Chapter 72

Now Juan is embarrassed.

In front of him was a pair of cufflinks worth 10,000 euros, which was not too expensive for him, but it might be a bit expensive for a journalist.

-- These reporters, it seems, are salarymen with an annual salary of less than 100,000 yuan, where did they get such a large sum of money?

So before the end of today's press conference, Juan still emphasized his values: "I can accept a girl with a monthly salary of 100,000 or more to buy me a 10,000 euro cufflink, because it is pocket money, but I will never accept a gift of 10,000 yuan from a girl with a monthly salary of less than 10,000 euros...... Because that's the cost of living. ”

"So please take back the cufflinks, it's too precious, I'll take the whip, see if you need it." When he said this, Juan was gently tapping his palm with a short whip, I don't know why, this action still made many people look red-faced, although Juan was also a little strange, but still didn't say anything, and directly announced the end of today's press conference.

-- The press conference is over, and a big storm in the football world has set off.

His starting list alone made the entire continent scream.

The Guardian, the UK's most influential sports newspaper, has chosen Super Laco's Super Madness! As his own front page headline, the cover shows Juan holding a short whip and smiling, which looks very impressive, and the content of the newspaper is even more stunning.

"I've never seen such a crazy club!" The newspaper lamented, "There is the youngest manager in the history of football, the list of players with the largest age difference in the record, and the most chaotic team configuration...... No one knows what Laco is going to do next, is their chairman crazy? ”

'At the press conference, the young and energetic Dias said that he was full of confidence in the new season, and what we could see was that he seemed to think that he could make a difference in this position, especially with such a team, but at the same time, he also explained to us why he chose to bring Romario from the Brazilian Liga back to La Liga.

"There was also an interesting incident at the scene, Sky Sports reporter Jane Smith and Tele 5 reporter Sara Cabonero presented personal gifts to Dias, and the scene looked almost like a male courting Magnetic, but as far as we know, Dias rejected Caponero's pair of valuable gemstone cufflinks and opted for Smith's small leather whip...... Oh hehe, I can't see that he's such a heavy person......"

Compared with the slightly ridiculous tone of the British newspaper at the end, three newspapers in Spain exploded directly, these three newspapers are "Marca", "As" and "World Sports".

"Marca" continued the exaggerated style they had always used to use, putting the starting list directly on the front page with a big headline, and then began to shout: "Who's in charge of Deportivo La Coruna?!" ”

"Or a manager who can control them!!"

"This list is really crazy, the buying club covers everything from La Liga to the king of La Liga, and even the former Mr. Ballon d'Or, and there are a lot of small fresh meat, and the backbone of the team is not bad, just from the perspective of the ranking, Deportivo is not worse than other giants at all!"

"It's just that we all know that the wealthy family has been precipitated, and it needs confidence and strong financial resources as support, and now Laco is like a local tyrant who suddenly won the lottery, or a nouveau riche? There is no accumulation at all, and the whole looks very impetuous, but I still sincerely hope that they can win a good result, and I don't want the world-famous players such as Redondo and Romario to be humiliated in their careers, such a scene is too ugly. ”

Compared with Marca's straightforwardness, the newspaper "As" is much more tactful: "The first question that Dias needs to face now is how to tame these veterans, and will his authority be challenged? Especially his age, as far as we know, he still has thirteen days to reach his twenty-second birthday, a manager at this age? There is no such thing as a sport in all sports. ”

"I don't know what the future of Laco will be, but at least on the list, they still have something to say, and we sincerely look forward to the joy Laco will bring us in the new season."

"But when it comes to joy, Juan Díaz's remarks at the press conference are somewhat intriguing, about the ideas of 'horsewhip', 'riding', 'reward and punishment' and 'submission', and I don't know if any author of fiction will write a novel based on him."

Compared with such a well-intentioned ridicule, "World Sports" is much more malicious: "At yesterday's press conference, Laco coach Dias made a lot of jokes, whether it is 'horse whip' or 'two women half-kneeling gift', or the slowness and mistakes in the printing of the list, it is not difficult for us to see that this is a novice rookie who is inexperienced and can easily be picked up from the topic, I wish him a happy play in the hell mode of La Liga~!" ”

Obviously, World Sports is gloating, but they didn't say much offensive words about Juan, not to mention Quaresma, who basically didn't play much, Romario and Riquelme They all had a great contribution to Barcelona, and it would be particularly bad to say anything at this time, so they just sarcastically said two sentences with guns and sticks.

But those sarcastic remarks aside, in fact, it was kind enough to mention Juan to Jianyì - albeit very vaguely.

Sir Alex Ferguson, by contrast, is much more straightforward and brutal.

That night, Juan received a call from the old man, who originally thought that the old man was here to congratulate him on talking about the little boss who occupied the deployment by the way, but as soon as he picked up the phone, he was scolded.

"I've been paying attention to you kid, I didn't expect you to be so cowardly! It's cool to make people point their noses today? Come to me tomorrow! ”

Juan: Confused, overwhelmed.jpg

At a loss, he didn't know what to do, and he still had to have his daily training the next day, so he was ready to fly to Manchester as soon as he was done, so that he could listen to the old man's teachings.

It was their first group training session since the roster was announced, and Juan had the foresight to say that they were going to train behind closed doors, saying that "Laco is very immature right now and needs to be well tuned", but in reality, their training inside is no different from that of other teams.

Although it has only been the last month that Laco's team has been able to pull people up, everyone is working hard to get along, and they especially like to learn from each other, and the most harmonious time on the court is when they are doing warm-up training, usually at this time, those players are already chatting, deciding who to be one-on-one later.

But even though that's the case, it's basically those who have a certain amount of experience who can be calmly one-on-one, and newcomers like David Luiz and David Silva are basically just hiding on the sidelines and shivering by the way, and sincerely pray that they won't be favored by some big demon over there.

Why is there so many varieties of big demon kings in the Rakko team, it's so scary T^T

Juan is happy to see one-on-one training sessions, and when he was assembling his coaching team, he and his tactical analysts analysed the current state of the team.

The tactical analyst is responsible for the team's video analysis and provides reference for the head coach, but these two people don't have any priorities, they directly pull the assistant coach, and the three of them hugged a lot of videos into the dark room, and they didn't come out for four days and three nights, and there were often quarrels and debates inside, and then the three of them didn't know when they came out, and then there was such a "Laco-style" training.

There is also an unexpected joy that the two people who were polite to Juan on the surface and alienated in their hearts before are now convinced by Juan as the head coach, and they are definitely headed by him.

As the head coach, Juan generally doesn't have to go on the court to participate in this kind of brutal one-on-one, but sometimes the bigwigs cannibalism is not enough, they have to take him with them, and Juan is the kind of person who suffers himself and others watch? So in the end, the whole team will be beaten by fancy hanging, and the little fresh meat will all be abused very emotionally......

So today, in order to avoid being pulled on the court again, Juan appeared on the side of the court in a suit under the jealous and envious eyes of many little fresh meat, and smiled at everyone: "What's wrong?" Training. ”

"Juan!" The staff shouted from the side of the court: "Someone is looking for you!" ”

The four juans on the court turned their heads at the same time and looked at him wordlessly, and the staff was also embarrassed: "Coach, someone is looking for you!" ”

Juan was stunned for a moment, then gestured to the court for them to continue, and he walked towards the living room.

-- Actually, Laco's parlor is also very old, and if it sounds good, it has a history, but if it is not good, it will be ...... Ahem.

And it was here that Juan met the person who made him can't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise, and although surprise is surprise, he still stepped forward: "Deco, uh, and Messi?" How did you guys get here? ”

"This kid said he wanted to come and see it." Deco looked grinning and rubbed the heads of the people around him, and Juan also glanced at him.

The child has very long hair, is not tall, from Juan's point of view, it is a hairy top, and he can't see his face at all, although Juan has always been very obsessed with Messi's transfer form, but this is also the first time the two of them have met, so he hesitated for a while and raised his eyebrows: "Who to see?" ”

"Uh, Aimar......" Deco muttered, then laughed, "That's all that...... Don't worry about these details! ”

Juan was helpless, although he knew that his teammates in his national team were not many normal people, but was it really good to fool him like this? "Forget it." He didn't think much about it, and raised his eyebrows directly: "Follow me." ”

He directly brought people to the edge of the training ground, at this time everyone in the training ground stood in a circle in twos and threes, as if they were watching something, and from time to time there was a cheer, Deco looked blankly: "What is this doing?" ”

"Training." Juan replied very succinctly, "You Barcelona haven't trained yet?" ”

"No, we're going to go outside for two days." When he said this, Deco also rubbed his head a little embarrassed, "And Jorge seems to be still arguing with Barcelona about my transfer fee, so ......"

Juan is clear that his transfer involves Quaresma and Porto, and now Quaresma has been cut off by him, and new problems are emerging one after another, so Barcelona has not been able to add Deco to their squad intact so far.

"Ahh Quaresma and Postiga saw their national team seniors and were about to say hello, but they caught a glimpse of Juan's eyes, and the two of them looked at each other, and could only bury their heads and pretend not to see and continue to watch.

"In that case," Juan nodded, "in that case, would you like to come and experience our Laco specialty?" ”

"What specialty?" Deco asked with great interest, they had already approached the encirclement, and a few people on the periphery subconsciously glanced back, and opened their mouths when they saw Deco, but when they saw who was accompanying them, they chose to be quiet.

Juan led them to a place not far away, the players were standing loosely, and they could see what was going on from the perimeter.

In the middle of the encirclement, Juan Bellero stood with bated breath, with a ball at his feet, and not far from him stood facing each other, and the two of them stood silently, and the people around them gradually quieted down, when Aimar stepped forward, and Deco felt the young man in his arms move uneasily.

"Ready—" The Argentine took a deep breath and waved his hand down.

The surrounding Yiqiē seemed to slow down their pace, just to watch the duel between the two people. Neither of them was very fast, but they were both at the peak of their skills, one was still in his prime and the other was past his prime, but the battle was not as one-sided as Deco imagined, but was precisely glued, and even Juan Bellerón was vaguely suppressed.

At this time, Aimar and Riquelme joined in at the same time, and the two of them cautiously approached from behind, looking for opportunities, but after a long time of patrolling, Belleron did not find a chance to pass the ball, and in the entanglement, he decided to try to force a cross, a slight gap, he put force on his feet to send the ball directly, but the ball was hooked back before he even had time to accelerate.

Almost when the ball reached his feet, the three people stopped moving, and the people around him who had been holding their breath began to breathe a sigh of relief, applauding and cheering, but compared to the joy of the people around them, the three people were a little helpless, and they seemed to be ready to discuss something together, and it was only at this time that Deco dared to breathe.

Until now, he had been holding his breath, but while exhaling, he seemed to hear someone exhale with him, and he was stunned and turned his head to find that Juan was also looking in his direction, or rather, looking at Messi.

The Argentine boy seemed to feel the gaze of their gaze and buried his head even lower.

Juan smiled and didn't say anything, just explained softly: "Laco's specialty in the team is to fight each other, whether it is a heads-up or a group fight, as long as it is within a reasonable range on the court, it is allowed." ”

"Fighting?" Deco couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and looked over again, the person in the middle had not changed, but the person in charge of the ball had changed from Belleron to Aimar, and at this moment the Argentine also looked cautious, tapping the grass on his toes, and his eyes were full of seriousness.

"It's okay if you want to call a reasonable brawl on the court, generally speaking, any conflicts we have here are resolved on the court." Juan was very upright when he said it, but it made the German subjects stunned: "Contradiction? ”

"yes." Juan replied solemnly: "For example, at this time, it should be a game of 'whoever loses will be the captain'." ”

“…… Yes? ”

"You don't have to worry about them, this reason has to be used every week, we are all used to it," Juan ignored the stunned Deco beside him, and also ignored the Argentine teenager's finally raised head, "Anyway, Belle has never won, he is the captain's life, let them toss around." ”

Deco always felt a little fantastical, how could he think something was wrong......

"Look, lost again." Juan smiled and clapped his hands, "Joker, come on!" ”

Aimar wiped his sweat and walked over, although he lost in the competition just now, he still looked very cheerful, and the smile on his face was unprecedented sunshine: "What's wrong?" ”

"Your little fan is coming to you." As Juan said this, he moved half of his seat out of the way, and Aimar immediately saw the child, who was half a head shorter.

At first glance, Aimar, who thought that the other party was only twelve or thirteen years old, didn't think much about it, and stretched out his hand to the child: "Hello? ”

"Hello Pablo...... I, I'm ......" Seeing that the child suddenly stuttered, Juan knocked on Deco and whispered, "He is usually like this at the club?" "How can this kid be so shy and unscientific!

"Of course not," Deco was also helpless, "maybe I'm nervous when I see my idol." ”

"That's right." Juan smiled and looked behind Aimar, Riquelme and Juan Sorin were looking at him with their shoulders hooked, not far away, Gago seemed to hear something and was about to come over, seeing that the short-haired man who was still besieged just now also turned his head here, this battle, not to mention Messi, Deco was a little worried.

But Juan didn't say anything, just patted Aimar on the shoulder: "Stay with him for a while, he is your diehard." ”

Aimar smiled, "Okay." ”

Seeing that Aimar had pulled the person away in a good way, Juan also smiled and raised his eyebrows at Deco: "Thank you." ”

Of course, he knew that Deco was actually helping him, and he was naturally grateful in his heart, but Deco was silent for a while and waved his hand: "Don't thank me yet...... I've never heard of the captain being fought for by you like this. ”

"Have you ever heard of such a young manager?" Juan asked rhetorically, he was almost helpless, he could talk about his retirement.

"I haven't heard of it." Deco smiled, "I haven't heard of anyone like me before the season. ”

"It's all weird." Juan coughed lightly, straightened his tie, and raised his eyebrows at his national team seniors: "Believe it or not, I'll spoil you in a few years?" ”

"Wait until you have that money." Deco waved his hand, unimpressed.

Of course, many years later, he regretted his casualness at this time, Messi was a long-cherished wish, and his whole face turned red when he ran, obviously excited.

If at first he thought it was good, then he felt like he was in a dream.

Riquelme is here!

I don't know what Riquelme and Aimar said, but two minutes later, Thorin also came over, giggling and watching the two of them play on Riquelme's shoulder, and then Fernando Gago also came over to take a look, but he himself belonged to the bottom of the food chain, so he was put on his head by Thorin to train in minutes.

Then Redondo came over.

Aimar stopped, wiped his sweat and looked at him with some eyes: "Fernando? ”

Redondo just waved his hand, looking at Xiao Budian opposite in some surprise, and was quite skeptical: "Argentine? ”

"Yes." Messi was silent for a while and then raised his head and replied, all the people standing in front of him were like thunder, he naturally knew it, but after Redondo stood up, the few people who were not in shape just now were now as well-behaved as elementary school students.

"Good ball feel." Redondo made a brief comment, thought for a moment and asked, "Which club?" ”

"Barcelona." As soon as the name was spoken, several people were in a commotion again, Riquelme thought for a moment, and suddenly said: "I said that this little guy looks familiar!" ”

Riquelme joined Barcelona in 02, when Messi wandered in front of the first team and the reserve team, and often did the work on the sidelines was to pick up the ball, and when Messi made his first appearance for the Barcelona first team, Riquelme had been subleased to Villarreal, so I didn't know his specific situation.

Aimar was obviously stunned, and Riquelme could only sigh helplessly and wave his hand when he saw him: "Okay, don't look at him like this, he's almost 16 or 7 years old now, right?" ”

Messi nodded: "Seventeen." ”

"Huh??"

Listening to the arrogian commotion over there, Deco was also full of helplessness: "Has Jorge not signed him yet, will it be too early for me to bring him over?" ”

"Not early." Juan glanced at the situation in Argentina and saw that Messi seemed to be gradually relaxed, so he stopped paying attention and said softly: "Actually, I still hope he can come." ”

"I want to, too." Deco said very sincerely, which made Juan raise his eyebrows in surprise, and in the face of Juan's doubts, Deco smiled bitterly.

"Now Barça...... It's a bit of a mess, he doesn't know how much he has to suffer, Ronnie and I have thought about whether to introduce him to a new club, although with his ability, he will get the chance to play anyway, but no one knows how long it will be......"

Juan's look was very peculiar.

It turns out that the rumor is true, Ronaldinho (Ronnie) is Messi's "father", Deco is Messi's "mother" or something...... These two people also really love the youngsters.

"It depends, I'm looking forward to his arrival too." In the end, Juan just said that.

The two of them came in the afternoon and left in the evening, as if they really just brought Messi to meet his idol, and when he left, Juan couldn't help but joke that Deco spoiled Messi too much, and was bombarded away by Deco, Juan said helplessly that he would forget him when he had a new son, and life was too short......

In order to comfort himself, after seeing off these two people, Juan changed hands and boarded the plane directly to Manchester, the Premier League season started earlier than all the leagues, so when Juan arrived at the lord's house, only Aunt Casey came out to greet him with a smile: "Coming?" He's gone to Carrington, and he might not be back for a while. ”

"Wait a while?" Juan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at his watch, it was almost eight o'clock, which was three hours late for the average British off-duty time, "Has he always come back so late now?" ”

"Yes, he will leave for Canada to play a friendly match the day after tomorrow, otherwise he will probably be able to rush directly to A Coruña." Aunt Casey laughed, she naturally knew her husband very well, if it wasn't for the conditions, how could Juan still stand here so safely?

"Ugh." Juan touched his head, a little helpless. "Auntie, can I know what I did wrong to make the lord so angry?"

Aunt Casey smiled and didn't say a word, but pointed to the Guardian on the table, Juan opened it and saw that it was today's newspaper, talking about the events of last night's press conference.

And when Juan looked down at the newspaper, Aunt Casey said as if unintentionally: "We both watched your press conference, which of those two girls is your girlfriend?" ”

Juan touched his nose, and after thinking about it, he still didn't tell him about having a boyfriend, but smiled bitterly: "It's not." ”

"Neither?" Aunt Casey raised her voice, "Juan, I've told you many times before, don't be so gentlemanly to all girls, although gentlemanly demeanor is very charming, but you gentleman also has to distinguish the occasion and time, the two of them have another identity before they are your suitors, that is, reporters, you better think clearly." ”

"Auntie, I really don't have ......" Juan was about to continue explaining when he heard the sound of the door unlocking, and Aunt Casey listened to the voice: "Alex is back, I'll prepare tea for you both." ”

"Shall I help you?" Juan was about to stand up when he was stopped by Casey: "You'd better sit on the couch like a good student now, or I can't guarantee what will happen to Alex." ”

Juan was confused, especially when facing the lord, the lord was stunned at first when he saw him, and then his face quickly sank, and Juan stood there very puzzled.

He hadn't seen him look like that in the whole year since he arrived at Manchester United, what happened this time?

With doubts in his heart, Juan followed the lord into his study, and before he could sit down, the lord was like he showed his hair dryer style, and Juan, who had not personally felt the hair dryer for two months, was stunned on the spot.

Although he couldn't figure it out, he still immediately bowed his head and humbly accepted the teachings, generally speaking, the words of the lord at this time were all sincere words and sentences, so Juan listened very seriously.

However, as he listened, he felt as if he had misheard.

Finally, the lord said that he was tired and stopped to drink saliva, and Juan hurriedly took this opportunity to speak: "But sir, is it really okay to be too arrogant at the beginning?" ”

As soon as the lord heard his words, he was angry, slapped his palm on the table viciously and almost scolded his mother, took a deep breath and glared at him several times, and then told him: "You don't have to give them a good face, they can run after your ass for any news, your cooperative attitude will make those reporters think that you are a bully, do you know what I mean?" ”

Juan nodded subconsciously: "Don't coward it?" ”

"Yes!" The lord nodded, "As the manager of a club, you can't be too good at the outside world, can you?" Especially those two women, it is obvious that they want to use you to hype up the topic, and you are still so cooperative with the two of them, hurry up and end it immediately while it is not too deep, otherwise there will be trouble for you in the future! ”

"The two of them don't want to hype up the heat, right?" Juan was a little helpless, Sara didn't know what was going on, but Jane definitely wasn't.

"How do you know?" Ferguson raised an eyebrow and asked, and Juan smiled: "You should know Miss Smith, she was a special correspondent for Sky Sports at Manchester United before." ”

"I know this little girl." Ferguson is a little impressed, after all, this little girl is indomitable, more daring than ordinary male reporters, and the most impressive thing about the lord is that when Ferdinand banned drugs and games, this girl chose to support Manchester United in a collapsed voice, although this does not mean anything, but at least it proves that she is on the side of Manchester United.

"She's not the kind of person who will hype herself, but it's not necessarily another person......" When he said this, Juan's eyes subconsciously flashed a cold light, but soon, he smiled: "I take your teachings to heart, anyway, it's just a hard fight with those media reporters, right?" ”

", I didn't have any soft eggs taught by Ferguson." The lord slapped the table angrily again, "Next, you give me a good show!" ”

"Good!"

When Casey came in, the two of them were waving their fists and shouting slogans in high spirits, even if the lord had always been an old naughty boy, while Juan was rare excited, clenching his fists with a sunny face, and couldn't help but blink when he saw her: "Aunt Casey?" ”

"I'll bring you tea." Casey calmly decided that he should not see the stupidity of these two people, "You keep talking." ”

When Aunt Casey put down the tea, the two of them calmed down and sat there and looked at each other.

Ferguson coughed lightly: "After you go back, remember to read more newspapers, you can get a lot of things from newspapers, but don't trust newspapers, don't be influenced by newspapers, you know?" ”

Juan nodded obediently, he was generally a good boy in front of his elders, and even if he had heard the instructions many times, he didn't say a word: "Got it." ”

"Okay." Only then did the lord relax his face, "How are you in Lako?" ”

As soon as Juan was about to answer, the lord waved his hand: "Forget it, don't say anything, it's already very bad for me to call you over suddenly." ”

Indeed, the major leagues are now in the early stages of the season, and the managers of all clubs are in a very busy period, they have to plan for the whole year, but also adjust and rehearse the tactical aspects, especially a rookie coach like Juan who has just taken over a brand new club and all the members have never experienced a run-in before.

But he really couldn't help it, he really didn't want his disciples to take a detour, although there were many people who studied with him, but Juan was the youngest - who were the other people who studied with him?

McClaren, who previously coached Middlesbrough, came close to sending the previous year's League Cup winners into the relegation zone.

Queiroz, who was in charge of Real Madrid last season, had an unmanageable locker room and watched Claude Makelele be sold, and he was about to return as his assistant coach this season.

Walter Smith, who partnered with Juan last season to survive Manchester United without him, has no major problems other than that red card, and is ready to leave him at the end of the season to take charge of the Scottish national team.

Of course, there are a few others, but Juan is only a third of these people's age, he is still very young, he is so young and vibrant, he is even younger than his own players, how can he rest assured that this kid is going to coach a La Liga club on his own?

Looking at the current five major leagues, Serie A's prosperous Cheng dù ranks first, La Liga is close behind, and the Premier League's competitiveness has become stronger in recent years, but it has not reached La Liga's Cheng dù, and Juan is now challenging the hell mode at the difficult level.

How can this reassure this kid?

Juan naturally knew that the lord was hard for him, so he smiled slightly: "Lord, let me tell you, what have I experienced in the past two months?" ”

"Unrelated clubs?" The lord raised his eyebrows, and now Juan's identity is already very special, the coach of the two top league clubs, sitting together, there are some things that can be said and some things that cannot be said, Juan should know everything.

"Maybe a little bit, but not much." Juan smiled and replied, "That's my job, after all." ”

The lights in Ferguson's study were not turned off all night, and Juan and the lord had a long talk, which was also a rare time for Juan to say so many things at one time, and he was so meticulous and serious to make a summary of his madness in the past two months, and the lord just listened quietly.

The person in front of him was obviously still a young man in his early twenties, but the things he was carrying on his back were heavy that ordinary twenty-two-year-old young people should not have.

But whatever it was, he was still sitting here as calm as water, whispering softly about his experience, and Ferguson could see that the young man in front of him was already preparing to spread his wings and fly.