From the man behind the football king to the football king

The Algerian, who only spent 300,000 euros with Udinese last summer, quickly grew into a regular main player for Udinese in the dream season that just passed. This season he represented Udinese in 36 games in Serie A, Europa League and Italian Cup, contributing 7 goals and 8 assists.

With his outstanding performance in Udinese, the 23-year-old Algerian was successfully selected for the Algerian national team, and quickly secured his main position, participating in the Brazilian World Cup finals with the team.

When he was with Bruno, Kanter and Cancelo, he often used this to show off.

Faced with this guy's pretense, Bruno and the others could only be incompetent and furious, and then beat the kid to vent their depressed mood.

Now, I didn’t expect that this guy would be the first of the four to leave Udinese.

What makes Bruno jealous is the salary offered by Leicester City for Mahrez: a weekly salary of 20,000 pounds!

Converted into euros, this is equivalent to an annual salary of 1.28 million euros, which is higher than his contract renewal that has not yet been completed!

In Udinese, Mahrez's annual salary is only 200,000 euros, not even a fraction of what Leicester City gives him!

Originally, Mendes was also negotiating contract extensions with Udinese for three other players, including Mahrez. But that's just incidental, Bruno's contract renewal is the key.

"You're welcome, I want to share your income, so working for you is also making money for me. You're welcome, Bruno." Mendes smiled.

As long as Bruno's jerseys sell well, Bruno may earn millions of euros every year from this alone.

The next two or three seasons will be a period of soaring transfer fees.

Not long after Mahrez's transfer was concluded, Udinese finally chose to step back, which also contributed to Bruno's contract extension.

The annual salary is 3 million euros before tax, which is more than double that of Bruno's first contract.

It’s simply shocking!

Bruno knew in his heart that he might have already transferred and left Udinese before he could finish the contract.

As for the liquidated damages clause, the liquidated damages clause is set at 100 million euros, and it is stipulated that the liquidated damages clause can only be activated when there is one year left in the contract, and cannot be activated before that.

For Mahrez, he has achieved a leap in his income and gained tangible benefits.

"By the way, talking about sharing, do I need to give you some money from my salary?" Bruno asked.

For Udinese, although they were blackmailed by Mendes to a certain extent, this transfer brought them 12 million euros in real money and a net profit of 40 million euros in one year. This kind of deal is simply not a good deal.

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Generally, the more important players and the bigger the players, the more bonuses they receive, so this bonus distribution ratio also needs to be negotiated by the agent in the contract with the club.

In the new terms, if Udinese wants to use Bruno's image rights, it needs to pay Bruno a certain proportion. If it sells the jersey with Bruno's number and name on it, it will also give Bruno a share.

After all, based on Bruno's performance in the past season, if he can be poached for only 40 million euros, other teams may have to fight for it.

"Club?" Bruno was a little surprised. He had always thought that the so-called agent taking money from the player's salary meant that the player himself gave the money to the agent. Unexpectedly, it was the club.

Thinking of this, Bruno noticed that the salary paid to him by Udinese before was directly based on his salary level and paid to him directly after tax deduction.

As for the agent's salary being paid by the club, Bruno doesn't know why there is such a rule, but he doesn't care if he is not allowed to pay.

As for the future, Bruno is even more aware of how outrageous the transfer fee will rise to.

This is also the reason why Mendes proposed the right to image when liquidated damages were not even negotiated. This was his idea. It seemed that he cared about liquidated damages, but in fact, what he cared about most was the right to image.

Especially the summer of 2016.

In addition to salary, bonuses are also an important part of a player's annual income at the club.

After hanging up the phone, Bruno started to collect emails and then read them.

However, Bruno's performance on the court is also matched.

Unlike Chinese clubs, European clubs have a single-game winning award. Instead, they have a target bonus before the season, such as league championship award, Champions League seat award, etc.

When Bruno learned that Mahrez had transferred to the newly promoted Premier League team Leicester City, he had just returned home to Portugal after completing a forty-day special training.

Mendes used the liquidated damages to obtain more favorable conditions for himself and Bruno. It seemed like a concession from Mendes, but it was a huge step forward in the negotiation process.

According to what Mendes revealed to Bruno, Leicester City spent a full transfer fee of 10 million pounds in order to acquire Mahrez, which is equivalent to about 12.3 million euros.

"Yes, my commission is 10% of your salary, which is actually not much. This money does not come from your salary, but the Udinese club takes out a separate sum of money based on your salary. Come give it to me," Mendes explained.

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In addition, there are also goals and assists awards, which are also very important for Bruno, who has strong scoring and assisting abilities.

"No need for that, ha!" Mendes laughed, "Your money is your money, my commission is paid by the club."

Before that, Bale was the only player born in world football whose transfer fee exceeded 100 million euros.

"The specific terms of the contract have been negotiated. I will send a contract document to your email. You can take a look. If you have any questions, you can call me at any time. If there are no problems, we can make an appointment. Signed," Mendes said on the phone.

The addition of such a restrictive clause is naturally to prevent a team from poaching Bruno for 100 million euros in the second year of the contract.

In one year, Udinese made a profit of 40 times from this investment!

But within two days of his leisurely days, he received a call from Mendes, and his contract extension was finally settled. Although the process was very bumpy, the negotiation was finally concluded, and it was the conditions Mendes wanted.

Bruno's bonus distribution ratio is also the highest among all players, even more than captain Di Natale.

Of course, Mendes also made some concessions, that is, allowing Udinese to increase the amount of the liquidated damages clause to 100 million euros.

He has a week off before the start of the new season.

According to Mendes, he facilitated Mahrez's transfer in order to put pressure on Udinese to make concessions on Bruno's contract extension.

On the one hand, it is because as he grows older and his performance on the court becomes more stable and outstanding, more and more wealthy clubs will definitely keep an eye on him.

But since the summer of 2016, a transfer fee of 100 million euros seems to have become the threshold for so-called big-money transfers. If your transfer fee does not reach 100 million euros, it will be difficult for people to think that you will be a superstar.

Of course, the possibility of getting this bonus is almost zero. The real hope is the Champions League seat award.

You must know that for today's Italian football, a transfer fee of 100 million euros is considered a huge amount, but for the giants in La Liga and the Premier League, 100 million euros is not unaffordable. For example, when Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid five years ago, the transfer fee was close to 100 million euros; and last summer when Bale moved to Real Madrid, the transfer fee directly reached 101 million euros.

Obviously, it is precisely because Bruno's contract extension has not been negotiated that it has delayed Mahrez's contract extension negotiations. In the end, the outsider Leicester City showed up and spent money on Udinese and Mahrez, which finally facilitated the transfer.

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Among them, Neymar's transfer to Paris was born, with a transfer fee of more than 200 million euros.

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However, this transfer has achieved a win-win situation for all parties.

Since Udinese finished third in Serie A last season and was once a strong contender for the league championship, Bruno's contract includes a league championship bonus clause.

The contract period is 4 years, which is 1 year less than the 5 years of the previous contract.

For Leicester City, they have acquired a powerful player, which is very important for the team's relegation cause in the new season.

If the team finally wins the league championship or locks in a Champions League spot, all players can receive different amounts of bonuses according to different proportions.

In other words, this new contract does not actually extend Bruno's time at Udinese.

The liquidated damages clause became a step for Udinese to step down, so that both parties could accept it.

For Mendes, through this transfer, he not only received a commission, but also showed his determination to Udinese, thus promoting Bruno's contract renewal process.

Bruno's annual salary for the previous season was 1.2 million euros, and 10% was 120,000 euros. For Mendes, who has a lot of big-name players, it is really nothing.

After signing this contract, Bruno's salary has become the highest in Udinese, and he is the only one in the team.

Bruno had already known the amount of various bonuses, and they only appeared on the contract after he nodded with satisfaction.

Bruno nodded and said: "Okay, Jorge. Thank you for your hard work."

The famous black shop in Europe really deserves its reputation!

On the other hand, the platform of Udinese will soon become a shackle for Bruno's growth. If he wants to develop further, he must break out of this small world.

In fact, Bruno has already attracted the attention of many wealthy teams. It's just that Bruno's experience in the top league is still too little, which makes these wealthy teams still have some doubts about Bruno, and they have not spent a lot of money to poach him.