Andrew's agency is booming and has signed more than 200 players, and most of the first-line stars are Millwall stars.
His company must pay attention to the trends in the industry every day. For their business intelligence, the most important one is the agent contracts of first-line stars.
Coincidentally, Henry's agent is about to expire. Since winning the European Youth Championship in 1996, Henry has had a four-year cooperative relationship with this agent.
Agent contracts are usually only for two or three years. Henry's contract with his agent is signed every two years. This year, it's time to renew.
At this time, not only Andrew, but also others, both famous and unknown, wanted to become Henry's new agent. In the name of it, they were serving Henry, but in fact, they were just making money.
Henry's rise to fame was much faster than he imagined, and he himself may not have adapted to this change.
Winning the league championship for two consecutive years, winning the Champions League, being the top scorer, and the national team winning consecutive international and continental competitions, you may never dream of such a wonderful dream.
He has not been able to adapt to the changes, and there is only one thing his agent needs to do in the summer: renew his contract with Millwall and try to get a generous contract.
He is not greedy. He is satisfied if his weekly salary of 25,000 is increased to 40,000.
But what he didn't expect was that the agent messed up.
If the contract extension is not negotiated, he will soon become the target of Millwall's public criticism.
So on the way to catch the plane, he received a call from his agent and said: Don't call me again.
This obviously means that the contract with this agent will not be renewed.
Originally, the role of the agent, the 10%, is to allow the players to play football with peace of mind. The agent will take care of other trivial matters and increase the player's income as much as possible. But if you screw up, not only will your ability to work be questioned, but also your ability to work will be questioned.
The employer issued a layoff notice.
From the time he received Aldrich's call to the time his flight landed in London, less than three hours had passed.
During these three hours, a lot happened. Millwall held a press conference, and Andrew came to interview Aldridge.
Henry got off the plane and turned on his mobile phone again and got into a taxi. He received a call from Trezeguet.
Trezeguet told Henry the truth. He had arranged to meet Henry at a coffee shop in the city on behalf of Andrew.
Henry looked at the time and saw that it was not yet the team's usual training time in the afternoon. He planned to go to the appointment. After all, Andrew's identity meant that this appointment was of great significance.
Sitting in the taxi, Henry was worried. Andrew was his agent. He had heard that many of his teammates were Andrew's employers. But we mainly played football together and never talked about it.
But from the occasional chats with teammates, we can get a vague idea of Andrew.
Efficiency is the first priority.
Klose wanted to buy a new house. All the procedures were completed within a week, and he was very satisfied with the new house. Behind this, Klose must have entrusted Andrew with the work.
Schneider and Nedved jointly invested in a winery. They were completely hands-off and it was Andrew who took care of everything from beginning to end. They were very satisfied. I heard that occasionally they would go to France together to make their own winery.
Taste fine wines at a winery. The winery is in France, and it only takes three hours to fly to and from England.
The most important thing is that these teammates have many commercial contracts, but their schedules are very reasonable and they are never delayed. We often see them shooting endorsement ads in groups in fashion magazines. They are definitely handsome and can avoid commercial activities.
It affects my job and playing football, this is the most important thing.
Henry suddenly had a strange idea.
Why didn't Andrew come to me and offer to be his agent when I moved to Millwall?
In fact, Andrew also wanted to avoid suspicion.
He became the agent of Schneider, Klose, Nedvěd and other players when these players had no agents at all.
When Henry transferred, he already had an agent.
Also because Henry is playing for Millwall, it is difficult for Andrew to come and introduce himself. If it is not easy to be misunderstood as a "overlord clause", does the player's transfer to Millwall also require him to become a contract under Aldrich's brother's company?
Player?
The meeting place Andrew chose wasn't exactly secluded, but at least it wasn't one of those celebrity places frequented by paparazzi.
Henry was recognized by the waiter as soon as he walked into the coffee shop, but in London, celebrities and big names often come and go, and people are used to it. At most, they only look at him twice, unless he happens to bump into a fan.
Coincidentally, this is North London, a territory where Tottenham's local influence radiates. The waiter is a woman. She pays attention to football, but is not fanatical. When Henry came, she neither asked for photos or autographs nor showed any special enthusiasm.
Andrew was sitting in a booth in the corner, just in sight of the entrance of the coffee shop. When Henry walked in, he stood up and waved with a smile.
Henry casually asked for a glass of juice and walked towards Andrew.
Andrew extended his hand to invite Henry to take a seat, and the two sat opposite each other. After the waiter brought the juice, Andrew introduced himself, which was considered as a formal acquaintance with Henry.
Henry's heart was still a little heavy. He didn't know what this man with the identity of the leader's brother would talk to him.
Perhaps, the boss conveyed something through him.
If this is the case, Henry feels that everything has become sad for him. He and the boss have actually reached a point where they cannot talk directly, which is something he could never have imagined two months ago.
"Thierry, I have a question for you. Do you still want to play for Millwall?"
When Henry heard the other party's question, he raised his head with a bitter look on his face. After a long while, he asked: "The boss asked you to ask me, this is it? Why do you question this?"
Andrew shook his head and said: "No, you misunderstood. I am not here on behalf of Millwall, nor am I here on behalf of Aldrich. This is a personal conversation between me and you. I am here to solve your trouble.
To free you from your troubles. So I need to know what you think and what we will talk about next. It all depends on the answer to this question."
Henry was silent for a moment and said: "Of course I want to stay in the team. If I were asked to leave, my mind would go blank. I don't know where to go at all. It seems that wherever I go, it will be a bad decision. But...
..."
"However, you feel that your desire to stay is stronger than the club's desire to keep you. Millwall's lack of sincerity makes you feel that you have not been treated fairly and fairly. Is that right?"
Andrew's words made Henry hesitate for a moment, and finally nodded.
In this era, money reflects too many things.
If Millwall is a small business and the club's maximum salary is 40,000, even if Henry gets 30,000, he will sign a contract extension immediately.
But the club has made a lot of money, and its financial revenue will definitely increase significantly in the new season. The team's maximum salary has reached 100,000 pounds. And he is not even half of it. In this strong contrast, if Henry thinks it is fair, then he will definitely
Crazy.
Andrew took out a piece of paper from his briefcase, slowly pushed it to Henry, and said, "Please take a look at this information."
Henry lowered his head and saw that the information on the paper was clear at a glance.
Name, weekly salary, loyalty rewards, season bonus limit.
Nedved,7,100,50.
Nedved is first, followed by Larsson and Southgate.
The fourth place is Pirlo, 5,50,50.
Pirlo was followed by Ronaldinho, but Ronaldinho did not receive a loyalty reward because Ronaldinho played for the first team. The new season is only the fourth season, and strictly speaking, it was two and a half seasons in the past.
After Ronaldinho, there are Schneider, Materazzi, Zambrotta and others. Their weekly salary is 4, their loyalty rewards are 80, and their season bonuses are also capped at 50. Their loyalty rewards are higher than Pirlo, also because they have more money than Pirlo.
one year earlier.
After that, there are some substitute players. The one with the highest weekly salary is Grenjaer, with 20,000, and the next lower is Lampard, with 15,000. Gattuso has been promoted to the main team in the new season, and his weekly salary is only 30,000.
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The lowest level is Keller, Villa, Joe Cole, Ferreira and others, with a weekly salary of just 10,000 pounds.
At the end of the list, Henry saw his name.
The weekly salary is 5, the season bonus is also 50, and there is no loyalty reward.
Henry understands that 5 represents a weekly salary of 50,000. In simple calculation, the club may have to spend 3 million pounds on him in salary and bonuses a year.
Henry shook his head and said: "I don't understand."
Yes, he didn't know the authenticity of this information, nor did he know what the numbers behind his name actually represented. Was it Andrew's wishful thinking that Henry should earn so much, or something else.
Andrew said lightly: "You should know that I am the agent of most of the players on this list. I personally finalized their contract extensions with Millwall in the summer. Therefore, this information is true, and you also
You can ask your teammates for confirmation privately. The focus is on you, Mir.
Wall prepared a contract for you with a weekly salary of 50,000 and a season bonus limit of 500,000 pounds. The term was 5 years. However, your agent refused and asked for a weekly salary of 75,000 and a season bonus limit of more than 100.
Ten thousand pound contract..."
Before Andrew finished speaking, Henry interrupted him directly and shook his head: "No, that's not the case, no! I just want a contract with a weekly salary of 40,000 pounds, but the club is only willing to give me 30,000 pounds!
This is the truth.”
Andrew laughed when he heard what Henry said categorically, and said: "The truth? Thierry, I think you only need to calm down and think about it carefully to understand what the truth is. You want 40,000 weekly salary, and Millwall only gives you
30,000, a difference of about 500,000 pounds a year, and you only have two years left on your contract. Millwall rejected Juventus’ offer of 40 million pounds. What’s the truth?”
Players themselves rarely think about these things, especially contract terms and so on. Agents are in charge, and players can just play well by themselves.
So Henry had never thought about this before, and now he was completely stunned.
This is the simplest arithmetic problem.
Did Millwall risk losing £40 million in order to save one or two million pounds?
"Furthermore, when you understand the salary system of Millwall's first team, you should understand that my brother, Aldridge, has unparalleled ambition, and he also has courage that ordinary people do not have. Millwall's record has been
They can compete with wealthy teams. They also have to look like a wealthy team, but only the salary expenditure of the first team is
Have you ever calculated how much it is? More than 60 million pounds a year! This is the minimum limit. Once Millwall wins one or two significant trophies this season, the bonus expenditure will increase this part of the expenditure by another 10 million pounds or so.
Years ago, as the club with the highest operating income in the world, how much net income did Manchester United have? Less than 6
0 million pounds. By this time next year, the professional football statistics agency will report a big news. Millwall is the club with the highest operating expenses in the world! Because the club also bought a special passenger plane for the team to use in global campaigns.
, at the same time the Lion's Den Stadium was renovated, and the entire commercial area around the new stadium
The cost of building the industrial chain and so on. Thierry, do you know what the number is written in Millwall’s financial expenditure budget report for this season? 157.3 million pounds! Do you also think that the club will pay 10,000 pounds a week because of the salary?
, or that the expenditure of 500,000 pounds a year has led to the current situation with you?"
Andrew's words left Henry shocked and speechless! (To be continued...)
