Mister Legend

Chapter 609 Competitive Disadvantage
In order to sign a certain player to compete fiercely with other clubs, this is a very common thing in the professional sports circle, especially in football, where the transfer mechanism has long been perfected.Li Moody is not good at this kind of work that requires super negotiating ability to do well, but for those professionals in the Real Madrid club, it is just one of countless daily tasks, and there is no problem in following the regulations.

Generally speaking, it is similar to the love model of "one woman and many men". In the process of "pursuing" a favorite player, the club is nothing more than expressing all kinds of sincerity to the other party.The first is to be able to give the new player an important position in the team. If it is a big-name star, the head coach will visit him personally and explain how he will set up a new tactical play around the opponent. This is called "attacking his heart".

After that, it’s time to “induce profit”, wages, bonuses, signing fees, and additional fees paid to persuade the agent not to get in the way, and a series of economic terms are also more lucrative than the current contract held by the player. At worst, it cannot be lower than the standards proposed by other competing teams. Only in this way can it be possible to impress the "heart" of the target person and combine successfully.

For young players who have not experienced professional games, the first two steps are roughly the same, but the first point becomes to draw a big picture for them, that is, to describe how to train him and gradually become an important core task of the team Whether the plan can be realized in the end is naturally unpredictable, but it is indeed an indispensable step.Relatively speaking, the economic conditions will not be taken too seriously by most young players. Although there are some who want to get high salaries immediately, the facts have proved that the future achievements of such profit-seeking people will not be so high. , so the ability to "fool" is the most critical factor in winning talented Xiao Yao to join the team.

And more importantly, compared to the player himself, the attitude of his parents is the key point that plays a decisive role in most cases, giving many clubs room to play outside the game.Ways such as providing extra subsidies, helping the parents of young players find an easy job, and persuading them to become their son’s agents so as to obtain greater economic benefits, etc., not only exist in the Chinese football network, but also in reality. The general behavior, regardless of whether the talisman does not meet the regulations or whether it will have an adverse impact on the future development of the players, the most important thing at the moment is obviously to snatch these talents into their own team at all costs.

Real Madrid's wooing of Riverola also followed this routine.Although Li Mudi did not personally go to the capital city of the region adjacent to Madrid because of the need to command the first team for the second half of the season that has already started, and because of his status, Shen Duo, the legend of the club and the current director of the youth training department, Playing the game can already show how much Galaxy Battleship attaches importance to this player.

Such high-standard treatment will be used, even though the information sent back by the scouts shows that the young player does have super potential, but since Riverola has just joined Valladolid's youth team for half a year, the outflow of training Or there are very few game videos. Although it is easy to see his excellence from the existing information, although it cannot be said that there are a lot of similar talents in the Real Madrid youth training camp, they are certainly not rare. exist.In the end, what made the club make a sincere decision was Li Mudi's comment after watching the video: "This may be the next Kaka, and it's the one with better physical fitness", which made all Real Madrid executives feel a little bit I can't sit still.

To this day, no one will question the leading position of the Real Madrid coach in the field of discovering and cultivating young players. Even though this aspect of work is recognized as the most uncertain, the young players selected by Li Mudi over the years He still played a super high success rate, which makes the world-renowned coaches who are good at using young players like Ferguson Ferguson and professors in the past pale in comparison.

According to Harvey Platts, his assistant who has worked with him for many years, this Chinese man has never given such a high evaluation to a certain young player before, and it is indeed the first time.In the eyes of Real Madrid executives such as Raul and Hierro, even if Riverola failed to fully realize all his talents due to various reasons, or to take a step back, the team coach has a rare big deviation in his judgment this time. The future development of the teenager will not be too bad, at least there is a high chance of reaching the level of Ronaldo, not to mention the possibility of growing into the second Kaka.

It is not difficult to understand why, compared to other competitors who dispatched a regional scouting director at most, Galaxy Battleship directly let the old man Shen Duo, who is fully in charge of the youth training camp work, go out. It's all about different strategies brought about by the determination of several clubs to win this 16-year-old who has just gained some fame.

It's just that even though Real Madrid has shown almost the greatest sincerity, the process of persuading Riverola to agree to join is still beyond their expectations.

The young man who is far more self-reliant than his peers had a face-to-face communication with the Real Madrid legend, who was older than his grandparents, and showed the latter his clear thinking and vision comparable to that of an adult. The extremely high evaluation also made this old man in his seventies feel that it was indeed time for him to leave the front-line work.Whether it is eloquence or the future development plan for young players, Shen Duo, who once dared to go head-to-head with Maradona on the football field and completed an excellent defensive task, was not able to compete with this young man with an underdeveloped beard. Getting any cheap in front of him is a headache for the old man.

On the question of whether to join the youth academy of a top domestic team, which may seriously disturb the peaceful life of the family, Riverola's stepfather and his ex-husband died in a traffic accident. The mother who is a housewife does not express any opinions, and they all have an attitude that the children themselves decide.

And this star who is valued by Li Modi is also worthy of his previous ambition to become the number one salesman in the country. Without the guidance of an agent and family members, there is no temper at all to deal with many clubs, including Real Madrid, who come to their door and want to earn their income.

Judging from what he didn't express clearly but expressed everywhere, the young man seems to be extremely valued on economic interests on the surface, but in fact he still hopes that his future development can be effectively and reasonably guaranteed after he has confirmed that he will take the path of a professional player. of.

The guarantee here not only includes the club's commitment to his status in the team, but also includes that he will not only fall into a passive situation and cannot control his own destiny when he renews his contract or even switches to other teams in the future. In this aspect of self-interest, he is no worse than those stars who are notorious among major clubs for being too self-interested.

When I heard that Riverola vaguely proposed that the team must ensure his main position in all levels of echelons, and promised that he must be promoted to the first team before the age of 20 and that he must be guaranteed in all competitions in the first year. After no less than 15 games and 400 minutes of playing time, Li Moody almost thought that this was a strange thing that existed in the storybook. The team made such an unreliable promise, which deviates too much from normal people's cognition. Is this kind of character who is completely ignorant of the sky and the earth really suitable to become the team's new generation signature?The Real Madrid coach couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart.

However, after hearing this, Guines immediately felt that the heart that had long been indifferent to being an agent was agitated again, and immediately set off for Valladolid, hoping to meet face-to-face with this rare man in the world. Wizards, meet this little guy who dares to speak up in front of several top teams in La Liga.

As a result, after Real Madrid won a good start in the first game of 2026 and easily defeated the city's little brother Vallecano with a score of 4-1, they will leave for the city of Ipurua in the Basque Country in the middle of next week. When the first round of the Copa del Rey quarter-final match began, Li Moody got a piece of news that made him laugh and cry. Riverola signed a contract with the agency run by the Guinez family and officially became the coach of Real Madrid. fellow disciples".

With the support of the most powerful brokerage company in Spain, the plan of several major clubs to sign this rising star who is gradually becoming famous in the youth league at a relatively low price is naturally nothing but a dream up.Of course, with more professional people participating in the negotiations, those weird demands that cannot exist in the real world will all disappear, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for several wealthy teams.

Just from the standpoint of Real Madrid, no matter whether Riverola's subsequent requirements become reasonable or not, the competition they face still has not diminished in the slightest, because the parties concerned strive to gain a firm foothold in the first team in the shortest possible time. The idea will not change anyway, and in this regard, Atletico Madrid is obviously the team that is more likely to fulfill his request. Even Valencia has a lot of talents, and it is difficult to make relevant promises to young players. before Real Madrid.

No matter how many Castilian-born stars failed to realize their childhood dream at the Bernabeu - wearing that sacred white jersey on the pitch for their favorite team, no one can deny that Real Madrid's youth training camp has a super status in world football. Even if it can't do what La Masia has contributed to Barcelona's first team with many outstanding main players and even core members, many players with the brand of the Galaxy Battleship have always been La Liga players. The backbone of the team, in terms of success rate statistics alone, Real Madrid is actually stronger than their arch-enemy.

After Galeries Lafayette changed his team-building thinking around 2017 and introduced many young talents from all over the world, Real Madrid, which once became the focus of the world with its collection of superstars, gradually began to shift its focus to the policy of cultivating its own descendants. up.Although this approach caused great ups and downs in the team's performance, it also greatly deepened the future development potential, so that the team did not fall into certain difficulties due to the rise of other giants and the more difficult signings in the transfer market. Talents like veteran clubs are in a dilemma, relying on their own hematopoietic function and can always maintain a good combat effectiveness all year round.

However, this has also made the competition pressure on the youth team more intense than before. In addition, the club has not given up on the traditional reinforcement method of directly introducing outstanding talents from the outside, making those Castilian young people want to play in the youth team. It has become an extremely difficult dream to get a stable chance to play in the first team when the skills have not yet entered the mature stage.Usually, after training in the reserve team for one to two years, all young players who are favored by the club will be loaned to other La Liga, La Liga or even foreign teams to practice, and return after two or three years when their strength is recognized. The mother team model has always been the training strategy that Real Madrid insists on using, and this is also the most common method in the world.

That's why Castilla, who is full of talent, has never been able to see young people go straight to the first team and quickly gain a stable position since Raul and Casillas at the end of the last century. The ones with the closest experience are the superstar Mbappé, who can be ranked in the top five or even the top three in today's world football, and Asensio, who is now the top player of the Spanish national team.

But the French winger is not 100% a direct descendant of Real Madrid, because before he landed in Spain, he had already made a name for himself in Monaco. However, Mbappe is still considered more of an outstanding talent produced in French football.

As for Asensio, it has nothing to do with Real Madrid's youth training. Born in Mallorca, like most players, he started his career in his hometown team. When he joined the Galacticos, the Bernabéu The current prince has turned 19 years old, and was immediately loaned to the Spaniard to practice for a year.After that, he served as a substitute for Ronaldo and Bale for two seasons, and only then did he get a chance to stand out. With his amazing talent at the time, he could not get the main position of Real Madrid in the weak championship year, let alone other young people. It is possible to replicate Raul's original miracle.

On the contrary, Atletico Madrid and Valencia, whose talents have shown a tendency to wither in recent years, are likely to meet Riverola's requirements, and they will be included in the starting lineup as soon as possible if everything goes well.Especially the former, has always had the tradition of reusing their own youth training top cards. Torres, Cork, Saul, and later Borja Garces and Javier Montero, all went straight from the B team to the first team. A classic case of finding its place quickly.

With the experience of these seniors as a reference, Riverola will definitely choose to join the Flyers who are also eager for him. This is the most unfavorable aspect for Real Madrid and has attracted the attention of all relevant personnel in the club.

They hope that they can find a way to repel other competitors as soon as possible before it is too late, and win this potential new star who may rule the entire world football in six or seven years.

(End of this chapter)