Chapter 494: The first salary in the Premier League, six goals in two rounds!
In the first round of the new season, he scored four goals and led the team to a bloody victory over the Hammers with six goals.
Not surprisingly, the media headlines the next day were all about Manchester United and Ling Feng!
"The new king of the Red Devils!"
"Linghuang started his rule at Old Trafford with a big four!"
"The unstoppable No. 7! The unstoppable Manchester United!"
Last season, Ling Feng's scoring efficiency was amazing!
In just 31 games, he scored an astonishing 35 goals, setting a new Premier League scoring record!
In the first game of the league this season, the Red Devils No. 7 came out firing and scored four goals.
Such an explosive performance also caused many people to speculate.
Could it be that Ling Feng plans to hit the league record of 40 goals this season?
Or should we say that Mourinho set a goal-scoring season goal for Ling Feng, which allowed Ling Feng to significantly increase the frequency and number of shots at the goal starting from the first game of the league.
And this situation is not uncommon in football.
For the team's core players or forwards, the head coach will usually set certain season goals to encourage him to improve or perform better.
The next day, Ling Feng attended a Nike event, and an EPSN reporter also asked about this matter.
Ling Feng's answer was:
"Haha, the head coach did not set specific season goals for me, such as how many goals I must score or how many assists I must provide. However, I am a player who has high demands on myself. Of course I hope to score more goals. Goal.”
"So what you're saying is that you will focus more on scoring goals this season instead of assisting?"
"Whether it's assists or goals, I will help the team win in my own way."
"Can I ask what the season goals you have set for yourself? Or what results do you plan to lead the team to achieve this season?"
Although I have already decided to hit Messi's annual record of 91 goals.
However, he did not plan to announce in front of the media that he was ready to do this big thing.
As the saying goes, things are accomplished through secrets, and failure is revealed through words!
Before you have completed something, no matter how much you say, it is just a quick show of words.
So, Ling Feng thought for a moment and gave a very stable answer:
“My goal for every season is very simple: to make some progress compared to the previous season!”
"As for the team's goal, the team and I are fighting for the championship from beginning to end!"
It is worth mentioning that in addition to personal and team goals, as well as the progress of his personal brand, reporters also asked about the scandal with Barcelona.
Barcelona executives and Chairman Bartomeu have been pressuring the media all day long. At one moment they said that they had reached a personal agreement with Ling Feng, and at another moment they said that Ling Feng was 98% certain to join Barcelona.
Although most Red Devils fans believe that it is impossible for Ling Feng to leave at this time, they do not believe that Ling Feng has reached an agreement with Barcelona.
However, when I read these news that spread all over the place, I still feel that Barcelona is like an annoying fly, constantly buzzing around and flying around, which is very annoying!
Therefore, many Red Devils fans are asking him in the comment area of Ling Feng's social media
However, under Mendes' instruction, Ling Feng did not make any reply for the time being.
This also makes the fans feel a little confused.
However, this time when faced with the reporter’s question, Ling Feng responded simply and neatly:
"I love playing at Manchester United and I have just been appointed captain of the team. I have no plans to leave here."
This is also the first time Ling Feng publicly responded to the transfer scandal.
This answer also made the Red Devils fans feel at ease.
Ling Feng always keeps his promises to himself!
He said he would help Manchester United win the championship, and he won the championship last season!
Ling Feng's personal response did not put Mendes in a passive position in the contract renewal negotiations, but was used by him to prove his loyalty to the club:
"You see, my client is very loyal to the club and has no intention of leaving."
"Besides, you have to know that my customers are not wanted by anyone, but they are very popular!"
Yes.
The big four in the first round not only allowed the whole world to see Ling Feng's strength.
It even made Paris, which was already on top, salivate.
In the eyes of Nasser and the white headscarves behind him, buying one is buying, buying two is buying, so why not buy the two No. 3 players in the world at once?
I don’t believe it. Ling Feng and Neymar can’t win the Champions League if they join forces? !
Ever since, Paris, which had just acquired Neymar for 222 million euros, suddenly sent a very tempting proposal to Manchester United:
Two hundred million euros!
They have even thought of a way to avoid Financial Fair Play rules, that is, Ling Feng will first join Paris on loan this season, and then officially join next season for 200 million euros!
Paris's offer also made Manchester United's top management deeply aware of how important Ling Feng is to Manchester United!
The ongoing contract renewal negotiations suddenly became extremely smooth.
Soon, both parties reached an agreement on the terms and details of the contract renewal.
On August 16, while Barcelona's top brass was still discussing whether to increase the price to 200 million euros, Manchester United officially announced that it had completed a contract extension with Ling Feng!
"I am very happy to announce to you that we have reached an agreement with Ling Feng and will sign a new contract!"
Later, the "Manchester Evening News" also published Ling Feng's personal celebration photo on the front cover, with the following text:
"He stays!"
Subsequently, the "Daily Mail" also revealed some details of Ling Feng's new contract with Manchester United.
First of all, Ling Feng’s basic weekly salary will be increased from 290,000 to 400,000!
400,000 per week, and the annual salary before tax reaches 20.5 million pounds, equivalent to 24 million euros!
This also makes Ling Feng the first player in the history of the Premier League whose weekly salary exceeds 400,000 and his annual salary reaches 20 million!
You know, his previous first salary in the Premier League was former Manchester United captain Rooney's weekly salary of 300,000.
Next, there are Aguero, Hazard, David Silva and Lukaku, several players with a weekly salary of 200,000.
With this contract extension, Ling Feng directly became the top salary earner in the Premier League!
However, while being surprised by this figure and lamenting that Manchester United is really rich, no one will think that this contract extension is not worth it.
Two consecutive Premier League bests, Champions League golden boot, first league goal scorer and double 30 assists, Premier League golden boot and assist leader, top three in golden goals.
Today's Ling Feng is the only one in the Premier League!
If he doesn't get the only salary, who will? !
In addition to weekly salary, various bonus terms are also arranged.
For example, the reward for becoming the best player in the Premier League is 2 million euros, the reward for winning the Ballon d'Or is 5 million euros, the bonus for winning the Premier League championship, etc. The new contract will last until 2022!
. . .
As Ling Feng completed his contract extension with Manchester United, Barcelona's senior management in Spain finally reacted belatedly.
It turns out that Ling Feng is not really interested in joining Barcelona, but just uses them as pawns for contract renewal and salary increase!
As a result, while they were angry, they quickly made bids for Target B and Target C.
That is, Liverpool’s Coutinho and Borussia Dortmund’s Ousmane Dembélé.
Coutinho was also very straightforward and directly submitted the transfer application.
However, Klopp's attitude is very tough - don't let him go!
In the first round of the Premier League, he directly put Coutinho on the bench without giving him a minute of playing time.
Anyway, the team has a contract with the player and there is no termination clause. As long as the club is unwilling to sell, Barcelona cannot succeed at all!
Seeing that Coutinho encountered another hard problem, Barcelona had no choice but to quickly call Dortmund:
"Hey, are you selling Ousmane Dembélé?"
"Sell it!"
"How much?"
“The price is negotiable!”
"We'll go over and discuss it right away."
"Okay, we look forward to your arrival"
It is worth mentioning that Ling Feng's contract extension, in addition to causing anger and panic offers from Barcelona, also triggered concerns about Manchester United's internal salary structure.
Although Ling Feng is definitely worthy of receiving a weekly salary of 400,000 in terms of age, ability, performance and other aspects.
However, his salary is too high, and has even reached the top salary level in football with Merrone.
Such a high salary has created a huge gap with his teammates, and can be said to have destroyed the salary structure of the entire team.
Currently, there are only eight players in the Manchester United first team with a weekly salary of more than 100,000.
They are Ling Feng with 400,000, Ibrahimovic with 200,000, Lukaku with 200,000, De Gea with 185,000, Kante with 150,000, Mata with 140,000, Ashley Young with 110,000 and Ashley Young with 100,000. Wan's Lingard.
The remaining players all have a weekly salary of less than 100,000.
Herrera, Valencia, Luke Shaw, and Bailly, who were the main players last season, all earned around 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a week.
"Wonder boy" Rashford only earns a pitiful 50,000 per week!
Although Ling Feng is crucial to the team, his performance on and off the court is convincing.
However, the biggest fear in everything is comparison.
Seeing that Ling Feng had received 400,000 yuan while he had received less than 100,000 yuan, even if he recognized Ling Feng's team status, he would still feel that he should not have received so little.
Not surprisingly, some players' agents began to ask the clubs for salary increases.
The club's top brass had already anticipated this.
When the team was so successful last season and the players performed well, it is reasonable to ask for a salary increase.
However, how to renew the contract is a very sophisticated matter.
Under Mourinho's suggestion, the club also ranked players according to the team's status and importance, and then renewed contracts from high to low.
First of all, it is natural to calm down the emotions of the main starting players.
As for rotation players or substitute players who can be easily replaced, we can go back a little bit.
After all, after last season's success, everyone knows that this Red Devils have returned to the top.
As long as you are in this strong and ambitious team, you will have a chance to touch the championship trophy.
The team's outstanding results give the club a lot of confidence.
If you don't want to stay at this club because you're not satisfied with the salary, then get out.
Anyway, a lot of people want to come and play for Manchester United!
Of course, Ling Feng doesn't care about the club's contract renewal strategy, and it's not something he should care about.
What he has to do is prove to everyone in the upcoming second round of the Premier League that his top salary in the Premier League is worth every penny!
On August 19, the Manchester United generals took the team bus to Swansea, the second largest city in Wales.
They are about to play against "Swan" Swansea City.
In this game, Mourinho continued the starting lineup from the previous game.
The gap in strength allowed the "Red Devils" wearing a black away jersey to quickly switch to the away game after the start.
Ling Feng, the team captain and core player, is naturally the most active player on the field.
Even though Swansea came prepared today and tried to use rough defensive actions to stop Ling Feng.
However, it’s no use at all!
Thirteen minutes into the game, Ling Feng strode forward with the ball in the midfield. After passing two people, he hit a weird elevator ball from 30 meters away!
The ball didn't spin at all in the air, it just turned a corner, first to the right and then to the left.
The Swansea goalkeeper, who was directly confused by the trajectory of the ball, could only watch the ball go straight into the upper left corner of the goal!
Later, he showed his hands to his teammates and said that there was nothing he could do.
Ling Feng, who had made waves in the world, came directly to the stands, raised his arms, and made his signature celebration move.
That arrogant look seemed to be saying to everyone:
Is this kick, with a weekly salary of 400,000 yuan, worth it? !
The only response to him was the passionate cheers and applause from thousands of away Red Devils fans!
Mourinho, who was sitting on the coaching bench, had a calm expression and applauded his beloved disciple.
If their main lineup can't even handle a mid- to lower-tier Premier League team like Swansea, then they can't be called a Premier League devil at all.
Besides, he doesn't think Swansea's lineup can cause any trouble to Manchester United.
In his mind, he has already begun to think about how many minutes it will take to make substitutions, and let the substitute players come up and play a kick to find their condition.
Before the start of the season, he had secretly set a goal for himself and the team:
This season, he will lead Manchester United to an unbeaten championship record!
Last season, they only lost two games.
And this season, they only need to win or draw two more games than last season to complete the great feat that only Arsenal at their peak could accomplish back then!
Just as Mourinho was sitting on the coaching bench thinking about the future, the sudden bursts of cheers suddenly called him back to reality!
What happened to your kidney?
When Mourinho turned to look at the assistant coach beside him, the latter said directly with a smile on his face:
"Goal again!"
Ah, came in again?
When the assistant coach brought the tablet over and played the replay of the goal, Mourinho knew that the scorer was captain No. 7, Ling Feng!
The way he scored the goal was also very impressive:
Ling Feng took the ball in the midfield and sent a direct pass to Kaku on the right. The latter made a pass from the wing and then sent an inverted triangle cross pass. Ling Feng outflanked and scored!
Looking at Ling Feng celebrating with his teammates on the field, Mourinho couldn't help but feel ripples in his heart:
I wipe it!
Scored six goals in two rounds!
Could it be that this kid plans to hit an unprecedented 50 goals in the league this season? !
(End of chapter)