Benitez is no longer the young coach who needed Riester's guidance a few years ago. The 42-year-old Benitez is now a man of the hour in European football and the most prestigious young coach in European football.
Last season, Valencia advanced in both La Liga and the Champions League. At that time, many people paid attention to Valencia. Because Valencia was a dark horse last season and won the Champions League. No team wanted to meet Valencia.
Lencia, it is a pity that the presidential election occurred in Valencia later.
In the end, there was even friction between Benitez and some of the team’s big guys, or veteran players. Valencia’s senior players are not just two people, but a system of defensive lines. Like Angelo
Ma, Carboni, and Pellegrino are all very old players who have been in Valencia for a long time. They support Otti more than they support Benitez.
Oti was also under too much pressure at the time, so he attracted some old players within the team. Benitez was not Mourinho in the first place. Mourinho except for the fact that Mourinho betrayed everyone at Real Madrid and broke up with the big bosses in the team.
Except, other places are very good.
People like Chelsea, including Lampard and Drogba, regard Mourinho as God. After arriving at Inter Milan, many veterans also respected him highly. When Mourinho left Inter Milan, even like Atletico Madrid
Players like Trazzi shed tears at the scene. Sneijder even directly said to Mourinho that he was his second father.
What's even better is the fans. Whether it's Chelsea or Inter Milan. Those fans are willing to support Mourinho. When Mourinho is in head-to-head confrontation with the outside world, the fans unanimously support Mourinho. This is Mourinho.
Austria's charm and abilities.
It's a pity that Benitez is different. Not only does he have a bad relationship with many players, but he also has a dirty relationship with senior management. Even the fans will not treat Benitez the same way they treat Mourinho.
Therefore, the Valencia presidential election had a great impact on Benitez. He could no longer control those veterans at that time, and his performance plummeted. If he hadn't stayed this season, and those veterans were all veterans, it would be worse than
Benitez knows better how to handle the relationship in the locker room. Since Benitez did not make any moves in the transfer market in the summer, he can only keep that line of defense. Therefore, Valencia's results this season are good. Fortunately, even
This is a Spanish team. If they were in the Premier League, Benitez would probably demote them all, and then the team's results would look good.
Therefore, Valencia's results this season are flat, so no one thinks that the fluctuation of Valencia's results last season was due to Benitez. Benitez is still the young coach currently touted by the media.
Faced with such a coach, Riester now treats him very equally. This time in the newly established company, Benitez got 4% of the shares of the new company for 300,000 euros. If others want to
It is simply impossible to get 4% of the company's shares for 300,000 euros. That is, Benitez, because the current results are becoming more and more important in Riester's company, so he can get such a share.
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Regarding Benitez's future choices, Riester can only give advice and cannot help him make a complete decision.
"Rister. If I refuse such a good opportunity, wouldn't I be a fool?"
Benitez was in a very excited mood, so he couldn't help but joke. Don't look at the fact that Valencia just won the Champions League and is currently ranked first in La Liga this season. But in terms of attractiveness, Valencia and
Liverpool are not in the same league at all.
Chinese people like to whitewash their ancestors. They are willing to find a arrogant ancestor for themselves. In fact, the same goes for people in Europe. They are more hypocritical than the Chinese. It is said that after those people made money as pirates, their favorite thing was to use money to buy a title.
Although those titles are useless, they still like to buy them as if they are nobles. Europeans' yearning for nobles far exceeds that in China.
The same is true in football. A giant with a glorious history like Liverpool cannot match the attractiveness of a team like Valencia. The same is true for Benitez.
"Raphael, the Premier League is completely different from La Liga. In the Premier League, there is no position of sports director. If you become the head coach of Liverpool, you will be completely responsible for the transfer market. Then you can
You have to get used to this change."
This is the reason why Lester has always liked the Premier League. Premier League clubs are rich, especially in the future. It is very common for small and medium-sized clubs to spend tens of millions of pounds to buy a player. At that time, in European football, regardless of
Whether it is the Bundesliga, Serie A or La Liga, their small and medium-sized clubs are already too poor to take the blame. And more importantly, the head coach in the Premier League has great power and has more room for maneuver.
"kindness."
Benitez nodded. So far, Benitez has not actually created much profit for List. Benitez knows that when he enters Liverpool, List will definitely sell his players to Liverpool. Of course, as long as it is
Benitez will not refuse an outstanding player. And now the relationship between the two is not only an agent and a coach, but also has other cooperative relationships between the two parties. Benitez's 4% seems to be
Not much, but the income is definitely not low. After all, List has more than 300 players, and there are more than 20 players with commercial income exceeding one million.
Although Benitez does not directly have shares in List's agency, the value of those players will greatly increase when they join Liverpool, and commercial promotion will also increase greatly. This will also indirectly increase Benitez's income.
"Raphael, you have to take better care of your image in the future."
Looking at the bald Benitez, Lister couldn't help laughing. Benitez's image is indeed not comparable to that of Mourinho later, nor to Guardiola. He is the so-called little bird
Boas's image far exceeds that of Benitez.
In fact, don’t compare with coaches of the same age group. Even compared with the older generation of coaches, Benitez’s image does not have any advantage. Look at Ferguson. The hair dryer is the most suitable for his image. And Wenger, Professor
Wenger's gentleness. Including Lippi, Capello and others all beat Benitez in appearance.
Benitez didn't understand what Rist meant when he said this. Rist looked at Benitez and said: "Raphael, I got you a sponsor this time. You know the game CM.
They want you to endorse their games, and I have already started talking with them. I think I can negotiate a three-year, million-pound contract for you. Tell me if you want to manage your image more."
"I?"
Benitez pointed at himself and said in surprise. There are not just one or two coaches with good results in European football. The older generation Trapattoni, Ferguson, Lippi, Van Gaal, Heynckes
, Hitzfield, Villas-Boas, and Wenger are all famous. Even if they were not young coaches like Ancelotti, their reputations are not small now.
And Benitez is also self-aware. His image seems to be in an advertisement... one million pounds in three years, let alone a game. Even if it is sponsored by some big players, it is like this. Just like when Coca-Cola sponsors players, ordinary stars
The sponsorship does not reach the level of one million pounds in three years.
"Raphael, don't belittle yourself. They are interested in your title of 'Master Tactics' and think it is very consistent with the purpose of their game, so they are looking for you. One million pounds in three years is still too little for me. Wait for you to lead the decline."
When Liverpool re-emerges, I may not agree to three million pounds in three years."
Benitez just smiled. He was not good at words. But he knew that the title of "Master Tactics" he had was earned by Lister. When all the newspapers and TVs praised Benitez
When Tes showed his tactical ability, the title "Master Tactics" was naturally born. And the media's indiscriminate bombardment made "Master Tactics" accepted by many people. Although there are many newspapers and other columns that follow the trend, but
Benitez knows that half of the things are columns created by List with money.
"Okay, Rafael, I'm just asking for your opinion today. If you agree, then I will discuss the details of the contract with Liverpool in detail. Of course, if you have any requirements, you can tell me now."
"Liverpool? Liverpool?"
After all, Liverpool is a wealthy club. Although Benitez has not investigated carefully, he still has a little understanding of their team. After thinking for a while, Benitez said: "Rister, I believe everything else is fine."
There is no problem. But I want to take away a player, and I hope Liverpool will agree."
"who?"
Lister wondered who Benitez was going to take away. It was Vicente. Everyone knew that Benitez valued Vicente. If Vicente went to Liverpool, he might not be as good as Robben.
Later, I was poor at Chelsea. I was afraid that Vicente and Robben would be glassy in the Premier League.
"Yankoler."
"Oh? Young? But Liverpool already have Heskey."
Riester did not expect that the person Benitez was going to take away was not Vicente, but Jankeler. Jankeler has been following Benitez for the fifth year, and he has been following him since he was 24 years old. He is almost 20 years old.
Nine years old.
"I also know something about Heskey. He is a local player in England. I believe his price will not be too cheap. Selling him will be a good opportunity to bring in Jan Koller. Jan has a good shot and good footwork."
Benitez was like a machine and expressed his opinions directly. But Lister had a wry smile. Heskey and Owen are close partners. And Heskey is also an England international. Such a player said
Just sell it, it might offend some people. But Lister still nodded.
Benitez will be the head coach of Liverpool soon. With Benitez as his trump card, he no longer needs to be timid in English football.
As Benitez said, Heskey's worth is not low. When he came to Liverpool, it was already 11 million pounds. The World Cup in Korea and Japan is coming soon, and his worth should be 15 million pounds by then.
That’s all. And Jankoler’s transfer fee is not high.
Riester and Valencia originally signed a four-year contract. It turned out that they were negotiating to renew the contract last summer. However, because of those things that happened, the extension of Jankoler's contract was delayed. Now Jankoler has passed this season.
There is only one year left on the contract. Although Jankoler is Valencia's main center, his worth alone must exceed 20 million pounds. But under the current situation, Jankoler cannot be sold for much money.
Even Yankol's liquidated damages are only 22 million euros.
Because when Jankoler first entered Valencia, his salary was only 2.2 million euros. If he had renewed his contract last summer, his contract would have reached about 3.3 million euros. Riester and Roig
It was all negotiated, but unfortunately after Roig's failure, the contract extension was no longer available.
"Okay, I will discuss this with Liverpool. Are there any other conditions?"
