Chapter 519: Drogba in a Desperate Situation (1)
"It was President Antonio Corleone who brought me from the fishing village of Madeira to Florence and lifted our family out of poverty; It was because of him that I became a professional footballer and got to where I am now. So, without his help, I think I would have become an ordinary fisherman like my father...... Without President Corleone, I wouldn't be where I am today. Therefore, I will not leave Florence because I want to do everything in my power to repay the President and play for Fiorentina for the rest of my life. This was the Portuguese's answer in an interview with reporters a few years later, in the summer of 2009, when Florentino, who was elected president for the second time, intended to make good on his campaign promise to buy Cristiano Ronaldo, who was already a double man and the heart of Fiorentina's attack, with a whopping 100 million euros and the first annual salary in the world.
Perhaps after a few years in this world, some people will be jealous and make comments about Ronaldo that "without these Fiorentina teammates, he is nothing", in order to provoke conflicts between the Portuguese and his teammates. But their approach has not achieved any effect, because if this kind of thing does not even care about the parties themselves, then it will have no effect at all?
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"Hmm!" When Ronaldo heard Zhuang Mingge's answer, he responded happily and said, "Then, it's decided, Uncle Chairman, I will definitely become the greatest star in Fiorentina history in the future." ”
"Hehe, then I'm here to look forward to the day when Cristiano returns to Florence." When Zhuang Mingge said this, he rubbed Ronaldo's head fiercely and added, "As for your parents, they are still a member of our Florence, and if you have time, come back to accompany them more." ”
To explain here, while Zhuang Mingge and Rui Costa brought the ten-year-old Ronaldo back to Florence, he also arranged a spare job within the club for his parents, so that the young Ronaldo would not be reduced to living alone in a foreign country, and the Ronaldo family who were originally in distress would no longer have to worry about their livelihood.
"Hmmm! Xie Lu Xie Chairman Uncle Xie! The twelve-year-old Ronaldo nodded vigorously after hearing Zhuang Mingge's words, and he had a lot of exchanges with other friends who played together in the Fiorentina junior team. From the usual chats of his companions, Ronaldo was surprised to find that in addition to the highest-level Fiorentina youth team, he was actually the only underage player who was brought to Fiorentina by the chairman himself.
Although it is not clear why this chairman uncle will be so good to him, but the young Ronaldo, who received two years of formal education in Florence, still knows the meaning of gratitude and gratitude, so the Portuguese teenager secretly vowed in his heart that he must return to Florence and repay his family's great benefactor with an outstanding performance.
After sending off the joyful Ronaldo Xiao Zhengtai, Zhuang Mingge calmed down his mood and redevoted himself to the selection of players. Now, he has one satellite club left in his hands that has not yet been resolved, and that is Monaco in Ligue 1.
For this team that has successfully taken over the mantle of Marseille with his own help and become the hegemon of Ligue 1, but still maintains a good relationship with Fiorentina, Zhuang Mingge will naturally not hesitate to give a little more assistance to the other party to help the Monaco people through the difficulties faced by the departure of the meritorious coach Arsene Wenger and a large number of key players.
As for what kind of gift to give to the Monaco club, Zhuang Mingge already had a plan in his heart.
On August 5th, Paris was still so sunny, and countless people were intoxicated by the beauty and prosperity of this world's flower capital, and the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and other places of interest made people forget to leave.
While people are enjoying the beauty of Paris, some people are not so happy, and can even be said to be very depressed.
"Alas, it failed again." Didier Drogba let out a long sigh and walked out of the headquarters of Paris Saint-Germain with his head bowed, carrying his backpack sullenly.
Just now, he received a notice from Paris Saint-Germain that after a month-long trial, PSG decided to terminate his trial contract because they did not have the potential to be part of the first team of this great capital team.
This means that from today onwards, he, Didier Drogba, is once again a homeless free agent.
I believe that the management of Paris Saint-Germain at this time will not realize what a stupid decision they have made in the past few minutes......
As a striker, Drogba's shooting skills are not really good...... No, it's not just shooting skills, when any coach looks at his performance on the training ground, they can't imagine that the big black man standing in front of them is a player who has been training in France since he was five years old.
It is for this reason that Drogba's job search journey can be said to have hit a wall at every turn.
At first, Drogba's heart was still very high, thinking that although his skills were quite rough, with his excellent physical fitness and confrontation ability, he should also be able to find a place in Ligue 1.
However, the truth ruthlessly shattered his dream, no Ligue 1 team wanted to sign a striker who didn't even have a good grasp of shooting skills, because in their eyes, a striker who couldn't even guarantee goals meant nothing to the team.
"Maybe we should lower the bar and try our luck in the second division?" Drogba thought that he was now an adult, and he could not always think about relying on his uncle Michel Goba, who brought him to France since he was a child and was selected for the Ivory Coast national team, after all, his uncle had only spent some time in the lower leagues of France, and his family was not wealthy.
So the 19-year-old Drogba said it was time for him to find a football club to start his professional career and then use the wages he earned to support his family.
But can I really find a club in this country that is willing to take me in and get my first professional contract? Drogba, who has suffered consecutive defeats, is a little dazed by this.
What if even the clubs in the second division don't look down on me? You can't really run to a lower-level league, get a meager salary, and live for the rest of your life, right?
Just as Drogba was thinking about his future outside the gates of Paris Saint-Germain, a voice suddenly reached the ears of the Ivorian: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Didier Drogba?" ”