Chapter 104: Krot, the Bearer Man
In recent days, Ringer has dominated the front pages of the Chinese Internet in a row.
first posted a few photos, showing his personal honors and his gains this season, and then it attracted heated discussions among netizens, and the Football Association was constantly ridiculed.
But two days later, another bigger news appeared, rumors on the Internet that Ringer was going to become a Japanese citizen and represent Japan in the World Cup.
If the previous honor only caused heated discussions, this time it completely detonated the Internet, and all kinds of arguments flew all over the sky for a while, most of which were unfavorable remarks to Ringer.
But soon things reversed, and Xinlang Sports reported it, claiming that there was still an inside story about this matter.
Xinlang Sports claims that it is unclear whether Ringer is personally willing to join the Japanese national team, but it is likely that his agent, Thomas Krot, played an indescribable key role in this.
Xinlang said with a reason, Kroe has always been at odds with the Chinese Football Association, so he has never wanted Ringer to join the Chinese national team, and Ringer himself trusts Krot very much, which is also an important reason why Ringer has not been able to join the Chinese national team so far.
Ringer's outstanding performance this season, coupled with the conflict between Kroe and the Football Association, all of which made the Japanese Football Association see an opportunity, and it is said that he lured Kroe at a high price, as long as Kroe can persuade Ringer to join the Japanese national team, he can get a huge amount of benefits from the Japanese Football Association.
Throughout history, conspiracy theories have been the most marketable stuff.
Previously, it was rumored that Ringer joined the Japanese national team, although it was spread fiercely, many people still had doubts about it, what is the benefit of Ringer joining Japan? The only good thing is that you can play in the World Cup, but the Japanese team is also abused in the World Cup, is it necessary? It was only a group of angry youths who were convinced of this matter and scolded Ringer more than once.
Now this matter is developing on the road of conspiracy theories, and many people think that this is the truth of the matter, the real truth.
Soon, Ringer's clarification on Weibo that he had no intention of joining the Japanese national team was also widely reported, and it was confirmed that this matter was a big conspiracy.
Now many people are speculating about what kind of sky-high benefits the Japanese Football Association gave Krot, a black-hearted agent, in order to win Ringer.
Yes, as soon as things develop in this direction, Krot can be regarded as a black-hearted agent in China.
The day after the incident, Krott arrived in Japan.
Now that this matter has spread to Japan, many people in Japan who eat melons are also skeptical about it, and they think that it is really possible that the Japanese Football Association has made this matter, because over the years, Japan has been making unremitting efforts in the sports industry to naturalize foreign athletes.
There are a small number of table tennis players in China who do not have the opportunity at home and switch to Japan, and there are also basketball players. In addition, there are many naturalized Japanese players in athletics, which is why dark-skinned Japanese athletes are seen from time to time at various sports events.
In football, Japan also has a long tradition of naturalizing players.
In the 1992 Asian Cup, the Japanese won the championship in an upset, and the biggest contributor to Japan's victory that year should be the team's midfield core Ramos.
Ramos is a pure Brazilian, who came to Japan to play in the early days, and then was not called up by the Brazilian national team for a long time, and was constantly persuaded by the Japanese Football Association, Ramos, who is already 29 years old, chose to join the Japanese nationality and became a member of the Japanese national team.
In his first year in Japan's national team, Ramos led Japan to the Asian Cup for the first time in history, and then won the Asian Cup on home soil four years later. Many Japanese fans say that Ramos' arrival has advanced Japanese football by a decade.
Since then, Japan has also naturalized the orthodox Brazilian Santoshi (Tsurisandro dos Santos), Tanaka Doukasa and Sakai Takatoku, who have Japanese ancestry, and South Korean Lee Chung-sung, all of whom have made great contributions to the Japanese national team.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Japanese media, it is entirely possible for the Japanese Football Association to really take a fancy to Ringer and want to naturalize him.
In an interview at the airport, Krott said: "Lin will be a great player in the future, I don't think the Chinese national team is worthy of him at all, he should go to a stronger national team." ”
Well, as soon as Krot's words were transmitted back to China, it was a certainty, and the so-called matter of the Japanese national team must have been made by this money-greedy German.
Of course, the Japanese Football Association is also very shameless and secretly plays a black hand.
"Excuse me, Thomas, you've been blamed a lot for this." In the evening, Ringer personally apologized to Krot.
"It doesn't matter, I'm more concerned about you losing the Chinese market than my reputation."
In fact, the rumors are true, the reason why Krot, the German guy, will be so generous and carry the pot is mainly because of money.
At that time, the situation continued to develop, and Ringer was really going to become a big traitor, which would definitely deal a big blow to his reputation, and it was likely to lead to the loss of the domestic market and seriously affect his commercial value.
The damage to Ringer's commercial value is equivalent to taking money out of Krot's wallet, of course he doesn't do it, and would rather carry the black pot on his back than keep Ringer.
Of course, Ringer can also announce his joining the Chinese national team immediately, but this is something that Krott and Ringerdu are not very willing to see.
"Those bastards are so insidious, I'm not done with them!" Crott gritted his teeth, he was talking about the Football Association.
The cause of this incident must be inseparable from the Football Association.
The initial starting point of the rumors may not have been made by the Football Association, but they certainly played a role in fueling the flames, plus Ringer has recently become so popular that it quickly turned into a prairie fire.
Even to put it a little worse, they may have made the original rumors, but now there is no way to verify. This kind of rumor itself can be seen everywhere on the Internet, and a whole bunch of unfounded rumors appear every day.
Early the next morning, Ringer flew back to Japan, leaving Japan for a while, and he announced his itinerary in advance.
When he came out of Hongqiao Airport, there were already a lot of reporters waiting for him outside.
"Ringer, is it true that you joined the Japanese national team?"
"No, I've never had that kind of thought."
"Is it true that your broker is said to have operated this thing?"
"No, Crote never told me anything like this."
"It is rumored that the Japanese Football Association has offered your agent Krott a sky-high benefit fee to convince you to join the Japanese national team, do you know about this?"
"Not at all, it's all rumors."
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Now it doesn't matter if Ringer admits to this matter or not, anyway, everyone has already decided that it was Krot's ghost.
Coming out of the airport, Ringer also saw the signs that the fans played for him.
"Ringer - cherish life, stay away from vampires!"
"Leave that German, he'll kill you!"
The reason why Ringer flew to Shanghai was to go to Adidas' China headquarters.
Due to the impact of this incident, Krott and Adi quickly negotiated a contract, intending to let the signing of Adi dilute the influence.
In fact, after Ringer got the Asian Footballer of the Year, Nike came over and talked to Krot.
In terms of money, Nike is actually more willing to give money and pay a high price, but Ringer listened to Krot's advice and chose Adi.
The first is that Adi is more influential in the football industry, and cooperating with them can spread his influence more, and the second is that the current shirt sponsor of the Chinese national team is Adi, and the signing of Adi can also be taken out to talk about it.
In the afternoon of the same day, Adidas China headquarters held a press conference, announcing the signing of Chinese football star Ringer as its player, and at the same time, Adidas made a commitment to reconcile the conflict between Ringer and the Football Association and help Ringer return to the Chinese national team as soon as possible.
Ringer shook hands with Colin Corey, Adi's China manager, and a group of reporters kept taking pictures, believing that this will soon appear in major sports media. Colin Corey is a German, but he also gave him a Chinese name, Gao Jiali, to work in China.
As far as signing stars is concerned, Nike has always been more generous than Adi, and Adi often seems to be very small. However, for Ringer at present, the sneaker contract is only a trivial matter after all, and what is more needed is to quickly solve the current matter and bring this money over first.
As for blending? When it will be reconciled, only God knows.
Due to the hasty promise to the other party and the need for the other party's help, Ringer's side made a lot of concessions on the contract.
The contract is signed for 4 years at a price of 1 million euros per year, and there are not many additional clauses in it, that is, Ringer can basically only get this money if he plays well or not in the future.
Thankfully, Krott was able to secure an add-on clause that would allow Ringer to unilaterally offer to renegotiate his contract if he finished in the top three at the FIFA Ballon d'Or, with Adi having the right of first refusal.
But to be in the top three, you have to be one of the three best players in the world. With the current situation in football, the top three will be occupied by Mero every year, and it is not easy to fight for the remaining one.
In Adi's view, it is difficult for Ringer to have this opportunity.
If Ringer really can be selected in the top three, Adi will definitely happily come to negotiate a contract with him. After all, to that extent, plus the Chinese market bonus, Ringer's commercial value will definitely not be worse than Mero.