Chapter 373 Sincerity

Li Qing's agreement to sign with Nike does not mean that the treatment Mendes mentioned is the final treatment given by Nike. As the top giant in the world football agent circle, he will get better treatment for his players, so the time for Li Qing to sign with Nike has not been determined, but... the time can be determined before the World Cup.

The quadrennial Taotie event is an excellent exposure opportunity. Nike's think tank cannot be unaware of it, and they are willing to accept it even if they pay a little more. After all, Li Qing is very well-known now, and signing him is a profit.

Li Qing is a Chinese player with a great appeal in Greater China. For this... Nike's market research department cannot be unaware, otherwise there is no need for this department to exist.

Back to the point, the day when Liverpool resumed training was the first day of the England national team's training camp at St. George's Park training base in Staffordshire. The domestic media in England maintained a high level of attention, but since there was still some time before the start of the World Cup, most of the media's focus was still on the 2017-2018 Champions League final, which would kick off in four days.

The last time a Premier League team won the Champions League was in the 2011-2012 season. As the recognized first league in the world football today, the Premier League has not had a team advance to the Champions League final for six years, which makes people feel that it is not worthy of its reputation. Now that Liverpool has reached the final after eleven years away from the Champions League final, it is natural to keep an eye on it.

In addition, Liverpool performed perfectly in the 2017-2018 season, winning the final championships in the league, League Cup and FA Cup. The league also created a cross-season 54-round unbeaten record and the highest points record in the European League. It is very likely to win the Champions League.

Although Real Madrid's overall lineup is better than Liverpool, Liverpool has Li Qing, who suddenly emerged. Liverpool fans and English fans believe that the team that will laugh last is Liverpool.

The Spanish media have similar views to the English media, except that they support different teams. They did not deny that Liverpool performed well in the domestic competitions in the past 2017-2018 season, but the Champions League is a competition on another level. Real Madrid has won the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. The valuable experience of advancing to the Champions League final three times in a row is not available to Liverpool, who returned to the Champions League final after eleven years.

The English and Spanish media are undermining each other, but Liverpool and Real Madrid, as the teams involved, are concentrating on preparing for the Champions League final that is coming soon.

The Champions League final is the first time for many Liverpool players, but it is the second time for Klopp. Five years ago, in the Champions League final of the 2012-2013 season, Dortmund, which he coached, lost to Bayern 1:2 and missed the championship.

Five years later, he made a comeback as the coach of Liverpool. He hopes to lead the team to win the championship and become the five-time champion of the season!

As one of the few middle-aged coaches with unique personalities in the world football today, he always has a dream of winning the Champions League.

If the team does not have a phenomenal player like Li Qing, it may be difficult for Liverpool to win the Champions League, but with Li Qing, Liverpool becomes different!

Champion?

That's for sure!

Of course, Klopp is not proud and complacent. After many failures, he knows that confidence is a good thing, but he cannot be arrogant, otherwise he will only suffer the consequences.

"Speed! Speed! Speed!"

"Run! Be decisive! Don't hesitate!"

"Li! Shoot if you can! You are a player with absolute firing rights! Don't hesitate at any time! You must be decisive!"

"Alexander, can you pass the ball on time?"

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At the Melwood training base, Klopp can be seen yelling at the players on the field from time to time. It is not difficult to see that he feels the pressure brought by the Champions League final.

At Valdebebas Sports City, Real Madrid's first-team training base, head coach Zidane frowned as he watched the players train. The players are still the same group of players who won the Champions League consecutively, but the players' mentality has changed a lot.

Bale, who won three Champions League trophies when he came to Real Madrid, showed the most obvious performance. It’s not that he has a problem with his training attitude, but he lacks the confidence to win. It gives Zidane a feeling that it’s good to win the Champions League, but it doesn’t matter if he can’t.

Then, he looked at the team’s top star Cristiano Ronaldo, the only player he is confident of.

Compared with other players in Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo is in the best mental state.

Messi, the star of the mortal rival Barcelona, ​​performed well. The existence of the two of them played a role in spurring each other. In addition, Li Qing’s outstanding performance put Cristiano Ronaldo under great pressure, especially Li Qing raised his single-season Champions League record in the 2013-2014 season by five goals in his first season, which made him feel very frustrated.

Cristiano Ronaldo is not an ordinary player. He will not be defeated by frustration. He will become more and more courageous. Therefore, the state he showed in training is the best.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has reached the age of 33, is always the first to come to Valdebebas Sports City for training, and is always the last to leave. People have to admire his high enthusiasm for training.

If half of the team's players can be like Ronaldo, what is he worried about?

Winning is everything!

The day before the Liverpool team went to Kiev, two days before the Champions League final, Li Qing finished training and went to a famous Western restaurant in the center of Liverpool, where his agent Mendes had been waiting for a long time.

"Li, this is for you."

As soon as Li Qing sat down, Mendes pushed the titanium alloy box on the table in front of Li Qing.

"Uncle Jorge, what is this?"

"You'll know when you open it."

"So mysterious?"

Li Qing's suspicious eyes shifted from Mendes to the box in front of him. It looked more like a special shoe box for holding shoes. There was a Nike swoosh on the top of the box. He suddenly thought of something: "Uncle Jorge, this Is it the new sneaker specially developed for me by Nike that you told me about before?”

"That's right."

Mendes nodded lightly, took a sip of coffee from the table, and said with a smile, "Still so smart."

Li Qing smiled and opened the lock of the buckle, and inside was a pair of black Nike sneakers folded in half. To say black sneakers is a bit inappropriate, because black is just the background color, and the classic Nike swoosh ranges from fluorescent green to Danxia orange, The fiery red gradient and the deep blue sea water extend from the heel, full of artistic contradictions.

“These sneakers look great!”

Li Qing fell in love with these shoes from the first sight.

Subsequently, Mendes informed Li Qing that Nike's final offer was an endorsement fee of 15 million euros per year, with an annual increase of 10%, and the contract was signed for six years.

Within the next year, Nike will launch the Lee series of sneakers, and Li Qing will enjoy 10% of the profits from the sneakers, which means that for every 100 euros in profit Nike earns from selling a pair of Lee series sneakers in the future, Li Qing will receive 10 euros in the account.

Maybe 10 euros is not much, but once a sufficient amount is accumulated, it is a very considerable income.

I have to say that Nike is more sincere than Adidas.