Chapter 134: Smiling Barbara
"...... 'Sassuolo just happened to get in my way', Gao's attitude after the match against Sassuolo caused a debate, and Sassuolo fans seemed unhappy with Gao's arrogance. But the Genoese media thought that Sassuolo fans were too glassy, which was a natural statement......"
Gao scored two goals against Sassuolo to win 2-0, the first of which was brilliant and the second was a bit of luck...... Actually, I can understand the thoughts of Sassuolo fans - such a great player obviously belongs to Sassuolo, but now because of some bad things, he has become a member of Sampdoria instead. Although neither Sassuolo general manager Bonato nor owner Skunzi admitted it, more and more people now believe that Skunzi rejected Gao because he was a die-hard supporter of AC Milan and had a blind psychology towards AC Milan's vision and decisions...... Now it's Sassuolo's turn to regret β after losing this game, they have dropped from second place in the league and are temporarily third in the league. But that means if they don't get back to the top two, they lose their chance of going straight to the First Division......
Barbara Berlusconi put down the newspaper in her hand, and on the table in front of her, there were several newspapers, and what these newspapers had in common was a prominent photograph of Gao Zheng.
Two of the newspapers published an interview with Gao Zheng in the Nineteenth Century Newspaper.
Barbara Berlusconi, who put down the newspaper, picked up her mobile phone and made a call: "Bring the car over, I'm going to Vismara." β
Hanging up the phone, she put away the newspaper on the table and put it in her Hermès handbag.
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Philippe Galli never imagined that he would see the boss's daughter, Barbara Berlusconi, in the academy.
Although she joined AC Milan last year, she never came to the academy at Vismara.
"Philip, please take me on a tour of Vismara. I'm fairly familiar with Milanello, but I'm afraid I'll get lost here. Barbara smiled at Gary's lips.
Although Gary didn't understand why the second princess came, he obviously couldn't refuse such a request, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm happy to serve the beautiful lady." β
He took Barbara around the training base in Vismara, from the club's physiotherapy rooms, locker rooms, gym to the training ground outside.
The youth director became a tour guide and introduced Barbara to every facility.
Finally they walked to the training ground of the reserve team, where the players were training.
"This is the reserve." Gary gave a brief introduction.
"Are there any high-profile talents in our reserve team right now?" Barbara asked.
"Ah, of course." Speaking of the results of youth training, Gary, the director of youth training, immediately said proudly. "Do you see that lad? The one who just received the ball was Brian Cristante, who won a national championship when he was an Under-15 and a national champion last season when he played for the Under-17s. We moved him to the development squad this season, but he was already in the Champions League for the first team last season and is the youngest player to make a Champions League appearance for Milan......
Gary gushes Barbara about the AC Milan Academy hopeful.
Barbara listened to him with interest and then smiled and applauded: "It seems that our Milan youth tradition has not been discarded, which is great. You know, Philippe, I'm on a mission to make the club younger, and that includes our academy, and I'm sure my father would be happy to see more talented players from our own academy at the San Siro......
"Of course, that's what my job is all about." Referring to Mr. Berlusconi, Philippe Gurry was very respectful.
'I'm very happy to see Milan's Academy achieve such great results under your leadership, Filip, I'm really proud and proud of you. I know you're an expert in youth training, so I have a question for you and I hope you can answer my doubts. β
Although Barbara still had the smile on her face, Philip Galli suddenly had some foreboding in her heart, and the smile on his face was a little stiff and said, "What's the problem?" β
'You know, Philippe, I want to see the young players we have developed at the San Siro to win the cheers and love of the fans, just like Franco and Paulo, but honestly our academy hasn't produced a player who can become a legend in the first team for many years, so I wonder what went wrong?'
Hearing Barbara say this, Gary breathed a sigh of relief, which is the most common misunderstanding that many laymen have about youth training, as if the youth training is a failure if a few players who can play in the first team are not sent to the first team every year. But in reality, this is the norm for the academy, and the appearance of Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini is a very unlikely thing.
So he began to explain to Barbara from the perspective of the academy, and at the same time he had to avoid saying it too professionally and making Barbara lose patience.
ββ¦β¦ Of course, we all want the academy to provide a steady stream of talent available to the first team, but the reality is that many talented players who have performed well in the youth team often go to the first team and often don't even play. This is not only because the giants do not give young players a chance in the first team, but also because the quality of young players does not meet the requirements of the first team...... Not every player who performs well in the development squad or the youth team will be able to play in the first team, and in fact the situation like Maldini and Baresi is hard to come by......
He kept observing Barbara's expression during the explanation, and saw that she was always smiling and did not have any impatient expression, as if he was really listening carefully to his explanation.
Just as the big stone in Gary's heart was about to hit the ground, the smiling Barbara suddenly said, "Is that so?" I really don't know much about the academy...... So I wonder why a player who has been developed in our academy ends up doing well for other teams. β
Gary thought to himself that the second princess really didn't understand the academy, and this kind of question was asked, and he smiled: "That's right, we often send young players who are talented but can't play in the first team for the time being on loan or in a trade for half of the ownership to other teams for training, and we will continue to monitor their performance." If they do well in other teams, then we can't rule out that we will bring them back in the future, and by then they may have the ability to establish themselves in the first team......
"Oh, is that so?" Barbara smiled with satisfaction, "So, is there a chance that Gao Gao, who has performed well in Sampdoria now, will he also have a chance to come back to our Milan?" β
The smile on Ghalry's face froze.
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The bald head Galliani narrowed his eyes and looked at the somewhat frightened Gary in front of him: "Then how did you answer her?" β
"I ...... I can only tell you the truth, sir. "I told Ms. Barbara that Gao had only played for Wismara and that he no longer had anything to do with AC Milan. She's a board member, and I can't fool her. Then she asked me the reason for Gao and our termination, and I told her that it was the suggestion of the laboratory, but she didn't seem to be satisfied, but asked my husband if you knew about Gao's termination...... I swear to her, sir, you don't know ......"
"Of course I don't know." Galiani said.
"Yes, sir, you are the general manager of the club, how can you be notified of the termination of the contract of the youth team player?" Gary hurriedly added. "After hearing that you didn't know, Ms. Barbara left a little disappointed."
Gary finally got it all done.
Galliani stared at him and said with some puzzlement: "Philip, I also have a question - Barbara is just concerned about the academy, why did you come to me to tell me this?" β
Gary looked up at Galliani in amazement and said in surprise, "Well, I heard that Barbara seems to be a little dissatisfied with you, I thought she would excuse this ......"
"Barbara is upset with me? I was there when she was born, who did you hear say that? Galliani was surprised at first, then serious.
Gary suddenly reacted, and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Then I must have heard it wrong......"
"But I still want to thank you, Philip." Galliani stood up from behind his desk and walked slowly to Gali's side.
Sitting on the sofa, Gary looked up and saw that AC Milan's number one butler had reached out to him, and he quickly stood up and covered his hand, a symbol of friendship and gratitude.
After Galli left the office, Galliani pondered alone behind his desk for a long time, then took out his phone: "Aleido, can you come to my office?" There's something I'd like to talk to you about. β