Chapter 462: The Times Are Different

Chapter 462 The times are different

After celebrating in Poseidon Square, the team also came to Calderon Stadium, and the atmosphere of celebration reached its peak again.

After a day of celebrations, the Atlético de Madrid fans left in a hurry.

The players also went home to rest.

But Gao Bo did not leave. At the Calderon Stadium, he was invited to the office by Cerezo, the chairman of Atlético de Madrid.

When he pushed the door and walked in, everyone in the office stood up and applauded, and everyone looked at the team's head coach with reverence.

Here, in addition to Cerezo, there is the team's general manager Gil Marin, as well as the sporting director Pittaci, and other Atlético de Madrid management personnel.

This is basically the top level of the Atlético de Madrid team.

These Atlético de Madrid officials, now they all stood up and applauded Gao Bo, fully explained what his achievements this season mean for Atlético de Madrid.

This announced the re-emergence of the Spanish giants Atlético de Madrid, and most of the credit for this is the team's head coach.

Cerezo stepped forward, shook hands with Gao Bo, and hugged.

He is expressing his importance to Gao Bo.

"The club's first league title trophy in fifteen years, I should thank you, Gao!"

Gao Bo smiled: "You give me money and invite me to come, isn't it just to do this?"

Cerezo laughed: "Yes, Gao, I heard you, do you really plan to defend the championship next season?"

Gao Bo nodded: "Yes!"

Cerezo clapped his hands: "That's why I called you here, I think, we can prepare for next season."

"I think we can invest more money in transfers next season. The team's financial situation is good this season, and the team's income next season will be very optimistic. We have entered the Champions League. A bonus..."

General manager Gil Marin on the side began to introduce the team's financial situation.

talk about it,

Just to say one thing: Atletico Madrid can invest more transfer funds next season, enough to support the team in the transfer market!

"80 million!!! We plan to invest 80 million in transfer funds!!"

Jill Marlin is confident!

The 80 million transfer budget, even if not in this era, is considered the top investment in the entire European football. Of course, it is incomparable with the old giants like Real Madrid and the oil upstarts like Manchester City. But this level is only possible for a handful of teams at the top of the pyramid to afford.

You know, the Premier League giant Arsenal is still holding a 70 million transfer budget and is reluctant to use it, putting it in the bank to eat interest.

Atletico Madrid invests 80 million as a transfer budget in one season, which is enough to illustrate the club's ambition!

But when Gao Bo listened to Jill's introduction, he shook his head.

"The team's main lineup is very stable now. All we need next season is to introduce some practical players on the bench, and we can't spend so much transfer fee at all."

Gao Bo looked at the shocked people in the room and continued.

"Next season, we only need a transfer budget of 20 million."

Gilmarin froze, surprised.

To be honest, this is the first time he has seen a head coach who suspects too much transfer funds.

In general, the manager will always complain that the club's management has not given enough support, especially in terms of transfer funds, to allow them to form a stronger squad. And the club's executives will always complain that the manager is a prodigal who spends a lot of money.

This is a pair of natural enemies.

So when Gao Bo suggested that his team did not need so much transfer money, everyone was very surprised.

Gao Bo explained: "The transfer fee is enough. Our current team has a complete lineup. The focus of the transfer is to enhance the thickness of the bench. We don't need to introduce any big-name stars, so we don't need too much transfer fee. "

Gao Bo paused, then said.

"As for the remaining money, I suggest that it be used as salary space for the team. Our squad is very young. After this season, they will definitely be targeted by those big teams. In order to retain our players, the salary should be higher than Friendship is more important!"

What do professional players play for?

Football is their profession, it's their job, no one gives up their salary because they love their job, so no player will refuse a raise.

The prime time of a professional player is the past ten years, from twenty to thirty-five years old, only fifteen years. This is probably the most profitable fifteen years in most professional players' lives.

Some financially conscious professional players will invest their money to ensure that they can live comfortably even after retirement.

And some professional players spend a lot of money. When they retire and their income falls off a cliff, they can't leave much money. Finally, the news of many retired players going bankrupt often appears on the news.

Gao Bo knows that the most important thing to keep players is not friendship, but money!

Gil-Marin looked at the chairman Cerezo.

The adjustment of the team's salary structure is also a major issue, and this is not something that Gil Marin can decide alone.

But Cerezo is quite bold.

"You're right, Gao!" Cerezo said and looked at other executives. He is the chairman of the club, but he is not the dictator of Atlético Madrid. He still needs the support of some other managers. of.

"Players are the club's most important asset, and we can't let our assets go away easily!!"

Cerezo said.

Other high-level officials also nodded in agreement.

But they still have concerns.

Once the salary cap is broken, it's not just a matter of a season...

"Times have changed, sir!"

Seeing that some people were hesitating, Gao Bo said.

"When Ronaldo signed for Real Madrid in 2009, his annual salary was as high as 12 million euros! Messi's salary has also reached more than 10 million euros!"

"This is an era when capital is desperately pouring into football! I'm sure that in a few years, even a transfer fee of 80 million will not be able to buy any powerful players!"

"This is the beginning of an era of great player inflation. If we don't keep these players, in the future, we may no longer have the funds to compete with those big clubs!"

"Griezmann, Aguero, Modric!"

"These three players will stay anyway, no matter which team they go to, they are all core-level players, and the salary of three or four million euros cannot keep players of this level. , I can be sure that a team like Manchester City would definitely dare to offer Griezmann an annual salary of 15 million euros!!"

Gao Bo said with certainty.

He knows how exaggerated the player's transfer fee will be in a few years time!

At that time, the football market has completely turned into a commercial game, and a casual star is worth hundreds of millions!

Gao Bo's words caused the club's executives to fall into a brief silence, and they did not refute Gao Bo.

Because the market development in the past two or three years is already moving in the direction that Gao Bo said, especially after the entry of some big financial groups, the football transfer market is expanding almost every year!

Cerezo also believed that what Gao Bo said was reasonable, so the club's executives finally agreed to Gao Bo's request and put the excess transfer funds into the salary budget.