Chapter 288 Wang Li's Super Contract

The club's chairman, Mr. Abramovich, wanted to meet Wang Li, which puzzled him. .. But when he walked into the office building and saw the people inside, he understood.

Because his agent, Rita Andre Benn, was also in the room.

At this time, the woman regained her former shrewdness and capability. When Wang Li casually glanced at her, he even saw a hint of cunning in Rita's eyes, which even made him feel a little sympathy for Peter Kenyon in the room.

Seeing the black-haired boy walk in, everyone in the room turned to look at him. Peter Kenyon walked over and gave him a warm hug. He said, "You were learning judo with that Japanese guy just now."

Wang Li smiled and said, "No, I'm doing free kick training. I can't learn that."

"That's true. I also think Jose's method is really useless." Peter said as he pulled a chair over and asked him to sit down.

Hearing this, Mr. Mourinho, who was sitting next to him, turned his head and snorted, but said nothing. He didn't know whether it would work or not, but just wanted to try it out. Anyway, the training of these big-name stars usually didn't have much effect, so why not try it out?

"It's nothing. I also think that practicing this will be of some use to them." Wang Li smiled and defended head coach Mourinho.

"Really? Then why don't you go to training?" At this time, hearing Wang Li's words, Mr. Abramovich also became interested and asked.

"I have practiced Chinese Kung Fu before, so I am very familiar with these fighting techniques," Wang Li explained with a smile.

"Oh my God, Alan, it turns out you really know Chinese Kung Fu. I've heard about it from other people, but I didn't believe it at first. Can you show us some of your skills now?" Peter Kenyon was a little excited. He has always been an admirer of Jackie Chan's movies, and when he heard this, he wanted to see what real Chinese Kung Fu was like.

"Forget it. It would be embarrassing." Wang Li evaded the question. The martial arts he learned were for strengthening his body, and he had no intention of performing for these people.

"I think we should get down to business. I don't have much time to waste here." Mr. Mourinho said impatiently.

"Okay, okay, you're really boring."

As Peter spoke, he picked up a contract from the table and handed it to Wang Li, saying, "Alan, come and take a look at this new contract. This is the contract we have negotiated with Miss Andre. Is there anything else you are not satisfied with?"

Wang Li took the pieces of thin paper, sat on the sofa and began to read them carefully.

Sir Ferguson's words did have some impact, at least it made the top management of Chelsea club a little alert.

So, the day after the match with Manchester United, Abramovich found Peter Kenyon and Jose Mourinho and explained his proposal to sign a new contract with Wang Li.

In the first few rounds of the league, Wang Li scored 21 goals in 10 league games for Chelsea. This unprecedented efficiency made Abramovich very happy, but he also felt that the performance of this black-haired boy was not in line with his treatment. You know, the team captain John Terry's contract salary is 113,000 pounds a week, and Frank Lampard can also get 105,000 pounds, while Wang Li, who scored consecutive goals, can only get 80,000 pounds, which is really not worthy of his performance.

In fact, even without mentioning Wang Li's contribution to the team in the game, the club's CEO, Mr. Peter Kenyon, would still consider giving him a salary increase.

Since Wang Li joined Chelsea in August last year, the number of hits on the club's official website has been rising sharply, with many new hits coming from Asian fans, especially Chinese fans. According to statistics, the number of hits on the club alone has risen by 137% in the past three months, which is absolutely a terrifying number.

In the club's various stores, Wang Li's No. 21 Chelsea jersey is extremely popular. From August this year to now, the sales of the No. 21 jersey has exceeded the total of other jersey data, which has brought Chelsea at least more than 4 million pounds in revenue. This season's ticket revenue has increased by 39% compared with the previous season, which means that almost every game is sold out. For this reason, Mr. Abramovich is also considering expanding the stadium.

According to the survey, more than half of these new Blues fans came for the title of dance master. There are many teams in London. Due to historical reasons, the number of Chelsea fans cannot be compared with Manchester United and Arsenal, so all of this should be attributed to Wang Li. This income has increased Chelsea's home game income by more than 200,000 pounds. If it ends in a season, it will be at least several million pounds.

It can be said that since Wang Li joined Chelsea for 15 million pounds in August, the team has recovered at least half of the cost from various sources. If the intangible assets such as winning games are added, the money Wang Li has earned for Chelsea has exceeded Chelsea's investment. Therefore, Peter Kenyon is willing to give him some new books.

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Weekly salary: £175,000 after tax

Premier League win bonus: £17,000, Champions League win bonus: £40,000, other competitions: £10,000

Premier League draw bonus: £5,000, Champions League win bonus: £20,000, other events: £3,000

Goal bonus: £30,000

Personal portrait rights: 65%

Personal business income: 35% (personal jerseys, uniforms, etc.)

Duration: 5 years

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This is the new contract that Wang Li finally signed.

When Wang Li saw the salary stipulated in the contract, he was dumbfounded. Without any consideration, he simply signed his name at the bottom of the contract.

This condition is simply too generous.

Wang Li has earned £780,000 from goal bonuses alone, including the 26 goals he has scored since the start of the season in mid-August. If other bonuses are included, the bonus income alone is probably more than the annual salary of an average Premier League player.

The weekly salary is a terrifying 175,000 pounds.

You know, Ronaldo, who is in Real Madrid in La Liga, only has a weekly salary of 160,000 pounds, and Beckham only has 140,000 pounds. It can be said that Wang Li's weekly salary is already the highest among football players.

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In fact, Peter Kenyon's heart was bleeding now. The Ukrainian woman in the room was very difficult to deal with. Rita knew Wang Li's current value very well. In Chelsea, a striker who scored 26 goals in 12 games was something other clubs could not even imagine. With strength as a guarantee, he could ask for a sky-high price. According to Sir Alex Ferguson, Wang Li's salary should be more than three times higher than it is now, so Rita offered him a weekly salary of 240,000 pounds as soon as she entered the door.

Chelsea would never agree to this salary, so Mourinho and Peter Kenyon had a fierce war of words with Rita, and finally got this contract. Mr. Abramovich obviously did not get involved. For him, he would not get involved in such commercial matters.

Fortunately, Peter Kenyon won 35% of Wang Li's image rights, which can at least allow Chelsea to recover a lot of money. You know, in Wang Li's previous contract, the image rights belonged entirely to him.

After the contract was signed, it was obvious that as long as Wang Li performed at his current level, he would be able to earn at least 1.5 million pounds a month, even without counting advertising revenue and commercial operation revenue.

In other words, from now on, Wang Li is definitely the highest paid player in the Premier League.

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After signing the contract, Chelsea's top management breathed a sigh of relief. Although they paid a lot of pounds for it, at least the black-haired boy has stayed firmly in the club. The five-year contract cannot be changed at will. As long as Chelsea does not let him transfer, their forward line will be sufficiently guaranteed for at least five years.

After signing the contract, Wang Li returned to the court to continue training. What he didn't know was that tomorrow would be the "media spring" again, because ---

In order to show the "style" of Chelsea Club, to increase Chelsea's status in the hearts of fans and thus attract more powerful stars to join, Peter Kenyon also announced the content of this big contract.

A single stone stirs up a thousand waves

The personal income tax rate for high-income earners in England in 2004 is 44%.

Deloitte calculated that a Premier League club would pay 5.9 million euros after tax to pay a player 3 million euros ($4.4 million) in wages, compared with 5.7 million euros in Italy, 5.4 million euros in Germany and just 4 million euros in Spain, which allows foreigners living there, including sports figures, to pay 24 percent tax on their income.

Wang Li's 175,000 pounds will definitely make other football players very jealous. For salary alone, Chelsea will have to pay him at least 20 million pounds a year.

Therefore, although the Premier League is moving towards becoming the world's number one league and is about to become the top of the five major leagues, the players' income cannot catch up with Serie A and La Liga.

Even though the media was somewhat prepared, most people were still stunned when they saw this "super contract"

Obviously, if Wang Li maintains this goal-scoring efficiency until the end of the season, he will be able to get at least 15 million pounds in salary, not including his advertising income and the club's commercial income.

This contract is definitely the largest football contract in the Premier League and even in the world in 2004, even exceeding the salary offered by Real Madrid to Ronaldo.

"Chelsea's shocking big contract, the dance master reaches a new high"

This was the headline of The Sun the next day. In the article, they pointed out that only this kind of super contract was in line with Wang Li's perfect performance in the team. If he could continue this performance, Chelsea would only make money even if they paid 20 million pounds a year.

However, at the end of the article, the reporter still had some concerns and wrote: "Indeed, only such a contract can be worth Allen's current performance, and most English fans are optimistic about this, but this may also cause some locker room problems for Chelsea. For example, some players are dissatisfied with their treatment, which will cause some conflicts between players. I hope Chelsea can handle this problem correctly, otherwise it is likely to affect their performance in future games."

The Sun's concerns are indeed reasonable. Last season, when Campbell renewed his contract with Arsenal, the loudmouth Pires created a "spitting gate" incident, which directly collapsed the atmosphere of unity among Arsenal. He blasted the club for unfair treatment and was extremely dissatisfied with his salary, simply because Campbell's contract renewal was for a weekly salary of 110,000 pounds, which is already outstanding in the Premier League.

However, The Times was delighted with this and was optimistic that Chelsea could set an example by raising wages.

"…The dancing master's performance is indeed worthy of his salary, and Chelsea's move has also made other competitors shut up. Even Manchester United dare not offer such a contract, not to mention the always stingy Arsenal. If Chelsea can greatly increase the income of its players, it will definitely be helpful for the development of the Premier League. Superstars from various countries will be very eager to join the Premier League teams because they can get higher incomes here. In this way, the Premier League can develop more vigorously, thereby driving the development of English football."

This report in The Times does make sense. If the salaries of Premier League players can exceed those of Serie A and La Liga, then it will naturally be more attractive to players, which will definitely be helpful for the development of the Premier League. However, each club will have to come up with more money. Of course, this has nothing to do with the media. The ones who should be worried are the owners of those clubs.

Similarly, where there is support there is opposition. The Guardian, which has always been indifferent to Chelsea and Wang Li, also stood up this time. They strongly criticized Chelsea for being completely washed by the pound and the dancing master was a guy full of money.

"…This club is already rotten. They can only retain players by paying more pounds. Perhaps soon, Chelsea will significantly increase the salaries of the players because other players will definitely not be satisfied with their salaries being much less than Alan Wang's. Chelsea's locker room problem is imminent. How to deal with this problem is the biggest problem Chelsea will face next."

At the end of the article, The Guardian even became 'worried' about Chelsea, saying: "What if Alan Wang's performance was just a flash in the pan? Chelsea spent tens of millions of pounds to buy a liability. Their financial situation is really worrying. Fortunately, the Russian is very rich and he will use a lot of rubles to fill this gap."

The whole of England was shocked by the contract that Chelsea offered to Wang Li. Most media raised the issue of Chelsea's locker room. They felt that Wang Li's treatment would definitely trigger more chain reactions, making the team's salary system unbalanced, thus triggering a series of crises.

At this time, even the stars from various clubs jumped out to express their opinions.

In an interview, Liverpool star Jamie Carragher said: "I think Terry should get more money. He is the captain of the team and deserves better treatment."

Obviously, Jamie Carragher's words are intended to stir up conflicts in Chelsea's locker room. As a Liverpool star, he would like his competitors to have as many problems as possible.

"I don't know what ability that black-haired kid has to get such a high salary. I only make 70,000 pounds a week, and he even makes more than 1 times more than me. Could it be that his performance on the field is better than two of me?" Arsenal's big mouth Pires said sourly, but the media present were somewhat contemptuous of his statement, thinking that Alan's goals are more than four times yours.

However, not all players are opposed to it. When interviewed by the media, Wayne Rooney said: "We are good friends. I envy him very much. He has been recognized by the whole of England now. I think Chelsea's approach is right."

Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson said gloomily: "What does this have to do with me? They like to offer high wages to players, but Manchester United will not do that. We don't use money to keep players."

It can be seen that Sir Alex Ferguson had a somewhat sour expression on his face when he said this, but the media all knew that he was envious of Chelsea for getting such a good player. Wayne Rooney, who came to Manchester United for 27 million pounds, had a really disappointing performance. Of course, this was only compared with Wang Li.

Although many media have expressed concerns about Chelsea's locker room, in fact, Peter Kenyon's method has effectively prevented conflicts among players. His approach is to increase the salaries of several main players in the team. In this way, no one can say anything. You know, if they go to other teams, it is impossible for them to get their current salary.

Even if some players are dissatisfied because their salaries have not been raised, it doesn't matter. They can leave if they want. Chelsea will not lack any individual stars now. You know, Mr. Abramovich has provided a transfer amount of 50 million pounds for the winter transfer. Head coach Mourinho is now thinking about looking for stronger stars in the transfer market to replace the players who have performed poorly in the team to increase the overall strength of the team.

While many media outlets were still worried about Chelsea, the club was already jubilant, at least on the surface. Although The Guardian accused Chelsea of ​​being corrupted by the pound, in fact, that was just sour grapes.

In modern football, having money does not necessarily win championships, but having no money will definitely not win championships. This is the reality.

And now, Mr. Abramovich is leading by example, using truckloads of rubles to prove that money can buy championships. Anyway, he is half successful. At least Chelsea's performance in the first 10 rounds of the league can only be described as crazy.

Money, money, money.

Buying players, use money; keeping players, use money; competing for championships, still use money;

In a word, Chelsea is rich.

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