Football King Bale

There is only the last battle left in the 2012 European Cup. Regardless of whether Italy or Wales win or lose, they will receive a considerable bonus from UEFA.

In this European Cup, UEFA has prepared nearly 200 million euros in bonuses for the 16 participating teams. The fourth in the group can get 8 million euros, the third in the group can get 9 million euros, the top eight bonuses are 10 million euros, the top four bonuses are 13 million euros, the runner-up bonus is 17.5 million euros, and the champion bonus is 20.5 million euros.

In addition, in the group stage, you can get 1 million euros for each win, and 500,000 euros for a tie. Italy's group stage results are 1 win and 2 draws, and they can get 2 million euros.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" calculated an account, if Italy wins the championship, it will get 22.5 million euros, and even if it wins the runner-up, it can get 19.5 million euros.

The results of Wales in the group stage are almost the same as Italy, with two wins and one loss in three games. If they win the championship in the end, the prize money will be the same as Italy, which is 22.5 million euros.

Such a bonus is not to be underestimated even for a super giant like Manchester United, let alone a football association of a small country like Wales. A bonus of 20 million euros is enough to make the Welsh football team There will always be a lot more money in the next few years.

This is only the bonus of the European Cup. The Welsh Football Association has more income, but it is outside of the bonus.

Regardless of whether they win the championship or not, after this European Cup, Wales, which has become famous, will surely usher in a new wave of more powerful partners, which will bring more economic benefits.

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Of course, the Welsh FA is not the biggest beneficiary, and the biggest beneficiary is definitely none other than Bell.

Bell's agent, Jonathan Barnett, has been very busy recently, so busy that his feet are almost on the ground.

With the expansion of Bell's influence, more and more sponsors came to him on his own initiative. Many big companies are begging to cooperate with Bell. Many companies don't even need Bell's time to shoot commercials for him. As long as Bell tweets or Weibo, they will offer hundreds of thousands of euros or millions of soft sister coins.

They even cared so much that in order to avoid disturbing Bale's preparations for the European Cup final, they only needed Jonathan Barnett to provide the right to use Bale's portrait, and they cut out the pictures themselves to shoot commercials.

This is simply the rhythm of sending money to your mouth.

However, Jonathan Barnett still strictly controls the number of sponsorships, and rejects all sponsor advertisements that are not high-quality and positive.

This is Bell's request to him.

In addition to sponsorship, top European clubs are also constantly contacting Barnett.

Of course, the one who chased Bell most urgently was Mr. Florentino, the chairman of Real Madrid, who has always been fond of Bell.

In order to get Bell, Florentino even promised Barnett that Real Madrid will build a team with Bell as the core in the new season, even if it will offend Real Madrid's current core Cristiano Ronaldo.

Promising the core position of the team is only the most basic of them. Florentino is also very generous in terms of Bell's transfer fee and personal treatment. In the latest offer to Manchester United, Real Madrid has raised the price to 150 million euros!

In addition, the personal treatment offered by Florentino for Bell is definitely the treatment of the world's number one star: the annual salary after tax is 21 million euros!

This has exceeded the super contract with an annual salary of 20.5 million euros after tax offered by Anzhi, the upstart in the Russian Super League, to lure the African cheetah Eto'o to join a year ago.

With Spain's high tax rate, the real salary that Real Madrid will pay has exceeded 40 million euros!

According to the standard of signing for five years, Real Madrid will pay a huge price of more than 350 million euros in order to get Bale!

In addition, Florentino also made a huge concession on Bell's portrait rights. They promised that if Bell transfers to Real Madrid, he will have 80% of the portrait rights!

This is indeed a huge concession, because even Ronaldo, Real Madrid also owns 40% of his portrait rights.

Enjoying portrait rights is a huge income for players; clubs that hold player portrait rights can share huge benefits. The distribution of portrait rights determines major issues such as the introduction and contract renewal of superstars. Real Madrid, a gathering of superstars, also broke with big names in order to compete for portrait rights.

With the commercialization of football, portrait rights have become more and more important rights and interests. In the past, portrait rights either belonged to the club or were owned by sponsors. In 1999, Adidas bought out Raul's portrait rights for one year at a price of 8 million US dollars. Adidas enjoys the right to use the portraits of "Prince Bernabéu"'s boots, necklaces, wristbands and commercial advertisements. This is a typical case of early sponsors benefiting from superstar portrait rights. The club was inspired by this. In 2001, data showed that among the 447 players in La Liga, the portrait rights of 288 players belonged to their respective clubs, which was more than 60%.

Why does Real Madrid favor portrait rights so much? Of course, there are huge economic benefits. Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for 94 million euros in 2009, with an annual salary of 12 million euros, but Real Madrid enjoys 40% of Ronaldo's portrait rights. In the 2011-12 season, Real Madrid received nearly 20 million euros by using Ronaldo's portrait rights, which was the same as Ronaldo's pre-tax salary. The wool comes from the sheep, and Real Madrid uses the commercial value created by Ronaldo to pay Ronaldo's salary.

The club earns a lot of money by using the portrait rights of the stars, which also makes the players aware of the importance of the portrait rights. In the generation of Galacticos, Florentino has gained a lot in the fight for portrait rights. In 2000, Figo transferred from Barcelona to Real Madrid at a sky-high price of 56.1 million U.S. dollars. At that time, Real Madrid owned 90% of Figo's portrait rights, and the club paid the Portuguese superstar 9 million U.S. dollars per year as a reward. For Real Madrid, 90% of Figo's portrait rights can bring in an annual income of 20 million US dollars. Zidane joined Real Madrid, and 90% of the portrait rights are also owned by Real Madrid.

The transfer of many superstars is also because of the portrait rights involved. One of the reasons Neymar gave up Real Madrid to join Barcelona was portrait rights. Neymar's annual salary in Santos exceeds 10 million euros, and he owns 90% of his portrait rights. The conditions offered by Real Madrid are tens of millions of annual salary and 30% of Neymar's portrait rights, while Barcelona's annual salary of 9 million, 100% of Neymar's portrait rights. In contrast, Barcelona's conditions are more generous.

At the beginning of 2007, Beckham announced that he would not renew his contract and leave Real Madrid. Portrait rights are also the key to disagreement. Real Madrid owns 50% of Beckham's portrait rights. Although Beckham's annual salary in Real Madrid is about 8 million U.S. dollars, while in Los Angeles Galaxy, the annual salary is only 5 million U.S. dollars, but Beckham enjoys 100% of the portrait rights. Therefore, Beckham would rather leave the mainstream stage of European football and want 100% portrait rights. Raul is also a vivid example. During his time at Real Madrid, the Lord of the Rings rejected Florentino's request for his portrait rights no less than 4 times.

But in order to get Bale to join, Real Madrid is willing to give up 80% of the portrait rights, and there is even the possibility of further negotiations. They are full of sincerity.

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Also very sincere, there are two major oil tycoons in the Middle East, Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1, and Manchester United's rivals in the same city, Blue Moon Manchester City.

In this summer, Paris and Manchester City, the two teams controlled by the two big oil tycoons, have made great moves in the transfer market. Almost every star player has transfer rumors with these two teams.

For ordinary players, it may just be hype, but for Bell, these two upstarts really hope to get it, and they have prepared very favorable conditions.

But these requests, Jonathan Barnett just listen to it, because before that, Bell has already expressed his attitude that he will not leave Manchester United.

In terms of handling transfer matters, he can't do it for him, because he is very aware of Bell's temper. If he really does something unreasonable, he will definitely lose Bell, the cash cow.

Perhaps by encouraging Bell to leave Manchester United, he can earn a lot of commission through the transfer fee, but compared to the threat of losing Bell, that transfer commission is really insignificant.

Since it is impossible for Bell to leave Manchester United, the transfer is definitely impossible. The most important thing for him now is to help Bell and Manchester United reach a contract extension, and to strive for a sufficiently sincere personal contract.

Barnett felt that the conditions that Bell had mentioned to him before were a bit too low. Based on Bell's performance in the past two years, especially in this European Cup, his treatment should be better.

This is also the reason why he has not reached an agreement with Manchester United for a long time. Fortunately, Bell did not urge him on this issue, giving him enough time and patience to negotiate with Manchester United.

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At 20:45 pm on July 1, local time in Ukraine, the much-anticipated European Cup final will start in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.

However, before the appearance of Wales and Italy, a 12-minute closing ceremony will be staged first. UEFA announced the closing ceremony process through its official website on Friday.

It is reported that the closing ceremony of this European Cup will be held before the kick-off of the final. The total length is about 12 minutes, and more than 600 volunteers will participate in the performance.

The theme of the closing ceremony is to celebrate the perfect curtain call of a historic moment, because this European Cup is the first time in history to settle in a Central and Eastern European country.

In addition, the closing ceremony will celebrate the great spirit of the participating countries united without losing their fighting spirit.

Like the Opening Ceremony, the Closing Ceremony was also designed by Filmmaster Events Chairman Marco Balih, who previously designed the Flag Handover Ceremony for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics and the Venice Carnival.

In addition, German female singer Aussina will also sing the theme song "Endless Summer" of this European Cup live.

Subsequently, two singers Tamara Kodakova and Mikhailo Humennier from the Kiev Municipal Opera and Ballet Theater will sing the national anthems of the two finalists respectively. The finale of the Cup will also officially kick off. UEFA's official website stated that it is expected that 150 million viewers around the world will watch the final.

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