The fan coverage area in North London centered around the Arsenal Football Club was filled with a jubilant atmosphere. Arsenal had become the biggest winner in the English domestic competition and had won the Double. Next, the fans would look forward to Arsenal's official victory parade.
On a sunny afternoon, Freddy personally came to Arsenal's vice-chairman, Dane's office.
The Arsenal Football Club was extremely busy. There were more things to prepare for with the victory parade and the celebratory party. The vice-chairman, Dane, was on the phone with the hotel owner, informing him of Arsenal's requirements for the party.
Freddy sat across the desk and waited.
After Dane finished the phone call, he turned around and shook hands with Freddy with a smile.
After the two of them sat down, Dane did not wait for Freddy to speak. He took out a document from the drawer and handed it to Freddy. He smiled and said, "You came at the right time. I wanted to sit down with you in the next few days to talk. Since you're here today, take a look. This is the new contract we prepared for Qin Xiong."
Dane spoke smoothly and was extremely gentlemanly in his dealings with people, but he still told a little lie.
If Freddy did not come to visit, he certainly would not have taken the initiative to contact Freddy.
Since Freddy was here, there were only two things to discuss with Arsenal.
First, Qin Xiong's transfer and departure.
Second, Qin Xiong's contract renewal.
Arsenal naturally would not let Qin Xiong leave, so what Dane prepared in advance was Qin Xiong's contract renewal.
While Freddy was flipping through the contract to check the key terms, Dane spoke with a slight sigh of relief about Qin Xiong's performance this season.
"To be honest, we thought that Qin Xiong would enhance the strength of the team, but we did not expect him to have a fantastic season with Arsenal! Manager Arsène's appreciation of him played a key role. Qin Xiong's improvement from his time at Ajax is very obvious. His style suits Arsenal, and Arsenal also promoted his growth. He scored more goals than last season, and his performance in key games was impeccable. There were also countless assists. He became the number one star player in Asia at Arsenal. I believe that in the near future, he will make greater progress. "
Freddy heard this and roughly understood Arsenal's attitude.
Dane's words were half true and half false. The false part was that before Qin Xiong entered the English Premier League last year, he was already the number one star player in Asia!
At Arsenal, Qin Xiong was the best player in Europe. At the end of the season, Premier League's top Stars....
Progress?
Then he must be at the level of a superstar.
Freddy saw the basic benefits offered by Arsenal in the contract renewal.
A weekly salary of 40,000 pounds, a significant increase in bonuses, and a signing fee of 500,000 pounds.
However, Freddy did not buy it. This was far from the outcome of the negotiation he had expected.
He wanted to ask for a contract of 80,000 pounds a week for Qin Xiong, and the room for compromise was very small. This was a huge gap between the benefits offered by Arsenal!
When Dane saw that Freddy had finished reading the contract documents, he smiled and said, "In view of Qin Xiong's excellent performance in the past season, we are willing to greatly increase his salary. This range is more than 100%. Now he only earns close to 20,000 pounds a week, which does not match his contribution. So, we have shown our sincerity by giving him a weekly salary of 40,000 pounds and a one-time signing bonus of 500,000 pounds. We are very sincere in the matter of Qin Xiong's contract renewal."
Freddy smiled and nodded. One would not hit a smiling person. Negotiations for a player's contract renewal could be negotiated very quickly and efficiently. But there were more differences, and the negotiation time was also very long.
He could not be ruthless because of differences. That was very childish.
Freddy smiled and said, "I heard that Real Madrid and Inter Milan are ready to offer Arsenal a minimum of 30 million pounds in the summer. Please don't get me wrong. I just got the news from the media. As you know, there have been too many such rumors coming from Milan and Madrid recently."
Freddy changed the topic to remind Dane that Qin Xiong was a hot star player in the transfer market, and the clubs that were willing to spend a sky-high price to bring him in would definitely offer him a much better deal than Arsenal's current contract renewal.
Dane smiled and shook his head. "Qin Xiong is our core player. Even though Arsenal's operating budget is tight, we will never sell a talent that symbolizes the future. Real Madrid is offering 30 million pounds? We won't agree even if it's 40 million pounds. "
The subtext of Dane's words was self-evident: if Arsenal did not agree, any conditions offered by Real Madrid and Inter Milan were just illusions.
At the same time, he also pointed out the predicament of Arsenal's operating budget. There was nothing to hide, and the whole world knew!
The debt of the new stadium was too much for the club to bear. The debt was just a debt, and the debt had high interest to repay every year. In other words, Arsenal not only had to make a profit every season, but the profit had to exceed the sum of the debt repayment and debt interest every year. Only then could the club operate well and operate better.
But in the football circle, the number of clubs that did not lose money every year was very small. It was almost impossible to achieve a targeted profit.
Therefore, on the one hand, Arsenal was led by Wenger to ensure that the income generated from the competition could maintain the club's survival. On the other hand, they were trying to reduce the financial expenditure as much as possible to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
As for the club's owner being rich, it was another matter. There were stingy club owners everywhere, and only clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona with a membership system were exceptions. For the time being, there was only one Chelsea owner in the world, Abramovich.
In terms of Arsenal's own survival, it could not be said that they were stingy, but the management clearly understood that if they did not control the finances, then the financial situation would get worse day by day. Arsenal could become another Leeds United, because their debt was far more severe than the pressure that Leeds United faced before!
Freddy stopped smiling and said solemnly, "What kind of contribution Qin Xiong made to Arsenal's road to winning the Double this season, Arsenal should know better than me and the people who sing praises for Arsenal. Although it was not his own credit, he is already a key player in the team. In terms of treatment, I think he should be matched with his status, especially in a team. Among his teammates, he should be treated better in terms of contribution. Moreover, in terms of the club's benefits and income, Qin Xiong's commercial value is higher than that of an ordinary player."
Dane also stopped smiling, but he nodded frequently as he listened carefully to Freddy's speech. He obviously agreed with Freddy's words.
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