“Based on the feedback from many sponsors such as Nike and Audi, we can conclude that the entire Asian market’s response to our Asia trip this summer has been very lackluster, which is far different from last year’s Real Madrid Asia trip.”
Sarah Martin, member of the bureau responsible for business development, reported the latest progress to Chairman Laporta.
The trip to Asia is Barcelona’s top priority this summer.
Last year, Real Madrid made a lot of money from their Asian tour. Although Queiroz later criticized the team's Asian tour for being time-consuming and labor-intensive and the main culprit that led to the collapse of Real Madrid's season, it is undeniable that Real Madrid was a great success in terms of commercial development.
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Seeing their rivals making money crazily, Barcelona naturally wants a piece of the pie.
Laporta is a lawyer by training and does not have Florentino's business thinking, but this does not prevent him from imitating Real Madrid's tactics.
But judging from the actual situation, Barcelona is not Real Madrid after all.
"According to our itinerary, we first arrived in South Korea, then went to Japan, then to China, and played four warm-up matches in three places in early August. It is only more than a month away, but judging from the current ticket sales
The outlook is very bad, the three games in Japan and South Korea were very sluggish."
Sarah Martin was also very helpless about this.
Real Madrid has gathered too many superstars, which has led to their extraordinary attraction in Asia. Especially the joining of Beckham has greatly increased the popularity of Real Madrid and caused Galacticos to cause a stir in Asia.
craze.
What does Barcelona have in comparison?
Ranked in the middle of the pack for more than half of last season, the only superstar in the team was Ronaldinho.
But as some media said, it can be seen from Pepsi's "Gladiator" advertising video that there is still a certain gap between Ronaldinho's ranking and that of Beckham and Su Dong.
Under such circumstances, how could Barcelona cause a sensation by going to the Far East?
Laporta was well prepared for this situation, but the trip to the Far East had been planned for a long time, especially as it related to various sponsors. Not to mention that thousands of tickets could be sold for one game, even if no tickets were sold.
, Barcelona will be embarrassed in Asia.
"How was the contact with Valencia?" Laporta asked with concern.
Su Dong is a Chinese player who has just won the AFC Asian Footballer of the Year. He has extremely high popularity and influence in Asia. If he can be signed, it will definitely greatly enhance Barcelona's influence in Asia.
More importantly, Su Dong also has huge tactical value.
"Valencia is not opposed to selling Sudong to us. Even under the same conditions, they are willing to sell Sudong to us instead of Real Madrid. But the problem now is that Valencia's asking price is a bit high."
"How much?" Laporta asked with concern.
"make a record!"
"Are they crazy?" Laporta was a little angry.
Barcelona just signed Deco, Giuly, Edmilson and other players. Where did they get so much money?
Even if you are good at installment, you still have to have a certain percentage of down payment, right?
"Real Madrid is willing to pay this money!" Sarah Martin said helplessly.
Laporta had the urge to scold her.
Real Madrid is now rich and powerful, and they will compete with Barcelona for people without holding back.
It's no wonder that Su Dong is only nineteen years old. Whoever grabs it won't have to worry about it in the next few years.
More importantly, with Su Dong's current momentum, whoever grabs it and works a little bit, Su Dong is likely to be the World Footballer of 2004, and will be the youngest World Footballer in the history of football.
Everyone knows what this means.
Laporta couldn't sit still and turned to look at Vice Chairman Godard, "Alfonso, how much money can we raise?"
"About 30 million euros," Godard replied.
"This is not enough!" Laporta was a little annoyed. "How much can we make by selling several other unused players?"
Godar frowned, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. It requires Russell's support, and he..."
Vice Chairman Rosell has always opposed the introduction of Sudong, just like Laporta opposed the dismissal of Rijkaard.
Laporta rubbed his hands, sat there and hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind.
"You call Russell immediately and tell me that I agree to renew Ronaldinho's contract. He will negotiate with Ronaldinho's agent. I will fly to Brazil with him to sign the contract in person.
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Gaudar nodded, but still stared at Laporta, waiting for the next step.
"Then you tell him that we must sign Su Dong, let him deal with the internal affairs of the team as soon as possible, collect the transfer fee, and at the same time free up salary space for Ronaldinho's contract extension and salary increase, as well as Su Dong's joining.
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"Okay, I'll do it right away!"
Laporta has been holding back Ronaldinho's contract extension just to compete and exchange with Rosell.
Ronaldinho's current annual salary is 3.8 million euros after tax, which is already considered the first level in the team, the same level as captain Puyol. If the contract is renewed, the annual salary will be increased to 5 million euros after tax.
One million euros to become the top player in the team.
After renewing Ronaldinho's contract, a new problem will arise, that is Su Dong.
Laporta promised to give Sudong the main center position, but who among him and Ronaldinho will be the team's top player?
Just talking with words doesn't count, the key is actions.
For example, if you give Ronaldinho an annual salary of five million euros after tax, can you give Su Dong less?
If there is less, doesn't it mean that Su Dong's status in the Barcelona team is not as good as Ronaldinho's?
If the salary is equal, it will bring heavy salary pressure.
You know, both of them have an after-tax annual salary!
"Tell Ferran to sort out the team's salary structure and see how much salary will be left if we send away several high-paid players in the team. We must sign Su Dong before the Asia trip anyway!"
Laporta finally got angry.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Without Su Dong, Barcelona would be embarrassed to run to Asia like this, which would be a big loss.
When that time comes, what image will he, the chairman leading the Asian tour, have in the eyes of members and fans?
Ferran Soriano is relatively neutral and is the vice president in charge of the club's finances. I believe he can handle this issue.
Thinking of this, Laporta looked at Godard again, "Call Mendes again and tell me to make an appointment with him!"
"Sara, you should communicate with the sponsors as soon as possible. Pay close attention to Su Dong's private sponsors and prepare a detailed plan, including Su Dong's contract negotiation and the next trip to Asia. You must be quick!"
Sudong has conflicts with many of Barcelona's sponsors, such as car sponsors. Sudong represents BMW, but Barcelona's sponsor is Audi. This must be a problem. How to coordinate?
Back then, Real Madrid spent a long time getting these sponsors in order to sign Beckham.
Now, there really isn't much time left for Barcelona.
"Get it done right away! Hurry!"
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As soon as Mendes received the call, Su Dong also got the news.
For a period of time, the media has been reporting the news every day, but Su Dong can only wait for the news and spend his energy on training.
Su Dong was not very relieved about the latest information sent by Mendes.
He also has his own worries.
"When we meet, tell Laporta that I still have concerns. If possible, I would like to have a phone call with Rijkaard and Ronaldinho first. They all know my mobile phone number."
Su Dong wanted to hear Rijkaard confirm something personally, and also wanted to have a good communication with Ronaldinho.
It's better not to affect the locker room and the game with those fucked-up things in the front office.
Of course, Su Dong's joining itself will weaken Ronaldinho's influence. Su Dong mainly wants to listen to the Brazilian's thoughts, which is also for the sake of better getting along with each other in the future.
Mendes smiled and said that Sudong was right to worry about this, but Laporta had already been prepared.
"Russell has had a table talk with Ronaldinho's agent brother, and the two parties have reached a consensus on the contract extension. Laporta and Russell will leave for Brazil in the next two days to follow up.
Ronaldinho officially signs contract extension."
"Before going to Brazil, I will meet with Laporta. If everything goes well, he hopes to fly directly from Brazil to China to meet you and discuss some issues in person."
"What about Valencia?" Su Dong asked with concern.
"Both Roig and Subilac called me and they agreed that we should contact Barcelona. According to the information I received, the transfer fee is likely to exceed Zidane."
Mendes was obviously excited when talking about this.
Su Dong's transfer fee exceeds Zidane's, so his agent's commission will also increase.
More importantly, having a player like Su Dong under his command can be said to be a great blessing for him.
As for Su Dong, he doesn't resist this. He doesn't have to pay for it anyway. It's just that the high transfer fee will bring some pressure, but he believes he can overcome it.
If he really surpasses Zidane, according to the contract, he can get 20% of the share, which is more than 10 million euros, converted into over 100 million yuan, which is absolutely incredible.
Sometimes Su Dong even thought that Valencia might just want to transfer Su Dong's share to the new club, so they insisted on holding on to the transfer fee.
Of course, the most important thing is that Real Madrid and Barcelona are willing to pay.
Compared to the situation of moving to Real Madrid, moving to Barcelona is really a good choice.
As long as he doesn't get involved in management disputes and doesn't get involved in things off the court, Su Dong believes he can play well at Barcelona.
After all, he knew in his heart that his style matched well with Barcelona's.
Especially with the ability of Barcelona midfielders to create opportunities, Sudong believes that he will definitely have more opportunities in Barcelona than in Valencia, and he will definitely score no fewer goals.
As for Ronaldinho, Su Dong has a good personal relationship with him and I believe there won’t be much problem getting along with him.
"Oh, by the way, Jorge, when you talk to Laporta, make one more request."
"you say."
"There is a guy named Leo Messi in their youth team and they promoted him to the first team."
In Valencia there is David Silva whom I can touch, but when I come to Barcelona, if I don't find one, I always feel uncomfortable.
It just so happens that Messi and David Silva are the same size and should have good touch.
