Chapter 153: Agent (Part 1)

The "two trillion" value of George Wood is just another statement about Wood's non-selling identity. Wood may not be able to achieve such a value in his life, but it shows from one aspect his current position in the team. The 10 million offer offered by the Chelsea club to this newcomer made many people see the opportunity to make money.

Before George Wood became famous, no professional agent has ever come to see him except for the players union who kindly asked him whether he needed to act as an agent for him and be responsible for various contract negotiations. There are countless new professional players in the world football world every day. If everyone has agents Lai come to him, there are not enough agents.

There are only 170 professional football agents in England, which is already the largest number of football agents in the whole Europe. Despite this, not all professional players have a professional agent, such as George Wood.

When Wood signed with the Forest team, he had no negotiations - he didn't know what to do in the specific procedures. Anyway, the club gave him a contract, and he felt very satisfied after reading it, so he signed it.

It's that simple, the Forest team took advantage of Wood's ignorance and successfully got him to sign a contract with the club that seems to be very cost-effective now.

Don Eun thought of finding a broker for George Wood to manage his finances specifically for Wood and help him make more money. But the agent is both sides of a coin - both pros and cons.

If the rules allow the team's head coach to be the agents of the players, Tang En believes that 99% of the head coaches in the world will rush to be agents for their players. Taking them all in their hands is probably the most wish of every coach to realize. In this way, he will not be bothered by problems such as signing, renewing, and increasing salary.

Unfortunately this is not allowed.

Done hopes that George Wood can find an excellent agent who not only needs excellent work ability, but also has better character. He will not quarrel with him every few days. He will make various unscore requests. He will not use player transfers as an excuse to threaten salary increase.

But now such an agent is almost a World Heritage Site.

Some players became famous at a young age, but because they did not find a good agent, they slapped their talents through frequent transfers and days of fighting against the club. There are many such people, such as the former main scorer of the French national team, the striker Nicholas Anelka, who was once called a "child prodigy".

Done doesn't want George Wood to have such an agent, but unfortunately, as the head coach, he has no right to point fingers in the matter of players choosing an agent - because this will cause some unnecessary trouble and suspicion, when conflicts of interest may be involved. The head coach must avoid suspicion.

He knew that more and more people were looking for Wood recently, hoping to become his agent, as if they saw flies in cream cakes buzzing around Wood.

Maybe you should give Wood some advice... The head coach's advice does not violate the rules, right?

After the training, the players finished showering and changing clothes in the locker room, and they were about to say goodbye and return home. Tang En stood at the door of the locker room. Although the players who came out felt a little strange, they still greeted him and said goodbye when they saw him. Tang En responded one by one. But he didn't hold anyone to chat. It was obvious that he was not waiting for them.

George Wood was the last to come out of the locker room, because he was also the last to enter the locker room.

When he came out, Don Eun stopped him: "George, have you had any trouble lately?"

Wood shook his head.   Why did Donn ask this.

"Uh, I mean, are there many guys who call themselves agents looking for you recently?"

This time Wood nodded: "Yes, but not a lot."

Don Neng didn't know if Wood's "many" and his "many" were the same concept, but that was not the main problem. He nodded slightly. Then he asked, "What do you think of this? What do you think of those agents?"

"I don't know. They told me a lot, but I wasn't interested."

"What are you interested in?"

"Kicking football."

Tang En smiled. It seems that this kid is in love with playing football.

"No, no, this won't work." Despite this, Don Eun still needs to correct Wood's idea of ​​not being able to keep up with the times. "Professional players are no longer able to play football, you need to do more. I don't mind you being a big star, you don't mind how many world famous brands you will endorse. I don't mind how much money you can make in a year - this is what you deserve."

"Isn't the job of a professional player playing football?" Wood asked.

"Of course, their job is to play football, but it's only part of it. You're a star now, George. Just playing football is not enough... Let's put it this way, how old do you think you can play football?"

Wood thought for a while and shook his head: "I don't know."

"Okay, generally speaking, it's normal for a player to retire until he was thirty-four, but I think you can play until he was forty." Done laughed. Mattus can do it. George Wood should not be bad either? "If you just consider playing football before you retire at the age of 40, regardless of other things, I think the money you can earn is very limited. What if you retire at the age of 40? What do you rely on to live on? Your mother has no source of income, and you still have a wife and children to support you... Do you understand what I mean?"

Of course, Wood understood that Tang En told him that once he retired, he would not have any source of income. He would rely on the savings of playing football over the years and support his mother. He might have his own family at that time... In that case, how can he ensure that the family can have food and clothing without worries?

"So, you should consider finding a trustworthy agent to manage your finances and earn more money for you, so that you will not worry about the problems just now after retirement." Tang En expressed his purpose.

After hearing this, Wood nodded: "I will consider it."

Tang En clapped his hands with satisfaction: "Go home, don't let your mother wait too long."

Looking at Wood's departure back, Tang En breathed a sigh of relief. The rest was to see what kind of agent Wood would find in the end... I hope the situation would not be too bad.

The apartment where Wood and his mother Sophia live now is located on the north side of the Wilford training base. It only takes more than twenty minutes to walk back from the base, but he rarely uses "walk", and he always "runs" - just like warm-up before the race.

When he ran to the door of his house today, he found a person standing there. The door was open and his mother was talking to the person at the door. When he saw him appear, he waved his hand quickly, and the other party turned around.

It was a man, a man who dressed meticulously, which made him feel familiar. When the other party saw him, he hurriedly said hello: "Hello, Wood."

Hearing this voice, Wood remembered that he was the enthusiastic performing agent he met when he accompanied his mother out shopping. Could it be that he wanted to join the entertainment industry?

"I have no interest in the entertainment industry." He shook his head and refused, even though the other party said nothing.

Unexpectedly, the other party heard Wood say this, but was not disappointed, but said with a smile: "I think you have misunderstood. First of all, please allow me to introduce myself again: My name is Billy_woox, a professional football agent who has just obtained the qualification certificate of the FA England. I came to you today not to bring you to the entertainment industry, but to become your agent in football and to be your soccer agent and to be your contract and business matters in full. "

When Wood was stunned when he heard the other party say this, he said for a moment. Why did this identity change?

After introducing herself, Billy Woods turned around and smiled at Sophia: "Madam, can we go into the house to talk? You know, it's winter now, and the weather outside is really..."

Sophia did not answer immediately, but looked at her son. Wood thought of what Tang En said to him just now before leaving, and those agents called him, and the man came to the door in person, maybe he could talk. So he nodded.

"Please come in, Mr. Woox." Sophia opened the door and let the two of them in.

Billy Woods, this gentleman-like man, looked intently and carefully when he came in, but also looked at the furnishings of the house in front of him very carefully. It was very simple, but not simple. Apart from the necessities of life, there were very few decorations and luxury goods. Before he came, he specifically found George Wood's income in the Forest team, 2,500 pounds a week, which was still before tax, and the salary was not high...

Although the Forest Team was responsible for treating Wood's mother so that they would not have to spend all their salary on surgery, it was obvious that the hostess of this family were used to those poor days and lived a very frugal life.
Chapter completed!