229 Renewal Storm

"Forty thousand pounds?" George squinted at Kennedy in front of him.

The person in front of George is Sean, Duff's agent. Kennedy. There are many big-name agents in British football, and Sean in front of him. Kennedy is not. He can only be regarded as a small agent. Among the brokers, there is no ranking at all.

Even if he is the rising star Alan, he is far stronger than Kennedy now.

But this boy was lucky enough to catch Duff when he was young. Duff has performed extremely well since playing in Blackburn. Especially after George joined Blackburn, Duff's performance was even better.

Duff, who is only 20 years old, has become the front guard in the whole Premier League. In addition, Duff plays differently from other full-backs, and the number of goals is very large. Therefore, the fame is rising.

With Duff becoming very popular now, Kennedy is getting tougher and tougher.

Come and talk to George about Duff's new contract, which is a weekly salary of 40,000 pounds.

For Duff, George has long thought about giving a new contract. Because Duff has signed three contracts with Blackburn so far. The first time was when he was 16 years old, the contract at that time was just a contract with a weekly salary of 100 pounds.

When Duff joined the first team two years ago, Duff signed a second contract. At that time, Duff's weekly salary was 800 pounds, and with Duff's excellent performance in the Premier League in his first season, George signed another new contract with Duff immediately after he became the owner.

It was last summer, when George was relatively generous. For Duff, who had only one season of Premier League experience, George gave him a weekly salary of £7,000 and a four-year contract.

However, Duff flew to the sky last season, scoring more than ten goals in the league. All of a sudden, Duff's value rose sharply. George originally thought that he would sign a new contract with Duff at the end of this season.

I just didn't expect that only one-third of the season was carried out, and Duff's agent found himself.

But he opened his mouth for 40,000 pounds, and almost let George slap the table. However, after being the head coach for so many years, I have also participated in a lot of negotiations. Although it is impossible to be completely happy and angry, it can also be similar.

George knew that this was Kennedy's lion's opening, and he said it was the result of 40,000 pounds. Not to mention a small club like Blackburn, even Arsenal does not have a £40,000 weekly player at present. Pires, the main force in Arsenal's later unbeaten season, had only 40,000 pounds a week at that time.

Even in the whole world football world, those who can earn more than 40,000 pounds a week are all world-class big stars.

"Mr. Kennedy, I hope you can say an actual number. Forty thousand pounds, don't forget that Damien is only 20 years old. It's just a better performance last season. You don't even think about 40,000 pounds.

Although George answered with a smile, his tone was hard. Forty thousand pounds, what do you think I am? What are you about us Blackburn?

"Coach Levy, Blackburn can't provide 40,000 pounds. But other clubs can provide 40,000 pounds. Sean. Kennedy also spoke with a smile, but it was completely tit-for-tat.

George looked at Sean carefully. Kennedy. This boy is funny. Now it's not the Premier League after Abu's entry. A young player like Duff can get a weekly salary of 40,000 pounds as long as he has excellent strength and amazing performance.

Now England has a player with a weekly salary of 40,000 pounds, which can be counted with five fingers. And Manchester United is the only team in the Premier League that can pay a weekly salary of 40,000 pounds.

"Mr. Kennedy, as long as you can find a club, you are willing to pay 20 million pounds for Damien. I won't stop it." George sneered at this time. Damien, there is still a contract of more than two and a half years. If Mr. Kennedy is really insincere, let's continue to talk about it in two and a half years.

George eshired the guest directly.

Shaun. Kennedy was stunned, and he proposed that 40,000 pounds was indeed a trick to make a bid and pay back the money. But I didn't expect that George was like a stone, oil and salt, and it was so hard.

When I talked to George last summer, George was very kind. Give Duff a salary, and attach great importance to Duff.

Duff is valued by George, even more than Pires on the other side. This can be seen from Duff's number of games. Kennedy thought that with the importance George attached to Duff, even if he offered an outrageous price, it would be easy to say.

But it doesn't look like that now. At this time, Kennedy thought of George. George was no one else. George is a famous coach in the Premier League. He fell out with his old club for the authority of the team. And he also took over Blackburn. How can such a head coach be threatened?

"Okay, Coach Levy. I'll come back in a few days." Although George can't get off the stage, Sean. Kennedy is still very experienced. He still smiled and greeted George before leaving George's office.

Seeing Kennedy leave, George closed his eyes and shook his head. Then after thinking for a while, I left my office and walked up to the top floor.

"George, you're here. You are such a rare guest. We are so close that I come to you every time. You seldom come to me." John, who doesn't know what newspaper to read there. Williams, when he saw George coming in, he stood up with a smile to greet him.

Jack. Walker has rarely appeared in the club, and Williams manages everything in the club. The cooperation between George and Williams is also quite good.

"John, I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. There's something wrong." George sat in front of Williams very casually, shrugging his shoulders and smiling.

"What else can embarrass our coach Levy, say something." Williams was a little confused. Recently, Blackburn's grades have been very good. Except for Saniol's serious injuries, all of them are minor injuries.

There are no shortcomings in the team lineup. George should not buy players at this time.

It's not this. What else is there that gives George a headache?

"Damien's agent came to me. I want to sign a new contract. That's what George said, and Williams already understood.

This has been thought of for a long time. Once the results are good, the salaries of these players should be increased. After George cleaned up a lot of the original Blackburn players, the salary is now lower than two years ago. However, if Duff's salary increases, there will be a chain reaction.

Duff's current weekly salary of 7,000 pounds is not the lowest in Blackburn. Among the main lineup, Kudicini's salary is the lowest, only 140,000 pounds.

Now Blackburn's grades are very good. Once Duff renews his contract, his weekly salary will definitely exceed 10,000 pounds. What will happen to the players such as Pires, Miku and Deco? They must also modify the contract. At that time, Blackburn's overall salary may be double what it is now.

George can't decide this kind of thing alone, and he should talk to Williams.

Williams nodded. The increase in salary means an increase in expenditure. And it is not an ordinary growth.

"George, have you calculated it roughly? How much will it increase if the contract is re-signed this time?

George thought for a while. I haven't calculated it specifically, but the weekly salary should be more than 60,000 pounds more than the current total. With the signing of new contracts with Duff, including Pirare, Miku, Klose, Deco, Maclele, Haipia and Cudicini, their contracts must be re-signed.

This is a system project, and all these people's contracts have signed new contracts. So the salary increase is not a little bit.

"Sign, sign. Anyway, it will be signed sooner or later. Now signing is also good for the morale of the team. In this way, George, you don't have to worry about this matter. Just give me a list of players who have to renew their contracts and a rough salary. I started to negotiate with them.

With such a large-scale contract renewal, George, a head coach, is certainly too busy. And George doesn't have so much time to renew the contract.

"Okay, I'll sort it out for you soon."

George was relieved to see Williams take over. Now this is a little bit, if Blackburn's results get better and better in the future. Then their requirements for salary will be getting higher and higher.

............

Williams is definitely not a mother-in-law. After George gave Williams his rough estimate, he immediately began to negotiate with the players. Blackburn entered into the new contract **.

The signing of this new contract involves a lot of players. Almost all the main players are available, and only Ferdinand, who has just arrived, is not included.

This big move even shocked many media newspapers in England. After all, such a large-scale signing is either a team that has just been promoted or a team that has just been relegated. Therefore, Blackburn's action this time is still followed by many media and newspapers.

The headline of The Sun is "Blackburn is showing his ambition!"

"After finishing fourth in the Premier League last season, many players in Blackburn have attracted the attention of British football. Many teams are thinking about how to dig up Blackburn's players. However, this renewal of the contract has completely cut off their poaching idea.

"Most of Blackburn's players are very young. Blackburn's large-scale signing of new contracts this time also shows their determination to retain the main players and have some results."

However, this large-scale signing of new contracts did not greatly encourage Blackburn players. On the contrary, when facing Milton on the road, the attack was weak. In the end, it was tied by Milton zero to zero.

Then Blackburn went to Moscow for the second game of the second round of the UEFA Cup, one-to-one away. The total score was 5 to 1 to eliminate Lokomotiv Moscow and entered the top 32 of the UEFA Cup.

(To be continued)