football dynasty

The day before the match against Wigan Athletic, Levi still did not return to England, he came to the city of Udine, the center of the Italian province of Udine.

Many fans feel that this name is somewhat familiar, right?
That's right, he is the location of the famous Italian black shop Udinese.

As early as the 90s of the last century, Udinese has adopted the business strategy of cultivating young talents and then selling them. Levi also bought people here.Of course, he was not cheated by this black shop. On the contrary, Udinese regretted it afterwards. Players such as Handanovic and Di Natale later greatly exceeded the transfer fees Levi paid to Udinese. Dues are sold.

This time Li Wei's goal is the future Bayern Munich central defender Madesi Benatia.

Madesi Benatia is now 24 years old, at the age when a player begins to enter his prime.This age also often means that the player has sufficient game experience.

The most important thing is that Li Wei attaches great importance to Benatia's career experience. Before Benatia had a bright future, but after that it has a dark future.

Benatia joined the Marseille youth academy at the age of 16. Nasri, known as one of the four little swans, was his roommate at the time, and the two still maintained a very close relationship.

That year, Benatia was selected for the French U19 national team, and he had already received a good evaluation in Marseille. Just when his future looked bright, the sports director Anigo told Benatia that he Marseille is no longer in the plans, and they will not send it to their Ligue [-] rivals.

In the summer of 2006, Benatia was transferred to Toulouse in the second division, and then moved to Lorient, which is also in the second division.In Toulouse, Benatia still has 29 chances to play, but in Lorient, Benatia does not get the trust of the coach at all. Half a season has passed, and Benatia has not even had time to play as a substitute.Benatia, who had no chance, suffered a severe knee ligament tear in the winter and was almost reimbursed for the season.After the last season, Benatia did not get even one chance to play. After the contract expired, Benatia freely transferred to the Ligue [-] team Clermont.

After playing for Claremont for two years, Benatia did not renew his contract with Claremont after his contract expired, but moved to Udinese on a free transfer.

At that time, Udinese's positioning of Benatia was just a substitute plus lottery, but because Udinese's main defenders Feronetti and Andre Korda were injured that season, the Udinese coach , Guidolin, known as "Little Zhuge" by people in the Jianghu, had to use Benatia as the main force, so that Benatia had a chance to perform at the beginning of the season.

At the beginning of the season, Udinese's performance was very poor. After five rounds of matches, they had one draw and four losses. Guidolin had to make a bold change and use three central defenders to play in Serie A.

The active performance of Benatia, who was the right back at the time, successfully attracted the attention of Guidolin. He found that the Moroccan boy had a very good sense of attacking, and he had obvious advantages in frontal confrontation and competition for high-altitude balls. Dribbling and attacking is the embryo born to play three central defenders, and this change also gave birth to an ugly duckling fairy tale.

The effect of changing to three central defenders was immediate. Guidolin's team set off a hurricane in the second half of the league. The three central defenders composed of Benatia, Zapata and Domizzi were extremely stable. People began to notice that this player from Ligue [-] , The previously unknown central defender.

In that season, Udinese finally won the fourth place in the Champions League. Benatia scored 34 goals in 3 appearances and contributed 3.6 steals and 4.5 interceptions.

The number of goals conceded has also been reduced from 59 goals last season to 43 goals.

Benatia, who performed well, was also successfully selected for the 2011 Serie A Team of the Year, one of the best central defender candidates.In order to keep him, Udinese raised his salary to 90 euros. This salary is not enough for Liverpool, but it is already the second highest annual salary in Udinese.

In the 2011-2012 season, Benatia continued his strong performance. He once made Udinese the team with the fewest conceded goals in Europe. In the Europa League, he also scored key goals to help Udinese beat the strong team. The opponent Atletico Madrid has performed extremely well on both offense and defense.

In terms of psychological quality, Li Wei believes that Benatia, who has experienced ups and downs, has a steely spirit, which is what Li Wei values ​​​​most.In addition to excellent skills, a central defender can't do without a big heart and indomitable fighting spirit.

Udinese is easy to deal with. As far as black shop Udinese is concerned, they have no non-sale items at all. The problem is how much the transfer fee is.

In order to prevent the Udinese Lions from opening their mouths, Li Wei arranged for scouts to contact Benatia early on, but Li Wei encountered trouble with the players.

Benatia was very happy in Udinese, not only on the football field, but also off the football field.

This is actually the way of survival for Udinese. They know that they are a small club with low wages and it is difficult to satisfy the stars.Although it is said that Udinese relies on selling players as a way of doing business, Udinese only sells players, not opening a player supermarket. May be downgraded.

Therefore, in order to keep the stars, Udinese pays great attention to the details.For example, helping players rent and buy houses, and helping players' children to study.

And when a player's child is sick, even if it's two o'clock in the morning, Udinese can send a doctor to the player's home.

On the football field, he is the main force of the team, basically the team's starter, even if he is not the starter, it is due to his physical or tactical considerations.Off the football field, I received meticulous care from the club and lived a happy life.

It's mid-season again and Benatia doesn't want to leave the club at this time.Even if it is to leave, it will help the club play a full season instead of leaving halfway and being an ungrateful deserter.

In order to convince the other party, Li Wei came to Udine in person.

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After Li Wei and Benatia met, his first sentence was: "If you continue to stay in Udinese and miss this opportunity, when will you have the opportunity to join the giants? One year? Or Two years? Or three or four years? How old will you be then?"

Benatia froze.

Levi went on to say: "Liverpool's defense is facing a big problem now. This is a well-known fact. This is a crisis for Liverpool, but it is your opportunity, an opportunity to become the main force of the giants. Such an opportunity is not when. Are you willing to lose this opportunity?"

Benatia opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out in the end.

It is estimated that he is already in a mess in his heart.

Li Wei paused, and comforted him: "I know you don't want to be a deserter from Udinese, it doesn't matter, I will take care of Udinese, and they will be happy to sell you. I only have one request for you , that is, when Udinese offer unrealistic prices, you can stand up and put pressure on the Udinese club, I don't want to be slaughtered. In fact, Madehi, you are just the number one in my mind option, but not the only option, and I hope you don't waste this opportunity."

Benatia was struggling in his heart. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Levi, will I be the main force if I go to Liverpool?"

Li Wei shook his head and said: "No! I will not give you such a promise. This is irresponsible to you, and even more irresponsible to Liverpool. Could it be that you performed poorly and I still let you play? But I can promise you that you are competing for the main position. Don't you even have the confidence to fight for a central defender who only played in Ligue [-] for one season and couldn't get along in AC Milan?"

Although Li Wei did not promise him the main force, Benatia was also in a happy mood. Li Wei was very frank, which made Benatia believe in Li Wei's sincerity.

"I hope to join Liverpool, and I hope to play under Mr. Levi!" Benatia stood up and extended his right hand to Levi.

But Levi didn't shake hands with Benatia, he stood up, walked around the table, and hugged Benatia. "Welcome!"

Benatia froze, then smiled.

He believes that his choice this time is correct!
Although this is a bit sorry for Udinese who cultivated himself...

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Benatia's follow-up negotiations Levi did not attend, he had to rush back to Liverpool to prepare for the game against Wigan Athletic.

The follow-up negotiations were handed over to the club's chief scout, Eduardo Marcia, in charge of Li Wei, who only needed to grasp the general direction of the problem.

On the day of the Wigan Athletic match, Levi not only talked about the match against Wigan Athletic in the pre-match press conference, but also attended with goalkeeper Neuer. , The two parties will sign a new contract for another six years, which is another 5+1 contract.

This contract extension undoubtedly broke the previous rumors that Neuer was going to join Bayern Munich.

After the contract extension, Neuer will become the team's second highest salary after Gerrard, with a weekly salary of 11 pounds. The new contract will start to be implemented next season.In the rest of this season, Levi also raised Neuer's salary, from the original [-] pounds to [-] pounds a week.

Neuer is very satisfied. After all, he has only joined the team for one and a half seasons, and as a defensive player, he can actually get a weekly salary second only to captain Gerrard. kind of affirmation.