The person who came was a bald man with a beard, typical of European and American appearance, tall, stocky, carrying a briefcase, very capable.

"Hi~ You are Arsenal's newly signed Chinese player Zheng...... My name is Charlie, I'm a scout, and I've just seen you perform in practice, oh... God, your skills are simply outstanding, and you have completely conquered me. ”

"Thank you..."

Although he didn't know what this Charlie guy was going to do when he chased him to his house, Zheng Yaxin still replied politely in the face of praise, and then looked at him directly, waiting for the following.

"My boss wants to see you." Charlie said straight to the point.

"Who's your boss?"

"It's him!"

Charlie took out a tablet iPad from his backpack, swiped the screen and handed it over.

Zheng Yaxin took it and took a look, and immediately gasped.

On the screen is a familiar avatar.

Jorge Mendes!

There is also a large section of introductory information under the avatar.

Jorge Mendes, Portugal's football agent, has more than 100 star players including Jose Mourinho, Ronaldo, De Gea, J Ronaldo, B Xi, Falcao, Di Maria, Nani, Felix, Coentrão, Pepe, Marcelo, etc., and the total value of its players is more than 1.5 billion euros. On December 27, 2020, Mendes defeated two other candidates, Raiola and Blanchini, to be voted the best football agent of the year 2001-2020.

……

Mendes' name is known to anyone who is a player.

But Zheng Yaxin's brows immediately furrowed.

This is... Mendes is going to be his agent?

No way?!

He doesn't think he's going to be able to impress the big guy Mendes with just one training session.

And, Mendes' scouting system... It's a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it?!

He's only been signing with Arsenal for a day and that's where he comes in.

On second thought, though, football journalists like Romano can build a network of information across Europe's top five leagues, always ahead of all their fellow journalists. The latest transfer dynamics of the player are reported, and Mendes has dominated European football for 20 years, so there should be such a large and precise system.

Zheng Yaxin nodded secretly.

In fact, it is also a good thing to have Mendes as his agent, after all, he is professional, handles contracts, and knows where there are pitfalls. You can't learn from Mbappe and Messi, let your mother and father be agents, and then catch your son for a while, right?

It is said that Messi signed the first contract with Barcelona that year...... That's a deed of sale.

Fortunately, Messi kicked out and covered up the fact of his father's huge pit with his strong performance, otherwise, a generation of quasi-football kings would be laughed at by the world because he signed a slave contract.

But even so, Messi, who is now competing in the Copa America, has become the only player in the Copa America who does not have a contract.

Commonly known, unemployed.

Although Barcelona's new president Laporta said that he would renew Messi's contract after being elected, leaving the best legend in team history.

However, it has been a month since Messi's contract expired.

Isn't it enough time to talk about a contract renewal?

In short, Zheng Yaxin, who is a spectator, feels that this matter is very suspenseful, and Messi is likely to be released by Barcelona.

If Messi's agent was Mendes, Messi would not have come into such an embarrassing situation and become a free agent.

So, from this aspect, you can see the importance of a professional broker.

However, what Zheng Yaxin didn't know was that Ronaldo also became a free agent without a contract at the Qatar World Cup a year later. It is true that Messi and Ronaldo both became free agents during the tournament, but there is still a little difference, Messi is forced, Ronaldo is active,

- That's all for later.

Zheng Yaxin raised his head and returned the tablet to the strong man Charlie, "This is...?" ”

"That's right, that's what you think."

"OK, let's talk. However, I have signed a contract with Arsenal and now that I am my agent, there is nothing to do, at least for the next three years. ”

It can also help to receive some advertising endorsements and other contracts.

"No, no, no, Zheng... I don't understand this. ”

Charlie laughed and dialed Mendes' video call in person, and when he got through, he spoke to Mendes in Portuguese before handing the tablet over again.

"Hi Zheng... Hello, I'm Jorge Mendes. ”

On the screen, Mendes is very kind.

"Hello."

Zheng Yaxin said hello with a smile, and in the face of the legendary brokerage giant crocodile, there was no stage fright at all.

"Zheng, I already know your skills, and you must already know who I am, let's get straight to the point, a talented player like you needs me as a professional agent, so that you can play football with peace of mind, and leave all the off-field affairs to me to achieve a win-win situation." All you need to pay is the authorization of 10% commission for each contract, and of course, this commission will not be paid by you, but by your club. ”

“……”

Zheng Yaxin probably knew what was going on.

In other words, if he was present with an agent when he signed a contract with Arsenal before, Arsenal would need to pay two signing fees, one for him and one for the agent. The signing fee for the broker is approximately equal to about 10% as agreed upon by the two.

'Yes, I'm fine, but I've signed a new four-year contract with Arsenal and you shouldn't have much to do for the next three years.

Zheng Yaxin emphasized this point again.

Brokers, they are all seeking money, and once they have nothing to do in the next three years (almost equal to no income), who would want to be his agent.

Hearing this, Mendez couldn't help but laugh.

"Zheng... You don't have to worry about this, you just need to give Charlie your new contract with Arsenal now, and you don't have to worry about the rest, you will soon receive a big contract that is more worthy of your value... Oh, I have to tell you, Charlie will be my personal agent sent to you in the future, and you can come to him if you have anything inconvenient to come forward. ”

"OK, no problem."

"I'm in Madrid right now, I'll be coming to see you soon, you can wait until you meet and then sign a brokerage contract, I wish you a happy partnership."

"It's a pleasure to work with."

The two clapped their hands across the screen and reached a preliminary cooperation intention.

Zheng Yaxin hung up the video call, invited Charlie to the rented house, and showed him the latest contract he signed with Arsenal, which is the second contract.

“what？”

"Hell yes!"

"Oh ~ God, how can you sign such a garbage contract?!"

As soon as Charlie saw the contract, he jumped up on the spot and looked at Zheng Yaxin with disbelief.

As soon as he heard this, Zheng Yaxin suddenly panicked, picked up the contract and looked at it several times, but he didn't find any pitfalls.

"Is there something wrong? Charlie..."

"How much did they pay you for the signing?" Charlie didn't answer the rhetorical question.

"Two... Two hundred thousand pounds. Zheng Yaxin is a little lacking in confidence.

The signing fee of 200,000 pounds is indeed not much, but if you consider that this is only a second professional contract, 200,000 is actually not a lot.

You know, when I signed the first contract yesterday, the signing fee was only 100,000...

"Two hundred thousand? Oh... Oh, my God! Charlie's eyes widened instantly, and then he waved his hand, "Okay, leave this matter to me, you just wait to sign a big contract." ”

With that, Charlie picked up the tablet and took a picture of the contract, and then made a gesture to go out.

Zheng Yaxin hurriedly grabbed him and said with a serious face: "Charlie, listen, I like Arsenal very much, I don't want you to use any drastic way to get me a new contract, can you understand what I mean?" ”

Charlie was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "OK, no problem." ”

With that, he picked up his satchel and said goodbye and left.

Zheng Yaxin spent the day in unease.

Until I arrived at the Kearney base the next day, my heart was still a little empty. When wearing equipment and gloves on the pitch, he is afraid to look at the manager Arteta.

Arteta, however, came over and tapped him on the shoulder as if nothing had happened.

"Zheng, today you play center."

All the players on the field seemed to have expected this, and they were all immersed in sorting out their equipment.

Zheng Yaxin was panicked, and waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, boss, I'm the goalkeeper." I'm not a striker, I can't play as a striker. ”

Just kidding, let him play as a striker at this stage, that is to really go up and offer ugliness.

Arteta gave him a strange look, "You played well yesterday as a striker. ”

Then he said unquestioningly, "Okay, obey the order." ”

"All right, sir."

Zheng Yaxin muttered, took off his gloves, passed on the yellow vest that symbolized the main force, and came to the front to stand still.

Arteta continued: 'Xhaka, you go to the right winger. ”

'Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, you move to the left winger'.

When he said this, Arteta didn't even look at Aubameyang.

Everyone can clearly feel that the head coach is very dissatisfied with the Gabonese striker, Xu is dissatisfied with the latter's lazy style, and Xu is simply unhappy with the latter.

In this way, the forward configuration of the yellow team is very clear, Aubameyang plays left winger, center forward Zheng Yaxin, and right winger Xhaka.

"Beep——!"

As the temporary referee Ljungberg blew the whistle, the players of the red and yellow teams on the field quickly chased the ball and ran.