Chapter 7: The Future of Young Players (Part II)
The last sentence is the last sentence that determines the surname. Piquee nodded slightly, "Mr. Canaris, you're right. It's just that now Manchester United's side ...... Mr. Ferguson had great hopes for me. ”
Canalis shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry about this, the bad guys let me do it." We just have to ask him if Manchester United will give you a place in the first team next season. We all know the answer, and in that case, Forest are willing to give you a place in the first team, so why would we go to his team as a youth player? Did United give us any promises and guarantees? Did you give us an advance payment? Nothing. Remember, Hrad, your future is the most important thing. You don't want to leave Barcelona and go into obscurity, do you? ”
Piqué shook his head.
"Then listen to me. Wait a minute...... Don't promise him now, you tell the coach that you're going to go back and ask your parents for advice, and then reply to him in a day's time. Don't act in a hurry, I'm going to get you the best contract possible. ”
After the two of them had finished discussing, Pi Qui said to Donne, "Mr. Donne, your conditions are very good. But I need to go back and talk to my parents. I'll get back to you the day after tomorrow. ”
"Okay, I'll be waiting for your call in Barcelona." Don stood up and shook Pique's hand, agreeing. Then he blinked as he shook hands with Canalis, and it was clear to both of them.
※※※ The next day, Don and Don went to La Masia, Barcelona's youth base, to watch the training of the Barcelona youth team, and he found several familiar figures in it - Doss, who was very similar to Ronaldinho in terms of hairstyle, skin color and technical characteristics, so he was called "Mexican Ronaldo"? Santos (giovanni_dos_santos), Bojan in the Spanish youth team and Barcelona youth team midfield passer Francisco? Merida, the "prodigy" Bojan who was pinned on by the people of Barcelona? Kolkic (bojan_krkic) ...... There is also a slightly more famous Messi, who has now been handpicked by Rijkaard to be transferred to the first team, and he will train with Ronaldinho, Puyol, Gyuli and Xavi from the summer, and he will hardly be seen at La Masia.
Looking at these talented players, Don really had an urge to dig them all up. But he knew it couldn't be, maybe Merida would...... But he doesn't seem to fit the Premier League style. In Donn's memory, Merida later refused to sign a contract with FC Barcelona at the age of fifteen because of a conflict with the Barcelona club hierarchy, and left the team to go to Liverpool for a trial, but he didn't know the specifics, but he heard that Merida did not stay in Liverpool, and a year later he went to the Arsenal youth team.
On the one hand, the first team is desperately spending money on those famous stars, and on the other hand, there is a huge backlog of talent cultivated by the youth team. The contradiction seems to be really irreconcilable, with first-team managers always distrusting the youngsters because the pressure is far greater than that of the youth manager. Don also experienced this contradiction while playing the football manager game.
As a player, he loves young talents with great potential, but when he finds a star in the transfer market, he can't resist buying them.
Having the same problem as Barcelona is another Spanish giant, Real Madrid.
As the team with the most titles in La Liga, they also have a fine tradition of valuing youth training. In the 80s, Real Madrid's "Five Eagle Era" is the most typical example of attaching importance to youth training. But into the twenty-first century, with the Florentino? With the implementation of Pérez's "one superstar a year" policy, fewer and fewer people have stepped onto the first team from the Real Madrid academy - the "Zidane + Pavon" policy fueled by seedlings is a joke - although the Real Madrid youth team has achieved good results in the Spanish second division every year, although the media and fans can find this talent and that rookie in the Real Madrid youth team every year, there are few people who can play in the first team of Real Madrid in the end. Remember Portillo back then? The striker, who was dubbed Raul's successor, later ran out of talent after being repeatedly loaned. Messia used to be the captain of Real Madrid's B team, the main central defender, and when he arrived at Real Madrid's first team, he became synonymous with "uneasy", and there is Raul like him? Bravo, once seen as Robert? Carlos's successor was also selected for the Spanish national team, but he could only be a marginal man in the Real Madrid first team. In addition, Soldado, who emerged after Portillo, broke Raul's goal record in Real Madrid's youth team as a striker, and he could not find his place in Real Madrid's first-team striker at all.
There are also countless future stars of Real Madrid whose names have been forgotten...... Are you still here?
Real Madrid have one of the most luxurious training bases in Spain, and it is a great irony that the talent produced by the academy has nourished other Spanish clubs besides them.
At the moment, Donn doesn't have to worry about the young players in the Forest team not playing, he just worries that he won't be able to find someone at the time of the game.
The problem for small teams is always that the bench is not thick enough, and the problem for big teams is always who to play.
A day later, Piqui met with Done again, and this time they gave the answer that Donn had expected – Pique agreed to join Nottingham Forest over United. He wants Tony? Coach Donn was able to deliver on his promise to give him plenty of playing time.
Donn smiled and said, "Of course, Gerrard, I didn't come all the way from England to Barcelo to find talent for the youth team. You'll soon discover how smart it is to choose Nottingham Forest. ”
Then in this restaurant, Donn represents Nottingham Forest and Barcelona's youth team's main centre-back Herrard? Piqui? The Bernabeu signed a four-year professional contract. Since then, Pique, who was born in Catalonia and is of pure Barcelona blood, has become a native of Nottingham Forest.
Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, only needs to pay Barcelona £220,000, a symbolic surname. That's a lot of money for Barcelona to spend on developing a player like Pique. But they had no choice but to watch as the Englishman stabbed the team's future defender away...... Of course, the people of Barcelona have reason to be angry, after all, Piquet was raised by them, and Pique's grandfather was also the former vice president of the club, and this relationship makes the Barcelona people feel that Pique's departure is a betrayal. However, the most angry person is not actually a Barcelona, but a Scottish.
Pique signed his name on the contract, and his future fate, which had been entangled for half a year, finally came to light. He smiled at Donn with a relaxed smile: "Should I learn from those English players to call you boss?" Mr? ”
"Well, not necessarily...... Welcome to the Nottingham Forest family, where you have a lot of freedom, including addressing me, with the following options for you: a, boss; B, Mr. (Mister); c, Chief; d, coach. Which do you prefer? Donn said to Pique, mimicking the robot's voice.
Piqué laughed: "C. ”
"Very good, lad! You're going to love this team, I promise! Don laughed and patted Piqué on the shoulder. This is the future pillar of his team!
When Piqui and Donn signed their contracts in the restaurant, Manchester United boss Alex began to prepare for next season in Manchester, England? Sir Alex Ferguson received a call from Barcelona, Spain.
"Boss, bad news. Piqué doesn't belong to us anymore. ”
"What?" Ferguson thought he had misheard, and half a month ago his aide had told him that Pique was happy to sign for Manchester United. The Scottish coach is proud of being able to beat Arsenal in the race for talent. I didn't expect it to be only half a month...... "Did the Frenchman do it?" The first thing he thought of was Arsene Wenger, the two of them were bitter rivals, and if his side was unlucky, he would definitely think first whether the other party did it.
"No, boss. It's not Arsenal, they've given up, it's another British...... Tony? Dawn. ”
Ferguson was stunned for a moment, the name was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while. "Who's that?"
"Nottingham Forest's manager, the owner. They have just been promoted to the Premier League this season. ”
Now Ferguson completely remembered, was it the one who made Mark? Laurentian shaved his beard in public on the show and lost face!
"What did that kid say? I wonder what a promoted horse has to steal our people! Ferguson's face flushed, a precursor to his anger.
'He didn't give specifics, he just said that Manchester United can only promise his future, but Nottingham Forest can promise his present ......'
These words hit the soft underbelly of Manchester United, and Ferguson's fire was blocked in his throat, and he just couldn't get out. The person who robbed him for this reason really has nothing to say. He suddenly became interested in the "youngest manager in the Premier League", whom he didn't know much about before - who was he? What is he capable of?
And most importantly...... Can he pose a threat to Manchester United?
(To be continued)