In order to get Fan Zhendong, how much does the Bundesliga Salbrücken Club pay?

How much does the Bundesliga Salbrücken Club pay in order to get Fan Zhendong? Back to August 4, 2024, Fan Zhendong defeated Swedish player Moregald, won the men's singles championship at the Paris Olympics, becoming the third super Grand Slam player in the history of the national table tennis team. However, after the honor, a net explosion against athletes such as Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng and others came quietly

Some extreme fan fans used Fan Zhendong to watch concerts and gather with friends to make a fuss about Fan Zhendong's very normal things, and some even called him The exposure of private information such as ID card, family information, mobile phone number put Fan Zhendong under tremendous pressure. Against this background, Fan Zhendong expressed his idea of going to Europe to play basketball to Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Table Tennis Association, and received support. In May 2025, Fan Zhendong took the initiative to contact the Bundesliga Saarbrücken Club and expressed his idea of going to Europe for a season. The other party was very surprised and quickly negotiated with Fan Zhendong and finalized the contract. Saarbrücken did not dare to neglect the foreign aid at the level of Fan Zhendong, and provided Fan Zhendong with a maximum salary of 1.2 million euros. The contract also included the event bonus and the portrait rights share of 5%-10% of the club's commercial income. At the same time, the club immediately launched the venue upgrade plan, and completed the renovation of the Cam Stadium in Joachim within two weeks, adding 800 fixed items. The seats, the media broadcast area was expanded, the VIP viewing box was added, and the power system and security system were upgraded. However, they still underestimated Fan Zhendong's influence. After the news of joining was announced, the number of visits to the club's official website surged by 500%, the server was paralyzed three times in a day, and the technical department worked overtime overnight to expand the server bandwidth. In addition, due to the hot ticket sales, the number of fans watching the game increased, and the club also insured an additional 100 million euros of security liability insurance.

But for Salbrücken, the benefits are much greater than investment. With the support of Fan Zhendong, their tickets for the new season were sold out 24 hours after they were launched, and VIP tickets worth 800 euros were sold out in an instant. It is estimated that Fan Zhendong's joining brought the club a commercial value growth of more than 20 million euros. Salbrücken also informed other clubs of Fan Zhendong's appearance plan in an unprecedented manner, helping 12 clubs in the Bundesliga to jointly increase exposure