When Barcelona returned to Barcelona from Paris, it was once again welcomed by Barcelona fans.
This year, the parade greeted by Barcelona fans and the celebrations organized by Barcelona to celebrate the championship were even more grand than last year.
Su Dong followed the team and followed the entire process after winning the championship last year. He was really exhausted.
Later, he participated in the team's celebration banquet, and he became the protagonist of the celebration banquet.
Having led Barcelona to win the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, and this season he achieved an unprecedented treble in the history of La Liga. Su Dong's influence in Barcelona has reached its peak, and he has received unprecedented popularity.
According to Daily Sports and World Sports, Su Dong has become the most successful foreign aid in Barcelona's history!
Barcelona President Laporta was also smiling from ear to ear the whole time, constantly dealing with various crowds, and seemed to be at ease, especially when talking to important officials of the Barcelona City Government and the Catalan Autonomous Region.
When meeting government officials, he seemed particularly enthusiastic.
This seems to also confirm the speculation that the outside world has always had about him.
In the bureaucracy of Europe and the United States, people with a lawyer background often have an advantage when entering politics.
Laporta is a well-known lawyer in Barcelona and even Spain. It would not be surprising at all if he chooses to use the chairmanship of Barcelona as a springboard to join the ranks of politicians.
If nothing else, the media in Madrid have previously assessed that Barcelona’s influence in Catalonia is astonishing and can even influence more than 30% of the votes, which shows Barcelona’s weight.
What is quite surprising is that former Barcelona vice president Rosell also attended Barcelona's celebration banquet.
This is really shocking.
Ronaldinho and others even went over to say hello to him, and it was obvious that Russell still has a lot of influence in Barcelona.
Laporta saw Russell again. The two of them did not have the irritating atmosphere they imagined. Instead, they seemed particularly harmonious. Laporta did not regard Russell as an outsider, and Russell seemed to still be like him.
Like the vice-president of Barcelona.
This scene made Su Dong, who was sitting with the players, feel particularly awkward.
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"Don't the two of them have a grudge?" Messi was very surprised.
Everyone in Barcelona knew that these two people were at odds with each other, but after they met, they had a kind of warm and affectionate relationship. Not to mention that Messi couldn't understand, Su Dong also felt very awkward.
"You can think of this as taking the overall situation into consideration, or being mature." Su Dong said with a smile.
Anyway, he can't learn this. If he likes it, he likes it, and if he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it. He can't fake it.
It was as if he couldn't force himself to be very close to Russell.
Of course, he and Laporta are not very close, and they always keep a little distance.
He's just here to play football.
"Xiao Bai, there seems to be no movement in the board of directors recently?" Su Dong asked curiously when he saw the appearance of Laporta and Russell.
Iniesta shook his head, "I don't know either. Everyone is very surprised. Logically speaking, if there is really going to be a presidential election, we should start preparations now, but there seems to be no news."
"You mean, Laporta has taken care of them?" Su Dong was surprised.
Unexpectedly, Laporta's ability is really quite strong.
"It seems so, but there is also a theory that the two parties have made an agreement and do not want to affect the team's game, so they will negotiate after the end of the season, but we don't know the specifics." Iniesta also
I feel very confused.
Not to mention foreign players like Su Dong, even some local players, Puyol, as the captain, may not know the affairs of the board of directors. After all, the people there are not ordinary, they are basically Barcelona, and even Catalonia.
of political and business celebrities.
However, Su Dong also discovered that in fact, the truly powerful people tend to cherish their feathers and will not run for positions in Barcelona. At best, they will only hold the title of director. Successful businessmen like Florentino come out.
It can be said that he is unique in running for the election.
More often than not, there are figures like Laporta, Russell, and Gaspart. They often come forward with various purposes, but their own strength is somewhat insufficient, so they need to go.
Unite some allies who have the same goals as them, and then campaign together, and then cut the cake after success.
This is why Gaspart can be the most successful vice-president in Barcelona's history, but also the worst president in Barcelona's history.
Interestingly, one of Real Madrid’s board members to elect the chairman this year is Calderon, who is also a lawyer and has quite a high voice.
However, these have nothing to do with Su Dong.
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When Su Dong stayed with his Barcelona teammates, Russell from a distance was also silently observing him.
"Laporta is very high-spirited now, and winning the Triple Crown this season is likely to change the situation on the board of directors."
The speaker was sitting next to Russell, a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
His name is Josep Maria Bartomeu, a member of the Barcelona board of directors and the head of the basketball department.
In 2003, he and Rosell were both part of Laporta's campaign team, which allowed him to serve as the head of the Barcelona basketball department after Laporta was elected, taking charge of all matters of the basketball department.
"It's indeed a bit troublesome," Russell said with a frown.
After all, Barcelona is a football club, and results are the most convincing weapon.
In the absence of major problems in Laporta's other aspects, the team won the Triple Crown this season, which can be said to be the greatest affirmation for Laporta. Even if the campaign starts immediately, Laporta will be re-elected.
The possibility is also extremely high.
"Do you really want to leave it like this?" Bartomeu asked, "If he is allowed to free his hands again, he will probably drive us out one by one, and then the entire Barcelona will become him alone.
That’s it.”
Back then, it was these people who fully supported Laporta, which allowed him to defeat other competitors and be elected chairman.
But now, Laporta has secured his position and began to cut off the wings of the past one by one.
There is a saying that he learned the lesson of Gaspart that year.
But everyone knows that deep down, they still want power.
He wants to take all the power of Barcelona into his own hands, and make Barcelona, a giant team, his voice, and even a springboard and bargaining chip for him to enter the political arena.
"Don't worry, Josep, it's not the time yet."
"How long will it take? Until he kicks us all out?"
"Don't worry, he won't do anything else for the time being. Didn't he say that before? The most important thing for him next is to renew Su Dong's contract. He wants to stabilize Su Dong and consolidate his position as chairman."
Speaking of Su Dong, Bartomeu also looked helpless, "To be honest, although Su Dong has never come forward to express his position, he has been a great help to him. Not to mention anything else, just his achievements in the past two years.
Enough to get him re-elected."
Russell smiled slightly and nodded, "Did you find anything interesting when you were at Camp Nou just now?"
"What?" Bartomeu frowned.
"Every player, including head coach Frank Rijkaard, would shout, "Long live Catalonia" after speaking, but Su Dong was the only one who didn't respond.
"Really?" Bartomeu was a little surprised. Is there such a thing?
"There is a live broadcast. If you don't believe it, you can check the video."
"But what does that mean?" Bartomeu still didn't understand.
Russell laughed, there were many things that he couldn't explain yet.
It would be interesting if it was as he expected.
"Didn't Laporta already have contract renewal negotiations with Sudong's team?"
"Yes, I heard that the talks are almost over."
"You should find a way to understand and see what was discussed."
Bartomeu was still confused, but he always felt that Russell wanted to make a fuss about this matter, so he immediately agreed.
However, he still didn't understand what the use would be of doing all this if Laporta took control of Barcelona?
Isn't the top priority now to get the Barcelona board of directors to agree to conduct early presidential elections?
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After Barcelona's celebration banquet, the team disbanded.
With Barcelona's outstanding performance this season, many players have been selected for the national team. Even Messi was selected for the Argentina national team, while Marcos Senna was selected for the Spanish national team.
He is also the first black-skinned player in the history of the Spanish national team.
Everyone left one after another, leaving Su Dong alone.
But he is not idle, because his contract renewal negotiations with Barcelona are almost in progress, and many things require his personal participation. Mendes and Ma Dawei are basically running for him in Barcelona.
Barcelona finally agreed to Mendes' request and offered Su Dong an annual after-tax salary of 15 million euros. This will surpass Shevchenko's annual salary of 10 million euros and once again become the highest in the history of world football.
sky-high annual salary.
Sudong also made certain concessions on the bonus terms, changing the original bonus terms based on the number of goals and assists, and instead adopted stage results as an indicator.
Of course, Su Dong is still the same as other players in terms of appearance fees, championship bonuses, etc.
After several days of negotiations, Barcelona officially announced that it had reached a contract extension agreement with Soviet Union.
The two parties signed a confidentiality clause and did not disclose any details to the public. However, Laporta revealed that Su Dong will receive the highest annual salary in history.
Everyone's reaction to this was quite positive. After all, Su Dong's performance was worthy of this contract.
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Almost at the same time that Sudong renewed his contract with Barcelona, Italy broke out in early May the content of the phone call between Juventus general manager Moggi and the referee. From the news that originally received little attention, the media continued to dig out more and more information.
Many inside stories gradually fermented into big news that shocked the world of football.
Juventus general manager Moggi announced his retirement from football, while Ranese, the chairman of the Italian Referees Committee, resigned sadly.
For a time, the attention of media and fans around the world shifted from Barcelona's Triple Crown and the approaching World Cup in Germany to Italy's mini-World Cup, paying attention to the Calciopoli incident.