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But what even Lima himself didn't expect was that he was just trying to give Deco a confidence, who knew that in just two days, Alagoas really welcomed a representative of a European club, and he was also a head coach and an assistant coach.

When Yang Cheng and Paolo named Deco for it, not only Deco and Lima, but almost all the players in Alagoas were taken aback, because it was unprecedented in the history of this club.

At this moment, Deco seemed to have jumped from hell to heaven, and he really believed Lima's words at this moment.

It turns out that there really are miracles in this world!

The signing with Deco went very smoothly, because the latter is a free agent and can go with Yang Cheng at any time, and when Lima enthusiastically wanted to introduce other players in the team, Yang Cheng politely declined, because the players here are not very good.

"But, Lima, in another three or four years, when your son is old and wants to get out of here, let him come to me in Europe!" Before Yang Cheng left, he gave a promise with a smile.

Lima watched Yang Cheng and the others leave in a daze, he didn't know when the Kaiserslautern in Europe had such a young head coach, but seeing his bearing so calmly, it was obviously not fake, and he fell in love with his own kid.

As soon as he thought of this, Lima was feverish, ran to the training ground, scolded Pepe, who was greedy and lazy, and then gave him even harsher training orders.

Just kidding, in another three or four years, even if the family is bankrupt, they will send their son to Europe, and they will go to that Kaiserslautern manager, oh, what's the name?

By the way, it seems to be called Yang Cheng!

Just look for him!

Lima feels that he has picked up a treasure, and Yang Cheng also feels that he has found a treasure, because isn't Lima's son Pepe, a Brazilian central defender who later joined Real Madrid for 30 million euros and joined Portuguese nationality?

Deco is now desperate to play in Europe, especially when he heard that Yang Cheng is coaching Kaiserslautern of the Bundesliga and can give him a formal professional contract, Deco can't wait to agree to go with Yang Cheng.

But he's going to pick up his girlfriend, a good girl who has been in love with him since middle school until now, and has been with him all the way, and Deco also mentioned that his girlfriend Sila's uncle is in Portugal, and her ancestors are also of Portuguese descent, so he may be able to apply for Portuguese citizenship.

Hearing this, Yang Cheng really felt that he was so happy, and immediately lent a little money to Deco, asked him to pick up his girlfriend, and then packed up, prepared all the things that should be prepared, and went to Germany to report for duty.

After getting Deco, Yang Cheng went to the capital Brasilia again, and finally found the club called Guala, and found Lucio, who was tall but unpopular in this team that played in the Brazilian regional amateur league.

The latter hesitated a little when he heard that Yang Cheng had invited him to join on behalf of Kaiserslautern, but when he heard from the club that the head coach of Kaiserslautern was indeed a young Yang Cheng, he immediately took the initiative to come to the door and agreed to play for Kaiserslautern.

After being intimidated and shocked by Yang Cheng, Lucio's transfer was officially finalized.

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The day after Lucio was finalized, Yang Cheng received a notice from the Sao Paulo club, who said that after discussing with Denilson's agent, he finally decided to agree to Yang Cheng's offer of $1 million, so he had to transfer from Brasilia to Sao Paulo for negotiations.

Today, Denilson is already a regular player in Sao Paulo, and has a certain reputation in Brazil, but it has not yet reached the level of later popularity, he played 41 games for Sao Paulo last year, but only scored three goals, although he participated in the 1995 World Youth Championship in Qatar, but his performance can only be regarded as mediocre.

What really makes Denilson popular should start with next year's Copa America, and then go to the four-nation tournament composed of Brazil, France, Italy, England and other powerhouses in 1997, strictly speaking, Denilson during the four-nation tournament is more brilliant than in the 98 World Cup, and then the world's first daily transfer of 34 million US dollars, which is absolutely ridiculously high for Denilson, who was not the main force in the World Cup at that time.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, when many people analyzed this transfer, they mainly mentioned Denilson's outstanding performance in the Copa America and the World Cup, as well as the hopes of Brazilian fans for him, but in fact, the real focus should be on the needs of Real Betis and the agent's hype for the player.

At that time, Real Betis wanted to use money to compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona, and they desperately wanted to have a world-class star of their own.

$34 million, how much is really in the hands of Sao Paulo, no one knows, because the ownership of Denelson is not all in the hands of Sao Paulo, but after a summer of transfers, Denilson has become the hottest top star on the planet, and the limelight has even overshadowed Zidane.

Real Betis's wish was achieved, and the agent's interests were also obtained, as for Denilson, he also got what he wanted, a high salary, a top annual salary in La Liga with a $200 million liquidated damages guarantee, which was a crazy contract, so that later, after Real Betis was relegated, Denilson even fell to the point that no one wanted it!

In 2 years, from joining Real Betis, to Real Betis's relegation 2 years later, the team fell apart, and Denilson fell from a top talent to the biggest parallel commodity in football history.

As long as you have a little bit of analytical ability, you should be able to see what kind of farce this transfer is!

In Yang Cheng's view, Denilson's ability is there, there is no need to doubt it, and the talent is also superb, if carved properly, he may become another top Brazilian superstar after Ronaldo, but in 1996 he was only worth $1 million, which is the data he got from the super coaching system.

If you think about it again, he was selected for the Brazilian national team in 1994 and performed well, while carrying a host of honors such as the 19th top scorer and best player in South America, the top scorer and best player in the Copa do Brasil, the top scorer in the South American Super Cup, and the astonishing efficiency of scoring 12 goals in 13 games in the Brazilian league, and playing in a World Cup on the bench, he switched to PSV Eindhoven for only $3.5 million.

And now, without the operation and hype, the world is all about Ronaldo, and the unknown rookie De Nelson is worth about $1 million.

After this round of analysis, Yang Cheng is most emotionally not that he has picked up the treasure, but that he is lamenting the ability of those agents, no wonder everyone calls them vampires, and even in Brazil, countless large enterprises have set up player investment departments and started to invest in the ownership of players.

It's one of the most lucrative businesses in the world!

After finalizing the transfer agreement with Sao Paulo, Yang Cheng specially took Paul Bayer to visit the head coach of Sao Paulo, Brazilian football legend Tele Santana, his health has not been very good, he is one of the most respected head coaches in Yang Cheng's previous life, and he naturally came to Sao Paulo to visit him.

After that, Yang Cheng and Paul Bair did not stay in Brazil again, although he was very interested in going around to see what the future world superstars he knew from his previous life looked like, but time waited for no one.

With the European Championship just around the corner and the first shot of the new Bundesliga season starting on 1 August, Yang Cheng will have to deal with a busy pre-season campaign and a strategy to tailor the squad to the player's current situation.

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As the news of Kaiserslautern's appointment of Yang Cheng spread, and as Red Devils fans continued to use various means to oppose and resist Yang Cheng's coaching, Kaiserslautern became the most hyped team in the German league this summer, although he is in the Bundesliga.

If the joining of the four players, Ballack, Kyle, Fritz and Louis Hut, makes people a little bit convinced of Yang Cheng's ability and believes that he does have the ability to lead a professional team, then the next series of operations put Yang Cheng in a situation of mixed reputation.

Nedved is a Czech star, he is the best player in the Czech Republic, participated in this European Cup, bought the Czech international for $1.5 million, and the outside world generally affirmed Yang Cheng's transfer, at least it was not a loss!

But what about Gattuso?

Why can this player who can't even play the ball in Perugia, who is in the Italian second division, be valued by Yang Cheng?

Veron and Denilson have both played in their respective domestic leagues at least, and although both have spent a hefty $2 million, there has been a general wait-and-see look at what they can do to Kaiserslautern.

However, the joining of Deco and Lucio made Yang Cheng questioned, and some people even wondered if Yang Cheng had received black gold? Otherwise, why would these two players with almost blank resumes join Kaiserslautern?

"Is Kaiserslautern a team that can play as long as you don't need money?" One of the interviews in the Bild newspaper made fun of this almost sarcastic tone.

Next, Yang Cheng brought in a tall central midfielder, Van Nistelrooy, from Dutch second division club Den Bosch for $150,000, and the transfer itself has no point in pursuing it, after all, it is only $150,000, but the key is what Yang Cheng said when introducing Ruud van Nistelrooy.

"We have too many midfielders? Too few strikers? Yang Cheng's smile at that time was unconfident in the media's interpretation, but in fact, his smile at that time was from the heart, "Oh, no, we have three strikers, Olaf, Pavel and Luther!" ”

"Luther is a central midfielder? Playing as a midfielder for the past 4 years? It doesn't matter, when he comes to Kaiserslautern, he should listen to me, get used to the feeling of playing as a striker, he will definitely find that he is born to shine in this position, he will be one of the best strikers in the world in the future! ”

When Yang Cheng's words of encouragement to Vanney were exaggerated by the media, they immediately turned into his arrogant and self-righteous arrogant words, especially when he even said that he wanted to transform Vanney into the best striker in the world.

"I almost heard the coldest joke of the year, he thought he was a god and thought he knew a lot about football, but in fact, his understanding of football is so superficial!"

"I guess he talked to Ruud van Nistelrooy and knew that he played scavengers since he was a child, then played center back, and then played center forward, so we are young and great, and Mr. Yang Cheng, who has a very creative spirit, so he naturally thought, ah, the next thing should be a striker!"

"Let's wish the great Kaiserslautern a great and enjoyable season!"

However, Yang Cheng's next decision put him in the middle of controversy!