Zhang Yang will definitely sign a contract with Mirwall, and Mirwall will definitely sign Zhang Yang.

Both sides are consistent in this regard.

The disputes in the new contract are only at the key points: contract years, annual salary, bonuses, etc.

The contract term is the most controversial point.

Zhang Yang signed the head coach's guarantee contract, without additional terms such as leading the team, and focused on protecting the salary received by individuals. The unilateral guarantee contract is very beneficial to the head coach, because according to the contract regulations, you can get the rest of the salary if you are dismissed in the middle.

For Millwall Club, the risk of guaranteeing a contract is very high. For example, if they do not perform well in the team next season, they need to contact and Zhang Yang's contracts and hire a new head coach, and they need to take out the remaining salary in one go, which is definitely a large amount of funds.

Zhang Yang's performance in leading the team cannot be guaranteed.

This is what others think. Millwall Club Chairman Gligery and General Manager Ebenezer also think so, mainly because Zhang Yang is too young. He is only in his early twenties and leads the team to achieve good results in the Championship, which does not mean that he can be as stable as in the Premier League.

In their opinion, the risk of "dismissal" is very high.

So Millwall Club does not want to sign a long-term contract.

The second controversy point is annual salary.

Zhang Yang's original salary was 4,500 pounds a week, and the annual salary was nearly 240,000 pounds. In fact, it is not low, but it is definitely not as low as the "Premier". To sign a new contract, you have to increase your salary.

Bonus are also important.

Zhang Yang attaches great importance to bonuses, such as leading the team to win the top six, how much bonus will be, leading the team to win the top four, how much bonus can you get, leading the team to win the championship... In short, various bonus terms are indispensable.

Millwall Club never expected that Zhang Yang would make such a contract requirement.

Is this the legendary "overconfidence"?

That's the Premier League!

Millwall looked left and right and was just a team aiming to relegate. There was a similar bonus clause for getting good results. There was actually not much difference. However, the dispute between the two sides took the longest time in this regard.

In the end, the two parties agreed on a satisfactory contract.

The new contract has only two years, with an annual salary of £650,000, and the second year can get £850,000, totaling £1.5 million.

There are many bonus terms.

For example, according to Zhang Yang's strong request, if the "Premier League Championship Bonus" clause is added, if this clause can be activated, Zhang Yang will get a bonus of one million pounds, which is higher than a year's salary. There is also a "Premier League Final Four" clause. If you have the qualification to participate in the Champions League, you can get a bonus of 600,000 pounds, which is equivalent to a year's salary.

Ebenezer agreed without even considering these points.

If Millwall can enter the top four of the league or qualify for the Champions League next year, this will bring millions of pounds or tens of millions of pounds to the club, and it will be nothing to give some to Zhang Yang as a bonus.

As for... the champion?

That is definitely not a million pounds issue!

The FA awarded more than 10 million pounds to the Premier League champions, and coupled with the increase in TV broadcast share revenue brought about by high ranking, what does one million pounds count as?

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The new contract satisfies Zhang Yang.

The contract term is not a problem at all. Two years is enough. He does not rely on his years to make a living. No one can tell what will happen in two years. If he can lead the team to achieve good results, it only takes one year and the contract should be changed.

Zhang Yang is satisfied with various additional bonus terms. The Premier League is indeed a big stage. In the English Championship, Millwall's strength is in the middle, but when he reaches the Premier League, even if he invests 20 million pounds in the summer, Millwall is still the worst team.

Perhaps...none of them.

Millwall could not have a transfer fee of 20 million pounds, and he could only rely on the original team to compete in the Premier League.

This is too difficult!

Zhang Yang knows that it is difficult and the club knows it too, so they don’t care about the bonus terms, but Zhang Yang is more convinced that he can lead the team to achieve good results. He dare not say that the championship is the most important thing, and there is still hope to get the top few in the league.

If you work hard to win the championship... maybe you can think about it too!

In short, if you have absolute confidence, you must fight for the bonus terms. After the contract was negotiated, Zhang Yang came to the club the next morning and officially signed the contract in the chairman's office.

The signing ceremony was followed by the club.

That was just an external situation, which means that "Milwall and Zhang Yang have signed a contract" and will be officially announced to the outside world.

The signing ceremony was similar to a press conference.

At around 11:00 a.m., many reporters came to the venue, and some fan representatives were allowed to enter and watch.

With the attention of everyone, Zhang Yang walked into the venue, arrived at the rostrum, took the documents handed over by Ebenezer, looked at them symbolically, and then signed the name on them.

Everyone in the venue applauded together.

Next is the press conference for the outside world. As the chairman, Gligory stood up and talked about things that were optimistic about Zhang Yang. Then it was time for Zhang Yang. He smiled at the reporters in the audience, "I feel honored to sign a contract with Millwall Club, but I was not surprised. In January, I told former coach Wise that I will lead Millwall to upgrade!"

"That's what I said at that time. Maybe you can understand it as self-confidence, but I know I can do it."

"Milwall completed the upgrade and won the championship, which was a good start. I completed the signing of the club. There are probably some players who need to renew their contracts. These are the club's work that will start, and when everything is over, we will usher in a new season."

"Milwall is nothing in the Premier League, everyone will think we are a relegation team, and now, everything has just begun. But I'm sure..."

"Milwall in the new season will surprise everyone!"

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"Will Millwall be surprised everyone in the new season?"

Ebenezer and Zhang Yang returned from the venue together, saying this on the way, "This is really exciting, but Zhang, can we do it?"

“Have confidence.”

"But like you said, everything is just beginning."

"Yes, it's about to start." Zhang Yang also sighed. He knew what Ebenezer meant: the transfer work was going to begin.

Other Premier League clubs have already started transfer work, but Millwall is different. They are promoted teams. They were not sure about upgrading to the Premier League before, and they were celebrating the championship after confirmation, so they had no time to prepare for anything.

Now we have to start preparing.

"Do you have any ideas?" Ebenezer asked. Millwall's transfer in the summer was led by Zhang Yang and Ebenezer. Gligory and Ebenezer were not opposed to giving Zhang Yang the transfer rights, but he did not have any transfer work experience, and Ebenezer must assist in completing most of the work.

Zhang Yang has no objection.

Anyway, it's enough for him to get the players he needs.

As for the idea?

Zhang Yang had thought about the transfer issue before, and he had already thought about it completely, "I need specific information!"

"Specific information?"

"The five major European leagues, the youth teams of all teams, first-team player information, and the player information for each team for sale, etc., is this easy to get? It's better to be more comprehensive and cover the South American League. I only need the player's name and a brief introduction."

“…”

Ebenezer couldn't understand it any more.

Zhang Yang said the surface meaning, which is his first transfer strategy. Because he has memories of his previous life, he still has a certain understanding of some future famous players, but it will be difficult to think about it in detail. But if there are players' names and simple information, just take a look at it and know which one is better.

A player can become famous and strong in the future!

This is the first step.

The second step is to replenish the lineup, see which positions in the team need to be replenished, and then consider signing low-priced players and free transfer players.

These two steps can also be carried out at the same time. With a two-pronged strategy, we can always "make up" a slightly stronger team.

Zhang Yang's actions were actually helpless.

Millwall's lineup is really bad, the team's forward lineup is the best, but even the main striker Neal Harris is definitely a substitute in the Premier League.

Braniff may be good, but it is hard to say what you can do when you go to the Premier League.

Kevin Keel?

At most, he is a tactical high center forward.

Not to mention other fronts, except for a few main players, other players do not have the ability to make a debut in the Premier League at all.

Most of these people can leave.

Zhang Yang is actually unwilling to do these things. After all, after spending half a year together, he always feels a bit unkind when he lets them leave all of a sudden. But professional football is like this. If you don’t have the strength to stay in the team, there is no other meaning except to get an extra salary. If you keep them in the team, you will not get a chance to play at all.
Chapter completed!