The Chinese Football Association didn't call again. Maybe they were just trying their luck at the beginning. Maybe Chang Sheng had a brain attack and agreed without turning around for a while, then they would have made money.
But it's a pity that Chang Sheng has a very clear mind.
Or maybe it was Chang Sheng's last words that scared them.
A head coach who does not allow the Football Association to interfere in management and must take full responsibility... In the history of the Chinese Football Association, such a head coach, wouldn't it be a big deal?
If a head coach with as little quality as Chang Sheng doesn't tighten the reins, I'm afraid the Football Association will be unlucky in the end and become very passive. At that time, political performance will turn into a shackle that can kill them...
No matter what the reason was, Zhang Sheng and Avril did not receive another call from the Chinese Football Association until the end of their vacation.
After the vacation, Chang Sheng returned to Rome.
In the summer of 2008, there were two major events in the world of sports, one was the Olympic Games and the other was the European Cup.
Chang Sheng did not go to watch the European Cup like other coaches.
Instead, he returned to the club to handle player transfer matters.
During his vacation with Avril Lavigne, there were often various rumors about the transfer of Lazio players in the media.
If you only look at media reports, people will feel that there are not many people left in Lazio...
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On the first day Chang Sheng returned to the club, he gathered all the staff in charge of the football competition department.
A very brief meeting was held with them.
It's really very brief.
Only five minutes in total.
In these five minutes, Chang Sheng told them that their work and mission goals this summer are very simple, that is, they must resolve all the remaining debts of 100 million euros this summer!
A group of people were dumbfounded...
What rhythm is this?
Can players be sold for that much money?
Is Chang Sheng really going to dismantle this championship team and sell them out?
Lazio ignored their surprised looks and announced the adjournment of the meeting. The club's transfer department officially entered working mode.
Under the leadership of Chang Sheng, they are the first department to end their holidays every year.
Lazio's revival is inseparable from their hard work.
In fact, Chang Sheng has no choice but to rush to pay off the debt within one year. Because if the debt is not paid off, there will be no way to significantly increase the salary cap standard. This will not be conducive to attracting more capable and famous stars to join the team and strengthen the football team.
The strength of the team.
In the time and space he was familiar with, Lazio did raise salaries without paying off its debts. But the extent of the salary increase was really pitiful.
The maximum salary of two million euros has become two million one million euros... What is the difference between this and not mentioning it?
The reason is that Lazio is still in debt and Lotito dare not let go.
You know that a salary increase is a very serious matter for all Italian clubs.
Because the tax rate in Italy is very high.
Here we want to focus on the Italian tax system and the necessary expenditures on players’ wages.
The first is insurance. There is an organization in Italy, whose full name is the "National Center for the Protection and Relief of Professional Sports and Entertainment Workers." According to the constitution, all the above-mentioned workers (including actors, directors, singers, and various athletes) must have a monthly income of
Part of it is given to this organization, which is essentially similar to China's social security. It stipulates that 33% of an individual's monthly income should be paid to the company, of which the players themselves pay 9.19%.
The club pays 23.81%. However, there is an upper limit to this payment, and the upper limit is 86,669 euros. The monthly income of many Serie A players, especially big-name stars, must exceed 80,000 euros.
Euros. They have to pay 9.19% of the 86,669 euros, which is more than 8,000 euros. The club will bear 20% of the 86,669 euros.
Three point eighty-one, which is 20,635 euros.
Assuming a team has twenty-five first-team players, and only first-team players, the club will spend about 510,000 euros per month on this. That is 6.19 million euros a year. This is not
A small amount.
The debt that Lazio needs to repay every year is only 5.5 million euros.
In addition, this insurance also has a "benefits after termination of working relationship", which means the player's retirement pension is also calculated according to the above-mentioned highest standard, with a ratio of 7.5%, which is about 7,000 euros. But this part
It's up to the players themselves, so I won't talk about it.
After insurance comes tax. There are currently three tax specifications in Italy. They are 8%, 20%, and 40%.
It is divided according to the income level and the nature of the items. For example, when buying water, basic food and other daily necessities, you have to pay an 8% tax. This tax is included in the selling price of the items. For high-end items, the tax is 2%.
Ten, higher-end items are 40%. Workers' incomes are also based on this level. Those with low incomes, those with a few thousand euros a month, are 20%, and those with high incomes are 40%.
Italy has one of the higher tax rates among the European football powers. It is second only to France, but it is also very limited...much higher than Spain, England, and Germany. The high tax rate has a lot to do with the decline of Serie A in recent years.
.In the mini-World Cup era, Italy would not impose such high taxes on players.
Let's use the salary of a player who is a substitute in a wealthy club as an example.
His monthly after-tax salary is 300,000 euros, and his annual income is 3.6 million euros. His monthly pre-tax income is at least about 550,000 euros. After-tax income is 200,000 euros, and the remaining is more than 10,000 euros.
For insurance, more than 240,000 yuan was lost, which is almost 45% of the income.
In fact, the tax on Italian players is about 43%. In addition, there is a special tax of 5% that clubs must pay. The total tax rate is 48%, which is almost equivalent to 50%.
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This money comes from the club, because what the players negotiate with the club is the annual salary after tax. The players don't care how much the tax is, they only care about how much money they can get in the end.
For example, Ibrahimovic's contract extension with Inter Milan requires an annual salary of 12 million euros, which is after tax.
In addition to the money given to Ibrahimovic, the Inter Milan club will also have to pay an additional tax of more than 10 million euros.
This means that one Ibrahimovic costs Inter Milan more than 23 million euros in salary per year.
That's why Lazio implemented a salary cap system. They also know that doing so will reduce their attractiveness to those stars.
But if we don't do this, Lazio may go bankrupt tomorrow.
It's useless no matter how many stars you have.
That's it. Lazio's annual financial budget includes a large portion of wages, which puts a lot of pressure on the club.
Therefore, Lazio does not dare to raise the salary standard easily.
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Lazio's current income mainly comes from league television broadcast fees, transfer fees from the sale of players, bonuses for participating in the Champions League and shares of Champions League TV broadcast fees.
The Serie A championship bonus is a small amount, which can be ignored.
Because the prize money for the Serie A champion is... one million euros!
Yes, I wrote it right, and you read it right. In Serie A, one of the four major leagues in Europe, the championship prize is a mere one million euros!
In sharp contrast, the Premier League champion has a bonus of 40 million euros, the La Liga champion has a bonus of 15 million euros, and the French Ligue 1 champion has a bonus of 16 million euros. Even the Bundesliga, which has always emphasized healthy finances and thrifty management,
, the championship prize money also ranges from 3 million to 7 million euros.
Compared with other leagues, the Italian league is like a short, poor and ugly loser.
So this one million euros can be ignored directly.
Another small factor is ticket revenue.
As for why the ticket revenue is only a small amount, let me tell you...
Lazio's home stadium is the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
This stadium can accommodate 100,000 people, but most of the time this stadium is not full.
In the past two seasons, as Lazio's performance improved, attendance increased, with an average of 45,000 people.
In Chang Sheng's first season, the average attendance was only 35,000.
The ticket price for each Lazio home game ranges from twenty euros to several hundred euros, but a few hundred euros is for particularly good locations, which are rare. So on average, the average ticket price is thirty euros.
In the first season, Lazio's average ticket revenue for each home game was 1.05 million euros. Nineteen home games in a season equaled 19.95 million euros in ticket revenue.
The average attendance in the last two seasons was 45,000. Thirty-eight home games, ticket revenue totaled 51.3 million.
The total amount for the three seasons is 71.25 million euros.
Sounds like a lot, right? Lazio Club's debt can be repaid by ticket revenue alone, right?
Pattern Tucson broken.
Because all the home stadiums of Serie A clubs, including Lazio, are not their own!
It belongs to the local municipal government!
The ticket revenue does not belong to the club, but to the city government, and the money is then distributed proportionally according to the contract signed by the two parties.
But the bulk of it must belong to the city government.
There is a data comparison. The ticket revenue of Premier League clubs accounts for 38% of their total revenue, while the proportion of Italian clubs is only 11%. Excluding the factor that the attendance rate of Serie A is lower than that of the Premier League, this proportion cannot be justified.
In addition to the city government taking a cut of the ticket revenue, the club also has to pay stadium rent. In addition, the stadium maintenance costs and security costs are also borne by the club.
In addition, the municipal government has the final say on the management of stadium billboards, so the Italian teams receive very little revenue from this aspect.
In terms of ticket revenue, despite the fact that Lazio earned more than 71 million euros in three years, in fact, they may not even get half of it, which is about 35 million euros.
This is the total of three seasons, the average is just over 11 million per season.
It's really pitiful.
But it is not surprising that Inter Milan, which has the highest ticket revenue in Italy, in the season when they won the Triple Crown in 2009-2010, the ticket revenue was only 39 million euros, which was already the highest in Italy.
But compared with other European giants, this number is really pitiful. The best comparisons are Manchester United and Arsenal. The two clubs earned 126 million euros and 108 million euros respectively from the game.
daily income, and the stadium capacity of these two clubs is smaller than that of Inter Milan.
It is precisely because most of the ticket revenue is given to the government that many Italian clubs have plans to build new stadiums, because only when the stadium is completely their own, ticket revenue can truly become the main source of the club's income.
