Twenty-seven-year-old Italian player Antonio Di Natale is Leon's target today. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Di Natale was not in Leon's plan for the simple reason that he had not remembered the name of the Italian civilian shooter before.

Leon saw the news of Di Natale in the newspapers, with Empoli's relegation, Empoli's players began to find a way out, fleeing, Di Natale is in contact with Serie A side Udinese, the newspaper says the two clubs are just one step away from signing a contract.

Li Ang was a thriller at that time, how could he almost forget such a player!

Di Natale is definitely a phenomenon player in Italian football, this absolute grassroots player, who has not played for any big team in his entire career, but those who are familiar with Serie A are definitely no strangers to this person. In Leon's opinion, Di Natale's strength is not much inferior to the attacking stars of several Serie A giants.

Di Natale is probably the most civilian player in the Italian team, but he is also a late bloomer. Di Natale only made his mark at Empoli in 2002/2003, scoring thirteen goals in one season, the year he was twenty-five, and then the following season, the 2003/2004 season, Di Natale's tally plummeted to just five league goals, while Empoli were relegated from Serie A.

It can be said that Di Natale is now at a small trough, originally a player who played in a small club, an absolute grassroots player, last season's outstanding performance, with the eclipsation of this season, many people no longer pay attention to this 177cm tall Italian local player, in the eyes of many people, this person's strength is like this, ordinary, occasionally excellent, that's all.

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However, Leon knew what Di Natale was going to do, and it was in the summer that Di Natale joined Udinese and began his path to grassroots legend.

In the upcoming 2004/2005 season, Di Natale scored seven goals in the league and put in a decent performance.

Then in the 2005/206 season, Di Natale's league goal was eight. The following season, the number of league goals became eleven, and then the number of league goals soared to seventeen, which can be said to surprise the entire Italian football world, considering that Di Natale was 31 years old at this time, and then in the 2008/2009 season, Di Natale's league goals were reduced to 12.

The Italian media still praised Di Natale's goal statistics of 12 league goals, after all, Di Natale was 32 years old at this time, and the media began to regret that this player was too late bloomer, otherwise, if it had broken out earlier, the Italian national team would have had a place for Di Natale. These words are both regretful and seem to convey a meaning, and the achievement of Di Natale, who is in his thirties, is like this, but it is a pity.

However, in the following four seasons, this grassroots veteran called Antonio Di Natale stunned the entire Italian football world, and in the following season, the thirty-three-year-old Di Natale scored 29 goals in Serie A, and the 33-year-old Italian veteran won the Serie A Golden Boot, and that's not all, in the following 34-year-old year, Di Natale scored 28 league goals, the grassroots veteran won the Serie A Golden Boot, and then in the 2011/2012 season and 2012/ In the 2013 season, Di Natale scored 23 goals in the league for two consecutive seasons!

It can be said that since the transfer to Udinese, Di Natale has single-handedly supported the offensive line of the Serie A team nicknamed 'Black Chicken'. Helped Udinese get the fourth place in Serie A twice and the third place in Serie A once!

And how much did Udinese pay for Di Natale this summer?

100,000 euros!

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You read that right, it's just 100,000 symbolic euros!

Empoli, who have been relegated, did not put any obstacles in the way of Di Natale's transfer, and was released for only 100,000 euros!

When Leon saw the newspaper saying that Di Natale was about to sign a contract with Udinese, he almost jumped up, he couldn't sit still, he knew too well how 'late bloomer' Di Natale was!

Moreover, the more Li Ang thought about it, the more he felt that a player like Di Natale could be said to be very suitable for the current Sporting Gijón, and in the initial stage of Sporting Gijón, such a grassroots star was simply tailor-made for Sporting Gijón!

What's more, the current Di Natale is very ordinary, very ordinary, and no one can imagine that the future of this old-looking and of course quite old Italian shooter will be so amazing.

The transfer fee of 100,000 euros is simply equivalent to giving it away for nothing.

Cheap!

Absolutely cheap, and definitely practical!

It's a good match for small and medium-sized teams in the rising stage of making a fortune!

And this player is honest and convincing, in Udinese, Di Natale's salary is only 700,000 euros, and then he got the Serie A Golden Boot, he asked for a salary increase, and then Udinese gave him a salary increase of 800,000 euros, and the honest Di Natale happily renewed the contract, and then got the Serie A Golden Boot, the club renewed his contract again, and the salary rose to 1.2 million euros, and he happily signed it again......

The more Li Ang thought about it, the more he felt that it would be unforgivable to miss such a player!

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Later, Leon contacted Di Natale directly, and the two met at the Italian restaurant.

Li Ang revealed his identity to him, saying that he is the head coach of Sporting Gijón of the Spanish football league, Li Ang solemnly said that he has been following Di Natale for most of the season and admires him very much, so this time he came to the door from Spain, hoping to take him to La Liga.

Di Natale was a little surprised by the sudden appearance of the head coach of the La Liga team, he had not heard of Sporting Gijón, but the other party introduced that they were the champions of the Spanish Copa del Rey and defeated Real Madrid 4-3 in the final, so the team has qualified for next season's UEFA Cup!

This moved Di Natale, for this honest duty, he has been playing in the lower teams since his debut, and then returned to his parent club Empoli at the age of twenty-two, in this Serie A lift team, played in Serie B for three years, two seasons in Serie A, and then now relegated back to Serie B, and stayed for five years, the UEFA Cup is very attractive.

Moreover, the team was able to win the Spanish Copa del Rey and defeat the mighty Real Madrid, which made Di Natale extremely reverent.

In a word, at this time, Di Natale can be said to have never seen the world's dirt buns, and he can't know that his future career development will be so high, after all, he is twenty-seven years old at this time, according to the path of ordinary professional players, at the age of twenty-seven, he is only in the relegation team and the team, which is really a bit unusual.

Therefore, in the face of Leon, the champion coach who snatched the trophy from Real Madrid, Di Natale was very respectful, although the young man of the coach also surprised him at one point.

Leon is now extremely glad that he decided to fight in the Copa del Rey how decisive he was, with the Copa del Rey champion and the League Cup qualification, this is the biggest capital he can now seduce players, otherwise you are a La Liga promotion horse, there is really no attraction. And in the Copa del Rey final, the great achievement of defeating Real Madrid undoubtedly made this trophy more convincing and shining.

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Di Natale was tempted.

Now he is faced with the choice of whether to go to Udinese or to Sporting Gijón.

If he goes to Udinese, he can change to continue playing in Serie A, but he doesn't know what will happen to Udinese's prospects, and he doesn't know if the Udinese manager will reuse him.

And to go to Spain, this team can play in the League Cup, which is very attractive to him, and in addition, Leon as the head coach personally came to Italy to invite him, which is full of sincerity, and Leon also promised him that in Getafe, he can get an absolute main position. This also touched Di Natale very much, as we have said before, this is an honest and responsible player, and he is very emotional.

Di Natale was hesitating, and it could even be said that he was inclined to go to Spain, but he could not make up his mind.

After all, leaving his hometown and going to Spain to create, a completely unfamiliar environment, both in terms of living habits and language environment, which made Di Natale a little scared and hesitant, honest people like a stable environment.

At this time, when Leon answered the phone and told him that Fabio Grosso was going to join Sporting Gijón, the news directly became the weight on the scales that prompted Di Natale to make a decision!

Leon asked him if he was familiar with Fabio Grosso, they were not familiar with him, and Grosso was an Italian fringe international, both famous and influential than him Di Natale, Grosso was willing to go to Gijón, which was not a small touch for Di Natale, and it was good to have fellow countrymen together. Although the two are not familiar with each other, they are both Italians, and if they play in the same overseas team, they will definitely be familiar with each other.

Moreover, players of Grosso's level are willing to go to Gijon, which also invisibly affects Di Natale.

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Di Natale decided. He didn't go to Udinese anymore, he decided to go to Spain and follow the young champion coach on a mission.

"Sir, I decide. Di Natale said seriously, "I'll go to Gijón." ”

"Great!" Leon did not hide his joy at all, he came up and gave Di Natale a big hug, and then said to the player who was not very tall, "Antonio, you will be proud of your decision, your future will be incomparably great, you will become the star of Gijón, you will stir up the Spanish football scene, you will join the Italian national team!

Li Ang was really a little excited, and said in a pause.

Di Natale was stunned at first, and then smiled innocently, what the coach said, he didn't dare to think, would he really be so powerful? He is already twenty-seven years old, and his career is approaching the second half of his career...... However, seeing Leon say these words excitedly, he could see that the coach was sincere in saying this, which made Di Natale very happy, he didn't know why the head coach was so optimistic about himself, but this trust moved Di Natale's heart.

"Haha-" Leon glanced at Di Natale, "don't believe it?"

"No, sir, I'm not—" Di Natale was a little confused, then nodded his head, "I just think it's incredible." ”

"Trust me! Leon handed his right hand over, "You're going to have a very successful career!"

Looking at the sincere smile of the young 'champion coach' in front of him, Di Natale's heart warmed, he didn't speak, just smiled innocently, and then the two of them held hands together......

It's nice to have a manager like that, a coach who trusts him so much, Di Natale thought. He was suddenly full of anticipation for his future in Spain......

ps: Di Natale, Xiao Qi really likes this player, although he always scores the ball of Xiao Qi's favorite team...... (To be continued.) )