When it was close to eight o'clock in the morning, Qin Xiong and the three of them enjoyed breakfast in the restaurant.

Freddy said to Qin Xiong with a stern expression: "When you came last year, Bergkamp was close to retirement, nominally you replaced Bergkamp's tactical position in the team, but in the dressing room, you are always in a bottom position, to this day, I dare not say that you are going to compete with Henry for the position of King Highbury, at least you have to achieve the second most important position under Henry, Vieira has also left now, Henry will become a member of the top of the team, my idea is, if you plan to stay at Arsenal for a long time, Then this year you will be the second most important person in the team, next year you will be at least as important as Henry, and in another year, you will replace Henry! ”

Qin Xiong nodded slightly, he understood what Freddie's words meant.

This kind of status must be claimed, firstly, it is the guarantee of its own survival, and secondly, it is also the confidence to ask for competitive conditions, such as asking the team to build tactics with itself as the core in the future, and buying players who can stimulate their own performance more, and so on.

"Kyle, I agree with your idea, at the beginning I thought that for me, I don't need to refer to the external environment, my attention is on myself, I do my best and do better! Make progress day by day and make yourself stronger. But one day I will find that I am close to my peak, then I should consider one thing, am I ordinary, or special! I want to be special, everybody wants to be unique, and now I have a feeling that I'm getting closer and closer to the top, which scares me, and I worry that my peak will come too soon. That means I'm going to go down earlier. The average player is at his peak between the ages of 23 and 28. But there are also players who come early in their prime, such as Ronaldo, Owen, Thierry Henry, and there are players who come late in their prime, and now I feel like I'm the former, and I have to do something in my prime, seize this golden time. So, you are very right, when I am at the top, if I have the ability to surpass others, I will never humbly back down, I will claim what belongs to me, including privileges! ”

Qin Xiong said these words with a firm look in his eyes.

Freddie was glad that Qin Xiong would not back down when he should be aggressive.

This conversation made Qin Xiong think more clearly about the path he would take in the future.

When he went to the club today to start training, his form changed.

He no longer cares about Vieira's departure, or the affair between Henry and Barcelona.

Who's gone, panic!

I'm still here!

Interviewed by Fleet Street at the departure of afternoon training. Qin Xiong said publicly: "I will stay at Arsenal, there are important players in the team leaving. There are also new players arriving, it's the law of the club's development, please don't ask me any more questions about Vieira, he's already wearing the Juventus shirt and the sky hasn't fallen for Arsenal! ”

Less than 24 hours after Patrick Vieira's departure, major European bookmakers have adjusted their odds to win the Premier League.

Arsenal dropped from first place behind Chelsea.

But this still couldn't shake Qin Xiong's will.

Freddie once again came to the office of Arsenal vice-president Dane to discuss Qin Xiong's contract extension.

For now, he still hopes to get a big contract for Qin Xiong.

And after Vieira leaves, there should be a lot of room in Arsenal's salary budget.

Dane warmly received Freddy, then went straight to the point, pulling out a new contract and putting it in front of Freddie.

Freddie frowned.

Fifty thousand pounds?

He got straight to the point with Dane and said: "Qin Xiong's contribution last season is not the biggest in the team, but at least it is in the top three, and I also said bluntly that without Qin Xiong's contribution, Arsenal would not be able to defend the league title, which is not something that can be replaced by other players who are similar to Qin Xiong." Now, I hope that the Arsenal club can give Qin Xiong a clear positioning, he is no longer a new star! He's infinitely close to the Premier League's top star! Arsenal should give him the treatment of Patrick Vieira from the past! Of course, the captain is Henry, and I don't think it's time for Qin Xiong to be qualified to consider the captaincy, after all, Henry's contribution is incomparable, but Qin Xiong should be an important player for Arsenal at this stage second only to Henry. ”

Dane frowned, he understood Freddie's request, which is difficult to describe as "greedy".

If Qin Xiong is greedy, he will be as eager as Anelka to negotiate with Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

The standard of his salary is always linked to the contribution, and it is based on the Arsenal salary system as the negotiation standard, not the salary system level of other European giants, otherwise, just Rooney joined Manchester United to get a weekly salary of more than 40,000 pounds, Qin Xiong has long been dissatisfied with the salary increase, or he will not choose Arsenal from the beginning.

Is it too much to ask?

Maybe a little bit.

After all, Vieira is a 9-year meritorious service, and Qin Xiong is only a season's contribution.

But times are different, and every day, the economic value of the football world is growing rapidly.

Players' salaries are getting higher and higher.

And once Qin Xiong is given a big contract, the contract period must be at least 4 years, or even 5 years.

Then it is equivalent to locking his future.

Dane said softly, "What if you raise your weekly salary by another five thousand pounds?" ”

Freddie pushed the contract back and said softly, "Please think about it again, this is still a little far from my bottom line." ”

Freddie left, not tearing his face, just thinking that it would not be possible to negotiate for a while.

It would be better to give Arsenal some buffer time and reconsider.

£55,000 a week?

Freddie's ideal salary is £80,000 a week, with a minimum of £70,000.

Freddie is not afraid of delay, Qin Xiong still has two years left in his contract, the more it is delayed, the higher the bargaining chip he has in negotiation, after all, there is a factor that changes with time.

If Arsenal were to offer another £70,000 a week contract in six months' time, sorry, Freddy's minimum requirement would have been £80,000!

Because Qin Xiong still received a salary of less than 20,000 pounds for half a year, this is equivalent to Qin Xiong's interests losing heavily every week!

No matter how much he loses, Arsenal has to make up for him!

The more it drags on, the worse it is for Arsenal.

It's just that Freddie won't tell the other party about his hole cards.

Qin Xiong doesn't actually care about his specific income in the club, what he cares about is status!

If Henry earns 60,000, then he takes 50,000, he can definitely accept it!

But now the salary gap between him and Henry is more than 5 times!

This shows that in the pyramid system, his position is at the bottom.

As Freddie said, the cost of Arsenal to him will determine his status and importance at the club, not a word from the manager, which is too insecure. (To be continued......)