Chapter 473 472 Storm is coming
When Barca returned to Barcelona from Paris, they were once again warmly welcomed by Barcelona fans.
This year, the welcome given by Barcelona fans and the celebration activities organized by Barcelona for the championship were even more grand than last year.
Su Dong followed the team and went through the entire process after winning the championship last year. He was really exhausted.
He then attended the team's celebration banquet, where he became the protagonist.
Having led Barcelona to win the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, and this season achieving an unprecedented treble in La Liga history, Su Dong's influence in Barcelona has reached its peak and he has received unprecedented popularity.
According to Daily Sports and Mundo Deportivo, Su Dong has become the most successful foreign aid in Barcelona's history! Barcelona President Laporta was also grinning from ear to ear throughout the whole process, constantly dealing with all kinds of people, appearing to be at ease, especially when meeting with Barcelona City Government officials and government officials of the Catalonia Autonomous Region, he seemed particularly enthusiastic.
This seems to confirm the outside world's long-standing speculation about him.
In the bureaucratic systems of Europe and the United States, people with a background as lawyers often have special advantages in politics.
Laporta is a famous lawyer in Barcelona and even in Spain. It would not be surprising if he chose to use the position of Barcelona president as a springboard to join the ranks of politicians.
Apart from anything else, the Madrid media has previously assessed that Barcelona's influence in Catalonia is very impressive, and it can even influence more than 30% of the votes, which shows the weight of Barcelona.
What was quite surprising was that former Barcelona vice president Rosell also attended Barcelona's celebration party.
This is really shocking.
Ronaldinho and others even went over to say hello to him, and it can be seen that Rosell still has considerable influence in Barcelona.
When Laporta met Rosell again, the two did not have the kind of tit-for-tat atmosphere as he had imagined. Instead, they seemed particularly harmonious. Laporta did not treat Rosell as an outsider, and Rosell seemed to be still 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 they have a grudge against each other?" Messi was very surprised.
Everyone in Barcelona knows that these two people don't get along, but when they meet, they are very affectionate and warm. Not only does Messi not understand, but Su Dong also feels very awkward.
"You can understand this as considering the overall situation, or as maturity." Su Dong said with a smile.
Anyway, he can't learn this. If he likes it, he likes it. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it. He can't fake it.
It was like he couldn't force himself to be very close to Russell.
Of course, he was not very close to Laporta and always kept a certain distance.
He just came to play football.
"Xiaobai, it seems that there has been no movement from the board of directors recently?" Su Dong asked curiously when he saw the looks of Laporta and Rosell.
Iniesta shook his head. "I don't know either. Everyone is very confused. Logically, if there is really going to be a presidential election, preparations should have started by now, but there seems to be no news."
"You mean, Laporta has dealt with them?" Su Dong was very surprised.
Unexpectedly, Laporta's ability is really strong.
"It seems so, but there is also a saying that the two sides have agreed that they do not want to affect the team's games, so they will negotiate after the end of the season, but we don't know what the specific situation is." Iniesta also felt very puzzled.
Not to mention foreign players like Su Dong, even some local players, such as Puyol, the captain, may not be clear about the affairs of the board of directors. After all, the people there are not ordinary. They are basically political and business celebrities from Barcelona and even Catalonia.
However, Su Dong also discovered that people who are truly powerful tend to be more careful about their reputation and will not run for a position in Barcelona. At best, they would just hold the title of director. It is extremely rare for a successful businessman like Florentino to run for election.
More often than not, they are people like Laporta, Rosell, and Gaspart. They often come out with various purposes, but their own strength is somewhat insufficient, so they need to unite some allies who have the same purpose as them, and then run for election 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, the person who chose the chairman of Real Madrid this year, Calderon, a board member and also a lawyer, has a high voice.
However, these have nothing to do with Su Dong.
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When Su Dong was with his Barcelona teammates, Rosell in the distance was also silently observing him.
"Laporta is in high spirits now, and the treble this season is likely to change the situation in the boardroom."
The person who spoke was a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses who was sitting next to Russell.
His name is Josep Maria Bartomeu, a member of the Barcelona board of directors and head of the basketball department.
In 2003, he and Rosell were both members of Laporta's campaign team, which allowed him to become the head of Barcelona's basketball department after Laporta was elected, taking charge of all affairs 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.
With no major problems in other aspects of Laporta's career, the team's winning of the treble this season can be said to be the greatest affirmation of Laporta. Even if the election starts now, Laporta is very likely to be elected again.
"Are we really going to let it go like this?" Bartomeu asked. "If he lets us go any further, I guess we will all be kicked out one by one. Then the whole of Barcelona will belong to him alone."
Back then, it was these people who fully supported Laporta, which enabled him to defeat other competitors and be elected president.
But now, Laporta has secured his position and started to clip the wings of his former players one by one.
There is a saying that he learned from Gaspart's lesson.
But everyone knows that deep down it’s all about power.
He wants to take all the power of Barcelona into his own hands, make this powerful team a place where he has the final say, and even turn it into a springboard and bargaining chip for him to enter the political arena.
"Don't worry, Josep, now is not the time."
"How long do we have to wait? Until he kicks us all out?"
"Don't worry, he won't make any other moves for now. Didn't he say that before? The most important thing for him next is Su Dong's contract renewal. He wants to keep Su Dong stable and consolidate his position as chairman."
Speaking of Su Dong, Bartomeu also looked helpless. "To be honest, although Su Dong has never expressed his position, he has been a great help to him. If nothing else, his achievements in the past two years are enough for him to be re-elected."
Roselle smiled and nodded, "Did you find anything interesting just now at Camp Nou?"
"What?" Bartomeu frowned.
"Every player, including head coach Rijkaard, shouted 'Long live Catalonia' after his speech, but only Sudon did not respond."
"Really?" Bartomeu was a little surprised. Is this true?
"There is a live broadcast of the scene. If you don't believe me, you can check the video."
"But what does this mean?" Bartomeu still didn't understand.
Russell laughed. There were many things that could not be revealed for the time being.
If it turns out to be what he expected, it would be interesting.
"Hasn't Laporta already been negotiating a contract extension with Su Dong's team?"
"Yes, I heard that the discussion has almost been concluded."
"You should try to find out what they talked about."
Bartomeu was still confused, but he always felt that Rosell wanted to do something about this matter, so he agreed immediately.
However, he still didn't understand, what's the point of doing all this if Laporta is in control of Barcelona?
Isn't the most urgent task now to get the Barcelona board's consent to hold the presidential election in advance? …………
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After Barcelona's celebration party, the team was disbanded.
Thanks to Barcelona's outstanding performance this season, many players have been selected for the national team. Even Messi has been selected for the Argentina national team, and Marcos Senna has been selected for the Spain national team.
He is also the first black player in the history of the Spanish national team.
Everyone left, leaving Su Dong alone.
But he is not idle either, because his contract renewal negotiations with Barcelona are almost complete, and many things require his personal participation. Mendes and Ma Dawei are also running around for him in Barcelona.
Barcelona finally agreed to Mendes' request and offered Su Dong an annual salary of 15 million euros after tax, which will surpass Shevchenko's annual salary of 10 million euros and once again become the highest annual salary in the history of world football.
The Sudong side also made certain concessions on the bonus terms, changing the original bonus terms based on goals and assists to using phased performance as indicators.
Of course, in terms of appearance fees, championship bonuses, etc., Su Dong is still the same as other players.
After several days of negotiations, Barcelona officially announced that it had reached a contract extension agreement with Su Dong.
The two parties signed a confidentiality clause and did not disclose specific details to the public, but Laporta revealed that Sudong 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 the contract.
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Almost at the same time when Su Dong renewed his contract with Barcelona, Italy broke the news of the phone call between Juventus general manager Moggi and the referee in early May. From the news that originally attracted little attention, the media continued to dig up more and more inside information, and gradually fermented into big news that shocked the world of football.
Juventus general manager Moggi announced his retirement from football, and Italian Referee Committee Chairman Ranese resigned in disgrace.
For a time, the attention of the world's media and fans shifted from Barcelona's treble and the approaching World Cup in Germany to the mini-World Cup in Italy, and they began to pay attention to the phone-gate incident.
An unprecedented storm is coming!
(End of this chapter)
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