Chapter 58 New contract!
Chapter 58 New contract!
Portman Road Stadium.
meeting room.
Song Wen, who had taken a shower early in the morning, felt refreshed. He sat in his seat and played with the pen in his hand boredly.
Today he will complete the signing of a new contract with Ipswich Town.
In fact, this is not the first time he has sat here.
It has been a week since the game against Norwich, and they just finished the game against Rotherham yesterday.
In that game, Song Wen continued to perform stably. Although he did not score a goal, he contributed three assists, helping Ipswich to win three consecutive games in consecutive away games.
In the past few days, Song Wen has had many exchanges with the Ipswich Town Club.
Although today is the last day of the winter transfer window, Song Wen is not in a hurry.
Because whether the transfer period is closed or not will not have any impact on him.
Perhaps because the Ipswich club was not optimistic about Song Wen's future in the early stages, the first contract signed by both parties was only for one year.
And now, the contract has expired.
In other words, Song Wen's status will become a free agent.
Free agents can sign contracts with other teams at any time.
Song Wen's performance in the two Championship games has obviously attracted the attention of many people in the football world.
Although just two games cannot help Song Wen find a completely satisfactory new club, he will definitely not have to worry about no one wanting him.
The reason why they were willing to give Ipswich more time was, firstly, because coach McCarthy was willing to take in his predecessor and gave him full support, and secondly, because of Douglas.
Douglas' contract has been stuck until the last day, and he is visibly panicking.
At this time, he was confronting Pittman in the corner of the court.
"Hey! Didn't you say they were preparing a new contract for me?"
Facing Douglas' angry questioning, Pittman smoked the cigarette in his hand with a confused look on his face.
"I told you not to drink. When did I ever say that to you? You must have remembered it wrong."
Seeing Pittman's denial, Douglas' face turned red and he angrily stepped forward and grabbed Pittman's collar.
"You clearly told me that yourself! You told me that on the phone! Why did you lie to me? Aren't we friends?!"
Seeing Douglas attacking him, Pittman's face turned cold.
He pulled Douglas' hand away, threw the cigarette butt to the ground and stomped it out.
"You're crazy."
Pittman turned and left, sighing inwardly.
"There's nothing I can do about it my friend. Song Wen gave me too much."
Like Douglas, Pittman's contract also expires in this winter window.
As the team's starting forward this season, Pittman does have some other options.
But if you continue to stay with your old club, you can obviously get the highest salary.
More than a week ago, Song Wen took the initiative to find Pittman.
Facing Song Wen's lobbying, Pittman was still holding a cigarette and looking melancholy, just like today.
"Douglas is my beloved relative, my friend, my brother, no, I need more cake."
Pittman is not stupid. With the strong rise of Song Wen, Douglas has obviously been marginalized in the team.
If you have a good relationship with Song Wen, you will be able to get a piece of the pie in the future.
If they continued to be bound to Douglas, both of them would be in trouble. In fact, he had advised Douglas more than once to admit his mistakes to the Asian monster who always squinted when he smiled.
But not only did the other party not do so, they also attacked Song Wen behind his back by spreading various rumors.
Pittman knew that the boy not only had a high basketball IQ, but was also very smart outside the court. It was impossible for him not to know who spread those outside rumors.
The two of them had obviously reached an irreconcilable point.
Pittman felt that he had done everything he should do and that it was no use trying to persuade the damned ghost.
And in the last game against Rotherham, Song Wen did not break his promise to him.
All three of his assists went to Pittman, helping him complete his first hat trick in his career!
This completely wiped out any remaining apology Pittman had for Douglas.
At the same time, he felt an indescribable awe towards Song Wensheng.
It is hard to imagine that a seventeen-year-old boy could have such a vicious mind.
Fortunately, I have already defected to the loyal faction.
He thought again of that big fool McGoldrick.
He looks honest on the surface, but in Pittman's opinion, this old guy is very smart and has been following Song Wen for a long time.
Now in the team, he has completely become a lackey.
Whenever Song Wen got a little scratched during training, this big black guy would open his eyes wide and scream.
"It seems that I have to work hard too..."
Pittman sighed, lit another cigarette, and under Douglas' desperate gaze, he walked alone towards his future.
In the conference room on the other side, Song Wen had already heard noisy sounds coming from outside the door.
As soon as he stood up, the door was pushed open and a man with golden curly hair walked towards him.
The moment this person saw Song Wen, an exaggerated smile appeared on his face and he shouted excitedly.
"Hey! Look at our team's future superstar - Win song!! I'm a big fan of yours, can you please sign an autograph for me?"
The man handed over a pen, rolled up his clothes, and motioned for Song Wen to sign on his clothes.
Although Song Wen was surprised by the visitor, he quickly reacted.
Ed Sheeran.
This famous British male singer and music creator is affectionately called Boss Huang by his fans in China. He grew up in Ipswich and is a die-hard fan of Ipswich Football Club.
Song Wen remembers that Boss Huang later became the sponsor of Ipswich team uniforms, and eventually acquired a small number of Ipswich shares, becoming a small shareholder of Ipswich.
However, at this time, Boss Huang does not seem to have any financial dealings with the Ipswich Club and is just a loyal fan.
After a brief moment of daze, Song Wen immediately began his exaggerated performance.
"OMG! Ed Sheeran! OMG!"
After expressing his excitement with two OMGs, he continued:
"I can't believe my eyes! I have always been your fan! I love you so much! Especially your song Shape of You!"
He rolled up his clothes and stuffed the pen back into Boss Huang's hand, his eyes shining like a little fanboy.
"Please sign my name first!"
Standing behind Mr. Huang, Ipswich Club's major shareholder Ed Schwartz looked at the club's CEO Mark Ashton with satisfaction.
Ashton turned slightly and said softly:
"For a young man like this, there is no way to resist the power of idols."
(End of this chapter)