Outside the window, birds were chirping happily, and the air was filled with the faint salty smell of sea water.
Li Ang was lying on a lounge chair in the garden, with a cup of tea beside him. The tea had gone cold, and he was reading the newspaper with great interest.
The 2004/2005 La Liga season has come to an end. Sporting Gijon staged a dark horse miracle of winning the championship. Barcelona ranked second, Real Madrid only finished third, and in the fierce competition for fourth place, Villarea
Er had the last laugh, as the Yellow Submarine qualified for next season's European Champions League qualifying round. Real Betis and Sevilla had to play in the Europa League.
In terms of the scorer list, Diego Milito finally shared the league golden boot with Villarreal's Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan with 25 league goals, and Barcelona's Cameroon striker Eto'o scored 20 goals.
Four goals and a silver boot.
The whole of Gijon has been a sea of celebration this week.
After the media reported endlessly about Sporting Gijon's championship, they finally became tired. At this time, Barcelona's fierce news began to occupy the headlines of newspapers.
Barcelona's management this season is like a powder keg. The conflict between Laporta and Rosell continues to intensify, while Rijkaard's hatred for Rosell has been suppressed until he finally lost the league championship.
This powder keg finally exploded: The quarrel between Laporta and Rosell became public, and even the Barcelona media did not hesitate to expose the family scandal in a series of articles; after Rijkaard was questioned about losing the championship, he reported to Vice Chairman Rosell.
I fired: "He has never trusted us. He has asked me to resign twice in the past two years." The details of the civil unrest do not need to be too detailed. In short, this is a power struggle within the club, and the media has already reported it in detail.
, it’s just that crises have been breaking out in recent days.
Under the pressure of Laporta and Rijkaard, Russell has only one way to go, and that is to resign. As for whether Russell will participate in the presidential election after his resignation, and whether he can succeed in the election, this will be discussed later.
"Divorce is imminent," Catalan media said. "Laporta and Rijkaard are now extremely united. They hope to use Cruyff as a backer to develop a new plan for the club, and the new plan
Of course there won’t be Russell’s name in it.”
Rosell used the media to criticize Laporta, while Laporta hoped that the latter could "confront him face to face" and "should be more responsible." Rijkaard accused Rosell of being a conspiracy: "When we meet,
He is always smiling, but behind his back he is always thinking about changing coaches." Obviously, Rijkaard has been fully integrated into Laporta's system. "Black Swan" also denied Cruyff's statement of "listening to politics behind the curtain."
: "It is the president who makes decisions at Barcelona. Of course we will communicate with John on a regular basis, but the talks are all about football. When it comes to making decisions, we still make the decision ourselves."
Fortunately for Barcelona fans, after losing the championship, facing the war between the leaders of the "Brazilian Gang" and the "Dutch Gang", the three core players in the club showed a calm attitude. They called on all parties to "
"An early ceasefire" to prevent the team that has just improved from being destroyed. Deco, Ronaldinho and captain Puyol have successively expressed their opinions calling on all parties to exercise restraint.
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Li Ang put down the newspaper and was in a happy mood. Seeing signs of civil unrest in Barcelona, he was afraid that the world would not be in chaos.
However, then, he shook his head. The civil unrest in Barcelona no longer had much to do with him, and he was about to leave La Liga.
The negotiation between Li Ang and Inter Milan on behalf of Li Ang and Inter Milan has come to fruition. Li Ang has already won the Double Crown. If he wins the subsequent King's Cup, he will become the first Triple Crown winner in the history of La Liga.
, which gave Li Ang the confidence to negotiate with Inter Milan.
In the end, Moratti, who was eager for talents, spoke personally, and Inter Milan expressed sincerity and made concessions.
Inter Milan promised that Leon would have control over the team's transfers, and that the introduction and purchase of players would be decided based on the will of the head coach, which to a great extent weakened the rights of Oriali and Blanco.
Rights. Oriali put the overall situation first and reluctantly accepted it. However, Blanco was very dissatisfied. However, when Moratti made it clear that he was on Leon's side, he could only swallow his anger temporarily.
In terms of Li Ang's salary, Moratti, who was extremely eager for the championship, was not stingy. In the end, the two parties reached an after-tax annual salary of 4 million euros. This salary will make Li Ang suddenly enter the ranks of the top coaches in Europe.
According to the salaries of famous European coaches disclosed by "Total Market", the current highest salary is Chelsea head coach Mourinho. The Portuguese's salary is 5.2 million euros. However, after just leading Chelsea to win the Premier League championship, there are reports that
Chelsea is planning to give the Portuguese a salary increase, which will be as high as 7.5 million euros. In addition, Manchester United's godfather Ferguson's salary is around 5 million euros, Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger's salary is around 4.5 million euros, and AC Milan head coach Ancelo's salary is around 4.5 million euros.
Thi's salary is around 4 million euros.
Therefore, Moratti's offer of a salary of 4 million euros to Leon is indeed sincere. Of course, in addition to salary, the income of famous coaches such as Mourinho and Ferguson also includes other endorsement income, for example,
Including bonuses and commercial income, Mourinho's income during his year at Chelsea exceeded 10 million euros. Liang's current reputation is not as good as that of famous coaches such as Mourinho and Ferguson, and his other income is not as good as that of Mourinho and Ferguson.
That's too much.
However, based on annual salary comparison alone, it can be said that Leon has suddenly entered the ranks of top coaches. You must know that Rijkaard's salary in Barcelona is only 3.5 million euros.
Of course, four million euros is just the annual salary, as well as bonuses and other income. If Li Ang leads Inter Milan to achieve good results, such as winning the Serie A championship or the European Champions Cup, with Moratti's generosity
, the bonus will not be small either.
In terms of the contract period, Li Ang and Inter Milan finally reached an agreement to sign a two-year contract. It can also be seen from this that although Moratti and Inter Milan are very optimistic about Li Ang, they are still more cautious. With a two-year contract, Inter Milan
Milan also leaves room for leeway. Once Li Ang leads the team with poor performance, Inter Milan will fire Li Ang without hesitation.
For Li Ang, a two-year contract is just what he wants.
Of course, this is just a contract agreement, because Li Ang has not terminated his contract with Sporting Gijon yet, and he cannot sign a contract with Inter Milan. Everything needs to wait until Sporting Gijon plays the Copa del Rey final and the season is completely over.
, only after Li Ang and Sporting de Gijon's "peaceful separation" could the signing be truly completed.
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Now, with only one Copa del Rey title left, he can retire with success in Gijon.
Li Ang's eyes flashed with excitement and determination.
After winning the UEFA Cup, the system prompted him to complete the task of winning the UEFA Cup in [Light of Europa] and asked him if he wanted to receive the reward. At the same time, the system also gave him a tempting plan, that is, if he chose not to receive the reward for the time being.
Instead, you will stack the task rewards and wait until you get the Triple Crown. The rewards will be extra generous and there will be unexpected surprises. However, the system also reminds you that if you don’t get the Triple Crown in the end, then
Even the reward for the UEFA Cup winner of [Light of Europa] will be halved.
Li Ang has a gambling spirit in his heart. He is in high spirits now, especially after deciding to leave Gijon. In his heart, he is also extremely eager to win the Triple Crown. He wants to end his Gijon career in the most perfect way.
Therefore, without much hesitation, Li Ang chose the reward stacking task. He was looking forward to what kind of generous rewards the system would give after winning the Triple Crown. As for the unexpected surprise, he was also very curious and looking forward to it.
Just after winning the league, Li Ang and club owner Manuel Arango had another meeting, and this time the two sides reached a consensus in a relatively peaceful mood.
After the Copa del Rey final, Li Ang and Sporting Gijon broke up peacefully.
During this meeting, after both parties controlled their emotions, there was a rare good atmosphere. Neither party mentioned the previous conflicts and unhappiness. Old Arango thanked Li Ang for his contribution to Sporting Gijon, and Li Ang also lamented that he was in a state of despair.
On this occasion, he was taken in by old Arango. Both parties had a great intention of letting go of their grudges.
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The news that Li Ang will leave Sporting Gijon is still under confidentiality. The first player to leave Sporting Gijon has already appeared.
On June 9, 2005, the day before the King's Cup final, the British "Guardian" suddenly broke the news that Chelsea would buy Sporting Gijon's right back Ivanovic for 15 million pounds. The deal will be in
Ivanovic will take effect after playing in the Copa del Rey final with Sporting Gijon.
Ivanovic's outstanding performance at Sporting Gijon attracted the attention of Chelsea coach Mourinho, and Ivanovic was also tempted by Chelsea's call.
Faced with the offer from the upstart Premier League team, the old Arango was very tempted. Li Ang had been blocking the transfer before. Li Ang was kind to Ivanovic. When Li Ang blocked the transfer, Ivan
Norwich was too determined to ask to leave. However, after he finally made up his mind to leave Gijon, Leon had no reason to prevent Ivanovic from defecting to Chelsea. He was also happy to do a favor and let Ivanovic go.
Qi left. However, he was also a little emotional. He did not expect Ivanovic to eventually go to Chelsea. After playing for Sporting Gijon for a season, the Stamford Bridge right-wing knife defender returned to his position early.
However, when he thought that he had not left Gijon yet, players of the team he had built had left. This La Liga champion team was likely to be completely different and fall apart in the future, and Li Ang was also filled with sadness.
Originally, in order to avoid affecting the morale of the military, Li Ang wanted Chelsea to announce the news after Sporting Gijon played the Copa del Rey game. Unexpectedly, the British reporter with great savvy actually broke the news of Ivanovic's transfer in advance.
Leaving news.
This also made Li Ang very unhappy with Chelsea and Mourinho's failure to keep things secret.
Although he knew that after he left, many Sporting Gijon players might be divided up by major giants, Li Ang still subconsciously avoided it. He hoped that such a thing would only happen after he left. After all, he built the dynasty with his own hands.
, it collapsed like this, I really feel sad to let it go.
Therefore, Li Ang was not happy about the leak of news from Chelsea.
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The 2004/2005 Copa del Rey title was played at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia.
When the Guardian broke the news that Ivanovic was about to move to Chelsea, the whole Sporting Gijon team had already arrived in Valencia.
When heading to the Mestalla Stadium to adapt to the venue, Li Ang was blocked by reporters and asked him about the transfer of Ivanovic.
Li Ang firmly denied this and accused the English media of spreading rumors. Since Chelsea still remained silent, he naturally denied it.
Li Ang's denial also relieved Sporting Gijon fans. Ivanovic has performed well this season and is very popular with fans. And most importantly, the media has been rumored that major giants are coveting Sporting Gijon players.
, the fans of Sporting Gijon are not only worried about Ivanovic's transfer and departure, but also worried that this will be a signal for a large number of players to leave Chelsea, which is unacceptable and unwilling to be seen by the fans.
Li Ang wants to try his best to avoid the impact of Ivanovic's transfer on the team, but it is still unavoidable.
During a break in training, some players secretly asked Ivanovic about this matter.
"Branislav, are you really going to Chelsea?" Grosso asked, his words filled with envy.
This also reflects the current situation of Sporting Gijon from one aspect. Although Li Ang led the team to win the UEFA Cup and even the Copa del Rey, essentially, the players still lack sincerity for Sporting Gijon.
, these players are very envious of wealthy clubs. After all, Sporting Gijon is only a small club. If a wealthy club offers an olive branch, except for the players trained by Sporting Gijon's own youth training, it will be difficult for other players not to be tempted.
Small clubs are destined to be just a springboard for players to go to wealthy clubs. This is the consensus of almost all players.
"Yeah." Ivanovic glanced at the coaches on the sidelines and nodded. He is not a good liar and is unwilling to deceive his teammates.
Grosso showed an envious expression. He did not ask Ivanovic how much his annual salary would be after he went to Chelsea. However, Chelsea, as the current tycoon in European football, spends a lot of money and is very generous to players. Ivanovic wants to come to Chelsea.
Vicki's salary is not low.
At the same time, thinking about his agent telling him that several big teams had invited him, Grosso also had his thoughts at this time.
