Chapter 462: Times are different

Chapter 462 The Times Are Different
After celebrating in Poseidon Square, the team also came to the Calderon Stadium, and the atmosphere of celebration reached its peak again.
After the day's celebration ended, Atletico Madrid fans left unsatisfied.
The players also went home to rest.
But Gao Bo did not leave. At the Calderon Stadium, he was invited to the office by Atlético de Madrid president Cerezo.
When he pushed the door and walked in, everyone in the office stood up and applauded, and everyone looked at the head coach of the team with admiration.
Here, in addition to Cerezo, there are the team’s general manager Gil Marin, sports director Pitaci, and other Atletico Madrid management personnel.
This is basically the top level of Atletico Madrid's team.
These Atletico Madrid officials, now they all stood up and applauded Gao Bo, which fully explained what his achievements this season means for Atletico Madrid.
This announced the re-emergence of Atletico Madrid, the Spanish giants, and most of the credit for all this is the team's head coach.
Cerezo stepped forward, shook hands with Gao Bo, and hugged him.
He is expressing his importance to Gao Bo.
"Fifteen years, the club's first league championship trophy, I should thank you, Gao!"
Gao Bo smiled: "You give me money and invite me to do this, isn't it?"
Cerezo laughed: "Yes, Gao, I can hear you, are you really planning 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 financial situation of the team is good this season, and the income of the team next season will be very optimistic. We have reached the Champions League main match, which will be A bonus..."
General manager Gil Marin on the side began to introduce the financial situation of the team.
In the end, it is just a point: 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 Marin is confident!
The transfer budget of 80 million, even if it is not in this era, is considered the top investment in the entire European football scene. Of course, it is incomparable with veteran giants like Real Madrid and oil upstarts like Manchester City. But this level is only possible for the small group of teams at the top of the pyramid.
You know, the Premier League giants Arsenal are still holding a 70 million transfer budget and are reluctant to use it and put it in the bank for interest.
Atletico Madrid spends 80 million in a season as a transfer budget, which is enough to illustrate the club's ambitions!
But when Gao Bo listened to Jill's introduction, he shook his head.
"Now the team's main lineup is very stable. What we need next season is to bring in some practical players from the bench. We can't spend so much transfer fee at all."
Gao Bo looked at a room of shocked people and continued.
"Next season, we only need a transfer budget of 20 million."
Gilmarin was stunned, he was surprised.
To be honest, it was the first time he saw a head coach who suspected a lot of transfer funds.
Generally speaking, the head coach always complains about the lack of support given by the club's management, especially in terms of transfer funds, which prevents them from forming a stronger lineup. And the club’s top executives always complain that the head coach is a prodigal man.
This is a pair of natural enemies.
So when Gao Bo proposed that his team does not need so much transfer funds, everyone was very surprised.
Gao Bo explained: "The transfer fee is enough. Our current team is now complete. The focus of the transfer is to increase 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 continued.
"As for the remaining money, I suggest using it as the team's salary space. Our lineup is very young. After this season, they must be targeted by the big teams. In order to retain our players, the salary is better than Friendship is more important!"
What do professional players play for?
Football is their profession and their job. No one gives up their wages because they love their work, so no player will refuse a raise.
The prime time of professional players is more than ten years, from twenty to thirty-five, fifteen years. This is probably the most profitable fifteen years of most professional players in their lives.
Some financial-conscious professional players will invest their money to protect themselves even after retirement.
And some professional players spend a lot of money. When they retired and their income fell off a cliff, they didn't have any money left. In the end, news of many retired players' bankruptcy often appeared in the news.
Gao Bo knows that it is not friendship but money that can best retain players!
Jill Marin looked at Chairman Cerezo.
The adjustment of the team's salary structure is also a relatively important issue, which is not something Jill Marin can decide alone.
But Cerezo is quite bold.
"You're right, high!" Cerezo said and looked at the other senior leaders. He is the president of the club, but he is not the dictator of Atletico Madrid. He still needs the support of some other managers. of.
"Players are the club's most important asset. We can't let our assets go away easily!!"
Cerezo said.
The other senior officials also nodded in agreement.
But they still have concerns.
Once the salary cap is broken, it is more than just a season...
"The times are different, sir!"
Gao Bo saw some people hesitating, so he spoke.
"When Ronaldo signed with Real Madrid in 2009, his annual salary was as high as 12 million euros! Messi's salary has reached more than 10 million euros!"
"This is an era where capital is desperately pouring into football! I'm sure that in a few years, even with a transfer fee of 80 million, there will be no more powerful stars!"
"This is the beginning of an era of great inflation for players. If we don't keep these players and wait until the future, we may no longer have the funds to compete with those big clubs!"
"Gletzman, Aguero, Modric!"
"These three players have to stay anyway~EbookFREE.me~ No matter which team they go to, they are all core players, and the salary of only three or four million euros is not to be retained. For players of this level, I can be sure that a team like Manchester City will definitely dare to offer Griezmann an annual salary of 15 million euros!!"
Gao Bo said with certainty.
He knew how exaggerated the player's transfer fee would rise in a few years!
By that time, the football market has completely become a commercial game. A random star is worth hundreds of millions!
Gao Bo's words caused the club's senior management to fall into a brief silence, and they did not refute Gao Bo.
Because of the market development in the past two or three years, it is already moving in the direction Gao Bo said, especially after some large consortia entered, the football transfer market has been expanding almost every year!
Cerezo also believed that Gao Bo's statement made sense, so the club's top management finally agreed to Gao Bo's request and put the excess transfer funds into the salary budget.