One victory, £100,000 prize; £1 million for the league winner and £1 million for the UEFA Cup winner; If Derby County win all their games and win two titles from now on, the club will have to pay around £3.5 million in prize money.

That's a lot of money.

But compared to the income that the club can get from the two championships, it is only a part of the money, this account can be calculated by anyone, if other clubs win the championship, they will definitely give bonuses to players, you can't say how much the bonuses, but ordinary games, there will generally be no bonuses, so what is the purpose of Pearson doing this?

Wan Sheng watched the new chairman's performance coldly.

As soon as he thought about it, he knew that this guy's purpose was to buy people's hearts.

Just took over as the president of the team, the club's senior staff made a big adjustment, but after all, they are from the American consortium, it is difficult to get the support of the fans, and the club has not stabilized.

Internally, the team is definitely the most important.

So now they are here to buy the hearts of the players - in the form of bonuses, of course, it is undeniable that this approach can also motivate the team to work harder to win, but in fact, the effect is not very large, after all, not every player is interested in those thousands of pounds, especially players like Morris and Van der Vaart, who have big contracts with the team, they earn more than this every day, and for the game, fighting for victory and championship is what every player yearns for, just relying on the 100,000 pounds bonus for a win, it is really a bit uneye-catching.

Wansheng believes that Pearson will not be able to just hand out the prize money.

He will definitely have to do something else, such as renewing the contracts of some players at the club, which can reassure many players now, after all, the end of the season also means the start of the summer transfer. Now that you have completed the renewal, you don't have to worry about leaving.

However, these do not seem to have any effect on Wan Sheng, on the contrary, he can get an extra bonus.

Naturally, Pearson will have a share of the bonus he has, and even assistant coach Diamares has a share, which is more useful for people with low incomes such as Diamares, which can top up to their weekly salary.

Wan Sheng is not worried at all that this will make the player's heart 'turn' towards the president of the club.

With this amount of money, it is a bit wishful thinking to want to buy away the players' support for him! You know, the vast majority of the players in the team have more than 80 points of reverence for themselves. More than half of the players are over 90 points, and some are over 100, and they are elders of the players' union, and they are definitely in favor of Wansheng, and it is impossible to be impressed by this money.

If Pearson was willing to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds per player, he might really be able to shake Wansheng's position in the team, but only 100,000 pounds a game is really a penny.

So Wan Sheng and the players laughed at the prize money, and when the chairman left, they complimented two things like 'Mr. Chairman is really generous'. Pearson felt that the money was well spent, but in reality, what he didn't know was that the impact of the money was. Everyone had a lively time, divided the money, complimented him a few words, and then it was gone.

The players felt that the money was well deserved, after all, the team is doing so well now. Isn't it normal to have a little bonus?

Pearson's approach is actually correct, and the pound can buy people's hearts.

But he wanted to do it, but he was reluctant to spend money. Nature won't do anything

Just as Wan Sheng thought, after the whole team returned to the club, the next day came the news that several players were told that they could renew their contracts.

It's good news for the players, but it's all the rage at this time.

Everyone in the team knows that Wansheng's contract renewal has not been completed, and when the head coach's contract renewal has not been completed, the personnel changes in the summer are not accurate at all, and it is a bit sudden to directly cross the head coach to renew the player's contract.

The targets they have chosen for contract renewal are also very clear, that is, those players who are strong and not well-known.

The first to bear the brunt was Morris.

Morris is extremely good this season, but because of his position and age, his fame is not very big, in the eyes of football insiders, Morris is very good, but that's all, he is 27 years old, and he can be called a veteran in two years, plus he has never been selected for England, and he has not had outstanding experience in other clubs, so his value will naturally not rise too much.

And Morris is the core of Derby County, no matter who is the head coach, such a strong, good-looking, and low-value player will choose to stay in the team.

So Morris was the first to get the news of a contract extension.

In addition, Nemanja Vidic, Marcus, Rousey, Ivan Crewe and Kluivert have all received contract extensions, and if you stabilize these team backbones, you can stabilize the whole team, and Pearson and Sam Rush are playing very well.

Wan Sheng ignored the news.

For Wan Sheng, this has no impact at all, at least now he is still the head coach of the team, even if the club does something, it cannot shake his determination to transfer rights, do not give him the right to transfer, then the renewal of the contract is not negotiated, and there is a provision in his contract that if the owner of the club changes, he can directly choose to jump out of the contract at the end of the season and take away the 800,000 pounds bonus, this kind of clause is not surprising in the contract of football coaches and basketball coaches, it is a very normal clause, Wan Sheng did not expect one day, You can still use such a clause.

In other words, Wan Sheng can choose to leave the club directly at the end of the season, without paying liquidated damages, and can also get a break-up fee of 800,000 pounds.

So even if the contract cannot be renewed, Wansheng does not have to worry about the timing of the old contract.

Now he didn't bother with Pearson and Sam Rush, and soon the team welcomed Villarreal at the Pride Stadium.

This is the second leg of the meeting between the two teams.

In the first leg, Derby County won by one goal away, with a one-goal lead and another away goal, Wan Sheng also has confidence, and he intends to play Villarreal head-to-head to see the advantages and disadvantages of specific teams and Spanish powerhouses in attack.

This is a rare opportunity.

The average English team is more technically rough than Derby, while the Spanish team is more technically oriented. Not to mention Villarreal, who have a core of Riquelme, who didn't score in the last game, but that skill and flamboyance are on full display in their style of football.

It is precisely because of the opponent's outstanding skills that Wan Sheng wants to fight with them even more.

It's not about winning or losing.

Maybe what you really want to say is a proof of your own tactics and the football you led the team to play, which is an affirmation of your coaching ability for Wansheng.

For Derby County as a whole, it's also a test of overall ability

Villarreal are still very unhappy with the 1-0 defeat at home to Derby County, they think they are already a strong team. With world-class stars such as Riquelme and Diego Forlan, the team has been doing quite well this season, finishing third in La Liga and having a good chance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League next season.

Derby County are also doing well, currently top of the Premier League, but Derby are just a new team after all, and Villarreal are much more famous than Derby County in Europe.

So they are not willing to be defeated, and their goal can be the UEFA Cup title.

After the last round of the fight. Villarreal know a little bit about Derby, a very good defender, very good at taking chances, they are solid defensively. They were very fast and very threatening on the counter-attack.

But that's all.

After the last round, Villarreal analysed the reasons for the defeat, and they concluded that this is the case. Their lack of experience with English teams, coupled with the 'misleading' of the English media, led them to believe that Derby County are a team that excels at attacking football. As a result, Derby County adopted the traditional 'English style of play', rough, brutal and tough, which is the most uncomfortable for the La Liga teams, for which they were completely unprepared and only lost to Derby County.

This time they went to the Pride Stadium to play, and they did a lot of preparation.

Head coach Manuel Pellegrini asked them to be tougher, more targeted in attack, and more calm and pass more in the face of Derby's shrinking defence, so that they will have more chances and not be afraid of Derby's tough defense.

"Let's fight like this, don't be afraid of them! They have a lot of young players in their squad and they are very good at playing good games, don't give them a chance, the win will definitely be ours! ”

Pellegrini shouted loudly with his fist.

He has to rely on fiery words to boost the morale of the whole team, and he always believes that the team is stronger than Derby County and has a good chance in the game.

The last game was just a lack of preparation.

Now that they are well prepared, they are not afraid of Derby County at all

Soon the two teams came out, and as the referee's whistle blew, the game officially began.

What Villarreal didn't expect was that Derby County launched a big attack at the beginning, pressing all the way, as if they were going to score at the beginning, which made them a little flustered, but fortunately, Riquelme and other core players stabilized the formation and did not give Derby a chance.

"Something is wrong."

Originally, according to the idea of head coach Pellegrini, Derby County will definitely choose to use the same strategy of defensive counterattack as in the previous game, so that Derby County's advantage is the greatest, but what I didn't expect was that the opponent launched a ferocious offensive at the beginning, and after several waves of attacks, there was no intention of easing at all, and Villarreal was suppressed for a while, which made their pre-game preparation equivalent to useless work.

At this time, Riquelme looked at the offensive of Derby County, and retreated to the side to defend Frandaw, "The other side seems to be different from what the coach said"

"It's completely different!" Forlan gasped quickly, the first few times he wanted to intervene in the attack, but he was pressed back by Derby County, that is, he ran forward and then backward continuously, and he was tired and a little out of breath, and as a result, he ran empty for a long time, and it didn't work at all, "They didn't seem to want to shrink the defense at all." ”

"They've changed tactics!" Riquelme affirmed.

"So what do we do?"

Riquelme rolled his eyes, he is the core of the team, but he is just an ordinary player, and now the game has been less than ten minutes, it is obvious that the coach's tactical arrangement is wrong, and the result is that he is now suppressed, in the face of this situation, there is nothing he can do, "It's still a normal game!" Relying on normal attacks, we won't lose to them! ”

Riquelme said as he chased after the ball.

Fran shook his head in place.

Riquelme's fighting spirit is quite high, but just now Derby County has attacked several waves, it is obvious that they are very suitable for this offensive style of play, just like the English media said, this Derby County is very good at attacking, and the defense of the whole field is easy to suppress the opponent, these are the reasons for the current Villarreal passivity.

Find the reason, but it is difficult to find a solution because the coach does not have the relevant arrangements, and it is really difficult to save the situation just by relying on Riquelme's fighting spirit.

As Diego Forlan thought, Derby County launched attack after attack, leaving Villarreal completely overwhelmed, and as a result, in the 19th minute, Derby County finally had a good chance.

This is a long-range set-piece opportunity.

In football, this kind of opportunity is often played directly with the ball, but Derby County did not do this, Ivan Crewe came to the ball solemnly, and the other players rushed forward to find an opportunity.

Ivan Crewe kicked the ball off with a big foot and hoisted it straight into the box!

Villarreal, aware of the danger, hurriedly crowded the defense, but Bolton Reiter grabbed the position first, with his head under the football, and the football flew into the goal with both hands around goalkeeper Vieira!

"The ball is in!"

“Gooooooooooooooooooooal！！！”

"Burton-Reiter!"

"2:0, Derby County leads Villarreal by two goals over two legs!"

With the shouts of the on-site commentators, the Derby County fans in the stadium were boiling, and at the same time, Villarreal was gloomy, they didn't expect that after guarding for so long, the opponent still had a goal, plus the goal in the previous round, they were already two goals behind.

So do they still have a chance to win?

Perhaps, the biggest shock for them was not the Derby goal, but the coach's pre-match arrangements did not work at all, and they felt at a loss and didn't even know how to play the next game.

At this time, many Villarreal players subconsciously looked at the coach's seat

PS: Recently, there has been something at home, I can only write at night, and the update is a little late, sorry. (To be continued......)