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Crazy celebration.

After winning the UEFA Cup, the next week or so was endless celebration from beginning to end.From the night when they won the UEFA Cup, West Ham fell into a frenzy.

Already in Portugal it's been a frenzy.

After returning to England, the carnival is endless.

Gather all the championship trophies together.Premier League champions, UEFA Cup champions, and League Cup champions, West Ham celebrated the three championships together.Because many championships are in the middle of the season, I can't celebrate well.Now that the season is over, it's time to bring it over and celebrate.In order to celebrate a great season, West Ham just paraded the streets three times, and each time more than 10 fans participated in the carnival.

After all, West Ham is a small club, not as good as Manchester United and Liverpool.They cheered for the championship, and tens of thousands of fans participated.But West Ham participated in about 10 people.

West Ham fans didn't feel that this kind of celebration was too much, because this was the most glorious moment in West Ham's century-old history.West Ham has won the Premier League title for the first time in its 40-year history, and the UEFA Cup title for the first time. Any championship is worthy of such celebration.It is now the third peak in West Ham's history.Prior to this, there were two peak periods in West Ham history, one was 30 years ago and the other was [-] years ago.

40 years ago, the then West Ham coach Ron Greenwood led West Ham to climb the first peak.He led West Ham to the FA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup, and at that time West Ham was the pride of England.Because of the 1966 World Cup championship, several main players are from West Ham United.It can be said that West Ham contributed a lot to England's World Cup victory.

Ten years later, 30 years ago, Ron Greenwood became West Ham general manager and his assistant John Lyle became West Ham manager.If Ron Greenwood is the creator of West Ham's first peak period, it is pioneering.Then John Lyle is his successor.John Lyle led West Ham to two FA Cup wins and a Cup Winners' Cup finish.

After that, West Ham began to decline.

It was not until Redknapp became the head coach that West Ham's performance began to stabilize.However, West Ham finally managed to accumulate a lineup that could qualify for the UEFA Cup, but was ruined by Rodell, which reduced West Ham to the second tier.

When Chen Ping came to West Ham, West Ham's performance began to rise again.And this season, Chen Ping led West Ham to win the Triple Crown, which is an unprecedented good result in West Ham's history.

In West Ham's [-]-year history, if Chen Ping is not counted, there are only four championships.That's three FA Cups and one Cup Winners' Cup.After Chen Ping came, he brought West Ham four championships within two seasons.

Premier League title, UEFA Cup title, two League Cup titles.

It's worth celebrating.

They'd love to celebrate all summer long if they could.A city has followed West Ham into a carnival.

Celebrating again and again made Chen Ping stupid and numb.

I'm going to throw up after drinking.

"This is honey water."

Nearly ten days had passed since the final, and Chen Ping was still groggy.Chen Ping didn't drink very much in the first place, and he drank too much these days, which made him very uncomfortable.Chen Ping is now very sure that no matter how much he celebrates in the future, he must not drink so much wine.Looking at the honey water, I immediately drank it with a "gudong gudong".

Every time Yu Wei drank in the past few days, she gave Chen Ping honey water.

"When will it end?"

Yu Wei sat behind Chen Ping and gently rubbed Chen Ping's temples.

Chen Ping said with a sigh of relief: "It's over, it's completely over. Yesterday the team was officially on vacation."

"Brother Xu called you just now."

"Brother Xu?"

Chen Ping took out his phone and found that Xu Hongtao had called him an hour ago.So immediately called Xu Hongtao.Xu Hongtao should be very busy now, because at the end of the season, the players under him performed amazingly well.He's busy giving his players new contracts.

Because the current contract cannot reflect their value at all.

Look at Lambert, that is a super center who is hitting the Ballon d'Or and has scored more than 60 goals for West Ham this season.But now his salary is only about 1.7 pounds a week, and his annual salary is around one million pounds.This season has won so many goal bonuses and championship bonuses, but the final income is only about 150 million pounds.This is not directly proportional to Lambert's contribution.

In the current West Ham, Defoe's weekly salary of 3 is much higher than that of Lambert.How could Xu Hongtao be satisfied?

And Ribery.

Ribery has performed amazingly in West Ham's offense this season, and even started to play the main force in the French national team.When Giggs and Pires were in a downturn this season, Ribery and Robben emerged in the Premier League.And Robben has suffered too many injuries, and he is completely inferior to Ribery in terms of goals and assists.Ribery has the status of the Premier League's first left midfielder.

But Ribery's salary is currently lower than Lambert's.

The situation of Lambert and Ribery is very similar, that is, they both played in the low-level leagues.When I joined West Ham two years ago, West Ham had just been relegated, so of course the salary was not high.Later, after being promoted to the Premier League, the salary increase was also limited.After all, for West Ham, Lambert and Ribery are playing in the Premier League for the first time, and it is impossible to give them a high salary.

But it's different now. Lambert and Ribery have become the thighs of West Ham, and they are the absolute core players of West Ham's triple crown this season.The current salary is a complete insult to them.

Take a look at the current treatment of top scorers in the Premier League.

Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy's weekly salary is 9 pounds, Arsenal's Henry's weekly salary is 5.5 pounds, but in order to keep Henry, Arsenal is ready to offer a large contract.Arsenal chairman Hill Wood publicly announced that Henry would be given a weekly salary of 10 pounds.

Other Chelsea strikers Drogba has a weekly salary of 9 pounds, Mutu has a weekly salary of 6 pounds, and the young Wayne Rooney has a weekly salary of 5 pounds when he signed for Manchester United last season.Compared with them, you can see how low the salaries of Lambert and Ribery are.

In addition to them, West Ham's regular substitute Leo Kok and the young player Noble from West Ham's youth training are all players under Xu Hongtao's banner.They have performed well in West Ham this season, so Xu Hongtao will sign a new contract for them.There are even many giants in European football who have taken a fancy to them.

I don't know how many rich and powerful teams have taken a fancy to these young players from West Ham.

So Xu Hongtao was relatively busy.

"Brother Xu, find me

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"Correct."

Xu Hongtao on the other end of the phone immediately said, "Are you awake?"

"Yeah. Just woke up."

"Are you all right now?"

"fine."

"Then you wait for me, I'll be there right away. I have something important to do."

Xu Hongtao hung up the phone in a hurry.

About 25 minutes later, when Chen Ping had just washed his face and was about to eat, Xu Hongtao came to Chen Ping.Xu Hongtao is Chen Ping's manager, and he and Chen Ping are also business partners.The two have cooperated well in the past few years and have a good relationship, so they are more casual.

Xu Hongtao immediately sat across from Chen Ping, and drank the coke that Yu Wei left for him in a "gurgling" manner.Then he wiped off his sweat and said, "West Ham's celebrations are so fierce these days, I didn't even have time to talk to you."

"What, is there something?"

"Ah."

Xu Hongtao nodded.

Then he said: "Pini Zahavi came to me before the end of the season. But it was the middle of the season, so I didn't come to you. I wanted to tell you after the UEFA Cup final, but the team celebrated too much. long."

"Who is he going to work with?"

Chen Ping put down the chopsticks in his hand and looked up at Xu Hongtao.

With West Ham's excellent results, West Ham is also attracting top European football agents.Currently in West Ham, there are already many agents coming in and out.After Mendes originally operated Pepe, he didn't care much about this transfer.However, with Pepe's outstanding performance this season, the number of times Mendes has entered and exited West Ham has gradually increased.Because Pepe's growth rate is too fast, Mendes is very surprised.

There is also Pini Zahavi, the Argentine agent Huo Brachin, who has begun to frequent West Ham.Chen Ping disliked the coming and going of these agents very much, but this Chen Ping couldn't stop him.After all, their players are at West Ham, and they come to West Ham with justification.

Moreover, when Chen Ping becomes a coach in the future, he still needs to deal with these agents.Don't offend them now.

"Arshavin."

"What do you mean?"

"Abramovich has taken a fancy to Arshavin. Arshavin is Russian, and Abramovich thinks Arshavin is suitable for joining Chelsea. Originally Mourinho was against it, but this season Mourinho's performance is not good. , There is a crisis of getting out of class. Therefore, the transfer power in the hands of Mourinho this summer will be greatly restricted. Arshavin is the player Abramovich personally named. Pini Zahavi asked me to apologize to you , saying that Chelsea is bound to win this matter."

"Arshavin?"

Chen Ping had a headache.

Arshavin was a genius, a real genius.Good technique, fast speed, good physical fitness, good passing, good shooting, can play as a winger in the frontcourt, and can play as a second striker.Even Arsenal is the most spiritual player.In terms of creativity in a small space, no one can compare with Arshavin.Even Franck Ribery, who moves in a small space and passes the ball beyond others, is no match for Arshavin.

In fact, in the middle of the season, Chen Ping prefers the striker combination of Lambert and Arshavin.Compared with the combination of Lambert and Defoe, Chen Ping prefers the combination of Lambert and Arshavin.

"Arshavin has already decided?"

"Of course. If Arshavin hadn't been persuaded, how could Pini Zahavi find me here. I have heard from Pini Zahavi that as long as Arshavin moves to Chelsea, Chelsea will give Arshavin £8 Think about it, what kind of weekly salary West Ham can give Arshavin. Thirty thousand? Forty thousand? I guess with West Ham’s situation, even if you win the Triple Crown this time, it will be difficult for Arshavin to get it. A weekly salary of [-] pounds. I guess no matter how much West Ham make concessions, the team's maximum salary will hardly be more than [-] pounds. But other rich teams can casually come up with a weekly salary of [-] to [-] pounds. It's easy to pay £[-] to £[-], £[-] for a good player."

Chen Ping was silent.

Because what Xu Hongtao said was correct.

After the development of commercial football, the reason why strong teams are stronger and weak teams are weaker is because of money.Those with money are getting stronger and stronger, while those without money can only decline.A giant team like Manchester United has a high income, so it has an absolute advantage in the era of commercial football.Look at why Arsenal are working so hard to build a stadium, just to squeeze into the ranks of these high-income teams.

Too bad West Ham can't.

West Ham's game income is not high, and commercial income is even pitifully low.With West Ham's good results, the income of the game can increase rapidly.As long as the ticket price is increased, the revenue of the stadium can be increased in a short time.However, it is impossible to increase commercial income in a short period of time.

Like Manchester United, after Ferguson retired, his performance was poor, but their commercial income has been increasing steadily.The reason is simple, that is, where the Manchester United brand is and where the influence is.

But a club like West Ham can't.

Because of lack of influence.That's not something a season or two of strong performance can make up for.For a girl like West Ham, unless she is taken care of by some rich people, it is impossible for her income to increase much in a short period of time.

In other words, there is a limit to the increase in player salaries.

Unless West Ham wants to follow the old path like Leeds United, otherwise the increase of players' salaries must be planned.But it was a good idea. When West Ham slowly raised the salary of the players, those players all ran away.

This is evident in European football.

Are there any dark polo teams in European football? In fact, there are.But dark polo teams rarely last.It is because once the results are good, their players will be bought away immediately, and there is no way to keep the players.

This is the sorrow of the little ***.

"I know about this."

Chen Ping sighed.

Didn't force it.Owen said something when he quarreled with Liverpool fans later, that is, you fans can believe in a team for a lifetime, but you are just a player and you have to make money.So it's impossible to stay on one team all your life.

This is the case with Arshavin.

If I go to Chelsea, I will immediately be able to get a salary that is more than double that of West Ham, four or five times higher than the current salary, of course I will be tempted.And Chelsea itself is a strong team, a strong team capable of chasing championships.Chelsea has been the runner-up of the Premier League for two consecutive seasons and the semi-finals of the Champions League, with very stable results.Plus the Russian owner is a Russian, of course Arshavin is willing to go to Chelsea.

There is nothing to blame for this.

"Chen Ping, don't you have any other ideas?"