i want to be king

Chapter 21 I'm In Trouble

Lisbon Restello Stadium.

Scout Figurredo hurried to the door of Carlos' office, the technical director, and knocked hard twice.

"Please come in." The familiar voice of the boss Carlos came from inside.

Figurredo opened the door and went in, walked straight to the opposite side of the desk, took out a poorly packaged VCD from the file bag in his hand, and gently placed it on the table in front of Carlos.

"Boss, this is just sent by Sporting Portugal."

Carlos glanced at it. The team's name and the number 36 were written on the thick black packaging pen.

"Or about that Chinese player?" Carlos asked lightly.

A week ago, Sporting de Portugal sent in a player report about one of their young players.

In the scouting report, the head coach Gorba praised this player full of praise. He believed that he has the strength of the best among his peers, and the speed of improvement is amazing, the talent is quite high, and the future is worth looking forward to.

Belerences is not considered the top giants in Portugal, but it is also a Portuguese Super League team after all.

As a technical director, Carlos is well-informed. He has seen countless player profiles. The recorded player videos and VCDs are piled up like mountains. Every scout and every agent will do everything possible to praise his players and embellish them with all kinds of gorgeous rhetoric.

These people are like eloquent, shrewd and capable salesmen, and what they want to sell is a commodity called players. Carlos has long been accustomed to this.

As a result, when Sporting Portugal recommended it, although Gorba's description was not very exaggerated, in Carlos' view, it was just a way for small teams to sell players and their rare exaggerations.

How many talents can be dug out of the mountains of player materials?

In the past week, Athletic Portugal has submitted a total of three reports on the Chinese player, and the urgency can be imagined.

"Yes, they just went to Madeira Islands to play a game yesterday against Maritimo II."

"Goal again?" Carlos raised his head slightly and asked.

Figurredo nodded, "Another one entered."

"Gorba has really invested a lot of money. I guess they are in a pretty tight financial situation." Carlos smiled.

Figurredo knows that this is also a common trick used by many teams.

"But I think you should see it."

Carlos raised his head after hearing this, and looked seriously at the scout subordinates in front of him, "What do you think?"

"This time it was a volley from the penalty area, which is not too difficult, but..." Figurredo paused for a moment, thinking about his words, "I think his kick looks a bit like Batistuta."

"God of War?" Carlos was a little surprised.

"A bit like."

Carlos nodded.

It is not new for young players to imitate famous stars with similar characteristics. It can even be said to be a common feature of most young players, and there are many people who imitate the God of War Batistuta because there are too many fans who like the Argentine God of War.

Of course, most of these fans are physically very good and strong, so that they can play Batistuta's taste.

"Wait, you just said, volley?" Carlos suddenly remembered something.

"Yes." Figurredo nodded, "This ball is suspected of being missed, and it's not too difficult, but to be honest, like the previous two balls, it's rare among young players."

Carlos looked at the CD in front of him, nodded and said, "Okay, put it on first, I'll watch it later when I have time."

When Figurredo was about to turn around and leave, Carlos warned again, "Call Gorba to find out the situation, find a chance, and go to the scene."

Figurredo agreed.

He knew in his heart that Belerences was a Portuguese Super League team after all, and he was not very concerned about such low-level young players.

Anyway, in the satellite club, don't worry about him running away.

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At the same time, in Benfica's administrative offices at the Stadium of Light, a few kilometers north of the Restello Stadium, scout Abel Silva handed over the same CD to football director Luis Felipe Vieira.

"This is a player video I just got from Athletic Portugal. They have a young Chinese player named Su Dong this season. He just turned 17 and scored three goals in the last two rounds."

"Oh?" Vieira was surprised.

The main reason is that this player is from China.

In recent years, the major European giants are aiming to develop the Asian market, especially China.

As Portugal's top giants, although Benfica has been somewhat turbulent in the past two years, it also has ideas about the Chinese market.

Vieira didn't say much, and took out the CD directly, and put it into the CD drive of the computer host beside him.

Not long after, a video with blurry picture quality began to be played on the computer screen, which could only barely be seen clearly.

"If I remember correctly, Sporting will be Belerences' partner team?"

"Yes, they've been working with Belerences for many years."

The two teams are very close and have a lot of communication with each other. There have even been cases where Belerences players have been loaned to Athletic Portugal to play, but the training is still going on in Belerences.

The three Portuguese super teams in Lisbon all support their cooperative clubs in this city. For example, Benfica has FT Benfica, Sporting Lisbon has Casapia, and Belerences cooperates with Sporting Portugal.

There are also some teams that cooperate with multiple teams at the same time, such as Amadora and Ol Harrenson, these two teams are also cooperative clubs of Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon.

Such a team is usually a team with strong youth training and excellent player training ability, which has enough bargaining chips.

Of course, as a big team, there must be more than one club to cooperate with.

For example, Benfica has no cooperation with Sporting de Portugal, but they have close contacts.

The Abel Silva in front of Vieira debuted in Benfica's youth training and has also played in the first team for many years, but he was still playing in Portugal Athletic Club a year ago, and he is inextricably linked with this team.

When the Athletic Club wanted to introduce Canelas, it was through the connection through Abel Silva.

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The two watched the slightly blurry game video, mainly focusing on the No. 36 player.

Especially after he volleyed and scored the equalizing goal, the expression on Vieira's face visibly moved.

"It's a shot that shows strength," Vieira said.

"Yes, the awareness of running position and position judgment, as well as the final footwork, I think he plays a bit like imitating Batistuta. It looks good." Abel Silva laughed.

Vieira nodded, "It's really interesting."

Last year, Benfica held a presidential election. The former chairman Azavedo lost to the famous businessman Villario in the election. The latter adopted the same campaign strategy as Real Madrid chairman Florentino, tied up the legendary Benfica star Toni, and won all the votes of the fans.

Not long ago, former chairman Azavedo was sent to prison on suspicion of money laundering.

Benfica's finances are very bad. This is the reason why Villario came to power. After taking office, he had to start drastic reforms in order to build a young, energetic and competitive team. The sixth place in the league last season was the price paid for this reform.

After the reform, Benfica has an inexplicable desire for young players, especially after seeing the talents in the youth training camp of the city rival Sporting Lisbon, Quaresma, Marcelino and Cristiano Ronaldo...

Especially that Ronaldo.

I heard that the technical director of Sporting Lisbon recently recommended him to Freitas, the top executive of the national team, hoping to recommend him to the national youth team. "Although Quaresma is very popular now, please believe that Ronnie is the hope of Portuguese football in the next ten years."

There are not many people who know this, and Vieira is one of them.

One ebbs and another, and the opponent's talent is at its peak, which also makes Benfica feel worried.

The introduction of high-level talents has also become Vieira's top priority.

"Abel, you should contact Athletic Portugal immediately. We will go to the scene to see the next match."

After finishing speaking, Vieira thought about it again and reminded: "Be quick, don't give your opponent time to react."

Abel Silva nodded.

He is very clear that the opponent here is not only Belerences, but also other teams.

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Su Dong didn't know that he had successfully attracted Benfica's attention, he was still as usual.

The team returned to Lisbon overnight from Madeira Islands. In the early morning of the next day, Su Dong got up on time for training, and then went to the Edward VII Park Stadium.

Ronnie had already guessed that Su Dong would do this, and the two practiced desperately in the indoor football field in the park.

I was tired from training, so I rested on the sidelines.

Su Dong casually handed over a bottle of Brute Bull, unscrewed the cap of the bottle in his hand, and drank it gulply.

The drink exchanged in the system store is indeed a good thing. After drinking it, the physical recovery speed during rest is significantly faster.

Ronnie, on the other hand, seemed to be full of thoughts.

"What's the matter? Are you in trouble?" Su Dong asked with concern.

Ronnie sighed, nodded and said, "I've encountered a little trouble."

Su Dong thought it was a family matter, and immediately thought of his brother who was a drug addict, feeling a little helpless in his heart.

He has nothing to do about this kind of thing, and it's not easy to express his opinion, so he can only keep silent.

Ronnie didn't take the initiative to say anything, and Su Dong didn't ask, so there was some silence between the two.

When the bottle of water was almost gone, Ronnie suddenly sighed and said in a sad and indignant tone: "I want to change my manager!"

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(End of this chapter)