Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 253 Puma's concession and Maher's proposal! Isabella's abnormality, Bell's debut!

"How's it going?"

After entering the room, Maer saw Orto quickly stand up from his seat and walked up to him with a flattering smile on his face, "I haven't seen you for a long time. I feel a little strange."

As his influence and fame grew, so did his wealth and voice.

He had a clear feeling that the attitudes of some of his old friends towards him had changed greatly.

Orto is one of them, especially after not seeing each other for a long time, the change will be greater and more obvious.

"Keep moving forward steadily." Maher smiled and sat opposite Alto. "As long as the team is still winning, everything is good."

"Arsenal have been playing really well recently and I've been following them."

Orto walked to the water dispenser nearby, turned back and smiled, "I remember you always drink tea every time you come here, so it should be the same this time."

"Yes." Maher nodded and brought the topic back on track. "Mr. Mendes left after discussing the contract, so I am the only one signing today."

"I know." Orto replied, and soon came over with a cup of tea.

After the two sat opposite each other, Orto laughed dryly, then his expression changed as he thought of something, and he said happily, "Mr. Maher, the sales of sneakers continue to rise, which is good news for all of us.

"We originally expected that after the initial boom, sales would slowly decline and then gradually stabilize.

"I didn't expect that even if there are occasional fluctuations, the overall trend is still upward when viewed over a longer period of time."

"Of course it's good news." Mael nodded and glanced at Orto, feeling that the other party had something to hide.

Orto hesitated for a while, and finally crossed his hands and said nervously: "Actually, there is another reason for saying this. I want to confirm whether you and your girlfriend's personal brands will develop sneakers?

"I discussed this with Mr. Mendez, but he said he wasn't quite sure about your opinion and asked me to communicate with you when the time comes."

This is one of his main concerns. Maher's brand of clothing and other small categories will not have any real impact on major international brands like Puma.

No matter how fast they develop, they will not become Puma's main competitor for at least several decades.

But it’s different with sneakers. If they choose to launch the sneakers quickly, Puma’s ‘LM7 co-branded sneakers’ will inevitably suffer a certain impact and may even disappear from the mainstream vision.

This is a bit painful because LM7's most important responsibility is not how much profit it makes, but to fire the first shot in grabbing market share from Nike and Adidas and to have more market share.

After listening to this, Maher understood what Orto meant. He smiled faintly and confirmed: "I can clearly say that this will not happen in the short term.

"I know that LM7 is in its rising stage. If we develop a new model at this time, not only will the new brand fail to operate, but LM7 may also be affected and become mediocre."

This is indeed very possible. Since football consumers have already accepted a co-branded pair of sneakers related to him, there is no need to develop new ones.

It is enough to deepen consumers' impression of LM7 and ensure the sales of LM7, instead of dazzling them and forcing them to accept new things, which will cause them a certain degree of fatigue.

Once consumers feel fatigued, everything will backfire.

"honestly."

Orto's expression finally brightened up. "I'm glad you think so. I feel more and more that our cooperation will become a story that will be passed down through the ages."

Although this is just a verbal promise, it depends on who the recipient is.

A person like Maher is naturally a man of his word, because he is very valuable in himself, and there is no need for him to affect his reputation and credibility for a little profit.

"call"

Orto let out a long breath, then smiled and said, "The UEFA Best Award at the end of last month is a first-level bonus weighted award in the bonus contract. The 200 million pounds has been received. Have you checked it?"

“Of course.” Maher nodded and smiled sheepishly. “Actually, I saw Mr. Orto’s congratulatory message at the time, but I was too busy to reply and then I forgot about it.”

"piece of cake."

Orto waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and after a pause he continued: "In this way, with the accumulation of the European Cup and the bonus of the Community Shield, your accumulated bonus this season will be 700 million pounds.

"It's incredible, given that the season has only been going on for a little over a month.

"The basic bonus of 700 million pounds will trigger the highest level of additional bonus in the terms, which means 100 pounds per day for every 80 million pounds. It's like playing when you make money."

Maher lowered his head and smiled, "Puma is very generous, giving out bonuses is like playing.

"At the beginning of this season I told Mr Mendes that next season I would ask Puma to pay me 2000 million pounds per season, and now it seems that I am about to do it."

"We're only a few million short. It will be quick indeed." Envy flashed in Orto's eyes. He had some options in the Puma branch, but he had never had such income.

But he was not jealous. In his industry, he was only considered a top elite, while in Maher's industry, Maher was at the top of the pyramid.

The two men didn't say anything else. Orto took out the contract at the right time. They smiled silently, shook hands, and officially signed a new non-compete agreement.

"Pleasant to work with."

"Happy cooperation!"

When Mahel stood up and shook hands with Orto, he felt a sense of relief, but at the same time he felt a little apologetic for having treated Orto badly.

No matter how you look at it, he is now using his immense influence and voice to "force" Puma to make concessions.

Logically, when a person becomes more and more powerful and brings more and more to others, he should indeed gain more benefits, and people in the entire interest chain should give him more rights and interests.

This is also a law. If someone tries to escape this law, it will inevitably lead to conflicts.

But as for the situation, Puma signed him when he was still unknown, trained him as a future player, and gave him a very lucrative contract, so that he now has one of the biggest contracts in football.

He should remember the good things about Puma.

The end of the cooperation also depends on conscience. If his relationship with Mendes is purely based on interests, and the same goes for Puma, then this cooperation will not go too far.

"Mr. Orto, you have been busy and worked hard. If you need anything in the future, please call me."

Maher didn't let go of Orto's hand, and chuckled gently, "I don't think six shooting tasks a year is the upper limit. If there is a good opportunity and you need me to shoot more promotional videos, please feel free to contact me.

“When I do additional promotion for Primacy, I will also try to carry Puma.”

The hand that Orto was shaking hands with Mahel suddenly became stiff, and some special emotions appeared on his face.

After realizing what was happening, he immediately nodded and shook hands heavily, saying, “We never think that you have done anything unworthy of Puma. What you have brought to us is the same as what we have given you.

"But I still want to thank you for your kindness, because we may really need you to help us more."

Five minutes later, the two parted downstairs, and Orto insisted on seeing Mahel off.

"Buzz!"

It was not until the roar disappeared at the end of the road that he took a deep breath, turned around tremblingly, then bared his teeth and roared a few times in anger, then walked quickly towards the office in small jumps.

"The UK is mainly composed of five important cities: London, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham and Leeds."

Not long after, in the villa, Isabella, wearing black-framed glasses, sat in front of a computer and told Maher about her plans, "There will be more brand stores in London, which is our base.

"The rest are major cities in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and other countries, where we also plan to set up brand stores.

"As for other continents, we are not in a hurry. Based on the above, we will determine the speed of expansion through brand influence and sales growth." "The main sales channel is definitely online stores, while offline brand stores are more of a place to promote brand image and shape high-end and excellent concepts."

Maher understood her basic idea and nodded, "It's good that you come. You are a professional in this area."

"whee."

Isabella came up to Maher with a smile, put her arm around Maher's neck and said, "This is a one-year plan, and we may need your help by then.

“For example, when brand stores open in important cities like London, Paris and Milan, you will definitely need to go there in person to promote them.”

"Of course there is no problem with that." Maher agreed. Since he had invested money, he had to do it well and not be too blindly confident and think that the company could develop just by putting it in name only.

After discussing these, he went to the training ground to train while he still had some free time.

After formulating a new training plan, he not only practiced those level 4 skills and fancy additional skills, but also explored comprehensive additional skills such as shooting and passing.

However, these two items seem to be different from the skills he had practiced before, and just appearing on the panel seems extremely difficult.

If he hadn't been feeling the shooting additional skill more and more strongly, and if he hadn't been able to vaguely sense the shadow of the passing additional skill, he would have stopped wasting time on it long ago.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of the ball touching rang out, and Maher, who had been mentally exhausted for a long time, also began to be physically exhausted. He had been living like this for a long time.

Fortunately, he has not forgotten his roots and still insists on training and working hard for the three level 3 skills.

In fact, as many people have said, he may not need to train so hard now. He can compete for some important honors by maintaining a good condition.

But apart from these, he has other pursuits.

For example, look at all the skills that are at level 5, which have reached the limit of human standards. What kind of realm can he reach, and what kind of dominance can he display in the most competitive games!

No matter what others do, as long as Maher can see the limit, he will definitely work towards that limit.

It can be said that this is a kind of curiosity, or it can be said that this is a desire to pursue the true great god of the ball.

"Bang!!"

They practiced until it was getting dark, and only after Maher fired the last shot did he stop to stretch and prepare for a break. At the same time, he looked at the various skill improvements that were being practiced on the proficiency panel.

[Skill: Galloping lv4]

[Proficiency: (3249/5000)]

[Skill: Divine Power lv4]

[Proficiency: (2598/5000)]

[Skill: Arc Blade lv4]

[Proficiency: (1773/2000)]

[Skill: Arc Guidance lv4]

[Proficiency: (1734/2000)]

[Additional skills: Fancy skills lv3]

[Proficiency: (673/1500)]

It can be noticed that the lv4 arc knife and lv4 arc guidance have really reached the final moment of upgrading.

If you keep up this progress, you will definitely be promoted next month!

By then, he will be equipped with three level 3 skills, and his dominance over the league and the Champions League will surely reach a terrifying level!

Returning to the room at night and hugging Isabella, Mael suddenly felt that her mood was a little different from usual.

"Leon."

Isabella hesitated for a long time and turned around, her face showing worry and curiosity about his reaction, "I haven't had my period for two months, what do you think was it?"

Maher's pupils shrank slightly, and he didn't know what to say for a moment. Finally, he said, "When you are not busy, go to the hospital for a check-up."

"it is good."

On September 9th, the last game of September arrived.

Arsenal travelled to Manchester City to face Manchester City in the 6th round of the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium.

At the press conference before the game, a reporter asked Wenger the question that is asked at every press conference: "Bale has been on the list for a long time. Will he play today?"

Everyone in the audience was looking at Wenger, and many people noticed that a hint of joy that had never been seen before flashed across the old professor's face.

Even though it appeared very briefly and was difficult to detect, many experienced media professionals still noticed it.

"I can't answer this question. You will know when we get to the court."

Wenger's answer was still ambiguous, "If a player has good running-in and is in good condition, then he has the opportunity to be on the pitch at any time."

"Thanks.!"

Soon, with a thank you, Wenger walked out of the media room, and the scene became noisy, with reporters talking about the news about Bale.

Media on social media have also begun to speculate whether Bale has a chance to appear in today's starting lineup.

It was not until 30 minutes before the game that Arsenal and Manchester City announced their starting lineups, and the European football world was instantly dominated by one piece of news.

"Bale makes his Arsenal debut! He will partner with Maher and Van Persie in the front line, with Giroud temporarily on the bench!" - The Guardian

"What a magnificent lineup! Arsenal chose a 4-3-3 formation today!
“Goalkeeper Lori, left-back Kyle Walker, centre-back Thiago Silva and Mertesacker, right-back Sagna.

"Arteta is the defensive midfielder, and in front of him are Cazorla and Ramsey as the attacking midfielders.

"Left winger Mahel, center forward Van Persie, right winger Bale!

"This is a starting lineup worth 4.94 million euros, a starting lineup that is enough to compete for the championship on any front!" - London Evening News

"."

Fifteen minutes later, the Etihad Stadium was packed with people and shouts resounded through the sky.

"AaahhOhhh!!"

Maher held the hand of the little ball boy and led a brand new Arsenal team out of the stadium, with the strong debutant player not far behind him.

The MFB group finally stepped onto the field together.

MSN and BBC were able to score so many goals together. I hope they can do the same and score even more, becoming a more talked-about combination!

Today is the group’s first battle, I hope they win!

(End of this chapter)