When Real Madrid won the Club World Cup in Morocco, La Liga also finished its 17th round.
Barcelona beat Getafe 5-2 on the road, and Atletico Madrid defeated Levante 3-2 at home.
Real Madrid's away game against Valencia will be postponed until after the winter break, but it still leads the standings.
More importantly, Real Madrid has maintained a winning record so far.
This is considered unique in European football.
Although the Club World Cup is not a very valuable championship, it is still a world-class championship honor. Real Madrid still held a brief ceremony to welcome the championship trophy into the club's trophy room of honor.
It is worth mentioning that the renovation of the Bernabeu Trophy Honor Room is in full swing.
This is also in response to Gao Shen’s previous call that there are too few places to place trophies and needs to be expanded.
Florentino was the happiest. Facing many media reporters at the scene, he said that the expansion plan of the trophy room of honor will be completed before the end of the season, which will definitely not delay the team's ability to win more championship trophies.
By then, no matter how many more championship trophies we win, we will be able to do it!
After the ceremony, the team announced its disbandment and the players could start their Christmas vacation.
But after the winter break, the team will immediately usher in a consecutive double-match week.
This is also because of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, all leagues need to compress their schedules.
Gao Shen stayed at the Bernabeu for a meeting.
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At the Real Madrid membership meeting that ended not long ago, Florentino announced a lot of major news.
This includes responding to previous reports that Microsoft and Bill Gates intend to sponsor the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
After Florentino officially denied the rumors, this news also died.
The main reason is that the opposition from Real Madrid members is too loud.
Florentino also mentioned that the Real Madrid board of directors does intend to carry out plans to renovate or rebuild the Bernabeu Stadium.
But this does not happen overnight, it is a long-term work.
The main reason is because of the geographical location of the Bernabeu and Real Madrid's influence in Spain.
If nothing else, this plan must get the nod and support of the Madrid City Government.
Also, where will the funds come from?
During the preparation period, what will happen to Real Madrid’s home games?
All of these are problems.
But Florentino's meeting with Gao Shen this time was not to discuss these things, but to clarify the rumors from the outside world and to reassure Gao Shen that there were no problems with the team's finances.
Gao Shen believes that the most important thing for Real Madrid now is not signings, but contract renewal and stabilizing military morale.
"The young players in our team now have great strength and potential. I think we must sign a new contract with them as soon as possible to determine their future in Real Madrid."
Whether it is Florentino, Valdano, Jose Sanchez and others, they all agree with the profound opinion.
Real Madrid players are really in demand right now.
For example, Real Madrid accounted for five of L'Equipe's top ten future prospects, which can be said to be half of them.
This does not include older players like Illarramendi who have already made a name for themselves.
Four of these five players were introduced during Gao Shen's coaching period. Varane was highly recommended by Zidane. Together with Casemiro, Morata, Jese and other players, Gao Shen transformed Real Madrid.
It can be said to be very successful and far-reaching.
Real Madrid now has the best age structure to produce results.
Speaking of veterans, there are Casillas, Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa and other strong players who have been growing stronger, not to mention the backbone. Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Modric are mostly in the middle.
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Among the young players, there are already established superstars like Toni Kroos, as well as talented rookies with outstanding strength and talent such as Pogba and Isco, as well as Casemiro, Carvajal, Mo
Lata and other players.
After two years of hard work and rectification, Real Madrid’s age structure is now really good.
Maintaining the current hard-won stability is what management should do.
Since about this time last year, Gao Shen has been pushing for Real Madrid to renew his contract, but everything has to be done on a first-come, first-served basis, and there are some rules.
For example, like Di Maria, his contract was renewed last summer. Even if he performed well last season, Gao Shen would have no reason to renew his contract. Otherwise, Gao Shen would never be able to escape the suspicion of private favors.
Besides, given Di Maria's age, if he really wants to renew his contract so frequently, wouldn't he soon catch up with Ronaldo?
Real Madrid will never allow this to happen.
There is also Marcelo, whose original contract was 2.3 million euros, and after the extension it was increased to 4 million euros, but Gao Shen still had no way to renew his contract for the same reason as Di Maria.
Those who really should renew their contracts are Carvajal, Nacho, Morata, Varane, Casemiro and other young players, because their annual salaries are indeed a bit low.
Morata, for example, did not get the first round of contract renewal and is still receiving an after-tax annual salary of 800,000 euros, but he has not complained.
There are also Nacho, Jesus, Casemiro and Varane, all worth 1.2 million euros.
"Our current entire rotation mechanism has proven to be effective after running in and debugging in the first half of the season."
Gao Shen analyzed Florentino and the board of directors present.
He has always been known for his rotation, and in Real Madrid, he helped the team organize an effective rotation mechanism, allowing Real Madrid to advance on multiple fronts in the first half and play quite well.
Of course, this also has a lot to do with the strength of Real Madrid's players, as well as their sophisticated formation and employment.
"Judging from their performance, I think this group of young people definitely deserve a contract extension."
As the boss of the locker room, Gao Shen is loved by the players, so he naturally has to fight for the rights that the players should have.
The club has its own considerations for some things, which can be understood by experts, but the annual salaries of people like Morata, Jese, Carvajal and others are indeed too low. It is really unjustifiable if they do not give them a salary increase.
Just like Carvajal, with his current performance, there is no problem at all selling for 30 to 40 million euros.
You let him receive an annual salary of 1.2 million at Real Madrid?
If nothing else, compared with other players in the same position in the national team, it is indeed too low.
Will the players have no ideas in their minds?
Of course, this is not a phenomenon that is unique to Real Madrid now or only to Real Madrid.
It's similar all over the world. They tend to be relatively harsh towards their own youth training players.
Arbeloa, for example, has an annual salary of only 2.8 million euros after tax.
As a European Cup and World Cup champion, this annual salary is really not high.
There is also someone like Morata, whose annual salary is 800,000 euros, which is really outrageous.
When Gao Shen raised it, Florentino would definitely give some response.
"Okay, then the technical team and the administrative side will seize the time, discuss it quickly, come up with a contract renewal plan, and we will implement it as soon as possible."
Valdano and Jose Sanchez both nodded.
Gao Shen then laughed and looked at Jose Sanchez, "José, your commercial department should hurry up, work more overtime, and try to sign more contracts."
Everyone was stunned.
"How do you say that?" Jose Sanchez also didn't understand.
"Based on the current performance of the team, I estimate that our team's annual salary will soon increase again. When the time comes, we have to stick to Florentino's salary structure red line, which is difficult for me to control.
This may urge you to work harder."
Only then did everyone understand and burst into laughter.
This is actually an unwritten rule in European football.
If the team's performance improves, the players should be rewarded.
In addition to bonuses, there is also a salary increase through contract renewal.
From the time Gao Shen coached Real Madrid to now, his contract has been renewed almost every six months. Of course, the contract renewal is on a rotating basis, but this will indeed bring a lot of financial pressure, especially when sticking to Florentino's red line.
Gao Shen's meaning is very clear, the team's performance cannot be suppressed.
With the current momentum of the team, Gao Shen can conclude that there is a real chance of winning the Triple Crown this year, and he wants to take a shot.
Once they win the Triple Crown, the team will not be allowed to renew their relationship with some of the players on the team?
"I haven't thought about it before, but now that you mention it, I'm really stressed." Jose Sanchez was also amused.
The crowd burst into laughter.
Florentino agreed.
"In terms of the team's performance, you can go ahead with your hands and feet. The better the performance, the contract will be renewed when it's time to renew, and the bonus will be generous. We are all happy. As for the red line, we must still stick to it."
Gao Shen smiled and nodded, thinking to himself: Look, this is the leader.
Leaders often want both...and...and...
In the end, aren’t all those suffering hardships just workers?
It doesn't matter if he is sophisticated or not, the one who is miserable should be Jose Sanchez.
But speaking of it, this guy's business operation ability is indeed very strong.
Gao Shen had been advising Fernando Lucas before, including asking him to take time to seek advice from Jose Sanchez.
If nothing else, the development of Real Madrid's business landscape to what it is today is absolutely inseparable from Jose Sanchez's leadership over the past decade or so.
Therefore, no matter whether the chairman is Florentino, Martin or Calderon, they basically respect Jose Sanchez.
Because he is someone who can really make money.
Gao Shen would sometimes chat with Jose Sanchez and get close to him. From time to time, he would ask him to make suggestions for Leeds United or give him advice.
After all, he is a big boss who has been in charge of Real Madrid's commercial department for more than ten years. Can his advice be any different?
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After the meeting, Gao Shen didn't say much to the players or reveal any news. The specific renewal would be handled by a dedicated person from the club. It would be bad for Gao Shen to talk too much.
It is his credit that no one can take away. There is no need for Gao Shen to rush to sell this favor.
After Florentino introduced a modern management system to Real Madrid, everyone and every department had a clear division of labor.
Gao Shen also pays great attention not to influence others and concentrates on guarding his own territory. This is also the experience he gained from working in a company in his previous life, which also led to him being able to cooperate happily with people in various departments of Real Madrid.
Otherwise, why would Jose Sanchez, an expert in playing with money, have a good relationship with Gao Shen?
After finishing the matters at the Bernabeu, Gao Shen dragged his family north.
In the past two years, Gao Shen has chosen to spend Real Madrid's winter break in Cheshire, and this year is no exception.
The most important thing is that Leeds United have been in trouble recently.
