Chapter 72 ‘Generous’ Barcelona
Just when the outside world was hyping Lin Quan and Messi together, and German reporters were searching for him all over the world, Lin Quan had already quietly boarded a plane and flown back to Spain.
He originally told Guardiola that there was no need to send someone to pick him up at the airport, but when Lin Quan arrived at Barcelona Airport, he still met someone to pick him up.
"Uncle Pere, why are you here?"
The person who picked him up was Guardiola's younger brother Pere Guardiola. Like Guardiola, he was once a professional player, but he retired early due to poor talent and later transformed into an agent.
In Lin Quan's impression, this is a very busy man who often travels to Europe and Latin America to recruit young players who have not yet been signed by other agents.
"I watched your game against Bayern and found that your ankle was injured. I thought you had difficulty moving, so I said hello to Pep and came to pick you up!"
Pere was very enthusiastic and took the initiative to take the suitcase from Lin Quan's hand and took him into his car.
"Pep and Sera's wedding is being held in an old castle by the sea. Should I take you there directly, or send you home first and then go there?"
After starting the car, Pere turned sideways and asked Lin Quan, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
"When will the wedding be held tomorrow?"
"It's half past nine in the morning. Do you have anything to do?"
"Well, I want to go to Barcelona Club to ask for salary. Uncle Perre happens to be familiar with this business. Can you please accompany me?"
Of course Perret wants this. He has no big-name stars yet, but Lin Quan has become famous in the Bundesliga. Seeing that his future is limitless, if he can sign him, it can be said to be a great development for his career. Huge progress!
"Of course. I have a lot of dealings with Barcelona and am very familiar with the club's situation. Let's go directly!"
So the two left the airport and went straight to the location of the Barcelona Club.
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In the office of the Barcelona youth team coach, Enrique sighed.
The contract renewal work between the team and Lin Quan is not going well, and the opponent's performance in the Bundesliga is getting better and better day by day, which makes him feel a little restless.
He asked Chairman Russell for instructions on this matter several times, but the other party's attitude was very cold.
This gave Enrique a bad feeling. He felt that he might be abandoned as an outcast.
Especially there is news within the club that Martino will take over the coaching position of Barcelona after Vilanova, which further confirms his worries!
"Hmph, it was you who was dishonest, no wonder I flipped the table!"
Enrique has made a decision. If Russell really abandons him as an abandoned son, then when he leaves Barcelona, he must reveal all the dirty information about Russell.
You do the first grade and I do the fifteenth, let’s see who is worthy of who!
Boom, boom, boom!
At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door outside the office.
"Come in!"
Enrique was in a irritable mood and shouted impatiently.
The door of the office was pushed open, and Barcelona's sports director Zubizarretta walked in with a bald middle-aged man with an ugly face.
Enrique glanced at the person coming and was stunned for a moment. This person looked too similar to former Barcelona coach Guardiola, didn't he?
"Who is this?"
Enrique asked in confusion, Zubizarreta explained:
"He is coach Guardiola's brother!"
Enrique was a little confused. Why did Guardiola's younger brother come to the youth team?
Even if he wants to return to Barcelona to coach again, he should go to the club president's office. What are he doing here?
"Ahem, the matter I came to deal with today has nothing to do with Pep. I accepted the commission from my nephew, Lin Quan, and came to ask for his bonus and salary from the club. This is a contract. I guess the club doesn't Will you deny it?"
The matter of asking for salary actually had nothing to do with Enrique, but Zubizarreta insisted on bringing Pere to him. Pere naturally didn't care. As long as he could get the money, his mission would be completed.
He believes that Barcelona will definitely solve this kind of problem for him, and it is impossible to keep playing football like this.
Otherwise, if he breaks the news, it will definitely have a serious negative impact on Barcelona's reputation.
Lin Quan's loan contract was originally agreed by Enrique against all opinions. The salary of this contract is not high, but the bonus is high.
I thought that Lin Quan would not be able to play in a highly competitive league like the Bundesliga and it would be difficult to score goals.
Unexpectedly, he played like a fish in the Bundesliga and scored goals, which made Barcelona feel like they were at a huge loss.
So Zubizarreta had a complaint against Enrique in her heart, and then she found Enrique's head.
If Enrique hadn't insisted on his opinion and agreed to a contract that gave Lin Quan ten times the bonus, this would not be the case now.
Enrique was a little angry. Zubizarreta had agreed to this contract at the beginning, but now he wanted to put the blame entirely on his head.
Sure enough, the rumors from above were right, he failed in the competition with Martino.
Otherwise, they would not treat themselves this way.
Thinking of this, Enrique gave up. It was Barcelona's money anyway, so he could just give it to him without having to pay for it himself.
"Well, of course I won't default on my debt. Let's calculate the salary and bonus now. Mr. Zubizarreta happens to be here. After you calculate it, you can ask him for money directly!"
When Zubizarreta heard what Enrique said, he snorted coldly and felt very unhappy:
A head coach of a youth team actually dares to point fingers at himself, the sports director?
Do you think you are the Barcelona coach?
"Okay, let's start calculating!"
Perret didn't care what the two people were thinking. He calculated a series of bonuses such as Lin Quan's appearance fee, goal bonus and assist bonus in the Bundesliga according to the amount stipulated in the contract.
The final calculation result was 327,000 euros. After this result was calculated, both Enrique and Zubizarreta were surprised.
Is 320,000 euros a lot?
In fact, it is not much. There are many players in the Barcelona club whose salary is much higher than this.
However, Lin Quan signed a contract with the youth team. The annual salary of the youth team contract is only tens of thousands of euros. He has only played for a month and received a bonus that is more than ten times his annual salary. Is this reasonable?
"Well, Mr. Perret, did you miscalculate? How could Lin Quan's bonus be so high? This bonus is already more than half of the players in the Barcelona team!"
The Bundesliga has only started for one month, and he has received a bonus of more than 300,000 euros. Then when the Bundesliga is over, won't his annual bonus be worth two to three million euros?
Two to three million euros a year is actually not an exaggeration. After all, Barcelona's average annual salary is 6.3 million euros, which is less than half of the average annual salary in the Barcelona team.
However, what Lin Quan received was not a salary, but a bonus.
In terms of bonuses alone, there are no more than five people in the Barcelona team who can surpass him!
This is extremely exaggerated!
"That's right, it's written clearly in black and white. If you don't believe me, read it for yourself!"
Pere handed over his calculation results and detailed calculation process to the other party without hesitation.
Enrique and Zubizarreta looked at each other seriously.
As they looked at it, the two of them realized that something was not quite right.
"Well, Mr. Perret, you are also a professional player. You should know that the warm-up matches are not included in the main game, right?"
Enrique saw that Pere had counted five warm-up matches and two Telecom Cup games, and there were several black lines on his forehead.
Perret nodded, indicating that he knew this, but he asked:
"Of course I know, but you didn't emphasize in the contract that warm-up matches don't count, right?"
Well……
Enrique and Zubizarreta were speechless. Do we need to emphasize such a conventional thing?
"You only mentioned the games you played for Werder Bremen, but you didn't mention the warm-up matches, right?
Since I didn't mention it, Lin Quan also played for Werder Bremen in the warm-up match, so naturally the bonus will be counted! "
Perret looked confident and confident. He felt that even if it went to court, he would be the one to blame, so he didn't panic at all.
"Then just follow the contract!"
Enrique nodded indifferently, since he didn't pay for it anyway, so it's okay to mess it up!
Zubizarreta glared at Enrique, paid the money with some pain, and then asked:
"Mr. Perret, regarding Lin Quan's contract renewal, look..."
Just give it 300,000 yuan, which is not a big deal for Barcelona, a company with a big business.
But this money cannot be given in vain. He wants to use the 300,000 to show the club's sincerity to Lin Quan, so as to obtain a breakthrough on the contract renewal issue.
"Renew the contract? Lin Quan's contract has not expired yet. Don't worry about this issue now. When the contract expires, it won't be too late for us to talk!"
Perret was moved, but he didn't ask any questions. He decisively took the money and left. Before leaving, he didn't forget to thank Barcelona Club for their generosity.
Barcelona is indeed very generous in offering such a high bonus to a player who is not yet 17 years old.
However, these words sounded like a mockery to Enrique and Zubizarreta!
