Then he spoke softly.

"It all started when Leo was a kid......"

Chapter 74 Happiness for You

Lionel Messi first discovered his footballing talent when he was five years old.

At that time, he was playing for the local interception youth football team in Rosario, coached by his father, Jorge Messi.

Jorge Messi is very proud of his ability and he is 100% sure that his son will be the future king of Argentina, just like Maradona!

They have five children and the whole family is having a hard time, and now, the only light has dawned, and the whole family has high expectations for him.

- But everything was so unexpected.

When Leonel Messi was eleven years old, he still looked like he was five or six years old, and finally the whole family began to feel that something was wrong, and took him all over the place to check, and when the diagnosis came out, the already tight family fell into despair.

"Developmental hormone deficiency, aka dwarfism." Speaking of this time, Jorge Messi still couldn't help sighing, with some sighs in his eyes, although it was a thing of the past, but now he still feels very difficult to say, "His bones will never grow, they will always be so tall." ”

But God didn't seal the window of hope for their family all at once, so it was a glimmer of salt, at least this dwarfism can be treated, as long as the growth hormone injection is enough, but the cost is as high as nine hundred dollars a month,

The hopes of the whole family suddenly became the biggest burden, and almost everyone in the already compact family was desperate in the face of such high expenses.

The cost of the injection is 900 US dollars a month, which may be a drop in the bucket for a team like Barcelona, but Newell's old buddy ...... "This is their parent team, and it is also the team that Messi and his son have been playing for, and the team may be able to come up with this money, but it is not worth it for a child."

- Originally, the River Plate team, one of the two heroes of the Ajia League, was also coveting him, but now, he has such a stubborn disease, why should he want it?

The two of them were silent, Juan could only pat him lightly in the end, and Messi's father tried to raise his head and give him a smile.

"No one came to save us...... It wasn't until four years ago that we moved to Barcelona with my family and they said they could treat Leo, they gave us hope and opportunity, and we are grateful to them. ”

'Barcelona gave us money for treatment, gave Leo a tryout at La Masia and nothing else.

Juan didn't say anything, his slender fingertips rubbing the walls of his cup casually, a pair of ice-blue eyes staring at him indistinctly, allowing the person in front of him to immerse himself in his own world.

- To be honest, although Barcelona does not take very good care of Messi's family, it is already benevolent.

For such a teenager who is only in his early teens, and no one knows whether he will play well, even the local giants of Argentina are not willing to pay for treatment, let alone a club far away in La Liga.

If you want to say that the only bad thing may be that Barcelona is really not authentic in terms of the placement of the family, it does not provide accommodation, food, other things, and only provides an opportunity for treatment, but at least, this is the only lifeline for Messi's family at that time.

And in all fairness, why should anyone provide these things?

Have you contributed at Barcelona before? No.

Is it after the famous house? No.

Is it going to cost a fortune? Yes, and I still don't know what the risks are.

In summary, Barcelona are willing to take such a risk, and Messi's talent accounts for a large part of the reason, they signed Messi's contract until 2012 - in 2000, directly pulled a 12-year contract.

However, this does not mean that the club attaches great importance to him, because Juan knows very well that the meaning of such a long-term contract is that unless this person can suddenly progress to the point of being a king, otherwise, he must not want to increase his salary in the past 12 years.

At least as far as Juan can remember, the contracts that everyone can get their hands on are four-year contracts, which will leave some room for bargaining between the club and the players.

…… Anyway, Real Madrid will not give such a contract, Raul is renewed every four years, but he is very low-key when he renews, and everyone tacitly acknowledges that he is definitely in Real Madrid, so he has never made a big report.

Guti is renewed every three years, mainly because this kid is very good at playing football but is too noisy, Real Madrid is afraid of such a cannon battle, and he can't wait to blow things away......

And Casillas, renewed every five years, the renewal of the contracts of these three Castile is simply a tacit thing for everyone, but I have never heard of signing it for more than ten years at once.

And it was this contract of more than ten years that allowed Laco to give Barcelona a hard bite.

What was Messi's sale price?

- 20 million.

More than half of the money is for Messi's contract, which also includes Messi's medical expenses subsidy over the years, which can basically be said to have made Messi and Barcelona completely broken.

Although Jorge Messi is not very smart, as his son's agent, he still knows these things, and at the same time, he also knows that in fact, the coach in front of him, who looks young, is the one who makes the decision, and if he wants to do something, it is best to implement it through him, so he found him directly this time.

Their conversation didn't last very long, basically the person in front of them was talking all the time, Juan was listening, and at the end of it, Jorge Messi wiped his eyes and said very earnestly: "So, this is our family's request, it's been more than two years since my family came home, we haven't seen each other in two years, our family desperately wants to be reunited......"

After pondering for a while, Juan pondered his words: "So, you hope to find a job and move your family to Laco?" ”

"Yes, yes." He nodded busily, his eyes full of earnest and pleading, Juan smiled and got up, "Got it, I'll discuss it with Mr. Mendez...... Jorge Mendez, you've met a lot, haven't you? ”

"Yes, yes." At the mention of the Portuguese agent with his namesake, a strange aura clearly flashed in the eyes of the person in front of him, Juan didn't know how to describe it, but he still made a sincere suggestion: "Now you are Leo's agent, but I want to say that maybe you can try to hand him over to Jorge Mendes." ”

"Why should I have to share money with other people when I can do something?" Jorge Messi was clearly noncommittal about the question, and Juan smiled calmly.

'He's a specialist agent, he's got a lot of experience, and he's done everything he does to get players in a better direction – and one thing, he's very profitable.'

"It's very profitable...... What is the meaning? "Jorge Messi was a little hesitant.

Juan smiled and replied: "This means that Jorge Mendes will give the maximum benefit to the players if he allows it, such as Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo." ”

Messi's father has also heard of Manchester United's new Portuguese star, although he generally only focuses on La Liga and Argentina games, but he can't bear the fame of the little guy?

"It can be said that if it weren't for a good agent, he would still be in the Portuguese Super League now, and he wouldn't be able to come to the top five leagues at all." Juan's face was righteous, and he did not have the slightest consciousness of hacking his little teammates. "And maybe you can only earn 100,000 yuan, but through his hands, you can earn 200,000, 300,000 or even more, of which you only need to pay a little fee to him, and then you can save a lot of things."

- Although I don't know why it's a conversation between a club coach and a football manager and father, now he is sincerely recommending agents to people, and the style of painting is a little strange......

"I know, it's just that now I simply can't afford to pay for an agent." Jorge Messi nodded again and again when he thought of the Portuguese agent, after all, he was still very good at being a person, "When I was in La Masia, Leo had no salary, not to mention, I was already working very hard for rent......"

"We're all set." Juan smiled, and then took out his phone, Jorge Mendes never turned off 24 hours a day, in order to prevent his customers from asking for anything, and when he heard that the person on the other end of the phone was Juan, Jorge Mendes had murderous intentions.

"Juan, I didn't expect you to be such a person." As soon as the phone was answered, the Portuguese agent gritted his teeth, "A blanket and a sofa, this is the treatment you give to the hero?" ”

"I'm sorry, I'm just afraid that moving will affect your sleep quality." Juan replied in Spanish without changing his face and heartbeat, and then raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Speaking of which, I want to introduce you to a business." ”

"Say, what business?" The person on the phone stumbled for a while, as if he was struggling in the blanket, and Juan hadn't been gone for half an hour before he was called again, and I have to say that it was really hard...... But as soon as he heard that the man was in Spanish, he knew there must be something wrong—at least there must be someone on the other side.

"About Messi." As soon as Juan said this, Jorge Mendes immediately became energetic: "Lionel Messi? Didn't his father always refuse to let go of Messi's agent rights? ”

"Yes, because he doubts your abilities." Juan smiled at the person in front of him.

"Doubt me?" The Portuguese agent blew up in an instant, "I can guarantee that the money Messi himself will earn in the next ten years, even if their family doesn't have to go out to work, go out to play day and night!" ”

"Really?" Mendes was startled by the sudden voice on the phone, but soon, with his super memory, he recognized the accent: "Mr. Messi? ”

"Is what you just said true?" The person on the phone asked with some anxiety, and the Portuguese agent, whose professionalism was questioned again, was angry: "Of course! ”

Jorge Messi was about to say something more, but Juan interrupted him with a smile: "Maybe you can talk about the specific situation in person, and feel more at ease." ”

The Argentine thought it made sense, asked the location and left Laco's training camp, and Juan finally had a chance to return to the pitch for today's training.

On the way to the court, he said hello to his agent again: "Jorge, listen to me." ”

"What?"

"Jorge Messi...... A little greedy, you have to be careful when you get along, but it's not a bad person, as long as you give him enough economic benefits, he won't have anything to say, you understand? ”

"Understand," Jorge was very helpless on the phone, is he such an untrustworthy person? "You fought hard to keep Leo Messi."

"Yes." Juan smiled, "You also take his agent rights as soon as possible, so that you will earn in the future, okay, I won't tell you, I've already gone to the training ground, let's talk." ”

When he hung up the phone, Juan was still in a happy mood, but when he stood on the court, his first reaction was startled, and his second reaction was-

What kind of moth is this?

There are two large groups of people standing on the field, it seems that they are facing each other, and the people on both sides are standing loosely, and the scene seems to be a little touch-and-go, but if you look closely, you will find that in fact, those two groups of people have certain rules.

For example, one wave is the Portuguese gang, and the other wave is the Spanish gang......

The Spanish players and Argentine players stood in a wave, and at the front of them stood Navas, who is currently the second youngest in the team, and the Costa Rican teenager looked quite dazed, pinching his gloves a little embarrassed - the main Juan saw the pair of big hands behind him and didn't know what it was for.

On the other side, the players from Brazil, Portugal, and Greece stood in a wave - it is worth mentioning that the two players in Greece spoke Greek and didn't know a word of Portuguese, but seeing that there were a few fewer people here and not enough momentum, they stood here to help the platform, and the person standing at the front was David Luiz, who was thin and tall and talking to the people around him.

Everyone seemed to be facing each other, except for Redondo and Belleron, who were standing at the back of the Hispanic Gang, noticing him, smiling at him, and sneaking over.

"What's going on?" Juan asked quietly, he was also a little surprised, after all, he never expected such a situation on the field.

"Oh, here's the thing." Belleron smiled helplessly, "The two of them were in a matter of age at the beginning, but the new Messi was not the youngest?" The three of them are going to duel out the first or something of the younger generation......"

"So?" Juan was stunned, that's still a good thing, the players are competitive, it's a very happy thing.

"Yes, but that's when the biggest problem comes." Belleron was silent for a while, and finally said, "Among these three people, there are goalkeepers, defenders, and a midfielder, and it stands to reason that they should also be the backbone of Laco's next generation." ”

"Isn't it?" Juan was stunned, the three people he selected were all carefully considered, and the future was limitless, how could it seem that something big was going to happen in the mouth of Captain Laco?

"How can I tell you?" Belleron struggled for a while, then turned his head to look at Redondo for help, and Redondo could only take over the conversation: "It's no longer a battle between the three young people, it's a contest between the Portuguese gang and the Spanish gang." ”

"What's the point of content?" Juan raised his eyebrows, "Can the Portuguese Gang get a town?" ”

→ he said that he was referring to stars like Redondo, Riquelme, Aimar and others who had already played, but when it came to this, Redondo and Bellerón seemed even more helpless.

"Romario likes to watch the excitement, so he got involved in it."

"......" Juan suddenly wanted to sigh a little, when he was on the court, the Brazilian lone wolf looked lazy, and as a result, he seemed to be a little too active in fighting and picking not to do these things?

"Besides, even if Romario doesn't play, they still have you."

……？？？

Juan was stunned for a moment before he realized what these people were thinking. He's a coach! If you think about it from a professional point of view, it is true that no one present can stop him.

But as a coach, he can't play, what do these Portuguese-speaking gang think? And once he plays, Redondo, Riquelme, and Aimar may come on the field, and then Romario can't help but come here, and then it will become a big brawl.

"Ah, it looks like it's about to start." Belleron smiled and raised his eyebrows, his face full of relief - Laco hadn't been so energetic in a long time, "Five-on-five, it's finally developed into a reasonable group fight." ”

The duel between the Portuguese gang and the Spanish gang of the younger generation?

Juan was speechless for a while, and finally couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "There is no goalkeeper and midfielder in the Portuguese team, and there is no backfield in the Spanish team, how can this be played?" ”

Indeed, Laco's three goalkeepers are all Hispanic, and there are only three Hispanic gangs in Laco's nine-defender roster, and two of the three Hispanic gangs are overage - the only one who is involved in the sidelines, Ibanez, has not been very sharp these days, and has not participated in such confrontations for safety; And the midfield is even more deamy, Laco currently has six midfielders, four Argentines and two Spaniards, and there is nothing to do with Portuguese at all......

The people on the field obviously also found such a problem, Juan looked left and right, and finally he stepped forward first: "If you want me to see it, it's better to arrange it like this, let's divide the age echelon, how about it?" ”

"How do you say you came?" Seeing that the head coach was coming, everyone settled down to listen to what he had to say, Juan picked the ball in his palm and spun it and smiled: "The language on both sides is a bit incomprehensible, so I don't force you to do anything - but at least you can try to get along." ”

"But you can still learn it, so you should learn two Spanish sentences?"

So, at first, the two sides were in opposite states, but when the game officially started, there were players on both sides, one side wore a small vest, and the other side did not, so they relied on this to distinguish the crowd.

Messi is also on the field, although he is not very tall, and even his presence on the field is almost non-existent, but when playing on both sides, several people with keen observation found that the teenager who came over in the morning and has been quiet and silent seems to be a different person.

And when the ball is at his feet, it's just a blink of an eye.

- People on one side have begun to celebrate in amazement, while people on the other side are full of helplessness.

"I'll just say, it's terrible to have no defense!" "Hell yes, isn't that kid from a midfielder?" "We don't have a goalkeeper yet, so take care of it!" “…… But don't we have everything now? ”

After the two pairs mixed together, the scene suddenly became picturesque, a few slightly older smiles watched the young running around the court, and Juan didn't say anything at first, and finally couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"That's not right." The little coach finally noticed that something was wrong. “…… What about our teaching assistants? ”

Why didn't there be a teaching assistant to take everyone to do warm-up exercises and stretching exercises today? Normally, at this time, he should take the players to do these things, and he chats a lot for a while, what about people?

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Belleron asked, as soon as Juan heard it, honest people know how to play routines? "What is the truth and what is false?"

"The lie is that the locker room door handle fell loose, and the teaching assistant accidentally locked himself in."

"And what about the truth?" Juan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"The truth is that the teaching assistant was locked in the locker room by Puffy...... The pull door is broken, and they're now betting on who's going to tell you about it. ”

I don't know why, Juan suddenly felt so tired :)

"Puffy, come here!"

A very strange "game" ended with Messi's goal in two minutes, Juan took the opportunity to immediately call the Brazilian defender, hearing his voice, David Luiz immediately walked in his direction, with a look of surprise: "Coach, did I just perform well?" ”

Like these defenders, they are all trained, so it's not a bad thing to make a lot of mistakes on the court, as long as there is improvement next time, it's great, and after so long in Laco, his progress is obvious to everyone, and it should be a little bit.

Juan, on the other hand, smiled at him lightly, and then stretched out his hand to a brain melon, and Redondo couldn't help but raise his eyebrows as he watched from the sidelines.

This is not light, directly to Pompons was stunned, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, Juan smiled gently and kindly: "I know why I didn't beat you?" ”

"No, I don't know......"

"I really don't know?" Juan patiently asked again.

"I don't know!" David Luiz's face was full of grievances, but before he could open his mouth to say anything, he heard his little manager say in a very soft voice: "Okay, I'll give you a hint." Where did Mr. Allen go? ”

Allen is their assistant name, and after hearing this name, Pompons suddenly stiffened, and smirked several times: "You, guess ......?" ”

"I guess what." Juan couldn't help but sigh, "Do you still have a deduction from your salary?" ”

In the past two months, David Luiz has been in peace for less than two weeks, and then he has started to make trouble everywhere, and it can be said that he is the most troublesome person in the whole Laco, but he also has his own nemesis.

For example, Romario, in front of the seniors, he behaved like a schoolboy; Redondo, for example, did not dare to say a word in front of this person; For example, Juan Dias, who looked at him with cold eyes, David Luiz felt that he had lost ten years of life by looking at him twice......

"Still, one more point, right?" When he said this, Pompons was about to cry, "Why don't I save a little bit of food or something......"

"Come on, don't say it's so pitiful, you think I'm Laco abusing you." Juan patted his head helplessly, "Let's run around the court, and do one-on-one obstacle exercises after twenty laps, and who the opponent is depends on my mood." ”

When it comes to obstacle courses, Luis's face is almost green.

What kind of obstacle exercises, to put it bluntly, it's to abuse him! After all, their position is a position that requires a lot of experience, and if they don't have enough experience in competitions, they can at least use their training experience to make up for it for the time being.

After the poor assistant coach was liberated, the whole person was not good, but there were no major problems, and the scene resumed orderly practice, Juan glanced around, and subconsciously focused on Messi.

…… May I ask the little girl with long hair over there, can you not keep looking at Aimar on your right with the eyes of a puppy looking at the owner, even if that person is your idol, okay?

However, Juan did not intend to make Messi feel that he had any special feelings, after all, everyone present had a bad past.

Thankfully, for now, everyone in Laco looks pretty good.

The daily training was over quickly, and before going back, Juan went to the locker room to remind everyone.

"In three days, the new season will begin."

Hearing his opening words, everyone was stunned, and then subconsciously looked in the direction of the door.

Juan stood there, holding a piece of paper in his hand, but this time it was not for pranks, Juan just pinched its corners and said very easily: "Thirty-eight league games, thirty-eight tough matches, as well as the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, this is our first season, and it is important to fight this battle well." ”

"Oh!!" A few of the people who can make trouble are already howling, and the new season is finally about to begin! The holidays are long and comfortable, but they are professional players and need to play to maintain their competitive level!

Juan, on the other hand, said calmly: "I have now got our schedule, and now there are two news to announce, one is a little worse and the other is a little worse. ”

"What?" Everyone at the scene was stunned, it was supposed to be the time to start well, why did their little boss say such things all of a sudden?

Juan was silent for a moment and said, "The bad news is that our first game of the new season is an away game. ”

The first game was away, which was a pretty bad thing.

"And what about the worse news?" When Belleron opened his mouth to ask, the expression on his face was a little eager, he is the soul of Laco, and he is also the captain of Laco, and he is always the most concerned about the team's affairs.

"The worse news is that our first match was against ...... Atletico Madrid. ”

There was silence, and Juan actually wanted to sigh a little when he spoke.

After analyzing it before the game, in fact, with Laco's current lineup, he is not afraid of Real Madrid, Barcelona or Arsenal at all, and the only headache is a team like Atletico Madrid with a tough style of play and players who are straight and rough.

"In other words, we're going to Madrid for the first game?" When he asked this, there were actually a few people at the scene who were in a complicated mood, but Juan decided to turn the topic over immediately, so he smiled and said: "Yes, it is worth being happy that we have won a decent of the four teams in Madrid." Although Atletico Madrid was still in La Liga last season, its own ability should not be underestimated, so everyone must cheer up. ”

"Oh!!"

"Messi, come on."

As soon as Messi's name was called, everyone was unfamiliar with Messi at the beginning, but once they played, they all saw the ability of this teenager - and at the same time, they understood why the club and Juan were so obsessed with him.

When Messi was called to the side, he was still a little apprehensive, after all, he also knew the person in front of him, since he picked him up and Pique and Fabregas on the Portuguese field that day, he has been a little pimple in his heart, but he also knows that this is the gap between the youth team and the senior team, so he is also working hard.

As a result, I worked hard, and I was brought to Laco.

"How did you feel on the first day?" Juan smiled at him, and took out a small bag of snacks out of nowhere, with a look of ill will, but Messi kept his head down and didn't see anything, "I heard that you like sweets." ”

"The first day felt okay, thank you." Messi hesitated for a moment, then picked up a cookie from it and put it in his mouth, and in an instant his eyes lit up.

Juan had also heard of this person's junk food hobby, but this was the first time he had seen it, so Juan directly handed him the bag and put his hands around his chest: "After all, Laco and Barcelona are still incomparable." ”

When it came to Barcelona, Messi's face, which was still radiant just now, suddenly dimmed, and after being silent for a while, he said: "Barcelona...... I'm thankful for them. ”

"I know." Juan nodded. "It's a heavy gratitude."

"So, if Barcelona wants to buy me back in the future......" Messi spoke very slowly, especially when it came to key points, he paused, picked up a biscuit and put it in his mouth.

Juan knew he was asking his opinion.

"In the future, whether Barcelona or Real Madrid want to buy you...... Juan replied softly, "you will have to pay the corresponding price." ”

After a pause, Messi raised his head and glanced at him, his eyes were full of seriousness and carefulness, while looking at him, it was also confirming the credibility of his words, Juan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and hook his lips and smile.

His original expression was not much, and he basically kept it in a relatively normal range, so he was particularly elegant in a bunch of neuropathies, and now it was the same, he just patted Messi on the shoulder.

"Messi, can I ask you a question?"

"What?"

"How much joy has football given you?"

- Happy.

Playing football is not always happy, there are endless and boring training, injuries, partings, pain and tears, and the sadness and unwillingness to miss the championship.

The football world is a complex world, with all kinds of emotions, all kinds of transfers and intrigues, no less than outside.

The football world is very simple, as long as you keep going, victory will definitely come to you.

But most of the time, football is still fun.

No one can deny how much satisfaction they feel when they play football, just like there is only football in their world, as long as they are accompanied by football.

Football accompanies you, and happiness follows you like a shadow.

Even if there is pain, parting, reluctance, unwillingness, grievance, anger, disobedience, but this is part of this sport, it is not about any club, it is not about any physical injury, the little elf can bring infinite happiness to people, and this field is so wonderful.

It can bring happiness to people, it will be adored by tens of thousands of people, there will be countless supporters and followers, there will be countless people who love it, and at the same time, there will be countless eyes on it.

In the end, Messi could only answer like this-

"A lot."

There are so many candies and toys that I dreamed of when I was a child in front of me, so much like I ate marshmallows for the first time, and so many as if I can communicate with God.

It's so much that it's like a smile. 166 Reading Network