Turin Sport was right. The contract renewal negotiations between Adriano and Inter Milan were not going well.
Adriano's current contract with Inter Milan would expire in 2011, and there were still three and a half years left on the contract. For a core player of a team, a three-year contract was already quite dangerous. Therefore, Inter Milan was also anxious to renew Adriano's contract.
In fact, after the end of the 20052006 season, the two sides had completed a contract renewal, extending the contract from 2010 to 2011. Adriano's annual salary had also increased from four million euros to five million euros. This was already one of the top salaries in Serie A at the moment.
However, Adriano's agent, Rinaldi, now believed that a salary of five million euros could no longer match Adriano's current strength and status. During the contract renewal negotiations with Inter Milan, he put forward a request for a substantial increase in salary.
Rinaldi's request for a contract renewal was 9.5 million euros, and it was increasing year by year.
If this salary request was realized, Adriano would receive the top salary in Serie A, and at the same time, the highest salary in the world of football.
This salary request was unacceptable to Inter Milan's top management. The two sides had conducted several negotiations on the issue of the contract renewal, but they could not reach a consensus.
Inter Milan was only willing to increase Adriano's salary to a maximum of seven million euros. In fact, even seven million euros would be the top salary in Serie A at the moment. In the world of football, this salary could be ranked in the top five.
However, Rinaldi could not accept a salary of seven million euros. He insisted that it should be at least nine million euros, and it would increase year by year in the future.
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Since Rinaldi dared to ask for a yearly salary of nine million euros, he must be confident.
The main reason was that next door, AC Milan was also negotiating a contract extension with their star player, Kaka. According to the news leaked by the media, the contract extension negotiations between the two sides were coming to an end. AC Milan would give Kaka a substantial salary increase. According to the Milan Sport, the salary increase was based on Kaka winning the 2007 UEFA European Footballer of the Year and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. Based on the current situation, Kaka had an absolute lead in the competition for the Ballon d 'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. There was almost no doubt that he would be elected as both Ballon d' Or.
According to the media, AC Milan would provide Kaka with an annual salary of nine million Euros, and his annual salary would continue to increase during his new five-year contract. Nine million Euros was only the first year, and it was the lowest annual salary of the five years. In the second year, Kaka's annual salary would increase to ten million Euros, and in the third year, eleven million Euros … and so on. In the final year of the contract, 2013, Kaka's contract would reach thirteen million Euros!
What did thirteen million Euros mean? According to the latest exchange rate, thirteen million Euros was equivalent to twenty million US dollars. This annual salary was equivalent to a large contract in the NBA. For example, Garnett and Shaquille O 'Neal had annual salaries of twenty million US dollars in 2005, and the current highest-paid player on the Rockets, McGrady, had a contract of nineteen million US dollars this year.
The total value of Kaka's five-year contract was fifty-five million Euros, but according to the Italian tax system, AC Milan had to pay a total of one hundred and ten million Euros over five years to give Kaka this contract, including taxes!
When the data of Kaka's contract extension came out, it could be said that it had caused an uproar in the agent circle. Even with a salary of nine million Euros, Kaka would be known as the first rookie in the current football world. Everyone was shocked by Kaka's salary increase.
In the summer of 2003, when Kaka transferred from São Paulo to AC Milan, the 21-year-old Brazilian's annual salary was 1.3 million Euros. In September 2004, Kaka and AC Milan extended his contract until 2009, and his annual salary reached 2.3 million Euros. In September 2005, the two sides reached an agreement again, and Kaka's contract was extended until 2010. The media estimated that the Brazilian's annual salary had risen to around four million Euros.
The summer of 2006 was a very special season for Kaka. Real Madrid's pursuit helped him get a better contract at AC Milan. AC Milan renewed Kaka's contract for the third time in three years in June 2006. The Brazilian's annual salary soared from 2.3 million Euros three years ago to six million Euros.
Even with a salary of six million Euros, Kaka was known as the highest-paid player in Serie A, followed by Ibrahimović with five and a half million Euros and Adriano with five and a half million Euros.
Now, the news that Kaka's salary was going to rise to nine million Euros had obviously stimulated many of the top Serie A stars and their agents, including Adriano.
This was also why Adriano's agent, Rinaldi, dared to ask for an annual salary of at least nine million Euros.
He believed that Adriano's importance in Inter Milan was no less than Kaka's importance in AC Milan. Therefore, it was reasonable to ask for the same treatment as Kaka.
Not only that, but Kaka's new contract also stimulated many of the top Serie A stars. Ibrahimović, the Swedish star who also played for AC Milan, had also asked for a salary increase through his agent. The Swedish's salary was also similar to that of Kaka's.
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Li Ang was very dissatisfied with AC Milan's "disruption" of the market, because it would cause a series of reactions. If Adriano was similar to Kaka and received the highest salary, would Mata's salary also be greatly increased? What about Carlos? Modric? Zanetti? What about Samuel?
This was a series of problems that could cause a chain reaction.
And this was also the reason why Inter Milan's top management was hesitating and considering.
Of course, Li Ang also admired Kaka. Kaka's pursuit of a high salary was indisputable for the player himself. However, this was obviously not a simple problem. It would cause a chain reaction.
The issue of the players' contract renewals was mainly negotiated by the club's top management. Li Ang did not need to worry about it. Moreover, Li Ang did not want to get too involved. When it came to money, even as a manager, it was not good to say anything. After all, it was human nature to pursue higher interests.
However, Li Ang also made his own request to the club. They must ensure the stability of the locker room and not cause chaos in the locker room because of the contract renewals.
In the tenth round of the Serie A season, Inter Milan defeated Genoa by a score of four to one at home.
Adriano scored a brace, Agüero scored a goal, and Balotelli, who came on as a substitute, scored his second goal in the Serie A season.
After the game against Napoli, Balotelli won the reward of remaining in the First Team with his outstanding performance in the game. Especially when Diego Milito was injured and Cassano was still injured, Balotelli was already Inter Milan's third striker.
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