Chapter 78 Shares

Chang Sheng finished his speech and returned to his seat. The Christmas dinner officially started. Everyone can eat and chat freely.

The atmosphere is very relaxed.

Because of the good grades, everyone is now united as one, thinking in one place, and working hard in one place.

That's the benefit of winning.

Chang Sheng and Lotito sat together, talking and laughing happily.

If this scene is seen by those who swear that Chang Sheng will leave Lazio and go to Real Madrid, I really don't know how they feel.

Lotito kicked Chang Sheng for such a thing during the dinner.

However, he avoided other people and said to Chang Sheng in a low voice: "Chang, I have seriously considered that your contribution to the team and the club is very great. It stands to reason that I should reward you well, but your The wages are already the highest in the team... so I wonder if you would accept Lazio's shares?"

Chang Sheng listened with a smile on his face at first, but now his smile froze, and he turned to look at Lotito, surprised.

"Shares?"

"Yes." Lotito nodded. "Actually, I have had this idea for a long time. When the media exposed that you might go to Real Madrid, I had this idea. But I have not found a suitable way. Now I think giving you shares may be the only way. It is also the best way. It is to see if you are willing to accept..."

Chang Sheng's brain responded.

Lotito was afraid that he would run away...

The Real Madrid incident seems to have sounded the alarm for him.

Real Madrid failed this time, so what about next time? Or change teams? How much more do they charge? Now that Middle Eastern oil capital is aggressively invading European football, there will be more and more clubs richer than Real Madrid. By then, they will spend money, and they will always change their minds, right?

Lotito is not himself, and he doesn't know what he is thinking, so he has such worries.

And I didn't go to Real Madrid, the main reason should be the old grievances between myself and Real Madrid, which made me unwilling to go to Real Madrid.

But what if you switch to another team?

Change to a team that has no grievances with me,

Maybe he just left?

Chang Sheng really hadn't considered this issue before—if it wasn't Real Madrid that was willing to spend 100 million euros to poach him, but some other team, would he leave?

Even if the season is in progress and cannot go away, what about the end of the season?

That might really make Pacheco right.

Even if he couldn't explain clearly, Lotito was probably even more panicked.

He has always been very kind to himself, he is polite in speaking and doing things, and fully respects his own opinions.

He knew very well in his heart that Lazio was credited with the current status.

Then it is obviously normal for him to want to retain himself by dividing shares.

but……

Is it necessary for me to accept it?

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In the end, Chang Sheng did not answer Lotito's question. He told Lotito that he needed to think carefully.

As he said this, he caught a flicker of disappointment in Lotito's eyes.

Of course he knew that if he didn't make a decision immediately on the spot, he would definitely disappoint Lotito, and even make Lotito wonder whether he really wanted to leave Lazio.

But he couldn't care less about these things.

He really couldn't give Lotito an answer right away.

He signed a contract with Lazio that will expire in four years, which means he has a long-term plan in Lazio.

He has been in Lazio for four years, and the contract extension for another four years means that he will stay in Lazio for eight years-if there are no accidents.

In the Italian football environment, which is super impatient with the head coach, it is not easy to be able to work in a team for eight years.

In Italian football, changing the head coach is very frequent.

According to the statistics of the upper two leagues of Italy and England in the four seasons from August 2000 to June 2004 (excluding those who will eventually enter the third-level league), it is found that Ferguson and former Auxerre coach Guy A "grandfather" head coach like Lu is quite rare in both Italy and England. Of the 36 Premier League Championship clubs in these four seasons, only 11 head coaches have persisted, accounting for 30.6% of the total. What about the twenty-nine clubs in Serie A and Serie B? There are only three people!

Rome's Capello, Chievo's Del Neri and Perugia's Cosmi, the "survival rate" of Italian league coaches is only 10.3%!

The simple inference is that the Italian club management is more impatient, and the three coaches who "survived" did not "live" until the summer of 2006. In this summer, among the eleven English club managers who have "lived" for four years, there are still five "surviving": Ferguson of Manchester United, Arsene Wenger of Arsenal, Allardyce of Bolton, Sheffield United Warnock and Crewe's qualifications are older than Ferguson's Grady, and Charlton's Kirbishley just resigned voluntarily, otherwise Charlton would never fire this long-term coach with stable performance of.

But there is another reason, that is, Italian football coaches change frequently, so after a head coach becomes a little famous, he may leave the team he originally coached and go to a bigger club. The 10% "survival rate" at least shows that there are always vacancies for top clubs, while England is the opposite.

In these four seasons, the five most influential clubs in Serie A: Juventus, Milan, Inter Milan, Roma and Lazio have successively hired fifteen head coaches, while the five most successful clubs in the Premier League: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and Newcastle United only hired six head coaches, during which Vialli only worked at Chelsea for less than half a year. In the past four years, each club in Serie A and Serie B has hired an average of 4.7 head coaches, while England has 2.8.

But Italian football's lack of patience with coaches is well-established. In these four years, the twelve relegated teams all changed their head coaches before relegation. What about the twelve England relegated teams? The six teams did not move the scope of the head coach.

Italian youth coach Ferrari believes that this is the result of Italian football, regardless of the process, otherwise how to explain that Cagliari changed four head coaches in less than four months after the start of the 2005-2006 season? Such instability is easy to cause harm to Italian football. A head coach can only live at this moment forever, and they have to be short-sighted.

Once you understand this, you will know how difficult it is for Chang Sheng to insist on making long-term plans in Lazio...

Even so, Chang Sheng dare not say that he and Lazio's chairman Lotito can always be in the honeymoon period.

He knows many things in the future, but he can't see clearly his own future path.

Not sure.

Maybe it is impossible to wait until the end of the four-year contract, and I will start a new round of wandering?

With his own temper, coupled with his previous experience, Chang Sheng felt that it might be difficult for him to stay in a club for a long time.

Lotito gave himself shares, which is to hope that he can stay in Lazio for a longer time.

This is a bit like Wenger. There have always been rumors that Wenger has a stake in Arsenal.

But is it safe to have shares?

Chang Sheng didn't know exactly how many shares Lotito would give him, but he didn't think it would be too much.

Otherwise, I would not be the head coach, but the chairman of the club...

Back home, Chang Sheng told Avril Lavigne about it.

Avril Lavigne was not as complicated as Chang Sheng thought. She asked Chang Sheng directly: "Is there anything to consider? If you have shares, you can share dividends. You made so much money for the club before, but you didn't have a penny. Got it. Now you can get the money, why are you still hesitating? The shares are in your hands, and the initiative to leave is also in your hands. If you want to leave, then throw away the shares. People can stop you."

This is really clear to the bystanders and confused by the authorities.

Avril Lavigne said everything about Chang Sheng.

Let Chang Sheng suddenly realize.

Yes, what are you struggling with?

Regardless of whether he is still in Lazio in the future, it is not a bad thing to have that share in his hands now.

Lotito will definitely not give himself too many shares, and it is estimated that he will be able to distribute dividends at the end of each year. It's just a symbolic meaning, and it has no effect on your future.

Regardless of whether I plan to stay in Lazio or leave in the future, this share will not become a hindrance.

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So Chang Sheng called Lotito. During the phone call, he thanked Lotito for his kindness and said that he was willing to accept the shares offered by the club.

This answer pleased Lotito.

He laughed out loud on the phone.

"It's best if you accept it, Chang! I'm afraid you won't accept it..."

Chang Sheng smiled and said, "How is that possible? I still have a career in Lazio..."

There was one word he hadn't said yet.

Who would think too much money?

There was no news about Lotito giving shares to Changsheng.

The two parties signed the equity transfer agreement very low-key.

When Lotito first took over Lazio, he bought 30% of the Lazio club with 25 million euros. In the past few years, he has subscribed for shares in the stock market and now owns 100% of the Lazio club. Fifty-one shares.

Thirty percent at the beginning made him the number one shareholder of the club, and now it is even earlier.

He took part of his 51% equity to Chang Sheng, which accounted for 3% of the club's total equity.

Not much really.

More symbolic than practical.

Lotito wanted to use this move to tell Chang Sheng that he was with him and that he would always support him.

Hope to gain more trust and favor from Changsheng.

Although it seems to be playing the economic card, it is actually an emotional card.

By ceding his shares to Chang Sheng, he expresses his gratitude and dependence on Chang Sheng, in exchange for Chang Sheng's goodwill towards him, and deepens the friendship between the two.

To be honest, when he renewed his contract with Chang Sheng, the liquidated damages of 50 million was already the highest in the coaching industry.

But the Real Madrid incident made him fully realize that the liquidated damages of 50 million euros is not worth mentioning in front of those local tyrants...

Liquidated damages can't stop those clubs from spying on Changsheng. At the critical moment, they can only play the emotional card.

I hope that when Chang Sheng is facing the temptation, he will give some consideration to his kindness to Chang Sheng, so that he can stay.