Chapter 11 Lend-Lease Agreements

Five million euros is not a small amount, and Lin Quan will definitely not be able to come up with it out of his own pocket.

Pep Guardiola can come up with the money, but Lin Quan doesn't want to cheap Barcelona for nothing.

After all, Pep Guardiola's family fortune is not particularly rich.

When Pep Guardiola was just rising through the ranks of Barcelona's youth team in 2008, his salary was very low, less than €2 million.

He got the big contract after two years at Barcelona and won six titles.

In July 2010, Pep Guardiola renewed his 1+1 contract with Barcelona, and his annual salary increased fivefold to 10 million euros.

With this contract, he became the highest-paid manager in European football, second only to Jose Mourinho.

The contract was relatively short and did not accumulate much of his assets.

In the era when Guardiola played, the salary of players was generally not high, and he was not the biggest star of Barcelona, so he didn't get much money.

Combined with a series of expenses over the years, such as buying a house and providing for his children to go to school, his current savings may only be about 20 million euros.

Taking out a quarter of it to buy out a youth contract with only one year left is a loss no matter how you think about it.

So when Guardiola said that he wanted to help Lin Quan buy out the contract, Lin Quan refused.

Lin Quan's contract is only one year, and when his loan expires, the contract will expire.

When the time comes, he won't have to pay a penny, he will be free, so there is no need to spend this unjust money.

Moreover, it was now Enrique who was in a hurry to send him away, not him who offered to leave.

In that case, then he can't afford to spend this money out of his own pocket.

"Okay, so what's your idea?"

Guardiola saw that Lin Quan looked confident, so he asked.

"Enrique agreed to Russell to get me out, so I think I can use this to blackmail him and force him to make concessions on the loan!"

Guardiola nodded, since Rosell has spoken, Enrique will definitely try his best to complete the task assigned by the club president if he wants to take the position.

The amount involved in a loan contract is generally not large, and for a young player of Lin Quan's age, the loan fee usually does not exceed 500,000 euros.

Some teams will even ask the team that holds the ownership of the player to pay part or even all of the salary when they go on loan.

Werder Bremen is a team in decline, and his salary situation in recent years has not been ideal.

Therefore, Lin Quan wants to force Barcelona to concede on the loan contract in exchange for his playing time in Werder Bremen.

Since he was relegated in the Bundesliga in the past, of course he can't sit on the cold bench all the time and watch his teammates play.

He needs to get plenty of playing time, otherwise he'd rather go out on loan and play in the youth team.

Although the intensity of the game in La Liga is not as good as that of the Bundesliga, there is still a ball to play in the youth team.

Of course, if it can be agreed, it would be better to go out on loan, because his future appearances in the youth team have become uncertain after being targeted by the club.

'Yes, you've thought it through, and the young players do need more playing time to gain experience in the tournaments.

"That's good, while I'm still the head coach of Barcelona, I'll arrange your loan contract!"

Pep Guardiola's contract with Barcelona does not expire until July, but he will leave the club after the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao on 26 May, leaving the rest to his successor.

Hearing that Guardiola was going to make a move, Lin Quan thought for a moment, shook his head, and rejected his kindness:

"I think it's better for you not to interfere!"

"Huh? The reason? ”

Guardiola was a little surprised, if he made a move, he would definitely lean towards Lin Quan's side and help him get everything done.

I didn't expect such an arrangement to be rejected.

This confused him a lot.

"Because you are about to leave Barcelona, arrange for me to go out on loan at this time, if the details are leaked by the club in the future, it is likely to cause criticism."

"Especially after I made a name for myself in the Bundesliga and became a new star in football, my contract just expired, and Barcelona couldn't take me back at that time, and they were very likely to use this loan contract to attack you, which is very bad for your reputation!"

When Guardiola heard Lin Quan's words, he couldn't help laughing:

"It seems that you are very confident about your future in the Bundesliga, and you have already started to think that you can become a new generation of stars!"

"Of course, don't look at who I learned football from, that man is a legend of Barcelona, the hottest manager in football today!"

Thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear.

Lin Quan's sycophants made Guardiola very useful, because some of the negative emotions brought by the club have also disappeared at the moment.

"Haha, you kid, I didn't have any great results when I was a player, and I only won a Champions League trophy and a European winner's trophy."

Lin Quan pouted: The champions of the three major European competitions have won two, is this still not a good deal?

Guardiola finally accepted Lin Quan's suggestion and did not intervene in this matter, pretending not to know at all.

As before, he went to work normally and studied the opponent's information.

Prepare for the final opponent of the league and the final of the Copa del Rey in a few weeks' time.

During this period, he even came to the youth team for work reasons, and greeted Enrique as usual when he was uneasy, without mentioning Lin Quan and his loan, as if he was completely unaware.

This made Enrique breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time wondered: This kid, didn't tell the truth?

As for Lin Quan, after he came to the youth team the next day, he directly approached Enrique and Subisareta, the sporting director in charge of the transfer, to discuss the club's loan.

Subisareta is Rosell's confidant, and he knows that Rosell wants to purge players close to Guardiola, so he is very active about the loan of Lin Quan, and he is bent on showing loyalty in front of Rosell.

And Enrique, at this time, he couldn't wait to send this little ancestor away, so he didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out the club's loan contract and handed it to Lin Quan.

Lin Quan took a general look, and Barcelona's loan fee to Werder Bremen was 300,000 euros a year, and the salary was paid by Werder Bremen, and the fixed annual salary was the same as Barcelona's, which was 22,000 euros a year.

In addition, there are appearance fees, goals bonuses, assist bonuses, win bonuses, and appearances bonuses.

These bonuses are not very high, with an appearance fee of 200 euros, a goal bonus of 500 euros, an assist of 200 euros, a win bonus of 500 euros, and 2,000 euros and 3,000 euros respectively for 20 and 30 appearances.

After all, it is a slave contract for the youth team, and Lin Quan does not have much expectation for the bonus amount of the contract.

However, he feels that the money should be paid by Barcelona, at least the salary should be paid by Barcelona, after all, he is still a Barcelona player.

As for the loan fee or something, if Barcelona wants to send him out, then they can't ask Werder Bremen for the loan fee.

So, Lin Quan said his conditions.

"What? No rental fee? How is this possible!? ”

As soon as Subisareta heard Lin Quan's request, she immediately objected.

Barcelona are no ordinary team, they are giants!

Players from big teams, even those of the youth team, can't do without loan fees!

Give it to your players, that's to give you face, you still want to prostitute for nothing?

They have always been prostituting others for nothing, how can they be prostituted by others?

Enrique was also a little embarrassed, although he really wanted to send Lin Quan away.

But he also didn't want to break the rules of the team's operation, and Subisareta had a lot more say in this matter than he was the coach of the youth team.

If it were Pep Guardiola, the manager of the first team, who was sitting here, then Subisareta would not dare to be so presumptuous, because the manager can decide whether a player should stay or not.

So he also opened his mouth to persuade Lin Quan:

"Lin, I think it's better not to waive the rental fee."

"Think about it, if you join Werder Bremen for free, the other party doesn't spend a penny, and you get a player for free, so they may not pay attention to you, and even have doubts about your ability, and even think about why Barcelona doesn't even want a loan fee, and wants to send you out, so it will definitely have a very negative impact on you playing in Werder Bremen!"

Enrique made some sense, Lin Quan thought about it for a while, so he changed his words:

"Okay, the loan fee is not exempt, but at my young age, I have to compensate for playing in a foreign country!"

Since you can't cheap Werder Bremen, it's better to be cheaper yourself.

His low salary, when he goes to a foreign country, when he is far away from his relatives, may not be enough.

Therefore, it is necessary to get a little more benefit for yourself.

"Well, in terms of salary, the contract has already been stipulated, I'm afraid this can't be changed!"

"Then add it to the bonus, Werder Bremen is too stingy, the bonus is too low, our Barcelona is a giant, a top giant, we can't be so stingy with our players, right?"

Subisareta choked on the words and couldn't speak, so she could only secretly curse the other party for being a greedy man.

Enrique was afraid that Subisareta would speak again, so he spoke first:

"You're right, of course we at Barcelona can't be so stingy, so it's okay, we'll double the bonus given by Werder Bremen and give you another bonus, what do you think?"

Lin Quan couldn't help but roll his eyes, Werder Bremen's bonus is so low, even if Barcelona gives it twice, it's not much!

"Ten times, Barcelona is much richer than Werder Bremen, and giving ten times is in line with Barcelona's status as a giant!"

Asking for a price all over the sky, sitting on the ground to pay back, Lin Quan opened his mouth and asked for ten times the bonus, ready to bargain slowly with the two.

But who knows, after Enrique saw his offer, he actually agreed.

"Okay, ten times is ten times, I'll ask someone to redraw a lease contract, you see if it's okay, sign the contract!"

Well, this time Lin Quan was stunned, how eager Enrique was to send him away!