For 19-year-old gardener Adil Ramy, the day of January 4, 2005 was fantastic and incredible. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After such an amateur match, which was no different from usual, the Chinese who had only met at noon came up to him and asked him for an autograph, and then asked him 'Do you want to play professional football'?

Rami thought the other party was a scout at first, and then when he introduced himself from the other party and learned the true identity of Leon, he was directly confused.

At first, he couldn't believe it, he couldn't imagine that a Chinese was actually the head coach of a team in five major leagues, and Rami rarely paid attention to football news outside France, and he was not clear about the fame of this Chinese young coach in Spanish football.

However, it is not too difficult to prove the identity of Li Ang, make a few more phone calls to ask, or you can also go to the Internet to search for news pictures on the side of La Liga, the most direct is to go to the official website of Sporting Gijón to take a look, the photo of the head coach of this team must be there, which can distinguish the authenticity, the most important thing is that Rami knows his current situation, he is just an amateur player who plays wild football, and the other party has no need to deceive him.

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Does he want to play professional football?!

The answer is self-evident.

It took almost no effort to convince Rami, and Leon's invitation could be said to be a lifesaver for Rami at this time, and in a sense, it was Leon who opened the door to this tall little gardener...... The door of his dreams.

The team that Rami is playing for now is only an amateur team, and it is not even registered with the French Football Federation, so Rami and this club do not have any contract and can leave at any time.

However, Leon finally asked the Gijón Athletic Club to give the 'spinach sailors' 5,000 euros, which is not a transfer fee, Rami is a free agent, and does not need to pay a dime for the transfer fee, which is regarded as a sponsorship fee to help this Corsican amateur club improve its equipment and life, which can also be seen as Leon is more particular about this amateur club. If Sporting Gijón really doesn't pay a penny, the 'spinach sailor' will not have a point.

Leon was very happy, he didn't expect a trip to Corsica, there was an unexpected gain, recruiting Lamy, Sporting Gijon's central defender position is considered to have double insurance, Pepe and Hierro start, Vermaelen can rotate with Pepe and Hierro at any time, and Rami can be used as a backup at any time.

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Togetherness was always short-lived, and Leon spent only one day in Corsica before returning to Gijón the next day.

However, he did not come back alone, Alice accompanied him back to Gijón, and after a few months of being away from Spain, she also missed her brother Carlos and asked Shakira for two days off.

As for Lamy, Leon gave Rami a day to deal with personal matters, and a day later rushed to Gijón, Spain to report, and after a medical examination, he could officially sign a contract.

On the afternoon of the day we returned to Gijón, on January 5, the Gijón Athletic Club held a press conference.

This is a public gathering of media for new players.

Juan Arango, Tomás Vermaelen, Enrico Chiesa, these are the three players that Sporting Gijón brought in since the start of the winter break.

In the middle of the press conference, with young Vermaelen and Arango to his left and veteran Chiesa on his right, the Chinese head coach with a smile on his face and seemed pleased with the success of his winter transfer so far.

Sporting Gijón has made a lot of moves in the five days after the winter transfer market opened, officially announcing the introduction of three players and the departure of three players, but none of the real main players have left, so it can be said that this change will not cause any turmoil to the team. Li Ang has an accurate grasp of the strength of the reinforcements.

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A day later, Rami came to Gijón, the French boy successfully passed the medical examination, and then, Sporting Gijón officially announced the signing of 19-year-old young French central defender Adil Lamy, a 188cm tall big central defender and Sporting Gijón signed a five-year contract.

This is also what Li Ang means, for the players he is optimistic about, he will ask the club to sign a long-term contract as much as possible, so that whether the player is renewed or transferred in the future, this can enable the club to take the initiative.

Originally, Lamy's joining would not have attracted the attention of the media and fans.

However, under normal circumstances, after the announcement of the player's joining, on the official website, under the player's name, will be briefly introduced, just because Rami was only an amateur player before, and there is really no resume to speak of, so there is no more introduction to Rammy's resume on the official website.

This has attracted the attention of some people with 'ulterior motives', including Ferph, a reporter for the newspaper Marca who has a deep grudge against Leon.

I have to admire Philp's ability, which actually allowed him to basically figure out the origin of Rami in only half a day.

It turned out that this young player named Adil Rami had not been a professional player before, and had been playing in an amateur team before, and had no experience in the first team of a professional team at all. He didn't even have the experience of playing in the youth team of a professional team, and it could even be said that this player was completely born in wild football.

Although Rami joined Sporting Gijón as a free agent, bringing in Rami did not cost Sporting Gijón a transfer fee, and it is said that he only gave the amateur team that Rami currently plays for a 'sponsorship' of 5,000 euros. Suffice it to say, the deal has little impact on Sporting Gijón.

However, under the leadership of Marca reporter Philp, many Spanish media still hyped it up. Many media questioned Li Ang's eyesight. While also questioning Lamy's ability.

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The media even got the fact that Rami was only a gardener in the municipal department of Corsica, and they began to hype it.

"A gardener? Is Coach Li Ang a new flower and herb manager for the Malaya training base? After letting Isma go, first brought in a Belgian from Ajax who couldn't play, and now he has directly brought in a small gardener, this is the addition of Coach Leon's team's backline? If it's not that I'm crazy, it's that the Chinese head coach is crazy?"

The media hyped up the affair, were suspicious of Leon's vision, and ridiculed Rami to the fullest. The poor little Corsican gardener, who has just joined Sporting Gijón and has not yet enjoyed the joy of joining a professional team for the first time, is a bit too much to be treated for no reason.

Not only did they attack Rami, but some media outlets also brought up the old story and expanded the war again, expressing skepticism and criticism of Leon's trade from Mallorca to Juan Arango, giving examples and stats in an attempt to prove that Arango is a big parallel commodity and will not bring any help to Sporting Gijón.

Last time, they criticized and blamed Li Ang for the deal to introduce Arango, but Li Ang was still in China at the time and did not respond.

Such doubts and noise can be said to be unwarranted and a big blow for Arango and Lamy, who have just joined the team, and it is not good news for Sporting Gijón, who are preparing for the game, but they will have a game in a day's time.

On 7 January 2005, the 2004/2005 La Liga season resumed after a winter break, with Sporting Gijón facing Sevilla in the 18th round of the league.

At present, in the La Liga standings, Sporting Gijón is fourth in the league with 28 points, and Sevilla is second in the league with 31 points.

The first match after the winter break was such a heavyweight matchup that was a tough test for Sporting Gijón.