The next day, Jonker learned more about the head coach from the newspaper As.

Manuel Pellegrini's previous experience in charge of the team is a subject of mystery. According to many authoritative media outlets, Pellegrini studied architecture and was a civil engineer until he was 35 years old. However, other sources suggest that Pellegrini spent 14 years of playing for the Universidad de Chile team starting in 1973, making 451 appearances and scoring unverifiable goals.

In 1986, in the final year of his career, the centre-back wore the shirt of the Chilean national team for the only time in his life.

In 1988, Manuel Pellegrini began his coaching career in Chile, Ecuador and other countries. In 2002 he took charge of Argentina's famed River Plate team, in 2004 he joined Villarreal and the following year led the mid-table side to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.

After that, the Yellow Submarine finished third in La Liga, playing in the Champions League for the first time, and then the Chilean led the team to the last four of the Champions League, setting a record for the best team in Europe. Villarreal also finished fifth in the league and qualified for next year's Europa League.

What caught Jonker's attention was the assessment of Pellegrini by the newspaper As, "Pellegrini is an iron-fisted coach who was at the peak of Villarreal's time when Riquelme openly challenged his holiday schedule, and then was permanently banned and eventually left the team. Now that the Chileans are at the Bernabeu, maybe our superstars have to be a little more careful. ”

Jonk thought about it, and didn't think much about it, in Jonk's career. Whether it's Eintracht Frankfurt's brief spell as manager Duomen, or Leeds United manager Gray. or Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who has not had any conflicts with Jonker. It is even said that Jonker has a fairly good relationship with several head coaches.

So, Jonk thought, "I should be able to get along well with the Chilean manager." ”

One of the first things Pellegrini did when he took over and his players was to have the club staff email each player informing them that the team would begin training in Dublin, Ireland on July 15, with no one being late. It is also not possible to ask for leave.

There was no phone call and no face-to-face meeting, and Pellegrini made his first contact with Jonker in an email.

Jonker's first contact with his Real Madrid team-mates will also begin in Dublin.

On July 14th, Real Madrid started a training camp, and the team started to concentrate today, and then tomorrow they will leave for Dublin, Ireland.

The cars that Jonk had at home in Manchester. It has been flown from Manchester to Madrid, however, his car has not yet gone to the Spanish license plate, so. Today's first training session was picked up by the staff arranged by the club.

"Hello, Jonker. My name is Harvey. Alonso. The driver said hello to Jonker.

"Ahh Jonk was stunned. The first reaction was that the name was familiar, and then I remembered it. That's not the name of Liverpool's Spanish defender Marcos Alonso.

On the way to the training ground, Jonker quipped the driver, maybe in a few days, Harvey. Marcos Alonso has joined Real Madrid and the team will place you as Xavi. Alonso drove the car.

"Haha, Alonso drives for Mr. Alonso, it's funny." The driver seemed very talkative, "I'm a big fan of yours, you know, I loved watching you play when you came to the Bernabeu when Manchester United played. ”

Jonk smiled and said, "At that time, you must have been booing me at the scene." "Jonker remembered that season, Manchester United away to Real Madrid, Jonker's hat-trick helped the team eliminate Real Madrid, he was booed by the entire Bernabeu, Jonker also made a gesture to the stands to shut up after scoring a goal, who would have thought that now, he has joined Real Madrid and become the owner of the Bernabeu.

"Hehe, at that time, we hated it so much." Alonso didn't deny it, and the next second, he said happily, "Well, now you score again at the Bernabeu, you will definitely be greeted with applause and cheers." ”

"I believe it." Jonk said with a smile.

The car soon arrived at the gates of Real Madrid's training base, Sport City, where Jonk thanked Mr. Alonso and said goodbye to him.

Jonk saw an old acquaintance at the gate, Argentine left-back Heinze, and he greeted Heinze happily.

Heinze saw Jonker, he was stunned for a moment, and also greeted Jonk warmly, although Heinze transferred to Real Madrid after falling out with Manchester United, but this did not affect his friendship with Jonker, in fact, when the two were in Manchester United, they did not have much intersection, but in Real Madrid, the two were acquaintances.

The two hugged warmly, chatted, and were a little embarrassed at the thought of being teammates again in Real Madrid.

You know, Heinze's transfer was in the summer of 2007, Heinze was gradually snatched away by Evra because of his main left-back position, and after the summer transfer window opened, he made it clear that he wanted to transfer, and Manchester United promised that as long as there was a good offer from the team, Heinze could transfer.

But when Liverpool made an offer of £6.8 million for Manchester United, the old Scottish man Alex Ferguson refused because he would never allow Heinze to transfer to his bitter rival Liverpool, and Jonker remembers the old man telling the media at the time, "I can guarantee that Liverpool will not get Heinze, that offer is worthless to us, we can immediately throw it under the bed, in fact we did the same." ”

Heinze was extremely dissatisfied with this, publicly expressed his desire to join Liverpool, and did not hesitate to appeal to the Premier League, and Heinze's popularity among Manchester United fans suddenly dropped significantly. Heinze said that United did not make it clear that he could not go to Liverpool when he promised him, and that he had already paid a lot to Manchester United, so he had the right to transfer to any team, and said that "the hatred between Manchester United and Liverpool should not have a sporting aspect".

Ferguson said Heinze's forced move to Liverpool was unprofessional. And the reason for accusing Heinze of transferring is that he blindly asked for a high salary and was rejected.

In the end, the Premier League ruled against Heinze's request, and Heinze was deprived of his original No. 4 shirt. At a stalemate between the two sides, Real Madrid made an offer of £8 million. Eventually, Heinze moved to Real Madrid.

"How did you feel when you moved to Madrid?" Jonk asked.

"How's that—" Heinze said.

Seeing that Heinze didn't seem to be in a good mood, Jonk asked strangely, "Gabriel, what's wrong?" ”

"Oh! Jonk, you're here at Real Madrid, but I'm leaving. Heinze said depressedly, "The team has informed me that I can contact the new owner." ”

Jonk was stunned, he knew that Florentino was in the process of clearing players. I didn't expect Heinze to be transferred, he was happy just now because he had an old friend in the team, but there was nothing Jonk could do about it, this is the operation of the team's management, and it may also be that Heinze is not liked by the team's new head coach Manuel Pellegrini.

Jonk patted Heinze on the shoulder, comforting him.

"Haha, don't talk about that. Jonk, why does it seem like it's hard for two people to play together? Heinze said gloomily.

Jonker listened to Heinze say this, and also remembered the days when the two were teammates together, as if it was the same at Manchester United. Soon after Jonker arrived, Heinze had a falling out with Manchester United, and the two did not play a single official game.

The two bumped into Zidane. Zidane was waiting for Jonker here, and saw that Zidane had something to do with Jonker. Heinze went to the locker room first.

Zidane looked for Jork to talk to him about the jersey number. Today is the team's first training camp, and Jonker's jersey number is also going to be determined.

It stands to reason that when a superstar like Jonker joins, the jersey number should have been determined a long time ago, but Jonk accepted the arrangement of the Real Madrid club this time and chose No. 10, and the No. 10 shirt belongs to Sneijder.

However, at that time, Baldano told Sù Jonker that Sneijder was about to transfer, so don't go to Sneijder, and after Sneijder's transfer, the No. 10 jersey will be Jonker's.

Now, the team has now started training camps, Sneijder has not yet transferred, but Jonker's shirt number cannot be delayed.

Moreover, what Jonk didn't know was that Real Madrid was ready to sue Adidas that Jonck's jersey number was No. 10, and that side was already preparing, and as soon as it was confirmed here, it would rush to produce Jonck's No. 10 jersey.

Sneijder has been vocal about his reluctance to leave Real Madrid, and Jonker is also following the news, which he knows.

"Zizou, I'll communicate with Sneijder, and if he doesn't want to, I'll use No. 25." Jonker said that it was not that he was afraid of Sneijder, he could have asked for the No. 10 player, with Jonker's status in Florentino's eyes, Sneijder could only accept it in a muffled voice, but, Jonk considered that after all, he was going to play in a team and did not want to stiffen the relationship.

Zidane is very satisfied with the big picture of Jonker, which is the mind of a superstar, and he said with a wry smile, "There is a situation now, Baldano and Pellegrini have talked to the Dutchman, and Sneijder has not been taken into account in the upcoming new season, but Sneijder is not willing to leave. ”

Jonk was also a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect such a situation.

Zidane went on to say that Real Madrid and Inter Milan had reached an agreement for Sneijder's 15 million, just waiting for the Dutchman's nod, but Sneijder insisted on staying at Real Madrid even though the management had made it clear that he would be expelled.

"I can't imagine that Sneijder still has a lot of feelings for Madrid." Jonk said, and then he saw Zidane looking at him with a strange expression, did he know what he said wrong?

Zidane said, "What do you love Madrid, Sneijder wants a higher salary, wanting to stay in Real Madrid is just a means of negotiation, the 2010 World Cup is approaching, Van Marwijk has said before that he will not take a person who can't play at the club to South Africa, of course Sneijder wants to transfer, he just wants to bargain with Inter Milan and ask for a high salary." ”

Jonk thought about it, if he was going to wear the number 10 jersey now, it wasn't impossible, but. It's going to be a little awkward. Sneijder has not yet transferred, plus the Dutch gang is now strong within the team. In addition to Sneijder, there are Drenthe, Van der Vaart and Robben. Jonk couldn't afford to get into trouble with the Dutch as soon as he came up.

Another point, if Jonker wears the No. 10 jersey now, the media is not sure what to say, and if he can't say that he grabbed the No. 10 jersey and forced Sneijder away, then he will be wronged.

"Jonker, I have a Jianyì, you can listen to it." Zidane said.

"What is built?" Jonk said.

"Actually, in Madrid. The greatest jersey is not No. 7, not No. 10, but No. 9. Zidane said, seeing Jonker listening, and added, "That's Di. The number that Stefano crossed! ”

Jonk was stunned, he had a lot of respect for Di Stefano, but. I really didn't know that when Di Stéfano played, he wore the number 9 shirt. Hearing Zidane say this, Jonker was also a little moved.

Zinedine Zidane also talked about the history of Real Madrid's number nine, and the reason why this number is great is that you can only know from these names - except for Paino, who scored 124 goals in 144 official games, and Di Stefano, the "Golden Arrow". There are also 461 golden headers for Real Madrid, Sandiana, and four La Liga top scorers. Sanchez, "Ivan the Terrible" Zamorano, Davosuk who "can play the violin with his left foot".

In addition, when Ronaldo was at Real Madrid, he also chose the No. 10 shirt at the beginning. This was because the number 9 shirt was on Morientes at the time, when Morientes was gone. Ronaldo wore the number 9, his coveted number. Ronaldo is Ugo. Sanchez fans.

It's no wonder that Ronaldo adores Ugo so much. Sanchez, Ugo. Sanchez's goal percentage at Real Madrid has been nothing short of terrifying. During the 5 years of personal service. He won the title of top scorer in La Liga 4 times, scoring 207 goals in 283 games!

Di Stefano, Sandiana, Ugo. Sanchez, Davao. Sucker, Ronaldo.

Jonk is also a little enthusiastic, he doesn't pay much attention to the jersey number, just wear which number he likes, when he was in Ajax, Jonk casually chose No. 25, he only played for one season at Ajax, but then in Chelsea, AC Milan and Manchester United he still chose No. 25, Jonk is not without the opportunity to change the number, but he feels that there is no need to do that, any number has to play on the field, and there is no need to change it.

Now, for the first time, Jonk had the idea that he had to do with this No. 9, partly because there was so much glory with this number, and on the other hand, Jonk also had a motivation to become the greatest No. 9 in history.

Beyond Di Stefano, beyond Sandia, beyond Hugo. Sanchez, overtaking Ronaldo!!

This feeling of transcendence, just thinking about it makes my blood boil a little bit!!

"Qi Zu, I'll choose No. 9." Jonk said.

"It's decided?" Zidane looked at Jonker with a smile.

"Yes." Jonker nodded, and then he saw Zidane's smile and said with a smile, "Zizou, I feel like you know I'm going to choose No. 9." ”

Zidane laughed, "Haha, I'm guessing, and, I guess, you must be thinking about it, to surpass Di Stefano, to surpass Sandiana, to surpass Ugo. Sanchez, along with Suker and Ronaldo, become the greatest number nine. As he spoke, he looked at Jonker with a smile.

"That's right." Jonk smiled, there was nothing to be embarrassed about. No need to twist and turn, it's not about hubris, it's great goals and strong confidence and motivation.

"Ambitious." Zidane patted Joan on the shoulder, "I believe that you will definitely become the greatest No. 9 in the history of Real Madrid." ”

"Haha, I was going to go for the number 5, but it was a number I couldn't beat." Jonker laughed and said that the No. 5 shirt was once worn by Zidane.

Zidane knew that Jonk was complimenting him, but he was also very useful.

"Well, it's the 9th." Zidane said: "After training, we will prepare a press conference to officially announce your shirt number. "He came to Jonk to confirm the number, after all, with Jonk's identity, the number is confirmed, and there must be a grand press conference.

"No problem." Jonk said with a smile.

At this time, Jonk looked at the time and had a little headache. "Oops, Zizu. I'm going to be late for training. 'It was the first training session and the first meeting with manager Manuel Pellegrini. Jonk didn't want to make a bad impression.

"Then let's get over there." Zidane said with concern, "Do you want me to accompany you and explain it to Mr. Pellegrini?" ”

"No need, I'll run faster, I shouldn't be late." Jonk thanked Zidane for his concern, quickly said goodbye to Zidane, and ran towards the locker room.

Jonk trotted all the way to the locker room and pushed the door open. He saw that the players had already changed their shirts, everyone looked at him when they saw someone coming in, and it was quiet in the dressing room.

Unaware of the unusual atmosphere in the locker room, Jonk beckoned everyone to greet in Spanish: "Good morning!" ”

Heinze was glancing at Jonker, who was a little puzzled, and at this time, a voice rang out, "Jonker." You're late. ”

It was then that Jonker saw the manager Manuel Pellegrini standing in the front desk, and he didn't look at the front desk just now, and he didn't notice that someone was standing there, playing against Villarreal when he was at Manchester United. So, Jonker recognized the gentleman.

"I'm sorry, just now—" Jonk was a little surprised. Why did the manager appear in the dressing room, but still admitted the mistake. Even though he had just looked at his watch, he felt that he should not be late.

"Late. Don't make any excuses. Pellegrini didn't give Jonker a chance to explain, choked Jonker's words in his throat, and then ignored Jonk and began to continue speaking to the whole team.

Jonk stood at the door, it was not right to go in, it was not right not to go in, it was embarrassing, and he was hung at the door by Pellegrini. Jonk looked at his teammates he had met for the first time, and he saw that some of them seemed to be holding grievances about themselves, and some of them were clearly gloating.

Two minutes later, when Pellegrini finished speaking, he seemed to remember Jonker and invited him in and asked vice-captain Casillas to greet Jonker while Pellegrini himself left.

"!" Jonk knew that he was used by Pellegrini to stand up, he didn't expect that the first day would be treated as a model by the head coach, if Jonk was indeed late, it was nothing, before Jonk came in, he looked at the time, there were still two minutes left, he was not late, in addition, Jonk was temporarily approached by Zidane, and Pellegrini did not allow Jonk to explain at all, which also made Jonk angry.

That's right, as Jonker said, Pellegrini deliberately took Jonker Liwei, and Pellegrini's decision to take Jonker Liwei was also considered, Jonker is the most valuable and famous player in the team, Mr. 120 million pounds, however, Jonk is a newcomer, neither belonging to the Spanish local gang, nor to the Dutch gang, let alone the Brazilian gang, just right to take Joan Kliwei. And, of course, he has his reasons, although Jonk was not late when he arrived at the locker room, but if he changed his jersey and ran to the training ground, he would definitely be late, and the training time he set was the time to arrive at the training ground.

Pellegrini had already learned about the situation in Real Madrid's dressing room before coming to Real Madrid, and in his opinion, there are four factions in Real Madrid's dressing room: the most important is the Espanyol local gang, represented by Raul, Ramos, Casillas, without their recognition, then a player will not be accepted by the club, whether on or off the pitch.

Then, the most powerful is the Dutch Gang, which is the most powerful outside the local gang, they are Robben, Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Drenthe, however, Pellegrini has communicated with Baldano, most of the Dutch gang will be sold, it can be said that the Dutch gang may not exist after a while.

Then there are the Portuguese players, they are the Portuguese player Pepe, the Brazilian player Marcelo, the Portuguese players are not strong, but now, after the transfer of Kaka and Jonk to Real Madrid, the power of the Portuguese family has grown rapidly.

There is also the Argentine gang, they are Gago, Higuain, Heinze, however, Heinze is going to transfer, and there is no place for Gago in Pellegrini's future plans, so the Argentine's strength is not strong.

After analyzing the situation in the dressing room of Real Madrid, Pellegrini made careful considerations and decided to take some measures not to let any faction become so big as to affect the authority of the head coach, and Junk is the most famous, but the first to be the smallest in the dressing room, and is the first choice to set an example.

Manuel Pellegrini may not realise that, as a manager, it is undesirable to divide his players into factions and put himself on the opposite side of the players in the first place.

After Pellegrini left, Casillas walked up and patted Jonker on the shoulder: "Welcome, Jonk. He spoke in English, and although he heard Jonker greet everyone in Spanish, he wasn't sure if Jonk could speak Spanish or just say 'good morning', so he spoke to Jonk in English.

"Thanks, Iker." Jonker said to Casillas in Spanish, "I can speak Spanish. ”

"Really? Great, I'm still worried that there will be problems with our communication. Casillas was happy to say that he was really happy. (To be continued......)