Super Marshal

After the completion of the new stadium in China Town, the naming contract with the Qatar Consortium was officially launched. The name of the new stadium in China Town will be called the Qatar Royal Stadium for the next twenty years.

According to the terms of the contract previously signed by both parties, after winning the Champions League, Chinatown will be able to receive an annual naming fee of 15 million euros. This sponsorship fee is indeed a bit of a loss for Chinatown now. .

When Chinatown was planning to build a new stadium, it lacked start-up funds. The Qatari consortium took the initiative to offer Chinatown a large amount of start-up capital in the form of stadium naming and jersey sponsorship, which alleviated the team's urgent needs. At that time, Chinatown has no reputation at all.

But in recent years, Chinatown has developed rapidly. Last season's two runners-up and a Champions League championship made the world re-recognize Chinatown, and also made Armando Marcos more confident in front of sponsors.

Chinatown will definitely not deny what was signed in black and white. However, the terms of the contract signed that year also included a clause to increase the sponsorship fee based on the team's performance and influence. Therefore, after friendly negotiations between the two parties, Increase the sponsorship fee to 15 million euros per year, and you can get 20 million euros at the highest.

But the condition is that Chinatown goes to Qatar for training every winter break and plays a warm-up match.

Of course, this will not be free. Qatar will cover all expenses and pay a considerable appearance fee.

Their purpose of doing this is to use Chinatown's reputation to build momentum for the Qatar World Cup.

It was a pity that the stadium naming rights were sold, but fortunately, Chinatown did not suffer any losses from the two most important sponsorships.

The jersey sponsorship is about to expire. Both Nike and Adidas are interested in competing for the jersey sponsorship rights in Chinatown. Nike is a long-term partner. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are also Nike camps. Adidas only has Real Madrid in the top four of La Liga, but The performance of Galaxy Battleship has not been ideal in recent years.

Therefore, the two sides began a fierce competition for Chinatown jersey sponsorship.

Chest advertising sponsorship is also a major source of commercial income for the club. In order to prepare for the construction of a new stadium, it signed a five-year contract with Qatar Airways from 2011 to 2016. Now there are only two years left. Many Brands around the world have begun to contact Chinatown, hoping to sponsor Chinatown's jersey advertisements.

Qatar Airways is also very interested in continuing to sponsor Chinatown, but the annual sponsorship fee of 12 million euros can no longer meet the requirements of Chinatown. The Middle East tycoons are also aware of this, and the two parties are negotiating to renew the contract. .

In addition to the two major sponsors, there are many other sponsors in Chinatown, who either need contract renewal negotiations or need metabolism. General Manager Armando Marcos is extremely busy, but every time he is busy, he will give The club brings in substantial commercial income.

Of course, as the owner of the club, Gao Han has never been stingy with the salaries of his employees.

In this summer's transfer market, Verratti and Godin brought 150 million euros in revenue to Chinatown. In addition to allocating 100 million euros to China's youth training, Gao Han spent all the remaining 50 million euros on it. Improve the treatment of club players, including hardware facilities such as training bases and office environments, as well as the salaries of players, staff and employees.

The person whose treatment has changed the most is Zidane.

As a rookie coach before, he had never had any independent coaching experience. His annual salary was only three million euros, but after winning a Champions League, Gao Han directly offered him six million euros, which was more than any other player in the club. players.

Is this salary expensive?

Indeed, in the entire European football world, the head coach is considered to be quite high, but Zidane declined the annual salary offer of 10 million euros from Real Madrid to stay with the team, and Chinatown offered 6 million euros. It's not outrageous.

What's more, Armando Marcos has settled a score. Zidane coached Chinatown. After the operation of Real Madrid that year, his image rights management can be said to be a golden sign in football. Even if it is a 50-50 split, every year It can bring a lot of income to Chinatown, coupled with the increase in the club's influence brought about by the superstar effect.

It can be said that renewing Zidane's contract for six million euros is a very cost-effective annual salary.

Not to mention Zidane's help to many players in the team on a competitive level.

The only disadvantage for Chinatown is that Zidane, like Gao Han, doesn't like long contracts, so he only signed for two years.

Gao Han did understand this, because he himself was like this.

For a head coach, a long-term contract is not only a constraint, but also an anesthetic. It is often easy for people to become slack and lazy. On the contrary, it is not as interesting as signing every two years.

Of course, if Zidane performs well in the past two years, he will still have to give him a salary increase when it is time to do so.

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On the evening of August 22, in the southern suburbs of Madrid, the Royal Stadium of Qatar.

This brand new stadium with a simple and solemn appearance and a strong Chinese style finally ushered in its first game.

The stands, which can accommodate 42,000 fans, were packed. The sound waves they created poured down from the sloping stands and swept the entire stadium, making every fan in the stadium feel like they were in a rough sea. .

Except for the capacity, everything else in the new stadium is built strictly in accordance with the world's top standards, such as venue operation. A year ago, Gao Han did not hesitate to personally come forward and go to London to poach Arsenal's venue maintenance man Paul Berg. Si, as chief venue operations officer of Chinatown.

Many fans may not have heard of Paul Boggs, but Gao Han is very familiar with him.

This 34-year-old Englishman was born in Manchester. He worked as a venue operator in Blackpool at the age of 16. He went to Arsenal at the age of 18 and took charge of Arsenal's venue operations four years later. He has been hired every year since then. Nominated as the best groundskeeper in the Premier League and won this award five times. In 2008, he also won the Groundskeeper Award of the Ground Management Association. This can be called the Golden Globe Award in the field of ground maintenance, and the world Top prize.

Gao Han knew him when he was coaching Manchester City. He once wanted to poach him to Manchester City, but then nothing happened. When the new stadium in Chinatown needed to start preparing the turf, Gao Han was the first to consult him. In the end, he went to London in person to persuade him to join Chinatown.

Paul Boggs has been fully responsible for the construction and maintenance of the new stadium since a year ago. From floor heating to drainage to turf selection and laying, he has taken care of every detail one by one, and based on the technical and tactical style of Chinatown, he has provided the ball for the ball. The team tailor-made this brand-new stadium that is 105 meters long and 68 meters wide.

The game has not yet started. All fans sitting in the stands and looking down will marvel at the beauty of this field, which is like a green carpet laid in the middle of the stadium.

Three days ago, Chinatown challenged Atletico Madrid away from home, and the two sides drew one to one.

Now, both sides are facing a crucial decisive battle!

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"Boggs is really awesome!"

In the middle of the chairman's stand, Cerezo and Hill Jr., the two top executives of Atletico Madrid who were playing away games, were sitting with Gao Han, accompanied by Cantarero and Armando Marcos.

When the two Atletico Madrid bosses saw this new stadium in Chinatown, they couldn't help but admire it.

As the saying goes, insiders look at the door and outsiders look at the excitement.

Anyone who is immersed in professional football can see how difficult it is to maintain such a venue.

Some people even jokingly said that this is high-tech grass planting.

After hearing Cerezo's praise, Gao Han was very impressed and laughed, "That's right, Paul can be called the Maradona of ground maintenance, what do you think?"

Many people think that site maintenance is a simple technical job, but in fact it is not.

After the turf is laid, it is easily damaged by fungi and pests and becomes dilapidated. The job of the ground maintenance staff may seem easy and comfortable, but in fact it is often busier, especially during the league. The pressure on the shoulders is not lost at all. To the players and coaching staff.

For example, Paul Boggs complained to Gao Han not long ago. He works fifty to one hundred and twenty hours a week. After getting up at seven in the morning, he has to patrol the stadium. At eight o'clock, he starts to pay attention to the weather forecast and make plans. One day grounds maintenance schedule.

If it's a double game in a week and both are away games, that would be better. But if it's a double home game or when the turf is replaced, then you have to work around the clock, overtime, and sometimes you even have to stay up late. All night long, we took turns observing the condition of the turf.

In addition to Paul Boggs, there are many working groups like him throughout the Royal Qatar Stadium, busy day after day, week after week, quietly preparing the team for the game.

Finally, we were able to deliver ninety minutes of high-quality games to the fans on site and in front of the TV in home games.

It is worth mentioning that each working group in Chinatown has at least two young students from China. They are basically top students who graduated from relevant majors. Gao Han supports them to continue their studies in Europe and practice in Chinatown. After success, he will return to China and work in Chinatown.

The two big guys at Atletico Madrid really admire Gao Han, because Gao Han is not only knowledgeable, but also willing to invest.

Paul Boggs and his team are indeed very professional, but if Atletico Madrid wants to poach him with a high salary, they may not be willing to do so. Of course, even if they are willing, they may not be able to poach him.

Everyone can see that Paul Boggs came to Chinatown because of the high cold.

Many people think that Gao Han has disappeared over the past year and has done nothing. However, only those who truly know him and Chinatown know that it is not that he has done nothing, but has done more than before.

It's just that all of this has retreated to the background and is unknown to the public.

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The two teams finally entered the stadium one after another.

Since they just experienced a tough battle three days ago, both sides made appropriate rotations this time.

Zidane is playing at home this time, with an attacking combination of Jesé, Morata and Dybala in the frontcourt.

Although Simeone is playing away from home and lost the Champions League final before, he still has a big psychological advantage over Chinatown. He also deployed an aggressive formation in this game, pressing heavily from the beginning of the game and continuing. Using high pressure and pressing, I hope to continue to suppress Chinatown like before.

What I didn't expect was that Chinatown seemed to have been prepared. After the first pass forward failed to penetrate, they continuously passed the ball back to De Gea in front of the goal.

Atletico Madrid's forward Torres pressed in front of the goal, forcing De Gea to pass forward with a big foot.

Morata retreated to respond and beat Ramos to head the ball to the first landing point.

Dybala grabbed the second spot and passed the ball diagonally behind him before the ball hit the ground.

Just like a bolt of lightning, Jese came from behind Atletico Madrid's defense and went straight to the penalty area. After catching up with the ball, he pushed and shot past Oblak's goal. The whole process was clean and neat, without any sloppiness.

Blitz!

One to zero!