Before SPN's first training started, Li Yu met his agent Wirtz at the Carrington training base. The two came to the leisure area of the base and started chatting!
After taking a sip of coffee, Wirtz said: "I was about to communicate with Manchester United about your new contract, but yesterday I received a call from Ferguson, saying that the club wanted to give you a salary increase."
Although it was not a surprise to hear the news, Li Yu was still very happy, "This is great, the club actually offered to give me a salary increase! You can get a lot of commission again!"
Wirtz chuckled. He could never show off the majesty of an agent in front of Li Yu, but who asked him to make up for his losses first? His laughter also relieved his embarrassment and said: "If you know the salary they proposed for the new contract,
, you won’t be so happy.”
"How much?" Li Yu asked immediately. He has never been very sensitive to money, as long as it's about the same.[
"They are willing to increase your annual salary from the current weekly salary to 80,000 pounds after tax. This is the highest salary in the Manchester United team now, and you can also own 40% of the personal image rights." Wirtz finished speaking and drank.
I took a sip of coffee. The French seemed not used to getting up early, so they drank a lot of coffee to refresh themselves.
Hearing what Wirtz said, Li Yu pondered for a moment. The increase in weekly salary was not small. The most important thing was that the title of the highest salary in the team was enough to satisfy Li Yu. However, Ronaldo seemed to have received more than this before he left.
It's more, he doesn't know exactly how much.
The salary last week after renewing the contract was already considered good, but Wirtz obviously told half of the story, telling the good things first and not mentioning the negative things later on.
"What other contract details have been communicated between you and the club?" Li Yu asked.
Wirtz nodded, "I met with Ferguson today and had preliminary communication. However, the club seems to have a tougher tone. First of all, they insist on signing a 5-year contract. This is almost the maximum number of years for a player contract, although I guess
It may eventually be reduced to four years, but it will be difficult to reduce it to the three years you approved. It will be difficult to meet our expectations."
Manchester United obviously wants to lock Li Yu in with a huge contract, but the problem is that the time is too long. Three years is the limit that Li Yu can accept. He doesn't want to sign a betrayal contract for such a long time at such a young age.
At that time, if Li Yu is a player who is almost 30 years old, by that age
If a wealthy club like Manchester United offers a long-term contract, he will definitely be happy to accept such a contract, but he is only 21 years old now. Who can tell what will happen in five years? Leave a way out for yourself and the club.
It seems to be beneficial to everyone. If we have a happy cooperation, can we sign again?
Li Yu and Wirtz have had preliminary communication. If he renews his contract with Manchester United and signs a new contract, then Li Yu will not impose any restrictions on the weekly salary. The key is that the players must have a certain degree of freedom. It is best not to add any minimum
Liquidated damages, that kind of restrictive clause!
It should be said that Li Yu's request cannot be said to have been foreseen. You must know that there are really few players who can cooperate with Ferguson for a long time. Li Yu wants to leave a way for himself to come and go easily. He also
He doesn't want the club to hold him tightly. This is his latest change. In the past, he didn't care as long as he had the ball to play, but now he finds that this is not the case in many cases. For the sake of his future, it is still reflected in the contract.
Relatively safe!
This is the most critical issue that has already been negotiated and re-negotiated!
"Is the club's attitude relatively tough?" Li Yu asked.
"Yes." Wirtz nodded, "In fact, it is completely understandable for the club to sign a long-term contract. This is generally what is done for young players like you!"
"I can also understand the club's concerns, but what I want is a guarantee in the contract. In fact, three years is already continuous!" Li Yu suddenly thought of a question. Since the club is unwilling to reduce the contract period, can there be some flexibility?
"Can I use the original right to renew the contract instead?"
Wirtz looked at Li Yu in surprise. He felt that the young man in front of him seemed to be really different. This was the way he thought of. It was just to show his role as an agent. He thought about it for a while before saying it. Li Yu didn't expect
He was the first to bring it up. We haven’t seen each other for a summer. What has this young man done? It seems that he is completely different from before!
Nothing. Li Yu thought of the issue of contract renewal when she was ready to really fall in love. She took into account Beckham’s mistakes and thought of it. Speaking of which, there are indeed many similarities. The other half are entertainment female stars, and Victoria is
Singer, Jenny is a movie star. The old man doesn't seem to like players to be too closely related to commercial entertainment. But now it seems that many potential conflicts are inevitable. Li Yu already has a lot of endorsements on hand. This is still the result of control and control.
, or even more!
Although Li Yu has no plans to transfer and leave Manchester United, he still has many goals and glory to strive for in this club.
However, the club's attitude towards his new contract still made Li Yu very uncomfortable. Originally, he had not planned to make any excessive demands on salary. After all, Li Yu also knew that he was still young and money was not the first prerequisite.
Now is not the time to focus on pursuing money, but the tough and non-negotiable attitude of the club's top management has changed Li Yu's mentality.
He began to realize that if you don't fight for and maintain a tough stance, the other party will think you are easy to bully.
There is no vulgarity in the language, that's the reason.[
But how to fight for it?
The two of them had to discuss it carefully, everything should not be too much. Li Yu finally gave up on other explanation terms, including the minimum liquidated damages. As long as the contract period can be the 3 years he wanted, that would be fine. And
You can also sign a priority renewal clause, which gives the club and Ferguson face!
Of course, these are all discussed by Wirtz. Compared with the previous contract, generally only the contract period has changed. There is no other difference. If the negotiation is successful, the contract will be signed immediately!
It's normal to have minor disagreements over the contract renewal. It's all the agent's intervention, and it won't affect the direct conflict between the player and the club. When Ferguson heard about the revised content, it was within an acceptable range. The one who agreed
The priority renewal clause makes up for the loss in years.
The new contract was like this. Ferguson had made the final decision. He could make the decision himself. However, he did not notice the change in Li Yu's attitude. Ferguson also targeted the lazy French agent with curses. This was Manchester United.
, is the top in the Premier League
If a super giant takes this five-year contract, which player will not come? Ferguson actually understood these actions as Wirtz wanting to get the benefits of commission from more contract extensions, and did not feel at all that in fact these were nothing.
It was Li Yu's personal idea to leave a way out.
The problem with Li Yu's contract has been solved, and now it's the turn of staffing for next season. It seems that Manchester United has received huge transfer income this season, and the bonuses in various competitions are also relatively generous, but in fact, almost all of this money has been taken by the American boss.
Let’s repay the bank loan!
The shrewd Americans simply regarded Manchester United as a money-making machine and used bank loans to buy Manchester United with empty-handed tricks. Most of Manchester United's future income will be used to repay the loan and the huge interest!
The outside world is saying that Manchester United has at least 50 million pounds in transfer fees this season, but there has been no movement. They signed Owen for free and now buy Valencia for 16 million pounds. They are also called petty!
Ferguson just wanted to scold him. It's not that he didn't want to buy someone, but that he didn't have that much transfer funds on hand. He said from his own words that Manchester United would not make any moves this summer. Go to hell, who doesn't want to buy strong reinforcements? This is not maintenance.
Is this an excuse that Manchester United just found?
At least there are several players in the Real Madrid Supermarket that Ferguson wants to win, but the key is that there is no money. The actual summer transfer funds are only a pitiful 25 million pounds, which is less than half of the at least 50 million pounds predicted by the media!
Who can I buy with this little money?
Although Real Madrid players are suspected of being sold off, at least their salaries and transfer fees are over tens of millions, which Manchester United really cannot afford based on the current situation.
Next, we have to lead Manchester United around to play commercial games. We went to Asia last season. This season, we first went to the United States, the boss’s hometown, and then to Asia. It’s a long and tiring trip, and there is no guarantee of normal performance.
Training, no matter what, the early training sessions in Scotland were relatively systematic last season, but this season everything has to be focused on making money, and everything else has to give way!
Previously, Manchester United legendary star and Trinidad and Tobago star Yorke bombarded, "Manchester United will definitely pay for the 'bad consequences' of their commercial competition this season!"
But there is no way, it is obviously impossible for the Glazer family to give up the good opportunity to make money!
North American Tour.
Manchester United 2:1 LA Galaxy.
In this game, Li Yu and Beckham were promoted as a major attraction. Americans who were not very interested in football were also 'fooled' into attending the game. There were actually close to 70,000 people present, which made the organizers quite embarrassed.
excited.
Li Yu scored the goal, a wonderful long-range shot; Beckham scored the goal, the iconic Full Moon Scimitar free kick.
Manchester United narrowly defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy.
All of this makes the organizers very satisfied. You know, the two players in the slogan are the two most popular football stars in the United States. Li Yu also became famous in North America because Nike established an exclusive sub-brand for them.
, As for Beckham? Victoria personally promoted it behind the scenes. Beckham is now more than just a player, he is becoming more and more like an entertainment star.
However, it all seems to be working well, as evidenced by the 70,000 people present.[
On July 21, Manchester United defeated Milan 1:0 in the second game of the North American tour. Li Yu did not score in this game. However, Li Yu assisted the teenager Welbeck to score the goal.
The only goal in the game came from Li Yu's instigation and assist. It can be said that Li Yu's performance was very outstanding.
Of course, the media may not think so. They always like to find faults. After all, Li Yu's performance last season was so wonderful. In the words of "Gazzetta dello Sport", throughout the 0809 season, Li Yu was an alien visitor, from time to time.
Let the people on earth see what a legendary goal is. Li Yu, who did not score a goal in the game, has been commented by the media as his first game back on earth.
This is like a young man who goes to a brothel. He is usually a Li Shishi, but suddenly he is replaced by a pretty young woman next door, but he still can't accept it.
The game against Milan was the second and last game of Manchester United's North American tour. These two games brought about US$4 million in revenue to Manchester United.
Although the money does not help much with the debts of the Glazer family, it is better than the debt. Besides, Manchester United executives know that the real place to make money is not North America, but Asia. Which European giants go there?
Asia is not a place filled with cash.
Real Madrid's trip to East Asia in 2003 is said to have earned about 10 to 20 million euros. This also made other European giants jealous, and they all targeted East Asia to expand their markets.
The Premier League has a lot of fans in Asia, which has some roots in the influence of the 'colonial rule' on Asia during the empire on which the sun never sets. As a famous giant in the Premier League, Manchester United has many fans in Asia, from Qatar to Malaysia to
There are many Manchester United fans in Thailand, China and Hong Kong. Last season Manchester United’s Asian
Although the income from the trip to Asia was good, Li Yu was not as popular as he is now. This is why the Glazer family knew that the players were exhausted and still insisted on coming to Asia to hunt for gold. This would break the myth of Real Madrid's business competition and make the Orient completely
It has become the territory of Manchester United, which is also the reason why Manchester United has appeared in Asia for two consecutive years.
Originally, Li Yu had received an invitation to have a meal with the Beckham family, but because time was too short, she had to give up.
The club's arrangement of commercial competitions has reached such an intensive level that Li Yu complains endlessly. Who doesn't want systematic training to reserve a good state and good physical fitness in the next season? Other team members also have opinions on this, but players
They are very helpless. This is an arrangement made by the club's top management. They are contracted players of the team. Apart from obediently complying with it, what else can they do?
Of course, big names like Li Yu and Rooney are still qualified to make a fuss. The prerequisite is that they don't want to stay at Manchester United. However, none of them intend to leave Manchester United. The two discussed it and decided to be honest. Also,
Someone was angrier than the players.
This person is Ferguson. The old Scottish man received a report from the team doctor that the physical fatigue of the players has reached a dangerous level. The only truly healthy players in the team are Li Yu, O'Shea, Scholes and so on.
Players who have always been tough, and many players who have completely given up training after the season, are worrying about physical fatigue. At this time, it is no secret what you have done in the summer!
"Alex, I have to give a solemn warning, Anderson's body has reached a dangerous situation." The team doctor solemnly warned Ferguson.
This was the end of the first game of Manchester United's Asian tour. The opponent in this game was a local professional team in Malaysia. Manchester United scored 3 goals in each half and won 6:0.
At the 53rd minute of the game, when Manchester United led 4:0, Li Yu did not actively raise his hand to ask to be replaced. He was replaced by Welbeck. Ferguson did not want to use the main striker again in a commercial game.
, playing for more than 50 minutes has already given the audience enough face. If it were not for Asia, Li Yu might not have appeared in the starting lineup, leaving only a few minutes of garbage time for fans to see the figure of Manchester United's No. 9 player.
!
When Li Yu was replaced, the first thing he said to the concerned Scottish old man was, "Boss, I don't have any problems."
Of course, Ferguson did not blame Li Yu for still wanting to compete. In fact, this is also the philosophy of the game that Ferguson has always wanted to instill in his players. He hopes to never admit defeat on the field. However, this is a business game and he must be responsible for the health of the players.
After the game, Ferguson found the team doctor and asked about the players' current physical conditions. The conclusion he came to made the old Scottish man very worried and angry.
Most of the Manchester United players who had no systematic training in the summer had more or less physical problems. They did not have any adaptation at all and systematic recovery training. This kind of business competition is very frustrating.
Two days later, Manchester United came to Tokyo, Japan, the second stop of the Asian tour. The European champions were wildly pursued by fans of this island nation.
As the 'number one striker' in today's world football, Li Yu also has crazy fans in Japan. In fact, this makes the Japanese media a bit embarrassed. They dismiss Chinese football, but they have to pay tribute to a Chinese star.
Come and give me a warm welcome and applause.
Li Yu is very proud of the pursuit and cheers of the Japanese. He has never been a nationalist, but as a Chinese with Yanhuang blood flowing in his body, it is difficult to have a good impression of Japan. After all, some history is eternal.
He will never forget it. Therefore, Li Yu shouldn't feel too good when he sees the Japanese groveling to him.
In the match against Tokyo F, the Japanese organizers were surprised to find that Rooney and Owen were not included in Manchester United's starting list. The biggest player in Manchester United's starting lineup was Li Yu. It can be said that Manchester United is using its youth team to add Li Yu.
The lineup is facing Tokyo F team!
As a regular team in the J2 League, Manchester United does not look down upon such a formation. I don’t know how it was arranged, but they actually found a team that is not in Japan’s top domestic league. Since the organizer made a joke to Manchester United,
Then Manchester United will accept it and most of the main players can take a rest.
This caused a lot of boos in the stadium. Japanese fans paid money to come to the scene just to watch Manchester United's big stars. Now only Li Yu is on the field. The Japanese fans can hardly even name the remaining players. If it weren't for Li Yu
Jade was still on the field, and many Japanese fans even wanted to stop watching.
