Chapter 170 What Is the Dream?

Lazio's lineup is dominated by young players. These young players are full of vitality, but they are also easy to satisfy.

Because they had never won any honors before, they actually won the league championship for two consecutive seasons in Lazio, which made them feel that they had nothing to pursue. As for the Champions League champions... that's still too far away from them. They don't think they have the ability to win the Champions League in a short period of time.

The league championship is the highest honor they pursue.

Now I find that even defending the title is very easy.

The strings of the Lazio players naturally loosened.

They start thinking about something more practical.

These things can't be satisfied by Chang Sheng shouting a few words.

Matter, do they drink Mistral without money?

Falcao came to ask for a salary increase because of his outstanding performance, and Chang Sheng also admitted that the two sides are negotiating. Chang Sheng thinks that it won't be long before more players' agents will come to him... If by then, he can't meet the salary requirements of these agents, I'm afraid something will go wrong...

"Gazzetta dello Sport" is certainly hateful, because he told a truth, a big truth, a truth.

That is, how many people would be willing to get an annual salary of up to two million euros in Lazio? With their performance in Lazio and Lazio's results, as long as they are willing to change jobs, there will be many clubs willing to give them the price they want.

In the time and space that Chang Sheng is familiar with. Lazio has not been able to attract enough famous stars for several years because their salary budget is too low. What was the highest annual salary of two million euros in that era... In that era, only rookies could make such a low salary. Still insist on the top new of two million euros. Later, it was slightly loosened, and this standard was increased to 2.1 million euros...

Two million one hundred thousand!

Two million one hundred thousand!

This growth rate is not as good as the growth rate of retirement wages in China!

In order to sign Klose. They raised the salary standard to 2.1 million.

The hardship of Lazio's finances can be imagined.

Even if there is Changsheng in this time and space,

Lazio's finances are a little better, but not so much.

Unless the debt is fully paid off, it is impossible for Lazio to adjust the salary scale.

In this way, it will inevitably cause people to move.

There is no way.

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Chang Sheng doesn't go to the locker room often, he leaves the space to the players themselves.

But he could also sense that the atmosphere in the locker room was changing.

There is one obvious example. That's when the players start talking more about pay.

Especially when it was said that Falcao and the team started to negotiate a contract extension, everyone became more concerned.

There's nothing wrong with caring about your salary.

But if you're not as committed to training and racing as you were before while caring about your income, then there's a problem.

It's just started now, and Chang Sheng hasn't seen any problems yet.

So the above are all conjectures.

The next thing to do is to wait and see.

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Next, Gazzetta dello Sport reported news about Lazio players dissatisfied with their income.

This time, I didn't specify which player, but said in general that Lazio's current maximum salary system has a big problem and cannot fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the players.

At first, Chang Sheng thought that Gazzetta dello Sport was digging out the secrets inside the Lazio locker room.

But then he discovered what internal secrets!

"Gazzetta dello Sport" does not need to dig news clues inside Lazio. They only need a plausible concept, and then keep repeating it, and they can confuse many players.

This fucking is simply sowing discord!

And what Gazzetta dello Sport said is what everyone knows. The evidence is overwhelming.

For example, Lazio's maximum salary is indeed very low, only two million. And the current salaries of Lazio players can be found by those who are interested. Although the numbers reported in the media are not accurate, they are probably always right.

For example, Falcao's annual salary of 500,000 is more accurately reported by the media.

They only need to list the current annual salaries of the players, and everyone will find that these players who are so famous on the court earn really low income...

Some people are already calling Lotito Grandet.

It's not far from being scolded by Chang Sheng himself.

But being scolded is not important. Chang Sheng has been scolded often since he became a professional head coach.

What worries him is the media hype. It will directly cause people in the locker room to be moved.

He can prevent the players from being interviewed by the media, but he cannot prevent the media from reporting this matter...

And Chang Sheng can't blame the players who want to pursue high salaries for their outstanding performance. They should get high salaries.

You can negotiate with some players whose salary is Changsheng, as long as it does not exceed two million, you can sign. But some players may not be able to satisfy them with two million...

This is like the team's second shooter Benzema.

Back in Lyon, it had already caught some people's attention. However, Chang Sheng acted first and snatched Benzema to Lazio.

In Lazio's three seasons, Benzema has improved significantly.

In the first season, Benzema scored a league goal. And a UEFA Cup goal.

In the second season, last season, Benzema's league goals increased to fourteen, in addition to three Champions League goals.

After Jaime played in the league this season, he has already scored eight league goals. Four Champions League goals.

Everyone can see that his insurance is rising in a straight line.

Everyone saw the potential of Benzema.

Born in 1987, he has just turned 20 years old, and he has such an outstanding performance.

He has successfully attracted the attention of major European giants.

Compared with Falcao, Benzema is more versatile. In addition to scoring, he can also play as a winger and a shadow striker.

His technical characteristics are also more comprehensive.

He can shoot and score, and he can also dribble the ball and send assists over several people. He is fast. The technique is good, and the appearance is also good.

Such a player has both competitive value and commercial value, and is a star that many teams want to get.

I am afraid that he will not be willing to only take an annual salary of one million euros.

In fact, even if it is one million euros, it is still the result of Benzema and the team renewing his contract once. When he first arrived in Lazio, he only had an annual salary of 300,000 euros.

Finished a season. After his outstanding performance, the team renewed his contract and directly raised his salary to one million.

Now if he continues to maintain this state this season, I am afraid that the team will negotiate a new contract with him again.

But Chang Sheng didn't know if he could keep him this time.

For the departure of the players, Chang Sheng is psychologically prepared. When he bought these players, some of them were sold with the intention of selling them.

It's just that he doesn't want to make the locker room panic and smoky just because these players are leaving. Everyone's mind is out of the game.

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Lazio lost 1:3 to Naples in the last away game.

In addition to the poor performance of the players on the field, several mistakes by the goalkeeper Handanovic are also the key.

In the game, he made two misjudgment of catching the high ball.

Then the goalkeeper coach Tomasi also reflected that during this period, Handanovic's performance in training was not very active.

Under Changsheng's big rotation policy, one person's position is the most stable.

That person is the main goalkeeper Handanovic.

There are more or less substitutes in other positions, but Handanovic has no substitutes at all.

Although Lazio has two substitute goalkeepers registered, except for a very few games, these two goalkeepers drawn from the youth team and the reserve team have no chance to play at all.

After Handanovic squeezed out Peruzzi, he became the main goalkeeper of Lazio. No one can threaten his position.

In the previous signings, Changsheng bought a defender. He has also bought midfielders and forwards. After the introduction of Handanovic, he has never bought a goalkeeper.

So no one can threaten Handanovic's performance.

Handanovic's agent is also negotiating a new contract with the club.

Handanovic is willing to stay in Lazio, because Lazio is the absolute main force, and it is hard to say to other teams.

But he needs a decent salary.

Now the two sides are negotiating, and it is not far from the end of the negotiation.

Because Handanovic didn't ask for too much salary. He asked for a raise to 1.5 million euros.

This is within the range that Lazio can afford financially.

In other respects, both parties have no objection.

It seems that maybe the book renewal has affected Handanovic, making him a little bit out of focus.

Chang Sheng is not in a hurry about Handanovic's question. He felt that after the new contract was negotiated, it should be fine.

What he has to worry about now is how to control the thoughts in the locker room.

He could not ban the spread of the media. It is also impossible to keep the players from watching the news.

Then the news will always affect them.

this is a big problem.

If Chang Sheng scolds the reporters and the media, it may also arouse the dissatisfaction of the players.

Because the media are speaking for the players, complaining about their low income...

To put it bluntly, when the team has already won two league championships and is about to win a third league championship, these players are no longer the foolish kids they used to be.

What Chang Sheng used to control them before is gradually losing its effectiveness.

Glory and dreams.

They have won the glory, and now their dreams have also changed. They are no longer just able to be an outstanding professional player, they also want to go to a bigger stage and become superstars!

And these, they feel that neither Changsheng nor Lazio can give them.

It is impossible for people to have only one dream in this life. When this dream is realized, they will naturally have a second, third... more dreams.

Winning the league title in football is a dream, and winning the Champions League is also a dream.

It is a dream to become a professional player with an annual income of 100,000 euros. It is also a dream to become a star with an annual income of one million euros. Although it is far away to become a superstar with an annual income of tens of millions, it is indeed a dream.

It is a dream to hope to support a family by playing football, to enjoy a better life by playing football, to live in a luxury house, to drive a sports car, to change girlfriends every day... that is also a dream.

Everyone has different dreams and the right to pursue different dreams.

Neither Changsheng nor the Lazio club has the right to stop this point.

When these mature players find that this team is impossible to realize their dreams, they will choose to leave.

This is actually the tragedy of small teams and poor clubs, and it is also the tragedy of football clubs that rely on developing young players and then selling them to maintain the club's operations. (to be continued...)