After waiting for the news of the Champions League victory to dissipate, Depor Club began to make preparations for next season. The first thing is the contract renewal issue of two people, one is the head coach Irueta, and the other is No. 13
Team member Wang Ai. As a result, the first contact in contract renewal negotiations did not go well.
Irueta was aware of the club's dire financial situation and high debt. He didn't know who would remain on the team next season and what players would be introduced. And through preliminary contact, he learned that the club was interested in
There is little enthusiasm for introducing new players next season. Although Irueta understands the club's current poverty situation and understands and even admires Lendoiro's painstaking efforts over the years, as a head coach, without a strong team, he will inevitably be stretched thin.
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Irueta is not Wenger, and Lendoiro may not be able to trust him for such a long time. From the perspective of coaching style, Irueta's Basque character and his relationship with the players are far less than Bin
The polite Professor Wenger is so classy.
Therefore, Irueta has not agreed to renew the contract for the time being, but only said that we will wait until the Champions League game is over to discuss it. The club cannot force it, after all, this reason is still very strong. The Champions League champion prize money is several million, and from this
The geometric increase in popularity caused by this will also bring about a more than tenfold increase in advertising revenue. At least this is the case for Deportivo.
Similarly, the contact with Wang Ai did not go well. The club wanted to sign a long-term contract with Wang Ai. Currently, all players at Depor have contracts of more than 6 years, including Belleron, Luque, and Pandy.
Yani and others are like this, but only Wang Ai has a one-year contract, which means that the club cannot make profits by selling Wang Ai. Now the club certainly has no crazy idea of selling Wang Ai, but it will always happen if it is prepared for a rainy day.
On the day of the sale, Wang Ai's worth is now at least 10 million euros. With the team's second-leading scorer and his performance as a strong contender for the Champions League Golden Boot, Wang Ai's appeal is not bad for ordinary clubs.
It's too big for wealthy families.
Faced with such a huge potential profit, Depor even proposed to give Wang Ai a super high signing fee of one million euros as a condition.
But from Wang Ai's perspective, it's another story. Now compared to Wang Ai's annual salary of 550,000 plus match bonuses of about 250,000, Wang Ai's advertising revenue for Deportivo exceeds 4 million euros, and
It will definitely exceed 5 million next year.
Therefore, now it is not a matter of the club signing a long-term contract, but a matter of Wang Ai needing a salary increase.
Why does Beckham have the maximum salary in Real Madrid? Even Ronaldo doesn't have any objection? Because his salary is equivalent to his own. Although Wang Ai can't compare with Beckham's 40 million euros in advertising revenue and 20 million euros in jersey sales profits
, but Wang Ai’s commercial appeal in the Deportivo team is now No. 1!
In order to retain this "money tree", club owner Lendoiro even took action personally and proposed new conditions for a long-term contract in exchange for a salary increase. But even this failed to convince Wang Ai, especially after Wang Ai called Shi
In the case of Lapna, Wang Ai just said that he is not considering leaving Deportivo for the time being and will continue to play. But signing a long-term contract is impossible.
Schlapner was not polite. He said bluntly: "Rey's salary comes with his own money. All he wants is a platform to play football. If Deportivo is not willing, there are a lot of wealthy clubs who will take the initiative to invite us. If we and
If you sign a long-term contract, Wang Ai's next boss will pay a high transfer fee, and this transfer fee will become his salary if Wang Ai joins freely."
The implication is that now that you are proposing to sign a long-term contract, it is equivalent to taking money out of Wang Ai's pocket, taking money out of his future salary, and also taking money out of my pocket!
Schlapner is different from ordinary agents. He has a deep and close relationship with Wang Ai. As a football professional with some connections in Germany, his business activity ability is not strong and he is highly dependent on player wages. More
The key is that in the past, he was the only window to introduce Chinese players to play in Germany. Yang Chen, Xie Hui, and Shao Jiayi could only choose to sign with him. But now, Wang Ai is the first choice for Chinese players to defect to Germany. His role
It is no longer necessary. Therefore, he is now following Wang Ai, a Chinese foreign aid from Tübingen. He has no say in who to choose as his agent.
Recently, Beyond Sports is preparing to establish CY Company, which is also European Beyond Sports, and is preparing to separate the two companies financially. This does not mean that the two companies will stand on their own in the future. It is mainly to guard against FIFA or UEFA.
Some regulations. If CY Sports Company wants to become a formal sports comprehensive company, its subordinates must not only have their own clubs, but also have a brokerage company. As Wang Ai, Schlapner has always been happy to cooperate. He doesn’t have much ability but he doesn’t have much talent either.
The ambitious veteran is preparing to be the first to join. Although it is inevitable that a large part of the income will be taken away by the company, in exchange for a large number of contracts for Chinese players and even German players from Tübingen Youth, the total income will not decrease.
Anti-increase. Especially for a 62-year-old man, the choice is self-evident whether to work hard alone or rely on a powerful company.
As for Wang Ai's choice not to sign a long-term contract, Schlapner was not just trying to safeguard Wang Ai's interests, because his contract with Wang Ai stipulated that Wang Ai's transfer fee and salary and bonus commission are the same.
This means that Wang Ai will not lose any profits if he does not sign a long-term contract, so he is so righteous.
Rendoiro was helpless in the face of Schlapner's accusation, and immediately invited Wang Ai for a private conversation. During the conversation, he confessed that the financial situation of Depor Club could no longer be sustained. Counting players, stadiums, and club fixed assets,
A club with a total of only 200 million euros has a debt of 150 million. The value of players is floating and difficult to determine. Especially some older players, the value of which is shrinking every year, which means
The total assets of Depor Club continue to shrink. Only due to the particularity of sports and the qualification of La Liga, it barely reached 200 million in the evaluation.
The club's assets of 50 million seem to be a lot, but they are all fixed assets. For example, the Riazor Stadium is worth 80 million euros, so now the club's working capital is very few except for paying salaries to the players. The club's finances
Revenue mainly comes from advertising, broadcasting, tickets, and souvenirs, of which tickets account for 40%. In recent years, the cold winter in Deportivo has reduced fans’ ability to buy tickets, and the club’s ticket revenue has plummeted. As a plus
As a representative club in the Lycian region, the primary advertising revenue must come from local businessmen. The economic downturn in the region also means a decline in the club's advertising revenue.
Lendoiro, who is in trouble both internally and externally, said frankly: "The club is going to rejuvenate."
Wang Ai understands that Lendoiro, the great chairman who has been determined to be an excellent club manager since he was a child and has been working for 16 years, has single-handedly brought the small team Deportivo to the current situation.
It can't survive anymore. The so-called "rejuvenation" is actually a nice way of saying that the star players are sold in exchange for the club's financial balance. In other words, at the most glorious moment when "Super Deportivo" is about to reach the top, it is actually approaching its end.
