Joining Hands with Ronaldo, Awarded a Top Striker! Manchester City's Highest Salary After Renewal?
There are no walls that cannot be sealed.
News of Mendes and Raiola's attempt to poach Tang Long was soon exposed by the media.
Major media outlets have started reporting on this!
Some people feel that it is indeed a bit of a waste for a rising star like Tang Long, who is not yet 20 years old and has the potential to become a world-class star, to be placed under Ronaldo's name.
The Manchester Evening News pointed out that Ronaldo is a complete novice in the agent field!
"Ronaldo achieved remarkable success as a player, becoming a symbol of football in the hearts of a generation."
"After retiring, Ronaldo also achieved great success in the business world, with his net worth once exceeding $500 million; however, in the field of football agents, his experience, connections, and business acumen are far inferior to those of Mendes and Raiola."
"This can be seen from the number of players these three represent; almost all the world's superstars are under the wing of Mendes and Raiola."
"Mendes represents Cristiano Ronaldo, De Gea, Costa, Di Maria, Rodriguez, and others."
"Raiola's team includes Ibrahimovic, Pogba, Lukaku, Mkhitaryan, Matuidi, and others."
"But looking at Ronaldo, his agency has only signed two players in the year since it was established: Don and Bonazzoli."
"When players choose to sign with an agent, they either choose a family member to keep the commissions within the family, or they choose a big-name agent to leverage the agent's connections and business acumen to secure a better future for themselves."
"In every respect, Ronaldo is far inferior to Mendes and Raiola!"
"If Tang wants to take his career to the next level, he has now reached a crossroads."
The Times, however, provided a more in-depth report.
They even dug up inside information about Tang Long's teammate Mkhitaryan, persuading him to switch to agent Raiola's agency.
"Mkhitaryan very much wants to become a fellow disciple of Tang Long under Raiola. He has accepted Raiola's instructions and has begun to persuade Tang Long."
"Being close to the source gives you an advantage; Ronaldo, who has been away from Britain for a long time, is very likely to lose his most valuable player!"
These messages quickly became the talk of the town.
So what is Ronaldo doing now?
He is constantly expanding his business empire and is now opening his own winery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, importing Europe wines for sale in Brazil.
However, when he saw the media reports, he was immediately shocked!
Player agent business is also a very important part of Ronaldo's business empire, and Tang Long is one of his core clients among his players.
Ronaldo feels incredibly lucky to have signed Tang Long!
This agency is just starting out. If Tang Long is poached, all that's left is Bonazzoli, and they'll be locked in a power struggle. Ronaldo thinks it's better to just shut down this small agency altogether.
Currently, the agent contract signed between Ronaldo and Tang Long is still the original initial contract.
If Tang Long unilaterally chooses to break the contract, he will only have to pay a price of 2 million euros.
Tang Long doesn't even need to pay for this; Mendes and Raiola could easily cover it themselves.
So he decisively abandoned his wine business and took the fastest flight from Sao Paulo back to Manchester.
"No matter what, we can't let Tang be taken away!"
[Agent Selection Reward]
[Signing Mendes: At Least Two Ballon d'Or in His Career]
[Signing Raiola: Earning the world's highest salary within five years]
[Continue to collaborate with Ronaldo: Obtain the thresholds for three data points from Ronaldo's peak period, as well as the thresholds for 100% proficiency in three classic dribbling moves, and achieve this through specialized training on the training field.]
For the first time in his professional career, Tang Long chose to work with an agent, and at that time, his options included Raiola, Maradona, and Ronaldo.
The system also provides three different reward options.
The same thing happened the second time!
Without a second thought, Tang Long chose option 3: to continue cooperating with Ronaldo.
Whether it's winning the Ballon d'Or' Or or earning the world's highest salary, it's all based on the player's skill level.
Now that Tang Long has switched from attacking midfielder to striker, the team's expectations of him have also changed.
He transformed from an assist-oriented player into a goal-scoring striker.
At his peak, Ronaldo was virtually unstoppable among strikers on the planet. If it weren't for injuries, he would be the only true king of football in the world.
If Tang Long could acquire the thresholds of Ronaldo's peak performance in three key metrics, and achieve 100% mastery of his three classic dribbling moves, why would he have to worry about not winning the Ballon d'Or or earning the world's highest salary?
As long as his skills continue to improve, winning two Ballon d'Or in his career, or even earning the world's highest salary within five years, are all within reach. He may even achieve even greater things!
"Mr. Ronaldo, you are my childhood idol. All those media reports are unfounded rumors. Nothing can break our firm cooperation."
Tang Long, at home, gave Ronaldo, who had rushed back to Manchester from Sao Paulo, a face-to-face affirmative answer.
With red eyes, Ronaldo gripped Tang Long's hand tightly, then immediately took out a new contract from his bag.
"Okay, I believe you. Let's revise the contract then!"
In this new contract, the agent service period for Ronaldo and Tang Long has been extended from 4 years to 6 years.
The penalty for unilaterally breaking the contract is as high as tens of millions of euros.
After seeing Tang Long sign his name, Ronaldo immediately made a decision and gave Tang Long his promise.
"Mendes will bring you fame, Raiola will bring you profit, don't worry, Tang, I won't treat you unfairly in terms of fame or profit!"
The day after returning to Manchester, Ronaldo went straight to Manchester City to discuss Tang Long's contract extension terms.
CEO Begiristain personally received Ronaldo and also invited Commercial Director Berrada to the meeting, where the three began secret negotiations.
Manchester City's management welcomed Ronaldo's arrival.
Although Tang Long only joined Manchester City last year and has four years left on his five-year contract, Tang Long performance last season was nothing short of amazing, and his performance as a striker has been particularly outstanding since the start of the new season!
In order to retain Tang Long in the long term, Manchester City's management knew perfectly well that they had to offer conditions commensurate with Tang Long's status.
"My demands are very direct: extend the contract term from four years to five years, and increase my salary from Pound Sterling 180,000 per week to £280,000."
In response to Ronaldo's demands, Begiristain said, "Extending the contract for another year is no problem, but a 55% pay rise is just too high!"
Begiristain emphasized that even though Manchester City is not short of money, they still need to comply with Europe Financial Fair Play regulations and maintain a balanced budget, otherwise they will face a ban.
Commercial Director Berrada neither confirmed nor denied this claim.
But Ronaldo was clearly prepared, and he pointed out incisively:
"Last season, Yaya Toure earned Pound Sterling 240,000 a week. He was let go, along with Fernando, Fernandinho, and Sagna —all high-paid veterans. You've freed up a lot of salary space, so I don't think your club's pay rise for Tang Long will disrupt the financial balance."
"As for the ban," Ronaldo smiled, "I don't think any sports organization in the world of football can stand up to the Abu Dhabi United Group; they're all too insignificant."
Upon hearing this, Begiristain and Berrada couldn't help but exchange a smile.
"Alright, let's be frank then!"
"Currently, Agüero is the highest-paid player in Manchester City, earning Pound Sterling 240,000. Agüero has served the team for many years and is a key player. Tang has only been with the team for a year, and his salary exceeds Aguero's, which will cause disunity within the team."
"So our bottom line is Pound Sterling 240,000, no more than that."
After a back-and-forth struggle lasting three hours, the two sides still failed to reach a constructive consensus and could only agree to discuss it again another day.
When Ronaldo was reporting the negotiation process to Tang Long over the phone.
Tang Long was having tea with Diletta at home.
Ever since Tang Long spanked her and made her bottom bruised, Diletta, the ever-attendant worker who never missed a day at work, asked the station for a day off and spent the whole day in bed to recover.
But she wasn't angry.
A strange element caused a chemical reaction in her brain, and she even began to become fascinated by the feeling of being whipped.
He also became much more restrained and stopped saying provocative things in front of Tang Long.
However, she certainly wouldn't let Tang Long slap her again, because it was too shameful to say such a thing.
After listening to Tang Long's retelling, Diletta pondered for a moment and nodded.
"What Manchester City said isn't without merit. You've only been with the team for a year and are not even 20 years old yet. If you surpass Agüero to become the highest-paid player in the team, even though your ability matches it, as managers, they need to consider more factors, especially at a big club like Manchester City, where the team is full of star players. They will compete with each other, which will trigger a chain reaction."
Tang Long said, "No problem. I accept the same salary as Agüero. He is still one of the best strikers in the world. He created the 9320 miracle and helped Manchester City win their first Premier League title. In the hearts of Manchester City fans, he is the King of the Etihad."
Diletta chuckled softly and said gently:
"The fact that you think this way shows you're a mature player. However, you can't wrong yourself. After all, in Guardiola's mind, you're much more important to the team than Agüero."
"I do have an idea."
"Tell me about it?" Tang Long asked.
"Your salary is Pound Sterling 240,000, the same as Agüero's, but you have to keep all of your image rights; you can't give Manchester City 50% of them."