Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 282 I am equivalent to one-sixteenth of a single

Manchester City have returned to Manchester, and their training will focus on recovery as the league enters its busy season in November.

Not only in the league, but the FA Cup has not yet started. Once the FA Cup begins, Manchester City will be competing on four fronts, which will put them under a lot of pressure.

Manchester City will play three league matches throughout November. Fortunately, their opponents are not too strong. Apart from Liverpool, who are slightly stronger, Queens Park Rangers and Newcastle United are not particularly difficult opponents.

Manchester City's FA Cup campaign starts in the third round, which is in January, so there's no need to think about it right now.

However, at the end of November, Manchester City will play Arsenal away in the EFL Cup quarter-finals, which will be a tough match.

In addition, there's the crucial fifth round of the Champions League group stage, an away game against Napoli.

Manchester City has five more matches to play in November, three of which are tough games, so the pressure on the team is considerable.

The away game against Napoli is of paramount importance. A draw against Napoli would secure Manchester City's qualification for the knockout stage, making that match crucial.

If they lose, their final match will be against Bayern Munich, which could allow Napoli to catch up.

For Mancini, the Champions League is of paramount importance and he absolutely cannot afford to lose it.

Therefore, he chose to hold back a little in the league.

Soon after, Manchester City faced their eleventh league match, and Shan Yongzhuo accompanied the team to an away game against Queens Park Rangers.

Manchester City played very well overall in this match, with Shan Yongzhuo, Kompany and Silva each scoring a goal, and Manchester City won 3-0 away from home.

Manchester City continue to dominate the league table thanks to their superior goal difference, while Shan Yongzhuo remains unchallenged as the top scorer with 20 goals.

The media is constantly reporting on Manchester City and Shan Yongzhuo because the Ballon d'Or will be announced soon, and most people believe that Shan Yongzhuo is very likely to win.

After all, there were no national team matches last year, and Shan Yongzhuo's performance of 106 goals throughout the season was impeccable. Manchester City also won the treble. Such achievements are enough to make Shan Yongzhuo win the Ballon d'Or.

Shan Yongzhuo didn't care about the outside reports, nor did he care about the Ballon d'Or, because he had already negotiated a new contract.

Shan Yongzhuo was very happy to sign a new contract because it meant a pay rise. As for the impact on his transfer, he didn't consider it at all. He was very happy now and had no intention of leaving the team, at least not until there were any changes that required him to leave.

Now that he has a new contract and a higher salary, Shan Yongzhuo is naturally very happy.

Kroos is a very capable agent, but he's not a particularly ruthless leech. Overall, the new contract is reasonable.

Shan Yongzhuo's annual salary has increased from £1000 million to £1600 million, and that's before tax.

This means that Manchester City will pay Shan Yongzhuo's wealth tax. Manchester City offered Shan Yongzhuo a £16 million after-tax contract, which means they will have to pay more than £10 million in taxes for it.

This is definitely the highest salary in world football.

Of course, this salary does not include the goal bonus that Shan Yongzhuo received, plus income from various endorsement contracts. Kroos made a simple estimate that Shan Yongzhuo's annual income has reached the level of £4000 million in bonuses.

This is really a bit scary; even Shan Yongzhuo himself was a little frightened.

£40 million, that's over 400 million RMB.

Even if he plays for another year and then retires, Shan Yongzhuo can guarantee a comfortable life for the rest of his days.

Unfortunately, he can't do that; at least not until his brother comes back, it's impossible for him not to play football.

The new contract doesn't change the release clause; it remains at 200 million euros. Nobody thinks any team would offer 200 million euros to buy a player, especially Shan Yongzhuo.

After all, in order to bring Shan Yongzhuo away by paying his release clause, in addition to the 200 million euros, we also need to take into account Shan Yongzhuo's high salary. Apart from super-rich teams like Manchester City, no team can currently afford such a high financial burden.

Manchester City soon announced the contract extension with Shan Yongzhuo.

The £1600 million after-tax mega-contract immediately caused a sensation. It is the most significant contract in the history of world football.

However, despite the much discussion surrounding this contract, no one has raised any questions about it.

Because Shan Yongzhuo performed exceptionally well.

With 106 goals in one season, he almost single-handedly led Manchester City to a mini-treble.

This season is only one-third complete, and Shan Yongzhuo has already scored 37 goals in all competitions. At this rate, surpassing last year's 106 goals is not a problem at all.

Such performance deserves such a large contract.

It can be said that Shan Yongzhuo has won over the world's most discerning fans. Even the most nitpicky English media could not find fault with Shan Yongzhuo's performance. Almost everyone gave him a thumbs up and believed that it was only natural for him to receive such a big contract.

Now, all Shan Yongzhuo needs is a Champions League title to prove himself.

The signing ceremony was relatively formal, since Shan Yongzhuo was already a Manchester City player, not a newcomer.

The new signing didn't affect anything; the team continued training as before. The only thing affected was the teammates' discussions about Shan Yongzhuo.

They felt nothing but envy, not resentment.

Everyone saw Shan Yongzhuo's performance, and his teammates couldn't find any reason to hate him.

They might make a couple of sarcastic remarks at most.

"Shan, you should treat us."

"My God, sixteen million after taxes!"

"I never even dared to imagine that Dan's contract was four times bigger than mine!"

"It's eight times bigger than mine!"

"..."

Even the team's youngest Montenegrin center-back, Savic, was a little embarrassed to say, "His salary is 16 times mine..."

"So, I'm essentially one-sixteenth of the orders!"

Savage was somewhat frustrated; his annual salary of £100 million after tax was rather pitiful.

What's even more frustrating is that he's only one year younger than Shan Yongzhuo, yet their salaries are so much lower.

Is there still love in this world?

then.

Many of Manchester City's outstanding players are thinking about negotiating with the club.

"I want a raise!"

"My performance was good, I should definitely get a raise!"

Next up is a headache for Manchester City's management, but of course, it has nothing to do with Shan Yongzhuo.

Shan Yongzhuo threw himself into training. A week later, the twelfth round of the league began, with Manchester City hosting Newcastle United.

(End of this chapter)