Chapter 228: A huge win over Valencia
Su Dong was not very clear about the club's management, so he could not understand why Valencia was so anxious to renew his contract with him after less than half a year of joining the club and with a good annual salary.
Of course, he was not against money, but he was always vigilant in his heart.
There is no one in this world who would be stupid enough to give money to others for no reason, right?
But after Mendes explained it clearly, Su Dong understood.
To put it bluntly, it was all because of Mijatovic back then.
A long time ago, Valencia and Real Madrid were good friends. The relationship between the two clubs was very friendly. Even in Valencia, half of the fans were also fans of Real Madrid.
In 1993, Mijatovic transferred to Valencia. The club president at that time was Roig. Mijatovic was also very competitive and had always been the top scorer of the Valencia team. In his third season, he scored 28 league goals and helped Valencia get the league runner-up.
But just before the end of that season, Real Madrid president Sanz sent his deputy to Valencia to secretly contact Mijatovic and reached a transfer agreement because Mijatovic's penalty clause was only 9 million euros at the time.
This has a lot to do with the fact that many professional teams at that time generally did not pay attention to liquidated damages. After all, the Bosman Act was not officially introduced until December 1995. Therefore, in the first half of 1996, all professional teams were unfamiliar with this act, and no one would have expected that this act would completely subvert the transfer market in European football.
Needless to say, even though Valencia fans went to Mijatovic's residence to protest and asked him not to betray the club, in the end, Mijatovic still accepted Real Madrid's high salary and left Valencia in the form of liquidated damages to join Real Madrid.
President Roig was extremely angry about the poaching behavior of Real Madrid President Sanz behind the scenes. Not only did he attack Real Madrid on many occasions in public, he even clashed with Real Madrid fans when he traveled with the team to the Bernabeu for a game and was beaten black and blue.
From then on, the relationship between Valencia and Real Madrid completely fell apart.
At the beginning of the century, under the leadership of Cooper, Valencia reached the Champions League final twice. At that time, the team's top star was local midfielder Mendieta, who, like Mijatovic, was favored by Real Madrid.
But this time, Valencia learned from previous experience and did not give Real Madrid any chance.
Although the chairman changed from Roig to Otti, Valencia still refused Real Madrid's poaching. At that time, Chairman Otti made a harsh statement that if Real Madrid wanted to get Mendieta, they could pay Mendieta a penalty of 70 million euros.
But Lazio, who is also interested in Mendieta, only needs to pay 48 million euros to sign the Spanish international.
Not only that, in order to further prevent poaching by Real Madrid, Valencia even added a clause in Mendieta's contract to Lazio. If Mendieta returns to La Liga within two years, Lazio will need to pay another 12 million euros in liquidated damages.
This is the famous [Anti-Real Madrid Clause].
It can be said that because of Mijatovic's transfer, the friendly relationship between Real Madrid and Valencia has completely turned into a mortal enemy.
After taking over Valencia again, Roig is also learning from the lessons of Mijatovic.
Especially when he saw that Su Dong not only scored a lot of goals on the court, but his commercial value outside the court was also growing by leaps and bounds, which was very consistent with Florentino's business strategy for Real Madrid, so he was secretly anxious.
What if Su Dong transfers to Real Madrid? In his first term, Mijatovic made him lose the hearts of Valencia fans. If another Mijatovic appears in his second term, he will have no choice but to die in glory.
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"So, Roig and Subiraz told me very clearly that they would never accept your transfer to Real Madrid, nor would they accept any offer from Real Madrid!"
As Mendes said this, his eyes were watching Su Dong's expression.
Su Dong's idol is Ronaldo, so it would not be surprising if Su Dong said he wanted to go to Real Madrid.
But Su Dong did not.
Not only did he not, but he looked at Mendes calmly and asked, "Has Real Madrid contacted you?"
"No." Mendes shook his head. Indeed, no.
"As far as I know, Real Madrid is in a mess right now, Queiroz is not in a good situation, and there are so many superstars. There is no need for us to get involved at this time."
Mendes nodded, it would definitely not be appropriate to go to Real Madrid at this time.
"Besides, my situation in Valencia is pretty good. If I go to Real Madrid, what else can they give me except money? With my level, how can I be convincing in front of superstars? Why should I compete with Ronaldo and Raul for a starting position?"
Su Dong himself saw this very clearly.
Thanks to years of education in China, he has become a very pragmatic person. He has no so-called idol complex. He only thinks about how to make choices that are beneficial to himself.
Mendes was a little surprised by this. He had originally planned to persuade Su Dong.
"This time, the contract proposed by Subiratz is good. The term and penalty for breach of contract remain basically unchanged, but an anti-Real Madrid clause was added, and the annual salary increased by half." Mendes laughed.
It can be seen that he is very satisfied with this contract extension.
According to convention, if the contract renewal is successful, Su Dong can also get a signing fee of several hundred thousand euros. As an agent, he will also get a considerable commission from the contract.
"What do you think?" Su Dong asked.
Mendes raised his eyebrows and said, "It's better to sign it at this time. If you don't sign it, they will be worried."
Su Dong felt a bit amused and helpless. When people were rushing to give him money, would he offend them if he didn't accept it?
"Okay, just consider it as supporting my parents to buy a house in the country!" Su Dong was not pretentious.
In fact, most of the money he earned was sent back to China, which was considered as a contribution to increasing the foreign exchange reserves of the motherland.
The parents back home are continuing their home buying project as always with unwavering determination.
Sometimes Su Dong really couldn't understand, were their obsession with buying a house really that strong? ...
In addition to Valencia's contract extension, Mendes also mentioned another thing.
He wanted to set up a team for Su Dong and package him specifically for him.
"Beckham, Owen, Ronaldo, even Zidane and Raul, all have such a team behind them to provide services for them. For example, Torres of Atletico Madrid is also preparing to change his agent, just to form such a team."
"You know, GQ has the sharpest nose. Long before the magazine came out, many companies had contacted me. They were all very interested in you, but I kept them on hold for the time being and did not have in-depth discussions."
"Why?" Su Dong was curious.
This is not like Mendes.
Portuguese agents are still very keen on making money.
Mendes noticed Su Dong's teasing look, but he didn't care. Instead, he felt a little pleased with himself.
Isn't it the proudest thing for him as an agent to make money for his employer?
"The several sponsorship contracts we have signed so far are all good, but gradually, I have also begun to notice problems. For example, if both Armani and Hugo Boss are interested in you, then the problem arises. If we choose one of the two, we will suffer a loss."
"you mean……"
Mendes nodded shrewdly and smiled. "Segmentation is like what Manchester United does. They not only classify sponsors, but also classify them by industry and even by region. Some sponsors are only sponsors in Africa or the Middle East."
"The benefits of doing so are obvious, but it is impossible to build such a system with our current manpower, so we need more mature and experienced traders to plan it."
Su Dong understood what Mendes meant. It was just like when he was playing for Sporting Lisbon, he was wearing a Reebok jersey but Nike shoes.
When Nike supported Valencia to sign him, an important reason was that they wanted Su Dong to wear their jersey.
"You go and handle this matter, I trust you!" Su Dong nodded.
Mendes immediately assured that he would find the best packaging master to operate the Sudong brand.
In fact, if Su Dong is really brought out, then other players under Mendes will also benefit from it. After all, resources will spill over. If Su Dong rushes in front to eat the meat, naturally there will be people following behind to gnaw on the bones, and then there will be people who drink the soup.
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The day after Valencia arrived in Milan, the team went to the Meazza Stadium to challenge Inter Milan.
The Nerazzurri have experienced a change of coach. After Cooper was dismissed, Zaccheroni took over.
As the saying goes, changing coaches is like changing knives. After Zaccheroni took office, he made major adjustments to Inter Milan's tactical play, changing the conservative style of play during Cooper's time and resolutely adopting the three-back tactics and the banner of offensive football.
The most famous of these was the just-concluded Serie A, in which Inter Milan beat Reggina 6-0 at home. Combined with a 3-0 home win over Ancona in the previous round, Inter Milan scored nine goals and conceded zero in the last two games.
For a time, the entire Italian media was shocked by Zaccheroni's coaching change, especially the media that had previously been against Cooper, which were extremely high-profile and acted as if they were wise after the event.
"We have said it long ago, Inter Milan is going to play offensive football!"
"Look at Zaccheroni's Inter Milan. Not only is their defense solid, but their attacking power has skyrocketed countless times compared to Cooper's time!"
Influenced by this wave, before this Champions League match, all the media and fans were looking forward to a big victory, hoping that Inter Milan could beat Valencia at home and wipe out the shame of being completely defeated away in the first round of the group stage.
Even Inter Milan head coach Zaccheroni said that he is confident about the home game and firmly believes that he can beat Valencia.
"We firmly believe that we can win and win the game beautifully!"
(End of this chapter)
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