Chapter 179 Jorge Mendes
After training that day, Mourinho kept Jiang Yuan.

After being introduced by Mourinho, a football agent also from Portugal rushed to the Cobham base on Saturday, where he visited Jiang Yuan who was still in training.

Jorge Mendez!

As Mourinho's agent, Mendes has a very close connection with Mourinho. It can be said that whichever team Mourinho is in, the players of that team will cooperate with Mendes.

"Mr. Jiang, do we still have training on Saturday?"

Mendes had a black notebook tucked under his arm, which looked like the same one Mourinho had in his hand.

To show respect, Jiang Yuan kicked the football aside: "Mr. Jorge, nice to meet you!"

"Haha, Jiang, I asked Mourinho to meet you. You should know why I'm looking for you, right?"

Mendes stated his purpose. As a football agent, his task was somewhat similar to that of a scout. Mendes needed to find capable players all over the world and get commissions of varying proportions by helping them transfer.

The more famous the athlete is and the higher the transfer fee, the more commission he will receive.

Mendes has promoted countless large transfers, the most representative of which are the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo for 9600 million euros, the transfer of James Rodriguez for 8000 million euros, and the transfer of Di Maria for 7500 million euros.

Apart from being fellow Portuguese people, the two men have more business dealings.

"Sir, I know, but I also want to ask, is it your idea or Mourinho's idea for you to be my agent?"

Mendes didn't beat around the bush, and Jiang Yuan was too lazy to waste time.

"What I mean with Jose, you know, I've known him for more than 20 years, he's your coach, I'm your agent, if you want to transfer, it will definitely help you, you know, similar to a judge and a lawyer."

Mendes is right. If the agent has a personal relationship with the coaching staff and the players, the transfer will indeed be much easier.

Mendes licked his lips, and he hadn't finished what he was saying: "I only work as an agent for top athletes, like Ronaldo, and you..."

I have to say that Mendes is really good at talking. He directly put Jiang Yuan and Ronaldo on the same level.

Who wouldn’t be confused after hearing this?

Jiang Yuan nodded: "So, what is your commission?"

Jiang Yuan doesn't have an agent now anyway, so it would be great if he could have a top agent like Mendes to help him. However, as the agent of big-name stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and De Gea, Mendes' commission would definitely not be low.

"Mr. Jiang, I need 6.5% of your weekly salary before tax"

really!

After hearing the reward offered by Mendes, Jiang Yuan took a breath.

There is a reason why agents are called "vampires". 6.5% of the money they earn from playing football must be given to Mendes, and this commission will increase as Jiang Yuan's weekly salary increases.

Even if Jiang Yuan's weekly salary reaches 10 pounds, he still has to give 6.5% to Mendes.

"no!"

Jiang Yuan shook his head repeatedly, but what Mendes said next made him fall into deep thought.

"Jiang, this is already very generous. For most players, the commission I ask for is between 8% and 10%. Only players of Ronaldo's level can get around 3%."

"If your weekly salary exceeds 8 pounds, we can adjust the commission rate. This is written in the contract. I used to be a football player. Although I am not as good as you, I understand the hard work. I respect all athletes. This is why I can be successful in the field of agents."

What Mendes said was not wrong. Even for Cristiano Ronaldo, his initial commission rate was only 8%, and it only increased to 2.75% after he transferred to Real Madrid. It can be said that the conditions offered by Mendes to Jiang Yuan were already very generous.

"hiss……"

Jiang Yuan didn't say anything. This was the first time he encountered problems with his agent. He really didn't know what to do.

Seeing that Jiang Yuan did not reply immediately, Mendes followed up with another sentence: "Jiang, I researched the Chinese market before contacting you. If I sign an agent contract with you, I promise to find you a commercial endorsement contract of no less than 2 million euros within 200 months. What do you think?"

“Deal!”

Finally, with the help of his legal team, Jiang Yuan signed an agency contract with Mendes.

Mendes needs to strive for a better player contract for Jiang Yuan, and also find suitable commercial endorsements for Jiang Yuan.

As for the commission, the basic commission is 6.5% of the weekly salary after tax. This ratio will drop to 5% when Jiang Yuan's weekly salary exceeds 6 euros, and the minimum ratio will not be lower than 3.5%.
Finally, there is one more item. If Jiang Yuan takes on a commercial endorsement with the help of Mendes, then Jiang Yuan will have to give 10% of the endorsement fee to Mendes as an additional commission.

……

During a break in training, Mourinho walked over to Jiang Yuan who was dribbling the ball around the post and asked, "How was your talk with Jorge?"

“It went pretty smoothly”

Jiang Yuan was juggling the ball. He didn't need to be polite in front of his acquaintances. "Jose, the commission is 6.5%. This is too much. The agent is really like a vampire!"

"Ha ha!"

Hearing Jiang Yuan's complaint, Mourinho laughed: "You bastard, 6.5% is already very favorable. Kurt's weekly salary is close to yours. Do you know the price Mendes offered him?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head.

"10%!"

Mourinho made a shocking statement.

"The better the broker, the higher the commission. You may think this expense is not worth it now, but please believe me, this will be the best investment you make."

"Come to think of it, I was really surprised when you told me last week that you didn't have an agent. A genius worth 2000 million euros doesn't even have an agent!"

Mourinho put his hands in his pockets, looking very cool.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand and said helplessly: "I didn't think about this at all. I spent all my time playing football!"

"fine!"

Mourinho took his hand out of his trouser pocket and put it on Jiang Yuan's shoulder: "As you said, you spend all your time on training and games, so you definitely need an agent to help deal with things outside of the game. Believe me, with Mendes' help, you can get 10% more money for the same commercial endorsement!"

"Take 10% more? José, shouldn't I give 10 to Mendes as commission?"

Jiang Yuan showed a puzzled expression. Why was this different from what he understood?

"Eh!"

Mourinho stretched out his index finger and waved it in front of Jiang Yuan: "That's why you need Jorge to help you negotiate the price."

“That’s the charm of Jorge!”

……

the next day.

"Zhuangdianertai, Zhuangdianertai!"

"You are now watching the 8th round of the Premier League, Chelsea's home game against Southampton"

"This game will be played at Stamford Bridge and the referee is Bobby Medley. According to pre-match data, if Chelsea wins this game, they will be among the top four in the league!"

"The referee is already looking at his watch!"

"The game has begun. Now let me introduce to you the starting lineups of both teams!"

Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

……

Southampton (4-2-3-1)

Defenders: Bertrand, Van Dijk, Jose Fonte, Cedric Soares
Midfielders: Wanyama, Romeu, Steven Davis

Forwards: Mane, Tadic, Pelle

Goalkeeper: Stekelenburg
Head coach: Ronald Koeman
After three consecutive away games, Chelsea finally had their home game. Their opponent, Southampton, ranked 3th last season. They are not a strong team, but they are not weak either.

At the beginning of the game, Chelsea still used the two-way blooming tactics that they are best at now, passing the ball back from the backcourt, and then Fabregas found an opportunity to send the ball to the frontcourt, where Jiang Yuan or Hazard received the ball.

After receiving the ball, the winger will move forward to attract the defense. When most of the opponent's defense is attracted, the winger holding the ball (Jiang Yuan or Hazard) will seek cooperation with William, and finally transfer the ball to the other side through William as a bridge.

Judging from the recent record of 4 consecutive league victories, this kind of approach should be the most suitable for Chelsea now!
"Move forward!"

William pointed his finger forward and shouted, then kicked a straight pass in the direction of his finger. At the same time William passed the ball, Oscar rushed forward and used his not-too-fast speed to create an opportunity for the team to advance.

“Here here here!”

Hazard shouted three times and took the ball from Oscar. Oscar, who successfully passed the ball, used his body to block Romeu in the first time, creating complete offensive space for Hazard who had the ball.

"Hazard is dribbling the ball near the sideline! Oscar is in a good position and Romeu can't get through!"

"Okay, Hazard didn't choose to dribble the ball, he went straight to William to see what William said..."

"A precise long pass, William sent the ball to the right, Jiang Yuan stopped the ball with his chest, and now Fabregas has the ball. Wanya immediately grabbed it, Fabregas gave the ball to Ivanovic, and Ivanovic gave it to Jiang Yuan"

"After receiving the ball, Jiang Yuan did not move immediately, but walked backwards with the ball. Now Ivanovic is on the side. If Jiang Yuan feels it is appropriate, he can kick the ball to Ivanovic and let the full-back make a cross."

"Do it yourself! Jiang Yuan made a long pass with his left foot, and the ball returned to the left. It was Oscar again!"

Just when Oscar was about to get the ball, Costa, who was standing in the penalty area, began to run inside. Southampton's two central defenders, Van Dijk and Font were forced to retreat to the defense line because of Costa's forward pressure, which gave Oscar the space to dribble the ball safely.

Not only that, Jiang Yuan, who smelled an opportunity, started to go down the flank without the ball, forcing Van Dijk to not only keep an eye on Costa, but also keep one eye on Jiang Yuan.

There's no way, these two guys are both good at heading!
Thanks to his teammates' active forward movement, Oscar dribbled the ball safely to the left sideline of the penalty area, but because of Suarez's presence, Oscar could not move further.

So, he lowered his body weight forward and made a move to go to the bottom, and when one of Suarez's feet moved back, he pulled the ball back with the front of his foot.

Just then, Hazard suddenly jumped out.

"Whoosh whoosh"

The sound of rapid breathing came from Hazard's mouth and nose. The Belgian superstar suddenly accelerated to get the ball. Then Fonte had to move forward with the ball, trying to stop Hazard who had entered the penalty area.

But in a one-on-one situation, Chelsea's two wingers were basically invincible. Hazard made a few bicycle kicks with his left and right feet, and moved closer to Fonte step by step by changing the rhythm of his dribbling.

Hazard has a characteristic when dribbling the ball, that is, he always finds a way to put one of his legs in front of the ball. This way of dribbling is very effective in the penalty area.

If Fonte kicked Hazard's ball at this time, he would definitely kick Hazard's calf. If Hazard was kicked in the calf in the penalty area, he would definitely fall to the ground to cheat. So now Fonte doesn't dare to pass the ball at all.

So Hazard came directly to the same level as Fonte, held Fonte's arm with one hand, and swung his right leg backwards.

Shoot directly!

"GOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLL"

"Eden...Hazarddddd!"

The ball hit the left post and went into the net. The Belgian superb shooting skills were once again demonstrated at home at Stamford Bridge.

The live commentator McLaughlan was extremely excited. As a regular guest and commentator at Stamford Bridge, the atmosphere he provided was always very good.

Next is the pear blossom fragrance mode.

"wowwu!"

Hazard ran quickly and slid on his knees to peel the pear. This classic celebration action has never been outdated.

After Hazard scored this goal, he entered the top ten scorers in the league with 8 goals in 3 games.

For a striker who is not a pass-catcher, this result is already very good, at least worthy of his current market value of 7000 million euros!
So far, Chelsea's forward line.

Hazard scored 3 goals, Costa scored 4 goals, and Jiang Yuan scored 5 goals.

This is the super striker with a total value of 1.35 million euros!

Jiang Yuan hugged Hazard from behind and gave the Belgian a big kiss on the top of his head.

good job!

“Wow, it can be seen that Chelsea’s current winning streak is really unstoppable. After beating Everton, Chelsea’s players are like having their Ren and Du meridians opened up. From the goalkeeper to the forward, from the forward to the coach, the whole team is in very good shape!”

"The camera was turned off the court. Southampton coach Ronald Koeman complained to the fourth official. From the gestures he gave, it can be seen that Koeman should think that Hazard was suspected of an offensive foul because Hazard blocked Fonte's body with one hand."

"But from our point of view, there is no problem with Hazard's goal... As expected! The fourth official did not even ask the referee for instructions and directly rejected Koeman's complaint."

"Koeman is a little unhappy, but the game must go on"

"..."

"Tadic got the ball and attacked from the wing, but going to the left was not a wise choice... As expected! Jiang Yuan's tackle cut Tadic's attack off!"

"Stand up immediately. Jiang Yuan passed the ball to Oscar, and Oscar passed it to Fabregas. The transfer was very fast."

Just before Fabregas got the ball, Davis, Pelle and Mane formed a triangle and pressed forward at the same time.

Pelle kept an eye on Oscar, Davis kept an eye on Fabregas who had the ball, and Mane was even more ruthless. Without the ball, he ran to the sideline to face Hazard one-on-one.

It was obvious that Fabregas needed to pass the ball back to Terry or goalkeeper Begovic, but Fabregas did not do so.

Fabregas tried to pass the ball to Willian, but Davies blocked it with his head.

"shit!"

Fabregas swore and the offense and defense of the two teams changed at this moment.

"Beautiful pass interception! Davis' header successfully passed the ball to Mane, and Mane started to explode!"

“Hiss—what a fast run! Hazard’s speed is no match for Mane at all. He was left far behind with just one start!”

"Chelsea fans may be wondering why it was Hazard instead of Jiang Yuan who was marking Mane on the left. Mane's speed is too fast. But we can't worry about that now. Mane accelerated down the line and used his body to knock Azpilicueta away. Is it that violent?"

"Down the line... cross! Azpilicueta stretched out his legs to intercept but failed, the ball flew into the penalty area, it's a penalty kick!"

"At the back post, at Cahill's position, Mane's pass was a bit too far, Cahill didn't reach the ball after he jumped, and Tadic was standing near the landing point."

"Ouch, Ivanovic didn't keep an eye on Tadic, oops! Volley!"

"drink!"

Begovic made a risky save, pushing the ball out with his fingers spread out.

Corner kick for Southampton!
"Pretty!"

"A little to the left, Jiang, just keep an eye on him!"

Begovic stood up and high-fived Terry, then began to hurriedly arrange a corner kick.

Compared with the previous match against Arsenal, Southampton's heading ability is much stronger. Tadic, Pelle and Mane, the three forwards of the Saints are all header experts, so corner defense is definitely the focus of this game.

"Beep!"

Referee Medley blew the whistle, Romeu raised his right hand and started to run.

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

Outside the small penalty area, players from both teams were pushing and shoving each other. At this time, Mane, who was less than 1 meters tall, jumped up and successfully completed a header.

Mane's shot was too close to the goal, which meant that Begovic, who was standing on the goal line, had no time to react at all.

“GOOOOO—AAAAA—LLLLLLL!!!”

"Mane! A header, what a header!"

"33', a goal from Sadio Mane, Chelsea 1:1 Southampton! (Mane's goal in the 33rd minute, Chelsea 1:1 Southampton)"

"oh my god!"

Mourinho held his head in his hands, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Chelsea's left wing is worth more than 1 million euros, but Mane passed it by like crossing the road.

From Hazard to Azpilicueta, no one can stop Mane's acceleration!
So this is why speed is a key factor when scouts of Premier League teams are evaluating forwards. There is some truth to the saying that the only way to defeat martial arts is to be fast!

"It's difficult..."

Jiang Yuan spread his legs, put his hands on his hips, and looked quite helpless.

Koeman's tactical arrangement was indeed clever. He took advantage of Chelsea's weaknesses in various positions and made the Blues players on the field very uncomfortable.

"Hey, snap, snap!"

"Come on, come on, everyone!"

Terry raised his arms. At this time, it was very important for the team to have a captain who could boost the morale of the whole team. As a meritorious player of the Blues, Terry could certainly take on this key role.

……

The game continues!

After the score was tied at home, Mourinho asked Falcao, Remy, Matic and Zouma to leave the bench to warm up. Apart from that, Mourinho did not make any adjustments to the team's existing tactics.

Because to be honest, that's all Chelsea can do. If they don't play with two explosive points on both sides, they can only focus on Hazard on the left. The latter style of play has been proven to be unworkable in this season's Premier League.

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Chelsea's corner kick attack failed, which is normal, but the failure of a corner kick attack is usually accompanied by a strong counterattack by the defender. When a weak team plays against a strong team, a corner kick counterattack is a very good opportunity to score, because if the team runs fast and makes long passes accurately, the weak team can avoid passing and controlling the ball in the midfield with the strong team.

Now is Southampton's chance to counterattack!
Stekelenburg passed the ball to Van Dijk, who kicked the ball accurately from the left side of the small penalty area to Davis who was waiting on the right.

"Wow!"

The audience screamed, and the Blues players on the field realized something was wrong and started running back quickly.

After Davis stopped the ball, he immediately passed it to Mane, who started his offensive performance on the right.

"Go back quickly! Go back quickly!"

Mourinho shouted loudly. Now Hazard and Fabregas were chasing Mane on the left, but both of them were no match for Mane in speed and were left several meters away in a few seconds.

Mane then drove straight into the game. With a height of only 1 meters, he became a beautiful sight on the Stamford Bridge field.

Jiang Yuan had already rushed back to the defensive position, but he was far away on the right and all he could do was stay in front of Tadic to reduce the defensive pressure on Terry and Begovic.

But there was no way, you could defend against two, even if you could defend against one. Mane passed the ball to Davis in the middle, and the latter's long shot successfully penetrated Begovic's defense.

"Fuck!"

Mourinho spread his hands, his face ashen.

[Malegobi, you can't even beat Southampton at home? Chelsea, are you worthy of my heavenly star? ]

[Who can teach Southampton's No. 10 a lesson? This black guy is really flexible. I can't even see how he dribbles the ball. What should I do?]

[Oh my god, Chelsea, can you please do better and stop your 4-game winning streak]

[Your King Jiang can't help]

[Don't make a fuss, Southampton is not weak, they were ranked 7th in the league last season! ]

[Brother above, it is true that Southampton was ranked 7th last season, but the problem is that Chelsea was the champion last season...]

[I just checked, this black guy from Southampton is worth 1800 million euros. I think this lottery ticket is worth a try. This guy's ability is about the same as Xiao Jiang. Although he is already 23 years old, he is still worth training.]

[“I’m already 23 years old”, brother, a football player’s peak age is around 28, 23 is still very young]

[23 is young, so what is 17, a baby? ]

[Hahaha, brother, don't make me laugh. We are focusing on this game now. Why are we talking about age?]

[I'm putting this here. When Xiao Jiang is 23 years old, his net worth will be at least 5000 million euros. He might be the next Zaqiu King! ]

[To be honest, Jiang Yuan played better than Hazard this season. Although I may be criticized by Hazard fans for saying this, this is the fact]

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(End of this chapter)