However, Prato's offer was then rejected by Empoli, who said that Montella and Billindelli were talented players that Empoli had cultivated, and that they would never sell their team's future. www.biquge.info Of course, Chen Lin knows that this is just an official word, the fact is that Empoli and Prato are too close, there is only a dozen kilometers between the two, and the two clubs will be in Group A of the League C next season, and the so-called city is a mortal enemy, for Silvino Bini, the general manager of Empoli who has always been determined to return to the first division, Prato is undoubtedly a competitor on the way up, and selling the player to Prato is tantamount to a rival.

In desperation, Chen Lin had to take Colvesi to the town of Empoli in person. Located 30 kilometers southwest of Florence, Empoli has been settled since the Roman Empire, flourished as an important river port on the trade route from Florence to Pisa, and was under Florentine rule in 1182, and later incorporated into Italy with Florence. It covers an area of 62 square kilometers and has a population of just over 40,000 people.

Although Chen Lin hated the fact that the big clubs had to contact his players privately, he now found that he had to do the same. In a secret restaurant in Empoli, he met Montella and Billindeli, who had already been in private with the Prato staff a few times before they agreed to come out.

After introducing Prato's salary, training conditions, medical team and specially equipped nutritious meals, Chen Lin described his grand plans, including the new youth football school that has been approved this year, as if he is ambitious and spends a lot of money to build the image of the future giants. Montella and Billindeley, two young men who were not yet twenty years old, were quite moved.

In fact, the two have lived at the Pomigliano Football School for many years, and even have two former football school teammates in the Prato team, so they are more familiar with the Prato environment than Empoli. And although Prato is not a big city, it is the capital of the province of Prato after all, and it is naturally much more prosperous and influential than Empoli, which has a population of only 40,000 people, so both of them finally expressed their willingness to join.

At the behest of the Prato transfer staff, Montella and Billindelli each expressed their desire to move to Prato in private, much to the horror of Empoli. Prato spent a lot of money to sign Dunga this season, which really shocked these C-division teams in Tuscany, and there is a kind of "wolf" flavor, you must know that after Prato's player contract renewal this season, the salary level has been ranked among the top in the C-division team. In addition, Chen Lin's mystery has also deepened this phenomenon, because most of the capital income last season was obtained from gambling, and in order not to attract attention, Chen Lin used an anonymous account, plus the European gambling group has always been a tradition of secrecy for bettors, so Chen Lin's source of funds is almost no one knows, this unknown deepens the mysterious brilliance of his body, some people even speculate that he is the second generation of a red family in China, the reason why he only buys a C-level club, is to be low-key.

In this situation, Prato launched a second inquiry, and this time Empoli did not refuse again, but gave an offer of 2 billion lira (about 1 million pounds) for Montella and 1.6 billion lira (about 800,000 pounds) for Bilindley. This made Chen Lin almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, thanks to Silvino, that old guy dared to shout, Prato only bought its young midfielder Jonty from Perugia two days ago, with a transfer price of 150,000 pounds, which is the normal transfer price of C1 players, generally speaking, the transfer price of players in the C1 League is below 200,000 pounds, and most of them are even at the transaction price of tens of thousands of pounds, only a few talented players who are favored by the first-class giants can sell them at a high price, like Gianni Keida, if it weren't for Chen Lin knowing the future development trend, Udinese's £450,000 offer is really a good price, after all, many players in the lower leagues are not necessarily able to adapt to the high intensity of Serie A.

So Empoli's offer is really black and can't be more black, although Chen Lin knows the future of Montella and Billindeli, even this price is by no means a loss, but first, this season due to the signing of Dunga and investment in the academy, he really can't get too much transfer funds, and second, even if he can get it, he must not open this opening, otherwise Prato wants to buy someone again, and the other party will definitely double the price.

Empoli's move did hit his seven inches, and now Montella and Billindelli have no reason to make trouble, it's not that Empoli Club doesn't sell, it's that Prato doesn't value you, and is reluctant to make a price, their midfielder who played for a season C2 sold for 1 million pounds, are you not as good as him? There are few young players who are easily convinced, and the two naturally will not admit it.

Prato suddenly fell into passivity, which made Chen Lin secretly sigh, none of the managers of these professional clubs is really a fuel-efficient lamp, and he must be extremely careful. But then he gritted his teeth: "Since you don't plan to make me better, I will cut off your future." Aren't you going to keep these two pieces of jade? Then I'll steal your jade craftsman and see how you can get back to Grade A? “

On June 15, 1993, Chen Lin came to Empoli again, but this time to meet a bald coach of Empoli's youth team.

It was still in that hidden restaurant that Chen Lin met the bald coach who was praised by fans as one of the top ten Italian coaches. Perhaps compared to several others, such as Fabio Capello, Carlo Ancelotti and Lippi, the bald coach has not won many convincing trophies, but his level is definitely recognized, especially good at teaching young players and allowing a team that lacks run-in to quickly gather fighting power, he has brought Montella, Billindeli and Luca in Empoli. Tony, Di Natale and many other stars, and later trained Udinese, and cultivated a large number of stars, which is also the origin of the name of Udinese's "black store"; And his kneading of the team also makes people talk about it, almost any player together, he can quickly make them have chemistry, not to mention Udinese, almost every year to buy young players, every year to sell the star of the house, but the results have risen all the way, and also reached the Champions League, and then he took over Roma even more, before him, it was during the chaotic period of Rome, there were four coaches, and the results all ended in the field, It took him over in just one season to turn Roma into the only team of that era to compete with Inter for the title.

Chen Lin is interested in these two points, Prato now has the most potential young players in the team, and there will be more in the future, a coach who can teach them well and use them well is very important, some coaches command the game very well, but they do not have the patience to cultivate their own players, often buy a lot of famous stars, and then quickly play results, after the success of the hands and go away, but leaving a young player development is suppressed, it is difficult to recover for several years, Prato obviously does not need such a coach. Although Chen Lin is confident that he can quickly find the same excellent potential players, how to make these players form combat power as soon as possible, and not the league lift, is also a test of coaching skills.