The career of a professional player is very short, and at the same time, there are many professional players who are embarrassed after retiring due to poor financial management or unladylike people, among which the most famous is undoubtedly the football king Pele.

Some people say that if it weren't for Nike, Pele would have starved to death on the streets, and it was Nike who helped Pele and turned the football king Pele into a golden signboard, which led to the scene where Pele taunted Maradona later, and it can also be seen how obvious the gap between the two greatest stars is after retirement.

Similarly, Zinedine Zidane, the brightest football superstar in today's football, has also been operated into a golden sign in the past few years at Real Madrid, even if he retires later, all fans still remember him vividly, because he has become a brand.

Now, the Red Rebels also plan to run Redondo into a brand, which is to consider his retirement in the future, even if he refuses to coach in the future, he can also have a regular income without worrying about life.

Redondo knows that the Red Rebels have always had a habit of helping players manage their finances, even if Olic has gone to Bayern Munich, he still trusts to hand over his family property to the Red Rebels and let the Red Rebels help him manage his finances, this is because of their trust in the club and they can really benefit from financial management.

No matter how brilliant a player's career is, they have to face a very real problem, which is what to do after retirement, especially Redondo, who is 34 years old, and he has to think about it.

"Okay, boss, I'll listen to you!" Redondo said yes almost without even thinking about it.

This will be of great benefit to his future.

Later, Xiao Yu asked David and Gardner to analyze some situations with Redondo, because this is a charity endorsement, so he will not get a penny of endorsement fees, but he has cooperated with many large companies, including Vodafone, Audi, Adidas and other large companies, from these cooperation, he will reap certain benefits, such as they will invite Redondo to participate in some activities.

In addition, the Red Rebels will also take advantage of the promotion of this charity cooperation to promote the image of Redondo, and then operate into a brand with a strong charitable color, which requires Redondo's cooperation, but I believe that when this brand is established, Redondo will be of infinite use in the future.

In the end, Xiao Yu made a request to Redondo, he wanted Redondo to continue to carry out the part-time youth coach contract with the Red Rebels, and at the same time, once he decided to retire, he could become the club's ambassador.

Redondo readily agreed, he is not a person who does not know how to be grateful for the newspaper, so when the Red Rebels think about him, he will do his best to repay the team.

After this was done, Redondo called his agent and had some talks with the club, and the two sides finalized some details of the cooperation, and the official press conference was held in Manchester ten days later.

UNICEF officials attended the press conference in person, and announced that they would work with the Red Rebels Charity to appoint Fernando Fernando? Redondo is a goodwill ambassador who will travel around the world to charity events in addition to competitions and training, hoping to call on more people to participate in charity activities.

In addition, Xiao Yu, as a representative of the Red Rebels Charity Foundation, also announced that the Red Rebels will work with UNICEF and many enterprises to develop charity activities, the most important of which are in Africa and South America, two poor areas.

In an interview with the media, Redondo also expressed his honor to be appointed by the United Nations, and he hoped to use himself to attract and call on more people to devote themselves to this charity.

As for some media asking, will this affect his career?

Redondo smiled and shook his head to say that he is now a professional footballer, but when he retires, he will devote himself wholeheartedly to charity.

At the same time, a series of plans of the Ministry of Commerce of the Red Rebels for Redondo also began to be carried out in an orderly manner.

…………………… After a busy winter break, a relatively relaxed schedule was ushered in.

In late January and early February, the Red Rebels don't have as much fixtures as they used to, especially after being knocked out of the Carabao Cup, and they can approach the league and FA Cup with a more relaxed mindset.

The opponent in the fifth round of the FA Cup is Coventry, also from League One, this team is at the bottom of the League One table this season, deep in the relegation zone, and is currently trying their best to avoid relegation, not very serious about the FA Cup, and sent out a number of substitutes to play against the Red Rebels.

Jose Mourinho also used a number of substitutes, including Redondo, who came off the bench at half-time, and his performances were getting better and better, especially after a period of coming off the bench in the league, which made him adjust his form well, and he was the team's best player throughout the second half and led the team to a 0-2 win away to Coventry.

Despite coming off the bench and failing to score, Redondo's performances are getting better and better, especially as many fans call for him to take on more important responsibilities, such as being a starter.

But the club is still very cautious, after all, Redon has just recovered from multiple injuries, and his knee injury is also a hidden danger, which makes Mourinho never dare to use him boldly.

Redondo also understands this, he feels that his current situation is quite good, and he clearly feels that all aspects of his life are recovering rapidly.

Beyond Coventry, Portsmouth were also bitten tightly in the league with the two sides on points, but the Red Rebels were top of the table on goal difference, but soon ushered in the last 16 of the UEFA Cup.

The League Cup clash with the league has seen the Red Rebels move to next Tuesday, but Portsmouth have picked up another league win that puts them three points ahead of the Red Rebels with a game in hand.

There is no doubt that this is putting the pressure on the Red Rebels, especially as they face Slavia Prague.

Mourinho has made quite careful preparations for this game, because it is the away team first and then the home, the schedule is favorable to the Red Rebels, but in the away game, Mourinho still does not dare to be careless, all the main players play, but also based on defensive counterattacks.

Just as many media believe that Slavia Prague is the weakest team in the round of 16 and that the Red Rebels have won the draw, the Czech media also consider the Red Rebels to be the weakest team in the round of 16, and also believe that Slavia Prague has also been drawn, believing that the strength of this team from the second division of England is definitely not as good as Slavia.

For this reason, Slavia is full of confidence to win this game, they hope to take advantage of the home advantage, a decisive battle, eliminate the Red Rebels, so from the beginning of the fierce attack on the Red Rebels.

On the contrary, the Red Rebels, affected by Portsmouth's victory and overtake, the players were a little distracted, and they were pressed and beaten by the Slavia team at first, and they also took advantage of an oversight in the back line to score a goal.

After the goal, the Slavia team was more aggressive, especially their head coach, who frequently signaled the team to press up and play, using the momentum of the home stadium to completely suppress the Red Rebels.

As everyone knows, one of the most talked about points of the Red Rebels is that they play crazy downwind balls very strongly, but at the same time, they also have a strong ability to play against the trend, especially when the score is behind, it is easy to stimulate their state.

At half-time, Mourinho scolded the players in the dressing room, believing that this was a League Cup, and that if he went on the pitch, he should throw the League One thing out of the clouds, and if he couldn't win this game, then all his hard work to compete in the League Cup would be in vain.

The team's performance did improve in the second half, but Slavia still thought that they could continue to suppress the Red Rebels through the same tactics as they did in the first half.

In the 56th minute, Juninho Jr. scored directly from a set-piece in front of the goal to help the team equalize, and also reminded Slavia that the Red Rebels are not to be knocked down casually.

After that, the two sides engaged in a fierce stalemate, with Slavia putting a considerable amount of troops into the attack, which made the Red Rebels' backline a little tight, but Robben and Hleb found a large space to counterattack in front.

In the 79th minute, Juninho Jr. received a cross after Senna broke the ball, and the big foot passed to the front, Drogba stopped the ball with his chest, and then turned deftly, plugged straight, and passed diagonally to the right corner of the penalty area.

After the comeback, Mourinho made a decisive substitution, carried his defence through to the end, and eventually brought home a win away from home.

The win also made the Red Rebels look bullish for them to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, believing that a home win against Slavia should not be too much of a problem, after all, the team has been performing calmly.

Jose Mourinho made another extensive substitution in midweek for the second leg of the UEFA Cup at the weekend, and despite the hard work of his players in the game, they were unable to secure a win from Preston North End as the game ended in a 0-0 draw.

And this game also allowed Portsmouth to truly overtake the Red Rebels and reach the top of League One, but also made many media express doubts about the Red Rebels' strategy, believing that the team should focus more on the league than the League Cup.

However, Mourinho suddenly shouted the slogan of winning the League Cup in an interview with the media, believing that the Red Rebels are fully capable of winning the League Cup, because his team is very strong, and he believes that he is fully qualified to win the championship.

And what seems to be to complement Mourinho's claim that the Red Rebels beat Slavia Prague 2-0 in the second leg of their home game to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.

Then all the English media were suddenly surprised to find that this dark horse of the League Cup had come so far, Leeds United, which they originally praised as a great hope of winning the championship, was also eliminated, and Liverpool was also eliminated by Ousterre in this round and stopped in the round of 16.

Looking at the top 8 teams in the entire League Cup, there is only one team in England, the Red Rebels, and then in the Champions League, Manchester United qualified for the group ahead of schedule, Newcastle and Arsenal have encountered trouble in the group stage, and the qualification situation is not optimistic.

If Newcastle and Arsenal are eliminated, won't Manchester United and the Red Rebels be left in Europe?

(To be continued)