Chapter 134 9 Million in 3 Years? Who Is This Sponsorship Contract Looking Down On?

After learning that Lin Quan had returned to Germany, Perret immediately came from Spain to meet him.

The other party moved so quickly that Lin Quan realized that this might really be a big contract.

"Uncle Pere, what kind of contract is it?"

"Take a look first and talk while you look!"

Pere poured himself a glass of water, drank it in one breath, and then said:

"The contract with Bayern is almost settled, and Adidas is Bayern's sponsor. They have taken a fancy to you a long time ago and are interested in signing you.

But before, you only had some reputation in the Bundesliga, and your influence in the entire football world was relatively limited, so Adidas didn't care too much about you. The contract they offered was too insincere, so I rejected it. "

"So what made them start to pay attention to me, an 'unknown' player, this time?"

Lin Quan closed the contract in his hand and looked at Pere with a smile.

"Ahem, first of all, it's because your performance in the Bundesliga is getting better and better, proving that you are not the kind of player who is short-lived.

Secondly, you have gradually established a firm foothold in the national team, and you are even vaguely about to become the next generation core player of the Spanish national team.

As long as nothing happens, you will definitely have a place in football in the future.

Adidas may have been observing before, but now they can't sit still.

If you don't take action, if other competitors contact you first, they may miss you as a future star. "

Lin Quan nodded. There are many giants in the sports brand field.

Adidas is not the strongest one, but because they are headquartered in Germany, they are the first to notice themselves.

As he becomes more and more famous in football, there will definitely be many sponsors coming to seek cooperation.

Players at the level of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have sponsors come to seek cooperation, rather than them coming to ask for sponsors.

"Adidas is very sincere in this contract. The contract they offered is 9 million euros over three years.

If you sign with them, they will use their connections in European football to go all out to help you win this year's Golden Boy Award. "

Perret is obviously tempted by this contract. You must know that Ronaldo's contract is only 4 years and 24 million euros. Lin Quan is still a newcomer. It is already very good to get such a contract.

But Pere's words obviously did not move Lin Quan.

Ronaldo's current contract is indeed not large, but he signed this contract three years ago, and his contract with Nike will expire next year.

Nike will definitely increase the contract renewal amount significantly by then.

If he remembers correctly, the next time Ronaldo signed a five-year contract with a total amount of up to 50 million euros.

In other words, starting next year, Ronaldo will receive at least 9 million euros in sponsorship fees from Nike every year.

Adidas gave him a three-year, 9 million contract at this time. Is this sending him away to be a beggar?

“Reject Adidas’ offer!”

Lin Quan didn't have a good impression of Adidas to begin with, and he didn't mention the disgusting things they did in later generations.

Just talking about their offer itself, Lin Quan felt that it was an insult to himself.

Neymar's contract with Nike was signed in 2011, and Nike gave him 4.5 million euros per year.

This is a contract offered by Nike after Neymar has not landed in the five major leagues. He only made a name for himself in the Brazilian League.

After Neymar lands in the five major leagues, his contract amount may be in line with Messi and Ronaldo.

It's now 2013, and the contract amount Adidas gave Lin Quan is not even as large as the contract Nike gave Neymar two years ago.

How disrespectful is this?

"Huh? Lin, are you dissatisfied with the contract amount?"

Pere thought that Lin Quanhui would agree to the offer, but unexpectedly the other party rejected it cleanly.

So I asked one more question.

"Uncle Pere, do you think this contract is a lot of money?"

Pere thought for a moment and said:

"For ordinary players, getting such a contract before the age of 20 is considered a big contract."

"So do you think I'm an average player?"

Lin Quan asked with a smile.

Pere was stunned for a moment and then reacted immediately.

"Haha, I overlooked it. With the strength you have shown now, I think four to five million euros a year is about the same!"

Considering that Ronaldo's salary is only 6 million euros per year, Perret did not put the price too high, and it is unlikely that sponsors would directly offer Lin Quan a sponsorship fee comparable to Ronaldo and Messi.

But with the huge potential Lin Quan has shown so far, it wouldn't be outrageous to offer him four to five million euros.

It depends on whether these sponsors are willing to take a gamble on his potential!

Seeing that the other party understood what he meant, Lin Quan smiled and said:

"We don't have to worry. There are still more than three months until the summer transfer period. It will be more advantageous to talk to sponsors after the transfer period starts and my next club is confirmed."

Perret nodded. Stars in small clubs are definitely not as good as stars in wealthy clubs in terms of commercial value.

Therefore, when sponsors treat these two types of players, they are more willing to offer large contracts to the latter.

This is also the reason why all the major stars like to run to wealthy clubs.

The top wealthy families not only give them more wages, but also have higher business income, and they are also more likely to achieve results, which means they have both fame and money.

"In addition to this contract, there are several smaller contracts that do not involve the sports field. I have brought them here. Would you like to take a look at them?"

Perret originally took these smaller contracts with a dispensable attitude, but he didn't expect that the contract with the largest amount was terminated. At this time, only these small fish and shrimps were left.

Lin Quan took a look and saw that the scope of these contracts was really wide.

There are Golden Arches and Kaifeng Cuisine in the catering industry, Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola in the carbonated drinks industry, and Head & Shoulders and Qingyang in the shampoo industry. Lin Quan even saw a sponsored advertisement by Durex.

And the amount offered by Durex is actually quite high...

Nuremberg, Adidas headquarters.

"What? He rejected our offer?"

Adidas' sports marketing director Jimmy Dano looked in disbelief when he learned that Lin Quan's agent rejected their offer.

"Yes, they appear to be dissatisfied with our contract offer."

"Haha, 9 million euros in three years. Which player under the age of 20 can get such a high sponsorship fee?"

Jimmy said disdainfully, does this guy really think he is Messi and Ronaldo?

"Then do we still need to contact them?"

When the assistant heard Jimmy's words, he thought the other party was giving up on signing a contract with Lin Quan.

"Pause contact and let them cool off for a while."

The assistant nodded and was about to exit the office.

“Have any other brands contacted them recently?”

Jimmy seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked.

"Currently, I have not found any other sports brands, but there are many other brands looking for them to endorse."

Jimmy nodded indifferently: "As long as the guys from Nike don't come to poach us, that's fine. By the way, we have been closely tracking his contacts with other sports brands during this period. If there is no third party involved, we will kill this guy." Just the contract amount is enough!”

"What if a third party intervenes?"

"Then just adjust it according to the offer made by the opponent. In short, we do not accept blackmail from players!"

Jimmy Danault seemed confident, and he firmly believed that in the end it would be the players who would be the first to compromise.

Adidas has always been very arrogant.

It is impossible to expect them to give in when they have the initiative.

Moreover, their players' income from sponsorship fees has always been lower than that of Nike.

The reason is also very simple. In European football, Adidas has a greater influence than Nike.

Players can gain more invisible benefits by signing with Adidas, which is a benefit that cannot be directly measured by money.

…

Adidas is not in a hurry, and Lin Quan is not in a hurry either.

After playing an away match against Mainz at the weekend, he took the time to film his first commercial.

This is an advertisement for Kaifeng cuisine. The shooting content was very simple and it only took about half an hour to complete.

The endorsement fee for Kaifeng Cuisine is not expensive, half a million euros a year.

Although the price is not high, the advantage is that the task is easy and simple. You only need to cooperate with them to shoot a few advertisements.

Moreover, KFC’s hamburgers are good, and Lin Quan occasionally eats them.

After filming their commercials, he can enjoy certain privileges, such as eating the wide hamburger he endorsed for free.

In addition, every week on Crazy Thursday, KFC stores will also give him various benefits.

However, for professional players, fried food is not healthy and they can be eaten, but only in small amounts.

It's okay to eat it once or twice a week, but if it's too much, it's easy to gain weight and affect your health.

…

On April 6, in the 28th round of the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen faced Schalke 04 at home.

The two teams didn't have much grievances before, but when Werder Bremen visited the Veltins Stadium as a guest last year, they had a very unpleasant experience.

The opposing player Neustadt's nasty foul on De Bruyne caused Werder Bremen's midfielder to miss the game for almost a month.

During this period, Werder Bremen had to rely on Lin Quan's single-core leadership to play the game.

In addition to the bad behavior of opposing players on the court, they also imposed various restrictions on Werder Bremen fans at home, which also made everyone at Werder Bremen very unhappy.

So, this time Werder Bremen followed suit.

Of the more than 50,000 tickets for the home game, they only gave Schalke 2,000 tickets.

There were more than 10,000 Schalke fans who traveled with the team, but only one-fifth of them were able to buy tickets and enter the Weser Arena to watch the game.

Schalke fans were very dissatisfied with this and gathered in protest outside the Weser Stadium.

Werder Bremen directly ignored their protests, after all, you were the first to take action.

We are just returning your original behavior to you as it is. If you want to blame it, you can only blame yourself!

"You don't need me to mobilize more for this game, right?"

In the locker room, Schaaf glanced at the team members and saw faces full of fighting spirit.

This made him very satisfied!

"I didn't say anything, smash Schalke to pieces!"

"Yes, fuck him to death!"

"Try to score double figures and give them a brutal attack!"

The players of Werder Bremen were so morale that they wanted to eat Schalke 04 alive.

Such strong fighting spirit and hatred are rare even in the northern derby against Hamburg.

It can be seen that Schalke really pissed them off!

…

On the visiting team's side, Schalke's coach is also mobilizing.

"We want to be sixth in the table, six points behind Bayer Leverkusen.

If we cannot defeat Werder Bremen away from home, then the gap between us and Leverkusen is likely to widen further! "

"Can you accept that there will be no Champions League games next season?"

The Schalke players shouted with red eyes:

"unacceptable!"

"Okay, then on the field, use your actual actions to prove your determination!"

In this way, both teams left the locker room and came to the player tunnel with the confidence of winning.

The players on both sides were obviously less than half a meter apart, but they treated each other as if they were air.

He didn't even look at the other person, directly ignoring the other person's existence.

The referees looked at each other and felt the strong smell of gunpowder between the two teams!

It seems that the scale of whistleblowing in this game needs to be tightened a little. Otherwise, with the hostility between the two teams, someone may be injured in this game.

When the players from both sides entered the stadium, Werder Bremen fans chanted the names of their players and gave them warm applause and cheers.

When it was the visiting team's turn to take the field, they were greeted with boos from the sky.

Although the Weser Arena is not as luxurious as the Veltins Arena, the atmosphere here is not bad at all.

Before the game even started, Schalke's players already knew that this game would be difficult.

At 15:30 in the afternoon, with the referee's whistle, the game officially started.

There was no testing between the two teams and the attack started in the first minute.

Werder Bremen played without any burden in this game. They only focused on offense, offense, and offense!

For Werder Bremen, they have a huge lead at the top of the standings.

Even if they lose this game, Dortmund will not be able to knock them out of second place.

Therefore, they can let go and move forward with all their strength to attack the enemy's goal.

But for Schalke 04, they cannot afford to lose this game. If they lose, they will be in a desperate situation in the competition for the Champions League seats.

So in the confrontation between the two sides, Schalke 04 was the first to give up.

It's okay not to be cowardly, the opponent's offensive is too damn scary.

The opponent's No. 10 was like a passing machine, almost single-handedly turning Schalke 04's left wing upside down.

The opponent's No. 6 also seemed to have drunk fake wine, frequently sending extremely penetrating passes, putting their defense to the test one after another.

In addition to these two huge threats, Werder Bremen's other players also seemed to be crazy. Whenever there was a chance, they would go crazy into their penalty area.

Schalke 04 has never seen such a mad dog style of play. Even Dortmund during the Ruhr derby was not so crazy!

Crazy, all a bunch of crazy!