Chapter 212: The diligent Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo has a sense of freshness about Trapani, but the third signing is not new here, and this person is Trapani's old man, Simeone. Pepe, Simeone. Pepe played for Palermo last season and half of his ownership belongs to Trapani.
Pepe had a difficult time in Palermo, he was never trusted by the Palermo manager, he played less minutes, his progress was slow, and his agent wanted him to return to Trapani this summer, and they were not optimistic about staying in Palermo.
Selly is willing for this deal to happen, because Pepe is no stranger to Trapani, does not need to adapt to time, plug and play, the key is that the price must not be expensive, it may be around hundreds of thousands of euros.
Don't look at Hugo and Zamparini fighting in the media, but the business still has to be done, Selli proposed two plans to Palermo, one is to buy back Simeone. Pepe's other half of ownership, and the other is that everyone opens the envelope a year in advance.
Palermo was certainly reluctant to open the envelope a year in advance, which was not good for them, first of all Simeone. Pepe they don't want, they naturally can't go to a high price, and secondly, according to their understanding Simeone. Pepe is also not a necessity, and Trapani is unlikely to offer a high price, and it is highly likely that the price of opening the envelope will be lower than the price negotiated directly.
So they chose Trapani to negotiate, and everyone reached an agreement with each other, and Trapani spent 200,000 euros to buy Simeone back. Half of Pepe's ownership, compared to the price at which it was sold, Trapani also made a profit, Palermo is not a loss, and the price is good after negotiation, Simeone. Pepe has depreciated a lot in a year's time.
In addition to these three players, Trapani also negotiated with Torino and spent 600,000 euros to buy Barzaretti, who was loaned here last season, Barzaretti actually didn't have many opportunities to play last season, Zeman used Evra as a full-back, squeezing Barzaretti, who was originally a fullback, out of position, but the head coach is the head coach, and the team's top management is the team's top management, Sailly believes that Evra can't compare with Barzaretti on the defensive end, and the team should keep him.
Under the persuasion of Cerly, Barzaretti stayed, and in the past two days, they are negotiating a loan agreement, Cerly intends to loan Barzaretti out for training, Guingamp, Palermo, Messina are one of the options, and they have expressed interest in Barzaretti's loan.
There are just a few new players who arrived before the start of the new season, and the follow-up Selli is still working hard, Trapani not only let go of Drogba this summer, but also loaned the youngster Diamanti to Messina, Sicily.
Since the war with Gauci and Zamparini, the relationship between Hugo and Franza, the owner of Messina, began to heat up sharply, both of them are local merchants in Sicily, and it is normal to see outsiders coming to Sicily, and these two big mouths are not as rich as Hugo, but their mouths are so big, Hugo sometimes wants to smoke the mouths of those two shameless old guys.
It was in this context that Diamanti was loaned to Messina, both to develop and increase Messina's strength, Franza was not as far as Hugo's plan, his main focus was not football in his business, and he took over Messina only because Messina was his hometown.
"Mr. Zeman, what do you think of Cristiano?!" Hugo asked, standing next to Zeman.
The Ronaldo that Hugo knows is from the later generations, and he should be a very powerful existence, otherwise how could he become the star that Hugo hears the most with Messi, but now that Ronaldo is young, Hugo wants to ask Zeman's opinion of the master.
"I heard that this kid was signed by you two years ago, and I wondered, why?! Why did you choose him?! Zeman asked rhetorically.
Naturally, Hugo repeats the lies he had prepared, "When he was young, I was impressed by him, and I believed that he would become one of the best stars in the world, and this is why I am willing to pay millions of dollars for him, I trust my instincts!" ”
"You have such a hunch! Gigi, I'm very happy to have Cristiano, he has a lot of potential, there are still some weaknesses but they can be improved, he has great speed, he dribbles, that's important! Zeman said happily.
Looking at Zeman's expression, Hugo knew that a genius was still a genius, he didn't become a fool, Ronaldo was still that Ronaldo, that's fine, he was afraid that his money would be wasted.
When the morning training was over, everyone left, but Ronaldo continued to practice on the training ground!
"Hey, hey, hey! Cristiano, come here! Hugo shouted loudly from the side of the pitch.
Ronaldo heard Hugo's call and ran over, "You look for me, Mr. Colani!" ”
"Don't call me Mr. Colenny! I'm not much bigger, am I?! Hugo smiled and said, "You can call me Gigi or Hugo!" ”
"Hugo!" Ronaldo screamed happily.
"That's fine, I don't want to have too cold relations with you, I'm colleagues with you, you work for this team, I work for this team, but you play football and I don't play football, it's as simple as that! I hope we can keep the conversation a little more relaxed! Hugo laughed again.
"I just wanted to ask how you've been doing in the last few days?! Adapt here now?! You speak great Italian! Hugo asked and praised Ronaldo's Italian language, which he had been learning since he was bought by Trapani, and now he can speak it well.
The language barrier is the biggest problem, but fortunately, Ronaldo himself already knows some, and there are still four Portuguese-speaking players in the team: Pepe, Bosingwa, and Meireles, so Ronaldo will not be too difficult here.
"It's okay! I think it's better here than Madeira! Ronaldo commented embarrassedly.
"Needless to say! Cristiano, this will become a livable city in the world, you see we have the ocean, the beach, and the beautiful scenery, there is no more comfortable place than here! By the way, I would also tell you that it will be a wonderful thing to play here in the future! I have already acquired a piece of land and will build a sea stadium with a capacity of about 50,000 people, which will have state-of-the-art facilities and will be the best football stadium in the world! Hugo said proudly.
"It's true that we can't compete with the teams here, they have titles, but I want to say what we are doing is to write the glorious history of Trapani, starting with me, this is a new beginning for Trapani!" Hugo said heroically.
Ronaldo is listening carefully, and Hugo once again revealed an ambition in front of him, but Ronaldo still doesn't know when such a wish will be realized?! Hugo never said his own timeline.
"Hehe, I'm sorry, the topic is far away! I mean Trapani is a great city and Trapani is a great team! I'm sure you're here not only now, but also in the future! Hugo laughed.
"Do you want to know what Mr. Zeman thinks of you?!" Hugo smiled mysteriously and asked.
Ronaldo is not two years ago, two years ago he was also unknown, no level, not famous, but now he has been widely regarded as a genius in Portugal, Ronaldo is used to praise, from Hugo's expression he knows that it must be praise.
Ronaldo nodded cooperatively.
"Mr. Zeman has a very high opinion of you! He thinks you have a great future! Hugo smiled and said, "You made a great impression on him!" ”
"But I'm very satisfied to see that you're still practicing after training, and the Portuguese media have praised you a lot in the past two years, and I'm glad you didn't get lost in these compliments! If you want to become a talent, you don't just have talent, it also requires your acquired efforts! Hugo admonished.
Perhaps because he felt that his pretending tone became more and more severe, Hugo smiled again: "But you are still young, you still have to pay attention to your body, you have injured yourself, and you don't even have a chance to play, how can you improve?!" ”
"I see, Hugo! Don't worry, I'm going to be the best player in the world! Ronaldo replied confidently.
"Good ambition, you need this domineering! Young people don't look ahead, to be honest, I was also because I dared to fight, so you don't have to be afraid of anything, go forward bravely, you will definitely get good results! Hugo continued to encourage.
The meeting with Ronaldo was still very pleasant, chatted a few words, Hugo originally thought that Ronaldo was going to go with him, but he didn't expect Ronaldo to tell him that his task today has not been completed, and he has to work overtime on the training ground.
It seems that the success of Ronaldo in later generations is not without reason, look, it is not easy to learn self-discipline at such a young age!
You must know that many players can't keep exercising and studying, they have been squandering their talents, there are so many temptations in the world, and even idle boredom is much better than boring training, so it can be seen that after becoming a professional player, it is not necessarily so wonderful.
Ronaldo is here, and the other Hugo is looking forward to Messi, but Messi needs to apply for citizenship, and many things are troublesome, but even if he comes, Hugo plans to arrange him in the academy, and will not let him play in the first team, his age is too young, but Trapani is no longer like more than a year ago, and needs to be strong in the youth team.