After saying goodbye to Arbeloa, Fran drove to Coach Zach's office. Zach was squinting at the information in front of him with his glasses, and saw Fran come in and pointed to the sofa for him, motioning for him to sit there first, while he took off his glasses and rubbed his forehead a little tiredly, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "It looks like I'm still old." Fran was silent.

Zach got up and poured a glass of water for Fran from a paper cup, Fran took it and put it on the table, shrugging his shoulders at Zack's gaze, "I drank a little too much water today, I can't drink anymore." He said and rubbed his stomach.

Zach scoffed, "Speaking of which, why didn't you come back with Raul Guti? Even if you weren't a player with them, it's strange that you didn't come back with Igor." Zach sat across from Fran with his glass in hand, "Even if I'm on the second team, I've heard that the two of you are good enough to wear the same pair of pants, you know, that's just an analogy." The old disrespectful Mr. coach winked, "I heard that you moved near his house?"

Fran choked and selectively ignored his later words, "Igor and Álvaro don't have a good relationship, I mainly came to congratulate Álvaro, so I didn't come with him." Zach also knows a lot about the relationship between these guys, "Speaking of Álvaro, I heard that there is no preliminary agreement on Pavon's transfer for the time being, and Álvaro will be mentioned this time, and it is estimated that it will be like the first year you were promoted." ”

It was all on the bench at first, and Forlan felt that Arbeloa was probably ready.

The two of them took a sip of water at the same time, and Fran felt that Mr. Zach seemed to have something to say to himself, but it was strange that he didn't say it directly. Fran thought for a moment and asked, "So, what did Igor say when they came back?"

"Fernando Redondo's contract with AC Milan expired this year, and the two sides did not renew the contract, surely you have heard about this?" Zach looked directly into Fran's eyes and asked, Fran leaned back on the sofa when he heard this, "I heard" He spread his palms on his legs, his fingers rubbed subconsciously, although he didn't hide from Zack's gaze, but with Zack's understanding of him, this kid's focus must not be here at this time.

"You also know that he didn't renew his contract with Milan, but came back to Madrid" Zach was interrupted by Fran before he could finish speaking, "Well, to be honest, I've heard everything you heard about Redondo. So, what's the point?" is a completely different tone from the previous conversations between Zach and Raul, if Raul was worried about it at the time, and put it on Fran, it might be a gesture of avoidance. Although it is true that if Raul and the others still have some say in this matter, Fran's attitude as a recruit is useless, but Zach knows that this is not his reason.

Fran has nothing to hide from Mr. Zack, the two of them have always gotten along with each other, and Zach will not tell anyone else, even if the two people think very differently - anyway, Fran also knows that his own thoughts make Zack want to scold or slap as much as he wants.

"I always remember that Coach Bosque told me that he asked me to join Real Madrid because I really had the strength and happened to seize this opportunity, and he told me that at my age, it is better to give the green light to rely on dreams and naivety than to take shortcuts with privilege, of course, I think he wanted to use a more unpleasant word to describe it, but Coach Bosque is still a good person after all, and he is probably not willing to say me so harshly. Fran reasoned with Zack with a serious expression, and when he saw what Zack wanted to say, he hurriedly made a pause gesture, indicating that he hadn't finished speaking, "You didn't understand what he said at the time, or you thought I didn't take it to heart." Actually, I respect Coach Bosque, I understand it, and I always remember it. ”

Zach opened his mouth, but still couldn't say anything. Fran, who had already drunk a mouthful of water, took another sip to moisten his throat, "Then I thought that although I never felt that I was wrong to take the initiative to find Coach Bosque to express my thoughts, Coach Bosque must have thought that I was impatient or wanted to take a shortcut. I know he thinks I want to have a privilege because of the idea that 'Real Madrid is my dream place', just like a lot of fans have supported me in the first team since I was in the reserves. I don't refute, and I always remember, I always remind and urge myself not to do that. I also tell myself, Real Madrid is your dream, Fran, but that's just your dream, how many young people in the world think of this place as their dream? thousands, or tens of thousands? I am one of the luckiest thousandths, and I have laid out my watch in front of its eyes from the very beginning. So, why should this team bear the pressure of your dreams? You can't hold your dreams in your hands and think it's a gold medal to avoid death, and once you profit from it, you still think you're nobler and cleaner than others and stand on the moral high ground. You can't do that, Fran. ”

Zach looked at his beloved disciple, his honey-colored eyes, though embedded in this sharp and difficult face, were gentle and sweet, and they were completely incommensurate with his own appearance. But at this time, there seemed to be a fire burning in his eyes, and the previous indifference was all engulfed by a stubbornness, and he even felt that this stubbornness brought a trace of anger, and the sharp eyes of his eyes even showed a fierce atmosphere when he spoke. Zach originally wanted to say at first, we are talking about Redondo's problem, why do you think so much, but as this kid explained it in detail, Zach had to admit that according to his disciple's brain circuit, there was a reason to connect the two things.

That's right, according to his disciple's drawing style Qingqi's brain circuit, there is every reason to link these two things together.

"But you also know it's different, Redondo is not the same for Real Madrid, Real Madrid is not the same for Redondo. Zach knew that Fran didn't agree with most people when he was preparing his tirade, and he realized that since he could explain so much, it was not enough to re-agree in two or three sentences. Then Fran nodded as a matter of course, "Yes, I know, like you said, I know that Redondo is not the same for Real Madrid, and I know that Real Madrid is not the same for Redondo." ”

"Then it looks like you must have a but. Zach felt that his temper had long been worn away by Fran, and sure enough, he heard him say in the next second, "But let's put it this way, since a player is a profession, then the profession has to make money, right? You earn this money for dreams, and he earns the same money for **, but why do you think that dreams are nobler than **, and your money is more meaningful than other people's money? Of course, these two are different for the same person, but what if they are two people who value these two things separately? It's all 'the most important' for them personally, so what's noble or not? Before leaving Real Madrid, Mr. Bosque told me that you can cling to your dreams, boy, but to be honest, it's always your skills that open the door to you for a big team, nothing else. ”

When he said such a series of words, Zach chuckled in his heart, and he felt that he finally vaguely understood what he meant, "Do you think that Mr. Bosque said these things to you that applies to everyone? So do you think that Redondo's return to Real Madrid, the players, fans, and media all cheered and supported, but only the parties and the management chose to remain silent, which is a kind of friendship threat?"

"He can't even get on the bench at AC Milan"

"That's because he doesn't want to stay in Milan anymore, and this is what Real Madrid owes him!" Zach forcibly interrupted him, "When he was at his best, Juventus tempted him with a lot of money and never gave up on Real Madrid, he almost played half a season for Real Madrid to carry the whole team to win the Champions League in 00, otherwise why do you think he fell so strongly after going to Milan? But Real Madrid traded him out because of interests." That's what Real Madrid owes him, and people want him to come back to Real Madrid to retire. ”

"Oh," Fran replied dryly, taking a deep breath.

"I know you don't like Redondo as much as a lot of people, no matter how you hide it, I also know that you still remember that when you transferred that year, everyone ignored you and stabbed you with Sisco half a season later, right? You don't write these things down to Real Madrid, and besides, the reason why you are a little resistant to Redondo doesn't have anything to do with Jose, right?" Zach felt like he was having a headache again.

"What does it have to do with him, José had gone too far back then, Redondo is a person who values family and personal image so much. Fran muttered, and Zach felt that he was not as aggressive as he had been, and relaxed, "That's not what you say." ”

Fran pouted and didn't explain further, and Zach saw that he had already drunk the empty glass and didn't plan to pour it for him again. Why pour it on him, so that he has the energy to continue his tirade, "You can tell me about it, Jose and Raul, you must not talk to them about it." ”

Zach looked at the kid and suddenly felt that maybe Raul was right, Francisco Alvarez, he looked at the boys who were called the 'Bosque Party', he was too fanatical, and this fanaticism sometimes seemed unreasonable, but he himself was proud of it. "You don't care about anything else, but you're too extreme about Real Madrid, and most of your life is focused on it, Fran. You're too extreme, Fran, you're too extreme. It's not even like Raul, Igor or Álvaro—" Zach had to repeat again, "Fran, you're too extreme. ”

Fran lowered his head and was silent, Zach didn't know if he could take it to heart, let alone understand what he meant by it, "And what you made me cāo heart is not your opinion about Redondo, nor is it suspicious, but you don't even seem to trust yourself fully when it comes to this." ”

But what he really wants to say is that Fran, what a person loves with all his might, will die on it.