Chapter 303 I want to touch Messi's head
Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium.
"According to the feedback from many sponsors such as Nike and Audi, we concluded that the entire Asian market has a very lukewarm response to our Asian tour this summer, which is far from the response of Real Madrid's Asian tour last year."
Sarah Martin, member of the presidium responsible for business development, reports the latest progress to President Laporta.
The Asian trip is Barcelona's top priority this summer.
Real Madrid made a lot of money from its Asian tour last year. Although Queiroz later criticized the team's Asian tour as time-consuming and labor-intensive, and said it was the culprit for the collapse of Real Madrid's season, it is undeniable that Real Madrid was a great success in terms of commercial development.
Seeing their arch-rivals making money like crazy, Barcelona naturally wanted to get a piece of the pie.
Laporta is a lawyer and does not have Florentino's business acumen, but that does not prevent him from learning from Real Madrid.
But from the actual situation, Barcelona is not Real Madrid after all.
"According to our schedule, we will first arrive in South Korea, then go to Japan, and then to China, playing four warm-up matches in three places in early August, which is only more than a month away. However, judging from the current ticket sales prospects, it is very bad. The ticket market is very sluggish in the three games in Japan and South Korea."
Sarah Martin was also helpless about this.
Real Madrid has gathered too many superstars, which makes them extraordinary attractive in Asia. Especially the joining of Beckham has greatly increased the popularity of Real Madrid and caused a frenzy for the Galacticos in Asia.
In comparison, what does Barcelona have? They spent more than half of last season in the middle of the pack, with Ronaldinho being the only star in the team.
But as some media said, it can be seen from the Pepsi-Cola commercial "Gladiator" that Ronaldinho's level is still a certain distance away from Beckham and Su Dong.
In this situation, how could Barcelona's visit to the Far East cause a sensation?
Laporta was well prepared for this situation, but the trip to the Far East had been planned for a long time, especially as it concerns various sponsors. Not to mention how many thousands of tickets could be sold for a game, even if the tickets could not be sold, Barcelona would have to make an embarrassing trip to Asia.
"How is 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 award. He has extremely high popularity and influence in Asia. If Barcelona can sign him, it will definitely greatly enhance its influence in Asia.
More importantly, Su Dong also has huge tactical value.
"Valencia is not opposed to selling Su Dong to us. Even under the same conditions, they are willing to sell Su Dong 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.
“A record!”
"Are they crazy?" Laporta was a little anxious.
Barcelona has just signed players such as Deco, Giuly, Edmilson, etc. Where does so much money come from?
Even if you are good at installment payments, 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 curse.
Real Madrid is now rich and powerful, and it will not hold back when competing with Barcelona for players.
No wonder, Su Dong is only nineteen years old. Whoever gets him will not have to worry about the next few years.
More importantly, with Su Dong's current momentum, whoever gets the title and does some work will most likely become the World Footballer of the Year in 2004, and will be the youngest World Footballer of the Year in football history.
Everyone knows what this means.
Laporta couldn't sit still anymore, so he turned to look at Vice President Godard and asked, "Alfonso, how much money can we raise?"
"About 30 million euros," Godard replied.
"This is not enough!" Laporta was a little bitter, "How much can we get if we sell the other players who are not needed?"
Godard frowned. "I'm afraid this is not that simple. We need Russell's support, and he..."
Vice President Rosell has always been opposed to the introduction of Su Dong, just like Laporta opposed the dismissal of Rijkaard.
Laporta rubbed his hands, sat there hesitating for a long time, and finally made up his mind.
"Call Rosell right away and tell me that I agree to renew Ronaldinho's contract. He will negotiate with Ronaldinho's agent, and I will fly to Brazil with him to sign the contract."
Godard nodded, but still looked at Laporta, waiting for the next words.
"Then you tell him that we must sign Su Dong and ask him to deal with the team as soon as possible, raise the transfer fee, and make room for Ronaldinho's contract extension and salary increase, as well as Su Dong's salary."
"Okay, I'll do it right away!"
Laporta has been withholding Ronaldinho's contract renewal in order to bargain and exchange with Rosell.
Ronaldinho's current annual salary is 3.8 million euros after tax, which is already the highest in the team and is on the same level as captain Puyol. If he renews his contract, his annual salary will increase to 5 million euros after tax, making him the highest in the team.
After renewing Ronaldinho's contract, a new problem will arise, that is Su Dong.
Laporta promised to give Su Dong the position of the main center forward, but who will be the top player of the team between him and Ronaldinho? Just talking doesn't count, the key is to see the action.
For example, annual salary. Ronaldinho is paid 5 million euros after tax. Can Su Dong be paid less? If he is paid less, wouldn't it mean that Su Dong's status in Barcelona is not as good as Ronaldinho's? If he is paid the same, it will bring heavy salary pressure.
You know, both of them have an annual salary after tax! "Tell Ferran to sort out the team's salary structure and see how much salary can be left if we send away several high-paid players in the team. We must sign Su Dong before the Asian trip anyway!"
Laporta finally got angry.
Without Su Dong, Barcelona would have to run around Asia in embarrassment, which would be a huge loss of face.
When that time comes, what image will he, the chairman who leads the Asian tour, have in the eyes of members and fans? Ferran Soriano is relatively neutral and is the vice chairman in charge of the club's finances. I believe he can handle this issue well.
Thinking of this, Laporta looked at Godard again, "Call Mendes again and tell him I want to meet him!"
"Sarah, you need to communicate with the sponsors as soon as possible, especially pay close attention to Su Dong's personal sponsors, and prepare a detailed plan, including Su Dong's contract negotiations and the upcoming trip to Asia. You must do it quickly!"
Su Dong has conflicts with many sponsors of Barcelona, for example, car sponsors. Su Dong represents BMW, but Barcelona's sponsor is Audi. This is definitely a problem. How to coordinate? In the past, Real Madrid spent a long time to deal with these sponsors in order to sign Beckham.
Now, there is really not much time left for Barcelona.
"Do it now! Quickly!"
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As soon as Mendes received the call, Su Dong also got the news.
During this period of time, the media has been reporting the news every day, but Su Dong could only wait for the news and spend his energy on training.
Su Dong was not very reassured about the latest intelligence sent by Mendes.
He has his own concerns.
"When we meet, tell Laporta that I still have concerns. If possible, I would like to call Rijkaard and Ronaldinho first. They all know my mobile phone number."
Su Dong wanted to hear Rijkaard confirm some things in person, and he also wanted to have a good communication with Ronaldinho.
It’s better for the management’s shit not to affect the locker room and the game.
Of course, Su Dong’s joining itself weakens Ronaldinho’s influence. Su Dong mainly wants to listen to the Brazilian’s ideas, which is also for the purpose of getting along better in the future.
Mendes smiled and said that Sudong's concerns in this regard were correct, but Laporta was well prepared.
"Rosell has had a dinner table meeting with Ronaldinho's agent brother, and the two sides have reached a consensus on the contract extension. Laporta and Rosell will leave for Brazil in the next two days to formally sign the contract extension with Ronaldinho."
"Before going to Brazil, I will meet with Laporta. If everything goes well, he hopes to fly directly from Brazil to China to meet with you and discuss some issues face to face."
"What about Valencia?" Su Dong asked with concern.
"Both Roig and Subiraz called me and agreed that we should contact Barcelona. According to the information I received, the transfer fee is likely to exceed Zidane's."
Mendes was obviously excited when talking about this.
Su Dong's transfer fee exceeded Zidane's, so the commission he received as an agent also increased.
More importantly, having a player like Su Dong under his command is a huge blessing for him.
As for Su Dong, he was not opposed to this. He didn't have to pay for it anyway. The high transfer fee would bring some pressure, but he believed he could overcome it.
If he really surpassed Zidane, according to the contract, he could get 20% of the share, which is more than 10 million euros, equivalent to over 100 million yuan. This is absolutely unbelievable.
Sometimes Su Dong even thought that Valencia might want to transfer Su Dong's share to the new club, so they held 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 transferring to Real Madrid, transferring to Barcelona is really a good choice.
As long as he does not get involved in management disputes and things outside the stadium, Su Dong believes that he can play well in Barcelona.
After all, he knows in his heart that his style is quite compatible with Barcelona.
Especially with the ability of Barcelona's midfielders to create opportunities, Su Dong believes that he will definitely have more opportunities in Barcelona than in Valencia, and he will definitely score a lot of goals.
As for Ronaldinho, Su Dong has a good personal relationship with him and I believe there will be no problems in getting along with him.
"Oh, by the way, Jorge, when you talk to Laporta, make one more request."
"you say."
"They had a guy called Leo Messi in their youth team, and they promoted him to the first team."
In Valencia, there was a David Silva who could pat his head, but when I came to Barcelona, I always felt out of place if I didn't find one.
Coincidentally, Messi and David Silva are of similar height, so they should have a good feel for the ball.
(End of this chapter)
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