Under Lu Wenbin's strong opposition, Real Madrid gave in and agreed to share Lu Wenbin's personal image rights in the same proportion as Cristiano Ronaldo, 40% to 60%.
The club accounted for 40% of the income from image rights licensing, and Lu Wenbin accounted for 60%.
However, this still could not be accepted by Lu Wenbin.
He was getting 90% in Hoffenheim, but now his salary is reduced to 60%. Based on his current commercial value, the 30% he loses in image rights licensing income is even more than the annual salary offered to him by Real Madrid.
This was simply stealing money from Lu Wenbin's pocket, so he naturally couldn't accept it.
As for Real Madrid, although they are eager to recruit Lu Wenbin, they have not reached the point where they must have Lu Wenbin.
A Golden Ball award cannot make Florentino bow his head.
Kaka and Ronaldo have both won the Golden Ball, but they have not brought about earth-shaking changes to Real Madrid. Florentino is unwilling to pay too high a price for Lu Wenbin.
He felt that the reputation of Real Madrid would allow Lu Wenbin to accept the proposal of a 40% to 60% split.
Compared to Real Madrid, Inter Milan is much easier to talk to.
Both Lu Wenbin and Mendes could feel that Inter Milan’s desire for Lu Wenbin was stronger than any other club.
Moratti is worthy of being the chairman who has a superstar-collecting syndrome. He feels that he will not stop until he gets Lu Wenbin, the new Champions League champion and the favorite for the Ballon d'Or.
General Manager Paolillo not only offered Lu Wenbin an annual salary of 15 million euros on behalf of Inter Milan, but also gave him generous treatment in other aspects such as appearance fees, goal bonuses, and Champions League winning bonuses.
With Lu Wenbin's goal-scoring efficiency, he could probably get a considerable bonus in a season just from the goal award alone.
More importantly, Inter Milan agreed to follow the Hoffenheim contract and only take 10% of Lu Wenbin's personal image rights licensing income.
Inter Milan is very sincere and it is difficult to refuse.
But the title of Galactico is also very tempting. Although the conditions are more stringent than Inter Milan, they are still better than other clubs.
Moreover, as long as he joins Real Madrid, it can be said that Lu Wenbin has reached the top at the club level.
This made it really difficult for Lu Wenbin to choose.
When Lu Wenbin was hesitant, at the end of July, Real Madrid increased its annual salary offer to Lu Wenbin in an attempt to impress Lu Wenbin, but the profit sharing ratio of image rights licensing remained unchanged at 4:6.
Just then, on July 31, when Lu Wenbin and his girlfriend Kate were on vacation in the Swiss Alps, Inter Milan chairman Moratti, led by Mendes, came to them in person.
Lu Wenbin was somewhat flattered to be personally visited by such a billionaire, whose family assets amounted to tens of billions.
He is confident that he can become the best in the world in football with his system, but he cannot ignore the super-rich in the capital field.
What's more, under the influence of his father Lu Chongxin, Lu Wenbin himself has a great liking for Inter Milan.
Not only did Moratti come to the team in person, he also brought the remaining head coach Mourinho with him.
Before the Champions League final, there were already reports that Real Madrid wanted to poach Mourinho.
Mourinho's contract with Inter Milan is for three years, but he has only coached for two years. The penalty clause is 16 million euros. Florentino is prepared to pay the penalty clause to poach him after Mourinho wins the Champions League final.
But the winner of the Champions League final was Hoffenheim, and Mourinho, who only won the runner-up, seemed to be less valuable. Florentino would rather spend money on Lu Wenbin.
Therefore, the Galacticos' plan to poach Mourinho came to nothing because Florentino stopped doing it.
Although Moratti was somewhat dissatisfied with Mourinho and Real Madrid's flirting, he did not get angry because Mourinho still won the domestic double and the Champions League runner-up last season.
Mourinho was also very dissatisfied with Florentino's giving up.
Since Florentino believes that his failure to lead Inter Milan to defeat Hoffenheim and win the Champions League is not of sufficient significance, he will stay for another season and lead the team to win the Champions League.
Therefore, Mourinho continues to stay at Inter Milan and fulfill his third year coaching contract at Inter Milan.
Mourinho was also happy to see Moratti spend a huge amount of money to buy Lu Wenbin.
He himself is a coach who likes to spend a lot of money on signings, whether at Chelsea or Inter Milan.
In his opinion, modern football is a game of spending big money, and a game that doesn't spend money is doomed to not win the championship.
To win the Champions League, you have to spend money without sparing any expense.
For example, the Hoffenheim miracle that is now talked about all over the world is due to the support of Forbes billionaire Dietmar Hopp.
Without the capital injection from Hopp, Hoffenheim would not have been able to retain Lu Wenbin when it was promoted from the German Second Division to the Bundesliga. How could they have won the subsequent small and big trebles
Moratti doesn't care how much money he has to pay to subsidize the club to buy Lu Wenbin. He only knows that Lu Wenbin is the most efficient striker in the world.
With Lu Wenbin joining the team, his tactics can be implemented more smoothly, and the chances of winning and winning the championship are higher.
If Moratti can really handle Lu Wenbin, although there will be problems with Lu Wenbin and his new teammates getting used to each other, he is more than 90% sure that he can lead the team to win the Champions League next season.
Therefore, he was willing to accompany Morati to persuade Lu Wenbin that Lu Wenbin was indeed worthy of his attention.
In Switzerland, Moratti humbled himself and placed Lu Wenbin in a very high position. He highly praised and affirmed Lu Wenbin's personal strength, performance and honors.
Then, as if everyone was chatting, Moratti described with a slightly wry smile his persistent pursuit over the years, just to achieve the glory of the great international era.
However, he only won one UEFA Cup in his first stint as Inter Milan manager. In the end, even his fans held demonstrations and called him a cancer of the team, and he was dismissed in disgrace.
Although he won four consecutive championships and the double during his second stint in charge, it was actually due to the fact that Juventus and AC Milan were deeply involved in the Calciopoli scandal.
Without a breakthrough in the Champions League, Moratti's investment is still ineffective.
He has now become a complete prodigal son within the family, and the family no longer wants to support him in continuing to use the family's money to privately invest in Inter Milan.
It can be said that Lu Wenbin’s transfer, which Moratti insists on, is his last chance.
It is also because Lu Wenbin is famous enough and strong enough that Moratti's elder brother and family head Gian Marco is willing to believe that Lu Wenbin can help Inter Milan achieve a breakthrough in the Champions League.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Moratti to get the support of his family to inject capital into the club and buy players.
Lu Wenbin’s investment involved hundreds of millions of dollars, and it could be said to be Moratti’s last big gamble.
If he fails again, he might never get the support of his family again.
Of course, if Lu Wenbin refuses, Moratti will no longer get the support of his family.
Apart from Lu Wenbin, Giampaolo and other family members do not believe that there is another player who can help Inter Milan achieve a breakthrough in the Champions League, not even Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi who have also won the Champions League.
The only condition on which Gianmarco was willing to take funds from the family to help Moratti buy players was that the money could only be used on Lu Wenbin.
If the negotiations fail and Lu Wenbin cannot transfer to Inter Milan, the family's financial support will no longer exist. (Seeking monthly tickets)