Chapter 13: The White Wizard

Chen Lin remembers seeing the news material on the computer at that time about the scandal of the use of fake passports by a number of players in the 1999-2000 season of Serie A, Recoba, Dida and other more than 30 players were censored, and many clubs such as Lazio and Inter were also involved, and the Argentine midfielder Veron, who transferred to Manchester United by Lazio at that time, was also the subject of the prosecutor's review, but in the investigation that year, Veron claimed that his ancestors immigrated from Italy to Argentina about 100 years ago, As a result, he was granted an Italian passport, and in the end, the Italian court granted Veron an impunity. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

And Chen Lin's target is the protagonist of this news: Juan? Sebastian? Peron.

"The White Wizard" is Veron's nickname, and his technical characteristics can be seen in the nickname that this fan has given him. Passing the ball as unexpectedly as magically, Veron is a natural playmaker in midfield and a master of passing art on the pitch. His scalpel-like through balls and the control of the rhythm of the midfield are his forte, and he is a well-deserved tactical core of the team, and it is thanks to his organisation that Parma can win the UEFA Cup, Lazio can be crowned double champions, and he is a world superstar in his years in Italy.

Born in 1975, Veron entered the Argentine Independiente club at the age of 14, but he did not receive much attention because of his physical condition, even though his father was the coach of the Independiente youth team. This is also the sadness of most players who play with their brains, such as Pirlo, who was abandoned by Inter, and Cesc Fabregas, who left England, their overall situation, imagination and the precipitation of time and the accumulation of games. But the young Veron still didn't get many chances, and Boca Juniors preferred to let the aging Maradona play.

Speaking of which, Veron even almost joined the Chinese A-League because of this, when Boca Juniors visited China and played a match against Sichuan Quanxing of the A-League. After the game, Quanxing, who was ready to bring in foreign players, asked Boca about the possibility of bringing in its players, and Boca recommended three players in the team, one of whom was Veron, and Boca offered a package price of $1 million at that time, which was an unacceptable price for the A-League team at the time. A year later, however, Veron moved to Sampdoria in Serie A, and then played for Parma, Lazio, Manchester United, Chelsea and Inter Milan, winning Serie A and Premier League titles. Among them, when he joined Manchester United, Veron's value was 28.1 million pounds, equivalent to about 40 million US dollars.

The current Veron is the most suitable reinforcement for Prato, first of all, not to mention its level, the PA potential value of 185 can only be compared with Toldo, and Veron has Italian nationality, so he will not occupy the foreign aid quota, and will not delay Chen Lin's plan to introduce players from China, secondly, Veron is still staying in the independent team and is not reused, and the world is still unclear about his value, and since he himself can join the unknown A, then at least, the team of the Italian C2 League can at least participate in the Italian Cup.

Not surprisingly, a few days later, Pugle brought back Sebastian from South America, who was still with thick black hair. Peron. With the addition of Toldo, Prato already boasts two future world-class superstars.

On August 23, 1992 at 15:00, Prato will play the first match of Group B of the Italian League C II in the 92/93 season, at home against Vasto. This was also Chen Lin's first professional match after serving as the club's president.

In August, it is the hottest time of the year in the Apennine Peninsula, and the European Cup and the Olympic Games have whetted the appetite of fans, and there seems to be no one paying attention to the upcoming national C2 League competition.

"It's hell hot." Pugli said to Chen Lin while wiping his sweat as he walked towards the conference room. After today's training, Chen Lin informed all the players to let them come to the conference room of the club's two-story small building for a meeting. All the players also know what the reason is - the first match of the third and second leagues is about to start in two days, Prato's opponent is the Vasto team that has just been relegated from the third division last season, and has not played against each other before, and the Prato club is not very familiar with this opponent, but Prato, which has undergone a major change, is also unfamiliar with other teams, so how to boost the morale of the players before the game has become the most important thing.

"It's better than rain." Prato, who is mainly composed of young players, is not good at handling too complicated game situations, Chen Lin said with a smile as he walked into the room and looked for a place to sit down.

The two of them came relatively early, and after them the players entered this not very large room one after another, and only some of them were able to sit at the large round table in front of them - these were all older players or club management, others could only move stools and sit in the back - among them was Yang Chen, who was still sitting alone and alone, unlike the others.

Seeing Yang Chen's appearance, I know that he is not very good in the first team, of course, it is related to the performance of the last three games, the status of a striker who does not score is not high, because the chairman of the club is from the same country as Chen Lin, and now many people in the club are looking at him with colored glasses to see if this yellow man is relying on nepotism. But the main thing is the language.

Football is a team sport that focuses on teamwork, and no matter how strong a person is, it is impossible to beat a team - after all, a player like Maradona is produced only once in ten years - and people who are too unsociable often do not achieve anything too good in football. It's just that this belongs to the common problem of Chinese players in Europe in this era, and Chinese players who have come from professionalism are generally not too highly educated, unlike some foreign players who tend to speak a second language.

Thinking of this, Chen Lin sighed in his heart, it would be a pity if such an outstanding player was buried because it was difficult to adapt, after all, China's football foundation is still very weak, which is not only his personal loss but also the club's loss. It seems that I need to pay more attention to him.

'I don't have anything to say, everyone has been training hard during this time, and all I can do as president of this club is to do the logistics for everyone in the back. This season, the team has recruited a lot of new talents, and I have only one goal, which is to be promoted to League C 1 this season. ”

"Alright, without further ado, now let my assistant, Miss Ella, announce the reward scheme that the club has given you to participate in this season's league."

Although Chen Lin said it arrogantly just now, at this time, listening to a string of numbers read out of Ella's mouth, the players didn't react, he took a cool breath first.

Without him, I feel distressed. It is a professional league practice to announce the goal bonus before each season, and the role is naturally to boost the morale of the players. Of course the club has the right not to set a reward, but when everyone does it and you don't, it's not a matter of keeping the status quo and your players are the most conservative estimates. So even the most financially struggling teams won't save money on this.

Chen Lin has become more and more aware of the meaning of the phrase "football is a game of capital operation", since taking over the Prato club, player transfer fees, signing fees, salaries of so many people in the club, rental and maintenance costs of the competition training venue, league deposits, etc., all cost money. If it weren't for the fact that he recently invested more than £100,000 in betting, and made a small profit from the Olympic football tournament being held in Spain, I am afraid that this season would not have survived.

However, this kind of income is also the last time, the score changes of several games, so that he failed to guess all the scores, only guessed the victory and defeat of all games, and because Spain finally won the Olympic football championship with the advantage of the home field, there was no upset, so Chen Lin only got the odds of 1 to 6, net profit of 500,000 pounds. And the process also made Chen Lin like a roller coaster, almost scared away, if he loses this time, Prato may not be able to open the pot this season. And he also began to find that with some of his actions, the original trajectory of the world had begun to change.

As the last word in Ella's mouth fell, the conference room suddenly began to talk one after another. None of the players expected such a high prize money, the income level of Italian players in this era is not low, but it is precisely because of this that the club has just announced the amount of prize money that will surprise them, this is no longer the prize money level of the second league, and even close to the prize money level of some second division teams, at least Doni did not have such a high prize money in Mayena last season.

Chen Lin looked at these cheering players coldly, although the bonuses he auctioned out seemed so incredible now, but he understood a simple truth, this money has to be spent anyway, if it follows the crowd, it will definitely be difficult to motivate the morale of the players, it is better to have a little more, at least this money is not spent in vain.

And Chen Lin knows that with a large amount of capital pouring into the booming Serie A, if a year or two later, if the boss's promotion reward is only this, the players who have been raised have lost their appetite will not even bother to look at it!

After the players calmed down a little, the head coach Tsoko then spoke: "You have also seen the sincerity of the club, the day after tomorrow we have our first home game of the season, we can't draw or lose, we have to win!"