40. Stone staircase interview

Juan left a surprise that made his friends in Spain wonder what was going on, but he himself did his own thing, after all, he was able to calm down a little now that he was sure of what the future would do.

The next day, the players resumed training, and Juan also followed on the sidelines of the court, and everyone knew that he was going to play in the next game, and they began to ask who was so lucky that Juan was replaced, and guessed and guessed, and finally Cristiano was pushed out.

In the team, Cristiano is the youngest, and he is also the closest to Juan, everyone can see that Juan spoils Portugal No. 17 like a spoiled son, and he is absolutely fine with things in general.

"Who do I replace?" Juan straightened up and raised his eyebrows in surprise, "It's not a replacement, it can only be said to be a normal rotation...... Why do you ask this? ”

"Captain, they said they wanted to know who was so lucky...... No, who is so unlucky...... Not right either! The Portuguese youngster was entangled, and Figo, who was not far away, was simply dead.

Why does this bear kid talk about everything?!

Facing Juan's smiling gaze, Figo took a deep breath and grimaced...... Turned around and ran.

Seeing their captain running farther and farther, Juan could only smile helplessly and pat the young general's head: "Won't you know when the time comes, what are you anxious about now?" ”

"Okay...... Cristiano nodded, "Then about the Spanish national team, there are a lot of friends you know, right?" ”

"It's not all friends, are they?" Juan smiled, after all, Spain still has a national derby, although the atmosphere on both sides is not as bad as everyone knows, but it will not be as good as ordinary players.

In fact, there is also a point in Portugal, the players of Benfica and Porto do not deal with each other very much, the players of Sporting Lisbon and Benfica are also a little, and the opponents of the national derby and the city derby will also have a little bit.

Of course, one of the things that Portugal is better than Spain is that their national derby is not politically important, which also makes Portugal's players get along with each other a lot.

"What about Spain......" The Portuguese teenager wanted to ask more, Juan patted him on the head: "Okay, don't ask more, anyway, you don't use your brain to run on the field." ”

QAQ?

The Portuguese youngster was just about to protest when Juan turned around: "Coach." ”

Scolari had already walked over to them, and it was obvious that he had something to say, and Juan looked sideways to see that the youngster was just about to walk away, and Scolari stopped him: "Juan, you come here." ”

Looking for him? Juan blinked: "Is there something wrong?" ”

Scolari actually sighed, after all, it is really rare for a player like Juan to be both a game and a coach, especially a coach in the top league, which is really not much.

- Even if it is barely said, Juan has only been coaching Manchester United for a few months and helping the national team for a while, and it has to be said that he can provoke the club, which has to be said to be very powerful.

"Jorge has a couple of people waiting for you outside, although he says it's okay to see each other after training......" Scolari reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "but it's just an opportunity for you." ”

Juan nodded and headed out of the court. He naturally knew who Jorge was bringing in him, and he did come quickly. They chose to stay in the stadium's own cafΓ©, and fortunately it was not a game day, as long as he picked a more remote corner, Juan lowered the hat on his head, and basically no one noticed him.

- It's weird.

After sending off the first group of fans who came to ask for photos and autographs, Juan took off his hat in disgust: "Let's keep talking, where did you just go?" ”

"On the building side of the players." The people at the scene are also very aware of the current situation, although Juan grew up in Spain, but his popularity in Portugal is also rising, and it is actually a good thing for Laco to have so many people pay attention to him.

"Players...... I know that Laco has sold everything he can. As soon as he thought of this, Juan couldn't help but want to rub his forehead, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and even if he can play and count one when there are no people, it will not be enough to make up a list of 23 people.

"Although I would love to say that the youth academy can also be transferred to the top...... "Lako's man smiled bitterly, "but you should know the situation on Lako's youth side, so I won't say more." 40 million, do you think you can get a set of starters? ”

In fact, the money is really not small, but once the money is divided equally to the situation that there may be nearly twenty people to buy, it is really a bit tight.

Juan, in particular, has a little bit of his own considerations.

"It should work." Juan thought for a moment, took a napkin from the cafΓ©, lowered his head and wrote a few names on it, "After the European Cup, you try to contact these two people, if you can, try to buy them, if not, they will be loaned first, the kind with a buyout clause, I will talk about it on the player's side." ”

"These three people are relatively unknown, but they can be of great use in the future, and it may be a little harder to find."

"We can borrow a little bit from other youth schools first, and those clubs have a lot of good players who don't have a bright future." He meaningfully wrote on a tissue Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Atletico Madrid, "Whether it's on loan or bought directly, it's up to you, and I'll write you a few names for this...... And then the youth training will get a few more, it's almost enough, right? ”

"Is it really okay to put things together like this?" Laco has a sad look on his face, but there is no way to do it now, and if he continues like this, Laco will have to survive next season.

"There will be no problem." Juan nodded and handed them the tissue, "If there's anyone you think you can't handle, give it to Jorge, and if he can't do it, call me again." ”

"What do you mean I can't do it?" Jorge frowned dissatisfied, "I'll try my best to get you the person you want!" And where did you know those three people......

"I know it occasionally, it's amazing, I wanted to recommend it to you directly, but then I didn't have time." Juan smoothed his mouth, "You go and see if they have an agent, if not, it's cheaper for you?" ”

Jorge thought about it carefully, and it seemed that it was really like this: "Okay, I'll go and see the three of them first." ”

"I'll leave it to us over there." Laco's man nodded, "As for those two players......"

"I'll leave it to me over there." Juan nodded, one of them he had already talked to, no problem, and the other?

Isn't the next game against Spain? That's right.

After a careful discussion about the future plans of the team, both sides were satisfied, and Juan also came up with a set of plans that would alleviate the current situation of the club, especially emphasizing the issue of image rights.

"In any case, the image rights of the players are in my hands, and it doesn't matter if I spend a little more money, and then I will do it." As soon as Juan said this, Jorge understood, after all, the Portuguese agent had tasted a lot of sweetness about the player's image rights, so as soon as he heard Juan's daughter say, he immediately nodded: "I'll do this." ”

Jorge was so active that it obviously scared Laco's people, and they glared at Jorge vigilantly: "Laco can't give you that much money!" ”

The name of the Portuguese agent vampire is famous in the Iberian Peninsula, he can provide the best service, but at the same time the fee is relatively high, if to say, Laco has put all the money on Juan, and may not really be able to pay Jorge β–‘β–‘ money.

"It's okay, Laco will have money." Jorge is very optimistic about Laco's future, "I only need 3% of Laco's operating amount at the end of the season. ”

Three percent? Both Laco and Juan were stunned, and then laughed together.

Laco's people are laughing at Jorge's future in too high a light for Laco's future. What is the concept of three percent?

At least Laco has the Champions League group stage to play next season, that is, 40 million, and these 40 million can only leave one or two million at most, and three percent is only 30,000? Is this vampire brainbroken?

Juan smiled a little helplessly, he knew that his agent was a vampire, but it was the first time he had seen such a lion open mouth.

Of course, he wouldn't say it openly, after all, what his agent was going to do was really worth so much money, so he kept quiet and watched Laco's people shake hands with Jorge very happily to sign.

When he signed his name on the contract, Juan became the future coach of Deportivo La Coruna, Super Laco's performance last season was nothing short of a miracle, although he took a big dive at the end of the season, but at least he was second in the league, if he led the team to a too ugly result can not be said.

"That's right." In Juan, who was about to leave, Juan suddenly remembered something, "Jorge, if you follow the whole process, please help me save as much money as possible, I will be useful." ”

Jorge naturally has to follow all the time, he has not done such a big business for a long time, although he has countless players, and several major clubs in the Portuguese Super League have his players, but all of a sudden can make a fuss on a team in La Liga, the meaning of which represents is very different.

Especially with A CoruΓ±a! Their boss made Jorge suffer a lot of dark losses before, and he directly provoked Jorge not to deal with him at all, but now!

It's a fool to have money and not to earn :)

Hearing Juan say that he wanted to save a little money, Jorge's first reaction was surprise: "What are you doing, you want to swallow it privately?" ”

Jorge's words made the Rakko personnel, who were already about to leave, turn their heads back to look at the two of them vigilantly, and it was very likely that Juan would come over and beat them both if he nodded, Juan smiled helplessly: "No...... I want to save some money to prevent personnel replenishment. If all the money is spent, what if there is a shortage of people or something? ”

Jorge suddenly said: "Good! I'm going to help you prepare! ”

After the meeting ended, Juan was still thinking, because what Laco lacked most now was money, and the second was people, and it was only right to solve these two problems first.

"The last 40 million ......," Juan sighed, "but last season was also second in the league, why is it so bad?" ”

It would probably be hilarious if even the players' wages were released.

When they returned to the hotel, they had just finished their morning training and were coming out to prepare for lunch, Juan smiled and followed them to the restaurant.

Cristiano was obviously very unconcerned about eating, when he and Quaresma came, Juan had already eaten half of it, seeing that there was still an empty seat next to him, Cristiano's eyes lit up and he wanted to step forward, who knew that Quaresma's movements were faster than him, and he stood beside Juan with a plate: "Is there anyone here?" ”

The entire Portuguese team was silent for a moment, everyone looked up at these two people, and Juan wiped his mouth: "Sit." ”

Cristiano was immediately pulled over by Figo, and the others also sped up their meal, or directly faced different directions, and the place around the two of them quickly became empty.

Juan wiped his mouth and raised his eyebrows to look at the people around him: "You eat a little, you don't have the strength to train in the afternoon." ”

Quaresma nodded for a moment, picked up the spoon and began to speak to his untouched lunch: "I got a call from Jorge. ”

――In the Portuguese national team, in fact, there are many players who are owned by Jorge Mendes, and the super high coverage rate of Portuguese agents also makes it much more convenient for players to communicate with each other.

"He told you." Juan took a sip from his glass, "What do you think?" ”

Jorge must have called Quaresma immediately after leaving to ask about his situation, after all, compared to another person, Quaresma is his player, and he should have information at the first time.

Only then did Quaresma know which "club" Juan was talking about.

Deportivo La Coruna – Last season, they were even higher in the league than Barcelona. Although, according to his observation at Barcelona, if Barcelona used the momentum of the end of the season to impact the game at the beginning of last season, it would not be who is the first in the league.

And Laco is really not in a very good situation right now, Juan is going to take over there?

After a moment of silence, Quaresma spoke, his voice a little dry: "Can you buy me out?" ”

He thought a lot about his season at Barcelona, especially the wasted time on the bench, and he sometimes even began to envy the academy players who had games to play in La Masiari.

He's been on the bench for a season, and how much of his self-confidence has been eroded, and now the only hope is Juan.

In any case, there will always be a place for him in A CoruΓ±a, right?

"You and Postiga are both quite expensive." Juan is realistic, after all, he is a player under Jorge, and all of them are expensive and scary, and he is the only one who has been in Casstilla, and he retired before he became a big deal.

If you calculate it carefully, it's still the one that makes the least money for Jorge?

"I'll ask myself for a pay cut, and I'll negotiate with Jorge about the price, but it's just ......" Quaresma's Adam's apple moved, and Juan patted him on the shoulder, only to hear the young voice of Portugal choked up. Just, don't let me ...... anymore Sitting on the bench ......."

For a player of his age, sitting on the bench is definitely the most cruel punishment, and wasting time without a place in a team is directly consuming their future careers.

Juan was silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly.

"Okay."

Whether he agreed to buy out or not to sit on the bench is unknown, but Quaresma was clearly much more serious during the afternoon session, and Postiga wanted to say something, but finally kept his mouth shut.

"Juan!" During training, Cristiano jumped out and said, "One-on-one with me, right?" ”

Not to mention the strange eyes that the entire Portuguese team saw, Juan was a little surprised, if the whole team wanted to line up a training ranking that they didn't want to do, the one-on-one with Juan must be the first in 10,000 years.

As a result, their little teammates are still addicted?

Although I don't know what the situation is, he is still very pleased that the Portuguese teenager can be so self-motivated, so Juan also took out his twelve points of spirit to train him, and that scene is really ...... Figo was silent, and Scolari was in tears.

After the training, Cristiano was carried back to the locker room by Juan, and the person on his neck laughed several times, and Juan felt very helpless for a while: "Stupid? ”

"Not really!" Portugal No. 17 protested, "In the future, you will have to practice more cards like this, hehehehe......"

"No schadenfreude." Juan patted his head helplessly, "Also, even if I'm not at Manchester United, you have to train hard, is it another thing for the lord to spoil you?" ”

"Okay......" Cristiano still wanted to play tricks, but he had already entered the locker room, Juan threw the Portuguese youngster to the bench, and then began to pack up his things to wash up, but when he turned around, he heard the youngster's wail: "Help! Kill! ”

Juan reluctantly looked back and saw that Figo was about to lift the young man by the back collar and lift him, when he called the whole locker room to look at him, and suddenly the captain's face turned dark.

"Don't just kill him, say 'He is the hope of Portugal' three times." Juan reminded him and turned back to his own business, he didn't want to judge Cristiano's bear child's death.

How will this little broken child be the captain of Portugal in the future?

But this is not something he needs to worry about, for now, after washing up, they should go back to the hotel to rest, but Juan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when he turned on his phone.

…… Look what he saw.

The more popular social software now is MSN, and Cassie sends him a photo, and Juan stares at the people inside.

Raul, Cassie, Guti...... Redondo didn't know where he had gone, but as far as the picture was concerned, he couldn't help but sigh.

- It's not a good thing for these two to get together!

The first person to come out after him took a shower was Figo, Juan thought about it and went over directly with his mobile phone: "Luis, can you help me see what kind of place this is?" ”

After all, Figo is also a young man who grew up in Lisbon, although he has been playing football outside for many years, but he is still relatively familiar with his hometown. Then he took a closer look and was stunned again: "Isn't this Raul?" ”

"Right...... They told me to come over for a while. Juan rubbed his forehead a little helplessly, "It seems to be lost." ”

Of course, both Juan and Figo knew that this was just an excuse. Can't you contact your own team if you get lost? And Pombauer Square is not very far from the hotel where they are, so it can be said that it will be there quickly!

Besides...... What good can you do if you get lost and find Juan? Although he said that he was a Portuguese player, he also grew up in Spain, otherwise he would not even know about Pombol Square.

Of course, it's okay for them to know about this matter themselves, Juan put away his phone and smiled: "I'll go find them." ”

"Go, go early and come back early." Figo nodded, "I'll help you with that, coach." ”

Juan is an upright assistant coach, he can certainly run around, but the question is that he is still a player of the Portuguese national team? This is Portugal, and there aren't many people who know him.

So when Juan went out, he was fully prepared, wearing a hat, gloves, a mask, and sunglasses, and he could almost cover himself to death in the summer, but this kind of outfit saved him a lot of effort on the road.

When he found the three of them, they were sitting on the stone steps of the few people, licking the ice cream they had bought from nowhere, and they didn't look too laid-back. Juan stepped forward in a fit of rage, but that didn't look like that in their eyes.

Oh my God, there was a big night when people wrapped up like zombies came at them!

Guti was just about to jump up and fight back, but was quickly stopped by Raul: "Calm down Jose, he's Juan." ”

Juan?

It was Juan, indeed, and when he approached and took off his glasses and glared at them, all three recognized them.

"Why are you here?" Juan really had a headache, after all, it was their game in three days, how could these three people still sit here and eat ice cream leisurely?

And where did Guti get Redondo again?

"It's okay to be idle, come out and have fun." Guti waved his hand nonchalantly, "Moren and Fernando have gone to the opera, and we want to call you out to play together when we are bored." ”

......" Juan was speechless for a moment. Are you the rhythm of the whole holiday? ”

"That's right." Raul laughed, "Originally, we were resting in the hotel, but Jose said that it would be a pity not to go shopping in Lisbon." They didn't come out very generously, but still wore a little hat as a disguise, especially Guti, who also pulled his half-length blonde hair a little with a rubber band, which looked better than a dashing girl from a distance.

"Mainly, I haven't seen you for too long." Guti added, "Igor left us to go to see you at Christmas, but you know the situation, I accompanied your sister to Milan, and Raul is going to accompany Melun." ”

"Of course I do." Juan lowered his hat in frustration and turned away, the three of them looking at each other, but soon Juan returned with an ice cream and sat down next to Cassie. "It's just that you suddenly ran out, and I don't worry."

"Hehe...... the three of them laughed, they also knew that Juan was not at ease, and would definitely come out to find them, otherwise they wouldn't have just sent a photo and said nothing.

The four of them sat down on the steps in the shadows and began to talk nonsense, no different from when they were together, Guti said with a fluttering eyebrow, Raul added from time to time, and Cassie was in charge of complaining and retorting the two of them, all the same as before.

In this remote corner, friendship remains.

"By the way, Juan, what is Belleron talking about?" Guti suddenly remembered such a stubble and asked, in fact, he just asked casually, after all, in his impression, these two Juans have nothing to do with each other.

The conversation box has already opened, Juan naturally doesn't care, he smiled: "It's next season, I'll go to Deportivo La Coruna." ”

Compared to Raul and Cassie's stunned, Guti had already been vaccinated, so he just sighed and nodded: "It's really Laco...... But it's almost scattered over there, and you can't change anything as a player, so don't regret it. ”

"I really didn't go as a player." Juan smiled helplessly, and then Guti was also surprised, and sat up on the stone steps: "You mean, you really became the head coach?" ”

"Yes." Juan nodded, "So next season, I'll be with Belleron for a lot longer." ”

"Sounds terrible." Raul is realistic, "BellerΓ³n...... How can I tell you, he is not like a normal player, he is very religious. ”

"It's a good thing to be religious." Juan raised his eyebrows, many of the players were actually devout believers, which didn't mean anything, but hearing him say this, even Cassie sighed.

Cassie patted him on the shoulder: "Juan, you must not have been in contact with a true believer......"

"They're all human." Juan smiled, but soon remembered something: "By the way, I want to ask you about Javier. ”

Javier Portillo, who was the same year as Juan, is a good friend who grew up with Juan compared to Raul and Guti, who have already been on the first team.

However, since Xavier was promoted to the first team and Juan was immediately sent back to the academy, there has been little contact between the two of them, and they can only ask through their best friends in front of GuΓ².

"Javier?" All three of them were stunned, then looked at each other.

Guti still spoke first: "Javier...... I can't say what he's doing now, but it's not too good. ”

Cassie and Raul thought a lot, and they knew what the other was thinking as soon as they looked at each other, so Raul quickly spoke: "You want to take Javier to Laco?" ”

"Yes." Juan nodded, "Javier's situation is very similar to Quaresma's right now...... It's the one from Barcelona, our Portuguese team. ”

Indeed, both of them are people who have been on the bench for almost a season, even if the game is really short of manpower, it is not their turn, Quaresma can't stand it, Barcelona is not the club he grew up with, so it is normal for him to ask to leave.

But what about Portillo?

He grew up in Real Madrid since he was a child, and that's where he has lived for more than ten years, is he really willing to do it?

Obviously, they also took this issue into account, with Guti being the first to say: "If I were Portillo, I wouldn't have chosen to leave. ”

"Nonsense, you're not going to think about leaving." Juan glared at him angrily, even Redondo couldn't get Guti to switch to AC Milan, that's still a Serie A team, the kind that can't necessarily meet once in a season, and now let Guti transfer to another La Liga team, at least meet twice a season?

Then you might as well kill him.

"I thought I could give it a try." Raul thought for a moment and spoke, "After all, not everyone is as brainless as Jose, and they can still go out and work hard for their future...... Anyway, if it is played in the future, it will be repurchased by Real Madrid. ”

As soon as Guti wanted to blow up, Cassie answered: "And he should also know that there is basically no way out of staying in Real Madrid now." ”

The four people who came out of Castile were silent for a moment, and quickly changed the topic, Juan frowned: "No matter what, I want to talk to him, if I can, if I can, I'll work hard." ”

"Laco is so short of people?" Guti was almost frightened by Juan's spirit.

"Nonsense, their team is almost sold out, and only the janitor is left." Juan replied angrily, "Except for Dias and Andrade, there is no one left for me. ”

"That's it!" Cassius cheered up, "Castilla has produced a few good goalkeepers recently, do you want to pick one?" ”

"Castia's goalkeeper?" Juan was tempted for a moment, but soon he shook his head, "Forget it, let's not talk about the price, they tremble when they see me, I'd better change to a stranger one." ”

For some reason, they all had some sympathy for the future Laco goalkeeper.

"Why don't we take you to him?" Cassie was eager to try, although Portillo must have been in the hotel at this time, but it didn't matter, they could call it out!

Juan thought for a while, smiled and shook his head: "It's better to wait for the game to be over, it's not stable now." ”

They chatted for a while, and finally Raul subconsciously glanced at the time and said badly: "Morrow's opera should be over, let's deal with it quickly!" ”

The three of them began to scramble to clean up themselves, looking like they were secretly running out to eat and were afraid of being caught, Juan saw that Cassie's face was still stained with waffle crumbs and subconsciously reached out to help him brush it off: "You guys go quickly, so that Fernando doesn't worry." ”

Redondo was not so easy to get along with when he got angry all of a sudden, and all three of them understood, Cassie pursed his lips: "Then you want to go with us to see him?" ”

Juan was stunned and waved his hand: "I'm not going, you remember to help me talk to Javier, don't be in a hurry to leave after the game, I want to talk to him." ”