What does this mean for a sponsorship contract of 1.5 million euros per year?

Compared with the sponsorship amount of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the value of Chu Jiang's contract does not seem to be high.

While also signing with Nike, Cristiano Ronaldo can get up to 8.4 million US dollars from Nike every year, while Chu Jiang only has 1.5 million euros.

However, there are not many people in the world who can sign such a generous contract with their sponsors like Cristiano Ronaldo.

Even Barack, the former football player in Germany, received only US$3.5 million through the sponsorship contract of Adidas, or less than 2.7 million euros.

In 2003, 21-year-old German forward star Kevin Kuranyi, who made his mark in the Bundesliga, signed a sponsorship contract with the famous sports brand Puma. Through this sponsorship contract, how much money can Kuranyi take from Puma every year?

50,000 euros!

In 2003, Metzeld, who played for Dortmund at the time, wore Nike's "swoosh" sneakers. How much does Nike give this German national team's main central defender every year?

150,000 euros!

Through this series of data, it is not difficult to know that the sponsorship contract provided by Nike to Chujiang with a total value of 15 million euros is already a sky-high price!

In fact, when Nike first made a offer, the 750,000 euros they provided to Chujiang was already very high.

It can be said that at the age of 17, there are not many players in the world who can get such a generous sponsorship contract.

Even some of the already famous stars, there are not many who have played for European giant clubs and have been selected as top European and American national teams, and have a sponsorship of 750,000 euros per year.

Compared with the stars such as Kulanyi and Metzeld, Chu Jiang is currently much less famous, and the Sampdoria he plays for is not as famous as big-name clubs such as Stuttgart and Dortmund.

However, even so, after receiving Raiola's recommendation, Nike was still willing to provide Chu Jiang with such a high offer, which fully reflects their importance to this Chinese star.

It has to be said that Nike's sports experts have a very strong ability to judge a player's potential.

Although Chu Jiang has only made his mark this season, has no national team qualifications, and has never won any dazzling championships. However, Nike is still very optimistic about him.

In the eyes of Nike's sports experts, Metzeld and others are very good players and worth Nike's investment; while Chu Jiang is different from them.

In Nike's view, Chu Jiang has the opportunity to become a great star, and it is worth a big gamble from Nike!

When Chu Jiang debuted, the nickname that people called him the most was "Little Chilavit". This title praises Chu Jiang's outstanding free kick ability, which shows that he is a goalkeeper with strong goal-scoring ability.

However, that nickname is rarely mentioned by the media now.

Now, the most popular name for Chu Jiang in the media is no longer Chilavit, but "Little Buffon"!

From "Little Chilavit" to "Little Buffon", the change in title represents the recognition of Chu Jiang's goalkeeper ability.

On the green field, Chu Jiang has proved that he can not only destroy the city and the village for the team, but also help the team keep the defense organization free of water.

In football games, he is an all-around war god who can dominate the outcome of the entire game!

Chu Jiang won the favor of Nike with his own strength.

However, the reason why they considered signing Chu Jiang was not just this one.

Nike's stars are mainly offensive players, mainly strikers, and there are fewer midfielders. Especially in the goalkeeper position, only England's national goalkeeper Paul Robinson.

Robinson is also an excellent goalkeeper, but compared with the world's top goalkeepers, his strength is obviously weaker.

Other heavyweight sports brands have heavy world-class goalkeepers among their contracted players.

For example, Cesar and Dida signed Reusch; Uhlsport has Toldo, Lehman and Canisales; Reebok signed Casillas; Puma signed Buffon...

Among these famous sports goods companies, there are many outstanding goalkeepers with strong strength among their signed players. As a giant of world-class sports goods companies, Nike has only signed a Paul Robinson with average strength, which makes Nike feel a little embarrassed.

Moreover, as Nike's old enemy, Adidas also has many goalkeepers, such as Lion King Kahn, Czech goalkeeper Cech, German new generation goalkeeper Adler, Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar...

Compared with Adidas' luxurious goalkeeper lineup, Nike's goalkeeper lineup seems very shabby.

Therefore, when Raiola recommended Chujiang to Nike, Nike immediately attached great importance to it.

The outstanding goalkeepers in the world today have basically been divided up by major brands, and there is no one Nike can take action.

Nowadays, there is an excellent young goalkeeper like Chu Jiang who appears in their field of vision, and of course they will not miss it easily.

In addition, Raiola's background of gold medal agents, Chu Jiang's background in China... various factors are also the reason why Nike is optimistic about Chu Jiang.

With Raiola's unremitting efforts, Nike raised its offer, increasing its quotation of 750,000 euros to 1.5 million euros, which finally led to this successful sponsorship contract.

Among them, Raiola made great efforts.

Although Nike is not short of money, among football players, those who can get 1.5 million euros a week from Nike every year are all famous figures in international football.

Like Chu Jiang, he is only playing for the mid-season team of the Serie A League, and only has some famous young players in the Apennine Peninsula. He is still the only one who can get a sponsorship contract of such specifications from Nike.

It can be said that Nike has a bright eye for Chu Jiang.

However, since Sampdoria's game this season has not yet ended, the official signing will have to wait until the Italian Cup final on May 30.

At that time, Raiola will accompany Chu Jiang to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the European headquarters of Nike, to complete the official signing of this sponsorship contract.

After learning that his son signed a contract with a well-known brand, Chu Jiang's parents were very happy.

On the phone, Chu Jiang could clearly feel the excitement of his family.

In fact, what they care about is not how much money Chu Jiang can make. What they pay more attention to is that their children can receive enough attention and recognition, which is enough!

Before the Italian Cup final officially started, there was another piece of news that attracted attention.

According to the agreement between the Italian Cup FA and Chinese companies, today's Italian Cup Super Cup is likely to be held at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing, China.

This will be the second time the Italian Super Cup is held in China.

The last time was on August 8, 2009, against Inter Milan and Lazio.

That year, Serie A giants Inter Milan won the double championship in the league and the Italian Cup that season. Therefore, Lazio, as the runner-up in the Italian Cup, became the team that competed for the Super Cup championship with Inter Milan.

In the game at the Bird's Nest, relying on the scoring of Matuzaren and Rocky and the stable performance of Uruguayan goalkeeper Musleira, Lazio finally won the Super Cup and returned in China.

The Super Cup competition at that time has gained widespread attention in China and even became a focus of the year, and was held very successfully.

It is precisely because of that successful hosting that this year's Italian Cup Super Cup will be very likely to be moved to the Bird's Nest.

If Inter Milan defeats Sampdoria and wins this Italian Cup, they will face their old enemies in the city in the Super Cup, this year's Serie A champion, AC Milan.

In this way, a Milan city derby war will be staged at the Bird's Nest.

The Milan Derby is one of the oldest and most influential derbys in the football world, and the excitement is beyond doubt. Therefore, such a game naturally attracted the attention of countless fans, especially Chinese fans.

However, the Italian Cup final has not been played yet, and it is still unknown whether the Milan derby will be staged in the Bird's Nest.

Although Inter Milan is far above Sampdoria, this does not mean that they will definitely be able to defeat Sampdoria and win the Italian Cup championship trophy.

A single game is very accidental.

The Super Cup match in 2009 is an obvious example. Inter Milan's strength is undoubtedly above Lazio. However, it was Lazio who won the championship in the end, not Inter Milan more popular.

Similarly, although Sampdoria is not as strong as Inter Milan, they may still be unpopular, defeat Inter Milan and win the final championship.

If Sampdoria wins the championship, the Super Cup match between them and AC Milan will not lack highlights.

Sampdoria is the first Serie A team in history to visit China.

At the peak of Sampdoria, they once came to the Workers' Stadium in Beijing.

On May 15, 1994, at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing, Qi Wusheng, who took over the national football team, had a soul-stirring match with the Italian League third-place and Cup champion Sampdoria, who was intoxicated by the more than 40,000 spectators present.

At that time, big-name stars such as Lombardo and Mancini made their debut, giving Chinese fans a glimpse of the style of world-class stars.

Later, on June 8, 1995, Sampdoria, one of the top four in the Winners Cup, reunites with the Chinese national football team at the Workers' Stadium, and once again stages a beautiful game for Chinese fans.

This time, Sampdoria basically played with the main lineup, with world-renowned stars such as Lombardo, Mancini, Gulit, Yugovic, etc., all of them started.

Five days later, Sampdoria rushed south to Chengdu People's Sports Center and played another match with Sichuan Quanxing, which was full of passion.

Interestingly, the director of CCTV at that time didn't know why, and during the halftime break of that game, the AC Milan team songs were constantly playing. Perhaps, at that time, they still couldn't tell the difference between the Sampdoria song "forza_doria" and the AC Milan team song "milan, milan".

This incident was also rumored to be a joke at that time.

After two business competitions in China, Sampdoria has become very popular in China. It was also from that time that a large number of loyal Sampdoria fans appeared in China.

However, with Sampdoria's decline, the team's influence in China has become smaller and smaller. And the fans who like Sampdoria at the time are now almost thirty years old and no longer have the fanaticism of the past.

If Sampdoria wins the Italian Cup and comes to China for the third time, it will surely also evoke the football memories of these fans in the past, let them return to the stadium and cheer for Sampdoria today.

Moreover, for Sampdoria, their competition in China is considered half of the home court.

Because, their main goalkeeper Chu Jiang is an absolute Chinese!

It is worth mentioning that since Chu Jiang gained a foothold in the Serie A League, his influence in China has become increasingly large, so great that it cannot be ignored.

At this time, there were signs of understanding the news about Chujiang.

Especially the game between Sampdoria and Palermo in the second leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals was recorded on many sports stations in China.

It was that game that allowed the majority of domestic fans to truly realize Chu Jiang's super personal ability and gained great popularity for him in China.

Nowadays, Chu Jiang has a large number of fan groups in China. There are also many people who have taken the initiative to establish personal websites and forums for Chu Jiang free of charge to promote Chu Jiang’s personal information and pay attention to his every move.

Therefore, if Sampdoria defeats Inter Milan, the next Italian Cup Super Cup will also be very interesting. It will be a Italian Cup Super Cup final that combines Chinese elements.

However, if Sampdoria really wins the Italian Cup final, the schedule for the Super Cup may be difficult to specify.

Because, this summer, Sampdoria will also participate in the UEFA Cup.

In this year's UEFA Cup, Sampdoria will start from the third round of the qualifying round. The game time is probably at the end of July and early August. The opponents of the game are not yet known, but their strength should not be very strong.
To be continued...