"Understandable," said Ricardo with a smile, "I've only played 14 professional games, and people are worried about whether I'm going to be a flash in the pan." Even if you're curious about me, you'll put up with it first. At least until the end of the season before it is possible to increase coverage of me. Moreover, this can also let public opinion on the Internet ferment first, which is not a bad thing. ”

"I think so too," Yang Fan secretly admired, this child has maturity and vision that is not commensurate with his age, "Then I will report now what I have done and how much it will cost......

The current pre-publicity expenses are actually not much, mainly to invite some water armies on the Internet to guide public opinion, emphasize more about Li Cardo's half Chinese ancestry, handsome appearance, and poor background, and make up some inspirational jokes, so that domestic fans have a good impression of Li Cardo.

The money was provided by Ricardo, who received a signing fee of 500,000 reais, from which he drew 50,000 reais, or almost $20,000, for Yang Fan to operate.

In the short term, there is no benefit to be seen from this money, but as long as public opinion ferments and Li Cardo's influence in China increases, he can earn back a hundredfold and a thousand times by just taking a few advertisements.

However, the premise is that Ricardo can continue his performances on the field. A football star has to speak with football after all.

After the report, seeing that Yang Fan was a little speechless, Li Cardo asked curiously: "Is there anything else that is inconvenient to say?" ”

Yang Fan smiled bitterly: "It's not inconvenient to say. I didn't ask for your consent for this matter, and there was no good result, so it didn't affect you, so I thought about whether to mention it to you. ”

"Say it."

"That's right, this time when I returned to China, I went to the Football Association, found several main leaders, and invited them to dinner," Yang Fan said slowly, "During the meal, I mentioned your matter." ”

"What do you want me to do?" Ricardoch said.

Yang Fan said calmly: "I just want to ask, in a situation like yours, can they help apply for Chinese nationality." The 04 Olympics is coming soon, and if you can join the Chinese nationality and represent the Chinese Olympic Games, you will definitely be able to lead this team to achieve more ideal results. ”

Li Cardo shook his head and smiled: "You think too much, no one can lead the current Chinese team." ”

"If it's you, it's definitely possible!" Yang Fan seems to have become a fan of Ricardo, "You can definitely bring something different to this national Olympic team." ”

"Don't talk about this," Licardo still shook his head, "what did the other party say after you mentioned it?" ”

Yang Fan's face was full of bitter smiles, and deep wrinkles appeared on his forehead, "A few people have made an official statement with me, saying that there is no such precedent before, China has never naturalized players, and it does not plan to start this for the time being." It is said that China has a vast land and abundant resources, and there is no shortage of geniuses, so there is no need to introduce them from outside. If you want to become a Chinese citizen, you must invoke the regulations of the Nationality Law, live in China for more than 8 years, or invest in China for more than 3 years, or return to China to participate in the A-League, achieve good results, promote the development of Chinese football, and contribute to the development of China's football industry......"

That is, denied...... Ricardo waved his hand and said, "Okay, no need to say it." In other words, it is impossible for me to have the opportunity to become a Chinese citizen and represent the Chinese team in the short term. ”

Yang Fan shook his head: "Frankly, it's impossible." ”

"I wasn't expecting that," said Ricardo with a laugh, "Scolari might call me up soon." It's not better to play for Brazil, at least hopefully to fight for the World Cup. ”

"It's also true that for a footballer, the World Cup is the biggest dream." Yang Fan smiled.

"Definitely. Who plays football does not dream of a World Cup. Despite saying this, Ricardo still had a deep regret in his heart.

On the one hand, he would love to join Ronaldo in the fight for the highest honour in world football. On the other hand, he doesn't really have much sense of belonging to Brazil, and if he wants to fight for his country, he would prefer to represent China.

If Brazil does not call him up and China does call him up, he will hesitate and may even choose China. But the reality is that China is unlikely to call him up, but Brazil is likely to call him up in the next year or two.

Didn't give him a chance to choose and hesitate. The Chinese Football Association has simply rejected him.

"That's it," Ricardo said calmly, "let's talk about it, don't get into the media." ”

"I know," Yang Fan nodded, "If the media report on this, the Football Association thinks that we are putting pressure on them, and it is likely to make a decision to ban you, so that the sports media across the country are not allowed to report your news." That's more than worth the cost. ”

Then concentrate on preparing for Brazil. I wonder if there will be a chance to participate in next year's Confederations Cup? If not, there should be a chance in the America's Cup the year after then.

Sending Yang Fan away, Rico drove his newly bought dilapidated used car and went to the training base with Ricardo.

The team began to prepare for the away game against Santos.

Santos currently sit in the standings in a modest position, just 6th. They have been led by newcomers this season and have set off a wave of youth at the national championships, with Robinho, Elano, Willian and Diego all under 21 years old. Among them, Robinho is only 18 years old, and Diego is only 17 years old. Their reputation in Brazilian football today is no worse than that of Ricardo.

Young players are full of momentum, but the downside is inconsistency, they can beat the likes of Flamengo and Corinthians by big scores, or they can lose to weak teams like Gama and the Portuguese for some reason. And their home record is very good, unbeaten at home so far this season, but the away record is poor.

It is conceivable that when facing Sao Paulo at home, they are likely to play at a high level and create great difficulties for Sao Paulo.

Santos is a team with a great history, the football king Pele played here, and in 20 years, he was unbeatable, scoring 1,091 goals for Santos, winning 9 São Paulo state championships, 6 national championships, and 2 Copa Libertadores.

But since Pele's departure, Santos has never won the accolade.

In Ricardo's memory, in the original time and space, it was in this season that Santos showed the appearance of a dark horse, participated in the playoffs with the ranking of the crane tail, and finally defeated Corinthians to win the championship, carrying out the youth storm to the end, which became a good story in Brazilian football.