Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 198: 30 goals in the Premier League! The top three teams in the Premier League are competing! Endorsement advertising is overwhelming!

At Goodison Park, the 27th round of the Premier League, Everton played against Arsenal at home.

Everton is currently ranked sixth in the league, only behind Chelsea and Tottenham, and even three points ahead of Dalglish's Liverpool.

They are definitely not the weakest team of this era, and any team that plays against them at Goodison Park will face certain pressure.

"EvertonEverton!!"

"We are forever!"

The game started at 3:30 pm that day. Arsenal, who had just won the League Cup, lined up in a 424 offensive formation today.

Wenger put Van Persie and Walcott in the middle, with Mahre and Gervinho on both sides.

This is a formation that the team has been practicing frequently in their daily tactical training recently, with the aim of exerting suppression power in the upcoming Premier League.

After acquiring the super-efficient winger Maher, Wenger has been studying how to make it easier for the team to break the opponent's goal.

Now the whole Premier League knows that Arsenal has a strong offense. Right from the start, they piled up numbers in the backcourt to fight a positional battle and look for opportunities to counterattack.

It is definitely not the best option for Arsenal to force a positional attack and go head-on with the opponent's dense defense, and there is a risk of failure occasionally.

In this case, they might as well arrange a formation of four forwards and let the two center forwards constantly retreat to the midfield to provide support when they have the ball in their own backcourt.

In this way, as long as the opponent's two central defenders choose not to defend two people, they will have a numerical advantage of about 2 to 2 in the midfield and backcourt.

It is also easy to create a 4-on-4 balanced attack when the offense advances to the frontcourt, and their forward players with stronger personal abilities have a high probability of breaking down the opponent's defense.

Once the opponent's central defender chooses to guard against Percy and Walcott, the space behind them will be exposed.

At this time, the two wingers will cut into the gap behind the central defender like sharp swords, forming a 2v1 or 1v2 attack with the full-backs next to them, or even directly fight for the high ball to face the goalkeeper!
Maher's speed and strength advantages, as well as his ability to dribble past opponents in one-on-one or even one-on-two situations, will be brought into play!

Of course, this is just a new offensive idea. The previously commonly used tactics will not be abandoned, and every team must maintain diversity.

"boom!"

In the 18th minute of the game, Maher successfully inserted into the gap left behind the opponent's central defender, and fought with the full-back defending him for the long pass from Kyle Walker.

He stopped the ball with his thigh and led the ball in the direction of attack without slowing down too much.

The opponent's right-back originally thought that he would unload the ball first and then speed up, but there was a pause in the middle, so he couldn't keep up.

The opportunity is coming!

"Crack!"

There was a sound of a sliding tackle, and on Maher's right side, a defender rushed over at full speed and made a flying tackle with his foot, his movement was clean and ruthless.

It was the opponent's left-back. He seemed to have been paying attention to this side. As soon as Kyle Walker passed the ball, he accelerated towards him at full speed.

"Snapped!"

Maher wanted to dodge his sliding tackle by picking up the ball and jumping a little, but he was half a step too slow, and the ball was still tackled away by the opponent and slipped out of the bottom line near the corner flag area.

Fortunately, he jumped up at the last moment, avoided the opponent's tackle and did not fall to the ground.

"Aha!" Goodison Park broke out in cheers and applause. This was a steal completed by the last man in the defense line, which was no less than a goal or assist.

"Yeah!" The full-back stood up and punched the sky, celebrating excitedly.

Maher clapped his hands regretfully, he was just one step away from a one-on-one chance. He looked at Gervinho on the other side and said, "Hit! Hit! Just now, move forward and stay on the same level with me!"

Gervinho seemed to feel that he had not done well just now. He bared his teeth in self-blame and waved his hands at Maher.

Maher didn’t blame him, but just reminded him: “When you just come up, he will be hesitant and won’t come over at full speed resolutely.

"Also, even if he rushes hard, I can pass the ball to you and you can get a single chance.

"It's okay, it's okay! Come on! There's still a chance. As long as we seize it once, we can win!"

He seemed very excited. A new month brings new hope. He hoped that the team could achieve good results this month and that he himself could score more than 30 goals in the league.

"Oh!"

As Ramsey did not play, Arteta then took a corner kick from the wing. The ball was caught by Everton defender Benis, but he was unlucky and his clearance hit behind Van Persie.

Van Persie's expression changed, and he faced the ball and made a move as if he would volley it directly into the air without stopping.

"Crack!"

Everyone knew the power of his move, and immediately two or three Everton players slid out to block his shot.

"Bang." Van Persie suddenly retracted his foot and pushed the ball to Mertesacker who was in an open position on the right. He originally came up to compete for the corner kick.

"Bang!!"

As soon as the central defender got the ball, there was no clever way for him to shoot. He just got ready and fired a powerful shot into the penalty area with full force.

The football hit the upper corner of the goal hard, causing the net to bulge upwards, and it did not start to fall until a second later.

The ball went in!
One to zero!

The iron tree blooms!
"Yeah!"

Mertesacker finally scored a goal and rushed to the sidelines and slid down on his knees excitedly. Behind him, several Arsenal players also slid down on their knees, and some of them dived down and slid along the ground with their entire bodies.

People turn their backs!

It’s no wonder they were so excited. After all the battles were basically over, they sounded the clarion call for the championship by scoring the first goal and taking the lead, which had very good implications.

In addition, there were two attacks from corner kicks, so almost everyone was there. They hoped to cheer each other up with a collective celebration and encourage the team to keep moving forward!

“Mertesacker!”

Alexander Song was the one who dived on the ground. He turned around and laughed and asked, "Do you know what it means that you scored the first goal in March?"

"Does that mean I'm going to take away Maher and Van Persie's monthly player award?" Mertesacker replied with a smile. These two players have always been the best performing players in the team and have won the monthly player award every month.

When Maher failed to win the Premier League Player of the Month award, the team would compensate him by giving him an in-team Player of the Month award with the Arsenal embroidered logo.

And when he won the Premier League Player of the Month award, the player of the month in the team was Van Persie.

"No." Maher quickly denied with a smile, but he certainly would not discourage his teammates' enthusiasm at this time, "This means that we will continue our undefeated streak this month!"

"Haha!" All the players laughed together, then they stood up, hugged and high-fived each other, and celebrated for a long time on the sidelines.

After this goal, they played much more easily, but because the new tactics were still being run in, they did not create many good opportunities for a while.

"Oh!"

It was not until the 69th minute of the second half that Arsenal attracted five pressing players from the opponent through backcourt passes, and Arteta's long pass broke through the opponent's defense and created an opportunity for Maher.

Everton's two central defenders looked a little embarrassed. They had a hard time guarding against Percy and Walcott, and had no time to pay attention to the space behind them.

All they could do was watch the ball fly over their heads and pray that the full-back could successfully make up for it behind them.

"boom!"

In the frontcourt position, Maher was more determined this time. After he arrived at the landing point of the football, he headed the ball and directly pointed it towards the opponent's back half.

The full-back on the same side surrendered again, and was left behind by him in just two steps and stuck behind him.

The full-back on the other side rushed over at full speed, running diagonally in a straight line towards where the football landed, and his speed was not slow.

However, this time Arsenal's right winger Gervinho did make a forward run. He attracted 3% of the full-back's attention, forcing him to defend Mahel's pass at the same time.

"Boom!"

After Maher stopped the ball and landed on the ground, he made a straight pass with his left foot to the right arch of his foot, which immediately scared the defender to slow down and prepare to stretch his foot to steal the ball.

But he then quickly moved the ball forward and rushed towards the goalkeeper again.

Fake action!
The full-back gritted his teeth and tried to start again, but this time he was speeding parallel to Mahel, so there was no way he could be faster than him.

“Bang, bang!”

After dribbling the ball twice, Maher was already close to the penalty area. Looking at the opponent's goal and the attacking goalkeeper, his eyes flashed with strong desire.

He stepped to the left with his left foot and lowered his shoulders, his whole body moving towards the left, and then did a similar fake move on the right side.

It was just that at the moment his right foot touched the ground, his right leg muscles suddenly exerted force, bouncing his body to the left.

"Snapped!"

At the same time, the left foot also took a big step to the left, and the whole person quickly followed to the left, completing the change of rhythm.

The pendulum has passed!

Unsurprisingly, the goalkeeper failed to follow and sat on the ground in frustration.

"Oh!"

Maher made a light push and pushed the ball towards the center of the goal. Before the ball entered the net, he spread his hands and rushed to the edge of the court.

Goal 28!
Stable performance!

Two to zero!
"Aaahhhh!" The shouts of Arsenal's expeditionary force once again resounded throughout Goodison Park, and the team's players rushed over to celebrate with Maher again.

Just like last time, they slid out of the corner flag area on their knees or dived, holding a carnival party in front of a crowd of silent Everton fans.

"Will you break the goal record?" Van Persie came up with a look of envy in his eyes, but he still smiled and said, "If you can break the Premier League goal record, I can accept more than 30 goals and get the Silver Boot."

"Okay."

Maher hugged him and then joked: "Don't think too far ahead, I'll score 30 goals first, you should also hurry up, come on!"

"Good!" Van Persie stretched out his hands and high-fived Maher. "The most important thing is that the team can win. As long as we keep winning, everything will be fine."

"That's right." Maher nodded, agreeing with what he said.

"Clap clap clap!"

On the sidelines, Wenger sat in the coaching seat and raised his hands, applauding the goal with excitement and satisfaction on his face.

This was the first successful attempt after adding the new offensive tactics. Every coach would feel a strong sense of accomplishment at this time and remember this goal deeply.

They are leading by two goals. I hope they can beat Everton easily away from home with the minimum cost!
"Click, click!" Media reporters on the sidelines took pictures of this scene, and these photos also became the cover pictures of some post-match reports.

"Arsenal beat Everton 71-1 away! The points exceeded 7! With Manchester United and Manchester City having one game less, the lead has reached points!" - The Times

"Six consecutive wins! Arsenal has begun to make a full effort to win the Premier League title! With 6 wins and 22 draws, they are expected to hit the highest score in history!" - L'Equipe

That night, at the Etihad Stadium.

"Beep! Beep! Beep--!"

As the referee blew three long whistles, Mancini clenched his arms and punched a few times in the coaching booth, then put his fists in his pockets with forced calmness and walked gracefully to the sidelines for post-match etiquette.

Thanks to Balotelli's two goals, they beat Bolton Wanderers 2-3 at home and got points!
No one left behind!

"Why alwas me!!"

Balotelli took off his clothes after the game, swung his jersey and walked around the stands shouting, "Why! Speak up!!" His Premier League goals this season are almost 20.

At the post-match press conference, Mancini appeared here with Aguero.

It's not that I'm biased against Balotelli, it's mainly because the latter is too easy to be fooled. It would be bad if he got too excited and defecated at the press conference. This guy can even pull a prank of using firecrackers to blow up reporters. Sooner or later, he'll blow up his own house.

Well, there is still bias.

"A 4-point gap."

Mancini held up four fingers at the press conference and said with a confident smile: "The team at the top of the table has 22 wins and 5 draws, and the gap between the team and the title has not widened yet, so there is a good chance of winning the championship.

"So we did a good job and we kept close to Arsenal in the final stages and waited for our chance."

"What about Aguero? In the early part of the season, the media kept comparing Maher with you, and you were once ahead of him in the Player of the Month award. Why are you rarely mentioned together with him recently?" A reporter asked a very embarrassing question.

Aguero smiled awkwardly, thought for a while and wanted to say something, but finally turned away from the microphone and said nothing.

"Bye." Mancini saw that the atmosphere was not right and ended the press conference early.

At the same time, White Hart Lane.

"Bang!!"

Ashley Young fired a long shot from outside the penalty area, attracting everyone's attention to follow the football.

"嘡啷!"

"Shh!"

The football first hit the bottom edge of the crossbar, bounced back to the ground, hit Tottenham goalkeeper Fredel in the face, and then bounced towards the goal.

"Yeah!" The Manchester United expeditionary force at White Hart Lane went completely crazy and danced wildly in the stands.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Come on!"

Ashley Young roared, beat his chest, and rushed to the edge of the court with his head shaking.

Two to one!

The winning goal against Tottenham!

"Oh!"

Sir Alex Ferguson, who was originally gloomy on the sidelines, stood up in ecstasy after seeing the goal, raised his arms and exclaimed: "Fuck!"

A golden goal!

One minute later, the referee blew the whistle to end the game, and all members of Manchester United celebrated wildly on the stadium.

Ferguson went to the sidelines and shook hands with Redknapp, then hurried into the player tunnel and came to the press conference room.

"The team has managed to maintain its winning streak, so where should the focus be next?" a reporter asked.

"In the league." Ferguson replied simply. It was a boring question.

"Mancini also said in an exclusive interview two days ago that the team will focus on the league. Is this because your two teams failed to qualify from the Champions League group stage and can only play in the Europa League?" A famous reporter asked a difficult question.

"No."

"Well, the Europa League round of 16 will start this week. Will this affect your title race with Arsenal? Will the gap between you and Arsenal widen?"

Ferguson pursed his lips and stared at the reporter with a sharp look in his eyes, his dissatisfaction obvious.

"I am very patient with you." He said something he used to say and hit back at the reporter harshly.

There was silence for a while before someone stood up and continued to ask questions: "Someone once asked Sir Alex Ferguson, if you were given a bullet, would you shoot Wenger or Victoria, and the Sir replied, 'Can you give me two?'

"If we bring this up again now and add Maher into the mix, would the Jazz want three bullets?"

Ferguson was so angry that he laughed. He didn't expect that after the lore victory, all the questions were about Arsenal.

After his expression returned to seriousness, he leaned back, raised his hands, and pretended to hold something and shook it a few times, "I will ask for a Maxim heavy machine gun and kill you as well."

Afraid that the reporter couldn't hear clearly, he leaned his head close to the microphone and said it again.

“积分榜一：阿森纳22胜5平积分71！积分榜二：曼城21胜4平2败积分67分！积分榜三：曼联20胜5平2败积分65！”——英超积分榜
On March 3, the 8th round of the Premier League arrived, in which Arsenal played against Aston Villa.

In this game, Wenger rested some players in the backcourt, but this could not affect the strong impact of their four forwards.

Just 16 minutes into the game, Maher received a long mid-range pass from Rosicky and broke out from behind the opponent's defense.

Villa's two full-backs reacted quickly, wrapping around him and looking for an opportunity to tackle and steal the ball.

Maher did not accelerate blindly. He was already very close to the penalty area. If he accelerated at this time, it would be easy for the goalkeeper to directly attack and pick up the ball.

He slowed down on his own initiative and waited for the two defenders to rush past from both sides and come in front of him.

“Sizzle!”

While they were still too late to turn around and get into a defensive stance, he slid inward with the inside of his left foot wrapped around the football, then effortlessly performed two bicycle kicks, changing direction to the right and dribbling the ball to shake off a defender's defense.

Gone!
The key to the successful breakthrough was not the bicycle, but his perfect rhythm of changing speed and direction, as well as his body keeping up with the speed of the football!

"Bang!!"

Before another defender could come up, he kicked the ball with the inside of his right foot and hit the far corner of the goal.

"Swish!" The football slid gracefully into the far corner of the net. Villa goalkeeper Given grabbed the air and fell heavily to the ground.

One to zero!

The 29th goal! !

"Come onma-ehl! Come onma-ehl! Come onma-ehl!"

The Arsenal fans at the scene cheered for him together, and the sound shook the Emirates Stadium with a unique rhythm.

Maher excitedly ran to the sidelines, stood still, held his head with one hand, and waved the other hand to his head, making a salute-like celebration gesture, "Boom!"

However, the meaning is definitely not that of a salute. It is just to express his wonderful appearance in the celebration area, to express that he will try his best to meet the fans' expectations and to salute the fans' cheers.

He was quickly surrounded by his teammates, and many of them reached out to grab his hair, messing up his hairstyle.

Alexander Song kept staring at Maher, wanting to see if he would look embarrassed in this state.

But when Maher looked up, he saw a messy and lazy handsome guy. Instead of being embarrassed, he looked pitiful, which made people feel that his appearance was good.

He touched his face thoughtfully, and pretended to ruffle his hair casually, imagining that he could have the same effect.

Nine minutes later, after Alexander Song's unremitting efforts, he finally got a chance to shoot the ball outside the penalty area.

"Bang!!"

He used his right foot to kick the ball into the lower right corner of the goal. He rushed to the sidelines, turned around and spread his hands to everyone.

Two to zero!
7 consecutive wins are imminent!

Soon someone came up and hugged Alexander Song, and as he expected, those people began to rub his thoughts.

But when he imitated Maher's smile and raised his head with a chuckle, he found that no one was paying attention to him. "Pa!" Maher high-fived Van Persie, and other teammates were busy with their own things, hugging or talking.

Turning back to look at the fans, every fan was celebrating with their friends and family. Some of those who were looking over here didn't look at him, at least not at his face.

Song put his hands on his hips, with a look of displeasure on his face. He didn't understand why he couldn't imitate it every time?

His body began to tremble and his face gradually became distorted, which quickly attracted other people's attention.

"What's wrong, Song?" Mael came up and hugged him, asking with concern.

"I..." Song glanced at Maer's face, lowered his head and looked away, "I remembered some unhappy things, it's okay."

"Okay." Maher smiled brightly and patted his shoulder. "We're almost 7 wins in a row. What's there to be unhappy about? Let's cheer together. The 23rd win is coming soon."

"Yeah." Song nodded in reply, raised his arms and ran towards his area.

Maher and others quickly returned to their positions and prepared for the next game.

Soon after, the first half ended and both sides returned to the locker room for halftime.

After the start of the second half, Villa adopted an aggressive high-pressure approach. Arsenal did not continue to control the ball in the backcourt, but chose a simpler and more direct counterattack.

There is no team that does not play defensive counterattacks, it just depends on whether they choose this tactic at the beginning of the game or after taking the lead.

"Boom!"

Maher ran actively in the frontcourt, constantly weaving behind opponents and often retreating to provide passing points for his teammates. He was working hard for his 30th goal.

In the 81st minute of the game, Aston Villa seemed to be unable to move forward, and players in many positions began to move slowly.

Arsenal regained possession and replaced defence with attack.

Two minutes later, Gervinho took advantage of the opponent's lax defense on his side, cut diagonally behind Walcott, and received a long pass from the backcourt.

He took the ball and rushed towards the opponent's penalty area, shaking off the full-back on the same side and gaining a position advantage of about 3 meters.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gervinho dribbled the ball forward and created a semi-solo opportunity. The full-back on Maher's side had to rush over to help defend him.

He glanced at Maher, and between passing the ball and continuing the attack, he chose the latter.

After Wenger changed to a 4-forward lineup, he returned to the starting lineup. He has yet to prove himself, and this ball happened to be a good opportunity.

"Oh!"

Near the penalty area line, Gervinho volleyed the ball and it headed towards the lower left corner of the goal.

Maher was a little disappointed after seeing this scene, but he still rushed into the penalty area and waited for the opportunity to make a follow-up shot.

When the ball was passed to him just now, he faced the goalkeeper directly, but he didn't call for the ball. He knew that Reoniao might be embarrassed, so he let the other party choose for himself.

"Bang!" Like countless stubborn acts, Gervinho's shot was blocked by the goalkeeper and the ball bounced back into the penalty area.

Maher had been trying to judge where the ball might fall after being blocked, and was standing near the left side of the small penalty area, but the field changed rapidly and the ball rolled from his right side to behind him.

He took a deep breath with regret, and could only blame it on rushing in too hard and too fast, without leaving enough time to react and buffer.

Turning around and seeing that Rosicky might get the ball, he quickly ran back, ran out of the offside area, and circled around the back line to prepare to move forward.

"Bang." Rosicky made a diagonal pass, but it was not passed very well and the ball kept bouncing.

Maher saw the incoming ball, looked at the goal, opened his body to the left, and moved the ball forward one step with his left foot.

The opportunity is coming!

"Bang!!"

After catching up with his body, he swung his right arm, folded his left leg and kicked a powerful shot into the penalty area, sending the ball towards the far corner of the goal.

Feeling that he had exerted his strength, Maher's eyes showed a strong anticipation and his mood became excited.

He followed the football with his eyes and saw it whizzing towards the far post, saw the Arsenal fans behind the net stand up, and also saw that the opposing goalkeeper Given failed to save the football again.

"Swish!" The football hit the side net heavily, making a crisp sound.

"Aaahhhh!!" An overwhelming cheer erupted from the Emirates Stadium, reaching the sky, and it was even suspected that the sound could be clearly heard from Highbury Stadium hundreds of meters away.

"Oh!"

Henry on the sidelines held his head in his hands. The highest number of goals he scored in a single season for Arsenal was only 30.

Maher actually scored 28 goals after 30 rounds!
God striker!

Demon star!

"Ma-ehl moment!" Wenger's action was similar to Henry's, he also held his head with a look of shock and joy. Even if Ma-ehl stopped from now on, he would be recorded in the history of the Premier League.

In this field, there are very few forwards who can score 30 goals in a single season!
Absolutely top-notch!
"Come onma-ehl!!" The familiar rhythm sounded again in the stadium. The fans knew what the striker had accomplished. This time, they poured even more emotions into this phrase.

In the focus of attention, Maher came to the edge of the court with a smug look on his face, hugged himself with his arms, and made Palmer's classic celebration move.

His hands kept sweeping back and forth over his arms, as if he was hugging himself.

He is well aware that with the popularity of scoring 30 goals, this celebration will go viral again tomorrow and become an object of imitation for many people.

After completing the celebration, he turned around and waved his right fist towards the sky above the stadium, then clenched both fists in front of his chest and shook them continuously, "Yeah!"

"30!" Van Persie came over first. He held Maher's shoulders, as if he wanted to see what was so special about him.

"Incredible!"

"The team record has been tied, now it's time to surpass it and challenge the overall Premier League record!"

"come on! Come on!"

The other players also put their hands on Maher's body, touching him constantly to get some luck.

"Click, click!" Reporters on the sidelines took pictures quickly, but apart from the "hug yourself" celebration action, they didn't take any other good pictures.

As a result, the picture of Maher with his arms folded appeared on major covers after the game.

"30 goals! In Arsenal's 30- win over Aston Villa, Maher scored twice and scored his th Premier League goal! This move tied Henry's record at Arsenal!" - "Football Records"

"The shock of the great emperor! Henry watched Maher tie his Premier League goal record on the spot. The latter scored the number of goals he had scored in 28 rounds in just 38 rounds!" - Baidu Headlines

"A striker has emerged! Maher launches a final attack on the Premier League goal record! The player is expected to break the records of Alan Shearer and Andy Cole in around 35 rounds!" - Daily Mail

"23 wins and 5 draws! With one more game to play, Arsenal has once again widened the gap with the two Manchester clubs!" - London Evening News

"I have to criticize the player. He has completely lost his ability to pass the ball. In the Championship, he averages 1.5 goals and 1 assist. But why did he score 2 goals and no assists in 3 rounds this month?!" - Alan Shearer social media

"I agree with Alan Shearer. Maher's Premier League goal tally should be calculated by multiplying his 15 assists by 1.5. The 30 goals you see now are fake (snickering)." - Andy Cole's social media

"If you count it this way, Alan Shearer and Andy Cole won't score more than 10 goals in a season." - Gary Speed ​​social media
"Mael's celebration action has become popular again, and his total number of social media fans is approaching 4500 million! The price of a Twitter advertisement has exceeded 50 pounds!" - "Marca"

On March 3, after finishing his morning training, Maher was tired and prepared to take a half-day break.

Another main reason is that Mendes will come over today to finalize with him the signing matters of various advertising endorsements and the shooting dates.

Seeing that Mendes had not arrived yet, he turned on the TV to watch today's Europa League match.

As the Europa League is scheduled differently from other competitions, Premier League title rivals Manchester City and Manchester United both have two Europa League round of 2 matches this month.

Therefore, they have only scheduled four Premier League games this month, one less than Arsenal.

When Maher turned on the TV, the match between Manchester City and Sporting CP was nearing its end, with Manchester City trailing 0-2 away from home.

"Hanging."

Looking at Mancini's disappointed eyes and the fatigue of Manchester City players, he guessed in his mind that being shut out by opponents away from home would greatly undermine Manchester City's confidence in this line.

It may be difficult to catch up in the second leg at home. Mancini may try again with a half-main lineup, but he will save his strength for the Premier League.

"Beep! Beep! Beep--!"

After the game, he went to watch Manchester United's away game against Athletic Bilbao, which was about to enter halftime.

Similar to Manchester City, Manchester United also fell behind 0-2, and it was 0-2 at halftime.

The expressions on the players' faces were clearly not right, and the game was gradually getting out of control.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Rooney provoked trouble and players from both sides had a fight in the midfield. Rooney was sent off with a red card.

Athletic Bilbao then scored two more goals, but fortunately Valencia helped them score a goal in the final moments to avoid being shut out by Bilbao.

"Ding Dong." The doorbell rang, and Safina, who was standing near the door playing with her phone, opened the door. "I'm here, Mr. Mendes."

"Yeah." Mendes walked in from the door. The weather had turned warmer and he had put on his suit again.

Maher saw him and laughed unconsciously. "How about it, Mr. Mendes? You have already scored 30 goals, which is about to surpass the highest number of goals scored by another player under your team in the Premier League."

Mendes could tell that Maher was bullying him, so he smiled helplessly, waved his hands, and sat down on the sofa.

He took out a stack of documents from his bag and handed them to Maher. "You may be busy from now on, but I guarantee that your assets will double."

Mendes picked up an orange on the table, peeled it and smiled refreshedly: "There are countless brands that want you to be their spokesperson, and some even asked me if I could sign you and Cristiano at the same time to shoot a commercial together.

"I declined, but I benefited from the relationships I had with some of the brands when I was negotiating with Cristiano.

“He can indeed offer a high price and is a trustworthy partner, so your endorsements will partially overlap with his.

"But don't worry, you two won't be filming a commercial together. I will prevent that kind of awkward situation from happening."

In fact, Maher and Ronaldo have never met, and the two have never communicated face to face. They only responded to each other remotely during the promotion of the Golden Boy Award. Logically, their relationship has a good foundation.

But because Maher has shown the potential to be a superstar and the competitiveness to compete for the best, they are bound to feel a little uncomfortable once they meet.

“你现在身上的代言总共是3项，总代言费285万镑，年限3+2的彪马、150万镑，2年期的乐事薯片、140万镑，3年期的青岛啤酒。”

Mendes took out a pen and paper and helped Maher calculate, "Add to that the 200 million pounds you received from Puma, so your previous endorsement income totaled 775 million pounds.

"After deducting taxes and other miscellaneous items, the total you can get is about 400 million pounds."

Mendes showed a delighted look and said with a smile: "And this time, the money you can get is 700 million pounds, please note that this is after tax."

"Seven million pounds?" Maher put the document down, no longer interested in reading it. "So much?"

"Yes."

Mendes is happy to see Maher's expression. "I accepted endorsement offers from four companies: Pepsi, Pepe Jeans, Olay under Procter & Gamble, and Louis Vuitton.

“They all accepted offers for 2-3 years, and the choice of the specific years is in our hands.

"The endorsement fees were 240 million pounds, 200 million pounds, 160 million pounds, and 220 million pounds respectively."

"Why are the prices different?" Maher asked with a smile on his face. Unknowingly, he had become a player with an annual endorsement fee of 200 million pounds.

This reminded him of his first 'endorsement', which was only 4000 pounds and signed 100 names.

It increased 500 times in just over a year!
But this kind of comparison is meaningless. At least he enjoyed it at the time and remembered this lovely old man, Kodor.

"Coke is extremely popular in America, especially in countries like Mexico. People in some places cannot live without this drink."

Mendes explained for Maher: "America is the land of football, and they have always been committed to having good football players to represent them and are willing to pay high prices.

"Pepe is a British clothing company and you play in the Premier League, so they wanted to give it a try for £200 million.

“As for Olay, this is a women’s skincare brand, please just do a trial and don’t dare to give it too high a price.

"Louis Vuitton is a big brand, and a French brand. They are optimistic about your performance for the French team in the European Cup in June this year and are willing to pay 6 million pounds."

Maher nodded, almost understanding. "The total is 820 million pounds, and I got about 400 million pounds. The rest is all Twitter and Facebook ads?"

Mendes raised his eyebrows and nodded, pointing at Maher, meaning that he guessed correctly, "Advertisements will always be more than endorsements, but I'm just waiting for your championship and 30+ goals, and I haven't taken the chance yet.

"This time the advertising fee has risen to 50 pounds, and I took 11 at once. You can release one every three days, so the total income is 3 million pounds.

"All in all, I've brought in a contract worth £1370 million and you can get close to £700 million."

"This is so cool." Maher leaned back and looked up and exclaimed. He had never thought that he would be able to make money like this one day.

He went to the bank to check the balance some time ago. Including his salary since the salary increase, signing fee, Puma bonus and club bonus, etc., he has more than 900 million pounds in his bank card.

Adding these 700 million pounds, it will be 1600 million pounds. If he can get some bonuses at the end of the season, it will most likely exceed 2000 million pounds!

He has received financial management calls from various banks, but has ignored them for the time being.

"and"

Mendes was secretly happy again, as if he had some tricks up his sleeve. "Except for the contract with Procter & Gamble, the other three have special bonus clauses.

"Pepe has a bonus of 50 pounds for winning the Premier League, and Pepsi and Louis Vuitton not only have a bonus of 50 pounds for winning the Premier League, but also a ladder bonus for the top four, final and champion of the European Cup.

"I have negotiated £20, £50 and £150 million.

"The European Cup Golden Boot and the best player of the tournament can be awarded 1.5 points each, and the Tonner can be awarded twice."

Afraid that Maher would ask again, Mendes explained in advance: "Don't be disappointed if P&G doesn't have a bonus. As long as this experiment is effective and you can open up the market for female fans, you will have one in the future.

He glanced at Maher's face and smiled enviously, "I have confidence in you. I think it's an understatement to say you'll be the next Beckham.

"If you keep playing like this, achieve some important results, and establish yourself as a good-looking and capable player, you may soon catch up with Beckham and hopefully surpass his international influence.

"Someone once did an experiment to find out who in the world didn't know David Beckham, and eventually found a shepherd in a minority area who had never used electronic products in his life.

"I think in a few years, looking for someone who doesn't know you will be like looking for penguins in Antarctica."

"Haha!" The two laughed together, with happy expressions on their faces.

Maher didn't know what to say anymore, he just kept nodding and talking about something else, "The contract period is 2-3 years, Mr. Mendes wants to see if I have confidence in myself?

"If not, sign for three years to make sure you can get the money within three years; if yes, sign for two years and then talk about renewal."

"That's right." Mendes smiled and patted Maher on the shoulder. This feeling of being in sync is very precious.

Maher didn't hesitate and confirmed directly, "Two years, I'm confident in myself."

"I knew you would choose this." Mendes smiled even brighter, "Now that we have agreed on this, let's talk about the shooting date.

"When it comes to posting ads, I'll remind you to post one every three days, but for the four major endorsement companies' ads, you may have to find time on your own. Each company will take 3-3 days to prepare."

Maher nodded, went to the schedule and took a look, "How about arranging two this month, and then two next month?"

He felt it was a bit tricky and too busy. Maybe this was what fame was like. It was hard to imagine how busy and exciting his daily life would be if he became an international superstar in the future.

But one thing is certain, he will not let these things affect his training and games like Beckham did.

As the old saying goes, take care of your own feathers and don't forget where you got all this, otherwise you will be retaliated against sooner or later.

And this is far from his limit. He hasn't even reached the level of Beckham's fame. How can he compare with Messi and Ronaldo who later dominated the football world for 10 years?
Even if he is like Melo, it is not the ultimate form of his playing career. He will become an unprecedented athlete.

Whether it is performance on the field, popularity off the field, personal wealth and various influences, etc.!
Although this step-by-step upward journey is arduous, it is still as fascinating as it was at the beginning.

"Okay." Mendes agreed, and then he remembered something and asked, "Now you should have enough money to buy a team, right? How about I help you choose? Or do you want to buy this house first?"

He was just joking, but Maher replied: "Please help me choose. If I have some free time at the end of the season, it would be nice to buy a team and run it.

"At the current rate of earning money, this house can be bought in less than half a season. There is no rush."

"Are you serious?" Mendes looked at Maher and confirmed.

"Yes." Mael nodded, and then put the matter behind him. He was still immersed in the joy just now.

After a long while, he asked: "Can I ask a private question? How much money can Cristiano make from endorsements and advertisements every year?"

Mendes stared into Maher's eyes, his expression changing, and finally said: "It's a little more than twice yours. He is also planning to launch his own brand CR7, selling perfumes, T-shirts, sneakers, etc."

“Personal brand?”

Maher was stunned. He knew the brand CR7, but after signing with Puma, he realized an important question, "Doesn't he have a non-compete agreement with Nike? Why is it in my contract?"

"Originally, there was." Mendes raised his eyebrows and spread his hands. "But when he renewed the contract, he asked Nike to modify the agreement and only sign with direct competitors such as Adidas and Puma, without restricting individuals."

"That's it."

Maher suddenly understood and said, "In other words, as long as I can demonstrate super dominance and influence, and rely on my own value, I can also modify this point in the contract and create a personal brand?"

"You can say that." Mendes nodded and saw strong desire in Maher's eyes again.

Wait, his pupils suddenly shrank. "Football Records", the idea of ​​buying a team, personal brand, he wouldn't be making another big move, right?

"There's one more thing." Mendes' heart was shaken. He found that he seemed to not understand Maher's idea, so he had to talk about something else first. "Someone from Facebook contacted me and they proposed a compromise.

"Exchange your Instagram shares for Facebook shares at 85% of the purchase price."

Maher thought for a while, then he remembered Facebook's later market value, and asked, "What is Facebook's current market value?"

"1000 billion US dollars," Mendes answered. "It fluctuates around this amount."

Maher was moved. He remembered that Facebook’s market value was as high as one trillion U.S. dollars. “We can agree to this, but at a price of 85%, isn’t it a bit too little?

"Mr. Mendes, don't reply to them yet. Wait for them to contact me. I will try to raise the price."

"Okay." Mendes agreed. He was tired after talking for a long time, so he stood up and stretched. "Let's get busy for a while. Most of the things that have been accumulated for half a season will burst out at this time.

“It’s mainly because you perform well and keep moving up, and other players won’t encounter this.

"Okay, I'm ready to go. In the final stage of the Premier League, we have to strive for the title and win the championship without losing. We must work hard.

“If you win the double and do well in the European Championship, next year you will be a player of a new level.

"The advertising contract agency has already signed it for you. I'll send it to you later. You can sign it when you shoot the commercial."

"Okay, Mr. Mendes, don't worry about me, I know what I should do." Maher stood up and sent Mr. Mendes away. It was indeed not easy for the other party to run around.

He accompanied the other person all the way to the highway outside his home, and only turned back home after waiting for Mendes' driver to arrive.

Everything continues to move forward in an orderly manner. Next, while competing for honors on the field, we must find time to finish shooting the commercials, sign all the contracts, and develop on two fronts, moving forward in parallel!
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