Chapter 1096 Great Earthquake
The International Champions League, also known as the Guinness Cup, was founded in the United States in 2009. After six years of operation, it has long become one of the important warm-up events every summer, and basically only invites European giant teams to participate.
In the past few years, Chinatown was determined to develop Asian and Middle East markets, especially China, so it declined the invitation from the organizer. However, after winning the Champions League last year, the organizer gave Chinatown the highest team treatment, and the team also hoped to further develop the North American market. Therefore, the two sides agreed to go to North America for training in the summer of 2015 and participate in the International Champions League.
But unexpectedly, Chinatown successfully defended its Champions League title, which made Chinatown's status in the minds of fans around the world even more rising. In addition, Chinatown officials and players have always been active on the Internet, and have been extremely warmly welcomed in the United States.
The team's summer training camp is arranged in the United States and will open in early July. Except for international players participating in the Copa America, everyone will return to the team. American fans also give Chinatown extremely high courtesy, and even the team's daily training tickets are hard to come by.
Armando Marcos also personally led the Commerce Department to the United States. On the one hand, he participated in the establishment of Chinatown's New York office, and on the other hand, he wanted to hold final negotiations with multiple sponsors, hoping to negotiate a contract before the office was established.
The New York office is Chinatown’s third office in the world, the first one is in Beijing, China, located in the Daxing Chinatown Training Center, and the second one is in Dubai, the Middle East. Both offices have made great contributions to Chinatown’s development of Asian and Middle East markets, so Chinatown established its New York office this summer to show its importance to the North American market.
It is worth mentioning that Chinatown is the second European team to set up an office in the United States, the earliest of which was Bayern Munich. Stimulated by Chinatown's establishment in China, the Bundesliga giants quickly set up an office in the United States.
When Gao Han returned to Europe from China, the team had already played two warm-up matches in the United States, namely, defeating Benfica three-to-one and Juventus four-to-two. Zidane's team was not only warmly welcomed by North American fans outside the court, but also never disappointed fans on the court. The offensive football was played happily, and both the media and the fans praised it.
This also brought Armando Marcos back from North America.
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"This time in the United States, we have signed three global partners in total, which can bring at least 20 million euros in sponsorship revenue every year. In addition, we have several potential customers in contact. I believe that the North American market will bring us rich returns in the next few years."
In the office of the Chinatown Training Center in the southern suburbs of Madrid, Armando Marcos reported on the gains of his trip to North America.
Taking advantage of the momentum of defending the Champions League, Chinatown has become a high-speed printing machine, rotating rapidly, attracting more and more commercial resources from all over the world.
These three global partners have been almost the same before. This time, taking advantage of the opportunity of the establishment of the New York office, it happened to announce it to the public, striving to become a hit and gain popularity.
As it turns out, media and fans around the world are indeed competing for attention.
With these three sponsors and the generous returns from the International Champions League, Chinatown’s trip to North America was definitely a full return.
"How is the team?" Gao Han was obviously more concerned about the team's performance.
Now he insists on grasping both hands, focusing on business operations on one hand and competition on the other, and having both hands must be strong.
"Ziedane also made second-hand preparations during the training camp for two consecutive wins in the warm-up match. The game against Juventus was very good." Chinatown general manager reported.
The media and fans outside were not clear about it. They thought that Chinatown was just rotating in the two games between Benfica and Juventus, but in fact, they both seemed to be in the 433 formation, but they were two different tactical styles.
The reason is very simple. There are currently several players in Chinatown who are currently discussing transfers and contract renewals, just in case.
Griezmann is the first to be hit. If nothing unexpected happens, the French winger will likely leave the team.
Mendes personally told Gao Han that although Griezmann's liquidated damages are as high as 150 million euros, so far, the teams willing to pay the liquidated damages for the French winger include Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.
In other words, once this deal is negotiated, Griezmann will catch up with Neymar and become the second superstar in European football history to have a net worth of 150 million euros.
Right back Danilo is also favored by many teams. Barcelona, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea are determined to win him, especially Barcelona, who have been pursuing him for a long time.
Ilia La Mendi is also poached by giant teams. This Spanish midfielder has been favored by Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Manchester City, especially Real Madrid and Manchester City, all of which have listed him as the number one signing target.
"I have received the news that Guardiola has basically confirmed to coach Manchester City. After his two-year contract with Bayern Munich expires, he has decided not to renew his contract. Paul Footree went to Munich in person to convince him." Gao Han said with a serious look on his face.
"Are you sure?" Cantalero was also a little surprised.
This will further change the major earthquake in European football and break the existing strength pattern.
"He lives at my house. He called me a few days ago and said he would pay it back. What do you think?" Gao Han shook his head and smiled.
Guardiola's coaching Manchester City will inevitably cause a chain reaction, and Ancelotti's coaching Real Madrid will become a reality.
"Where is Bayern Munich?" Cantalero asked with concern.
"Tuheer." Gao Han said lightly.
But after hearing this, Cantalero and Armando Marcos both changed their faces.
Thomas Tuchel, Gao Han's number one assistant when coaching Bayern Munich. After Gao Han left, he went to coach Mainz. His performance was quite good. He was recognized by Bayern Munich and was able to take over the Allianz Stadium.
But in this way, La Liga has Zidane and Emery, Bundesliga has Tuchel, Premier League has Guardiola, and after being dismissed from Dortmund, Klopp who went to coach Liverpool this summer and Pochettino of Manchester United...
It seems that the camp of the high-altitude disciples is going to be further expanded.
With this achievement, let alone the active head coach, even those legendary coaches who have retired can compare with Gao Han?
"No wonder Manchester City will dig out Stones from Everton with a lot of money." Cantalero exclaimed.
This is a deal just announced in the Premier League. Everton central defender Stones switched to Manchester City at a high price of 60 million euros.
For a player who is only twenty-one years old and has only played as the main player at Everton and has not proved his strength in the competition, Stones's value can definitely be regarded as a sky-high price.
There is only one reason why Manchester City is willing to finalize Stones at such a sky-high price, Guardiola chose it personally.
However, it is a hard time for Real Madrid now because they are also in a hurry to lack central defenders. With Stones' current price increase, it is unlikely that the Galaxy Battleship will want to grab people.
It is said that the Galaxy Battleship is interested in Athletic Bilbao's central defender Laporte, but the termination fee for the left-footed central defender is also extremely high. Stones stimulated, this transfer is likely to surpass Stones.
Relatively speaking, Chinatown's four central defenders basically chose to stay in the team, and the club is unwilling to let go of Alice Sandro on the left because Moreno is not yet at the level of being the main player, but Montoya and young player Bellerin on the right side, and the technical team believes that Danilo's departure is not unacceptable.
Ilia La Mendi is the team's main midfielder, and Chinatown is fully renewing its contract. Isco, De Bruyne, Pogba and Cork have all decided to renew their contracts. Kanter even increased his termination fee to 100 million euros last season, and it is basically impossible to leave the team.
Hazard is the team's superstar on the left side of the frontcourt. According to Gao Han's estimate, he will also be a big hit at the FIFA Golden Ball Awards in 2015. The total number of goals scored in a single season exceeds 40 goals, and Chinatown defends the Champions League, it is understandable that Hazard can get such a report card without a major competition.
Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are in the limelight, and it is not easy to beat them and win the award.
If Griezmann leaves the team on the right, Dybala will be a very suitable candidate. Hesse, Martial and Kingsley Koeman can also play in this position. On the contrary, Firmino, who is on the front line, will decide to recall Jessus from Brazil if he really leaves the team.
The new season's style of play will continue to revolve around the offensive ideas formulated by Gao Han and Zidane before, fully activate the freedom and creativity of attacking players in the frontcourt, and further tap the team's potential.
As for the income obtained by selling people, Chinatown will be mainly divided into two parts, one is to invest in China's youth training, and the other is to comprehensively improve Chinatown's training facilities and continue to build the world's top training center.
With the increase in club operating income, the salary structure of players will be further broken. Hazard, who has the highest annual salary, has reached an annual salary of 10 million euros, and the salaries of other players will also rise with the rise.
The important reason why Gao Han and Armando Marcos considered selling Griezmann was because of the salary structure.
Transfer fees are just a one-time transaction, and many of them are paid in installments, but what really puts pressure on club management is the players' salaries, which is the heaviest burden.
Especially now that the annual salary has exceeded 10 million. If the salary structure cannot be controlled well, the good situation created by Chinatown after years of operation will inevitably be ruined. Gao Han is also very cautious about this.
Of course, Griezmann himself is probably happy to leave the team and go to Manchester United.
The reason is very simple. Manchester United offered him a maximum salary to invite him. Rooney is old and Falcao is sold. Griezmann was destined to be Manchester United's star. How could the French refuse?
In contrast, whether you go to Barcelona or Manchester City, you have to settle down with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. What is the difference between this and Hazard in Chinatown?
After talking about the transfer, Gao Han quickly shifted the topic to the group of players of the 156th-age age group of Beijing Chinatown who came to Madrid with him. They will train with Chinatown in Spain in the next three months.
At present, Gao Han has determined that he will stay is Gao Ren, Wang Lei and Zhao Jun. These three players have the potential to become first-tier stars in the top European leagues. Gao Han needs to train them himself, while other players are handed over to the technical department for review. After that, they either stay in the team or are arranged to go to other European teams for trial training. Mendes has already contacted them.
Gao Han sincerely hopes that they can stay in Europe, but some people will definitely find it difficult to adapt.
This is also impossible. Survival of the fittest is so cruel.
Chapter completed!