Chapter 87

In the office of the club's general manager Paul Wilcox, general manager Wilcox and chairman Ji Smith were all there, and Wan Sheng was sitting on the sofa opposite them.

Wan Sheng has two things to come here. One is to finalize the contract with the club himself, and the other is to ask the two for the team's transfer rights.

Wansheng has an interim contract with the club, but the date of the interim contract is only mid-May, which guarantees that he will coach until the end of the season. Ji Smith has promised to give a new contract. Wansheng has no agent, and of course, he doesn't need it now, so he has to negotiate the new contract with the club himself.

After all, this is not the temporary contract, and the details of the contract need to be discussed carefully.

The first part is about Wansheng's coaching time. The club provides a ‘1+1’ contract, which means that the two sides will automatically renew the contract without any disagreement after a year. Ji Smith agreed to look at the results for one year when coaching, but that also has a premise. If Wansheng's performance is too poor, the contract will be terminated automatically. As for what it means to be too bad, the club has the final say.

However, Wan Sheng did not insist on anything on this. No contract can guarantee that he can coach until the end. Even if he has a fixed contract guarantee, his team performance will automatically resign under the pressure of the media and fans. The club will only give some financial compensation. Wan Sheng's goal is to become the world's top coach. He is quite confident in leading the team and will not care about this compensation at all. He believes that no matter how poor his team performance is, it will satisfy the Derby County Club and fans.

As for the media... I guess the mainstream media in Derby County now hopes that he will lead the team with poor results.

In addition to the contract time, Wansheng's salary has increased by more than triple in terms of salary and benefits. His weekly salary has also reached 5,000 pounds.

There is no high demand for Wan Sheng in this regard. As long as you have a pretty satisfactory salary, a weekly salary of 5,000 pounds is definitely a high salary, and even compared with the players in the team, it is still medium.

However, in terms of the salary level of the League One head coach, this salary is a little lower.

The head coach at the League One level. Those who are famous can get an annual salary of one million pounds, while those who are less likely to have an annual salary of hundreds of thousands pounds. For example, Gregory before, had an annual salary of more than 500,000 pounds. However, with Wan Sheng's coaching experience and age, this salary is completely acceptable.

He is not eligible to ask for more.

Even if he leads the team to relegation, he is just a newcomer in the football circle. If Derby County does not provide him with such an opportunity, it is almost impossible for him to get a head coaching position in the same league. With his results in leading Derby County to relegation, he may be able to find a head coaching job in the English League Two, but the start is completely different.

Wan Sheng was also content.

The weekly salary is 5,000 pounds. The annual salary is close to 250,000 pounds. This salary is definitely something that ordinary people can only look up to.

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After the contract was negotiated, Wan Sheng made his request for transfer rights, which made Ji Smith and Paul Wilcox frown.

"You want the right to transfer? Wansheng, you should be very clear that this is Paul's job." Ji Smith said directly.

Ji Smith thought everything was going well, but he didn't expect that Wansheng made such a request, and Wilcox couldn't speak. He said it directly.

Wan Sheng nodded and said, "I know this is Mr. Wilcox's job. But I think I have the right to transfer to lead the team better."

"Why?" Wilcox also frowned.

He is optimistic about Wansheng, but it does not mean that he can watch Wansheng take his rights. The transfer right is related to the club's business issues, especially small clubs like Derby County. If the transfer right is in Wansheng's hands, he cannot guarantee that the club will have a balance every year.

Ji-Smith didn't speak, but he also looked at Wansheng. He wanted to know Wansheng's answer.

Wan Sheng explained, "Mr. Smith, Mr. Wilcox, you should know that I am very good at developing players. I believe that under my leadership, many people in the team will perform well, such as Bolton and Baker now."

Smith and Wilcox looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

Burton Reitt and Baker Alfred can be said to be the best young people that Derby County Club has trained themselves in recent years, and they can be regarded as excellent in the excavation of thousands of wins. After all, when Gregory led the team, Reitt didn't even have a chance to perform. As for Alfred, he was just a marginal player of the youth team before. If there was no thousands of wins, it's hard to say whether he could become a professional player in the future.

Although this should be the job of Hawke Britz (club youth director and youth team coach), it is obvious that Hawke Britz does not have such a unique vision, which can be regarded as a result of a victory.

Give the two people a time to digest, Wan Sheng continued to speak, "They are all important players of the team in the next season. Of course, there are other people, such as Lee, Ivan, etc. I don't want to see them wake up and these people are sold by the club. In that way, I can't guarantee the results of the new season."

"And, you know, I'm very young and not very majestic in the team. If I have all transfers, everyone in the team must listen to me..."

Wan Sheng explained patiently.

These are his thoughts. If it weren't for Smith and Wilcox's support for him, he wouldn't have explained so clearly.

Smith and Wilcox looked at each other, but nodded to agree.

Wan Sheng explained it very clearly. They understood it completely, but they were still worried about handing over the transfer right. The main reason was that this would affect the club's business issues. Derby County is not the kind of club that can spend a lot of money, and they must consider this.

Being able to understand does not mean agreeing. In the end, Wilcox said frankly, "Wansheng, I understand you, but I cannot give you the transfer right to the club. In this way, I can assure you that any transaction about players will be discussed with you and will fully respect your opinions. How about it?"

Although it was a questioning tone, Wansheng knew that this was Wilcox's bottom line.

"The club cannot sell my players at will. In addition, I can make decisions for players worth less than one million pounds." Wan Sheng also expressed his bottom line.

Smith and Wilcox looked at each other, and finally they nodded and agreed.

Finally, the negotiations ended, and both parties got pretty satisfactory results.

As the club chairman and general manager, they are concerned about the club's operation. If Wansheng can ensure the team's results, the club's operation will not be too bad. As for the transfer rights, Wilcox's statement is equivalent to splitting the transfer rights equally with Wansheng - Wansheng made a decision and Wilcox went to negotiate.

It sounds like Wilcox has become Wan Sheng's subordinate, but it is not.

A player's transfer is very complicated, and it is not as simple as paying for players or selling them directly. It involves transfer quotations, player salary contracts, negotiations with agents, and some private kickbacks.

Wan Sheng has the right to decide, but he will not interfere in the matter. His role in the transfer is to decide who to buy and who to sell. The interests involved in the transaction process have nothing to do with him.

Wilcox can completely accept this. After all, both sides are for the development of the club. Wilcox cannot affect the team's performance by selling a player. After all, the basis of everything is the team's performance.

However, the small request made by Wan Sheng made Wilcox a little confused.

‘I can make a decision for a player worth less than one million pounds’, what does this mean? But if it’s a normal transfer, he still can’t jump over him, so he is not worried.

As for Wansheng, it is acceptable.

Derby County is just a small club, and he knew before he came that it was impossible to get the transfer right. It was enough to have the guarantee from the chairman and general manager.

He decides who to buy and sell, and what he needs is this right, and he has no idea about the benefits involved, even if he lets him intervene.b

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