Volume 1: Males Haunt, People Pay Attention Chapter 171 I Want to Go to a Bigger Stage

Chapter 171 I want to go to a bigger stage

Chen Yingxiong still can't think about what kind of team to go to. Anyway, this kind of thing must be left to the agent. I pay him 5% of his own income every month, not to support him for nothing.

He has other things to do now.

That's a bit of talent.

After winning the top scorer in the league and breaking the record, Chen Yingxiong was directly promoted to the 21st level. At that time, he had set the talent of "Mountainless as a Mountain" to the fifth level, so that the talent of "Mountainless as a Mountain" was fully upgraded. Then before the start of the new season, he worked hard to practice the center's back-handed ball skills according to Advocaat's request, and his experience in special training in the dungeon increased quickly, so he was upgraded not long after the beginning of January.

After the upgrade, he added his talent points to "My ball protector looks like a great emperor", which is only one level, so the effect is not very obvious.

Now that he has been upgraded again, he is already at level 23. Of course, the talent points he has gained will continue to be added to the talent of "my ball protector is like a king".

The two-level talent of "I protect the ball like an emperor" has increased his success rate of protecting the ball to 10%. Coupled with his body, the success rate of this ball protection is far more than 10% in actual use.

Now he can use his feet as a support in the frontcourt, instead of just using his head to ferry.

He's looking more and more like a true center.

The second round match against Marseille surprised Advocaat. Chen Yingxiong showed the ability to control the ball with his feet and his back, which made him vaguely see the figure of a super center who will be invincible in the penalty area in the future.

Especially the goal where he turned around and completed the volley with Lorik Sana, it was so shocking and overbearing!

With such a center forward, do you still worry about not being able to achieve better results in the UEFA Cup?

He even started to think about the Champions League in the second half of this year.

He wanted to persuade Chen Yingxiong more and more to stay and play in the Champions League. He thinks this reason should be tempting enough, right?

But at this time, the team's general manager Sasania brought him bad news.

"We have received offers from two teams for Chen Yingxiong."

Advocaat was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses. This matter did not surprise him too much, because he knew that it would happen sooner or later. With Chen Yingxiong's outstanding performance, it would be hell if he couldn't attract the attention of other teams.

"Which two?" he asked.

"Villarreal and Colon."

Advocaat had a very bad premonition. The general manager of the club came to talk to him about this, which meant that he actually wanted Chen Yingxiong to leave. Otherwise, he can directly reject the other party's offer.

Just when he was thinking about how to keep Chen Yingxiong, Sasania came to tell him that a club was interested in him, and his feelings were very complicated.

"Heroes are very, very important to the team." He could only remind the other party.

Sasania nodded: "I know, Dick. But it's not that we don't want to keep him, but that he doesn't want to stay in Zenit. Once July 1st arrives, our contract with him will only have half a year left, and he will be free to contact those teams. They can sign the agreement in private, and then wait for the contract to expire and join in the winter break of the European League. In that case, we won't get any money."

He complained to Advocaat and told him what the situation was like.

"If we don't make a decision by July 1st, we won't make any money by then!"

Advocaat frowned in his heart. As expected of the general manager of the club, he was in charge of the operation, and his mouth was full of money.

But he cares more about the team's performance.

"Or... to meet the conditions put forward by his agent..."

His words were interrupted by Sasania's exclamation: "Are you crazy? Dick! A weekly salary of 4.8 million rubles! No one in the entire Russian league can enjoy such a high weekly salary!"

The 4.8 million rubles that Sasania said was 100,000 euros. The European Union uses the euro, Russia is not part of the European Union, they insist on using their own currency unit.

The Russian National Research Center on Living Standards of Residents believes that a person with a monthly income of 5,500 rubles (at the beginning of 2008, one ruble was equivalent to 3 yuan) is regarded as the middle class, which is equivalent to 200 U.S. dollars. But in fact, in Russia, a monthly income of 12,000 to 27,000 rubles, and a monthly income of 35,000 to 70,000 rubles in Moscow are considered middle class. Such a family should have a matching home, a car, a large bank balance, and the ability to take vacations and recuperate in comfortable surroundings, including travel abroad. This is real middle-class life. According to official statistics, there are only 13 million (9 percent) such people in Russia. And there are 2.2 million rich people (1.5%).

If he agrees to this condition, the money Chen Yingxiong earns in a week is what many middle-class people earn in their lifetime, and he can definitely join the rich class.

It is not impossible for Zenit to afford Chen Yingxiong to make so much money alone. But Chen Yingxiong will lead a very bad head. He is very popular with the team, and it is impossible to keep his income secret. At that time, everyone will know that this kid earns 4.8 million rubles a week, which is equivalent to 100,000 euros. What do other people think? We are also the main players, and our contribution to the team is not small. Why is there such a difference in our income-up to now, the average salary level of Zenit has basically remained at the level of 25,000 euros. Last time, the club only raised the salaries of a few main players and core players.

If Chen Yingxiong's salary is raised again this time, the agents of Arshavin, Kerzakov, Dominguez, Tymoshchuk and others will definitely try their best to raise the salary of their players.

So this hole must never be opened again.

Sasania would rather sell Chen Yingxiong to make a lot of money than raise Chen Yingxiong's salary to 100,000 euros a week.

Now in his eyes, Chen Yingxiong and his manager Dracula are as terrible as a scourge.

Seeing Sasania's refusal so straightforwardly and impatiently, Advocaat fell silent.

Sasania began to persuade Advocaat to take it easy: "Dick. The current situation is that we can't keep him. He has great ambitions, and the Russian League cannot satisfy him. In this case, it is better to sell him. When he can still afford the price, we can use this money to buy a few players with the same strength. I don't think there are no players as good as him in football..."

Advocaat said in his heart: "I'm afraid it's really hard for you to find a second player like him..."

But he didn't say anything.

Sasania persuaded him for a long time, but Advocaat just didn't nod. After a long time, he said, "I'm going to talk to him face to face."

Sa Sang, you also know that this person is unwilling to give up. At the same time, he also knows that Chen Yingxiong has made up his mind to go, and he will never be stayed by the head coach with just a few words, so he waved his hand: "Okay, go and talk to him."

He didn't say what he wanted to do on his side, so of course he would delay it first. He thinks it won't be too long. Because once the talks between Advocaat and Chen Yingxiong break down, the club must start Chen Yingxiong's transfer negotiations as soon as possible. We can't wait until the UEFA Cup is over to talk about this matter. At that time, there will not be enough time, and if the opposing club delays, I will have to submit. It was only the beginning of March, and there was still time to deal with the opponent slowly, trying to make more money from Chen Yingxiong.

Although Zenit did not spend money to train Yingxiong Chen, nor did it spend money to recruit Yingxiong Chen from other teams, but we spent more than two million euros in annual salary! This is not counting his high and scary bonuses!

If he didn't earn back these costs, he, the general manager, would be a failure!

Chen Yingxiong was left alone by Advocaat after the training.

The two didn't go to Advocaat's training base, they talked face to face on the training ground.

"I have something to tell you, hero."

Chen Yingxiong hummed and waited for the next sentence.

"Two teams have made offers to the club and they want to buy you."

Chen Yingxiong grinned, but it wasn't a smile, it just meant that he knew.

"I don't know how much it is. I didn't ask. What do you think?"

Chen Yingxiong did not express his loyalty as Edvocaat expected and said: "Don't worry, sir. I will definitely not leave Zenit! I was born as a Zenit person, and I will die as Zenit's...dead man!"

He blurted out: "Which two teams?"

Advocaat took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions. "Villarreal and Colon."

Of course, Chen Yingxiong is not a fool, he knows what the head coach wants to talk about this matter with.

"My take is, um, I'm going to do everything I can to help the team in this UEFA Cup, maybe get to the final? Maybe a championship?" He shrugged. "While wearing a Zenit shirt, I was a Zenit player." He patted his chest. "But, sir... I want to go to a bigger stage."

"Is the Champions League a bigger stage?" Advocaat asked.

Chen Yingxiong nodded: "Of course."

"Zenit will be in the Champions League in the second half of the year."

"But the Champions League is not the only big stage, sir."

Chen Yingxiong replied.

Arshavin also privately revealed to Chen Yingxiong the idea of ​​leaving the team, and he had the opportunity before. In 2005, Sparta Moscow offered eight million dollars to buy him. At that time, Sparta Moscow was a well-deserved giant in Russian football, and Zenit St. Petersburg could not be compared with it. For Arshavin, Sparta was a bigger stage than Zenit. But the club rejected the deal. Instead, he recommended Arshavin's good friend Bestrov. Since then, most of Arshavin's celebrations after scoring a goal have been to put his hand in front of his mouth and make a "shut up" gesture. He was expressing a silent protest to the club.

Some people may say that Chen Yingxiong has no feelings for the club that gave him a chance, it is too ruthless and too pushy. But this kind of "ruthlessness" can also be seen in Arshavin. We must know that Zenit not only gave Arshavin a chance, but also that he supported his favorite team since he was a child, and it was the club that trained him to become a professional football player. Facing such a club, Arshavin would still choose a bigger stage than Zenit without hesitation in front of his own future.

This is true for Arshavin, not to mention Chen Yingxiong, who has only been with the team for a year and a half.

After hearing Chen Yingxiong's answer, Advocaat suddenly felt powerless. As Sasania said, this person is determined to leave Zenit.

What can he say? Blame Chen Yingxiong for being too ruthless? ungrateful?

He wouldn't think so, because it was a naive idea that only three-year-olds would have. Professional players Professional players, since they are professional, must have a bit of professionalism. The stage of Zenit is indeed too small for a talented person like Chen Yingxiong. If he does his best when playing for Zenit, he has nothing to criticize.

As for where he chooses to go, that is his own business.

If you want to blame, you can only blame Zenit for being a Russian team, not an England, Italy, or Spain team.

Maldini has only played for AC Milan in his life, and he is synonymous with loyalty in football. But the main reason is that AC Milan itself is a giant enough to accommodate Maldini's ambition and ambition, not a third-tier team in the Italian countryside...