"Lister, I really don't want to do business with you."
Oti put the contract in his hand into his briefcase and sighed. Valencia performed very well. After defeating Lazio 5-1 in the first game, they did not lose weight in the away game. They still played well.
A 2-2 draw. In the end, Lazio was eliminated with a disparity of 7-3 and entered the semi-finals of the Champions League.
In the past ten years, even when Valencia was strong, it had never reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Unexpectedly, it was done under the hands of a rookie coach Benitez. Benitez started the season
When he took charge of Valencia, I don’t know how many media were surprised. After all, Valencia is a traditional top five team in Spain, and Benitez is just a rookie coach who has just emerged. But now he has entered the top four of the Champions League.
Benitez has finally rectified his name.
Now Valencia's performance is getting better and better, and it also shows strength in the league, surpassing Barcelona and entering the second place in La Liga.
But because Oti did not have the confidence to retain many main players, he started to introduce players in advance. He did not want to delay too long, which might affect preparations for next season. What I just talked about with List was
Vicente's transfer. Like the introduction of Jankoler, Oti once again adopted the easy-first-then-hard approach, first negotiating with the Extremadura Club. Tuni Crespi really wanted more.
Money, but Oti is a good negotiator. And the Extremadura club does not have much qualifications to bargain with Valencia.
In the end, Tuni Crespi signed the contract at a price of 6.7 million euros. But it was different on Riester's side. Riester was constantly dealing with Oti. Just like Jankler, Riester
Not only does he own half of Vicente's ownership, he is also Vicente's agent. Therefore, this negotiation is a package plan, which makes Oti very uncomfortable.
Riester's meaning is very simple. Vicente is Spain's current super star, and his status as a local player alone will increase his worth. Moreover, Vicente's future is very bright, and anyone with a discerning eye can spot it.
Supernova Riester was unwilling to go too cheap for Valencia. Therefore, Riester held on to the tens of millions of euros and stayed with Oti for nearly a week.
In the end, both parties gave in and reached an agreement on a price of 8 million and 700 thousand euros. Then Riester also received a commission of 1.3 million euros from Valencia. In total, he still received 10 million euros. Except
These include the commission of 400,000 euros for introducing Valencia players, and then getting a signing fee of 700,000 euros for Vicente, and obtaining an annual salary of 2.4 million euros for Vicente, of course this is before tax.
The annual salary that can really go to Vicente is just over one million euros. But for Vicente, who is only 19 years old, this contract is still a super contract.
Oti breathed a long sigh of relief. If Valencia hadn't earned so much this season, how could he have spent so much money. It would have cost about 18 million euros to bring in Vicente Valencia.
"Jaime, don't think this is a lot of money. I can guarantee that after one season, Vicente will be worth at least 30 million euros."
"Liester, aren't you trying to trick us? You said that after one season he will be worth more than 30 million euros, but the liquidated damages are only 24 million euros. What does this mean?"
Although Oti could not tell the exact amount of how much Vicente's worth could reach. But he knew one thing, that is, Vicente's worth would definitely rise sharply. So he originally wanted to set a high amount of liquidated damages.
A high amount. He initially proposed a liquidated damages of 50 million euros, but Riester did not agree.
"Jaime, I'll tell you the truth. From now on, my players will have no liquidated damages clause. As long as there is a liquidated damages clause, it must be linked to his salary. The maximum liquidated damages can only be ten times the salary. Wei
Center will not be the first, and he will definitely not be the last. My players will take this approach in the future."
After several years of adapting, Riester has gradually become familiar with some of the rules of Spanish football. Spanish football requires liquidated damages. If it is low, it is good for the agent and the player, and if it is high, it is good for the club. Clubs are all
He wanted to set up a sky-high liquidated damages, but Lister would never agree to it. Therefore, after these years of negotiations, Lister also found a way to tie it to the player's salary. Lister also considered the ratio.
Yes, ten times is the best.
Of course, if an average agent wants to set a liquidated damages of ten times the salary for his players, those clubs will definitely think that he is a lunatic and ignore him. But now Lister has enough strength to bargain with the clubs.
"Jaime, if you are worried, you can continue to increase Vicente's salary. As long as you increase his salary to 5 million euros, then the liquidated damages will naturally be 50 million euros. By then, won't you be very relieved?
?Don't worry, I have my own ideas about young players. I will not let them transfer frequently when they are young. Those agents who want commissions to make players transfer frequently are not worth the gain.
I think farther than they do, so don’t worry. I won’t let Vicente transfer in a short time. Of course, you have to give us enough salary. Otherwise..."
"Haha. List, you always have a reason. I heard that you are going to England, why don't you want to watch the Champions League semi-finals?"
Because we were in Valencia, when we bought the plane tickets, we bought them directly from Valencia employees. That’s why Oti was more curious. Riester shook his head and said: "No. There is a business to discuss. The Champions League semi-finals
I will be back when the time comes.”
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"Bob, long time no see."
There was business to discuss. It was Sunderland chairman Bob Murray who invited Lister to England. Lister and Murray have always maintained a very friendly relationship, but there has been no business relationship between the two parties. Because of Lister's
Players have never been able to enter English football. Leicester does not have his own players in English football.
Although Liszt is very coveted in the Premier League market, Liszt has not entered hastily. Only when the strength is there, the best way is to get it done naturally. If you insist on entering, you will not get it.
"Rister, I heard that Coach Benitez of Valencia is your coach?"
List nodded. This kind of thing needs to be widely publicized so that everyone knows his strength. After winning against Lazio, Benitez's reputation has further improved. Is there anyone in European football who doesn't know Valencia?
Young coach Benitez.
"I also watched the game between Valencia and Lazio. The young coach is really good and he directly eliminated Lazio."
"It's just so so. I'm still young and need to exercise."
Murray laughed when he heard List's old-fashioned words. It is said that Benitez is a young coach, but this is only for the coaching industry. In terms of age, Benitez is nearly ten years older than List.
"By the way, Murray. You told me that you have business to discuss. Are you interested in my players or other people's players? You want me to clear things up."
Murray did not say anything specific during the phone call. He just hoped to meet and talk with List. Logically speaking, this time is within List's control. But the Premier League is a market that List has always been eyeing. So List wants to
Continue to develop a relationship with Murray. After all, although Sunderland is a small club, the money spent by Sunderland Club is no worse than that of ordinary Premier League clubs.
In 2012, the Premier League had statistics on the total transfer fees of various clubs in the ten years from 2002 to 2012. Chelsea and Manchester City ranked at the top, followed by Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham. These are the top five clubs.
Among them, Chelsea's income reached 673 million pounds, and Manchester City's income reached 572 million pounds. They were far ahead of other clubs.
It is different from what people think. The third place is neither Manchester United nor Tottenham. It is Liverpool. List's transfers in this decade exceeded 400 million pounds. And around 350 million pounds were Manchester United and Tottenham.
Stab two clubs. And Arsenal is just over 200 million pounds.
But Sunderland, as a club that has been relegated, actually spent 187 million pounds. Even more than clubs like Newcastle, Everton, and West Ham United. Not only Sunderland’s current chairman Mo
The investment intensity of both the Irish consortium and the Irish consortium was not small at all. Although Sunderland's subsequent performance has been poor.
Of course, Leicester really wants to do business with Sunderland. Such a small club invests so much money. If he cooperates with them, the benefits to Leicester are obvious.
"Your players."
"My players?"
Lister thought for a while, and it seemed that none of his current players were suitable for Sunderland. Moreover, Sunderland was performing well now, finishing seventh in the Premier League last season. Who could he be looking at?
"Our attacking power is okay, but there are many problems in the midfield. Our club is interested in two players from Sparta Prague, Gilberto Silva and Senna. If you are willing, I would like to package them and take them to Sunderland.
"
Lister was stunned. Sunderland's Murray's appetite was too big, and he actually wanted to pack them both away. Last season's dark horse career seemed to have made Murray's appetite even bigger. Now Sunderland
Their strength is not bad. If they really win two of them, Sunderland's strength will be able to hit the European League quota. If you don't expect the Champions League, you can still fight for the UEFA Cup quota.
Gilberto Silva, Senna, and Liester are not ready to send them to the first-class European leagues so soon. Not because they are not strong enough, but because Liester hopes that the two of them can help Sparta Prague achieve good results. Ben
This season's Sparta Prague only entered the second round of the group stage, and then was eliminated in the second round of the group stage. List also hopes that Sparta Prague will have the opportunity to enter the Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals.
But now that Murray personally invited him, Lister had to think about it. So he thought about it and said: "Bob, these two players have been selected for the new Czech national team. In my heart, each of them is
Players worth £15 million. How much money are you prepared to spend to bring them to Sunderland."
Sunderland saw the performance of Sparta Prague players through the Champions League. Then after analysis, they thought Gilberto Silva and Senna were very good. That's why Murray invited List. Now listen to List
It was said that neither of them was worth 15 million pounds, which made Murray dumbfounded. Although the two of them are outstanding, they are not worth such an outrageous amount.
Fifteen million pounds is still the transfer fee record in England, and was set by Alan Shearer. Although newspapers said that Ruud van Nistelrooy was about to break this record, but it has not been broken yet. Two people from the Czech League
player is £15 million.
"Liester, you can't do this. Although they are indeed very good, they are just players playing in the Czech league. Our club is willing to pay 10 million pounds to introduce them." (To be continued...)
