Chapter Two: The Four-Million Blind Spot

The agreement became a £500,000 loan fee, a £2.3 million obligation after fifteen appearances, a twenty-five-percent sell-on clause, and £200,000 if Seabridge avoided relegation. One meeting room laughed for half a minute before remembering the club had not needed a survival bonus in thirty years. No reporters waited when Vidal arrived for his medical. He wore a faded gray hoodie and carried one backpack. His oxygen capacity ranked in the middle of the league; his short acceleration was worse than that of several academy players. Banks shook his head beside the treadmill. “This is the man you wasted two days fighting for?” Lin watched the gold line over Vidal. It was brighter in person, but broken. 【THE SILENT PIVOT: 1/3】 【CURRENT EFFECT: NONE】