Chapter 497 Goal: Three Consecutive Championships
The formal negotiations lasted for an entire afternoon. After dinner, both parties went back to rest and continued tomorrow.
It was called a break, but in reality it was just a suspension of negotiations so that they could go back and discuss the matter separately.
Wang Chuqing, Mendes and other people involved in the negotiations gathered in Su Dong's room to report to him the results of the afternoon negotiations.
Before the negotiations, the two sides had reached a consensus on the general direction, that is, Bayern's next team will be built around Su Dong, and the goal is to do its best to win the Champions League, while Su Dong's requirement is to be competitive in the Champions League for at least three consecutive years.
Mendes expressed on behalf of Su Dong that he hopes Bayern can achieve three consecutive Champions League titles.
This is very, very difficult, but also a very tempting goal.
Why do I say that? Because the Bayern Big Three were all members of the team that won three consecutive Champions League titles! In the history of Bayern Munich and even German football, the three consecutive Champions League titles are an indelible achievement.
Real Madrid's five consecutive titles were in the early stages of the Champions League, and their value has always been questioned, but the subsequent three consecutive titles by Ajax and Bayern Munich were all well-deserved, and also gave birth to football legends such as Cruyff and Beckenbauer.
At that time, Rummenigge had just made his debut and Hoeness was the main midfielder. The three giants of Bayern Munich had all experienced that glorious history. It would definitely be exciting if they could win the Champions League three times in a row during the period when they were in charge of Bayern.
Bayern is determined to be the leader of the revival of German football, so what could be more exciting than the three consecutive championships of the past? Of course, the Big Three are no longer in the age of chicken blood. They have experienced too much. In their hearts, they probably think that Su Dong is still competing with Barcelona. Since they have defended the title in Barcelona, they must win three consecutive championships in Bayern to surpass Barcelona.
This is somewhat childish.
But no one knows why Su Dong wants to win three consecutive championships.
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Regarding team transfers and coach selection, Mendes conveyed Su Dong's intention, which is to trust the professionalism of Bayern Munich's management and he will not interfere. This attitude also made Bayern's management very satisfied.
With Su Dong's current influence and status, he can fully participate in and even influence the club's decision-making. Beckenbauer has previously revealed his intention in this regard, but now it seems that Su Dong is still very restrained in his influence.
This is a very wise and very smart choice.
Hoeness also promised on behalf of Bayern that any progress would be reported to Su Dong as soon as possible.
According to Bayern's current situation and based on the team's lineup needs, it has been preliminarily planned to introduce Ribery, a winger, and a midfielder. Modric is initially considered. The defense also needs to be strengthened, but no target has been selected yet.
Su Dong's personal treatment is what both parties to the negotiation attach the most importance to, but it is also the issue with the greatest disagreement.
Of course, this is the common practice in contract negotiations for all professional players, so Beckenbauer invited Su Dong to go out for a walk and leave the quarrels to others. There is no need for the players to get involved and ruin the relationship for no reason.
There is not much disagreement between the two sides on the annual salary of the contract.
Bayern Munich offered an annual salary of 20 million euros after tax, which was within Su Dong's acceptable range.
However, Hoeness raised one point, that is, he hopes Su Dong can cooperate with Bayern, because they are applying to the government through the Football Association for special terms, which can exempt taxes for world-class stars like Su Dong for a certain number of years.
This is the same tax-free clause as when Real Madrid signed Beckham.
This also made Su Dong once again feel the cunningness of the Bayern Big Three. Just based on this one item, at least nearly 20 million in taxes were saved a year, which was simply too cool.
In other aspects, such as appearance fees, goal bonuses, etc., there are not many disagreements.
Bayern is very professional in this regard. They have their own salary structure that has been running for many years and is relatively reasonable.
Mendes also had no problem with this.
The real disagreement lies in the signing fee and the contract term.
These appear to be two items, but they are actually the same thing.
What Bayern Munich means is that they are willing to offer a high signing fee, but the contract term must be high, such as signing for five years.
Su Dong is only 22 years old, and he will be only 27 years old in five years. He can still be sold at a very high price then. No matter how much signing fee is paid now, it can be recovered from the transfer fee in the future.
I have to say, this deal is a great idea.
But Mendes rejected Bayern's terms and did not want to sign a contract that was too long, which was also what Su Dong meant.
Having finally gotten rid of the constraints of a long-term contract, Su Dong is now going to sign a long-term contract. Isn't he mentally ill?
Besides, how could he know what level Bayern Munich could achieve? If a long-term contract is signed, but Bayern does not develop as expected, then Su Dong will be trapped in Bayern? Therefore, Mendes's idea is to adopt a flexible contract. Su Dong can sign for three or four years at a time, but a series of hard indicators must be set each year. If they are met, the contract will be automatically extended for one year. If they are not met, the two sides will negotiate again.
As a concession, Su Dong's signing fee can be paid once a year.
This is the first time Bayern Munich has signed such a contract with someone, so they are quite cautious.
Mendes proposed a signing fee of 30 million euros per year, a three-year contract, and a maximum of one year of priority.
This is a contract that Wang Chuqing and the team's legal team worked out after a long period of research. It can not only maximize the protection of Su Dong's rights and interests, but also take into account the interests of Bayern Munich.
"To be honest, with a signing fee of 30 million euros and an annual salary of 20 million euros, they are spending 50 million euros a year to get the right to use Su Dong. It's a bit expensive, but it's still a good deal."
More importantly, Bayern Munich does not need to spend too much money at once to sign Su Dong, and the remaining money can be used to invest in transfer operations.
Su Dong can protect his own interests through contracts and even play a certain supervisory role over Bayern's management.
In addition to the football aspect, there is another area that both parties are very interested in, and that is commercial development.
Bayern Munich has made it clear that it will set up branches in Asia and North America to specifically develop these two major markets.
Once Su Dong signs with Bayern, they will use Su Dong as a banner and fully develop the North American and Asian markets. This will be of great benefit to both Bayern and Su Dong.
In fact, during his time at Barcelona, their poor business development had seriously hindered Su Dong's development in the two major markets of North America and Asia. Bayern has the strength to help Su Dong achieve commercial take-off.
Of course, there is also Europe, where Bayern Munich is also quite influential.
Su Dong firmly holds the image rights in his hands, but he is also very interested in cooperating with Bayern, and the two sides hit it off immediately.
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While Su Dong and others were studying, Bayern's giants were also discussing the afternoon negotiations.
These elderly people were surprised to find that they had begun to fall behind the ideas and thoughts of young people like Su Dong in many areas, which made them feel very novel.
Su Dong is the number one player in the world football today. He has countless resources around him and his understanding of many things is different from others. Even the football emperor Beckenbauer admires some of Su Dong's views.
"He has a deep understanding of Barcelona football. He told me that the biggest difference in defense between Barcelona's first season and second season was not just Marcos Senna, but also the ability of the back line to chase back."
"He showed me a different way of thinking, that is, the trend is to integrate offense and defense. Everyone knows that to achieve this, the back line must be pushed out, which requires the defenders to actively steal the ball, but stealing the ball will lead to mistakes. Defenders make mistakes in every game, but once they succeed..."
Bayern's management all understand football, and they understand everything about Beckenbauer.
If the defender succeeds in stealing the ball, the effect will be huge. Not only can it shorten the distance of the counterattack and attack the opponent faster, but it can also reduce the consumption of players going back and forth.
Continuing with what Su Dong said, the tactical value of defenders actively stealing the ball is very high, but it is easy to make mistakes. However, if they chase back quickly and make mistakes, they can compensate for these mistakes to the greatest extent.
Puyol is a typical representative in this regard.
The defenders get into position as quickly as possible, which can certainly reduce mistakes, but the tactical effect will also be reduced, because even if the ball is snatched away, it is probably near their own penalty area, which is far away from the opponent's goal.
Nowadays, football places more and more emphasis on ball control. This is a major trend, from Real Madrid to Barcelona. Therefore, strong teams often consider how to keep the ball in their hands as much as possible, rather than simply passing the ball forward with a long foot, which is too inefficient.
Su Dong gave another idea for La Liga on the defensive level, which is the case for both Barcelona and Real Madrid.
That is to speed up the efficiency of offense-defense conversion by having the defenders take the initiative to attack and steal the ball, while minimizing player consumption.
This will certainly bring great risks, but the tactical value is also very high, so it also requires high personal abilities of the players, especially the ability to chase back.
"His idea is very similar to Heynckes', but he sees it more deeply than Heynckes because he is the person involved on the court and his feelings will be more obvious and stronger." Hoeness nodded in praise.
"Heynckes told me before that in the future, defenders will be required to have higher and higher passing and mobility in addition to defensive ability. He believes that we should make some adjustments to the way we train defenders."
Beckenbauer nodded. He also knew that Heynckes had been studying Barcelona and La Liga football because he had coached in La Liga for several years and was familiar with La Liga football.
"Call Joseph and see if he can spare some time to come over. We'll talk to him and Su Dong together." Beckenbauer made the decision.
Hoeness was immediately overjoyed. He and Heynckes are close friends and of course he was happy to see Heynckes coach Bayern.
Moreover, he firmly believes in Heynckes' coaching ability.
"By the way, he'd better prepare a detailed team plan and tactical ideas." Beckenbauer reminded again.
Hennes quickly agreed and made the phone call immediately.
(End of this chapter)
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