Chang Sheng finished his speech and returned to his seat. The Christmas dinner officially began. Everyone could eat and chat casually.
The atmosphere is very relaxed.
Because of the good results, everyone is now united, thinking in the same place, and working hard in the same place.
This is the benefit of victory.
Chang Sheng and Lotito sat together, chatting and laughing.
If those people who vowed to leave Lazio and go to Real Madrid with a win-win situation saw this scene, I really don’t know what they would think.
Lotito kicked Chang Sheng into such a trap during the dinner.
However, he avoided the others and lowered his voice and said to Chang Sheng: "Chang, I have seriously considered it. Your contribution to the team and the club is very huge. Logically speaking, I should reward you well, but your
The salary is already the highest in the team...so I wonder if you are willing to accept shares in Lazio?"
Chang Sheng listened with a smile at first, but now his smile solidified. He turned to look at Lotito, surprised.
"Share?"
"Yes." Lotito nodded. "Actually, I have had this idea for a long time. When the media revealed that you might go to Real Madrid, I had this idea. But I have never found a suitable way.
Now I think giving you shares may be the only and best way. It just depends on whether you are willing to accept it..."
Chang Sheng's brain responded.
Lotito was afraid that he would run away...
The Real Madrid incident seemed to be a wake-up call for him.
Real Madrid didn't succeed this time, so what about next time? Or change a team? What if they offer more money? Now that Middle Eastern oil capital is aggressively invading European football, there will be more and more clubs richer than Real Madrid.
The more they spend money on it, they will always change their minds, right?
Lotito is not himself and doesn't know what he is thinking, so he has such worries.
And the main reason why I didn't go to Real Madrid was probably because of the old grudge between myself and Real Madrid, which made me unwilling to go to Real Madrid.
But what if it were another team?
If it were a team with whom he had no grudges, maybe he would just leave?
Chang Sheng has never considered this issue before - if it were not Real Madrid but some other team that was willing to poach him for 100 million euros, would he leave?
Even if the season is ongoing, what about the end of the season?
Then maybe Pacheco really got it right.
Even he couldn't explain clearly, and Lotito was probably even more frightened.
He has always been very kind to himself, polite in everything he says and does, and fully respects his own opinions.
He knows very well in his heart who is responsible for Lazio's current status.
Then it is obviously normal for him to want to retain himself by dividing shares.
but……
Do you need to accept it yourself?
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Chang Sheng did not answer Lotito's question in the end. He told Lotito that he needed to think about it carefully.
When he said this, he saw a flash of disappointment in Lotito's eyes.
Of course he knew that his failure to make a decision immediately on the spot would definitely disappoint Lotito and even make Lotito wonder whether he really wanted to leave Lazio.
But he couldn't care about these things.
He really couldn't give Lotito an answer right away.
He signed a contract with Lazio that only expires in four years, which means he has a long-term plan at Lazio.
He has stayed at Lazio for four years, and extending his contract for another four years means that he will stay at Lazio for eight years--if there are no accidents.
In an environment where Italian football is extremely impatient with head coaches, it is not easy to work for a team for eight years.
In Italian football, head coaches are changed very frequently.
According to the statistics of the upper two leagues in Italy and England in the four seasons from August 2000 to June 2004 (excluding those who will eventually enter the third pole league), it was found that people like Ferguson and former French Auxerre coach Guy
A "grandfather" head coach like Lu is quite rare in both Italy and England. In these four seasons, of the thirty-six Premier League and English Championship clubs, only 11 head coaches have persisted, accounting for 100% of the total.
Thirty-six points. What about the twenty-nine clubs in Serie A and Serie B? There are only three people!
Roma's Capello, Chievo's Delneri and Perugia's Cosmi, the "survival rate" of Italian league head coaches is only 10.3%!
The simple inference is that the Italian club management was even more impatient, and the three coaches who "survived" did not "survive" until the summer of 2006. In this summer, the eleven "survived" for four years
Among the English club managers, there are still five people who are "still alive": Manchester United's Ferguson, Arsenal's Wenger, Bolton's Allardyce, Sheffield United's Warnock and Crewe, who are more senior than Ferguson.
The old Glady and Charlton's Curbishley just resigned on their own initiative, otherwise Charlton would never sack this long-term coach with stable results.
But there is another reason, that is, Italian football coaches change frequently. After a head coach becomes famous, he may leave the team he is coaching and go to a bigger club. Ten percent
"Survival rate" at least shows that there are always vacancies at top clubs, and the opposite is true for England.
In these four seasons, the five most influential clubs in Serie A: Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Roma and Lazio have hired fifteen head coaches, while the five most successful clubs in the Premier League: Arsenal
, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and Newcastle United, only hired six head coaches, during which Vialli worked at Chelsea for less than half a year. In the past four years, each club in Serie A and Serie B hired an average of 4.7
Head coach, and England is 2.8.
But Italian football is well known for its lack of patience with head coaches. In the past four years, 12 relegated teams have changed their head coaches before being relegated. What about the 12 relegated English teams? Six of them did not change their head coaches.
Italian youth coach Ferrari believes that this is the result of Italian football, regardless of the process. Otherwise, how can we explain that Cagliari changed four head coaches in less than four months after the start of the 2005-2006 season?
Such instability can easily cause harm to Italian football. A head coach can only live in this moment, and they have to be short-sighted.
Understanding this, you will know how difficult it is for Chang Sheng to insist on making long-term plans at Lazio...
Even so, Chang Sheng dare not say that he and Lazio chairman Lotito can always be in the honeymoon period.
He knows many things about the future, but he cannot see clearly his own future path.
I can't say for sure.
Maybe it’s impossible to wait until the four-year contract ends, and I will start a new round of wandering again?
With his temper and his previous experiences, Chang Sheng felt that it would be difficult for him to stay in one club for a long time.
Lotito gave himself shares in the hope that he could stay at Lazio longer.
This is a bit like Wenger. There have always been rumors that Wenger has a stake in Arsenal.
But are shares safe?
Chang Sheng didn’t know exactly how many shares Lotito would give him, but he didn’t think it would be too many.
Otherwise, I would not be the head coach, but should be the club president...
After returning home, Chang Sheng told Avril the matter.
Avril was not as complicated as Chang Sheng thought. She asked Chang Sheng directly: "Is there anything to consider about this? If you have shares, you can get dividends. You made so much money for the club before, but you didn't get a penny. Now you can get the money, what are you still hesitating about? The shares are in your hands, and you have the initiative whether to leave or not. If you want to leave, then throw away the shares. No problem. No one can stop you."
This is really clear to the beholder but confused to the authorities.
Avril Lavigne explained Chang Sheng in one sentence.
Chang Sheng suddenly realized.
Yes, what are you struggling with?
Regardless of whether he is still in Lazio or not, it is not a bad thing after all that he has the equity in his hands now.
The shares Lotito gave himself would definitely not be too many, and they would probably be distributed as dividends at the end of each year. It was just a symbolic meaning, and it would not have much impact on his future.
Regardless of whether he plans to stay at Lazio or leaves in the future, this share will not be a hindrance.
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So Chang Sheng called Lotito, during which he expressed his gratitude to Lotito for his kindness and said that he was willing to accept the shares provided by the club.
This answer made Lotito very happy.
He laughed loudly on the phone.
"It would be best if you are willing to accept it, Chang! I'm afraid you won't accept it..."
Chang Sheng smiled and said: "How is that possible? I still have a career in Lazio..."
There is one sentence he hasn't said yet.
Who would mind having too much money?
There were no news reports on Lotito's grant of shares to Changsheng.
The two parties signed the equity transfer agreement in a low-key manner.
When Lotito first took over Lazio, he spent 25 million euros to purchase 30% of the shares of the Lazio club. In recent years, he has purchased shares in the securities market and now owns 10% of the Lazio club. Fifty-one shares.
Thirty percent made him the club's largest shareholder back then, and now it's even earlier.
He gave a portion of his 51% equity to Changsheng, which accounted for 3% of the club's total equity.
Not much indeed.
The symbolic meaning is greater than the practical meaning.
Lotito wanted to tell Chang Sheng through this move that he was with him and would always support him.
I hope to gain more trust and favor from Chang Sheng.
Although it seems like the economic card is being played, it is actually the emotional card.
By ceding his shares to Chang Sheng, he expressed his gratitude and dependence on Chang Sheng. In exchange for Chang Sheng's favor, the friendship between the two people deepened.
To be honest, when he renewed his contract with Chang Sheng, the liquidated damages of 50 million were already the highest in the coaching profession.
But the Real Madrid incident made him fully realize that the liquidated damages of 50 million euros are not worth mentioning in front of those wealthy people...
Liquidated damages cannot stop those clubs from spying for a win. At critical moments, they can only play the emotional card.
I hope that when Chang Sheng faces temptation, he will consider his kindness towards Chang Sheng, so that he can stay. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
