Chapter 49: The Road to Famous Coach
The contract expires on May 31st.
This is normal and occurs with most season contracts.
In fact, because of the World Cup in Germany, this season's La Liga and Champions League will only last until mid-May.
All in all, Real Madrid's salary for about two months was 200,000 euros after tax.
This treatment has exceeded Gao Shen’s previous expectations.
According to the current exchange rate between the euro and the RMB, 200,000 euros is roughly equivalent to 2 million RMB.
Earning two million in two months is a very lucrative contract no matter how you look at it.
What really surprised Gao Shen was the bonus.
The signing fee is 100,000 euros, which can be received after signing the contract. It can also be regarded as a reward for Gao Shen leading the team to the quarterfinals of the Champions League and defeating Atletico Madrid in the derby.
Next is the team's performance. Real Madrid is currently ranked second in the league. The contract is quite generous. If the team can maintain its current ranking after the end of the season, Gao Shen can also get an additional bonus of 300,000 euros.
But if the team can reverse Barcelona and win the La Liga championship, the bonus will reach one million euros.
In the Champions League, Real Madrid eliminated Arsenal and entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The draw has not yet been announced, but according to the contract, as long as Real Madrid advances to the semi-finals, Gao Shen can receive another 500,000 euros in bonuses. If they can reach the finals, they can receive another 1 million euros in bonuses.
If you win the championship, you can get an additional bonus of 2 million euros.
When Gao Shen saw the contract, his first reaction was that it was a bit unreal. It was not that the salary was too low, but that it was too high. So he couldn't help but look up and glance at Butragueno, trying to detect something from his eyes.
But soon, he figured out the reason.
In fact, this contract can only be considered good, not very good.
Just talking about salary, the median annual salary of the head coaches of the 20 La Liga teams is currently between 800,000 and 1 million euros. Gao Shen coaches Real Madrid, and his salary is almost the same as Carlo, but cannot be compared with Luxemburgo, not to mention those famous coaches.
There are reports that Real Madrid is in contact with Juventus head coach Capello, offering Capello's team an annual salary of 7.5 million euros, which is the value of the world's top coach.
Gao Shen is just a short-term job because everyone knows that it is unlikely that he will stay after the end of this season.
Two hundred thousand euros for two months is considered quite generous.
As for the bonus, only maintaining the second place in the league can get 300,000, but this is also very difficult, not to mention reversing Barcelona.
It is basically an impossible task to get the league's one million euro championship bonus.
The same is true for the Champions League. With every step forward, the requirements for the team become higher. By the time they reach the quarterfinals, no matter who they meet, their strength will not be much weaker than Arsenal, and it may even be more difficult to play.
So, bonuses are a bit like the company's business commission. You have to make more profits for the company, and the company will give you a small portion as a reward.
The 2 million euro prize money for winning the Champions League is just for fun.
Who would believe that the current Real Madrid team could reach the Champions League final and win the title?
Gao Shen never sets such long-term and unattainable goals for himself. He prefers to be down-to-earth.
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"Is there any problem with the contract?" Butragueno asked, noticing Gao Shen's abnormality.
Florentino asked Redondo to call him and said that Gao Shen's contract could be as generous as possible, so he made the decision and increased Gao Shen's salary a little. Could it be that he was still not satisfied?
Gao Shen shook his head and said, "No, I just think the treatment is a bit too good."
After saying this, Gao Shen started laughing.
Butragueno saw that Gao Shen was not pretending, so he laughed too. "In fact, many of us really appreciate everything you have done for the team in the past ten days, and we are also very curious about how you can lead this team next."
"Good job, Gao. I and many others hope that you will stay at Real Madrid after the end of this season."
Gao Shen smiled and nodded, but he was secretly dissatisfied.
Damn, isn’t this chicken soup usually fed to others by oneself?
To stay in Real Madrid, you must have done a good job and been recognized, but the question is, if you do a good job and get recognition, who would be willing to stay in Real Madrid?
Gao Shen is self-aware. This is due to the turmoil in Real Madrid this season, coupled with the changes brought about by time travel and the golden finger. Otherwise, with his status, how could he become the head coach of Real Madrid?
No matter how good his performance is now, Real Madrid will definitely put things right after the end of this season. Er, no, they will hire a famous coach.
Besides, coaching Real Madrid is a thankless job.
The locker room is full of conflicts, the club has high demands, the fans are picky, the public opinion environment is so unfriendly, and the chairman is not a good person. It seems that it is not suitable for a rookie like Gao Shen to level up.
For him, the best development is to win recognition in Real Madrid, and then carefully select a team with less coaching pressure as a novice village for leveling up, and first hone his skills. After all, a good iron must be hard to forge.
As for the head coach of Real Madrid, even if he really wants to become the head coach, it will be after he has achieved success and fame, and then he will return home in glory.
In the short term, it is obviously unreliable.
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When he came out of the Bernabeu, Gao Shen was already the official head coach of Real Madrid.
Of course, it is just a draft contract for now, but it is legally binding.
As soon as Gao Shen went out, he called Fernando Lucas and told him that he was waiting for him at home. Then he called Carlo and told him that Butragueno had agreed to hire Buenaventura.
After making two phone calls, Gao Shen called a taxi back to the Hortaleza district.
After returning to his rented house, he went into the tactical library and began to study the match against Valencia.
In this battle, Real Madrid had to rotate its players.
Zidane, Beckham, Elguera, even Raul and Gravesen, have all consumed a lot of energy in the midweek games, and these players are getting older, so it will probably be difficult for them to play on the weekend.
This is also a common characteristic of professional players.
The older ones are more experienced, but their physical functions decline and their recovery speed is much slower; the younger ones are in very good health and recover quickly, and they have no problem playing two games in a week, but they lack experience and are rash and impetuous.
Therefore, the real golden age of professional players is often those years when their physical fitness and experience are perfectly balanced.
But this group of Real Madrid players basically passed.
Starting from Ranieri in the 1990s to Cooper and Benítez later, Valencia has always been one of the best defensive teams in La Liga. So far this season, it has only conceded 21 goals in 26 games, and its defensive level is the best in La Liga.
Thirty-seven goals also ranked third in La Liga, behind only Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The Bats are ranked third in the league, which is well deserved.
From Real Madrid's perspective, Valencia's defense is strong, but its offense is average.
Of the thirty-seven goals, half came from the gourd boy, David Villa.
A player who can make Valencia pay a transfer fee of 10 million euros must be very powerful.
However, the good news is that Vicente, known as the strongest left winger in Europe, was injured in the 20th round match against Real Betis and may be out of action for the season.
As for Gao Shen's most admired midfielder David Silva, he is still training with Celta Vigo.
If nothing unexpected happens, Valencia should still adopt a 4-2-3-1 formation, which will be a tough battle.
The problem Gao Shen is facing now is that the team must rotate, but Real Madrid's rotation lineup may not be able to suppress Valencia away from home.
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While Gao Shen was studying how to restrain Valencia in the tactical library, Fernando Lucas came to the door with two packed dinners.
This guy has been coming to Gaoshen quite often in recent times and he almost treats this place as his home.
Gao Shen told him that he was planning to arrange for him to study at public expense. Lucas was very surprised and stared at Gao Shen with an expression of disbelief.
"What? You don't want to go?" Gao Shen was a little surprised.
"No, of course not. I just didn't expect that you would give me such an opportunity." Lucas' face was full of surprise.
"What's that?" Gao Shen was quite satisfied with Lucas's reaction. "You majored in economics and are sensitive to data It would be more effective to ask you to study data analysis. More importantly, this will be the future of professional football."
"you sure?"
"Let me tell you this. In the future, every team will have at least two or three data and video analysts. Even all top coaches will have a familiar analyst on their coaching staff. What do you think?"
Gao Shen said it so seriously that Lucas actually believed it.
If what Gao Shen said is true, then Gao Shen is now giving him a bright and promising future.
This touched Lucas' heart.
"Don't worry, I will make good use of this opportunity. When the time comes, you will be a world-famous coach, and I will be your analyst." Lucas couldn't help but outline a beautiful blueprint for the future.
Gao Shen laughed and shook his head, feeling in his heart that young people tend to think too much.
Is it so easy to become a world-famous coach?
Apart from anything else, after coming out of Real Madrid's second team, Benítez was silent and wandering for many years before he emerged in Tenerife and then made a splash in Valencia.
Even for a young player like Guardiola, not to mention his world-class career, how many years did he prepare for coaching after retirement?
There is also the legendary Nagelsmann in German football. He looks very young, but he has also played football for many years. After retiring, he slowly rose through the youth team step by step. Finally, after years of training in Hoffenheim and Leipzig Red Bull, he was able to coach Bayern Munich. This is when he began to touch the threshold of a world-famous coach.
Gao Shen is only 25 years old, and he was able to coach Real Madrid by accident. His starting point is already very high, but his foundation is still very weak. This is very dangerous both from the perspective of the workplace and from the perspective of professional football.
Therefore, Gao Shen has a very clear understanding and long-term planning for his career.
Even if you are a time traveler, even if you have a tactical library, you still need to take one step at a time and lay a solid foundation.
Otherwise, if he is not careful, he might have no choice but to return to China to speculate in real estate.
