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One may wonder why Fiorentina only offered a $2 million contract to a talented striker like Andriy Shevchenko, who was extremely good at the Champions League and was highly valued by Zhuang Mingge, instead of the same $4 million as Vieri and Ronaldo.

This is of course the deliberate result of Zhuang Mingge and others, after all, although Shevchenko has performed very well in the past few seasons, he is still a complete newcomer in Fiorentina after all, and the Ukrainian is naturally unlikely to get the same treatment as Fierentina's meritorious players such as Vieri before he proves his ability to his teammates and fans.

And if he is given the same work contract as Vieri and Ronaldo now, Vieri will definitely have a pimple in their hearts, which will have a great negative impact on the atmosphere in the dressing room of Fiorentina.

Players who have played for Fiorentina for many years will definitely think in their hearts: Lao Tzu has worked hard for the team for so many years to have the current status and treatment, why can you be an equal to Lao Tzu in terms of salary without any contributions?

If Fiorentina were a team that hasn't won many honours, or if Shevchenko's status and prestige in football were no worse than Vieri's, that voice might not have been heard within the team. But the key point is that the reputation of Ukrainian nuclear warheads is still far less than that of Vieri, so for the sake of the salary balance within the team and the atmosphere in the dressing room, Shevchenko will definitely not get such a high salary in Fiorentina as soon as he comes up.

Of course, if Shevchenko can play in the next one or two seasons in line with his worth and help the Purple Lily win some heavyweight honors, then Fiorentina will naturally offer a contract with better terms. When the time comes, Vieri, who already knows a little about Shevchenko's strength, will not have any resentment about this.

Saladin famously said, "There is no more effective means of winning the hearts of your subordinates than a generous reward." ”

In football circles, the same applies to this phrase. As long as the players are good enough and Fiorentina can provide the players with the treatment that meets their expectations in a timely manner, then they can maximize the hearts of the players and make them want to stay in Fiorentina and continue to fight, so as to ensure the overall competitiveness of Fiorentina and the players' sense of belonging to the club.

Although the word loyalty is mentioned again and again in football circles, players are not saints of fireworks after all, and they need to earn enough money to support their families for the rest of their lives in a short career of more than a decade. Therefore, adequate material support is also an important factor in ensuring player loyalty.

Although it does seem a bit utilitarian to say this, and may be looked down upon by many people who think they are high, it is a pity that the reality is so cruel that it will not change because of different personal opinions.

By the way, while Zhuang Mingge was handling Shevchenko's transfer, fellow Grozzi Jr. and Karin also made a cameo appearance as a staff member of the transfer department, taking down Kaladze, who had already been promised to be released by Dynamo Kiev, and only had no personal treatment and Fiorentina.

$16 million transfer fee, $1 million annual salary, four-year contract...... The greatest player of Georgian football has ever fallen into the palm of Fiorentina's hand!

After securing the transfers of Shevchenko and Kaladze, Zhuang Mingge and his entourage waited for the Ukrainian and Italian Football Federations to approve the passage while accompanying Lobanovsky to his villa on the outskirts of Kiev to watch the 1998-99 Champions League final.

As in history, the two teams that will meet in the Champions League final this season are Manchester United from the Premier League and Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga giants.

In the run-up to the Champions League final, there was a lot of bad news for both teams: Bayern Munich lost their top scorer Elber, their main left-back, Frenchman Lizarazu was also absent due to injury, not to mention Manchester United, and the collective absence of the two midfielders, Paul Scholes and Roy Keane, made the Red Devils feel less powerful.

Although Alex Ferguson brought on Bromqvist and Nicky Bart to replace the suspended two players, it is clear that United have suffered a greater loss in terms of combat effectiveness than the talent-rich Bayern Munich. At least Bayern Munich can also put Tanat, who has played as equals with Lizarazu, and Zikler, who has been Elber's replacement for half a season, on top, and the cooperation and tacit understanding between the players is much better than that of Manchester United, who is cramming for a while.

Although he had seen the video of the Champions League final in his previous life, Zhuang Mingge still had a lot of enthusiasm and attention for this game - he wanted to know if the fortunes of Bayern Munich and Manchester United would change unexpectedly after Rui Costa replaced Effenberg.

For example, Manchester United did not score two goals in the last three minutes to miraculously turn the opponent around; Ferguson did not choose to bring on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Sheringham, who were unable to play their super-bench role; Heathfield didn't replace Mateus before the end of the game, etc., and as long as one of these events didn't happen, it would have changed history.

However, when the 90 minutes of game time were all exhausted, and the referee Corina blew the whistle for the whole game, the score was 1-2, and Bayern Munich was still one goal ahead of the opponent for most of the half, and Manchester United scored two goals in stoppage time, and it was extremely regrettable to lose the upcoming Champions Cup!

Looking at the Manchester United players who were celebrating on the field, Zhuang Mingge realized that although his actions have changed a lot after crossing into this world, some things will still follow the original trajectory of history.

For example, as the core of Bayern's defense, Mateus still strangely left the game before the end of the game, although some people say that this is a special reward given by Heathfield to Mateus, but in Zhuang Mingge's view, as a manager, even if Heathfield usually takes care of the physical condition of the players, it is impossible to make such a low-level mistake on the crucial occasion of the Champions Cup final.

Therefore, it is very likely that the replacement of Mateus was not Heathfield himself, but Mateus's own initiative.

Zhuang Mingge, who was very clear about the subsequent Bayern dressing room struggles, knew that Mateus's behavior of taking the initiative to dump the pot on his teammates had caused his prestige within Bayern to decline significantly, and his days as a leader in Munich could not last long.

However, these are not things that Zhuang Mingge needs to care about, what he has to do is to find a way to make Fiorentina and Italian football avoid the original trajectory and no longer step into the bottomless abyss, so as to completely lose the glory and pride of the past!