Obviously, neither the Espanyol club nor its owner Chen Yansheng are fools.
While negotiating with Zhao Yang's agent Martinez, Chen Yansheng also asked Wang Bin to talk to Zhao Yang and talk about the club's difficulties while Zhao Yang had not returned to China.
Although Wang Bin has a good relationship with Zhao Yang, now that he is the deputy director of the club, he is naturally responsible for this matter.
Wang Bin's arrival was expected by Zhao Yang.
The annual salary offered by the Spaniard can be considered very sincere. After all, the Spaniard is not a wealthy family.
After hearing Martinez say that he rejected the contract offered by Espanyol, Zhao Yang felt that Espanyol might be playing the emotional card.
This trick is most commonly used by Chinese people.
The Spanish boss Chen Yansheng is a typical Chinese businessman.
Wang Bin had a very good relationship with Zhao Yang, and he didn't bother to talk to Zhao Yang and directly explained his purpose.
"Xiaoyang, it was Chairman Chen who asked me to talk to you. We are not outsiders, so I will tell you directly. Chairman Chen is not stingy. If your annual salary is too high, I am afraid it will break the team.
The salary structure causes dissatisfaction among other players, which in turn affects the unity of the team."
Zhao Yang didn't want to make any nonsense in front of Wang Bin, so he said: "Uncle Wang, Martinez told me about this. In fact, Martinez is not asking for a sky-high price. If Marco (Asensio) can get 400
Ten thousand euros, Martinez naturally thinks I can get more."
Wang Bin said: "Xiaoyang, not to mention whether Asensio can get four million euros, they are a wealthy club and they are members-only. Small teams like the Spaniard can't compete with them. I just want to ask you,
What annual salary do you hope to get?”
Zhao Yang was stunned when he was asked. To be honest, he had left the contract extension to Martinez. He had a vague idea of the annual salary, but he had not seriously considered it.
Of course, Zhao Yang could also ask Wang Bin how much annual salary the Espanyol team planned to give him, but facing Wang Bin, Zhao Yang could not ask this question.
After pondering for a while, Zhao Yang said matter-of-factly: "Uncle Wang, I haven't seriously considered it. Otherwise, Martinez and I will discuss it again."
Wang Bin said: "Xiaoyang, let me tell you the bottom line. The annual salary the club can give you is only about five million euros. Boss Chen is also one of our compatriots, so I think it's almost enough. It's a win-win situation for you to stay in the Espanyol team."
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Zhao Yang said: "Okay, Uncle Wang, I will reply to you after discussing with my agent."
After Wang Bin left, Zhao Yang immediately found Xu Bing and asked Xu Bing whether he could accept an annual salary of five million euros.
Xu Bing has a much greater amount of information than Zhao Yang, and this matter does not have much to do with him, so it is most appropriate for Zhao Yang to discuss this matter with him.
Xu Bing said: "Putting aside Melo, from the perspective of the salary of the entire La Liga players, this is definitely very good. Even if you go to Real Madrid and Barcelona, it may not be much higher than this annual salary. Of course, your performance is definitely worth this."
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Zhao Yang said: "Brother Xu, do you mean that I accept this annual salary?"
Xu Bing said calmly: "Uncle Wang hopes that you will accept this annual salary and stay. In fact, he is worried that your annual salary is too high and will affect the unity of the team. This makes sense. You are now in a rising period, so you cannot care too much about salary. If
You have also achieved a good record in the Champions League this season, and your salary next season will be more than a mere five million."
Zhao Yang was moved when he heard this and said: "Brother Xu, I am actually inclined to accept this annual salary. I have only entered professional football for less than two seasons, and I am very satisfied with such a salary."
Xu Bing smiled and said: "However, we are also working. We can't save money for the capitalists. It's hard to increase the annual salary, but we can take this opportunity to ask for more portrait rights. If you follow my considerations, even the annual salary
A little less is fine, but you have to keep all the image rights in your own hands."
When Zhao Yang heard this, he said: "This is difficult. Chairman Chen is not stupid."
Xu Bing smiled and said: "Chairman Chen started from scratch and got to this position. Of course he is not stupid, but now the initiative is in your hands. We can ask for as much image rights as possible."
Zhao Yang's current advertising endorsement fee has exceeded his annual salary. Of course he knows the value of his image rights, and it would be great to get more. So he readily accepted Xu Bing's suggestion and told Martinez what he wanted.
Martinez agreed with Zhao Yang's opinion. When Guasco came again with a new contract, Zhao Yang's annual salary was increased to 4.5 million euros.
Martinez said he would not accept it unless Zhao Yang was given full image rights.
Zhao Yang's image rights also involve great interests. Guasico knows very well that he cannot be the master of this, so he can only ask Chen Yansheng again for instructions.
Chen Yansheng knew Zhao Yang's popularity in China better than Guasico. He valued Zhao Yang's portrait rights very much. When he heard that Zhao Yang wanted to increase the proportion of portrait rights, he flatly refused and told Guasico that the annual salary could be increased to five million, or even
If it's higher, image rights cannot be given.
Martinez also felt the importance of Zhao Yang's image rights from the attitude of the Spanish club, and he also insisted on increasing the proportion of Zhao Yang's image rights.
The two sides were at a deadlock, and contract renewal negotiations were temporarily put on hold.
Zhao Yang spent two days in Spain with his parents and, accompanied by his agent Martinez, watched the Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Sevilla.
Zhao Yang appeared in the Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Sevilla, which aroused the endless imagination of many fans and reporters.
Because during this period, Barcelona was pursuing Zhao Yang openly, and it was said that the transfer fee reached 50 million euros.
In the auditorium, Zhao Yang was interviewed by reporters. Zhao Yang said that he was purely enjoying the game and had no other meaning.
No matter how much he denies it, in this sensitive period, everyone will have some thoughts when Zhao Yang appears at the Barcelona game.
Of course, Espanyol Club is no exception.
At the end of the game that day, Wang Bin called Zhao Yang and asked him if he had any thoughts about transferring. Zhao Yang said no, he was just watching the game.
Guasico then met with Martinez again and said that he could increase the signing fee for Zhao Yang to one million euros, but he was still unwilling to increase his image rights.
Martinez did not accept this plan and the negotiations remained at an impasse.
Seeing that it is difficult to make progress in negotiations in the short term,
Accompanied by Xu Bing, Zhao Yang's family came to Italy, the fashion capital, to have fun and watch the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
The Champions League final is the finale of the season.
The match was held at Milan's San Siro Stadium.
This is a La Liga civil war or a Madrid derby.
The game was very tough, with both sides' arrowheads being restrained.
It was Real Madrid defender Ramos who scored the first goal, but it was a controversial offside goal.
Atletico Madrid's equalizer came from substitute Carrasco.
The two sides were tied for 120 minutes, and ended up in a thrilling penalty shootout.
Real Madrid, with its rich heritage, had the last laugh, winning the penalty shootout 5-3 and winning the Champions League for the 11th time. Atletico Madrid became the first tragic team to lose all three Champions League finals.
After the game, Zhao Yang, who was sitting in the stands, refused to be interviewed by reporters and flew back to China with his family the next day.