Kuroko no Basket: Honored One

Chapter 506 - 208: The New Offer

"Have you decided where you're going?"

After the match, Loki came over to exchange jerseys with Tendou.

"I haven't decided yet, but it won't be Ligue 1."

Tendou took off his jersey and handed it to Loki, then took the number 10 jersey from his hands.

"I figured as much."

Challenging PSG's status in Ligue 1 would be difficult.

It's not that Tendou wasn't strong enough, but that other teams couldn't build a squad to match that of Paris Saint-Germain for him.

"I'll be waiting for you in Europe," Loki said, then disappeared into the tunnel with Tendou's number 7 jersey.

The match was over.

The players' offers were updated accordingly.

This time, a total of 29 Blue Lock players had received offers.

Tsurugi Zantetsu at 8 million, Niou Kazuma at 6 million, Wanima Junichi at 4 million, Nanase Nijiro at 3 million.

Any player who had a chance to play, more or less, received an offer from a football club in Europe or around the world.

After the last round, they already knew.

Although scoring goals received a higher evaluation, as long as you could show enough value, even midfielders, defenders, and goalkeepers would be taken seriously.

When clubs around the world select players, they look at all positions, not just strikers.

Therefore, in the third round of matches, the players were even more focused on doing what they could, and the intensity of the games increased.

"Only 24..."

Tsurugi Zantetsu adjusted his glasses, cheering himself on internally to break into the top 23, because the condition to become a member of the U-20 team was to be in the top 23.

In addition, according to the rules, the final team roster must include 3 goalkeepers.

So, excluding the 3 goalkeepers, there were actually only 20 spots for field players on the U-20 roster.

And the 23rd-ranked player was the goalkeeper Tokimitsu Aoshi, who had received an offer of 10 million.

Which was a paltry 58,000 Euros or so.

Mikage Reo looked at his own offer, which had increased by 15 million.

The goal he had assisted for Nagi in this match had earned him high praise.

But the biggest riser was Nagi Seishiro. With his Five-Stage Fake Volley, he had blasted his way to an 88 million yen annual salary.

It was worth noting that offers didn't only go up. Depending on a player's performance, the offer could drop at any time.

Shidou Ryusei and Itoshi Rin didn't have many standout moments in this match, and their offers dropped by 3 million and 4 million from their previous annual salaries, respectively.

Everyone's ranking was set in stone, leaving only the one place that was almost impossible to surpass: Tendou.

His latest offer was: 1.55 billion, approximately 9 million Euros.

Compared to the 2 million increase after the last match, his offer this time had still risen by a full 1 million Euros.

Don't think that's a small amount. It's a lot.

At the end of the day, Tendou was still a genius player who hadn't even made his professional debut.

Spending 9 million Euros on a lottery ticket was still a huge gamble.

And also, annual salaries aren't just given out randomly.

Every team has its own salary system.

Take Tottenham, for example. They couldn't give Tendou a 9 million Euro annual salary.

Because that would mean Tendou's weekly salary would reach 170,000 Euros, which would already be a top-tier salary at the club.

If you give a 17-year-old a weekly salary of 170,000 Euros, what would the other players think?

They would definitely demand a raise.

At the current Tottenham, only the star player Harry Kane's weekly salary reached 200,000 Euros. Son Heung-min was at 192,000, and the third-highest, Perišić, was at 178,000.

In other words, if Tottenham offered Tendou 9 million and he accepted, he would leapfrog to become the fourth-highest-paid player on the team.

It would definitely cause problems in the locker room.

But wealthy clubs like Manchester City didn't have such concerns.

Because Man City's current number one star, Prince...

Well, okay, the current star of Man City is De Bruyne, the future world's number one midfielder, whose current weekly salary has reached 400,000 Euros.

Others: Prince at 350,000, Sterling at 340,000, Agüero at 270,000...

At Manchester City, a 170,000 weekly salary is a normal starter's level, which is why they could make such an offer.

That's why Prince dared to predict that the number of clubs bidding for Tendou would decrease over time.

The ones who had provided offers for Tendou this time were still those few giant clubs.

Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, PSG, Bayern.

It must be mentioned that Real Madrid had finally made a move.

CR7's departure had left a huge superstar vacuum in the Galácticos.

How good was CR7?

Let's put it this way: in the later years of the top five leagues, 20-30 goals in a season was enough to win the Golden Boot.

But in the era of the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry, whether it was Messi or CR7, they could score 40-50 league goals and still only win the Silver Boot.

It was that ridiculous.

All in all, the latest offers from these giants had made many clubs that wanted Tendou shrink back in fear.

When Pochettino saw Tendou's latest offer, his face was full of愁眉苦脸.

He knew that his Tottenham was likely going to miss out on Tendou.

The playing time they could promise him was becoming less and less valuable as Tendou's performance on the field grew.

Tendou had already proven that he had the immediate ability to compete on the first-team stage.

"...1.55 billion..."

Many of the Blue Lock players couldn't help but swallow hard when they saw this number.

Even the top players in the domestic league had never had such an offer.

Tendou glanced at it nonchalantly and then left the field with Prince.

He felt that the limit of the offers he would receive should be around 10 million.

Of course, the specifics would depend on how his agent negotiated with the clubs.

A player's contract also includes many other things.

Goal bonuses and assist bonuses are secondary; the most important thing is the image rights.

That's the real big money earner.

How much he could get would depend on his agent's ability.

Prince had already contacted his agent, who was very sincere and would personally come to talk to Tendou about his future career plans after the Neo Egoist League.

The next match was in 10 days.

Manchester City's next opponent was Juventus, led by Snuffy.

Tendou no longer cared about winning or losing; he only cared about leveling up.

Throughout the entire Neo Egoist League, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain were undoubtedly the two strongest teams.

Before their final showdown, neither side had lost a match, while in contrast, Manchester City had not won a single one.

And now.

Manchester City had become the only team that had not lost a match.

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