When Li Mudi said goodbye to his girlfriend at Madrid's Barajas Airport, landed in Turin City for a while, and got into the Maserati SUV that Forcina drove to pick up the airport, Valentino Cairo, the head of the Turin marketing department who came to the same car, informed him of a number of good news in a row, which made the Turin coach, who had already learned the general situation in the FM system, more and more happy.

Glick's transfer deal was fully finalised last night, with €19.5 million without any strings attached, as Torino welcomed back their former captain. In terms of personal benefits, due to the excellent results of the 2017-18 season, the Red Bulls have received a good trend in terms of sponsorship fees and commercial development, and in this case, the club's management have agreed to raise the team's salary target for the new season by a notch from the original plan.

Taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Polish defender not only did not cut his salary in order to return to Turin, as he said before, but got more euros than when he played in France before, which is also a surprise.

It's just that this reinforcement is a deal that has long been part of the Red Bulls program and will definitely be completed, and it will not be the main reason why Li Mudi is so happy. What can make him smile is that the reinforcement of the forward position has finally been realized, and the problem that has plagued the Torino manager for a whole season may have been solved.

Before the afternoon of June 7, Turin FC and European powerhouse Sporting Club issued a statement at the same time that Bruno Fernandes, a 23-year-old attacking midfielder and 23-year-old attacking midfielder who played for the latter in the previous season, returned to Serie A for a transfer fee of 20.5 million euros and became the core of the Red Bulls' frontcourt organization. As soon as this news came out, it attracted the attention of European football, and "Torino Sport" immediately issued a long report to restore the process of this transaction in detail.

Born on September 8, 1994, Bruno Fernandes made his debut in the youth academy of Portuguese Super League side Boavista, but he never received enough attention from his parent club, so the young man who thought he was a young man made the decision that seemed extremely bold at the time when he was not yet 18 years old, joining Italian side Novara, one of Torino's satellite teams.

After a stellar run in Serie B in the latter part of the 2012/13 season (four goals and two assists in 23 appearances), he was spotted by mid-table Serie A side Udinese as part of the Bianconeri just a year later. That season, Fernandes also won the hearts and minds of then-manager Guidolin through hard training and impressive performances as a substitute – no, trust, and was included in Udinese's regular starting line-up from the twelfth round of the league. And this season, the performance of 4 goals and 6 assists in 28 games is already quite a brilliant performance for a foreign player who is less than 20 years old.

In the two years since, Fernández's position at the Stadio Friuli has become more and more secure, and even though the manager has changed from Guidolin to Stramaccioni, then to Colantano and De Canio, he has made no less than 31 Serie A appearances per season during that period. Although the number of goals and assists is a bit lackluster, in addition to the more defensive focus of Italian football, there are also factors that have always put him in the central midfield position, which makes it difficult for him to use his good creativity.

In the 2016/17 season, Sampdoria signed the Portuguese, who had not looked to improve much in recent years, on loan and then buyout, and from the end of October onwards, Fernandes was able to play in a midfield position for the first time. Unfortunately, due to the overall strength of the team and the fact that the run-in with his new teammates was not smooth, he still only came up with a pale figure of 5 goals and 2 assists in 35 games throughout the season, which disappointed the club and fans who originally had high hopes for him.

Last summer, Sampdoria triggered a €5.4 million buyout clause, but the sale of the youngster to Sporting Portugal for $8.72 million earned a small difference. It's just that no one thought at that time that Bruno Fernandez, who had returned to his homeland after five years, would turn into a dragon as described by an ancient saying in the Celestial Empire.

Although the other two giants of the Portuguese Super League, Porto and Benfica, have maintained their strong strength, Sporting have not been able to go further in the league, and only finished third for the second year in a row. The domestic cup competition was also a shock loss to mid-table team Avies in the final, and in the European competition, the Champions League group was eliminated, and the quarter-final defeat to Atletico Madrid after entering the Europa League, and only one Portuguese League Cup with the lowest gold content in the whole season was obtained.

However, Fernandes has shown his quality to the world after returning to his home country, even if he cannot play his favorite role as a midfielder due to the manager's set-up, he has repeatedly played as a central midfielder and even a shadow striker, and he has ushered in a big explosion this season. In 56 appearances in all seasons, he scored 16 goals and provided 20 assists, which is a rare statistic, even if the overall standard of the Portuguese Super League is still a little short of the top five leagues.

Fernandes was named to the Portugal squad for the first time last November with his impressive club performances and quickly established himself in a squad that was part of the Euro 2016 winners. Fernandez was named in the 23-man squad for the World Cup announced last week by veteran coach Fernando Santos, becoming one of only two midfielders in the squad who did not play in the World Series two years ago.

The Portugal boss yesterday announced his starting line-up for tonight's game against Algeria for reasons of examining the quality of his substitutes, with Fernandes picking up the honour of starting for his country for the first time. Coupled with the latest value list released by the authoritative media "Transfer Market", the immediate transfer value of the former star has soared to 27 million euros, saying that he is a popular fried chicken in European football today, and no one should raise an objection.

According to common sense, if other European giants or local tyrants want to take them away this summer, then the cost of around 40 million may be a more reasonable price. However, considering that Manchester United have already made an offer of 60 million euros for Brazilian Fred, who has also not proven himself in the top flight, there seems to be no reason why Sporting Club would not ask buyers to refer to this price, so it is not impossible for a price of more than 50 million to be sold.

This level of investment in reinforcements is obviously not acceptable to the Torino team that has just entered the "well-off", unless Li Mudi agrees to let go of Belotti, otherwise he will never spend such a high price on a non-top star now.

However, just when Fred's arrival at Old Trafford was almost a foregone conclusion, Inter and Roma suddenly joined the race for Pastore, making the Torino team more and more passive, and Li Moody's next target was extremely difficult, a change that would not happen in decades made the Red Bulls see a great opportunity to successfully bring in this new star who still has a lot of potential to be tapped.

At the end of April, Sporting lost 2-0 to the Wanda Metropolitano in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final away at Atletico Madrid. Judging from the overall strength of the two teams, this is a normal result, and the disappointment of the Portuguese powerhouse is understandable, but the club's president, Bruno de Carvalho, made an extremely brainless move after the game: publicly criticizing the performance of the players by name on his personal online social media, which immediately caused an uproar.

In the mouth of the football tycoon, who has been at the helm of Sporting Club since the spring of 2013, a number of players, including the main winger Martins, the full-back Coentrão on loan from Real Madrid, and the old Barcelona player Mathieu, are responsible for the defeat, and the use of language is extremely vulgar and can be called invective.

His approach immediately attracted attention from the outside world, and then 19 players in the team jointly protested to the club, demanding a face-to-face dialogue with the management and an apology from the chairman. Bruno de Carvalho, known as the "Trump of Portugal", not only did not recognize his mistake, but instead came to a more shameless operation, he unilaterally announced an indefinite ban on these players, which completely detonated the entire Portuguese football world.

Although the ban was not really implemented after the emergency consultation and mediation of the Football Association and other relevant people, the chairman who was full of muddy brains has seriously affected the image of the entire club, and the players are even more resentful.

In this way, the huge crisis was hidden under the daily training of the game, until the final round of the league on the evening of May 13, Sporting lost 1-2 away to Maritimo and lost next season's Champions League place by three points.

The next day, when the players gathered at the club's training ground in the afternoon to prepare for a tactical rehearsal for the Portuguese Cup final to be held a week later, at least 50 masked thugs burst into the base with sticks in their hands, broke into the dressing room and beat up the players and coaches who were changing their equipment.

The security personnel reacted at this time and rushed up to stop it, but first, there were not as many gangsters, and secondly, they were blocked outside the locker room, and when the scene was temporarily controlled, there were already many people including coach Jorge Jesus, the team's top scorer Dutchman Dost, and Argentine international Acuña were injured by varying degrees of violence, especially Dost, whose head was cut multiple times, and the blood left behind almost stained the jersey red.

The incident quickly became the hottest topic of concern across the country through the media, and even other European media outlets at the end of the league were expressing some concern. Sporting Club de Portugal issued a no-nonsense official statement that evening, condemning the attack on the players. But it wasn't long before news spread across the country that Bruno de Carvalho was behind the violence.

Although he himself immediately came forward to deny it, Carvalho, whose character had been overdrawn to the extreme, could not convince anyone at all, and was recognized by the people as being involved. Black crime facts.

After learning the truth of the suspected incident, the players spontaneously organized together, and almost all of them signed a request to terminate their contracts with the team, for very good reasons, because they felt that the club could no longer protect the personal safety of the players. At the same time, they have submitted similar documents to the Portuguese Football Federation, hoping to obtain a fair ruling, according to which the Football Federation has up to 30 days to investigate and collect evidence before making a decision.

A week later, Sporting Portugal, with an all-out squad, ended a terrible season when they lost to their opponents in the domestic cup final.

Bruno de Carvalho finally couldn't sit still, and while presenting himself as a framed man in public, he urgently contacted other European giants to allow them to make offers for players such as William Carvalho and Patricio.

Although not as well-known as Porto's black shop, Sporting is also a club that has a knack for nurturing young talent and then selling it for a high price, with the likes of Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Quaresma and Nani all being bought by the giants after showing their exceptional talent.

Take the national team's main midfielder William Carvalho as an example, in the 2013-14 season, when he just established himself in the first team, he was closely focused on top teams such as Manchester United. This time, in order not to lose all the capital, Bruno de Carvalho was obviously ready to make concessions in terms of price, and Li Mudi took the opportunity to pick up the cheap.

When the Torino coach learned of the termination of the Portuguese Sporting player's contract, it was while the marketing department was contacting Shakhtar Donetsk to discuss Fred's transfer intentions, and there was an offer to bring in Bruno Fernandes, a potential free agent, for free, but Li Mudi temporarily rejected the plan because he considered that he would encounter competition from other teams and that the Red Bulls were not decisive compared to other giants.

However, the club's president's decision to sell the players before the termination decision was decided has given Torino the opportunity to negotiate with the players ahead of their opponents who want to be empty-handed, and Valentino Cairo has fulfilled the task.