Riester immediately cut off Suarez's words, and then said rudely: "Don't make excuses for me. I didn't come here today to listen to your explanation. Let me ask you, have you ever said 'nigger'?"
'In this case."
"Said."
Suarez didn't dare to shout loudly when facing List. Although List snatched Suarez from others, it was List's strong strength that gave Suarez the greatest support. With List like List, he has gained a lot of support in European football.
With the help of a powerful agent, Suarez's future becomes brighter. Suarez also understands this, which is why he left his original agent and cooperated with Riester.
Lister has always been smiling. But now Suarez looked at Lister's cold eyes and suddenly felt a little timid. In any case, Lister is a powerful agent, and Suarez still dare not be too presumptuous.
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"Is there something wrong with your head? You have been playing football in England for a while. Don't you know how serious the consequences of racial discrimination are?"
Suarez is indeed one of the most talented players among Rist's players. But Rist didn't care about that and immediately stood up to criticize Suarez.
Historically, this guy has a problem with his head. He has been involved in racial discrimination, biting, and handball. Anyway, countless players have been banned for many games. He has been honest for a while in the past few years, which made Rist think that Suarez will not get sick. Unexpectedly, it finally happened.
He fell ill, which made List very angry.
Not to mention other things, one-third of the players in List's hands are black. Grandma, if this matter expands, let List explain to his players.
"But in Uruguay, 'nigger' is not a discriminatory term, it is just a term for people with skin color."
"Don't bullshit me."
It was okay for Suarez not to defend himself, but when he did, Riester became furious. He pointed at Suarez and said, "You can call him that over there. How long have you been in Europe? Don't you know the taboos here? I won't believe it."
When the time comes, talk about this excuse to the reporters and the FA and see if they believe it."
Lister is really angry. Suarez has been playing football in Europe for many years. How can he not understand this taboo? And this will not only be punished by the FA. It will also cause his reputation to plummet, causing
His commercial value plummeted. The loss amounted to millions of pounds.
"Ring ring ring——"
"Fuck, who is it?"
Lister was furious and originally didn't want to answer the phone. But after seeing the caller ID, he answered the phone anyway. But when he answered the phone, he said in a very calm tone: "I'm Lister Cherny."
"Rister. It's me."
"Jochen, what's the matter?"
Lister already had some understanding in his heart. Because the caller was Puma's CEO Jochen Leitz, what good thing could it be to call at this time? Jochen Leitz was on the phone. He said in a low voice: "Manchester United
Is what Evra said to French reporters after the game true?"
"yes."
"Rister, how could such a thing happen?"
Jochen Leitz was furious on the phone. Suarez played in Sparta Prague, and the Czech Republic is Puma's sphere of influence. Sparta Prague and Puma have been cooperating for many years. Of course, for an outstanding player like Suarez,
He is the star that Puma focuses on. Therefore, he quickly cooperated with Puma and became Puma's cooperative star.
After arriving at Tottenham in the past two years, he has also performed very well in the Premier League. Mainly because of his exciting way of playing, so he is well-known in the Premier League. Puma currently does not have many iconic stars, so the 23-year-old Suarez is quite popular.
He was valued by Puma. But look what happened now.
"I'm sorry, Jochen. I'm dealing with this now and I'll sort it out soon."
"Solution, how to solve it."
Last season, Suarez's scoring rate increased significantly at Tottenham, reaching 20 goals in the entire season. At the age of 23, with such a performance in the Premier League, he is already an outstanding forward that European football is eyeing. Originally, Puma
I also wanted him to become the flag star during this period. But if something like this happened, it would cause huge damage to Puma's image.
"Rister, the impact of this incident is too bad. You should know that half of our Puma market is in Africa. How do you want me to deal with this?"
"Jochen, I will try my best to eliminate the impact of this time."
"I'm sorry, Lister."
Jochen Leitz said seriously during the reception phone call: "Lister, we at Puma will pay attention to the development of this matter anytime and anywhere. If the matter gets bigger and bigger, then Lister, I will be really sorry. We will have to negotiate with Suarez
Sri Lanka has stopped cooperating, I hope you can understand."
"I understand, Jochen."
Lister does understand Puma. Puma is different from Adidas and Nike. Puma has always taken a circuitous path. Because Puma could not compete with top brands such as Nike and Adidas to compete for the market, it could only sponsor the Czech Republic.
and African football to expand their business.
In the current African football world, Puma has the greatest influence. After entering the 21st century, African stars such as Drogba, Eto'o, Yaya Toure, and Diouf are all Puma stars.
Currently, all African national teams participating in the World Cup are sponsored by Puma. Therefore, although Africa is poor, it is still one of Puma's largest markets.
After hanging up the phone, Suarez became even more angry when he saw the unconvinced look on his face. So he could only say again: "Look, Puma CEO's phone call. He said that if this matter is not resolved, Puma will terminate its cooperation with you.
"
"Money, this is money. Have you made too much money now? You no longer need to take care of sponsors and continue to make money. If Puma hadn't taken care of my face, they would have terminated your contract now."
"Then what should I do?"
Suarez was also a little stunned. He originally thought it was no big deal. At most, he would be banned by the Football Association for two or three games, and at most, he would be fined tens of thousands of pounds.
Unexpectedly, less than six hours after the game, even the CEO of Puma called. Puma is Suarez's main sponsor, and its annual sponsorship fee for Suarez is 800,000 pounds. It is currently one of Suarez's sponsors.
The highest sponsorship fee. Even PepsiCo currently sponsors Suarez for only 400,000 pounds a year.
"The matter is serious. Evra is a Manchester United player, and he is a Manchester United player. And the matter has reached this point, and it is out of control. Maybe the Football Association will ban you for six to eight games, it depends on you
what to do?"
Although Lister is very critical, Lister cannot really destroy Suarez. After all, Suarez is also one of the most talented players under Lister.
And more importantly, if Suarez is bullied badly this time, List will lose face. After all, he can't even protect his own players. How will other people in European football think of List?
Suarez thinks that List is not good enough, and if he finds another agent in a few days, List will be a loser. It will also seriously affect the confidence of List's players.
Therefore, Lister is also actively thinking of ways to overcome this crisis. Although Lister is not clear about the specific situation of Suarez's racial discrimination in history, he also knows that Liverpool was tough on it at the time. The final result is
After a disastrous defeat, not only did Suarez's punishment increase, but even Liverpool was bombarded by the English media.
At that time, everyone in Liverpool, from the club's senior management to Daglish, believed that Suarez was right. Unfortunately, the more they thought so, the more unresolved the matter became. In the end, Liverpool's entire image was affected. Liverpool's sponsors finally
Pressure on Liverpool, thinking that their unprincipled support of Suarez is wrong.
Being tough means fighting people face to face. What Rist hates the most is this kind of war. Fighting people face to face, regardless of winning or losing, is of no benefit to the agent. It seems that we need to find a way to calm down this matter.
"Louis, you didn't say a word after the game, right?"
"No. I didn't expect Evra to say this to French reporters."
Suarez nodded. He didn't take this matter to heart at first. Unexpectedly, when Evra mentioned it to French reporters after the game, this matter immediately caused an uproar in the French media. Then it soon spread to England. Now
In the internet age, Evra just criticized Suarez, and within two hours everyone knew about it.
"Okay. From now on, don't talk nonsense in front of the media. First of all, don't stand up and say that you are right. When you face the media, just say that in Uruguay this word does not mean discrimination. Then you must be very sincere.
, saying that if this matter has caused any trouble to Evra, you apologize. Do you understand?"
Riester knew that Suarez had a bad temper, so he increased his tone. He said seriously: "Please remember, this matter is very big. If you were in Italy, then this matter might be over. But
It's different in England. You are not a local player in England, and they will definitely kill you. So you must not stand firm on this matter and think that you are right. Even I won't be able to protect you by then."
"yes."
Suarez nodded helplessly. Looking at Suarez's appearance, Riester couldn't help but criticize again: "Remember, don't show off to me. I'm going to find Evra's agent now to help Evra for you."
Apologize and hope to get understanding from Evra. I also need to do public relations for Manchester United. I hope Manchester United will not hold on to this matter. If Manchester United really bites you, you will really suffer enough.
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"Evra's agent? It seems that he needs to find someone to help him." (To be continued...)
