Josep. Pep Guardiola looked at Chang Sheng in front of him with some doubt, and then at his agent Oloveteg, as if asking with his eyes why he wanted to meet a Valencia manager.

Haven't you been in contact with the Italian side before?

Oloveteg just smiled and nodded, signaling Guardiola to listen to what the Chinese had to say.

Chang Sheng looked at Guardiola in front of him, and now he is only thirty years old.

It stands to reason that the 30-year-old midfielder is still in the prime of his career, even at his peak, and there is no reason to run to a small team like Brescia in Italy.

In other words, his surplus value has not been squeezed dry, how can he think of pensioning?

Guardiola, who is 30 years old, has thick hair on the top of his head, unlike the hair that has gradually thinned since he became a manager.

Now he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he is full of heroism.

Seeing that Guardiola finally withdrew his gaze from his agent and turned to himself, Chang Sheng smiled slightly and began his persuasion of Guardiola.

"Pep, I'm here to give you a career plan......," he said.

"Career planning?" Guardiola couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and his laughter also interrupted Chang Sheng's words.

It's a bit rude, but Guardiola thinks it's Chinese too ...... I don't know how to describe it, so he wants to laugh.

Chang Sheng saw the disdain in Guardiola's laughter, and his expression was solemn when he was interrupted. didn't continue, just looked at Guardiola and let him laugh.

Pep Guardiola also saw the winning reaction, so he stopped laughing. But the smile on his face remains.

"Isn't it funny, Pep?" Chang Sheng stared at Pep Guardiola and asked.

"Isn't it?" Pep Guardiola shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at his agent. But to his surprise, the agent Oloveteg, who had always been in step with him, did not smile, but looked at Chang Sheng thoughtfully.

Pep Guardiola doesn't know how Chang Sheng came to capitalize Olowittege, in fact, what Constant Win said to him was the first thing he said to Olowitteg.

A career plan.

Guardiola didn't know that Oloveteg laughed as much as he did when he heard this.

But now he has come to Guardiola with a winning spot, and apparently he is convinced.

So can Guardiola be convinced?

Olowitt had to admit that what Chang Sheng said to himself was very tempting.

As a player's agent, when a player retires, it has nothing to do with him. He's not going to transfer, and he's not going to have a high salary. You will not be able to take a cut of the transfer fee and salary income. Therefore, many agents and players have a contractual relationship that is automatically terminated after the player retires.

But Oloveteg is different. He and Guardiola have known each other for many years and have always been Guardiola's agent.

And what agent wouldn't want to make money consistently from their players?

What he brings to the table is something that will allow him to continue to make money from Pep Guardiola. A career plan.

Oloveteg came back to his senses and saw how Chang Sheng would convince Pep Guardiola.

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"Isn't it?" Guardiola smiled and shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm 30 years old and I'm going to leave my favourite team. I don't know where to go until now, and it doesn't seem like there are many teams interested in me. The media said that my career had started to go downhill. Are you talking about career planning for a person like me? Isn't it funny? If I'm 20 years old and you tell me about career planning, maybe I'm still interested. ”

Chang Sheng said: "You are only thirty years old, but you look old-fashioned. I will turn 30 in the second half of this year, but I feel that my career is just getting started. Who told you that a career plan is a professional player's plan? As you said, your career seems to be going downhill, so have you thought about what you're going to do if you retire? ”

Hearing Chang Sheng's question, Guardiola was stunned for a moment.

He's only thirty years old. Why do you have to think about retirement?

The media said that his career was going downhill, and he disagreed, thinking that he could maintain a high level for a few more seasons.

That's why he's been hesitating. He doesn't want to choose a random team to retire because he really hasn't reached the time to retire yet. But the big clubs seem to be lacking interest in him again.

Just a season ago, he came close to winning a treble like Manchester United.

But now, the olive branches of the wealthy have shrunk back.

He himself withdrew from the national team. Maybe the next step is to announce retirement, right?

I didn't expect this Valencia manager to see it that way.

Pep Guardiola's brow furrowed.

He suddenly wondered if this man was deliberately taking revenge on his own laughter.

"I'm still far from retiring, and I'm not thinking about retiring right now." Guardiola replied in a not-so-good tone, and looked at his agent Oloveteg a second time.

However, Olowitt only smiled and nodded at him, not intending to give an eviction order.

He felt that something was wrong today.

Could it be that Oloveteg was bought by this Chinese?

It's impossible, I've been working with Maria for years, he never cheated on me, he always worked for me......

Thinking of this, he was patient and looked at Chang Sheng again, intending to hear what ivory could come out of Chang Sheng's mouth.

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Chang Sheng is well aware of Guardiola's future career trajectory.

Indeed, it is now five years before Pep Guardiola retires from retirement – he announced his retirement in 2006, when he played for Mexican side Dorados.

But since he decided to leave Barcelona, his career and retirement have been about the same.

In a small team like Brescia, you can't play in European games, and you have played for Roma for a short time, but it is not satisfactory. Later, he simply went to the Saudi team Al Ahly. Completely out of the mainstream European football circle, and out of people's sight.

What's the difference between this and retirement?

He couldn't tell, though. Because what the future will look like, no one knows now. People won't believe him when he says it, and they think he's cursing Guardiola. Then there is no need to talk about it at all.

But there is one thing that can be said.

"I know you're talking to Brescia right now......"

It's no secret, it's covered in the news. Pep Guardiola had been waiting for an offer from the right team.

But no.

So they had no choice but to negotiate with Brescia, the most enthusiastic of all. But because he was unwilling, the negotiations were very slow, and there was some procrastination.

"I don't understand why you made this decision, Pep. Going to Brescia is definitely not the right choice. Italian football is not for your style, Pep. Look at ......" Chang Sheng almost said casually, "You see that Mendieta will be abandoned after going to Lazio", but fortunately she remembered that Mendieta was still in his team at this time, although there have been rumors that Mendieta will definitely leave......

Chang Sheng felt that he almost missed something, and hurriedly turned away. "Come to Valencia. You can get a lot more than you can in Valencia. We've reached the Champions League final two years in a row......"

Pep Guardiola interrupted Chang Sheng's words: "I know that. But I don't want to stay in Spain and play against Barca. ”

Chang Sheng slapped his face: "If you don't want to." That's not a problem at all! He was waiting for Pep Guardiola's words.

"As soon as you move to Valencia, we can add this clause to your contract: the player has the right to refuse to play in the match against Barcelona and the club cannot force the player to play."

Pep Guardiola and Oloveteg were both stunned.

It was the first time they had heard such a clause.

Regarding the clause of "avoiding the old club", many people think that it should have been caused by the Morientes incident in the first place, so it is also called the "Morientes clause". The thing is that in the 2004 Champions League, Morientes, who was on loan from Real Madrid to Monaco, played in two legs. personally ended his old club's Champions League road.

This incident made Real Madrid lose face, because they did not want to abandon the player but scored a series of goals in the game, eliminated the team that looked down on him, and then followed Monaco all the way to the Champions League final.

Therefore, when Real Madrid loaned players again, they would specifically point out in the loan contract that "the player is not allowed to participate in the game with Real Madrid", just to avoid a "tragedy" like Morientes.

You must know that Real Madrid has loaned a lot of players out before, and I have never seen such a clause added.

The most famous is Samuel Eto'o, who was loaned to Mallorca. Half of the ownership was bought out by Mallorca, and he can also participate in the game against Real Madrid, and scored consecutive goals against Real Madrid, and there is no way that Real Madrid has used any circumvention clause against him.

Real Madrid took the lead after that, and other big teams followed suit, as long as it was a player on loan. Many people will have such an additional clause in their contracts: "not allowed to play in games against their old club".

Of course, as the founder, Real Madrid used it the most.

For Pep Guardiola and agent Oloveteg, the avoidance clause is still fresh.

It is precisely because of this that I can reflect the sincerity of winning - you see that I buy you, I don't expect you to play against Barcelona, I just want to have you!

You must know that Valencia is still a strong contender for the Spanish domestic title, and giants like Barcelona are direct competitors of Valencia, and they will never let go of any opportunity to hit Barcelona.

Buying players that the opponent doesn't want obviously won't have such an effect, but if the player the opponent doesn't want to represent Valencia and beat Barcelona, it will be considered a blow to the opponent.

But Chang Sheng voluntarily gave up this method, which surprised Guardiola and his agent.

Seeing the surprise in the other party's eyes, Chang Sheng felt that there was a door to this matter, and then he continued.

"That's what I'm talking about career planning, Pep. Career planning isn't just about what you say when you're a player, it's also about what you're planning when you retire. I think you have the talent to coach and I asked you to come to Valencia not just because of your ability as a player, but because of your talent as a coach. I think you're going to be a really good manager and I'm willing to give you the opportunity. Provide opportunities to become coaches. In Valencia, I'd like to involve you in the team's training. Although it seems a little early now. But it's always right to plan ahead and prepare in advance, isn't it? ”

"I hope you'll think about it, Pep. Come to Valencia and start as a player-coach so that when you decide to retire, you will also gain enough coaching experience that will help you to get into the coaching role quickly. My career plan is mainly for your post-retirement plan. At the end of your playing career, you can continue to work on the sidelines as a coach. What do you think? ”

Chang Sheng looked at Guardiola after speaking.

He knew Pep Guardiola would be tempted.

Because Pep Guardiola really wants to be the manager.

Back in the days of players. Pep Guardiola is Barcelona's "coach on the field". The captain of Barcelona who has experienced the glory of the "dream team". On the court, in addition to playing the role of "commander-in-chief" of organizing and scheduling offense and defense, he will also correct the wrong runs of his teammates, and sometimes even give orders to change the formation, just like a real head coach.

Judging from his subsequent team results, he is indeed very talented as a head coach.

This is perhaps the characteristic of Barcelona's traditional number four.

They were known for seeing the big picture as players. Good at thinking, the transition from player to coach is naturally smooth.

Chang Sheng firmly believes that Pep Guardiola must like to be a coach.

Otherwise, he would not have returned to become the manager of Barcelona B the year after his retirement.

And he has entered the Spanish Football Association coach training course in 2005, before retiring, and obtained a coaching certificate in 2006. At that time, he had not yet retired. It can be said that he had already thought about what he would do after he retired, and the fact that he became the head coach of Barcelona B team in 2007 was definitely not a painstaking effort.

Sure enough, when Chang Sheng said this, Guardiola fell into a long silence.

Chang Sheng is not in a hurry, drinking coffee quietly, looking at the bright and warm eyes and street scenes of Barcelona outside the window, and patiently waiting for the results.

It's been a long time. Pep Guardiola asks: "But I don't have the qualifications to coach......"

"You're not really a coach, it doesn't matter if you're not qualified. Of course, if you want to get a license now, that's fine, and I personally hope that you can get a license as soon as possible. ”

Hearing Chang Sheng say this, Guardiola asked curiously: "Why are you so optimistic about my ability as a coach?" ”

Chang Shengxin said Of course Lao Tzu knows, and I also know that you are leading the first team for the first time. won the triple crown, which is even more rebellious than me, a traverser.

Although many people say that Barcelona's squad and style of play, anyone can win the championship. However, if you look at the situation of this team after he left Barcelona, you may know that this is not the case.

But that can't be said to Pep Guardiola.

Chang Sheng looked into Guardiola's eyes and replied, "Because I believe in you, Pep." ”

This answer is a bit nonsensical, but it is indeed the best answer that Chang Sheng can find at this time.

He could have analysed why the Catalans were suited to coaching, but that was pointless. Perhaps Pep Guardiola himself knows it very well.

So he can only say this, take a gamble, bet on a person who has no choice but to leave his beloved club and feel confused and hesitant in the face of his future, and can be moved by his simple basis "because I believe in you".

After Chang Sheng's words, Guardiola did not react.

He chuckled inwardly, thinking that perhaps he had failed.

Then Oloveteg stood up and stretched out his hand to Chang Sheng: "Then let's stop here today, we need to discuss, Chang." We'll let you know if there's any news. ”

Looking at it like this, eighty percent of it was a failure, and Chang Sheng was a little unwilling, but he still maintained a good demeanor, shook hands with the two people, and then said goodbye and left.

After walking out of the café, standing in the bright sunshine, Chang Sheng was stunned for a while and left.

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When Chang Sheng's back disappeared into the sunlight outside the window, Oloveteg withdrew his gaze and looked at Guardiola.

"What do you think, Pep? I think you seem to be a little excited? ”

Pep Guardiola smiled: "I have to say, he's right, I really want to be a manager. If I'm going to retire, I'm going to be a coach and I'm not going to leave football. But...... I'm only thirty years old now, is it too early to think about it? ”

"I think he has a point, Pep. There are a lot of players who have retired to coach, but not many have succeeded. If you have this plan, it is better to plan ahead. If you start coaching now, you'll have enough experience by the time you decide to retire. When the time comes, it will probably be much smoother than others. Oloveteg persuaded. He wanted Pep Guardiola to accept Valencia's invitation.

On the one hand, Pep Guardiola is a zìyóu player, he went to Valencia, because he did not let Valencia give the transfer fee, then Valencia must have a high salary, and this salary can have its own commission in it.

On the other hand, he not only hopes that Guardiola can become a coach, but also hopes that Guardiola can become a successful coach, only in this way can he be more profitable as an agent. Valencia are willing to bring Pep Guardiola into the team as a player-coach and work together, which he believes will be beneficial for Pep Guardiola's future.

To be honest, when Chang Sheng approached him and laid out this plan and plan, Oloveteg was eye-catching.

Because he has visited many clubs before, none of them can come up with such a thing.

Pep Guardiola has only a few years left in his playing career, and he may not be able to earn more commissions from Pep Guardiola.

But if Pep Guardiola can become a successful manager, work wherever he goes, and get a high salary, then Olveteg can naturally reap more benefits.

So he was already leaning towards Valencia as an option.

And don't people say it too?

If Valencia and Barcelona meet, Pep Guardiola will not play.

That's a very good deal......

When Pep Guardiola heard his agent say this, he asked him: "Do you think I can be a qualified coach too, Maria?" ”

"It's not just about qualifying, Pep." Oloveteger smiled and said to Guardiola, "You can be a great coach. ”……)

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