Chapter 468 The goal is to avoid relegation
Matt Dawn was guarding the door of the club's athletic director Jarrad Coleman's office. When he saw the latter coming out of the room, he rushed up and stopped in front of him.
"WTF! Matt, you scared me to death!" Coleman was really shocked - literally - he jumped up. After seeing clearly that it was Matt Dawn, he cursed angrily.
But Matt didn't care about his curse at all, but stared into his eyes and asked: "Mr. Coleman, has the club made an offer to LaiHu's club?"
"I've reported it, I've reported it..." Coleman was very impatient, "But we were rejected mercilessly by the other party! Let me tell you, Matt, the club has done what you hoped for, but what will the other club do? The reaction is beyond our control. I think this should give you an explanation, right?”
Some time ago, Matt Dawn, the team's video analyst, went directly to the club's new chairman, Evan Chichester, and frantically recommended to him a Chinese player he had never heard of before. .
It was also said that this Chinese player had just completed the "feat" of scoring five goals in nine minutes in an international match at the U23 level.
Speaking of this, Coleman finally had some impression. He remembered that he had indeed seen the relevant news somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where it came from. It might have popped up when he was browsing the web. What recommended reading...
He didn't take it too seriously at the time. After all, it was a U23 level event.
Besides, it's still a game in far away Asia. What's the point of a record born in a place where the level of football is not high?
There is also a record of twenty goals scored in a game in our "Sunday League", but so what? Would anyone take such a funny record seriously?
The "Sunday League" Coleman had in mind is the collective name for England's ultra-low-level amateur leagues, because most of the games are played on Sundays and are spread across the country. They are organized by different communities. Neighbors on the same street can organize a team. Participating in the league, the names vary from place to place. When people mention it as a whole, it is collectively referred to as the "Sunday League".
The level of competition is very low, and most of the participants are just having fun.
But Matt kept looking for Evan, which made Evan a little annoyed, but he couldn't refuse directly. After all, the club had just fired his good friend Tony Clark, and Evan still wanted to be in the club." Maintain a certain demeanor in front of "old people", not wanting to leave an impression that is too inhumane to them.
So I asked myself, as the competitive director, to deal with Matt.
As a sports director, Coleman felt that he was still very serious and responsible. He actually went to get some basic information about LaiHu and found that he was a player of a Chinese League One football club and was the main force. He also scored a lot of goals last season, which should be the reason why he can play the main role.
After understanding the player's basic information, he made an offer to the opponent's club.
Then...he was rejected by the other party.
But Coleman doesn't care, because this is an explanation to his boss - it's not that we don't value your suggestions, what can we do if they don't sell?
After hearing Coleman's explanation, Matt was a little frustrated, but there was nothing he could do about it.
He knows LaiHu and knows that LaiHu is the main player of a Chinese Super League team and has made great contributions in the team's upgrade process.
They have just been promoted to the Chinese Super League, and it is indeed not that easy to let him go.
When Coleman saw that Matt didn't speak anymore, he walked around him and planned to leave.
At this moment, Matt came back to his senses, saw Coleman was about to leave, and suddenly asked: "Mr. Coleman, would you mind telling me how much the club offered?"
Coleman didn't look back and kept walking away. Only the voice came: "Five hundred thousand."
"What?!" When Matt heard Coleman's answer clearly, he blurted out in surprise, and he quickly asked: "You only offered half a million?!"
Coleman walked away and did not answer him. I don't know if he didn't hear him or didn't want to answer.
Matt stared at the direction Coleman was walking in. It took him a while to react and cursed: "Damn it! You guys want to buy LaiHu for half a million?! No wonder they were rejected by the other club! You guys are like this It’s so disrespectful!”
In the game, Matt operates Hammond Castle and spent one million pounds to recruit LaiHu.
And that was LaiHu a year ago, and the data was completely different from today’s data. With the release of the new version of "The Godfather of Champions", LaiHu's data has also been improved more comprehensively.
Matt once manipulated Hammond Castle to buy Hu Lai, but this time let alone one million pounds, even five million pounds, and the AnDongShanXing club did not agree.
In the end, he had to use nuclear weapons to directly sign LaiHu to the Hammond Castle team. Because the Hammond Castle transfer budget in the game is not large, if he spends more money to sign LaiHu, then the signings in other positions will be affected.
Even the game knows that it is impossible to sign LaiHu for half a million. How much did Coleman think that such a small amount of money can make the other party give up his top scorer?
When Matt first heard that the club's offer had been rejected, he wanted to go to Evan again and emphasize to him how great LaiHu's potential was. Now he is signing him before other teams can react. It is definitely a hugely profitable deal for Hammond Castle. Whether it is for personal use or sold after training, from the club's perspective, it will definitely not be a loss.
But now he suddenly gave up this idea.
Because he realized that Coleman's attitude was probably the club's attitude, and it was also Evan's attitude.
It should be impossible for him to convince Evan again.
Moreover, to say the least, even if Hammond Castle signed LaiHu under his own persuasion, for that young man, today's Hammond Castle might not be a suitable environment for him to grow up.
If Tony is still here, then he will definitely let him convince the club's top management to sign this promising talented player.
But now...
Thinking of this, Matt sighed helplessly.
I'm afraid I can only cooperate with LaiHu in the game.
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Hu Lai had the shiny U23 Asian Cup championship medal hanging around his neck, holding the best player trophy in his left hand and the top scorer trophy in his right hand, standing in the center position. Next to them are Chen Xingyi and Wang Guangwei, the latter two only have gold medals hanging around their necks.
They are smiling in front of reporters' cameras and flashbulbs.
This is the welcome ceremony held by Flash Star Club for them.
The leaders have all spoken, and the contract renewal ceremony has also been held. During this welcome ceremony, Flash Star Club also held a contract renewal signing ceremony for two players, Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei.
The specific contract renewal has been negotiated with the club through the work of the two player agents.
Wang Guangwei also signed a new four-year contract with the club. The good news is that Hu Lai can no longer ask him if his monthly salary is 150,000, because he really does.
But the bad news is that Hu Lai can ask him if his monthly income is 250,000 yuan - Hu Lai's new four-year contract brings his monthly salary to 250,000 yuan - an annual salary of 3 million.
In addition, there is a signing fee of two million.
Hu Lai's goal award has also been increased to 20,000 yuan per goal. If calculated according to his score of 41 goals in the club last season, Hu Lai can get 820,000 yuan in goal award alone, which is nearly A million already.
The new contract also stipulates that if Hu Lai can win the Chinese Super League Golden Boot within the contract period, he will receive a reward of two million for each win.
It can be said that compared with the previous contract, it has been improved in all aspects. Through these monetary figures, we can also see how much the Flash Star Club attaches importance to Hu Lai.
The annual salary of three million yuan is already the highest in the second level of the Flash Star team.
After being promoted to the Chinese Super League, Flash Star Club renewed contracts with some players, including players like Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei and Zhang Qinghuan, who all received salary increases of varying magnitudes.
After the contract extension is completed, Qin Lin, who earns 4 million, is still the player with the highest annual salary in the team. However, his contract only has one year left. Although neither he nor the club has said it publicly, everyone can guess that this year should be the last season of his career.
Besides Qin Lin, Hu Lai has the highest annual salary.
At only 20 years old, Hu Lai became the second highest-paid player in the team, but this did not cause dissatisfaction or jealousy from others in the team.
Han Xiangfei even brought up the content of Hu Lai's chat with him before he played for the team for the first time to prove that Hu Lai is a genius.
When Hu Lai discussed Lai Zekai's annual salary with him, Hu Lai also asked himself whether the club would re-sign his contract and give him a salary increase at the end of the season.
"Then how good do you have to be for the club to re-sign the contract with you in half a year?" Han Xiangfei repeated his original answer and said with emotion: "As a result, Hu Lai signed a new contract every year and got a salary increase every year. ! Awesome! ”
Han Xiangfei’s words somewhat represent the thoughts of other teammates:
Hu Lai is awesome!
Because he is awesome, he has no problem getting such a high salary.
When Lai Zekai had a quarrel with the club, he felt that the club was too stingy, stingy and unkind for not giving him a salary of one million.
At that time, Lai Zekai's confidence was only that he scored 16 goals last season.
Where is Hu Lai? He has only played in the team for a season and a half and has already scored fifty-two goals.
With such a performance, he did not argue with the club for a salary increase, nor did he keep complaining in the locker room that he was a beggar.
It was the club that took the initiative to give him a salary increase.
Everyone has a steelyard in their hearts, and everyone knows who is worthy and who is not.
As a club operating on a small budget, Flash Star was able to spend an annual salary of three million and a signing fee of two million to renew Hu Lai's contract, which also reflects their determination to keep the team's top scorer.
Hu Lai performed well in the Chinese League One last season, but the number of Chinese Super League teams he can attract is still limited. However, his outstanding performance in the Football Association Cup made many Chinese Super League teams turn their attention to him.
Then after his amazing performance in the U23 Asian Cup, Hu Lai completely became a favorite in the eyes of the Chinese Super League team.
Even the Poseidon Club shamelessly came to Flash Star to ask for a price, even though they knew that asking for a price would be rejected...
This shows how much everyone desires Hu Lai.
After all, today's Chinese Super League, and even the entire Chinese football world, lacks stable and efficient outstanding scorers.
I don’t know if it is because the training of Chinese football talents has been biased by the world’s popular trends in recent years, or because of the tendency to introduce foreign players. The local shooters in the Chinese Super League basically play the role of supporting the foreign players of the team. Tactically, maybe It's quite important. After all, playing for teammates can also reflect a player's overall quality.
But it is indeed a recognized phenomenon that local forwards find it difficult to score goals.
The Chinese Super League has specially set up a "Best Local Scorer" in addition to the "Top Scorer". Naturally, it hopes to stimulate and encourage local forwards to score more goals.
But after each season, looking at the difference in goals between the top scorer and the best local scorer, one has to wonder whether the original intention of establishing this award is to encourage local forwards to score more goals, or to provide rewards to those who have scored goals in a season. A local forward who can't score a few goals is given a consolation prize in disguise?
Every old fan is deeply moved by the fact that Chinese football, which has produced many outstanding forwards, will also fall into the dilemma of "powerlessness".
In this context, Hu Lai is naturally the scorer that many teams dream of.
Having no experience in the Chinese Super League is not a problem at all. His performance in two international competitions with the Olympic team has already dispelled many people's doubts.
Now, as long as they are not fools, any insider can see that a super shooter in Chinese football is gradually growing up, and whoever can own his future can occupy a place in the Chinese Super League.
Therefore, when the three people finished taking a group photo and the ceremony entered the question-and-answer session of reporters, most of the questions were directed at Hu Lai.
Poor Chen Xingyi, who contributed five assists in this U23 Asian Cup and became the player with the most assists in this competition. Standing next to Hu Lai, he was almost dimmed under the halo of the top scorer and best player. Got it...
Even though the question asked clearly involved all three of them, Hu Lai was the first to be called by his name.
"Missing the team's first month of training will indeed have some impact on us, but we will work hard to make up for it later." Hu Lai seemed to be able to feel this atmosphere, so he did not boast in front of the camera. He just said a few words and handed the microphone to Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi who were next to him.
"Hu Lai, this is your first time participating in the Chinese Super League. What are your expectations and aspirations for the new season? Or what are your goals?"
Hu Lai picked up the microphone and did not answer, but stretched it out in front of Chen Xingyi: "This is your first time participating in the Chinese Super League, please tell me!"
Chen Xingyi resisted the urge to roll his eyes at Hu Lai in front of the camera: "I'm not, I have participated in the Chinese Super League."
The reporters at the scene burst into laughter.
Hu Lai was a little embarrassed amidst the laughter. He turned around and handed the microphone to Wang Guangwei: "Old Wang, this must be your first time. Tell me..."
Wang Guangwei blocked the microphone and said, "I'm asking you."
The reporter who asked the question quickly added: "I also asked Wang Guangwei about you, but I asked Hu Lai first..."
Wang Guangwei didn't care: "Then I'll wait until Hu Lai finishes answering before answering."
Hu Lai had no choice but to say into the microphone: "The goal? Of course the goal is to avoid relegation! We are a newly promoted team. Last season's newly promoted teams Hexi Daqin and Capital Xiangyun both fell back, so our goal this season is very clear, that is Try to stay in the Chinese Super League after the season ends!”
After saying that, he handed the microphone to Wang Guangwei. Wang Guangwei replied simply: "I am the same as you, relegation."
The reporters were a little dissatisfied with the young man's cautious answer. They tried to take offense: "Hu Lai, you won the Golden Boot in the Chinese Premier League last season and broke the original record. Then this season, you won't be the top scorer in the Chinese Super League." Do you have any ideas? Coincidentally, the single-season scoring record in the Chinese Super League was set by Shi Wuyin, your head coach in the Olympic team, with 28 goals..."
Hu Lai waved his hand quickly: "I have no idea, no idea, I just want to help the team avoid relegation. As for the Chinese Super League Golden Boot, I have never thought about it!"
Seeing that Hu Lai was so naughty, everyone was stunned not to be fooled, so they had to resort to a unique trick.
"Then what you said after the end of last season is still valid?"
"What words?"
"Of course I mean to beat Wang Xianke every time I see him in the future!"
As soon as he heard what the reporters said, Hu Lai sat up straight behind the table: "Of course it works, it will work forever!" (End of Chapter)