Super Marshal

The piece of cake that Armando Marcos drew was so big and so tempting that even the cautious Cantarero was moved by his words and could not resist.

It has been twelve years since Chinatown was established. According to Armando Marcos' plan, in three years, that is, fifteen years, it will create a European quasi-giant team, which is undoubtedly a miracle.

But it is far from enough to just catch up with the financial revenue and keep up with the pace of the giants in the club's business operations.

"From now on, in the next few years, the salary structure of our club must be further strictly controlled. It must be kept at around 45%, and it must not exceed 50%. This is the bottom line." Gao Han said loudly.

He has a strong premonition that the player's salary will increase significantly in the next few years, both in the Premier League and in La Liga.

Chinatown's salary expenditure can increase, but it must increase steadily and in direct proportion to the increase in the club's financial revenue. Otherwise, once it is burdened with a heavy debt burden, Chinatown will fall into a business quagmire.

A more recent example is La Liga. When Barcelona won the Grand Slam in the 2008-2009 season, the club's salary accounted for nearly 70% of its fiscal revenue, which became the fuse for Laporta's downfall. After Rosell came to power, he has been cutting salary expenditures, but even so, it remained at 55% last season.

Real Madrid is relatively the best. During the first period of the Galacticos, Real Madrid's salary accounted for the highest proportion of 90%, which was simply a staggering figure. Florentino later had to abandon blue-collar players and could not meet Makelele's salary increase requirements, so the French midfielder left for Chelsea.

After learning from the pain, Real Madrid's current salary proportion has been controlled at around 45%, which is undoubtedly a relatively reasonable figure.

After Atletico Madrid's Grand Slam in the cold, many players received continuous salary increases, which once made the club's salary ratio exceed 60%. However, with the departure of players in recent years, the move to a new stadium, and the increase in fiscal revenue, the salary ratio of the Colchoneros has been controlled at 50% to 55%. Although it is slightly higher, it is still controllable.

The same situation also happened to Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur, especially Tottenham Hotspur. This North London team has always been low-key, but its overall strength has been steadily improving, and its salary has always been controlled within 50%, which is even more reasonable than Arsenal's 56%.

But the most outrageous is Aston Villa, which is as high as 85%, and is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Chinatown's current salary ratio is 48%, which is relatively good both in La Liga and in European football, but the team has started a new round of renewal and salary increase. If the fiscal revenue cannot be increased, it will definitely break 50% next, and then it can only continue to sell players.

Of course, if, as Armando Marcos said, the commercial income can be increased to more than 200 million euros within three years, the club's financial income will double by then, and there will be a lot of room for the salary structure of the players to be adjusted upward, and the probability of retaining core players will be even greater.

The more core players are retained, the more competitive Chinatown will be, and the more hope there will be to challenge the status of the three major La Liga giants and many European giants, and even have the opportunity to compete for the championship trophy.

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As the European Cup came to an end, the arms race among the major giants began to burn in full swing.

The first to ignite the war was Chelsea. The Blues announced that they had introduced midfielder Oscar from Brazil at a high price of 35 million euros. The player performed a hat trick in the previous World Youth Championship final and was selected for the Brazilian national team after the World Youth Championship. He is known as the world's most promising midfield rookie.

Following Chelsea, Arsenal also announced that it had brought in Spanish midfielder Cazorla from Malaga for 20 million euros. This player performed well with Malaga last season and was very comprehensive, and was valued by Wenger.

Manchester United was not to be outdone. After winning the Champions League last season, Ferguson was ambitious and hoped to have a more satisfactory result before retiring. So this summer Manchester United made another move and brought in Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa from Dortmund for 25 million euros.

After Korean player Park Ji-sung left Manchester United and went to Queens Park Rangers, Manchester United's introduction of Shinji Kagawa was seen as a positive signal for continuing to develop the Asian market.

However, what really shocked the entire European football world was the explosive news from the Portuguese Super League in mid-July, after the major teams started pre-season training. The Russian Super League player Zenit St. Petersburg brought in Brazilian center Hulk from Porto in the Portuguese Super League for a sky-high price of 60 million euros.

This transfer quickly detonated the entire European football market, and everyone was shocked.

60 million euros to introduce a player who has never proven his ability in the four major leagues. Isn't this too outrageous?

But immediately afterwards, the news came again, it was Zenit St. Petersburg, and the target was Benfica's Belgian midfielder Witsel. The transfer fee was as high as 45 million euros. This not only surprised everyone, but also surprised everyone earlier. Gao Han was a little stunned when he got the news, because Mendes said before that it was 40 million euros, why did it increase by 5 million?

This is five million euros, which is 50 million yuan.

The entire European football world was shocked by the Russian tycoon's consecutive shots, but it was not surprised.

The three major leagues of Russia, Ukraine and Turkey are full of wealthy players. They recruit many outstanding stars from European football and all over the world every year. Moreover, they can participate in the Champions League, and some can even enter the knockout rounds. Their strength is not bad.

It's just that these two transfers from Zenit St. Petersburg this year are a bit surprising.

Just when everyone was shocked by the generosity of the Russian tycoon, Paris Saint-Germain, the tycoon from France, finally took action again.

For 50 million euros, Paris Saint-Germain announced that it would introduce Argentine winger Di Maria from Real Madrid at a price second only to Hulk. This player was not taken seriously by Real Madrid last season and failed to play the main role. This made him a little dissatisfied, so he was eager to switch to Paris Saint-Germain.

French team newspaper also quickly confirmed the transfer deal and revealed the specific details, saying that Di Maria was recommended to Gao Han by technical director Antero Enrique and was hand-picked by Gao Han. In order to convince Di Maria , after getting the approval of Real Madrid, Gao Han, who was in Madrid, even met with Di Maria and persuaded the Argentinian to join.

"According to the information obtained by the reporter, Di Maria will play a vital role in Gao Han's tactical framework for the new season. Therefore, Gao Han did not hesitate to personally come forward to persuade Di Maria to join."

As a chain reaction, after announcing the sale of Di Maria, Real Madrid soon announced that it would introduce right back Carvajal from Chinatown for a high price of 50 million euros, who shone in the European Cup.

This transfer once again detonated the football market.

A 20-year-old full-back worth 50 million euros?

This made Carvajal surpass Alves and became the most valuable right back in history.

But what is surprising is that after learning that the club spent 50 million to introduce Carvajal, Real Madrid fans were even more excited. Chairman Florentino even said in an interview with the media that this man who was born in the southern suburbs Leganes' right-back will be Real Madrid's future.

Coincidentally, after Real Madrid announced the introduction of Carvajal, Atlético Madrid also quickly announced that it had finalized midfielder Herrera from Chinatown for 40 million euros. This is the first sheet after Schneiderlin. The Legion has once again poached a Chinatown midfielder.

After announcing Herrera's transfer, Chinatown quickly announced that Rakitic would stay on the team. The club will sign a new contract with Rakitic in the near future. The Croatian midfielder also made it clear that he will stay in Chinatown. .

This undoubtedly cuts off the poaching tentacles of many teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Paris Saint-Germain.

After it was announced in Chinatown that Rakitic was staying on the team, Barcelona had to immediately shift its goals and soon announced the introduction of deep-lying midfielder Alexander Song from Arsenal for a high price of 25 million euros.

The Arsenal captain has had conflicts with the Gunners over the past six months due to contract renewal issues, and has been unable to complete the contract renewal. It has long been revealed that Arsenal intends to sell him, and Barcelona quickly satisfied Wenger's 25 million euros of asking price.

Song's joining is to fill the team's midfield weakness, but Vilanova's most important priority is the signing of the left back.

After stalemate negotiations, at the end of July, Barcelona finally announced that it would introduce left back Alba from Chinatown for a price of 50 million euros plus Montoya. The former Barcelona youth training player finally returned home in glory.

The media soon reported that Chinatown’s left-back signing targets included Málaga’s Monreal and Valencia’s Bertner, but the result was a big surprise. Chinatown announced that it would pay 3 million euros. The price is to introduce the 20-year-old left-back Alberto Moreno from the Sevilla second team.

Marca's famous reporter Matayana broke the news that Chinatown's original first choice was Monreal, and the second choice was Bertner, but the offers from both Malaga and Valencia made Chinatown feel embarrassed.

"The rational investment strategy formulated by Gao Han himself makes it difficult for Chinatown to invest more than 10 million euros in the left-back position, but the asking prices of both clubs are significantly higher than what Chinatown can accept."

Chinatown's technical director Cantarero also quickly came forward to explain, saying that the club introduced Moreno because of the young player's strength and believed that he could succeed in Chinatown and form a good competition with Alex Sandro. .

When a media reporter asked about Aubameyang's transfer rumors, Cantarero also made it clear this time that the final result would be announced in the near future.

Sure enough, three days later, Chinatown and Paris Saint-Germain announced at the same time that the Ligue 1 tycoon had introduced Gabonese international Aubameyang from Chinatown by paying liquidated damages. Antero Enrique said that this African player has lightning His extraordinary speed and outstanding scoring ability will bring huge improvements to Paris Saint-Germain in the new season.

At the same time, Paris Saint-Germain also announced that the team's 21-year-old Kante was transferred to Chinatown. However, the transfer fee was not disclosed, but some media revealed that it was only a symbolic one euro.

However, under Aubameyang's earthquake-level transfer, Kanter's joining did not attract the slightest attention.

Even the Spanish media are more concerned about whether Chinatown will recruit players on the right wing after sending away Aubameyang? If so, who will be introduced?