super storm

Chapter 560 The goal of the new season
A flight from Indonesia slowly landed at Beijing Capital Airport.

The thousands of fans who had been waiting at the exit of the airport immediately cheered.

Three years ago, the Chinese team won the first Asian Cup championship in history in Beijing. This is the first important tournament championship in the history of Chinese football, but it is still widely questioned at home and abroad.

Not to mention the remarks of some foreign media, even in China, there are still many people who believe that the Chinese team's victory in the Asian Cup is more due to the host's advantage, because all the games of the Chinese team will be held in Beijing.

In the Asian Cup final, the referee canceled the Japanese team's handball, which caused Japan's morale to drop. It was also considered by many people to be the home whistle, and the Chinese team's victory was considered invincible.

Even when the Chinese team made zero breakthroughs and scored one win and one draw in the World Cup in Germany, they could not convince these stubborn fans that the Chinese team is on a road of continuous improvement.

Some of these people were hurt so deeply and so hard in the past that they couldn't believe it at all, while some were...

In the past three years, there have been various voices in the debate about the strength and performance of the Chinese team.

And now, the Chinese team won the Asian Cup again, becoming another team that successfully defended the Asian Cup.

This is undoubtedly a major sign of a strong Asian team.

In the history of the Asian Cup, the Korean team has defended the title, the Iranian team has won three consecutive championships, Saudi Arabia has also defended the title, Japan has almost successfully defended the title once, and China is the fourth team to successfully defend the title in the Asian Cup.

With this championship, everyone believes that domestic fans will become more and more confident.

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When the head coach Arihan led the Chinese team's international players out of the gate one after another, all the fans who picked up the plane cheered.

Especially when they saw the national team captain Li Weifeng appearing holding the Asian Cup championship trophy, many fans couldn't help singing the national anthem. Even though their voices were choked, they still sang vigorously.

Yang Yang walked in the middle of the team, he received the most appreciation, the most flowers and applause.

For two consecutive Asian Cups, he was the top scorer and the best player, which made everyone believe that he is already the veritable No. [-] star in Asia, and he still belongs to the kind that has a long distance from the challenger.

The AFC even highly praised Yang Yang on its official website, and encouraged him to continue to work hard, hoping that he can represent Asian football, compete with the world's top players, and show the demeanor of Asian players.

"There is no doubt that Yang Yang, who is only 20 years old, has already ranked among the greatest players in Asia ever!"

Not only the AFC, but other Asian countries, even sworn enemies South Korea and Japan, have to agree with Yang Yang's strength.

So much so that after losing the semi-finals, the general public opinion in Japan is that they did not lose to the Chinese team, but to Yang Yang, which is obviously more acceptable to them.

Because at the very least, Yang Yang is a top player who competes with superstars such as Kaka and Ronaldinho in Europe.

Losing to Yang Yang is not a shame for Japan and South Korea, but more like a pride.

But in any case, the Chinese team successfully defended the Asian Cup, which is definitely a grand event for the whole country!

Nearly a thousand fans at the scene came to pick up the plane, which also allowed the national football players to enjoy unprecedented treatment and honors.

This championship is bound to push Yang Yang's domestic status and influence to a higher level again, and everyone around him will also benefit from it.

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When the Chinese team played in Southeast Asia, Liverpool played several warm-up matches in Hong Kong.

With the joining of Yang Yang, Liverpool's popularity in China has grown by leaps and bounds, quickly becoming the most popular Premier League team in Asia, and the Red Army itself has many fans in Hong Kong.

This year marks the [-]th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. The Hong Kong government specially held a celebration and invited many teams including Liverpool to play a warm-up match.

As a member of China, they are also proud and proud of Yang Yang.

When Yang Yang led the Chinese team to win the Asian Cup in Indonesia, Liverpool also sent congratulatory messages. The official website also reported the game for the first time, giving great recognition and affirmation to Yang Yang's performance in the Asian Cup.

Almost at the same time that the Chinese team returned to Beijing, Liverpool also set off to return to the UK.

But Liverpool's general manager Rick Parry and the club's legal staff did not return with the team, but flew from Hong Kong to Beijing accompanied by Yang Yang's agent Raiola.

After Yang Yang returned to Beijing from Indonesia and celebrated with the national team for winning the championship, the two sides took time to meet in the hotel that afternoon, and the two parties formally reached an agreement on Yang Yang's contract renewal.

Yang Yang officially signed a new five-year contract with Liverpool, with a weekly salary of 15 pounds and an annual salary of 780 million pounds. If converted into euros, it is about 1000 to [-] million euros.

However, since the Premier League's weekly salary is pre-tax, 40.00% of the personal income tax is deducted, and Yang Yang's current annual salary after tax has increased to 650 million euros.

This annual salary is definitely the most important and the highest salary in the Premier League, surpassing the renewal of Gerrard and Shevchenko, and becoming the veritable first highest salary in the Premier League.

In addition to the annual salary, a series of other rewards such as participation bonuses, goal bonuses, and championship bonuses have also increased accordingly.

But don’t underestimate these. In addition to his annual salary last season, Yang Yang’s various bonuses, especially the bonuses for winning the Champions League and the runner-up in the Premier League, all add up to 300 million euros, which is quite a lot of money.

Yang Yang's contract, no matter from which point of view, is the highest in the Premier League, which also reflects the sincerity of Liverpool, and also demonstrates Raiola's excellent negotiation skills.

But if it is compared with the maximum salary of other European leagues, it is somewhat inferior. For example, Ronaldinho of Barcelona has an annual salary of nearly [-] million after tax, which is much higher than that of Yang Yang.

However, this is not what Yang Yang values.

Rick Parry's trip was to renew his contract with Yang Yang. As soon as the contract between the two parties was signed, he completed the mission of this trip.

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"As the team won the championship in Athens last year and won the Champions League twice in three years, the club's income has also increased, and sponsor income has also increased a lot. In the next three years, the team's potential income will continue to increase steadily."

Rick Parry introduced the current situation of Liverpool with a smile.

If you look at the current situation, Liverpool has undoubtedly embarked on a path of healthy development.

After hearing this, Raiola glanced at Yang Yang, and suddenly said: "But I heard that your two new bosses don't seem to have such strong financial resources as the outside world rumored. Before they bought Liverpool, most of the funds came from bank loans. In the past year, the US subprime mortgage crisis has intensified, and their wealth has also shrunk significantly."

Obviously, the Italian fat man didn't want to embarrass Rick Parry, but wanted to remind Yang Yang of something.

The general manager of Liverpool was somewhat embarrassed after hearing this, "The rumors are true and false, and there are countless things to do, and they also promised that they will not pass on their private debts to Liverpool."

Rick Parry said this with no confidence.

Yang Yang and Raiola naturally didn't believe it.

Maybe they can get by for the time being, after all, they are newcomers and want a good reputation, but if it is true that the financial situation is in trouble, as rumored by the outside world, how can it not be passed on to Liverpool?

It's like when the Glazer family bought Manchester United, and in the end even the bank loan interest had to be paid by Manchester United.

For those who operate capital, this is a routine operation.

In this area of ​​football, no matter how you play it, you can't beat these capital players.

"I heard that this year the team has extended contracts on a large scale. How is the progress?" Yang Yang didn't want to go further into this topic.

Rick Parry smiled at him, thanking him for changing the subject and avoiding his own embarrassment.

"Basically all contracts have been renewed, including Finnan, Aurelio and Harvey Alonso, all of them have renewed their contracts. In addition, the team spent 2000 million pounds to completely buy out Mascherano."

After Yang Yang heard this, he laughed immediately. This is definitely the best news.

Mascherano's strength is beyond doubt. Although he only joined the team in the second half of last season and only played a few games, it is obvious that he has thoroughly proved his strength, and his partner with Harvey Alonso is obviously better than Mohamed Sissoko.

The ownership of the Argentine midfielder is very confusing, and the contract is also quite complicated. At the beginning, Liverpool rented him for a period of one and a half years, and there was a buyout clause of 600 million pounds in the middle.

The Hammer Gang does not have the ownership of Mascherano, and there is Corinthians behind it, and there are other more complicated ownership relationships behind Corinthians. In short, it is intricate and chaotic.

Therefore, the way Liverpool finally chose was to directly pay a buyout fee of 600 million pounds to buy the ownership of Mascherano, and let West Ham United and Corinthians handle the rest by themselves.

From now on, Mascherano only belongs to Liverpool.

"We mainly focus on contract renewal and bench thickness this summer. In addition to large-scale contract renewal, we sent away Luis Garcia, Cisse, Pangler, Zenden, Dudek and Robbie Fowler and a group of players, but at the same time we also introduced several players such as Benayoun, Lucas Leiva and San Jose."

"In addition, we have also retained several players such as Hyypia, Finnan and Riise. The overall strength of the team in the new season will be stronger than last season, and our goal is to maintain the competitiveness of the Champions League and at the same time launch an impact on the league championship."

"We have never won the Premier League title, which is the biggest regret in the hearts of all Liverpool people."

Yang Yang nodded silently.

That's not just Liverpool's goal, it's his.

(End of this chapter)