Martins, as an agent, has always been helping Li Bin contact the team. This is strange because Martins is not Li Bin's agent: Li Bin doesn't like advertising, and he never accepts any advertising — in fact, not many people ask him to advertise — so he doesn't need an agent. However, he has a good relationship with Martins, and when he wants to transfer, he also gets rid of Martins to help him ask.

And Martins naturally will not object to helping Li Bin: Li Bin will not do any harm if he becomes the head coach of a better team.

The profession of an agent, looking at the scenery, is actually very hard. Many people think that their job is simple: anyway, they just contact the team to see if the player can do it, and if it does, as soon as the contract is signed, 10% of the agency fee will be paid - but in fact, the agent's job is much more difficult. As an agent, you have to negotiate a contract with the team: this contract is not just about the transfer fee, it includes many items: for example, the number of times the player plays, the problem of training, the problem of bonuses, the problem of what kind of benefits the team provides, and there are more issues of personal image rights, the conflict between the team's advertising and the player's personal advertising, and even the problem of which doctors to go to see after the player is injured, the problem of the team's responsibility for paying for the pocket, as well as the player's insurance problem, as well as the personal image problem, etc. Of course, if the player is Maradona, then all these problems are clouds, but if the player does not have that ability, then it is better to honestly sign one by one.

In addition to being responsible for the processing of players' contracts, you also have to manage the commercial contracts of your players: unless you are one of the best players in the world, it is very difficult to get a proper commercial contract. Sometimes, without an excellent agent, players will receive some very nonsense endorsements, Arshavin has endorsed women's clothing, Xavi has endorsed milk, Iniesta has endorsed ice cream, and even more, Ronaldo and Kaka have endorsed Golden Throat - this endorsement, even the Chinese dare not believe it, feel that it is fake, but in fact, Kaka did receive 2 million endorsements, and Ronaldo did not charge endorsement fees, but he collected hundreds of thousands of attendance fees for attending events, The purpose was to circumvent the image rights contract he had signed with Madrid, so although it was not legal, it was impossible for him to sue - he knew that he had done it himself.

In addition, the players' agents are also responsible for creating a good image for the players, so public relations work and image work are indispensable. Any agent is indispensable to cooperate with the media, and when the player's image is in crisis, they have to go over to the media to carry out critical public relations to save the player's image. Normally, players play in the league, and they have to try to convince the media to give players more awards to make them more famous - these are the job of agents. Those who do well are like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi - the player's private life is not without problems, but it will still only be infinitely focused on the good side, not the bad side. And what is not done well is the practice of Kaka's idiot father: to be able to ruin Kaka's image as good as Kaka within this year, this is also the ability.

Of course, that's not the worst, the worst agent, the players are tired of playing, and it's rare to get recognition and honor. To take the simplest example: Patrick Vieira was recognized as one of the best, if not the first midfielders, in the Premier League, but how many times did he win the Player of the Month? 0 times. So, is this a coincidence? Apparently not, because there is another player of the month who has won 0 times is also hard to imagine: Drogba has never won this award either.

Their agent can be said to be the legendary pig teammate.

And with these abilities, is it possible to be as powerful as Mendes? Apparently not. Because even with these, there must be clubs that are willing to cooperate with them, have a stable supply of goods, and shipping channels - agents are also businessmen, but their goods are players - and you must know that in this world, many teams are not particularly reasonable, they will not look at a player under a certain agent, they will only negotiate with this agent, they will bypass the agent to discuss with the player: change the agent, how about coming to our team?

Therefore, even the top agents have to have a good relationship with the team. No matter how great Mendes' ability is, doesn't he have to rely on the two strong teams of the Portuguese Super League behind him, and at the same time rely on Mourinho to open up markets for him in Chelsea, Inter Milan, and Real Madrid? Without these, why did he become the best agent in the world?

This job is a job to eat according to the team's face - although people say that the store is big and the customer is big, but the agent is just a worker for the players after all, they are not even customers, they can only eat behind the team.

And since Martins has Li Bin's line, he is naturally not willing to miss it easily. After Li Bin revealed that he wanted to leave, and after he designated to go to the Premier League, he has also been actively looking for the Premier League, trying to find a suitable place.

And now, he has also come back to discuss with Li Bin.

"The current Premier League is still the same as before, with the top four leading the front, and the middle layer is Tottenham, Middlesbrough, and Newcastle. Further down the line, there are teams that have little hope at all. When I went to inquire, it was mainly aimed at these companies. You don't have to think about the change of manager at Manchester United, when Ferguson leaves, it can only depend on when he leaves happily. And Arsene Wenger is about the same, and you don't go - Arsenal is in debt, and if you go there, you are going to pay off your debts, so why bother with that black pot. Liverpool and Chelsea have both revealed the intention of changing coaches. Liverpool has replaced two American owners, feels that they have money, and wants to change to a better and more obedient coach. Not to mention Chelsea, Grant's goods have bet on him to get out of class since he took office, and Abu will definitely have to be replaced. I inquired and Liverpool seemed to be working on Jurgen Klinsmann, the head coach of Germany, and Chelsea were in contact with Scolari, but nothing was decided. Although your reputation is worse than theirs, your grades are excellent, and it is not impossible to fight for it. ”

After hearing this news, Li Bin shook his head after thinking about it: Liverpool's bloody double evil, no one wants to bring it to them. So two hard-to-find second coercions in the world, I will want to cooperate with them only after I eat too much. And Chelsea's Abu is not a good thing, and working with him is tiring enough, although it is much better than Liverpool, he is there, and he may lead the team to produce results, but with his temper, he will definitely not be comfortable.

"Is there any other choice?" Li Bin asked.

'Tottenham are going to change the manager again – they used Ramos this season, but that's not the case, so they still want a different manager. Newcastle teams, forget it. They owe too much money to the bank, and if you go there, you will simply go to death, and they themselves are bankrupt at some point, so don't go. ”

Li Bin nodded: The small teams in the Premier League, although they get a lot of money, but they also have a big problem, that is, they have a lot of loans - in fact, they are not small teams, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool are all in debt, and even Chelsea nominally owes money to Abu. These teams are all loans for development, and then bet on good results to have money to pay off debts, but if the results are not good, it is a vicious circle. Newcastle's bet on Owen failed, and the current economic situation can be said to be a mess, and if you take it over rashly, you will be pitted and you will not be able to find the north.

"What about Manchester City? Tell me about them, okay? Li Bin asked.

Although Manchester City has not revealed much conspicuous things yet, they are the first thing Li Bin pays attention to: after having the money of the Abu Dhabi consortium in the future, it is better to lead them. It's just that Abu Dhabi has not invested yet, and Li Bin also wants to inquire if they have any news.

"Manchester City? Thaksin was frozen in funds as soon as he took over, and now he is poor and has not improved at all - you are very interested in Manchester City? Why do you have a grudge against Manchester United, always thinking about going to Manchester United's sworn enemy team? ”

"I heard that Manchester City may have a rich man in charge?" Li Bin asked.

"All the teams in the Premier League are rumored to have big rich people in charge, you know, the Premier League teams are generally in debt, they all hope that a rich owner will fall from the sky and raise their own teams, similar news is overwhelming in the Premier League, and even the Championship teams are willing to buy - but few are true." Martins scoffed, then thought again, "But Manchester is a big city, and like the teams in London, they are the most likely to be invested by big money." The news that I hear the most these days is that there are people who want to invest in West Ham United in London, as well as Manchester City and Newcastle. ”

"The Abu Dhabi consortium wants to invest in Manchester City?" Li Bin was interested.

"Yes, the Abu Dhabi consortium wants to invest. However, they have not made it clear which team they want to invest in, and Newcastle and Manchester City are said to be potential investors. But," Martinston paused, "you really don't know what to do?" It is said that Manchester City is closer to a Chinese consortium, saying that a Chinese consortium wants to buy Manchester City, and rumors in England say that if the Chinese consortium buys Manchester City, you will go directly to coach. ”

"Who said that?" Li Bin's face turned ugly.

"It's all such a rumor, and it's very powerful...... Not really? It's like it's true, it's a consortium with the surname Yang in Hong Kong. ”

"Of course not!" Li Bin scolded in his heart, he had already figured out what was going on.

This kind of thing should have happened a few years later: a wealthy man surnamed Yang in Hong Kong bought Birmingham and became the owner there. However, why is it that before the economic crisis has broken out, he is thinking about buying a Premier League team? Moreover, isn't it good to go to Birmingham, what a mess to come to Manchester City! At this moment, who will be the biggest tyrant, how can I judge? You guys are messing around, how can I hug my thighs?

Don't be so bad as your teammates!

"And even if you want to coach a team under the umbrella of the Abu Dhabi consortium, I guess it will be very difficult." "I don't think their advisors will choose you." ”

"Their advisors? Who? Li Bin asked himself, he still doesn't have many enemies.

"Who else? Now the whole world can be regarded as a grade, but isn't it only Robert Mancini who is still resting at home? ”

Are you kidding me? At this time, Li Bin only had this one thought.