What is the offseason like for football? The ups and downs of the transfer market, the change of managers and chairmen, etc., have made this period a different kind of attraction for fans and media. One of the most important highlights is the transfer of a heavyweight star. Although there is no superstar on the field, the soap opera caused by the transfer of stars is also attractive enough for fans.

Whenever the transfer period arrives or is approaching, as long as it is a star of sufficient weight, whether he really intends to transfer or not, the rumors of his transfer will be more or less noisy by the media. And even if fans know that it is very likely to be fake, they will still be involuntarily attracted to the topic and will never join the discussion and express their opinions. Moreover, as the commercialization of football becomes more and more strict, such situations are becoming more frequent and strict, until now there are legendary scandal stories such as love and killing, betrayal and loyalty in every transfer period, and the amount of story content can be made into several TV series and movies.

And Lao Lei, as one of the most popular players in world football, is naturally indispensable to passively participate in it. Although he does not have any thoughts of leaving for the time being, the news that he is going to move away from Chelsea is still full of rumors, such as "the Rossoneri want to buy Godzilla and form two heavenly combinations with Kaka", and "Florentino, 'Remaiah will be the most important piece of the puzzle for the Galacticos"... These messy rumors made out of nothing made Lao Lei, the protagonist, breathtaking.

However, these rumors are not all useless, at least they can become a rare leisure reading for Lao Lei on vacation. After all, when the injury in his right foot did not allow him to play freely, reading was almost the only means he could use for recreation, except for basking in the sun.

Just when Lao Lei continued to look at these transfer rumors with this attitude, an unexpected invitation was really put in front of him by Mendes. "Reima, the president of Real Madrid, Mr. Florentino, would like to discuss with you personally about your future in the near future." Mendes said with the smug smile that is reserved for successful people. Obviously, as far as an agent is concerned, he is already very successful at this point. After sitting on Lao Lei, Cristiano Ronaldo and other well-known young stars in world football, he has a tendency to become an agent predator in European football and even world football. Now no matter where he goes, he is already a guest of all major giants.

Looking at Mendes with a smile in front of him, Lao Lei didn't answer immediately, but touched his chin and thought about what he meant. As for Mendes' agent worksheet, Lao Lei has always been very satisfied. In addition to football and commercials, he also helped Lao Lei make several good investments. Although it is not too exaggerated, it can at least offset Lao Lei's daily expenses.

But satisfaction is satisfaction, once Mendes touches Lao Lei's bottom line, he will definitely not hesitate to drive Mendes out of town and find someone else. And it's clear that he thinks Mendes has a tendency to touch his bottom line right now. This time, Mendes's self-assertion made Lao Lei a little unhappy, he is not a player like Anelka who can be manipulated by an agent. As he said to Mendes a long time ago, "You can only arrange for me if I want to transfer!" ”

Old Ray's silence finally caught Mendes' attention, and seeing his somewhat dangerous deep gaze, Mendes suddenly came back to his senses. While a little jealousy inexplicably rose in his heart, he opened his mouth and smiled bitterly: "Hey, man, this is not arranged by me, and I haven't revealed anything you want to transfer." This time, it was Mr. Florentino who personally made the request to me in person, and I did not refuse it until I made a relay. As for whether you agree or not, it depends on your own meaning? Still, Reima, I think you'd better meet with him, you know, it always hurts to have an extra back road. ”

After Mendes said these bitter words, Lao Lei still stared at him quietly, and did not reply immediately. After an embarrassing silence, Lao Lei withdrew his gaze from Mendes and said lightly, "Okay, you can arrange for us to meet once." But Jorge, I hope this is the last time, I'm not a fool. Are you really just conveying?! We've been having a great time working together and I hope we can continue to do so. ”

After finishing speaking, Lao Lei didn't wait for Mendes, who wanted to speak, to answer, so he got up and walked back to the seaside villa he rented. After walking a few steps, he suddenly thought of something, stopped and turned his back and said: "Also, I hope you can arrange a more secluded place, I don't want me and Real Madrid to be entangled for a while in the future." Looking at Lao Lei's figure gradually moving away, Mendes, who was still sitting in his position, narrowed his eyes, revealing an incomprehensible look, not knowing what he was thinking.

Two days later, in the evening, Lao Lei and Mendez went to a hidden private club in the resort area. A brief meeting between Florentino and Lao Lei will take place here in the near future. When Ray and Mendes arrived at the booked room, Florentino and his party were already waiting in the room. After seeing Lao Lei and the two pushing the door in, Florentino did not have the arrogance of the chairman of the wealthy family at all, and immediately got up with a gentle smile and stretched out his right hand to greet Lao Lei and the others.

Seeing this scene, Lao Lei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and his facial expression softened a little. I have to say that whether it is true or not, Florentino's modest gentlemanly demeanor left a very good first impression on Lao Lei. At this time, Lao Lei suddenly found that his previous conjecture about this famous football predator seemed to be quite wrong. The Real Madrid boss who single-handedly built the Galaxy Battleship that shocked the football world is not as arrogant and unbeatable as he thought. Looking at Florentino, who was kind to him, Lao Lei suddenly understood why this old Spaniard could make such achievements and have such a high prestige and status in the position of president of Real Madrid.

"He's the president of Real Madrid!" After seeing Florentino's kind and friendly attitude towards him, Lao Lei couldn't help but say secretly in his heart. Although Lao Lei himself doesn't care much about Real Madrid's big brands, when the president of the best club of the 20th century talks to him with such an equal attitude, he can't suppress the refreshment in his heart. And this is also close, laying a good foundation for the conversation between Lao Lei and Florentino.

Seeing the scene of Lao Lei and Florentino talking closely, Mendes on the side was also greatly relieved. He knew that in the case that Lao Lei was already a little dissatisfied with himself, once this interview was unpleasant, such dissatisfaction would only increase, not decrease or disappear. And with Lao Lei's current status and prospects in world football, he doesn't want this biggest cash cow in his hands to cause any unhappiness with him that will affect the relationship between the two.

Luckily, Mendes had a bit of luck. The meeting, which was not very long, was conducted in a relatively harmonious and pleasant atmosphere. Florentino's methods are really good, while trying Lao Lei's transfer intentions, he did it as if a close friend was caring about Lao Lei's career, and did not let Lao Lei feel any unhappiness.

However, the conversation with Florentino was pleasant, and Lao Lei did not have any intention of transferring at the moment. He can't find any reason to leave Mourinho and Chelsea at this moment. And after Florentino learned Lao Lei's firm meaning, although he has always maintained a pleasant face, the regret and loss in his eyes still did not escape Lao Lei's eyes.

In this regard, thinking of Florentino's current situation in Real Madrid, Lao Lei is still very sympathetic to him. In Ray's view, Florentino may not have been successful in the overly commercial and star-stolen operation of Real Madrid, but that doesn't mean he's just a businessman and doesn't love Real Madrid. If he didn't love it, he wouldn't have aspired to build Real Madrid into the world's No. 1 giant, nor would he have spent a lot of effort to bring in Figo, who was still the darling of Camp Nou at the time, in 2000.

And, objectively speaking, in the first two years of Florentino's tenure as president of Real Madrid, he was successful. Real Madrid's beautiful and strong attacking football made them popular all over the world, league champions, Champions League champions, and Real Madrid played beautiful offensive football at that time, and they kept winning honors. But the good times didn't last long, and at the beginning of '03, Florentino's ambitious Galaxy Battleship program began to drag Real Madrid into an abyss from which they could not escape. The Champions League is sluggish, the league table is not good, and Real Madrid, which is desperately piling up stars in the front, has tasted the bitter taste of top-heavy. Coupled with the rise of the sworn enemy Barcelona, it highlights the decline of the former glorious Real Madrid.

Because of this qiē, voices calling for Florentino's resignation have begun to intensify in the skies over Madrid. It can be said that the football predator with unlimited style in previous years is now unable to keep the position of Real Madrid president. Faced with the onslaught of rivals who also coveted the presidency, the Spanish gentleman had begun to feel the chill to the bone.

However, Florentino has no intention of resting on his laurels, as he is currently working on a series of plans to secure his position. Among them, the introduction of Lao Lei, the most popular player in today's football, will naturally be a very heavyweight part. If Florentino can really bring in Lao Lei at this time, the probability of Melinger giving him another chance is very high.

But for Lao Lei, apart from the factors of Chelsea and Mourinho, the current turmoil of Real Madrid is not attractive to him at all. Although his career began until now, Lao Lei has always had a smooth life. But he is not arrogant, he can already lead a team to win the championship by himself. For Lao Lei, the current Real Madrid is such a team.

Perhaps, Lao Lei can lead Real Madrid to a slow recovery, but unfortunately he has no interest in this, and he is not a diehard of Real Madrid.

In view of this idea, Lao Ray and Florentino also had such a conversation.

"Do you like Real Madrid?"

"I like any team I'm playing for or playing for. As for the other teams, for me they are just opponents. ”

"Real Madrid shouldn't be your opponent."

"But it shouldn't be comrades-in-arms either."

"At least not now." R1152