Chapter 111 Renewal Negotiations

On April 1, the official website of the Derby County Club announced major news--the American GSE consortium has completed all the acquisitions of the club and officially became the sole owner of the club. Chairman Gee Smith resigned, and GSE consortium agent Pearson took over the position.

Meanwhile, the club's general manager Paul Wilcox resigned and was replaced by Pearson's assistant, Sam Rush.

These two news are absolutely shocking.

Derby County fans all look at the acquisition from the sidelines. In fact, many English fans are resistant to foreign investment into their own leagues, because they feel that it is no longer an English team, but for small clubs. The acquisition is good news. Small clubs have no capital injection. In this era of capital football, it is difficult to truly rise. If you want to develop, you must have financial support. Because of this, Derby County fans will be conflicted in their hearts. On the one hand, they hope The club can really develop, on the other hand, they don't want to see the club be bought by foreign capital.

The only good news is that new chairman Pearson is a Greater Derby native who lived in the Greater Derby town as a child and moved away as a teenager, but there is no denying that he is a true Derby fan. , which somewhat slowed down the resistance of the fans.

For the insiders of the club, the impact of this acquisition is also great. The club can be described as panic. After all, no one knows who the new chairman will arrange in the club. All staff, including the youth training system The coaches, do not know whether to continue to serve as the original position.

Jim has come to Wan Sheng to complain more than once. It is obvious that he wants Wan Sheng to help the new chairman and let Jim stay in the club as an assistant coach.

Jim has worked for the Derby County club for more than ten years, as an assistant coach and also doing some chores, and his real ability is not very good. He can only barely lead the team. Because of this, if he loses this job, it will be difficult for Jim to find the same good job again.

Perhaps the only thing the whole club is not worried about is Wansheng.

Before the official announcement, Wansheng had already received a call from the new chairman, and Pearson raised the topic of 'contract renewal'.

Pearson can't wait to renew his contract with Wansheng, he regards this as the most urgent job, although Wansheng and the club's contract have two years left, but in European football. It is very common for a manager to change jobs, and he came directly to England without watching Mourinho help Porto win a 'triple crown'. For a capable manager, there will be no shortage of teams that need him.

Wansheng is extremely important to the team.

What Pearson values ​​most is his ability to tap young players. Now most of the main players in the first team are excavated by Wansheng. Such an amazing vision is what the club needs most.

Wan Sheng did not expect the new chairman to attach such importance to him.

In fact, after the club completed the handover, he didn't think about whether to continue to stay at the club. Everything had to be seen. The club chairman was so anxious to find him to renew his contract. It was a good start, so he called Kevin Tagore, "The new chairman of the club asked me to renew the contract..."

"Good thing! What are you thinking about?"

"You can talk."

Kevin Tagore on the other end of the phone was a little excited. Perhaps it is also the job of an agent. He has done too few things, and he can't wait to show his ability as an agent, "Don't worry! Wansheng, leave it all to me! I will definitely help you bite a big piece of it. Meat! Haha... I'm the legendary vampire!"

Wan Sheng could only roll his eyes at Kevin Tagore's joke, but the other party on the phone certainly couldn't see it, "The salary can be negotiated. I only have one requirement that must be negotiated - I need the absolute transfer authority of the club!"

Kevin Tagore said understandingly, "Of course, you used to have the right to make a direct decision on transfers under £5 million. Derby County has done so well this season, I think they will agree."

"Of course it's the best. Just sign the contract for three years. Short-term is better, and the penalty will be less. There's no need to sign a contract that's too long..."

New chairman. Without Wansheng's understanding, it feels better to have a short-term contract.

"No problem. OK, what else do you want?"

"Of course the salary has to be increased, at least..." Wan Sheng thought about it, "At least double it. I don't think this requirement is too much!"

"Of course, let me say. They should pay you ten times your salary!" Kevin Tagore affirmed.

When talking about contracts, the main thing to talk about is salary. Kevin Tagore has always been dissatisfied with Wansheng's salary, because he has brought many young talents to the club. Each of these young talents has become an asset to the club, and Wansheng has nothing. get.

Kevin Tagore said again, "Double is too little, I want to get at least three times my salary, that's not as good as Mourinho, that Portugal gets more than five times your salary, but his team You can only line up behind you!"

Wan Sheng smiled and said nothing.

He knows that this is impossible. Each club has its own salary system. Without a large amount of foreign investment, few teams will break the salary system.

Neither can he as a head coach.

Even if he has made a lot of contributions to the team, if his salary is too high, the entire salary system will go wrong, and the club spends the most on salary.

The club would rather give him a huge bonus on the contract than a high salary.

After the two talked a few more words about the matter, Wan Sheng hung up the phone. Next, he just had to wait for the result. All he needed to consider was the team and the game.

This is his job.

Talking about the new contract is completely handed over to Kevin Tagore. That is Tagore's job. The agent is dedicated to doing this. If you need to worry about everything, it is meaningless to have an agent.

Wan Sheng is not too worried about renewing the contract.

Everyone knows that he can definitely stay in the team. If the club changes several presidents, he will be the head coach of the team because his performance in leading the team is good enough.

If the new chairman of the club doesn't ask him to renew his contract, it would be very abnormal!

Wansheng prefers to stay with the team.

He's had two seasons at Derby County and now he's building the team entirely. Personally, he is familiar with every player and the environment here. It is very good to live and work here. In terms of the team, he is very popular in the team and has established his own majesty. Now the whole team listens to him, and he already has a strong backbone, tactically speaking. Also adapted to their own plans.

Wan Sheng believes that under his leadership, Derby County will become stronger and stronger, and the results will get better and better.

Next year, he has the confidence to lead the team to win the European Championship!

But this is not something he can decide by himself. It also requires the cooperation of the entire team. For example, in the summer, if there is considerable transfer funds, it would be great. It is not easy to win the European championship. The team must have enough depth on the bench, but also add one or two pillar-level stars to the team, and then supplement the lineup. The stronger the team will be, the more hopeful it will be to achieve good results.

In addition, he can accumulate enough experience in Derby County.

After all, he is only 28 years old. He is definitely a very young man in the football coaching industry. His young age also limits his experience. He can bring him enough experience in Derby County, and at the same time, he can upgrade his unique things-- Soccer training master system.

In short, Wansheng still hopes that he can stay at the Derby County club for a few more years.

Even if he wants to leave, he will lead the team to the top. And now the team is just getting started, it's too early to leave.

Therefore, Wansheng is still looking forward to the renewal of the contract.

But unfortunately, the renewal of the contract did not go well, and the biggest point of contention was the transfer right.

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"He wants all the transfer rights? It's impossible!"

In the club president's office, general manager Sam Rush was shouting with Pearson, "The transfer right belongs to the club, he's just a coach!"

Pierson frowned. Said one sentence, "He originally directly finalized the right to transfer players under 5 million pounds, which is stipulated in his contract with the club."

"That's Smith's problem, not us."

"But now the club is ours, and we have also taken over his contract..." Pearson said rationally.

Sam Rush took a long breath. He gritted his teeth and said, "Then continue to give him this right. Anyway, many players in the first team are worth more than this figure."

"Do you have any idea?"

"Adam, you have to know that Mr. Ashnapp wants to make money for the club, not invest in it. A lot of money has been spent on the acquisition of the club by a consortium, and now the operation is a bit difficult. In the summer, we must rely on selling Lose a few players to recover the money." Sam Rush said, "You persuaded Mr. Ashnapp that the club would make money, so we couldn't give him all the transfer rights."

"Yesterday the CEO of Hamburg, Germany, contacted me, he said they needed Van der Vaart, they offered a high price of 18 million euros, I really can't think of a reason to refuse, if the transfer rights are in his hands, he will not sell Drop Van der Vaart."

"But we have to keep him!" Pierson frowned. "As long as we keep him, there will be another van der Vaart."

"Really? Adam? Do you think so?" Sam Rush's expression was a little unbelievable. "That's Van der Vaart, a star worth 18 million euros! When he came to Derby County, he was worth 7 million euros. He's a genius. I don't think he has the ability to bring another Van der Vaart. Maybe he has a good eye for young players, like Wenger, like Ferguson, but Manchester United's golden generation in 1992 is just a generation. , Arsenal's young players, there are a few who can really become famous."

"Even Wenger has mistakes, look at their Spanish striker Reyes, this signing will definitely cost them!"

"He may have some ability, but no one can guarantee that his vision is always accurate. There are many players in the team that he did not introduce. I have carefully paid attention to the performance of players such as Lichtsteiner and Vidic. Not that great, but they all joined the team last summer for several million euros."

"So he also makes mistakes. We can't guarantee that there is still Van der Vaart, but it is real for the club to make money."

Sam Rush kept talking about his analysis.

Pearson was somewhat persuaded.

That young Chinese is indeed very capable. Derby County's ability is inseparable from his ability, but it is a bit excessive to have all the transfer rights.

What Sam Rush said is very reasonable. Who can guarantee that his vision has always been accurate?

Relying on Derby County's existing lineup, even if the head coach is changed, the team's performance cannot be bad. After all, the team has Van der Vaart, Morris, the outstanding Kluivert, as well as the veteran Marcus and the new star Ai. Alfred, Bolton Wright and others, the current Derby County can be described as a lot of talent, even if they sell two stars, in the summer, after a little addition, the lineup will not be much worse, and it will be in the same. In the queue for the league championship.

Then do as Sam says!

If the Chinese young man accepts the terms of maintaining the original 'transfer rights under £5 million' and offers a higher salary to renew the contract with him, if he does not agree, he will have to find a new head coach in the summer. .

"Offer a higher salary and continue to negotiate with his agent." Pearson made a final decision. "I don't think anyone will refuse a higher salary. Except for the transfer right, everything else can be discussed." (To be continued~ ^~)