Chapter 481 This move is too vicious!
Mundo Deportivo was founded in 1906 and is one of the oldest newspapers in Spain.
In comparison, Marca, which is close to Real Madrid, was founded in 1938, 32 years later than Mundo Deportivo, not to mention AS and Diario de Sport, which were founded in the 1970s.
This is also what countless World Sports readers are most proud of.
Some people say that Mundo Deportivo is the Huangpu Military Academy of the Spanish media industry, because many famous people in the Spanish media industry came from Mundo Deportivo, such as Maria Casanovas, the founder and editor-in-chief of Diario de Sport, and Alfredo Relanho, the current editor-in-chief of Marca, all of whom worked in Mundo Deportivo for a long time.
Because of this, Mundo Deportivo has an extraordinary influence in the Spanish media.
But precisely because of its long history, bloated organization and various intertwined interests within it, Mundo Deportivo has gradually lost its position as a leading newspaper company, and its sales today are even lower than those of its younger brother, Daily Sports.
Almost every editor-in-chief took it as his or her responsibility to revive World Sports Daily, but gradually, they all accepted the status quo.
The long history has brought glory to Mundo Deportivo, but it has also brought various complex interests.
From the day it was founded, Mundo Deportivo has been closely linked with Barcelona. Together they witnessed Barcelona's first championship, Barcelona's rise, the Michels era, and Cruyff's Dream Team.
Now, they have witnessed Barcelona's Dream Team II dynasty again.
They have experienced too many peaks and troughs, and have welcomed and seen too many superstars.
As the saying goes, although football stars come and go, World Sports Daily remains.
The current editor-in-chief, Santi Nora, is less than 50 years old and is in the prime of his life. He has worked at Mundo Deportivo for decades and is very familiar with the newspaper's operating mechanism and its cooperation model with Barcelona.
When Ten Cate criticized Rosell, one of the points was that every time Barcelona lost, Mundo Deportivo would publish a news article about the sacking of Rijkaard and the invitation of Scolari. This was not without reason.
It was precisely because of that incident that Mundo Deportivo became enemies with Ten Cate, and even its relationship with Rijkaard became very bad, which has not been eased even now.
This time, the anonymous letter delivered to Santi Nora's desk clearly had ulterior motives.
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Santi Nora quickly called his assistant into the office, but no one knew where the anonymous letter came from.
Or, even if they knew, no one would admit it.
These are the rules of the game.
"From the content provided in the anonymous letter, it is very detailed and the clauses are very specific. It should be true." Assistant Francesc analyzed after reading the anonymous letter.
"But where did this letter come from? You know, this definitely violates the confidentiality agreement." Another assistant, Gabriel, frowned and said that all terms for professional players must be kept confidential.
There are probably only three parties that own the player's contract: Su Dong and his agent team, a very small number of Barcelona executives, and the La Liga.
There is no need to explain the first two. They are the two parties who directly negotiate the contract, and the terms are drafted by them. The La Liga is the manager of La Liga. After the player and the club have agreed on the contract, it must be submitted to the La Liga as proof of the player's ownership.
Then the problem is obvious.
As a management body, La Liga basically does not intervene in these matters, and Su Dong has no reason to expose his contract, especially when there are such unfavorable clauses in the contract. The most likely party is the Barcelona management.
"There's no point in analyzing these now. I just want to know, what on earth do they want to do?" Santi Nora looked solemn. This was no trivial matter, because Su Dong was now Barcelona's number one star and a banner.
If we really want to expose this mess, it would be like breaking the sky.
"Need I say more? Of course it's the election!" Gabriel said loudly, even with a look of indignation on his face, "They are really crazy! Don't they know that if they really leak this contract, the consequences will be disastrous?"
According to the contract, Su Dong's salary is twice that of Ronaldinho. If this gets out, will the Brazilian superstar be able to accept it?
Not to mention, Su Dong also has a series of other bonuses, including the most goal awards.
If it were to be exposed, the entire locker room would be in chaos.
How will everyone view Su Dong? But this is not the most terrible thing.
What is really scary is the clause involving Catalonia.
What is the situation now? Catalonia has just held a referendum. Although it is not a DL referendum, it mainly seeks to expand the power of the regional government.
This is hailed as a precursor to the DL referendum, and its purpose is to actively prepare for the DL referendum after the government expands its powers.
It can be said that public opinion is boiling now. If Su Dong's contract is exposed at this time, the result is self-evident. You can guess what will happen even if you think about it.
This move is really too vicious! Even though Santi Nora never minded bringing down a few stars and had no psychological burden at all, he now felt a little scared.
This is like stirring up a hornet's nest, no one knows what will happen next.
"The new season is about to start. Su Dong is the core of the team. If he is exposed at this time, it will definitely have a huge impact on the team." Francesc also felt very troubled and looked at the editor-in-chief, "Can we suppress it?"
"We can't suppress it." Santi Nora shook his head. "If we don't report it, they will vote for someone else to report it. There will always be someone willing to publish it. By then, not only will we not get any benefit, but we will also suffer a great loss."
Many times, they get close to Barcelona in order to obtain more inside information.
It's just that today's inside information came too fast! Francesco nodded, which is why Gazzetta dello Sport revealed the Italian phone scandal and pursued it relentlessly.
They had to report it!
Unless they are willing to undercut their competitors.
"Should we say hello to Barcelona in advance?" Gabriel suggested.
Santi Nora thought about it and shook his head: "We don't know who the other party is."
He could roughly guess something, but guessing did not mean certainty. And even if he guessed that it was the other party's power, how would they know how many people the other party had?
Today, Barcelona is facing a re-election, with Laporta facing Rosell. Originally, everyone thought that Laporta had a sure win, but now it seems that Rosell is also well prepared.
Given the current situation, it is still unclear who will win or lose.
But one thing is that Mundo Deportivo cannot take sides in advance, which is very disadvantageous to them.
If you make the wrong choice, it will be a disaster.
"What then?" asked Francesc.
"Wait!" said Santi Nora.
"Waiting for what?"
"So, we'll make two preparations. On the one hand, we'll verify the authenticity of the materials provided in this anonymous letter. This is no joke. We can only report it if it's a real contract. Otherwise, we'll suffer a big loss."
Both assistants nodded.
"On the other hand, we will take a closer look at the situation and see if the other side will take further action. Even if they really want to report it, we must inform Laporta in advance, at least to let them understand our difficulties."
The sales of Mundo Deportivo are very low now, even lower than that of Díaz de Sport. Where is the prestige of Barcelona's old mouthpiece? It is precisely because of this that they need explosive news and exclusive inside information more than ever.
Only in this way can they have a chance to counterattack their competitors.
As for the football stars, for a media that has been established for a hundred years, they are just passing clouds.
In recent years, from the British media to the Italian media, and then to the Spanish media, aren't they always tossing and turning between creating stars and destroying stars? Santi Nora has never cared about Su Dong. He only cares about Mundo Deportivo and at most he is concerned about Barcelona.
That's all.
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With the arrival of the new season, the entire Barcelona team has begun to engage in active preparations and has no time to consider anything else.
Especially Su Dong, who performed well in the warm-up match, and he still hopes to continue to sprint this season.
Barcelona has won the Champions League for two consecutive years. If they win the Champions League again this season, it will be the third consecutive championship. Then his Road to the King system can be upgraded to the next level, which will definitely be a huge benefit for him.
Because of this, Su Dong prepared particularly actively and played very hard.
After returning to Barcelona, Barcelona soon faced the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup, where they challenged Espanyol away.
During the game, Barcelona encountered tenacious sniping from the Spaniards, and even in the first thirty minutes, they did not get any chance to shoot, but Su Dong finally seized a key opportunity before the end of the first half.
After he pulled to the wing to receive the ball, he passed it to Ronaldinho, and the Brazilian passed it directly into the penalty area. Su Dong received the ball, and the two completed a beautiful two-pass. Su Dong then shot into the far corner with his right foot and broke the Spanish goal.
One to zero!
This score remained the same until the end of the game! Three days later, back at Camp Nou, the second round of the Super Cup was played.
Barcelona scored just three minutes into the game, with an assist from Ronaldinho and Su Dong opening the scoring for Barcelona.
In the twelfth minute, Messi made a straight pass from the right, Belletti made a cross from the bottom, and Su Dong headed the ball from close range, scoring another goal and expanding the score to 2-0.
After that, Su Dong created many opportunities, including a one-on-one opportunity for Ronaldinho, but unfortunately, he failed to seize the opportunity. Instead, Deco scored a goal for Barcelona in the second half.
Three to zero.
In the end, Barcelona defeated their city rivals Espanyol 3-0 at home and 4-0 on aggregate, winning the first championship trophy of the new season and also making a good start for the new season.
This excited all Barcelona fans.
But no one knew that on the night when Barcelona won the championship, a second anonymous letter appeared on the desk of Santi Nora, editor-in-chief of Mundo Deportivo, and Santi Nora urgently convened a management meeting.
Three hours later, when Su Dong returned home after celebrating the championship with his teammates, he received a call from Laporta.
(End of this chapter)
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