Of course, compared to Jack Grealish, Mark's dribbling ability is even stronger.
Moreover, as his [Explosion] attribute increased, Mark was able to react in an extremely short time to protect himself when facing opponents' fouls and infringements.
This minimized the risk of injury.
Of course, with Mark's ball-carrying style, the average number of times he was fouled per game remained high.
It was such encounters that made Mark understand why Neymar always rolled a few times on the ground.
Nothing more than a means to dissipate force upon landing and protect himself as much as possible... In the 82nd minute, it was precisely from a set-piece opportunity created after Mark was fouled on the left wing that R. Ricardo assisted center-back Knoche with a header in front of the goal, scoring Wolfsburg's third goal of the match.
The score became three to one.
And this score remained until the end.
As the referee blew the final whistle, the Volkswagen Arena instantly transformed into a green ocean of joy.
They defeated their potential competitor, Augsburg, and took all three points!
And these three points brought them one step closer to Champions League qualification!
After the match, in the locker room, Hecking once again emphasized the team's attitude:
"You relaxed after taking a two-goal lead!"
"Every minute on the field requires your full concentration."
"This was a good victory. However, we could have done even better!"
After emphasizing the issues on the field, Hecking did not forget to announce a day off for tomorrow.
As the saying goes, 'give a sweet date after a knock on the head,' Hecking played the art of management very skillfully... Not long after returning home from the team's training base, Mark received another good piece of news from his agent:
"Buddy, Nike and Adidas want to sign you!"
These were the first words Raiola spoke!
Upon hearing this, Mark couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
As the two giants in the sports brand industry, Nike and Adidas are commercial endorsements that all professional players dream of obtaining.
Of course, not all players can be favored by Nike and Adidas.
The simultaneous olive branches from Nike and Adidas were enough to prove that Mark's commercial value and influence had been recognized by the two top sports brands.
Indeed, in the past two months, Mark was the fastest-rising star in the entire Bundesliga.
None other!
"Oh?"
"They were quite in sync, sending their first-round offers at the same time."
"However, the prices are relatively low. They don't seem to realize how much potential you truly have..."
Upon hearing this, Mark immediately asked in return:
"So what's your professional advice?"
"Reject them! Then use your excellent performance on the field to tell them that you are worth far more than that price!"
Raiola's words were always arrogant.
"I understand."
"You have already made a name for yourself in the Bundesliga, and many clubs have inquired with me about your transfer intentions. However, they won't easily make a move before your transfermarkt value is updated."
Although Mark's transfermarkt value was still not updated, a paltry fifty thousand Euros.
However, with his impressive performance in the Bundesliga League over the past two months, many media outlets and football journalists predicted that after the summer transfermarkt value update, Mark's value would definitely exceed ten million Euros!
It should be noted that Max Meyer, the Schalke prodigy of the same age, also had a transfermarkt value of twelve million Euros.
Mark's statistics and performance in the Bundesliga were better than Meyer's, so a ten-million-Euro transfermarkt value was not excessive at all.
As an important reference standard for transfer fees, transfermarkt value is data that major clubs must pay attention to when purchasing players.
Moreover, it is only late March now.
Even if they were genuinely interested in Mark, they wouldn't easily make a move.
After all, at most, Mark had only played less than ten games in the Bundesliga.
Who knew if he was just a flash in the pan or if he could maintain such a high level of performance for a long time... "Besides Nike and Adidas, Rexona wants to sign you as their Germany regional spokesperson."
"Rexona?"
After Raiola's explanation, Mark learned that Rexona is a personal care brand under Unilever and a global industry giant in antiperspirants and deodorants, mainly selling products like antiperspirants and body powders.
In Europe, excessive sweating and body odor are common problems for both men and women.
And antiperspirants are an almost universally stocked daily care product in every household.
"They're offering three hundred thousand Euros a year, and it's a major global brand."
"Collaborating with them will help you attract more fans beyond football..."
Hearing that the annual endorsement fee was actually three hundred thousand Euros, more than double his annual salary, Mark couldn't help but exclaim inwardly:
"Sure enough, selling GG is really profitable!"
No wonder Cristiano Ronaldo posts GG on social media all day... "Since you think this brand is good, then sign with them."
"Great, since you've agreed, we'll go to Berlin tomorrow to sign!"
The next day, Mark met with Raiola at the airport and then flew together to Berlin to sign with the Rexona brand.
After a simple signing ceremony, Mark received the first year's endorsement fee.
Of course, this money would not simply enter his bank account; instead, after Raiola's operations, it would travel around the entire globe before becoming the number in his account.
And as the newly minted Germany regional spokesperson, he had to cooperate with the brand to film a GG commercial.
The content of the commercial, in simple terms, was that after a football training session, he noticed he had body odor, and then when he returned home to take a shower, his girlfriend recommended the latest Rexona antiperspirant to him.
For the role of his girlfriend, the brand found him a fitness female influencer.
However, what Mark never expected was that he actually knew this fitness female influencer!
"Hello, I'm Pamela Reif!"
Looking at the petite but well-proportioned, sweet-faced blonde girl in front of him, Mark's heart couldn't help but ripple.
Holy crap?!
Isn't this the fitness demoness who would become globally popular in the future—Sister Pam?
Speaking of which, Mark had once watched Sister Pam's fitness videos on Bilibili and even followed along for a period of time.
He just never expected that after being reborn, he would have the opportunity to collaborate with Pamela to film a GG.
And the two even became boyfriend and girlfriend!
Of course, only in the GG.
As his thoughts churned, Mark also reached out and took Pamela's small hand:
"Hello, I'm Mark Lane, nice to meet you."
However, what he didn't expect was that the sweet-looking Pamela's palm was surprisingly rough.
But, thinking of her profession as a fitness influencer, he felt relieved.
"As expected of Sister Pam, who makes countless girls cry during workouts!"
Mark was observing, and Pamela was also observing this rising Wolfsburg star who was recently making waves in German football.
After looking at Mark's physique and then glancing at his flat abdomen, Pamela actually spoke directly:
"Mark, you rarely work out in the gym, do you?"
Upon hearing this, Mark couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, then asked in return: "Is it that obvious?"
"I can tell that your muscle definition isn't clear; you probably do very little strength training."
"Uh..."
Faced with Pamela's words, Mark was speechless and could only silently complain in his heart:
You could have just said I'm a skinny dog and been done with it!