Chapter 42: Private Contact

Hundreds of fans from Los Angeles cheered on Dos Santos' goal from the Mercedes Benz Stadium in the visitors' seats, but two of them appeared exceptionally calm.

One is Ibrahimovic's agent Ji Qin, and the middle-aged man next to Ji Qin is AC Milan's Spanish scout Carlos Vargas.

Carlos was born in a small place called Rota near Cadiz in southern Spain. When he first debuted, he served as the chief scout of La Liga side Almeria, and later in 2010, he was poached by Juventus and went to the "Old Lady" as the chief scout.

After two years at Juventus, Carlos moved around and settled at AC Milan.

Carlos's vision and ability are unquestionable, and being sent by AC Milan to Los Angeles to inspect Ibrahimovic is on the one hand the club's request, and on the other hand, his own expectations, he wants to see for himself how strong this old and demonic man really is.

"How does it feel?" Seeing that Ibrahimovic not only scored a goal himself, but also had a beautiful assist, Ji Qin looked at Carlos with a smile.

It's also strange to say, as soon as this uncle went to Los Angeles to watch Ibrahimovic's hat trick in the first game of the season, he directly found the hotel where Ji Qin was temporarily staying, and he was on the opposite side of Ji Qin!

Later, Ji Qin learned that if it weren't for the fear of being said that the club would contact the players privately, Carlos would have moved to live in front of Ibrahimovic's house!

In today's football, where private contact between clubs and players is common, it would be too simultary to think that all transfers are made through a computer, where one team makes an offer, and the other team accepts and agrees to negotiate between the player and the team, and is safely carried out under the supervision of the FA.

If a team follows the laws of black and white, then they are afraid that they will not be able to sign a player. How exactly does a player know that a team is interested in him? To put it another way, if a team doesn't know if a player is interested in joining their team, why would they waste time putting all their chips on the table?

In 2017, Liverpool privately contacted Van Dijk, who was still at Southampton at the time, and in the past three seasons, the Saints have had 5 key players poached by Liverpool, so when the "Reds" hit Van Dijk's idea again, they immediately let Southampton fry the pot and sued the Premier League Committee for a thorough investigation.

Less than 24 hours later, Liverpool issued an official statement abandoning their interest in the Dutch defender and apologised for causing Southampton "any misunderstandings".

But I don't need to go into too much detail about which team Van Dijk is playing for now.

Not only Liverpool, but also Barcelona buyers have always had this habit of being "criticized".

This season has not yet ended, and the "scandal" between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid star Griezmann has been full of trouble, and this is not the first time that Barcelona has violated the principle of fair play.

In the past, they have been in frequent contact with players in other clubs, such as Coutinho's transfer, Liverpool has repeatedly made it clear that it will not negotiate anything with Barcelona about Coutinho's transfer, but Barcelona took the initiative to contact Coutinho and let him use various means to go to Spain, and he was absent from training for various reasons, which made Liverpool extremely dissatisfied.

As for Dembele's transfer, after Barcelona's repeated unsuccessful offers, the Barcelona manager actually said in an interview that the team is close to signing Dembele, and Dort's senior management replied that they may have been fooled by Real Madrid in the Super Cup, and there has been no progress between us and us in this transfer.

But then Dembele not only deleted the Dort tag on social networking sites, but also missed the team's training for many times without reason, and finally Dembele transferred to Barcelona for 105 million.

Therefore, although players still can't talk about people from other clubs in private, it is not uncommon, and this "method" still has a miraculous effect.

Carlos also came with this purpose, he was afraid that going directly to Ibrahimovic would be too conspicuous and would get into trouble, so he found Ji Qin as the intermediary, hoping to persuade Ibrahimovic to choose AC Milan in the summer transfer window through a private meeting between Ji Qin and Ibrahimovic.

Ji Qin did not refuse this, but just said that he would discuss it with Ibrahimovic well, so there was a scene where Ji Qin and Carlos appeared at the game site to watch Ibrahimovic play.

"Great!" Carlos retracted his gaze to look at the Swedish star with a little excitement and said: "For Ibrahimovic, age is just a number, he is still the king!! As he spoke, he couldn't help but exclaim: "I can't figure out why Ibu is so old, how can he still maintain such a good physical condition, is he really God?" ”

Ji Qin smiled, although it is said that Ji Qin's great credit for Ibrahimovic's dazzling performance now, but it is still the same sentence, so many players, why is it Ibrahimovic?

There are a lot of veterans in the football world, but there are really few players who are as disciplined as Ibrahimovic!

Even if it is God, there is no shortcut to success, it also requires continuous dedication, plus self-discipline in life! Ibrahimovic's personal fitness trainer, Dario Ford, originally worked for the Milan academy, but since they met Ibrahimovic, the two have become extremely close friends, and Ford has followed Ibrahimovic on his journey to the north and helped Ibrahimovic stay fit behind the scenes.

In addition to having the help of a personal trainer, Ibrahim's personal attitude is also one of the key factors in being able to maintain his physical condition. In addition to meticulously completing the team's training schedules, he would spend a lot of time in the gym, repeating seemingly boring routines on the treadmill or doing some strength training, which has long been commonplace for him.

And in private, in order to prolong his professional life, he almost kept drinking alcohol, and his habit is unimaginable for many players!

These words were also Ji Qin's explanation to Carlos, and after listening to Ji Qin's words, Carlos was silent for a moment and said, "What an incredible player!" ”

In the end, in the conversation between Ji Qin and Carlos, the game ended 2:0, and the LA Galaxy took away three points at the Mercedes Benz Stadium!

After returning to the hotel, Carlos stayed in his room all day and reported what he saw and heard to the club's senior management through video, repeatedly emphasizing that he would take advantage of the fact that other teams were still waiting and watching, and directly made a heavy offer to win Ibrahimovic!

According to Ibrahimovic's current value in the transfer market, 2.2 million to 3 million euros is a more reasonable price, and Ibrahimovic was originally a free transfer to the Los Angeles Galaxy, so if Ibrahimovic insists on leaving, the Los Angeles Galaxy can pick up millions of euros for nothing, although he is reluctant.

And in the current state of Ibrahim, I'm afraid this price is far from being able to stop!