Chapter 482 Leaving Barcelona?
From the moment Su Dong stepped into the Joan Gamper Sports City, he clearly noticed something strange around him.
Be it the security guard at the door, the staff he met on the road, or even when he walked into the locker room, everyone looked at him strangely. He knew it very well, but he didn't care.
As usual, I went to the gym and trained with Nuno Cruz and other personal trainers.
They are all a little weird.
"Su, have you read the morning newspaper?" Nuno Cruz asked with concern.
Su Dong looked at him, then looked at Vito Scala and the others, and he knew clearly, nodded, smiled and said: "I have seen it."
"Mundo Deportivo?" Vito Scala asked anxiously.
"Yes, they revealed my annual salary." Su Dong still had a smile on his face.
"Don't you care?" Nuno Cruz was very nervous.
Having been with Su Dong for many years and working in the professional football world, Nuno Cruz knows very well that professional players' contracts are all signed with confidentiality agreements, and even the best of friends will not disclose the information to each other casually.
It can be said that this is the secret of the negotiations.
For example, Su Dong's contract. Everyone knows that he signed a sky-high contract with Barcelona, surpassing Shevchenko again and becoming the highest-paid player in the world, but no one knows that his annual salary is as high as 15 million euros, and that is after tax.
This is simply unbelievable! Of course, no one would think that Su Dong is not worthy of such an annual salary.
Even Mundo Deportivo, which broke the news, believes that Sudong's performance at Barcelona is fully worthy of this contract.
Therefore, this revelation at best confirmed what everyone knew before, and at best let the whole world know how much Su Dong's annual salary is. This will cause some impact, but not too big.
"Last night, Laporta called me overnight and told me about this matter in advance. He thought it might be the work of the opposition. He would investigate it as soon as possible and settle the matter, so I don't need to worry." Su Dong smiled calmly.
Vito Scala and others suddenly realized. No wonder Su Dong was so calm early on. It turned out that he knew it last night.
"Did Laporta say who leaked the news?" Grant Downing asked with concern.
This is equivalent to having a thief within the house. No one will feel at ease unless the thief is dug out.
"He needs to investigate and can only confirm that it is someone inside Barcelona, but he is not the president of Barcelona now and cannot perform the duties of the president of Barcelona, so this matter needs to wait and make a decision after the election."
According to Barcelona's election charter, Laporta and his board members have all resigned, and Soriano and others will temporarily maintain the operation of the club, but all major decisions will need to wait until after the presidential election.
In other words, Barcelona is now in a state of anarchy.
"This is definitely well-prepared. They just want to take advantage of this loophole, but it's strange. What does their election of their chairman have to do with you?" Vito Scala asked indignantly.
Su Dong is just a football player, why is his annual salary so high? "Because he was brought in by Laporta." Nuno Cruz sees it very clearly.
Su Dong smiled and nodded at this personal trainer who was both his teacher and friend. He could do nothing about it.
"This team is such a mess. They can't even play football in peace!" Vito Scala cursed angrily.
Grant Downing also agreed. "Let's find an opportunity and go to other teams! We can't keep you here. There are many teams out there willing to offer you a high salary. Are you afraid of not having a game to play?"
Su Dong smiled and nodded, motioning them to get busy.
Leave Barcelona?
It's not that he hadn't thought about it, but this was the last resort.
The reason is very simple. The upgrade requirement given by the Road to King of Football system is three consecutive championships. As long as he wins three consecutive championships, he will meet the requirements for upgrading to the King of Football. This is the most attractive thing for him at the moment.
We finally won two consecutive championships. If we leave now, wouldn’t all our efforts be wasted?
Besides, if he left Barcelona and gave up the two consecutive championships he had worked so hard to win, and started over in other teams, which team could guarantee three consecutive championships? He was a little unwilling to give up after working so hard for two years.
And Laporta also promised last night that the editor-in-chief of Mundo Deportivo, Santi Nora, told him that the anonymous letter only revealed Su Dong's annual contract salary, so he only revealed the annual contract salary and didn't know anything else. This made Su Dong feel a little relieved.
If Laporta wins the presidential election and settles this matter, then the possibility of Barcelona winning the Champions League again is still very high. Su Dong has no reason to give up at this time.
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Vito Scala and Grant Downing were both busy, but Nuno Cruz sat closer.
"Is it troublesome?" Nuno Cruz asked with concern.
Su Dong was a little surprised, but soon he smiled bitterly, "Sure enough I can't hide it from you."
"I've known you for so many years. Vito and Grant don't know you, but I know you better?" Nuno Cruz also laughed, but his eyes were full of concern.
"It's a bit troublesome." Su Dong sighed.
"What do you mean?"
"There are very sensitive contents in my contract. If it gets out, I may not be a public enemy, but it's almost there. There will definitely be a lot of people who will use it to attack me crazily, especially some radical elements."
Su Dong has always been reluctant to get involved in this kind of political incident, but in Barcelona, this is not an easy thing to do.
Nuno Cruz understood what Su Dong was talking about. They had discussed this matter before, and he also knew what Su Dong was avoiding, but he didn't expect that it would be written into the contract.
Of course, this is understandable, because the contract is supposed to be kept confidential.
Who knew that it would suddenly be exposed now?
This is an illegal and criminal act!
"So has the whistleblower obtained the entire content of the contract? Or does he only know your annual salary?" Nuno Cruz asked with concern.
"That's exactly what I'm worried about." Su Dong said with some concern, "According to what Santi Nora said to Laporta, the anonymous letter only mentioned the annual salary. He also verified it. He didn't plan to expose it at first, but soon received a second anonymous letter asking him to expose it immediately, so he called Laporta in advance to let him know."
"Can you trust what Santi Nora said?"
Su Dong shook his head. "I don't know, but there is nothing we can do. Whether it is credible or not, we can't control it. Besides, there is an anonymous person behind it. How much does he know?"
Nuno Cruz also felt very troubled, "Is there any way to apply to the court to prohibit the media from revealing the details of the contract?"
“I asked a lawyer, and he said it’s impossible to completely control it, and it might attract more attention.
There is no silver here.
If the other party really only knew the annual salary and leaked it to Mundo Deportivo, wouldn't Su Dong's making a fuss only make the media more interested?
"Now that you mention it, this matter is really troublesome."
Many people thought that the exposure of Su Dong’s annual salary would most likely trigger protests in the locker room, especially from stars such as Ronaldinho, but Su Dong was still confident about this.
Maybe they will have some resentment, but they will not react too much, because Su Dong believes that they are well aware of his contribution to Barcelona in the past two years, and he believes that he deserves every penny of the salary he receives.
The most troublesome may be the management team including Laporta, because they completely broke Barcelona's salary structure system.
This is also what Su Dong is guessing now.
Did the other side want to use this to attack Laporta instead of Su Dong? Nuno Cruz sighed, "I really can't stay in this place anymore!"
Su Dong nodded and patted Nuno Cruz on the shoulder, "Hold on a little longer, and finish this season!"
Although Nuno Cruz doesn't know why the season has to be completed this year, he still respects Su Dong's opinion.
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As Mundo Deportivo exposed Su Dong’s annual salary, it aroused strong attention from the outside world.
An annual salary of 15 million euros after tax is a sky-high price for any top team.
You know, when Shevchenko joined Chelsea, his annual salary was only 10 million euros, and Ronaldinho of the same team only had an annual salary of 8 million euros. Players like Puyol and Deco even only had 5 million euros, but Su Dong got a full 15 million euros.
But things are just as Su Dong said, he deserves this annual salary.
After the media broke the news, various parties made comments, but basically no one thought there was anything wrong with Su Dong taking this annual salary.
More criticism was directed at former president Laporta and his team, who were believed to have not paid more attention to other players. Even Mundo Deportivo believed that Ronaldinho got a little too little compared to Suarez.
But Laporta’s troubles have nothing to do with the Soviet Union or Eastern Europe.
Taking advantage of a training opportunity, Su Dong also had a special chat with Ronaldinho and Puyol. Both of them said that they would not have any opinions about Su Dong because this was, after all, the matter was the club management's business.
But the three of them have a very clear attitude, which is that the media revelations are absolutely unacceptable.
Both Puyol and Ronaldinho publicly criticized Mundo Deportivo's behavior, believing that it was disrespectful to the players and contempt for justice.
Su Dong also stated that he refused to make any comments on the revelations and reserved the right to pursue legal responsibility.
Many media outlets have also come forward to criticize Mundo Deportivo's actions, believing that such behavior is not worthy of respect.
But just as Barcelona was heading off to Monaco and Su Dong was preparing to attend the UEFA annual awards ceremony and compete in the European Super Cup, Mundo Deportivo once again broke the news in the name of an anonymous person.
This time they revealed more clauses in Su Dong's contract, including appearance fees, goal bonuses, championship bonuses, etc. They also revealed that Su Dong received nearly 10 million euros in bonuses alone last season, which is more than Ronaldinho's annual salary.
Now everyone felt uneasy.
If there was a gap before, but it was still acceptable, then now everyone has discovered that the gap is a bit too big? Su Dong's agent Mendes immediately came out to clarify that Su Dong's bonus was high because he scored more goals.
But this still couldn't stop the media from discussing it hotly.
Su Dong is now 100% sure that the other party has indeed obtained his contract.
But what do they want to do?
(End of this chapter)
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