MM Racing Chapter 316
Chapter 316
The new season is coming.
Chapter 316 To become the best in the world!
The day after the first round of the Europa League round of 16, the news of “whether Van Gaal will be fired” occupied the front pages of major media.
And just two days later, Manchester United CEO Woodward was photographed by a reporter from the Sun dining with world-famous coach Mourinho and football tycoon Mendes in a high-end restaurant!
This photo directly detonated the entire British football world and became a hot topic among fans.
Many industry insiders believe that this photo explains everything.
The tragic result of the home defeat to Leicester City made Manchester United’s top management completely lose patience with Van Gaal.
This meeting must be Manchester United’s desire to change coaches.
And Mourinho is their best choice!
Some insiders also broke the news, claiming that Manchester United had already reached an agreement with Mourinho privately, and this meeting was just to further deepen the relationship between the two sides and prepare for next season in advance.
Some people even suggested that the focus of this meeting was not Mourinho, but Mendes!
You know, Mendes is not only Mourinho’s agent, but also the agent of many superstars.
For example, James Rodriguez, the World Cup Golden Boot winner who plays for Real Madrid but has a sharp drop in playing time this season, and Moutinho, the midfielder who plays for Monaco
Of course, the player who is most concerned by the giants under Mendes now is Ling Feng, who just led Leicester City to defeat Manchester United!
According to media reports, these people are on Manchester United’s potential signings list for next season.
Therefore, Manchester United’s head Woodward met with Mendes, perhaps also considering the signing plan for the summer window.
Just a photo attracted the attention of almost all British media.
Manchester United’s influence and traffic can be seen!
However, in an interview with the media, the head of Manchester United also firmly denied the rumors that Van Gaal would be fired.
And clarified the purpose of having dinner with Mourinho and Mendes, claiming that it was just a small gathering between friends.
However, when the reporter asked whether Manchester United was considering signing Ling Feng, Woodward smiled mysteriously and gave a meaningful answer:
“Ling Feng is a super genius that all teams dream of. As a club pursuing success, we certainly want to sign him. Let’s see what will happen next.”
Such an answer also made many Manchester United fans start to imagine.
Could it be that the club really intends to sign Ling Feng? !
With the temporary end of the storm of Van Gaal’s dismissal, the British media, who are unable to rest, have also found more news worth reporting.
That is – can Leicester City win the triple crown this season? !
And which giant will Ling Feng join next season? !
This season’s Leicester City has won the League Cup.
In the league, the lead is huge. There are ten rounds left. As long as there are no sudden injuries and five or six consecutive losses, it is only a matter of time before Leicester City wins the championship.
Therefore, the only remaining suspense is whether Leicester City can make a historic breakthrough in the Europa League and hit the first Europa League championship in team history for the first time in history!
As the team with the best chance of winning the championship among English teams, the British media certainly hopes that Leicester City can finally win the championship.
For this reason, they also wrote an article to analyze it.
With the three-goal victory over Manchester United away, if nothing unexpected happens, Leicester City basically locked a place in the quarterfinals.
Among the remaining teams in the Europa League, except for Sevilla and Dortmund, other opponents are not worth mentioning.
As the top favorite to win the Europa League, the La Liga team Sevilla led by Emery has won the Europa League for two consecutive seasons.
However, for two consecutive seasons, they have not been able to qualify for the Champions League group stage. They all fell to the Europa League in third place and finally won the championship.
Some people say that they did it on purpose.
Just to make some money in the Champions League, then get third place in the group, and then continue to win the Europa League!
Of course, this statement is just a joke.
But it is undeniable that Sevilla’s dominance in the Europa League is absolutely awesome.
As for Dortmund led by Tuchel, it ranks second in the league this season, five points behind Bayern Munich, and more than ten points ahead of Leverkusen, which is third behind.
With Bayern’s dominance and stability in the Bundesliga, Dortmund basically has no hope of winning multiple league titles.
So, for
To compete for the championship trophy, Dortmund will definitely focus more on the German Cup, which has already reached the semi-finals, and the Europa League.
In the first round of the round of 16, they defeated Tottenham 3-0 at home and basically secured a place in the quarter-finals.
Sevilla and Dortmund are definitely the two major opponents of Leicester City in the fight for the Europa League title!
After analyzing the possibility of the Blue Foxes winning the Europa League, the media also began to analyze Ling Feng’s future.
In an online poll held by The Times, fans were surveyed and asked, “Do you think Ling Feng will leave Leicester City in the summer?”
In the final voting results, almost 90% of the participants believed that Ling Feng would definitely leave Leicester City in the summer and switch to a wealthy club!
There is no other reason, just because the small temple of Leicester City can no longer accommodate the great god Ling Feng!
Even if Leicester City this season is likely to miraculously win the Premier League championship…
. . .
Bang!
Throwing The Sun on the coffee table, Ling Feng turned around and looked at Mendes, who was sitting on the sofa and drinking tea calmly. He pointed to a photo in the newspaper and said:
“Why are you photographed by paparazzi meeting with those club bigwigs all day long? Can’t you bigwigs go to some more private places for gatherings?”
As the season draws to a close and summer is getting closer, this bigwig in European football has also become busy.
In the past week, Mendes has been all over Europe.
He was having dinner with Manchester United CEO Woodward in Manchester one second, and in the next second he came to London to taste the new red wine from the other winery with Arsenal coach Wenger.
Or he just ate macarons with Leonardo, the director of Paris, in Paris today, and appeared in Munich the next day, chatting and laughing with Rummenigge, the chairman of Bayern.
In the face of Ling Feng’s ridicule, Mendes just smiled and spread his hands:
“Young man, just like you playing football in a stadium with tens of thousands of people cheering, flying in the sky and meeting people everywhere is my profession and job.”
“Besides, those dear reporters rely on us for their livelihood and are also our friends. They can help us say some things that we can’t say but want to say, right?”
Hearing this, Ling Feng couldn’t help but think of the last time Mendes manipulated the media, and raised his eyebrows.
“You are worthy of being a professional!”
Thumbs up for Mendes’ work, Ling Feng then changed the subject, “So, what are the conditions offered by the club to me?”
With the team’s amazing record, Leicester City, a small team from a small town in central England, is also receiving more and more attention.
Coupled with the increasingly intense transfer rumors, Leicester City Club also realized that the team’s players were being coveted by other clubs.
Especially Ling Feng, whose performance was explosive!
Therefore, in order to keep this star player, the club’s top management quickly started the contract renewal process with Ling Feng.
And the club director Rudkin also contacted Ling Feng’s agent Mendes and conveyed his desire to renew the contract with Ling Feng.
Although he has made up his mind to transfer away in the summer.
But Ling Feng does not intend to announce this news to the club and teammates before the end of the season.
As for renewal, of course it is impossible.
However, in order to stabilize the club and prevent his personal affairs from affecting the team’s next championship in the league and cup, Mendes still met with Rudkin and learned the conditions of the club’s first round of renewal:
“180,000 weekly salary, 5 million pounds signing fee, various bonus terms”
Compared with the current contract, the treatment of the new contract has obviously increased.
The weekly salary increased from 130,000 to 180,000, and the signing fee almost doubled.
It has to be said that Leicester City has spent a lot of money to keep him.
You know, Leicester City is not one of those Premier League giants that have been in the Premier League for many years. It is just a newly promoted team that was promoted to the Premier League last season.
Even if the team is promoted to the Premier League, it can get tens of millions of pounds in broadcasting income.
There is also a considerable ranking bonus if it wins the league this year.
However, in terms of commercial income and financial resources, Leicester City cannot compare with other Premier League teams.
And what does 180,000 weekly salary mean?
In the entire Premier League, the only players with higher weekly salaries than him are Manchester United’s top player and Red Devils captain Rooney (300,000), Manchester City’s two heroes Aguero and Yaya Toure (240,000), Chelsea’s “King of Za” Hazard (220,000) and Manchester City’s “Magician” David Silva (200,000)!
And such conditions are not suitable for any second-rate player in football.
For a ten-year-old young player, it is extremely generous.
This is enough to see the sincerity of Leicester City.
However, Ling Feng is not an ordinary twenty-year-old young player.
He is the most outstanding youth training prince in the history of Leicester City. He won the European Golden Boy, the World Cup Best Newcomer, and the Premier League single-season assist king at the age of nineteen. He also became the core of the Three Lions midfield and competed for the Premier League MVP at the age of twenty. He is known as the world’s first midfielder in the future, and his value is second only to Melo, Neymar and a few other super geniuses!
Of course, if he wants to stay, even if the treatment is not as good as other giants, Ling Feng will be happy to renew his contract.
The key is that it is impossible to win the Golden Ball Award if he continues to stay in Leicester City!
Even if his personal data explodes, and he bursts out with great power to lead the team to win the Premier League and Champions League titles, he may not be able to defeat other competitors in the giant clubs.
The reason is simple. The fame and influence of the club are not at the same level at all!
This is also why there are small clubs and giants in the club.
After all, it took them decades and countless championship trophies to build their reputation and influence in the football world. How can a small club like you compare with them? !
Therefore, if he wants to hit the Golden Ball Award, Ling Feng must go to a larger club platform, and then use the club’s influence to compete with the top players in the football world.
Therefore, for the sake of his career, he can only leave.
Before leaving, helping Leicester City win as many championships as possible was one of his gifts to the club.
Looking at Ling Feng who was lost in thought, Mendes thought he was reluctant to leave, and quickly persuaded him:
“Such a salary sounds good. But if you join a big club, I can definitely get you a better salary!”
“Of course, I also know that you are reluctant to leave this club and this city. But this is the only way for you to become the best in the world!”
“The stage of Leicester City is too small, and your light is too dazzling, so it is impossible for more people to see your performance.”
“Don’t you want to be the best player in the world, stand on the great stage that everyone looks up to, and hold the Golden Ball?!”
Mendes’ words were full of appeal.
However, for Ling Feng, who had made a decision long ago, Mendes’s persuasion was like a punch on cotton.
Ling Feng just smiled and said:
“Jorge, don’t worry, my goal has always been to become the best in the world.”
“That’s why I work with the best agent in the world!”
Meeting Ling Feng’s determined eyes, Mendes immediately understood and a ripple appeared in his heart.
This kid is really good!
After the sensationalism, Ling Feng immediately followed up the topic and asked: “By the way, which clubs are interested in me now?”
“There are quite a few wealthy clubs that are very interested in you. However, your transfer is a bit complicated.”
“Why?”
Faced with Ling Feng’s curiosity, Mendes said proudly and helplessly:
“Because you are too expensive!”
“These European wealthy clubs are willing to offer you. But if Leicester City wants to keep you, other clubs can only trigger the termination clause to take you away!”
“But there are only a handful of clubs that can afford 90 million pounds!”
Hearing this, Ling Feng couldn’t help but smile awkwardly.
Speaking of which, it was his own fault that caused this dilemma.
If you want to blame someone, blame the speed at which he rose in the football world, which was really too damn fast!
It’s just like playing the player career mode in FIFA. He went from being a Premier League rookie with a rating of 70+ to a world-class player with a total rating of 90+ in just two years.
His value also soared from 10-20 million to 80-90 million, directly skipping the range of 30-40 million and 50-60 million, becoming one of the most expensive players in the world!
In this way, the only clubs that can afford his transfer fee are a few super giants.
This makes sense!
“So, even if I want to transfer, I can only choose from these clubs that can afford the transfer fee?”
“I’m sorry, that’s the case.”
“Which ones can afford me?”
“Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Paris, Chelsea, Arsenal!”
(End of this chapter)