Agen Sports United is a French eighth-level amateur league team that has been established for some years.
It is said to be the eighth level, but at this level, it does not make any sense whether it is level or not. It is essentially a street game. If the economy can keep up, make the team more regular and pay more game deposits, the sixth level or even the fifth level
It’s not like you can’t play at level one.
Eight years ago, Agen Sports League played in the fifth level for a few years. Later, because of financial difficulties, they had no choice but to hang out on the streets again.
Over the past few years, Agen Sports League has become increasingly poor. Everything of value is mortgaged and they rely on borrowing money to survive. But even so, this season seems to be unsustainable.
There are small teams like this all over France, which cannot be sold, and even a second-hand house is not worth a second-hand house. Agen Sports Federation has reached a consensus within the team: after finishing this season, they will declare bankruptcy and dissolve the club.
After all, it was a team that was built in the 1950s and 60s, and had maintained the affection of three generations of people in a few blocks. It is quite sad that it disappeared like this.
What does it feel like to have a pie in the sky? Axel, chairman of the Agen Sports United Club, will tell you.
Last week, the Agen club suddenly received a remittance of 570,000 pounds, which not only allowed them to pay off their debts, but also left enough money to maintain the team's operations for several seasons.
This life-saving straw comes from the efforts made by the Agen Club many years ago.
Agen is a city in southern France, but it is actually a town. With a population of just over 30,000, a town is also a small town.
But this is the hometown of Manchester City centre-back Aymeric Laporte.
Laporte was born in Agen. At the age of 12, he joined the youth training of his hometown team Agen Sports Federation. It was the most glorious period in the history of Agen Sports Federation because it was in the fifth level.
After all, shallow water could not trap the dragon. At the age of 16, Laporte headed for higher ground. Because Agen belongs to the Basque region of France, Bilbao, the Basque flag team in La Liga, has always regarded it as a back garden, so
Laporte moved to Biba.
Eight years later, Laporte moved to Manchester City for 57 million pounds. According to FIFA regulations, in this case, the player's first youth training team can receive 0.25% of the transfer fee per year.
Laporte spent four years at Agenspor, 4×0.25%×5700=57 (ten thousand pounds).
"Destiny knocked on our door and it was a beautiful, unexpected reward for our past efforts. Thank you to Laporte, to Bilbao, to FIFA and UEFA.
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The story of Axel's three defeats is played out every year across Europe, but this time it seems magical because Laporte is worth a lot and Agen Sports League just happened to be saved.
This is FIFA's "Unified Compensation Mechanism". Every time a player transfers, each team he played for between the ages of 12 and 23 will receive a different proportion of youth training compensation, totaling 5%.
The difference is that some are paid by the seller and some are paid by the buyer. It depends on how the transfer was negotiated.
In fact, Athletic Bilbao is also living a very difficult life, with a big business and huge expenses. Laporte's transfer fee is essentially life-saving money for the Basque Lions.
So Laporte's insistence on no free transfer is really quite righteous. He does it just for Biba and Agen.
Don't think that the transfer fee has nothing to do with the players and they don't pay for it. Especially for players like Laporte who are not yet well-known, free transfers or fixed penalty transfers will make a huge difference in his annual salary.
Laporte's current weekly salary is 65,000 pounds, which is the lowest among Manchester City's defense. But if he is a free transfer, there is absolutely no problem in getting 100,000 pounds, and it is very possible to even get 150,000 pounds after negotiation.
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In other words, in one year, Laporte lost 2.2 to 5.5 million euros invisibly, which is not a small amount even for the world's richest man.
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After Laporte arrived, he has played two games, one at center back and one at left back. Although he did not perform well in the game, he also made no mistakes. While his defense was solid, he also showed good coaching and passing skills.
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It's not easy. As the top transfer bidder in Manchester City's history, countless pairs of eyes are watching his every move on the court. Most people can't bear this kind of pressure and can't even imagine it.
The 24-year-old Laporte's ability to show "steadiness" under such circumstances can also be called the style of a general.
In contrast, Benjamin Mendy, who was transferred for 52 million last summer, had no success at all, so he had to make a small splash.
The cruciate ligament in his right knee was ruptured at the beginning of the season, and Mendy was basically out for the season, which also marked the beginning of a series of injuries in Manchester City's defense.
Mendy was originally Pep Guardiola's first choice at left back in the new season, but it turned out to be Manchester City's biggest patch. Delph, Danilo, Zinchenko, Foden, and even Debich and Federer have all occupied this position.
Don't do anything serious.
Although Laporte is not a serious left-back and Manchester City introduced him with the goal of being a central defender, after all, there is another option. And the two games have shown that he can be reassuring in both positions.
Guardiola is relieved, but Mendy is not. In essence, he is now the newest newcomer in the defense.
It is common for professional players to suffer serious injuries, and Mendy is not special. But the most terrifying thing about a long-term injury is not the unknown return date, but the fact that during your absence, the team has won one wave after another, which is ridiculously prosperous, and
There are a lot of people who can play your position.
Whoever is missing is embarrassed, and whoever is missing is anxious.
The British media likes to go to extremes, either praising people or criticizing them. Laporte just played a decent left-back in the game against Tottenham, and the newspapers immediately started to brag about it.
Mendy, who was recovering from his injuries at first, finally couldn't sit still anymore. He needed to remind the world that he was still there.
You can't invite the media to perform an upside-down golden hook at the training ground, right? The injury hasn't healed yet. Young people are unreliable, so Mendy came to perform a performance art.
I had never heard that Mendy liked football before, but two days ago, the 25th Super Bowl kicked off at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and this guy went straight to the scene.
The Super Bowl is equivalent to the NBA Finals or the Champions League Final. There is nothing to say about the game. The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the defending champion New England Patriots 41:33 and successfully won the cup.
Mendy posted a wave of photos on his social media, including many of him celebrating shirtless on the street after the game. I don’t know how much he, a French Senegalese immigrant who plays football, celebrates American football.
The key is that the temperature in Minneapolis that night was -20°C. This guy is not a defender, he is a coward.
"It's now minus 20 degrees, but I'm a 'shark' and I'm never afraid of the cold." - Benjamin Mendy
Sharks turn into frozen meat at minus 20 degrees Celsius. Strictly speaking, Mendy's body does not belong to him, but to Manchester City's club assets of 52 million pounds and 90,000 weekly wages.
Guardiola's nose was on fire and he threw the newspaper on CEO Ferran Soriano's desk. Soriano was so angry that he called and ordered Mendy to get back immediately. Then he looked through the regulations and found a clause that stipulated a fine of 200,000 euros.
Laporte adapted quickly, and it was not only Mendy who felt the pressure. Four days after playing Tottenham, Manchester City ushered in the 27th round of the Premier League match at home against Leicester City.
In the starting list announced two days in advance, Laporte Otamendi's central defender combination is impressively listed, with Stones and Kompany both on the bench.
Lao Kong suddenly became the fourth central defender, and Da Benlouzi, who had played for Manchester City for ten years, could no longer sit still.
"Lao Zhuo, am I getting old?"
"You should ask Kara this question."
Carla Kompany is the wife of Lao Kong, a beauty born and raised in Manchester.
"...Be serious, I want you to give me some advice."
"What on earth do you want to say?"
Kompany was silent for a moment, then raised his head.
Chapter completed!