Chapter 74: Lucas's Agent Story(1/2)
Lucas, Rongguang and Deborah soon met in the restaurant.
Lucas didn't expect that Rongguang could really touch Debola. For a moment, he didn't know what Debola was thinking. If she was destined to leave Rongguang, why would she still be her own agent?
But no matter what, Lucas was very happy to be able to make Deborah his agent.
He saw the changes in Rongguang's journey to Europe, and many of them were due to Debola's credit.
If Deborah can really be her agent, it means he will make more money than he is now
As a professional player, who doesn’t like money?
After the three of them sat down, Debola was most concerned about how Lucas signed the contract with the other party's agent.
She proposed to see Lucas's agent contract.
But who can go to a nightclub and carry a contract with you?
So Lucas can't take it out now.
But Lucas promised to go back to get the contract after dinner.
He first introduced his agent to Debola.
Lucas' current agent Jose La Maria is actually not a Brazilian, but an Argentinian. But there is nothing to be surprised about. Juan Ferger, the South American agent who controls 90% of Brazilian players who go to Europe, is not a Brazilian, but an Uruguayan.
Therefore, the agent of a Brazilian player may not necessarily be a Brazilian.
La Maria was discovered by La Maria at the football school when Lucas was still very young.
Then he used sweet words to paint a very brilliant future for Lucas.
Lucas, who was not very familiar with the world at that time, did not know that the other party was fooling him, so he naturally agreed.
Later I found out that I had been cheated.
La Maria just likes to use this kind of lie to deceive young players, and then gain their trust at the lowest cost and get their agency contract.
He doesn't need to spend too much energy or price on these young people, he just observes them silently. If he is talented, he will increase his investment. If he doesn't have any talent, he will ignore it.
In fact, we can't blame La Maria for doing this, because everyone does this.
In South American football, especially in Brazil, many agents explore talented children everywhere and then sign contracts with them. Some even buy the player's ownership directly. Therefore, when clubs want to buy this player, they have to negotiate with the agent, and the transfer fee must be paid to the agent or the agent company.
And players are equivalent to working for agents.
The agent spends money to send the children to football schools to participate in training | training them, and then uses their own relationship to send these young players to various clubs.
In fact, players and agents also use each other's relationship. If there is no agent, these young players have to take the public exams held by various clubs and compete with hundreds of people for single-digit places. The competition is very fierce.
And if he has an agent with great power, he wouldn't have to compete like this and just join in directly
Of course, the agents will also be counted on the players' cost. After the players start making money, the agents will have to get the money back with the money back from the players.
This was how Gododo took Glory to Corinthian. Godo had some connections with Corinthian, so his players could be stuffed in. However, he didn't expect that Corinthian club had changed. Gododo's relationship was gone, so he had to go around to try out with Glory |
After signing Lucas, La Maria directly operated Lucas into the St. Paul Junior Team.
Then... I didn't care much about him.
Because Lucas did not show particularly outstanding talents and potential in Sao Paulo, it is natural that La Maria could not take a look at him more.
Since you make little money from Lucas, why spend all your energy on him? Capitalists are not philanthropists and will not trade at a loss.
In this way, Lucas was thrown by La Maria in various echelons of St. Paul and fled himself.
But Lucas did not realize this, but continued to have his own beautiful dreams, all of which were the future that La Maria portrayed for him.
In this future, I will become a highly respected and popular famous star, make a lot of money, live in a villa, drive a luxury sports car, and have many beauties around me, and I will sleep without any other one a day...
For this reason, he has been training hard in the St. Paul Junior Team.
"So, you have time to train carefully?" Rong Guang interrupted curiously.
The interrupted Lucas rolled his eyes: "Who hasn't been stupid?"
"Well, then when did you realize that you were cheated by your agent?" Rongguang asked.
"On your sixteenth birthday," Lucas replied.
"Why was that time?" Rong Guang was strange.
"Because the days when La Maria told me that he became a big star were the... liar when I was sixteen years old."
Hearing Lucas' gritting complaints, Rongguang and Debola looked at each other tacitly.
I really don't know if Lucas is innocent or stupid...
Later, when Lucas realized that with his talent and ability, Brazil could not become the big star like La Maria said, he began to give up on himself and did not train seriously.
I have been in the youth team until I meet glory...
Even though he was selected into the first team of São Paulo and replaced the injured Fabiano as the starting center, he also won the Brazil National Championships, the South American Liberators Cup, and the São Paulo State Championships...
Lucas still did not get favor from La Maria
He was completely disappointed with La Maria.
La Maria would not look at herself again. At this time, La Maria had already entered Fergere's agent company, with dozens of players under her, two-thirds of them were famous than Lucas, all of them were stronger than Lucas, and they all earned more than Lucas.
They are the money tree that La Maria relies on.
"He signed a ten-year contract with me. All my income in the past ten years was 10% given to him..."
"Isn't the agent's commission five percent?" Rongguang looked at Debola strangely.
"At Lucas' age at that time, the agent said that he would draw as much as he could. Only 10% of the agent was considered kind to be that agent." Debola explained.
"Uh, then you are a model of law-abiding..." Rongguang said.
"Of course, I haven't even considered tax evasion." Debola responded expressionlessly.
The two of them habitually fought each other.
Lucas laughed when he saw this scene beside him.
He really envies Glory, having such an agent.
If La Maria could be like this with him, he wouldn't want to change agents...
Because he is actually a person who is very afraid of trouble.
"Our contract will expire next year. Maybe it's because I've been doing well in Bayern Munich recently, so he wants to sign a new contract with me," Lucas said at the end.
"If you can't wait next year, you can terminate the contract with him directly. Does your contract have any instructions on termination?" asked Debola.
"I remember there was."
Debola nodded: "That's easy to deal with. Give him some money and the contract will be invalidated automatically. If he doesn't agree..."
Debola noticed Rongguang's side, as if she wanted to say something. She guessed what Rongguang wanted to say and said directly.
"If he doesn't agree, then just sue him directly. The agent contract he signed with you should not be recognized by FIFA and not protected by law. As long as he sues, he will definitely lose. I believe that if he is smart, he should choose to take some money and then withdraw from your career."
Deborah analyzed for Lucas.
For South American agents, it is very common for players to change agents.
So they will definitely have a set of rules on how to terminate the contract.
Generally speaking, just give some money, and it doesn't take much trouble.
Because many South American players will kick off their original agent after successfully transferring to Europe and choose to let their families or relatives become agents. This way, they don’t have to give them to others, and they achieve “no fat and no more money”.
For example, after Kaka arrived in AC Milan, he changed his agent. Now the one who is the agent for him is his engineer father.
An engineer father, not a lawyer, can he be an agent? Does he have the qualifications of a broker issued by FIFA?
Of course not.
But this is not important. Everyone knows what's going on. This is the "unwritten rule" in football.
No one will cause trouble for Kaka with this matter.
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After discussing how to terminate the contract, Deborah discussed with Lucas about their cooperation.
After Lucas terminates the contract with his current agent La Maria, he will sign a two-year agent contract with Deborah.
The reason why I haven't signed for a long time is that it is still unclear whether Debola will continue to be an agent in two years.
Debola told Lucas her plan very frankly, without hiding anything.
This is of course to enable both parties to cooperate better.
However, when Lucas heard the news, he actually sighed in his heart, feeling a little regretful for the glory.
It seems that this beautiful agent still doesn't plan to stay...
Lucas has no objection to the two-year deadline.
Debola also assured Lucas that no matter what she thinks about in the future, she will arrange Lucas’ affairs before leaving, and promise to find him a better agent. She has been in the agency circle for a long time, and has met many famous agents, and has established her own connections and resources.
Debola also promises to bring Lucas no less than two million euros in pre-tax endorsement collection within the first year
To be continued...