"Official announcement! The 'Where is Hulay going' transfer drama that started nearly two months after the Europa League final has finally come to an end. Today, Madrid Pirates and Leeds City announced at the same time that the two clubs have reached an agreement on the transfer of Hulay. It will be agreed that Hulay will transfer from Leeds City to Madrid Pirates... It is reported that the transfer fee will be as high as 120 million euros. Hulay has created a historical record for the transfer fee of Chinese players and even Asian players..."
After seeing the news, Xie Lan murmured: "One hundred and twenty million euros...how much is that?"
"About 800 million yuan?" Hu Lixin did some calculations in his mind.
"Eight hundred million? How many houses can this buy?" Xie Lan recently bought a house in a community and planned to use it as a room of honor for her son. Now all she can think about is the housing price.
Seeing that his wife was really calculating, Hu Lixin couldn't laugh or cry: "Don't forget it. This is the transfer fee. The transfer fee is for the club, not for Hu Lai."
"Nonsense, of course I know!" Xie Lan rolled her eyes at her husband and said that she was like an idiot. "But at least it shows that our son is worth the price!"
"Whether it is worth it or not depends on his performance at Madrid Pirates, otherwise he may be criticized as a 'parallel import'... In fact, high transfer fees are not necessarily a good thing, because high value means great pressure, and everyone will think you are It should be worthy of this price. But the price is not determined by the player's performance, but purely market economic behavior..."
Unlike his wife who always has full confidence in her son, Hu Lixin always has a little worry about his son's career.
"Lao Hu, do you know anything about the Pirates of Madrid?"
Although Xie Lan has been a football fan for five years, she still doesn’t know much about European football as a whole. The focus of her attention is firmly fixed on her son. Wherever Hu Lai goes, she will pay attention to where Hu Lai is. Team, let’s take a look at the teams that compete with Hu Lai.
Hu Lai has played in the Premier League for two and a half seasons, and she has a general understanding of the Premier League.
But for La Liga, she is limited to knowing Madrid Kings and Catalonia United. Because these two teams are somewhat related to her son.
As for the Madrid Pirates... this team is well-known in China, but for Xie Lan, no matter how famous it is, as long as it does not have a relationship with her son, it is almost equal to zero.
As for the football profession, her husband Hu Lixin is much more reliable than her.
"Have you heard of the term 'G13', right?" Hu Lixin introduced it to her.
"I've heard of it. Isn't it similar to the English Premier League forcing G6? Thirteen top teams." This term is famous, so even Xie Lan knows it.
"Well, just know. G13 is a wealthy organization. It was originally composed of thirteen European elite teams. Of course, it is now more than thirteen teams. And Madrid Pirates is one of the thirteen founding teams."
When Hu Lixin said this, Xie Lan could immediately understand the status of Madrid Pirates in European football.
The purpose of the G13 established in 1994 was for the European giants to unite and compete with UEFA. They were dissatisfied with the UEFA Champions League reform in 1994. They believed that the increase in the number of participating teams in the Champions League, the increase in competitions, and the lengthening of the schedule had reduced the gold content of the Champions League at that time.
The league is also called the European Champions League. As a competition, 13 wealthy teams have joined hands to establish an organization that can compete with UEFA, and to form their own European Super League to replace the new UEFA Champions League...
UEFA naturally did not allow this to happen. After some quarrels, threats, and bargaining, G13 temporarily gave up the idea of continuing the European Super League. Although the "uprising" failed, the organization was retained and served as
Representatives of Europe's top clubs continue to fight against UEFA and even FIFA.
Now if a player is injured while participating in a national team match, the national team must pay compensation to the club where the player plays. This is one of the results of the game between G13, FIFA and UEFA.
G13 started with thirteen teams, including La Liga's Kings of Madrid, Catalonia United, Madrid Pirates, Premier League's Tramed, Stan Park Rangers, Bundesliga's Blue and White Munich, Ruhr Rheinland, and Serie A's Insubre.
, Turin Bulls, Ligue 1 Fosse, Paris Eger, Dutch Eredivisie Ajax Athletic, Portuguese Super League Alvara.
These thirteen teams have all won the Champions League, but not only won the Champions League. They also once occupied a dominant position in their respective national leagues, and this status has not declined too much over time.
many.
Otherwise, even if you have won the Champions League once or twice, but were relegated or lost their former glory when G13 was established, you will naturally not be qualified to sit in those thirteen positions.
Because winning the Champions League in ancient times was not necessarily due to strength, but could also be caused by luck. After all, the European Champions Cup at that time was only a single-round elimination system, and the chance of an upset was very high. If you can win the Champions League, you will
To be able to enter this wealthy organization, the title of "rich family" is too cheap.
Champions League honors are a stepping stone to becoming a wealthy club, but they are only a necessary condition, not a sufficient condition.
Later, G13 attracted several new Champions League champions and clubs that were powerful in the current football world to join the organization. For example, London Bridge won the Champions League after that and remained competitive in the Premier League for a long time.
absorbed into the membership.
Sevilla Navigator has dominated the Europa League and has been an important force that cannot be ignored in La Liga for most of the past two decades. However, because there is no Champions League, repeated attempts to enter the G13 have been ruthlessly rejected.
reject.
Although Xie Lan understood this problem, another question popped up: "Then why do you always feel that the Pirates of Madrid are not as famous as the King of Madrid, and are not as strong as the King of Madrid?"
"Isn't this nonsense... How many teams are more famous than the Kings of Madrid? G13 is Europe's top wealthy organization. Anyone who can enter this organization must be a wealthy team that has won the Champions League. Then you know that you want to establish
Who is G13?"
"It can't be...the King of Madrid, right?"
"That's the Kings of Madrid." Hu Lixin nodded. "G13 is a wealthy organization, and the Kings of Madrid are the founders of this organization. That's why everyone calls the Kings of Madrid 'the richest among the rich'. Don't talk about the Pirates of Madrid, it can be compared with the Madrid Kings."
There are few kings in Europe who can compete with each other. So just because the Kings of Madrid are very powerful, it does not mean that the Pirates of Madrid are not powerful. They were born in Madrid, so they were beaten by half. If it had been anywhere else, they would have been the same.
A local tyrant. And if you think about it, the King of Madrid regards Madrid as their territory, but in this city, under the eyes of the King of Madrid, a wealthy team can still develop. You can know how powerful the Pirates of Madrid are.
Stronger."
Xie Lan slapped her hand: "Understood, on the side of the bed!"
Hu Lixin showed an expression of "a child can be taught" and said happily: "Yes, that's what it means."
After listening to her husband's introduction, Xie Lan said happily: "In this way, our son went to Madrid Pirates, so he has not wronged himself..."
Hu Lixin was speechless: "Don't act like you're marrying your daughter, and you should also pay attention to being a well-matched girl!"
"Well, can that be the same? We are marrying a daughter-in-law. Besides, I am very satisfied with Qingqing!"
"Where are you..." Hu Lixin couldn't laugh or cry.
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"...Neither party disclosed Hu's annual salary, but according to the information given by the 'Transfer Window', it should be between 8.5 million and 10 million euros. Please note that this is after tax. If this number is true
, then Hu’s annual salary will be ranked second among the Madrid Pirates, second only to the team’s top superstar Maxi Carey..."
"The annual salary is indeed not as high as yours." Jim Castian confirmed this news to Maxi Carey. "You are still the highest-paid player in the Pirates."
After hearing this, Maxi Carey finally nodded with satisfaction.
His annual salary at Madrid Pirates is 15 million euros after tax, the only one in the team.
The annual salary figure is actually not only related to income, but also related to the club's positioning of players.
When you don't know a certain player's status in the team, it's easy to look at his annual salary.
The more important the player is in the eyes of the club, the higher the salary.
It is impossible for a player whose annual salary is only in the middle of the team to be called the number one star in the team.
So at least in terms of annual salary, Kyrie does feel the club's respect for him...
The club didn't lie to him, or not completely.
If he heard that Hu Lai not only had a higher transfer fee than himself, but also had a higher annual salary than himself, then he would probably explode.
Maxi Carey is not a good-natured person!
Castian felt relieved when he saw Kaili's performance.
Before this, he actually didn't know how Hu Lai negotiated with the Pirates Club and what kind of annual salary he would receive.
If he was really taller than Kaili, he probably wouldn't have the confidence to be able to persuade Kaili.
After all, the annual after-tax salary of 15 million euros seems quite high. It was all earned by Kyrie through his performance. Hu Lai, a guy who has just arrived, has not contributed anything to the team, so why should he be compared with him?
A high annual salary?
After moving to Madrid Pirates, Maxi Carey helped Madrid Pirates win the La Liga championship in the 2022-2023 season, the Copa del Rey in the 2024-2025 season, and the most important Europa League in the 2025-2026 season.
champion.
Three crowns in four years, this is the most glorious period for Madrid Pirates since they won the second Champions League trophy in the club's history in the 2011-2012 season.
Among these three championships, Carey was an important contributor.
When the Pirates won the La Liga championship in the 2022-2023 season, Carey won the La Liga Golden Boot with 33 goals.
When he won the Europa League in the 2025-2026 season, Carey's eleven goals were the Europa League Golden Boot that season.
So when he secured a new contract for Kyrie with an annual salary of 15 million after tax three years ago, no one felt that "Flying Dutchman 'MAX' Kyrie" was not worthy of this annual salary, and no one felt that
He is dissatisfied with the top annual salary in the Madrid Pirates team.
Even after Kyrie was injured, the Madrid Pirates immediately offered a three-year contract extension without asking Kyrie to cut his salary.
This made Castian fully feel the human touch of Madrid Pirates, a club with a working-class background.
Therefore, he was also willing to help Parotti calm down Kaili's mood, and did not want everyone to be unhappy.
Otherwise, Carey, who insists on going his own way, will be afraid that the congregation will rebel and abandon their relatives... Pirates fans are mostly from the lower class and the working class. Their emotions are passionate and their expressions are fierce. If they love you, they can love you to death, and if they hate you, they can hate you to the extreme.
Castian can completely imagine how these Buccaneers fans would treat Kyrie if he did something that made the fans angry...
He didn't want things to come to that point.
Now it seems that things will not come to that point.
He began to persuade Kyrie to focus on football itself:
"You didn't come back until March last season. Although your body came back, you were still far from getting back to your form. Whether it was psychologically or physically... But that doesn't matter. The important thing is that you didn't have the rest of last season.
Injured during the game. So train hard and regain your form. You will still be the 'MAX', Maxi!"
Castian encouraged Carey like this.
He did see Carey visibly cheer up.
Obviously knowing that he is still the highest paid player in the team makes Kyrie feel a lot better.
"Okay, no problem, Jim. I will let the club know that they don't have to spend so much money to buy that Chinese guy. With that money, just buy a few more players who can support me. We can also take Madrid
The king and Catalonia beat the shit out of them!"
Maxi is such a person... Even though he is thirty-two years old, he doesn't feel that he has matured much.
Although this immaturity sometimes caused him a lot of trouble, at other times he felt lucky that he was so immature.
Otherwise, it would be really difficult to get out of the quagmire of a serious knee injury.
Now Castian hopes that Ropati can fulfill his promise and successfully allow Hulay and Carey to coexist.
He believes that as long as Carey adjusts his mentality and becomes a tactical opponent, the Dutchman will still be "MAX" even if he can no longer fly.
Next, his wish is that Carey can successfully fulfill his contract with Madrid Pirates, and then bring him back to the Netherlands to end his career in his hometown team Den Haag Hercules.
That is the career plan that Kaili has talked about to himself many times.
He said that no matter how far a ship sails, it will always want to return to the port where it set sail.
Castien, who is also Dutch, wholeheartedly agrees.
