Chapter 23 Signing an Apprenticeship Contract

"Li, don't practice any more today. Come with me to Mr. Alex's office."

Li Qing looked at head coach Neil Critchley in confusion.

Neil Critchley smiled and explained to Li Qing: "U18 is different from the age group you have been in before. Being shortlisted for U18 means that you have passed the first level of professional player selection and been recognized by the great Liverpool. It is also It’s time to sign a contract with the club.”

Li Qing then showed an expression like this. From U6-U9 to U15-U16, unless the talent is particularly outstanding and you get free or reduced tuition, you need to pay a lot of tuition to Kirkby College. But when it comes U18 is different, which means that the player has met the most basic requirements for professional players.

It is precisely for this reason that the club affiliated to the youth training academy must sign a preliminary professional contract with the player, that is, an apprentice contract, and the youth training academy signs the contract with the player.

A real professional contract cannot be signed until you are seventeen years old at the earliest.

Of course, this does not mean that all players who have signed an apprenticeship contract can sign a professional contract after turning seventeen. Again, professional football requires strength. If the strength is not enough, they can renew the apprenticeship contract or find another job.

According to what Li Qing learned, the weekly salary of apprentices is generally not too high, basically between a few hundred pounds. However, even so, it can be converted into soft coins. Taking a weekly salary of 100 pounds as an example, it can be converted into soft coins. The sister coin is close to one thousand. Multiplied by four weeks, it is already more than most working-class people.

Moreover, with Li Qing's talent, he would naturally not be at the bottom with a weekly salary of 100 pounds.

So based on the talent shown now, how much is the weekly salary worth?

five hundred? Eight hundred? one thousand? Or higher?

While he was thinking, he had unknowingly followed Neil Critchley to the door of the youth training director Inglethorpe's office.

"Dong dong dong~"

As soon as Neil Critchley knocked on the door, Inglethorpe's voice came from inside: "Please come in."

Li Qing and Neil Critchley entered the youth training director's office together. In addition to Inglethorpe, there was an unknown middle-aged man inside.

Inglethorp saw Li Qing and Neil Critchley coming in. He put down his things, shook hands with them respectively, and then introduced another person from the office to Li Qing: "This is the director of football affairs. Nick Marshall, he's in charge of your apprenticeship."

"Hello, Li."

"Hello, Mr. Nick."

The two shook hands politely. Marshall got straight to the point and handed the prepared apprenticeship contract to Li Qing. He said solemnly: "Take a look at it first. If there are no problems, just sign it."

Li Qing took the contract and thought to himself: "System, can you help me see if there are any problems with this contract?"

"Ten gold coins."

A system prompt sounded.

Li Qing couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "System, are you a money fan? You need gold coins to read a contract?"

"certainly."

Li Qing was speechless for the system's reply, but he did not consume gold coins. After all, he did not have many gold coins left now, and the apprenticeship contract was only two pages. It was simple and clear, and it was not as likely to be hacked as a professional contract. Club calculation.

Besides, have you never eaten pork or seen a pig running?

Before time travel, Li Qing could be considered a fan, and he still understood the key points.

The apprenticeship contract is very simple. It does not have the complicated goal bonus, assist bonus, glory bonus and appearance fee of the professional contract. It only has a basic weekly salary.

As a player, in addition to salary, the signing period is also very important.

The weekly salary given was completely unexpected by Li Qing, a full 1,200 pounds!

If converted into soft sister coins, it would be more than 10,000...

That’s a week’s salary!

Although Li Qing doesn't know what the maximum salary for the U18 youth team is, he knows that a weekly salary of more than 1,200 pounds will definitely not be much, and it may even be an intermediate income for the U23 team.

There is no problem with the length of the contract, but...he feels it is a little bit, only signing for two years.

Is this...not being taken seriously?

Seeing Li Qing's brows furrowed, Inglethorp thought it was because Li Qing was dissatisfied with the U18 youth team's top apprentice contract, and said displeasedly: "Li, are you not satisfied with this contract?"

Li Qing didn't hear the displeasure in Inglethorpe's words. He scratched the back of his head and said, "This... contract period?"

Marshall thought that Li Qing thought the contract period was too long and said with a smile: "Li, two years is the maximum length of the apprenticeship contract. It cannot be shorter. You will be seventeen years old in two years and you can sign a professional contract with the club." contract."

Li Qing originally thought that two years was too short and thought he would not be taken seriously. Now it seems that signing the two years as the longest term is a sign of importance to himself. As for the lack of a buyout clause, it is easy to understand.

The maximum length of an apprenticeship contract is two years. In England, you can sign a professional contract when you are 17 years old or older. According to Li Qing's understanding, if his strength fails to meet the requirements of the first team, it is impossible for the club to sign a professional contract with him. It’s about renewing the apprenticeship contract.

What Li Qing didn't know was that the original club had priority to renew the contract if the same treatment was provided, unless other clubs offered higher treatment after the contract expired, and according to relevant UEFA terms, the club that signed the player whose apprenticeship contract expired was The original club needs to be financially compensated, which means that a buyout clause is optional.

Of course, any club will pay a high price to retain the star of hope it has cultivated before the contract expires, unless the other party's price is too high.

With a weekly salary of 1,200 pounds and a two-year contract, Li Qing was very satisfied in principle. However, after a brief thought, he decided to add something, and then carefully said to Marshall: "Mr. Nick, can you add a clause at the end of the contract: 'If Party B If you continue to perform well, the terms of the contract benefits can be modified during the contract period?”

Inglethorpe, Marshall and Neil Critchley looked at each other, and each could see the surprise in each other's eyes, but they were not disgusted at all, because Li Qing's request was in line with logic and pursuit.

Why modify the contract benefits?

Isn't it just for a salary increase?

A salary increase may be excessive under normal circumstances, but what he said is that after performance continues to be outstanding, a salary increase becomes difficult to refuse.

In the end, the apprenticeship contract added a clause as mentioned by Li Qing with a weekly salary of 1,200 - if Party B continues to perform well, the contract benefits can be modified during the contract period.

However, as the representative of the club, Marshall will naturally not let his club suffer too much. He also added later.

The cycle is at most once every six months.