Chapter 181: Mendez Meets
"That's how the ball is kicked!" As soon as the game was over, Galliani went to visit his players, and Hugo couldn't wait to go to the home team's dressing room, and after celebrating with everyone, Hugo praised his team.
"We shouldn't be like a woman against even the top teams in Milan, you see you guys were playing on the pitch in the first half! We are Trapani, last season I remember we had bad times, but there was no reason to surrender again! Again, I'm not afraid that you will lose, I am afraid that you will not have the fighting spirit! I don't want to see that in the first half! "Hugo is a wake-up call for the team.
"It's nothing to win Milan, after going to Serie A, we have to play against other giants in Italy, I hope to see your attitude in the second half today, remember that on the pitch, everyone is the enemy, either you die or I live!" Hugo admonished.
"But today was a great victory, and you earned face! Everyone has worked hard to prepare for the war during this time, and we will go to the party together in the evening! Hugo smiled at the end.
He's not going to go, he's going to have dinner with Galliani, but the team has Giorgio and Morek and they can take the players with them.
The players were thunderous with joy, this time was really tiring enough, Mazzalhi's coaching staff arranged a lot of training in the summer, two practices a day, very hard, everyone has been looking forward to having a good time.
The next day after sending off Milan, Trapani regained its tranquility, Trapani's team had a high atmosphere of training and preparation, and the victory over Milan seemed to make everyone fill up with gas, Hugo looked at this situation and said to Morek: "No wonder those weak teams play strong teams like chickens!" It turns out that there is such a function! ”
"You just know?!" Morek laughed, "Playing a strong team can boost the team's confidence and morale, and we should probably schedule more games like this!" ”
"It's not that hard! Although our training base has only been built for two years, you don't find that Milan is still very satisfied with Trapani, of course, including our training base, and the old guy Galliani finally knows that Trapani is not a small team anymore! Hugo smiled, "Next year, we can also invite other teams to come here for training, give us the opportunity to play against strong teams, I know little Moggie, I think he can help me to let Juventus come!" ”
"Other teams are also invited, I don't need money for them to train here, they just need to pay for their own travel expenses! The only condition is that they play a friendly match against us! It's really good for the team to play like this! Hugo continued.
"You're so generous!" Morek sneered.
"I'm afraid that if I ask for money, people may not be willing to come! Anyway, to be honest, we didn't pay anything, the venue is there, don't you say?! Hugo didn't care.
It's mid-August, Jorge. Mendes came to Trapani, and he came to negotiate with Trapani about Mereles' contract, who was previously on a youth contract, and now that he is 18 years old and has established himself in the team, it is only natural that he needs to be offered a new contract.
Mendes came to Trapani in June, when he took Pepe on a trip, and he blew Pepe into the sky at that time, saying that this is a good seedling, tall, vicious-looking, domineering in defense, Pepe is really good in the training ground, who knows that he played in the game, and the friendly match with Milan almost didn't make Hugo vomit blood.
"Jorge, you know what?! Which what?! Which Pepe, he kicked like shit! He played a friendly against Milan some time ago and he was terrible! Can I return it?! Hugo said to Mendes with a big grin.
"Gigi, I can't return it here!" Mendes laughed when he saw Hugo, and then said seriously: "Gigi, you have to give him a little time!" He hasn't played in Europe before, so it's going to take a little bit of time to get used to it, you have to trust my vision, I think he's going to be a great player! ”
"Believe your words, I will give him two years, this is long enough, if there is no progress, I have to sell him, don't blame me for not giving you face!" Hugo said, "By the way, you promised me that you were willing to purchase some of your young talents to come here, you look at me now, isn't it very good, none of your people came!" ”
Hugo's words have a faint meaning of questioning, Mendes is a little embarrassed, everyone did say it well, but now there have been major changes in Portugal's brokerage circle, there is a matter of Figo, Vega's status is weakening, Mendes is particularly good at dealing with the club, and now he has contacts with the giants in Portugal, and the relationship is also good, for the youth training he obviously believes in the Portuguese top three rather than Trapani, you must know that Hugo himself is willing to leave Ronaldo in Sporting Lisbon, which is enough to explain the problem.
Mendes thinks differently now than before, he doesn't want his players to be ruined, not everyone can be like Bosingwa and Merreles, they came here and became the main team, at that time Trapani had few players, and now Mendes also knows that Trapani has been promoted, the team's league level is rising, the team is also upgrading, and they are all young people, and the team is facing fierce competition.
Bolshingwa has told Mendes about his concerns for the new season, and Trapani has brought in Maggio, who is also an attacking and defensive defender, and he is also Italian, and he will face a strong challenge from this opponent in the new season.
It would be great if he could let his players mix in Trapani's first team, but if he did send them to Trapani's academy, Mendes felt that it would be better to be in Portugal, and it would be better to send his players to the academy of the Portuguese Super League than here.
"I'm trying, Gigi, and you know not everyone is as willing ......to go abroad as Bosingwa and Merelles," Mendes explained carefully.
"Okay, fuck, you're a fool or something! Jorge, we're friends! If you have anything to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush like this! At the beginning, I said well, you get me here, I am responsible for training, and everyone makes money together! Hehe, now you don't trust us here! Hugo immediately made a face-turn.
"Gigi, you heard about me! In the past, I wanted to do this, but if you look at it now, there are so many people in your first team, I sent them over, can they grow into the main force?! Will they get a chance here?! The friendship between the two of us is unbreakable, but I'm an agent and I have to think about the players, I can't choose a difficult path for them, right?! If you talk about your Academy, what's the point of doing that?! "Jorge. Mendes shouted at the heavens.
The main reason why he was able to recruit a lot of players quickly was that he was willing to think about the players, rather than simply looking out for his own interests, and he was much stronger than Vig, who was said to have sold Figo by a private agreement between Vega and Florentino.
Hugo was silent for a moment, agreeing with Mendes's explanation, that he was an agent and that his position was not the same, and it was normal to have such considerations.
The two talked for a while, Hugo called Sailly and Giorgio over, Sailly is generally responsible for transfer negotiations, and Giorgio is now mainly responsible for the signing and changing of the player's contract, Hugo listens most of the time, occasionally interjecting and saying a few words.
The two sides have a tacit understanding on the renewal of Mereles's contract, Hugo is extremely generous in terms of salary, which Mendes knows very well, and vaguely he also knows that Hugo's approach is very attractive to free agents, Trapani's goal in these two seasons is to spend a huge amount of money to bring in those young players who blow the sky, but to use such a salary advantage to attract those "missing pearls", well, whether it is a pearl is to be verified.
But Hugo's approach is indeed correct in comparison, just as he said to Hernandez, if one of the ten you send is successful, we are successful, and it is very cost-effective.
Mendes will not be obsessed with salary, and the two sides quickly agreed, Meireles is the main player and there are no restrictions on playing, and there are basically no special terms in the contract.
"Jorge, Meireles has done well in the team and I'm very happy you sent him here! I have good news for you! After everyone discussed it, they started chatting again, and Hugo said to Mendes mysteriously.
"Good news?!" Mendez was a little curious.
"Some time ago you knew we played a friendly match with Milan and Galliani took a fancy to Mereles, do you think that's good news?!" Hugo said proudly.
"It's true?!" Mendes couldn't believe it.
"I'm sitting with that old guy from Galliani, and what he said to me is not fake!" Hugo laughed.
"No, no, I didn't mean that! Sorry, I mean the news came too suddenly! Mendes knew that his reaction was a little too sorry for Hugo, and quickly apologized.
'Jorge, my team is different from other teams, Sailly has done a great job with your support, we have a lot of young people and I can't say they all have a bright future, but we are a good platform here. Mereles will be in the team this season, but if we have a suitable replacement next season, I don't mind, you let him go, and of course it would be great if Milan were interested in him at that time! Hugo said with a smile.