Chapter 11 Lease Contract
Five million euros is not a small amount of money, and Lin Quan will definitely not be able to get it out of his own pocket.
Guardiola can come up with the money, but Lin Quan doesn't want to give Barcelona away in vain.
After all, Guardiola's family fortune is actually not particularly rich.
When Guardiola was promoted from Barcelona's youth team in 2008, his salary was very low, less than 2 million euros.
He got the big contract after coaching Barcelona for two years and winning six titles.
In July 2010, after Guardiola renewed a 1+1 contract with Barcelona, his annual salary increased fivefold to 10 million euros.
With this contract, he became the highest-paid head coach in European football, second only to Mourinho.
The contract was relatively short and did not allow him to accumulate too many assets.
In the era when Guardiola played, players' salaries were generally not high. He was not Barcelona's biggest star, so he didn't get much money.
Including a series of expenses over the years, such as purchasing real estate, sending children to school, etc., his current savings may only be about 20 million euros.
Spending a quarter to buy out a youth training contract with only one year left is a loss no matter how you think about it.
So when Guardiola offered to buy out Lin Quan's contract, Lin Quan refused.
Lin Quan's contract only lasts for one year. When his loan period expires, the contract will expire.
At that time, he won't have to pay a penny, and he will be free, so there is no need to spend this unjust money.
Moreover, it is Enrique who is anxious to send him away now, rather than him actively asking to leave.
In this case, he can't spend this money out of his own pocket.
"Okay, so what's your idea?"
Guardiola saw Lin Quan looking confident, so he asked.
"Enrique probably promised Russell that he would clear me out, so I think I can use this to blackmail him and force him to make concessions on the rental contract!"
Guardiola nodded. Now that Russell has spoken, if Enrique wants to take over, he will definitely find ways to complete the tasks assigned by the club president.
The amount involved in a loan contract is generally not large. For a young player of Lin Quan's age, the loan fee usually does not exceed 500,000 euros.
Some teams will even require the team that owns the player to pay part or even all of the salary during the loan.
Werder Bremen is a declining team, and his salary situation in recent years has not been ideal.
Therefore, Lin Quan wants to force Barcelona to make concessions on the loan contract in exchange for his playing time at Werder Bremen.
Since he was trained in the Bundesliga in the past, of course he can't just sit on the bench and watch his teammates play.
He needs enough playing time, otherwise, he would rather not go out on loan and just play in the youth team.
Although the intensity of the games in the Spanish Second Division is not as good as that of the Bundesliga, there is still football to play in the youth team.
Of course, if an agreement can be reached, it would be better to loan him out, because with the club targeting him, his future playing time in the youth team has become uncertain.
"Yes, you are very thoughtful. Young players do need more playing time to accumulate experience in competitions."
"Well, while I am still the head coach of Barcelona, let me arrange your loan contract!"
Guardiola's contract with Barcelona will not expire until July. However, after playing the King's Cup final against Athletic Bilbao on May 26, he will leave the team and the remaining work will be handed over to The successor will take over.
Hearing that Guardiola was about to take action, Lin Quan thought for a moment, shook his head, and rejected his kindness:
"I think it's better for you not to interfere!"
"Huh? What's the reason?"
Guardiola was a little surprised. If he took action, he would definitely lean towards Lin Quan and help him get everything done.
I didn't expect that such an arrangement would be rejected.
This confused him greatly.
"Because you are about to leave Barcelona, arranging for me to be loaned out at this time. If the details are leaked by the club in the future, it is likely to cause criticism."
"Especially when I became famous in the Bundesliga and became a new star in football, my contract just expired. Barcelona will not be able to take me back by then. They will most likely use this loan contract to attack you. This is for You have a bad reputation!"
Guardiola couldn't help laughing when he heard Lin Quan's words:
"It seems like you are very confident about your future in the Bundesliga. You have begun to believe that you can become a new generation of stars!"
"Of course, it doesn't matter who I learned football from. That man is a legend of Barcelona and the hottest head coach in football today!"
Wear it a thousand times, but flattery never wears it.
Lin Quan's flattery was very useful to Guardiola, because some of the negative emotions brought by the club had disappeared at this moment.
"Haha, you boy, I didn't have any outstanding achievements as a player. I only won one Champions League trophy and one European Winners' Trophy."
Lin Quan curled his lips: He has won two of the three major European competitions. Is this still considered unwinnable?
Guardiola finally accepted Lin Quan's suggestion and did not interfere in the matter, pretending to the outside world that he had no idea at all.
He went to work as usual and studied his opponent's information as before.
Preparing for the final opponent in the league and the Copa del Rey final a few weeks later.
During this period, he even came to the youth team for work reasons. When Enrique was anxious, he greeted him as usual and did not mention Lin Quan and his loan at all. Like not knowing.
This made Enrique breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time he was also puzzled: This kid didn't snitch?
As for Lin Quan, after he came to the youth training team the next day, he directly found Enrique and the sports director in charge of transfers Zubizarreta to discuss the club's loan.
Zubizarreta is Russell's confidant. He knows that Russell wants to purge players who are closely related to Guardiola, so he is very active in renting Lin Quan and wants to show his loyalty in front of Russell.
As for Enrique, he was eager to send this little ancestor away as soon as possible, so he didn't waste any time and directly took out the club's loan contract and handed it to Lin Quan.
Lin Quan took a quick look. Barcelona's loan fee for loaning him to Werder Bremen was 300,000 euros a year. His salary was paid by Werder Bremen. The fixed annual salary was the same as Barcelona's, which was 22,000 euros a year.
In addition, there are appearance fees, goal bonuses, assist bonuses, winning bonuses and appearance bonuses, etc.
The amounts of these bonuses are not high. The appearance fee is 200 euros, the goal bonus is 500 euros, the assist bonus is 200 euros, and the winning bonus is 500 euros. When the number of appearances reaches 20 and 30 games, you can get 2,000 euros and 2000 euros respectively. Award of 3000 euros.
After all, it is a slave contract for the youth team, and Lin Quan does not have high expectations for the bonus amount of the contract.
However, he feels that the money should be paid by Barcelona, at least the salary should be paid by Barcelona. After all, he is still a Barcelona player.
As for the loan fee, Barcelona wants to send him out, so they can't ask Werder Bremen for the loan fee.
So, Lin Quan stated his conditions.
"What? No rental fee? How is this possible!?"
As soon as Zubizarreta heard Lin Quan's request, he immediately expressed his opposition.
Barcelona is not an ordinary team, they are a giant!
Players from wealthy teams, even players from youth teams, cannot be exempted from loan fees!
It's for your players to use, it's to give you face, but you actually want to have sex for nothing?
They have always used others for free, how could they be used by others for free?
Enrique was also a little embarrassed, although he really wanted to send Lin Quan away.
But he didn't want to break the rules of team operation, and Zubizarreta had more say in this matter than he, the coach of the youth team.
If the person sitting here was Guardiola, the head coach of the first team, then Zubizarreta would definitely not dare to be so presumptuous, because the head coach can completely decide whether a player should stay or go.
So he also persuaded Lin Quan:
"Lin, I think it's better not to waive the rental fee."
"Think about it, if you join Werder Bremen for free, the other party will get a player for free without spending a penny, so they may not value you, and may even doubt your ability. Think about why Barcelona wants to send you out without even asking for the loan fee. If you do this, it will definitely have a very negative impact on your playing in Werder Bremen!"
In order to increase his persuasiveness, Enrique decided to get the matter done as soon as possible.
He continued: "We at Barcelona will not treat our players badly. I will ask someone to re-draft a loan contract and increase your bonus. If you think there is no problem, just sign the contract!"
Lin Quan was very confused about how much the other party could improve. Can a bonus of several hundred euros be spent?
However, after taking a look at the numbers, Lin Quan was stunned. Enrique was so eager to send him away!
