Chapter 532: Embarrassing Suarez
Millwall's transfer department believes that snatching Sneijder from Real Madrid is the most successful transfer move in the summer. ◢ with ◢ dream ◢ small ◢ .lā
Zhang Yang's view is different.
Zhang Yang felt a little headache when he heard that Sneijder was going to join the team, Sneijder is of course a good player, he is the core midfielder who will lead Inter Milan to the 'treble' honor in the future, and will also be the core of the midfield of the Dutch team in the future.
None of the above has happened, the moment you choose to join Millwall, the future changes dramatically, but Sneijder's excellence is undeniable.
Sneijder is a natural star.
A lot of stars have times when their form is underestimated, and Sneijder doesn't seem to see that, and the past has been going well.
Sneijder was born into a pure football family, his father and brother are professional footballers, he entered the Ajax club academy at the age of seven to be trained, and ten years later, he played for the Ajax first team, and at the age of 18, he took advantage of the team's injuries and was in the main position of the first team.
During his five seasons at Ajax, Sneijder won all the titles at home in the Netherlands and scored 58 goals in 180 appearances for Ajax in all competitions.
Sneijder has been even stronger this past season, scoring 22 goals in 47 appearances in all competitions.
As a midfielder, that's absolutely staggering.
Sneijder also commented on the excellent performance, which attracted the attention of the major giants.
From the perspective of bringing in a strong star, it is indeed very successful to be able to snatch Sneijder in the hands of Real Madrid, and Zhang Yang is also very happy that Sneijder can join, but one important thing is -
Sneijder's location!
Sneijder is not a pure wide player, he mainly plays as a central midfielder, and when he comes to the team, he may squeeze out Morris to compete with Branifer for the core.
Millwall is not very lacking in a strong core, but after the arrival of Sneijder, the middle of the midfield is not easy to arrange.
Sneijder seems to have replaced Smitchell, but he is much stronger than Smitchell, the main position must be guaranteed, and the appearance will definitely become a 'central' player, and the midfield position needs to be carefully considered.
Zhang Yang is satisfied with the recruitment of the striker, because the club successfully signed Suarez.
Suarez is one of the best players of the future.
The name of 'Su Shen' is still very loud, and his other title 'Buck Tooth Su' is also talked about by many people, it is not a discriminatory title, just a joking name given by fans.
Suarez is not well-known at the moment, he only plays in the Dutch league, and Groningen is not a team that has attracted much attention, and only the Dutch team will pay attention to this young striker, who has scored 17 goals in 37 appearances for Groningen.
When Groningen poached Suarez from Uruguay, he only paid 800,000 euros in transfer fees, and a year later, Suarez's value rose to more than 5 million euros, and Ajax's offer to Suarez was 7 million euros.
Wilkinson didn't know Suarez's name at all, and after a careful check, he found that this 'not very well-known' young striker was really a bit expensive, but this also shows that Suarez is extraordinary, otherwise Ajax, who is good at discovering stars, will definitely not offer such a high price.
Millwall quickly jumped into the fray.
This is actually a bit out of line, Ajax is the leading club in the Dutch league, and the average player will enter the five major leagues after the hands of Ajax and Eindhoven, and few teams will directly tap the players of the Dutch small club.
When Millwall joined, FC Groningen were delighted and they wanted to sell Suarez for tens of millions of euros.
Of course it can't be.
Millwall is not the wrongdoer, will not wave the cheque wantonly, Millwall and Ajax, are still talking about the transfer of Sneijder, the relationship between the two clubs is very friendly, will not tear the skin for a young striker, and finally let Suarez himself make the decision.
It's an interesting process.
Suarez was with his girlfriend Sofia in Barcelona when agent Fonseca told him that Ajax and Millwall were interested in him.
When Suarez heard Millwall's name, he was slightly interested, but no one could have imagined that his interest was, "Millwall is a London team, right?" ”
"Yes."
"London is closer to Barcelona." Suarez said to his girlfriend Sophia, "We will be closer to your house in the future!" Maybe it only takes an hour. He looked at his agent, "Millwall, then." ”
That's the case.
Suarez's agent is not surprised at all, but thinks it is normal, because Suarez has always been like this, everyone says that he came to Europe for football, but those who are familiar with Suarez know that he chose to leave Uruguay and join a small club in the Netherlands, the main purpose is to reunite with his girlfriend Sofia.
Suarez and Sofia have known each other since childhood, when Suarez was still a teenager, and his family was also very poor, in order to buy gifts for Sofia, he would even go to the corner to rummage for coins dropped by pedestrians, the two officially dated for two years, Sophia's family moved to Barcelona, Suarez was heartbroken and determined to play football in Europe.
Last year, Suarez realized his dream of coming to Europe from as far away as South America to see Sofia, and he accepted an invitation from the Dutch club and asked Sofia to agree to settle in the Netherlands with him.
Faced with an important choice in his career, Suarez is very clear-headed, he doesn't know whether Ajax or Millwall is better, but Millwall is in London, it is a Premier League team, it is closer to Barcelona, and he has no reason to choose Ajax.
With Suarez joining, Zhang Yang doesn't have to worry about the front.
With Darren Bent gone, Jamie Vardy to prop up, and enough to be substitutes for Suarez and youngster Curtis Weston, Millwall's forward strength has not weakened, and it will only need to add a tactical center forward.
From this point of view, it is a pity that Balotelli did not join, Balotelli is enough to play as a center forward, but Zhang Yang carefully checks and knows why the club can't bring in Balotelli -
He's still too young!
Balotelli is a standard post-90s, he is only 17 years old, according to the rules of Italian football, players of this age can only get an apprenticeship contract, even if it is a professional club in Italy, he can only sign a contract for three years at most.
In addition, Balotelli's background is also complicated, he is not yet Italian, because he is an adopted child, and until now, the adoption relationship has not been officially confirmed.
In the end, Inter Milan did not let him go.
Inter Milan is not a fool, Balotelli showed the potential of a genius at the age of fifteen, played in the Italian third division, and had a good performance, Inter Milan's transfer department, has already booked Balotelli and promised to sign a professional contract.
Balotelli will soon be in the first team of Inter Milan and will naturally not leave for another club, which will make the future uncertain.
In short, Balotelli couldn't come.
Zhang Yang didn't feel too sorry, but because other reinforcements also failed, he had to reconsider the introduction of a center forward.
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On July 4, the official website of Millwall FC announced a deal - left winger Maxi Rodriguez, who plays for Atletico Madrid in Spain, officially joined Millwall for the new season.
Millwall did not release the details of the contract, but Zhang Yang knew that the transfer fee was not a big deal - 9.1 million euros, a figure that is neither too high nor too low.
Maxi Rodriguez is an excellent left winger who has officially established himself as a regular in his first season at Atletico Madrid, scoring eleven goals in 31 league appearances, which shows that Maxi Rodriguez is also an efficient wide player.
If Maxi Rodriguez insists on performing like this, Atletico Madrid will not be able to deal with Millwall cheaply for less than 10 million euros, the point is that last season, Maxi Rodriguez suffered a serious injury and only made ten appearances for Atletico Madrid, although he scored six goals in ten appearances, Atletico Madrid is still worried that Maxi Rodriguez will continue to be injured in the future.
Atletico Madrid was also very hesitant when they learned that Millwall wanted to buy Maxi Rodriguez, but after they studied it together, they found that it was too risky to keep Maxi Rodriguez, there were qualified replacements in the team, and the impact of Maxi Rodriguez's departure was not great.
Zhang Yang is too happy with the addition of Maxi Rodriguez
Atletico Madrid is worried that Maxi will continue to be injured, or affected by injuries, and his state will decline a lot, Zhang Yang does not have this worry, he used the 'lucky prophet' to calculate Maxi's 'physical health luck index', and found that his index is '85'.
That's a pretty high number.
The average player is only in the range of 70 to 80, and the taller ones are only in their early 80s, and the number of 85 shows that Maxi's luck is very good, and the possibility of injury is very low, Zhang Yang is a little surprised, a player who kept getting injured last season, the second season, becomes less prone to injury?
"This can't be a result of injury and character saving, right?"
Zhang Yang complained slightly, very satisfied with Maxi's joining.
Maxi is a left-sided player, in a similar position to Pire, with the addition of Maxi and the steady addition of Pire, the right side of the team can be said to be foolproof.
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Two days later, Zhang Yang met Suarez.
Suarez came to the club for a physical examination, and after the completion of the experience link, it is equivalent to officially joining the team, and many people in the club are interested in this 'not famous, but worth 8 million euros' Uruguayan young man, in addition, because Suarez is Zhang Yang named and asked to be introduced.
Zhang Yang's vision is still very trusted, especially in the introduction of strikers, such as Darren Bent and Jamie Vardy, all of whom were brought into the team by Zhang Yang, and they all performed very well.
The club's welcome to Suarez was very grand, Wilkinson and the two managers of the club came, and Aldous also took the time to rush over, wanting to see what was so special about this young Uruguayan man, and even hurried to Ebenez, who couldn't rest, came over and walked around, and a group of people were in front of the training ground, waiting for Suarez's medical examination to end.
Finally Suarez walked out.
Suarez is also accompanied by his girlfriend Sofia, as well as his agent Fonseca, Suarez is talking and laughing with Sofia, with a relaxed expression, which is enough to prove the result.
Fonseca saw a group of people in front of him and hurriedly reminded Suarez.
Suarez looked up and knew that it was the club that came to greet him, his expression was very indifferent, as if he was full of care, but in fact, he was still a little nervous in his heart.
In fact, before joining Millwall, Suarez knew very little about Millwall, only that they won the Champions League and seemed to have a very young manager.
And then, there was no more.
On weekdays, Suarez only cares about what he should care about, such as the results of the team, what games he will participate in next, and there are many hobbies in life, among which there is no 'watching football'.
As a football player, I don't like to watch football games, which is also very special.
Suarez felt that it was better to watch the game than to spend more time with his girlfriend.
A group of people greeted them head-on, and Zhang Yang walked in the front, looking at Suarez with a smile on his face. Suarez also walked over, his expression seemed a little surprised, and then took the initiative to reach out and shake the ...... Bruno Boehly?
Bruno Boehly was standing next to Zhang Yang, he didn't react a little, so he shook hands with Suarez, Suarez said, "Coach Zhang Yang, hello, I have heard of your name for a long time, I am very happy to join your team......"
Suddenly the scene was embarrassing.
The agent Fonseca was embarrassed, he felt embarrassed for Suarez, Sofia was embarrassed, she didn't know whether to remind Suarez.
Others were embarrassed too.
Zhang Yang still had a smile on his face, but he thought that he should wear some small shoes for Suarez in the future, otherwise how could he be worthy of this scene?
Only Bruno Boehly doesn't care at all, he is the 'lowest status' in a group, he is just a junior team coach, he barely got a contract with the club, occasionally comes to the first team to help, he thinks it is funny to see Suarez recognize the wrong person, holding Suarez's hand and laughing.
Suarez was still a little confused, so he heard Bruno Boehly say, "Before you came, you must not have done a good job, and you didn't even know Zhang Yang!" ”
A group of people all looked at Zhang Yang.
Suarez turned his head with difficulty, and with an embarrassed smile on his face, he knew what he was feeling, and Fonseca immediately stepped forward to explain to Zhang Yang, "Sorry, Luis is too nervous!" Then he reminded Suarez, "This is publicity, this is the manager of Millwall!" ”