Tomorrow is the day to report to the team, Gao Zheng sent a text message to ask Alberto Massie if he would like to go to the training base with him tomorrow.

As a result, instead of replying to his text message, Marcy called.

"Big Demon King, have you entered the training squad of the first team?" On the phone, Alberto Marcy asked Gao Zheng this question.

"I'm in."

"That's great!" Marcy said excitedly on the other end of the phone, "I knew it, I knew you were going to go to the first team!" ”

'Next season we can play together in the first team, Alberto.' Gao Zheng was infected by Marcy's excitement and said happily.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Great Demon King. I didn't make the squad for the first team's training camp......"

"Huh?" Gao Zheng was a little surprised, he felt that Marcy's performance was also very good, and Sampdoria was able to win the championship in the end, which was inseparable from the excellent performance of the backline.

However, he didn't know what the first-team coaching staff was thinking, so he couldn't just guess.

He remembered that Marcy seemed to be born in 1992, a year younger than himself, and that he was too old to remain in the reserves, but Marcy could play in the reserves for another season, so he comforted: "Ah...... Then keep working hard in the reserves, Alberto, I'm waiting for you in the first team......"

"But I don't want to stay in the reserves." Marcy sighed.

"Why?"

"I want to go out and work out, like I did when I went to Lavagnis."

Alberto Masi spent the 2009-2010 season on loan at Ravagnes to play in the second division.

He only returned to the club last season and was transferred to the development squad.

He definitely wants to repeat this operation, go to a first-team team that is not at a high level, but can play games, and temper himself and improve himself in official competitions.

Then return to Sampdoria to fulfill your dreams.

"Then I wish you the best of luck, Alberto." Facing Marcy, who had already made a decision, Gao Zheng had nothing to say.

"Thank you, Great Demon King, I'll cheer you on too!"

After hanging up the phone, Gao Zheng was a little depressed.

In his opinion, Marcy has actually performed very well in the reserves. After the team is relegated to the second division, there will definitely be a lot of original players leaving, this is the time to employ people, if their echelon can produce excellent players, why not give these young people some opportunities?

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On the day of the report, Gao Zheng jogged up the mountainside alone and entered the Mugnaini training base, and he saw Mauro Icardi at a glance.

"Are Barcelona loaning you to Sampdoria for two seasons?" He asked curiously.

Gao Zheng's words made Icardi want to roll his eyes: "I'm here!" ”

Because of last season's outstanding performance, Sampdoria FC was in talks with Barcelona FC about Icardi's buyout before the season was over.

Because Icardi's style of football is really incompatible with Barcelona, even if Icardi has performed well in the Sampdoria reserve team, Barcelona have no intention of keeping him. Coupled with Icardi's own strong desire to go to Sampdoria, Barcelona are not too embarrassed by this kind of young player they don't look down on.

It was easy to negotiate the terms of the transfer with Sampdoria.

At the end of last season, Icardi had already signed his name on a personal contract offered by Sampdoria FC.

"Oh, that's great news."

"You're already in the first team, aren't you?" Icardi stared at Gao Zheng and asked.

"yes."

A smile slowly appeared on Icardi's face: "I've been moved to the first team as well. ”

Gao Zheng shrugged, he was not surprised.

Marcy was not transferred to the first team, and perhaps for some reason he didn't know. But if Icardi doesn't make it to the first team, the new Sampdoria first team manager must have water in his head.

'Okay, let's cheer together in the first team.'

"I'll beat you!" Icardi is scrappy.

Seeing Icardi, who was still in the second place, Gao Zheng smiled, Marcy was not able to enter the first-team training list. And he has left the reserves, and in Icardi, he can still feel the feeling of everyone fighting together in the reserves.

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Gao Zheng and Icardi were greeted by first-team captain Angelo Palombo.

He smiled brightly at the two young men who had grown up from the echelon: "I heard about the good things you did in the reserves. That was our only consolation last season. ”

"Thank you, Captain, for the compliment." Gao Zheng scratched his head and said.

'Even though the team is relegated, but with two talented youngsters at the same time, I don't think we will stay in the second division for long. Palombo patted Gao Zheng and Icardi on the shoulder, "Let's go, I'll take you to meet new teammates, everyone gets along very well." ”

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The first-team dressing room is a bit more spacious and well-equipped than the reserve team's dressing room, but it's not luxurious.

Still, it's something that almost every reserve player dreams of.

"The people haven't come yet, and the people who haven't come will be introduced to you when they come, so let's introduce them first." Palombo said to Gao Zheng and Icardi.

Naturally, the two of them had no opinion at all.

Palombo took the two of them and introduced them to the players in the locker room one by one, and some of the players who were introduced would respond to Gao Zheng and Icardi very enthusiastically, while others were more indifferent, nodding their heads to say hello.

After the introduction, Palombo naturally wanted to assign a locker in the locker room to Gao Zheng and Icardi.

"Sorry, the team has changed a lot of personnel right now, uh, it's a bit of a mess......" Palombo looked around the locker room and then stopped in front of a locker cabinet, "Marius has already moved to Lazio, well, you use his cabinet, right?" ”

"I'll do it all, no problem, Captain."

After speaking, Gao Zheng saw Palombo reach out and tear off the name tag of "Marius Stankovicius" on the cabinet.

Palombo then looked around and saw that next to Stefano Luchini's cabinet was next to it, so he said, "I remember Lukini went to Atlanta, right next to each other, and you two can get together." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and tore Lukini's name off the top of the cabinet.

"Alright, let's use these two cabinets for the two of you. Hopefully you can stay in the first team, the team needs fresh blood like you now. If there's anything you can find me, if I'm not there, you can also come to Daniel, who is also the captain. ”

Daniel Gastadero waved his hand to Gao Zheng and Icardi: "That's right, you can also find me." ”

Instead of returning to his place, Palombo began to walk around the locker room, pausing in front of each cabinet to think for a while. He would then either shake his head and walk away, or he would tear up the names from the cabinet - those were all teammates who had already decided to leave.

Gao Zheng did not rush to change his clothes, but sat in front of his cabinet and stared intently at the figure of the captain.

After the team's relegation last season, he heard from the fat boss Borata that the captain went around the stadium to bow and apologize to the Sampdoria fans after the team lost the game against Palermo and the relegation was confirmed, and he was the only one in the Sampdoria team to do so.

This summer, there have been rumours of a lot of people in the team leaving. After the relegation of the team, it is forgivable for those who want to leave, after all, people have to think about their own wallets, for the qualification of the national team, and it is of course better to go to a team that can catch up with the top league than to stay in Sampdoria and play in the second division.

But Palombo has repeatedly stressed that he will not go, he will stay.

That's what he said, and that's what he did.

After the relegation was confirmed, Sampdoria's players were the most popular in the transfer market were young Andrea Poli and captain Palombo.

If he wants to leave, the Serie A giants are willing to fill out a checkbook for him.

But he didn't leave, he chose to stay, even if he took a pay cut for this, made a lot less money, and maybe even lost his place in the national team completely.

This is a captain who loves his team deeply.

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PS, as I expected, France beat Belgium to take the lead in the final.

I'm more optimistic about England today.

Croatia played two penalty shoot-outs in a row, and a number of players were injured in the match against the hosts.

It's really hard to pose any more threat to England, which is waiting for leisure.

After all, this is not writing a YY novel, and I desperately paved the way before and finally made a big reversal.

I think England will beat Croatia by a single goal and meet France in the final, and then continue the Hundred Years' War feud between England and France.