Chapter 37
McLaughlin, 29 years old at the time, joined Burton Athletic two years ago.
Since he came, he immediately took the position of the main goalkeeper. He had always been very low-key in the team, but after experiencing the relegation miracle last season, he seemed to become a little arrogant.
"His contract will expire at the end of this season, and he still wants to renew his contract with the club, but he wants a 100% salary increase."
Perhaps because of Li Yanqing's authority in the team, the other party did not directly ask him for a salary increase, but instead told him through Chris.
"His current salary is 200,000 pounds a year, which would be 400,000 if doubled."
"We do have this little bit of money, but if other players follow his example, it will be very difficult."
Chris is actually still happy to give him a raise, but the other party's asking price is obviously a bit high.
Li Yanqing agreed with this.
Although McLaughlin occasionally has outstanding performances, as a goalkeeper, his performance is really a bit unstable.
If it weren't for the fact that the second goalkeeper Bi Watt is already 30 years old,���If the goalkeeper level of the youth training team is too outrageous, he would have been ready to replace him.
Considering that the season has just started, after thinking it over again and again, Li Yanqing decided to give him a new contract.
"Go ahead and raise his salary, but tell him that the most you can give him is an additional 50,000 pounds."
McGloughlin was of course very dissatisfied with the coaches' decision, which also caused his recent state to remain in [poor].
Li Yanqing thought that the other party would recover after being unhappy for a while, but he didn't expect that after several days, he still couldn't adjust his mentality.
This change was directly reflected on the court.
The eighth round of the English Championship.
Burton Athletic vs. Sheffield Wednesday.
The opponent's strength is not strong. They took the lead less than 20 minutes after the start. After that, the game has been very stable.
Just when Li Yanqing thought that he could smoothly maintain the score of one to zero until the end, an accident happened.
The opponent's shot was not threatening at all, but McGloughlin made a low-level mistake when saving the ball, and instead saved the ball into his own goal.
This is almost an unforgivable mistake!
In the end, the three points that could have been secured became one point.
This made Li Yanqing deeply realize what the most unsafe score in a football match is, which is one to zero.
He was furious about this and directly took away the opponent's main position, letting the old goalkeeper Biwatt temporarily serve as the number one goalkeeper.
"You should have a clearer understanding of yourself"
"I will only give you one month. If you can't adjust, you can contact the next club yourself."
Li Yanqing showed no mercy to McLaughlin. He was very upset during this period, and the other party was still rushing into the gun.
He would never allow anyone to threaten the club with performance on the field.
"Lee! Did we punish Mike too harshly?"
"It was just a mistake, we can give him more chances"
"Biwatt can't handle all the games that follow."
Chris once again didn't understand Li Yanqing's operation. In modern football, such things happen from time to time.
Players are not satisfied with their current salary, especially those who are close to 30 years old.
They all want to fight for a big contract for themselves in the last period of their career when they can maintain their form.
In his opinion, just give a little warning and then slowly discuss the contract.
"Normally, of course, there is no problem, but as long as they bring their emotions to the field, I will deal with them seriously."
Li Yanqing has always believed in this kind of tough management method. The iron-blooded Blues under Mourinho and Manchester United under Ferguson were all like this.
For him, state is more important than strength.
He must ensure that the team is always cohesive and can show the strongest combat effectiveness.
Instead of being like a certain national team famous for internal strife, with an extremely luxurious lineup, they are beaten into a sieve by others as soon as they take the field.
In the next round of the league, Burton Athletic will play against Brighton, which is currently ranked ninth.
The opponent is strong and needs to be dealt with seriously.
Nasri seems to be in better shape, with a probability of injury of only 20%, so Li Yanqing still chose to let him start and find an opportunity to replace him in the second half.
Now In the entire team, he was most worried about this"glutton" midfielder.
What he didn't expect was that Nasri was fine, but the captain of the team who had always been strong, Bradford, was suddenly injured the day before the game.
He was not injured because of training.
Instead, he was robbed when he went out shopping that night!
Two robbers with knives blocked Bradford in an alley.
What the robbers didn't expect was that this iron-blooded defender did not surrender obediently, but fought with them with his bare hands!
The end result was that both robbers were beaten half to death, while Bradford only suffered minor injuries.
But in order to prevent the wound from bursting, he will definitely not be able to participate in tomorrow's game.
"Hold!"
"Are there still such blind people in Burton?"
"Even Bradford dared to be hacked?"
Li Yanqing was a little nervous, but he didn't have time to laugh at others.
The game was tomorrow!
And his captain could only watch from the sidelines!
He had already taken down McLaughlin, and now Bradford was missing.
The core of the midfield, Nasri, only had 60 minutes at most.
The game seemed to become tense all of a sudden.
"It doesn’t matter. From the data analysis, we actually have a greater advantage."
"Even if Bradford doesn't play, they are fully capable of ending the game within 60 minutes.
Cheng Mengmeng looked very calm and spoke at a leisurely pace.
Unlike Li Yanqing, who could still pretend to be calm on the court, but could hardly control his emotions when there were few people around.
"In fact, I think you should show your performance on the field."
"It's just a Brighton, it's actually very easy to deal with"
""Eh?" Li Yanqing looked at Cheng Mengmeng in surprise.
Since she came here, she seldom communicated with him except for work.
But why did she speak in a preaching tone?
Li Yanqing was still convinced.
He found that once his assistant was a soft and cute female, he would easily listen to what the other party said.
After carefully reading the analysis table prepared by Cheng Mengmeng, there was indeed no problem in theory.
And he suddenly understood the importance of data analysis.
If the team wins in terms of data, all he has to ensure is that the players perform normally and that there are no other accidents during the game.
Thinking of this, Li Yanqing suddenly punched himself hard.
He was just daydreaming. If the game was really that simple, how could the Galaxy Battleship lag behind the Dream Three Barcelona back then?
Data is just a reference.......