Playing the Perfect Continent Cup, it's almost time for Real Madrid's summer training camp to begin.

However, Ricardo, Kaka and Baptista took another two weeks off from the team to postpone their summer training camp.

Now the team is in chaos, Capello announced his resignation at the end of June, ostensibly voluntarily, but in fact it was Galeries Lafayette who put pressure on him.

Galeries Lafayette is looking for a new manager, which is expected to be in place by August.

The team's recruitment work is proceeding slowly, and the pace of recruitment can only be accelerated according to some of the new manager's requirements after the arrival of the new manager.

So far, Real Madrid have signed just one player, buying Dutch midfielder Sneijder from Ajax for 27 million euros.

Instead, several players have gone, such as Xavi. Garcia has run away, Beckham has gone to Los Angeles, and Robert has gone to Los Angeles. Carlos has already joined Fenerbahce on a free transfer.

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Baptista and Kaka each took their wives to the beach for a holiday, while Ricardo returned to Brazil to continue the process of acquiring the club.

The team he selected was Botafogo, a traditional giant of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the four major clubs in Rio de Janeiro and is ranked 12th among the most famous FIFA football clubs of the twentieth century.

Although it has a long history and a brilliant record, having produced famous players such as Garrincha, Zagallo, Alberto, Gerson, and Jairzinho, Botafogo's recent form has not been good.

They were relegated to the second division in '02 and returned to the first division in '04, winning the national championship twice and the state of Rio 18 times in their history.

Ricardo's purchase of Botafogo was certainly well thought out.

Botafogo's recent record is not good, and his financial situation is relatively poor, and the price of buying is relatively cheap; Botafogo has a fan base, a good youth system and training facilities that are enough to make his vision a reality.

In the end, he bought a 90% stake in Botafogo for $39 million and took on more than $60 million in debt.

Then it's time to do it in a big way. More than 20 young players aged 14-18 selected from the Chinese draft will be sent to Botafogo for training.

The draft will continue, and his soccer school in China will continue to send a steady stream of outstanding students.

Li Cardo knows very well that his actions will not help the rise of Chinese football. The rise of football needs the power of the state to promote.

But being able to cultivate a group of excellent players and help Chinese football temporarily improve its performance can be regarded as a dedication.

In this life, he can only play for the Brazilian national team, so he can only use this method to help his homeland.

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When Ricardo returned to Madrid from leave at the end of July, Real Madrid's trusted manager had arrived.

The choice came as a surprise to many, but it was also reasonable – Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini has signed a five-year contract with the team to lead Real Madrid into the new season.

But how long he will stay in this position is still unknown.

After Manuel Pellegrini took over, the team's recruitment work began to be in full swing.

Arjen Robben joins from Chelsea for €36 million, Heinze joins from Manchester United for €12.5 million, Drenthe joins from Feyenoord for €14 million and Pepe joins from Porto for €30 million.

And Metzelde, Dudek and Saviola have also joined on a free transfer.

Cassano, Sicinho, Elguera, Pavon, Raul. Bravo, Reyes, De La Red, Diego. Players such as Lopes are either on loan or on permanent transfers.

Ricardo lamented the departure of Cassano and Sicinho.

Bad boy Cassano is full of spirit, he can enrich the team's midfield, but unfortunately he is not willing to continue to waste time on the bench.

Ciciño, on the other hand, is a full-back with strong assist ability and has high potential, and he is completely different from Ramos and Salgado and can play according to different opponents. However, after a major injury last season, Sicinho lost his place in the main team and lost the trust of the club's hierarchy, so he had to leave in disgrace.

Just a few days after Ricardo returned to training, new coach Manuel Pellegrini came to talk to him.

There is a lot of talk about it, and the core meaning is: I recognize your position in the dressing room, and I hope you can support me, and it is better to persuade your brother, Kaka, and Baptista to support me together, and we will lead the team to many honors together. If you don't support me and dare to disobey me, don't blame me for banning you, Balabala.

It has long been heard that Pellegrini is not good at dealing with big players, and through this private conversation, Ricardo confirmed this.

Pellegrini's words were annoying, but Ricardo didn't want to fight against him either.

Manuel Pellegrini came from the grassroots and never coached a big club, and he only began to make a name for himself in Villarreal, but Villarreal is only a team that has just been promoted to the first division, and it is 108,000 miles away from the giants.

Many coaches are good at leading weak teams to leapfrog challenges, but they are not good at bringing the giants to their rightful positions. Licardo feels that Manuel Pellegrini is the kind of coach for the time being.

Of course, in another time and space, Pellegrini will develop better later, and he has also begun to accumulate some experience in coaching big clubs.

But for now, at least, Pellegrini is looking a little immature.

But it doesn't matter. Ricardo thought to himself, as long as you don't mess around, why don't I support you? My goal is to win and so is your goal. We have a common language.

If Ricardo is determined to get Pellegrini away, Pellegrini will not stay for three months, and he will roll up and leave. The current Ricardo has such a status in the dressing room of Real Madrid.

But Ricardo didn't want to risk his team's results. He prefers to support Manuel Pellegrini's coaching.

It's not that he's afraid of Pellegrini's threat, he's just that he wants to win more titles.

Although Pellegrini is not good at dealing with big-name players and does not know how to coach big clubs, as a manager, he has two brushes. That's enough.

So Ricardo looked for new signings for the team one by one, talked to the bosses of several factions, and said that he would support Pellegrini, and hoped that everyone would support it too.

He even talked to Ronaldo once, hoping that Ronaldo could be more serious in training and usually give Pellegrini face.

With the team's current squad and Pellegrini's coaching skills, Real Madrid have a lot of hope of defending their title this season and are likely to go far in the Champions League.

"I announce that Ricardo will be the second captain of the team in the new season." During training the next day, Manuel Pellegrini announced. This is his reciprocal reciprocation.

And this decision was also embraced by the whole team. As Real Madrid's top scorer last season and the number one contributor to winning the title, it was only natural that Ricardo would become the second captain.