Although it has been a morning, the strong atmosphere of last night's celebration remains throughout Madrid.

Especially in the southern part of the city, the area where Atletico Madrid fans are most concentrated is more obvious.

An American-made Cadillac drives from north to south along the main road in downtown Madrid.

Through the car window, you can see that sitting in the back row is an American about fifty years old, wearing a neat suit and a well-behaved tie, looking like an ordinary white-collar senior American in an ordinary company.

His name is not very familiar to outsiders, but those who know Nike and Jordan series basketball shoes will definitely not be unfamiliar with his name.

Tinker Hatfield.

Sitting next to Hatfield is the president of Nike Europe, the person in charge of negotiating sponsorship with Atletico Madrid, while other negotiating teams are sitting in the car behind.

The La Liga has been very popular in recent years, but Nike's development in the Spanish market, especially the football market, is not satisfactory. In the final analysis, they only sponsored Barcelona.

So, this time, Nike executives also attach great importance to sponsoring Atletico Madrid.

Although the bedsheets team fell into the Spanish Second Division, the lean camels are bigger than the horses, and they are always the third giant in La Liga.

More importantly, Adidas' flagship in Spain is Real Madrid.

Therefore, it became natural for Nike to attach importance to Atletico Madrid.

It’s like opening two flagship stores face to face on the same street, the same place, and playing against Taiwan.

A group of three cars soon passed through the city of Madrid and arrived at Calderon Stadium.

"Hello, welcome to Calderon Stadium!"

Club general manager Xiao Hill saw the car stop and immediately smiled and greeted him.

Next to him are Vice Chairman Cerezzo, Technical Director Paul Foterre, as well as employees of the business department, and representative lawyers of the club, etc.

It was hot summer, and it was almost noon again, and the temperature was very high.

After meeting, the two sides did not exchange greetings and went directly into the conference room before introducing each other.

"Michelle, this is Mr. Hatfield, the vice president of design at Nike headquarters, and Mr. Parker's most trusted right-hand man. He came here specifically for this negotiation."

Xiao Hill was stunned when he heard this, came specifically for negotiations?

Vice President of Design Department?

Mark Parker, one of Nike's most powerful co-presidents, is the right-hand man of the right-hand man?

This is a big shot!

Not to mention Hill, even Cerezo and Paul Fottery were secretly surprised in their hearts.

Generally speaking, Nike sponsors professional teams in Europe, even the giant teams, will make decisions by the head of the European region and then hand them over to the head of the European region for negotiation.

But now, the senior management of Nike's US headquarters has been dispatched, and it is such a high-level core management, this...

"Mr. Hill, it's a great honor to be at Calderon Stadium."

Not only did Hatfield not look like a designer, but he didn't even look like a person. He looked like a kind Uncle Sam, and he didn't have the maverick personality of a top designer.

"Welcome, welcome, Mr. Hatfield, I'm very happy to see you." Little Hill did not dare to be careless and quickly shook hands with him.

"I arrived last night and watched your game against Barcelona on TV."

"Yeah?"

"Although I hope Barcelona will win from the perspective of our company, I have to say that last night, you performed better and deserved a victory, which is really amazing."

"Thank you!" Everyone at Atletico Madrid immediately had their faces bright and felt very honored.

After Nike introduced his own people, Atletico Madrid also began to introduce his members who participated in the negotiations.

The sponsorship negotiations were led by Hill Jr., with Cerezo and Paul Fottery assisting, and the others were employees and lawyers.

Generally speaking, before negotiation, we introduce each other, but we are just following a process.

But just after Xiao Hill introduced the people on his side, Hatfield suddenly asked a question.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hill, please forgive me for my liberty. Can you ask you a question?"

Hill, Cerrezo and others were all confused. What was going on?

"Of course, please."

Hatfield looked at the negotiators at Atletico Madrid and was a little surprised, "I want to ask, why didn't you see your head coach?"

"Head coach?" Xiao Hill and others were stunned for a moment.

This is a sponsorship negotiation, what does it matter to the head coach?

"Mr. Hatfield, are you talking about Gao Han?"

"Well, yes, a young Chinese man, I saw him directing the game, it was amazing."

Xiao Hill and others were secretly surprised again.

Hatfield is also a core senior manager in Nike, with a high position and a high position and a powerful person, but when he talks about Gao Han, it shows that in his mind, seeing Gao Han's weight is more important than negotiating with Atletico Madrid.

What's going on?

"Mr. Hatfield, Gao Han is the head coach of our team. He is mainly responsible for competitive affairs, and he will not participate in other aspects, including daily operations, business negotiations, etc."

Hill answered politely, then pointed to Paul Fottery, "If you have any questions about competitive affairs, Paul is our technical director, Gao Han's direct boss, and he should be able to answer all your doubts."

Hatfield kept smiling all the time, looked at Little Hill, then at Paul Futrey, and shook his head.

"Forget it, I hope to find an opportunity to talk to Mr. Gao Han face to face."

Xiao Hill frowned, and could not understand why Hatfield valued Gao Han so much?

"Okay, the team will have training in the afternoon. We can arrange for you to visit and you will be able to see Gao Han at that time."

When Hatfield heard this, he laughed more happily, "Okay, then please Mr. Hill."

After saying that, the American in a suit retreated to the back, as if the negotiation had nothing to do with him.

But this made Xiao Hill and others even more confused. What was going on?

Could it be that what Nike values ​​most during this trip is not Atletico Madrid? Instead, it is Gao Han?

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"How is it? How does it feel to win the championship?"

A BMW X5 is driving fast on the highway from Madrid to Mahada Enda.

Lin Xia, who was sitting in the driving position, asked with a smile while driving.

"It's great, it's great. Every inch of skin, every pore, and even every cell in the body is refreshing!"

Lin Xia Yanran smiled, "Is it so exaggerated? It's like..."

"It seems like something?"

Lin Xia's pink face turned red, "Get out!"

"Ha, this is my true feeling. I tell you that you don't believe it, and you still ask if you don't believe it."

"I'm owed my mouth, okay?" Lin Xia glared at him angrily.

But soon, her curiosity rose again, "What are you going to do next?"

Gao Han looked at her with a smile, "Miss Lin, are you caring about me as a friend? Or are you asking me as a reporter?"

“Is there any difference?”

"Of course, if it's a reporter, I'd like to consider whether to answer or not. If it's a friend, I'd definitely tell you the truth."

Lin Xia was very embarrassed and smiled, as if she was saying that you still have a little conscience.

"Then be a friend."

"Oh, my friend, I don't have any ideas yet."

"What?"

Is this a perfunctory answer?

"I mean it's true." Gao Han leaned against his back, his eyes narrowed slightly, and looked forward.

"Will that stay at Atletico Madrid?"

"I don't know, it depends on the situation."

From this sentence, Lin Xia finally realized it.

Yes, with a King's Cup champion in hand, Gao Han has the initiative.

At least, he no longer needs to worry about where he goes.

With Gao Han's coaching performance now, as long as he says he wants to leave Atletico Madrid, there will definitely be a team interested.

Of course, Atletico Madrid is a traditional giant. Although it has experienced a nightmare of relegation, the lean camel is bigger than a horse. In Spanish football, if you want to find a better job than the head coach of Atletico Madrid, there are probably only Real Madrid and Barcelona.

But Real Madrid's coach Bosque has a stable status. Although there have been rumors outside that Florentino would rather invite famous coaches to coach, and even rumored that Ferguson would not change in the short term.
To be continued...