anything. Jochen. Although Caitz is the CEO of Puma, he likes to play. He even has a driver's license for airplanes, and he likes to fly planes when he is usually fine. Jochen. Caitz probably thinks Puma isn't fun anymore. But Puma's shareholders are certainly reluctant to give up Jochen. Caitz is a great hero.

"The board of directors kept me, but I'm ready to leave."

"Jochen, if you really leave Puma, come to me. The two of us working together? ”

Rist was very impressed with Jochen. Caitz's. This is really the world's top CEO, and there are not many people who can bring PUMA to such heights. And he's not even fifty years old now.

Jochen. As the CEO of Puma, Caitz has a wide network in the sports world. And he's a real expert in promotion, sales, and Rist now holds so many player image rights, if he can compete with Jochen. Caitz cooperation, that's really a tiger with wings.

It's not just image rights, as players are now keen to develop their own personal brands, this kind of thing of building a player's brand Riester also has to care about. Rist now has a lot of good players in his hands, and there are also many players who are qualified to build their own brands in the future. Build a brand, promote a brand, operate a brand, Yochen. Caitz is definitely the top character.

Rist is willing to go with Jochen. Caitz cooperated, and the two people worked together to form a company. Exclusively manage the personal brand of these players. Although the turnover of these personal brands is not as good as Puma, it is no problem to operate a turnover of hundreds of millions. Maybe Jochen. Caitz is able to complete more leapfrog development.

"I'll talk about that later. If I leave PUMA, I want to relax. ”

"It's a loss for Puma that you're leaving." (To be continued......)