Chapter 72: 'Generous' Barcelona

While the outside world was hyping Lin Quan and Messi together and German reporters were looking for him all over the world, Lin Quan had already quietly boarded a plane and flew back to Spain.

Originally, Guardiola had been informed and there was no need to send anyone to pick him up at the airport. However, when Lin Quan arrived at the Barcelona airport, he still met the person who came to pick him up.

"Uncle Pere, why are you here?"

The person who picked him up at the airport was Guardiola's younger brother Pere Guardiola. Like Guardiola, he was once a professional player, but retired early due to his lack of talent and later transformed into an agent.

In Lin Quan's impression, this is a very busy person who often travels between Europe and Latin America to recruit young players who have not yet been signed by other agents.

"I watched your match against Bayern and noticed that you had an ankle injury. I thought you were having trouble moving, so I said hello to Pep and came to pick you up!"

Pere was very enthusiastic. He took the suitcase from Lin Quan and took him to his car.

"Pep and Sera's wedding is being held in an old castle by the sea. Should we take you there directly, or send you home first and then go there?"

After starting the car, Pere turned sideways and asked Lin Quan who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"When is the wedding tomorrow?"

"It's half past nine in the morning. Do you have anything to do?"

"Well, I want to go to the Barcelona club to ask for my salary. Uncle Pere, you are familiar with this business. Can you please go with me?"

Of course Perez would love this, as he doesn't have any famous big-name stars under his management yet, and Lin Quan is becoming increasingly famous in the Bundesliga, with a promising future. If he could sign him, it would be a huge step forward for his career!

"Of course, I've dealt with Barcelona a lot and am very familiar with the club's situation. Let's go straight over!"

So the two left the airport and headed straight for the Barcelona club.

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In the office of the head coach of the Barcelona youth team, Enrique sighed.

The contract renewal between the team and Lin Quan did not go smoothly, and the other party's performance in the Bundesliga was getting better and better, which made him feel a little uneasy.

He consulted Chairman Roselle several times about this matter, but the other party's attitude was very cold.

This gave Enrique a bad feeling in his heart. He felt that he might be abandoned as a pawn.

Especially since there is news within the club that Martino will take over the coaching position of Barcelona after Vilanova, this further confirms his worries!

"Humph, you were the one who was dishonest first, no wonder I flipped the table!"

Enrique has made a decision. If Rosell really abandons him as a pawn, then when he leaves Barcelona, ​​he must expose all of Rosell's negative information.

You do the first day and I do the fifteenth, let's see who is more worthy of whom! Knock, knock, knock! At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door outside the office.

"Come in!"

Enrique was in an irritable mood and shouted impatiently.

The door of the office was pushed open, and Barcelona's sports director Zubizarreta walked in with a bald middle-aged man with a grim look on his face.

Enrique took a look at the person who came and was stunned for a moment. Doesn’t this person look too much like former Barcelona head coach Guardiola?

"Who is this?"

Enrique asked in confusion, and Zubizarreta explained:

"He is Coach Guardiola's brother!"

Enrique was a little confused. What was Guardiola's brother doing in the youth team? Even if he was going to return to Barcelona to coach again, he should go to the club president's office. Why was he coming here? "Ahem, what I'm here to deal with today has nothing to do with Pep. I'm here on behalf of my nephew, Lin Quan, to ask the club for his bonus and salary. This is a contract. I'm sure the club won't deny it, right?"

The matter of asking for salary actually had nothing to do with Enrique, but Zubizarreta insisted on bringing Pere to see him. Pere naturally didn't care, as long as he could get the money, his mission would be accomplished.

He believed that Barcelona would definitely solve this problem for him and would not keep passing the buck.

Otherwise, if he leaked this matter, it would definitely have a serious negative impact on Barcelona's reputation.

Lin Quan's loan contract was agreed to by Enrique against all odds. The salary of this contract is not high, but the bonus is very high.

I thought Lin Quan wouldn't be able to play in a highly competitive league like the Bundesliga and would have a hard time scoring goals.

Unexpectedly, he played very well in the Bundesliga and scored many goals, which made Barcelona feel that they had suffered a great loss.

As a result, Zubizarreta had some resentment towards Enrique and took it out on Enrique.

If Enrique had not insisted on his own opinion and agreed to give Lin Quan a contract with ten times the bonus, this situation would not have happened now.

Enrique was a little angry. It was Zubizarreta who agreed to the contract at the beginning, but now he wants to put all the blame on him.

Sure enough, the rumors from above were correct, and he had failed in the competition with Martino.

Otherwise, they wouldn't treat themselves this way.

Thinking of this, Enrique just gave up. After all, it was Barcelona's money, so he could just give it to him without having to pay out of his own pocket.

"Well, of course I won't default on my debt. Let's settle the salary and bonus now. Mr. Subizaretta is here, so after we settle the money, we can ask him directly for the money!"

When Zubizarreta heard Enrique's words, he snorted coldly and felt very unhappy:

How dare the head coach of a youth team give orders to the sports director?

Do you think you are the coach of Barcelona?

"Okay, let's start calculating!"

Perez didn't care what the two people were thinking. He calculated a series of bonuses including Lin Quan's appearance fee, goal bonus and assist bonus in the Bundesliga according to the amount stipulated in the contract.

The final calculated result was 327,000 euros. After the result came out, both Enrique and Zubizarreta were surprised.

Is 320,000 euros a lot? Actually, it is not a lot. There are many players in the Barcelona club who earn much more than this.

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However, Lin Quan signed a youth team contract, which only pays tens of thousands of euros a year. He has only played for a month, but he has received a bonus that is more than ten times his annual salary. Is this reasonable?

"Well, Mr. Pere, you must have miscalculated. How could Lin Quan's bonus be so high? This bonus is more than half of the players in the Barcelona team!"

The Bundesliga has only been underway for a month and he has already received a bonus of more than 300,000 Euros. By the time the Bundesliga is over, won't his annual bonus be around 2 to 3 million Euros?

Two to three million euros a year is actually not that exaggerated. After all, Barcelona's average annual salary is 6.3 million euros, which is less than half of the average annual salary within the Barcelona team.

However, Lin Quan received not a salary but a bonus.

In terms of bonuses alone, there are no more than five people in Barcelona who can surpass him!

This is extremely exaggerated!

"That's right, it's clearly written in black and white, if you don't believe me, just look for yourself!"

Perret handed over his calculation results and detailed calculation process to the other party without hesitation.

Enrique and Zubizarreta looked at each other and read it carefully.

As they watched, the two realized that something was not right.

"Well, Mr. Pere, you are also a professional player, so you should know that warm-up matches are not counted in the main competition, right?"

Enrique saw Pere counting five warm-up matches and two Telecom Cup games, and a few black lines appeared on his forehead.

Pere nodded, indicating that he knew this, but he asked in return:

"Of course I know that, but you didn't emphasize in the contract that warm-up matches don't count, right?"

Well……

Enrique and Zubizarreta were speechless. Is it necessary to emphasize such a convention?

"You only mentioned the games I played for Werder Bremen, you didn't say the warm-up games don't count, right?

Since he didn't say so, Lin Quan also played for Werder Bremen in the warm-up match, so he should be included in the bonus!"

Perez looked very confident. He felt that even if the case went to court, he would be in the right, so he was not panicked at all.

"Then let's follow the contract!"

Enrique nodded indifferently. It wasn't his money anyway, so he just let it go. Whatever! Zubizarreta glared at Enrique, paid the money with some pain, and then asked: "Mr. Pere, regarding Lin Quan's contract renewal, what do you think..."

It's just three hundred thousand and it's not a big deal for the wealthy Barcelona.

But this money cannot be given for free. He wants to use this 300,000 to show Lin Quan the club's sincerity and thus make a breakthrough in the contract renewal issue.

"Renewal? Lin Quan's contract hasn't expired yet. Don't worry about this issue for now. We can talk about it when the contract expires!"

Pere's heart moved, but he didn't ask any more questions. He decisively took the money and left. Before leaving, he did not forget to thank Barcelona Club for its generosity.

Barcelona is indeed very generous to offer such a high bonus to a player who is not even 17 years old.

However, to Enrique and Zubizarreta, these words sounded like a mockery of them! (End of this chapter)