Miami's population is relatively complex, with Mexicans, Cubans, and immigrants from various European countries coming together.

The fact that so many ethnic groups come together not only brings a diverse culture, but also greatly enriches the cuisine here.

After negotiating things with Beckham, as the host, Beckham took Lin Quan to a high-end restaurant for a banquet.

The hands of the taker are short, and the mouth of the eater is soft.

Lin Quan not only took the benefits given by Beckham, but also enjoyed Beckham's top hospitality.

This made him a little unhappy, so he wondered if he could add more money or something.

"Mr. Beckham, wouldn't this be bad, or I'd better give some more money, lest you have a bad account for other investors?"

"It doesn't matter, the other partners will naturally have me to explain, and for your joining, they will definitely raise their hands in favor!"

Although Beckham repeatedly explained, Lin Quan still insisted on injecting capital.

Beckham finally reluctantly compromised and agreed to let Lin Quan inject $25 million.

That's just enough money to buy a spot on a team in the MLS.

Back in 2007, Beckham joined the Los Angeles Galaxy Football Club in Major League Soccer.

He had struck a deal with the MLS to buy an expanded team to join the league.

And this place, worth $25 million.

Of course, the normal price is much more than that, and this price is earned by Xiaobei after five years of service in the MLS.

According to Beckham's original plan, the original registered capital of the newly established club should be 100 million US dollars, and the total cost is 125 million if you include the expenses for purchasing places.

Now Lin Quanduo has shelled out $25 million, bringing their total registered capital to $150 million without other partners diving.

As a result, according to the proportion of capital contribution and the previous equity promise to Lin Quan, in the end, after Lin Quan's capital increase, his stake increased to 35%, which is similar to Beckham's shareholding ratio, and became the largest shareholder of Miami International.

However, the rate of return on investing in football is basically not expected, whether it is Beckham or the investment partners he pulled, they are only involved in this matter out of their love for football, and they don't really expect to make money from this.

Lin Quan's original intention was similar to theirs, but he knew that this club would be able to make money in the future, at least not at a loss.

So this money is invested, and there is no psychological burden.

However, since it is his own team, he, the big boss, must take advantage of his traverser and network some talents for the team.

"How are you going to recruit for the new team, do you have any candidates?"

After all, Miami International was founded by Beckham, so Lin Quan did not blindly express his opinions, but planned to understand Beckham's plans first.

"I have a bit of a network in the UK and I know some well-known players, so I'm going to lobby them first and see if I can convince them to come to our team."

Having been in North America for almost a decade, Beckham has a good understanding of the characteristics of this side.

Back then, it was the MLS that offered favorable conditions to introduce him, which made the MLS signboard and made it a retirement place for top stars, attracting countless stars to join.

Since then, major teams have followed the example of the LA Galaxy and paid a high price to buy a star to sit in the town, so as to build their own signs, expand the team's influence, and use the star's fame to drive the sales of the ball market and merchandise.

This kind of return on investment is very high, and I have hardly seen anyone lose money.

And unlike the five major leagues, which have relegation and relegation, the MLS does not have a last-place relegation system, so there is no need to worry about the team's relegation causing the previous investment to be wasted.

Coupled with strict salary cap restrictions, you may not make much, but it is also difficult to lose money.

Of course, it is precisely because of the salary cap that the team has problems in terms of recruitment.

According to MLS rules, in 2015, the salary cap for each team was $3.5 million.

Note that this is the salary cap for all players on the team combined, not the salary cap for one player.

Considering that a team has as many as twenty or thirty players, including substitutions and rotations, the average player salary is less than $150,000 a year.

This annual salary is about to catch up with Lin Quan's daily salary.

Of course, in order to attract international stars, the league has also opened up some exemptions for teams.

According to MLS regulations, each team can have three special spots per year.

Players who enjoy these three special slots will not be subject to the salary cap, and their earnings will not be included in the team's total salary cap.

And unlike the Euroleague, players can be traded as goods here and don't need to ask for the player's consent, just like in the NBA.

And in Europe, if the club wants to sell a player, if the other party does not agree to the transfer, then it can't be sold, just like Sneijder was in Real Madrid, he didn't want to leave, Real Madrid couldn't send him away.

In the end, he was not even allowed to enter the locker room, coupled with Inter's lobbying, which barely moved him and sent him away.

But this kind of thing is not possible in the NBA and the MLS, and two years ago, Cooper, a teammate of Henry, the king of Highbury, was traded in front of him, which made Henry cry outrageously, and then lashed out at this policy of the MLS, believing that it was disrespectful to the players.

How can you trade people as a commodity at will?

Where are the basic human rights?

Henry asserted that if the MLS did not change the salary cap system, the draft, and trades, these things, the MLS would definitely not be able to rise.

After all, most of the world's stars come from South America and Europe, where people are not used to being submissive and slaughtered as a commodity like the Americans.

Especially those top stars, they will not be accustomed to this practice of the MLS, if they dare to trade them like this, then the reputation of the MLS will immediately stink, and they will no longer be able to attract international stars in the future.

In general, the main reason for limiting the level of competition in the MLS is wages.

If this salary cap is abolished or relaxed, the number of stars that the MLS can attract will definitely increase significantly.

And it's not just the stars, because the average salary is too low, so the skill level of most players in the team is not too high, even if there are some potential players in the country, they will tend to go to Europe.

After all, the average salary in Europe is higher, and even for the average player who can play in the top five leagues, they can get a much higher salary than the MLS.

In 2012, when Lin Quan played for Werder Bremen, a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga, their average salary in the team exceeded 1 million euros, which is more than 10 times that of the MLS team.

With such a huge wage gap, any domestic player with a certain level, if they can't get those three special places, I'm afraid they will choose to run away with a bucket, right?

David Beckham said some of the names of the people, and Lin Quan, who is playing in the Premier League, has some idea of the names on the list he said.

Most of them are Premier League stars, and many of them are veterans past their prime.

This kind of player can't get a big contract in the five major leagues, and there is a high probability that he will go overseas to pan for gold.

These players have a good reputation, can drive the ball market, and their strength is enough on the side of the MLS, plus they are basically free agents, and the team does not need to pay a transfer fee to bring them in.

This will undoubtedly result in significant savings.

But after listening to Beckham's shortlist, Lin Quan frowned.

To be honest, these people are really a bit disdainful in his eyes.

It's too famous, isn't it?

The media industry in the UK is very developed, so it is very good at using the advantage of public opinion to create stars.

A slightly top-notch player can easily be blown into a British star by them.

The average player can be touted by them as a normal star, the average star can be touted as a big star by them, and the big star can be touted as a top star by them.

But as soon as these players leave the UK soil, without the blessing of the Fleet Street media, these people will soon be beaten back to their original shape.

Very few English players who leave the Premier League to play in other leagues overseas are the kind of players who make a name for themselves.

Even the likes of David Beckham and Michael Owen have not surpassed their own peaks.

This can be reflected in the results of the Three Lions in recent years, in the last World Cup, the British team finished bottom of the group and did not even win a game, which could not be worse.

Therefore, the players on the British side, Lin Quan is really a little disdainful.

And the candidate in his heart, in terms of strength, qualifications and influence, absolutely completely broke these people on Beckham's list.

"Mr. David, you also play in midfield, and you have played for Real Madrid, what do you think of Xavi's quality?"

Beckham was stunned for a moment, wasn't he discussing the list of reinforcements for the new season?

Why did it suddenly get to Harvey?

How about Harvey?

Does this still work?

If it is Xavi in his prime, in the case of Zidane's retirement, he is the existence of two in the midfield.

What's more, Xavi is also the holder of 28 championship trophies, including two World Cups, two European Championships, one Confederations Cup, three Champions Leagues, and seven La Liga titles.

His strength and influence don't need to be asked at all, just find a player who is watching the game and ask, as long as it is not Harvey, the other party can give an objective answer.

Wait, Xavi is a teammate of Lin's national team, and he just looked at the list he gave.

Could it be said?

"You want to convince Xavi to join us?"

Beckham suddenly reacted, Lin Quan is planning to woo Harvey to join the gang?

"Hehe, that's right, how is it, is there a head?"

Lin Quan said with a smile.

Beckham laughed and said: "If it can be done, of course there is a problem, this is Harvey, you don't know how huge his influence is in the world?" ”

Beckham complained in his heart, he is also a midfielder, Xavi is not as handsome as him and not as tall as him, but he surpasses him in other aspects.

If such a player can join Miami, the effect is even greater than that of New York City's Villa and Frank Lampard.

After all, Villa and Frank Lampard are inferior to Xavi in terms of footballing status, individual strength and honours.

Moreover, Barcelona has had an excellent record in recent years, and the fans of the Dream Three Dynasty are all over the world.

When countless fans are fans of Messi, they also remember those teammates around him.

And a midfield master like Xavi, Messi's top assistant, is naturally the existence with the highest exposure.

Such a player, even if he is now older and his strength has declined, coming to the MLS here is completely a fish pond fried fish.

Compared to the international stars who are now playing in the MLS, as long as Xavi comes, then he is the most beautiful boy in the village, and all the attention will be on him.

This is very beneficial to start the first shot of Miami International!

Lin Quan nodded, he was a fan in his previous life, how could he not know how influential Xavi was?

"In that case, then I'll give Harvey a call to test his attitude!"

Lin Quan said just do it, and immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed Harvey's number.

Just when Lin Quan called, Xavi was negotiating with people from Al Sadd Club in the Qatar League.

"Mr. Harvey, if you join our club, we are willing to pay this number!"

The negotiators of the Al Sadd club put up a finger, which represents 10 million euros!

Xavi's final year at Barcelona is 7.5 million euros, the fifth most in the Barcelona squad, lower than Messi, Neymar, Andres Iniesta and Suarez.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that he signed the contract relatively early, and the previous four have all renewed their contracts in recent years, and the contract amount has increased.

If Xavi is willing to renew his contract, Barcelona will definitely give him a salary increase.

But Xavi knows his form is declining and is unwilling to stay at Barcelona as a liability.

If he leaves, Barcelona can free up the money to develop a group of excellent academy players.

Over the past two decades, Barcelona's youth training has been remarkable, producing a large number of top stars, including himself, Xiaobai, Busquez, Pique, Cesc Fabregas and others all from the La Masia Academy.

In addition to them, La Masia also gave birth to two superstars, Messi and Lin Quan!

This gave Xavi and Barcelona the illusion that stars could be produced wholesale.

And thanks to the birth of so many stars, the La Masia Academy has long been famous all over the world at this time, and they have attracted a large number of good seedlings from all over the world to join them over the years.

With Barcelona's emphasis on youth training, coupled with La Masia's scientific training methods, these players may not be unable to produce stars like Lin Quan and Messi.

This is Harvey's naïve idea.

He doesn't want to retire for the time being, after all, he still wants to play for a few more years and earn a little pension by the way.

But this money can't be paid by Barcelona itself, so it can only go to the lower leagues to pan for gold.

The reason why the Qatari league was chosen is because the Qataris have been very willing to spend money on football in recent years in order to build momentum for the 2022 World Cup.

Go to play for them, you don't have to worry about Drogba being owed wages in the Super League, at least until the end of the World Cup, the Qataris will not do such a stupid thing to smash their own sign.

Moreover, the Middle East is not too far from Europe, and Qatar's aviation industry is extremely developed, so it is convenient for him to return to Spain at any time.

Taken together, these factors made Xavi determined to sign with Al Sadd.

However, just as he was about to put pen to paper, the phone rang at an inopportune time.

"Sorry, let me answer the phone!"

Xavi glanced at the name on the caller ID and said to the people at the Al Sadd Club with a smile.

"It's your freedom!"

The Al Sadd representative was in a relaxed mood, Xavi had just been tempted, and it was only a matter of time before he signed the contract.

The task of this trip will be completed in no time!

With the owner's usual generosity, he should be able to get a lot of money for helping the team sign a big-name star like Xavi, right?

He's already thinking about what he's going to do with the money.

However, after answering the phone, Harvey's first words woke him up from his sweet sleep.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Mohammed, I'm afraid I won't be able to sign a contract with you."

(End of chapter)