Chapter 223: Chaotic Inter Milan
After the press conference, Ricardo rested for a day before arriving at Brunico the next day by car (Farah had already found a temporary driver for him), where Inter's summer training camp was scheduled.
The closer he got, the more nervous Ricardo became.
It's finally here. Finally came to Ronaldo. There are new challenges and many new difficulties to overcome.
But he was fearless.
Can play next to Ronaldo...... What a blessing.
Brunico Training Base.
A young staff member greeted him with a flattering smile: "Ricardo? Please come with me and I'll take you to the locker room. β
"Thanks, what's your name?" Ricardo laughed.
"Mandy, my name is Mandy," the staff member looked flattered, "can you sign me later?" β
Ricardo laughed and said, "I didn't think my fame had reached Europe. β
Under the amiable attitude of Ricardo, Mandy's nervousness decreased, and he said eloquently: "After knowing that you are going to join, I went to find some information about you, and then I understand how great you are, you won the Confederations Cup Golden Boot and the Copa Libertadores Golden Boot at the age of 17, and the Copa America Golden Boot at the age of 18, God, you must be a top star like your brother." β
"I'm sorry for you." Ricardo smiled. He is also a mortal, and of course he likes to listen to good words.
Arriving at the locker room door, he signed Mandy's name and strolled into the locker room.
There were already two people in the dressing room, both known to Ricardo, Materazzi and captain Zanetti.
He greeted familiarly: "Marko, captain, good morning." β
"Our little genius is here!" Materazzi laughed.
His voice didn't seem yin and yang, so Ricardo judged that he was really praising himself, so he smiled kindly, "Marco, come on, with my brother here, who else dares to claim to be a genius." β
"No, you can, you're as good as Ronnie, and both of you brothers are geniuses that only come out of a generation." Materazzi was full of praise.
"Alright, Marco, he's still young, don't brag too much," Captain Zanetti laughed, "Licardo, come here, your cabinet is here." β
Zanetti led Ricardo to an empty cabinet with no signs on it.
"We're just training here temporarily, so there's no sign on the wardrobe, so you can put something on it yourself."
"Thank you, Captain."
"You can call me Javier, Licardo, don't be so inhibited." Zanetti laughed.
"Okay, Javier, please take care of me in the future."
Zanetti gave him an admiring look: "Well done, lad, you are the most talented young man I have ever met, and I wish you great success at Inter Milan." Come to my house tonight, I'm going to hold a welcome party, remember to bring a female companion, my party will never look for women. β
This time it was Ricardo's turn to be flattered, not every player came to the team to enjoy the captain's personal welcome party, he guessed it was for Ronaldo's sake. "Okay, Javier, thank you."
After changing his clothes, Ricardo did not rush to leave the locker room to go to training, today was his first day of training, and he had to say hello to his teammates first.
The rest of the players arrived one after another, and under Zanetti's introduction, most of them chatted with Ricardo, after all, Ricardo's brother is the biggest boss in the team, and no one wants to offend him.
There are also a few players who have not yet learned Italian, but they can either speak English, Spanish or Portuguese, and they still have no problem communicating.
Inter Milan's recruitment is in full swing this season, with only four deals finalised so far: the transfer of Ricciardo, the loan of Veron from Chelsea, the arrival of Burdisso from Boca Juniors, and the exchange of Cannavaro and Carini.
Cannavaro for 10 million euros in exchange for goalkeeper Carini from Juventus, an unknown player. No one can figure out why Inter Milan made such an obviously loss-making deal, some people say that it is for accounting, and I don't know if it is true or not.
Cannavaro made a second move to Juventus, winning back-to-back titles and becoming the only defensive player to win the Ballon d'Or in recent years in 2006.
The deal was also nailed to the pillar of shame, and was criticized and ridiculed by fans, football critics and others for decades, and was soon brought out to re-talk, and was named the first of the "10 worst transfers in the history of Inter Milan".
Inter Milan has indeed made a lot of stupid transactions over the years, such as trading Seedorf for Koko from AC Milan, and Koko didn't play a few games at Inter Milan, but Seedorf helped AC Milan win multiple titles; For example, Pirlo's low price of 1.7 million euros was given to AC Milan; For example, the sky-high price to buy parallel goods Farinos......
As for Bergkamp, Carlos, and Summer, it's even more poignant.
Bergkamp became the new king of the Gunners, Carlos became the world's No. 1 left-back at Real Madrid, and Summerr won the Ballon d'Or and the Champions League when he arrived at Borussia Dortmund......
It's no wonder that Inter Milan is known as the "black hole of stars". Famous stars can't beat their prices here, but they can rise quickly after leaving on low-cost transfers.
Ricardo doesn't want his own transfer to be described as a "disappointing signing" in the future, so he will have to train harder to establish himself at Inter Milan as soon as possible.
In addition, Ricardo also met several players who are rumored to be leaving. Almeida, Caron, Ventola, Helvig, etc.
CuarΓ³n and Ventola didn't have a good look at Ricardo, and it was the addition of Ricardo that accelerated their departure, and the team didn't need eight strikers anyway, and their dismal departure was a foregone conclusion.
When the personnel were almost there, Ronaldo was late. According to the media, Ronaldo has become more and more arrogant in the past two years, his private life is chaotic, and his form has dropped sharply, so in the past two years, Inter Milan has been empty of the big four and has not won any important championships.
In fact, Ronaldo can't be blamed for not winning the championship, after all, AC Milan, Juventus, and Roma have all been strong in recent years, and they are better than Inter Milan in all positions except the striker.
And Inter Milan are in disarray, and manager Argentine Cooper has also proved to be not a good fit for the team. So halfway through last season, Cooper left the team in disgrace, and Moratti also resigned as chairman and was replaced by Facchetti.
Li Cardo felt that although Ronaldo's training attitude was not good and his private life was indeed chaotic, he was not in a bad state on the pitch, but he was dragged down by the general environment, and other players at Inter Milan did not give him enough support, always letting him play alone in the front court.
Watching the live broadcast of Inter Milan's games, you will often see the midfielders looking for Ronaldo after a steal, and then Ronaldo dribbles the ball left and right, using speed and technology to tear apart the opponent's defense, and finally shoots or passes the ball to a better teammate.
The current Inter Milan lacks creative midfielders, the offensive organization is chaotic, and Ronaldo can't change the situation by himself every game, no matter how godly he is.
Of course, the arrival of Veron's loan transfer should make things better.