The arrival of Mr. Mankaard did not come as a surprise to Monsieur Mankaard, who was a proud disciple of Mankale, who usually consulted with him when he encountered any major problems, and Monsieur Mankaald did his best to help him and guide him as if he were his own child.

In the case of Descartes, Mr. Mankaard is well aware that so far, a total of seven clubs have actually made offers, in Italy, in addition to Milan and Juventus, Roma and Inter Milan have also made real offers, while the Premier League three Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea have all made bids of more than 10 million pounds.

As an aside, it can also be seen from here that the gap between the Premier League and Serie A is widening, and the highest bidder in Serie A is Roma, because compared to the other three, Roma needs a good striker, and their appeal in the country is obviously not as good as the other three, so they can only raise the price to attract Descartes and Pavia clubs.

But even so, Roma's offer was only "only" 6.5 million euros.

Compared to the deep-pocketed Premier League powerhouses, Italy's economic recession and the developers of football's commercial interests have lagged far behind the Premier League teams. When they are still dreaming of a "mini-World Cup", Premier League clubs have entered the era of capital football.

But Mr. Mancard also understands that there are not many Italian players who can get praise for playing abroad, and it seems that Italians prefer to stay at home and dominate compared to Brazil and Argentina, which export players to the world, and so far, the only Italian players who have been able to achieve unanimous praise abroad are Zola and Di Canio, Vieri is barely half, but he eventually chose to return to Italy.

Maybe this has something to do with the Italian habit of loving home, but in any case, it also shows that Italian players are not very comfortable with foreign football scenes.

In Italy, "tactics" is a term that is often mentioned, every Italian team, whether it is Serie A or Serie C, whether it is a giant or a bad man, you can play football ugly, you can "counter-attack" or even "anti-football", but you must not have a clear set of tactics.

The head coach of any team will talk to people about "tactics" for a long time, and if you don't have "your own" tactics, then you can't be the head coach of a team at all.

But what exactly is the "tactic" that the Italians are so keen to talk about? Quite simply, it is victory - victory that can be achieved by all means.

Even if you are a manager of Serie B, he can talk before the game about how his team will deal with AC Milan and how to beat Juventus, in fact, whether they can really accomplish such a "feat" or not, but as long as you can say something, others will think that you are very capable and lead the team, even if you lose, it is a matter of strength, and your "tactics" will not be criticized.

Of course, these so-called "tactics" before the game are nothing more than what is to contain the opponent's core, strengthen the regional defense, prevent the breakthrough of the opponent's so-and-so star, use quick counterattacks to sneak attacks, etc., etc., and any person on the street can be said to be the first to go.

But Italian fans just like to hear this, they seem to have a "Ah Q" spirit more than the Chinese, even if I really can't kill you, I will defeat you in words.

The consequence of this situation is that Italian players have generally become slaves to "tactics", they are required to learn "chain defense", "zone positioning", "team football" from an early age, and few Italian players have a distinctive surname.

Piero is one of Italy's best players, but we can clearly see from watching his games that he rarely appears outside the area he guards, and his route of activity is almost fixed in the opponent's right half, and there will never be a situation like Messi, Ronaldo and others later.

That's because Juventus' tactics dictate that he has to be firmly nailed to that area, he just needs to do his job and not do anything superfluous.

If he runs around and wins, this is the credit of the manager's "tactics", and if he loses, it is very likely that the players did not follow the tactical discipline, resulting in the team burying the "good game".

This atmosphere eventually shackled the minds of the players, allowing the Italian players to be good team players without being able to adapt to an unfamiliar environment.

As a result, Italian players often show a strong maladaptation when they get to other leagues where the pace is faster or where the tactics are more relaxed, especially defensively, and they end up not being able to play to their full level.

One of the most obvious examples is Cannavaro.

As the captain of the Italian national team and the world footballer of the year, Cannavaro's strength is undoubted, but when he moved to Real Madrid, his performance has always been questioned by everyone, and the 2006 World Cup Cannavaro seems to have suddenly disappeared.

Is it because Cannavaro's form has declined?

Of course not, he had just won the World Cup and World Footballer of the Year before moving to Real Madrid, and he was at the age of a good defender, how could he have fallen so quickly?

In fact, the real problem is his lack of adaptation to the defensive tactics of La Liga.

In Italy, all defenders are well-versed in the essence of the "chain defence", and their positioning and support have been honed to the extreme. In such an environment, Cannavaro will have a very tacit understanding with his teammates in defence, and it is clear who will fill in and who will intercept, and he does not need to hesitate in the face of the opponent's attack.

But in La Liga, sorry, who has heard of any famous defensive tactics in La Liga? The overall style of La Liga is "free", with free play in the front court and free play in the backfield...... Even for giants like Real Madrid, their defense relies on stars, not tactics.

The only good thing is that Real Madrid's manager that year was Fabio Capello, the strong-fisted coach who brought a well-formed defensive system to Real Madrid, and yes, they eventually came back from behind to win more league titles that year.

Because of this, Cannavaro's inconsistent performance was not desperately criticized that year. In fact, Real Madrid conceded 40 goals in the league that season, seven more than runners-up Barcelona and third-place Sevilla.

If they hadn't won one more game than Barcelona in the end, Barcelona would have won the title with exactly the same number of points.

In Real Madrid's three-year career, Cannavaro's performance has always been difficult to call stable, not only injuries and age are eroding his body, but also the discomfort of the La Liga defensive environment has always entangled him, and finally after the 08-09 season, his main position was occupied by Ramos and Pepe, and the 35-year-old Cannavaro returned to Italy in disgrace.

This is a microcosm of Italian players on the foreign stage.

Compared to French or Dutch players who have already proven themselves throughout Europe, any foreign league team will be hesitant to bring in Italian players.

This is also the reason why Descartes has been publicized by the media, but there are only three foreign clubs that have made substantive offers.

Lord Ferdinand Wenger trust their own eyes, and Manager Abu doesn't care if he has a lot of money.

Because of this, Mr. Mankaard also made a very careful reflection on the matter of Descartes, and he did not directly answer Descartes's doubts, but first asked: "Descartes, do you want to go out and break through, or do you want to stay in Serie A and make a name for yourself, and then be selected for the national team naturally?" ”

Descartes hesitated for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "Actually, I don't know if I can adapt to the environment abroad......"

Noncommittal to Mr. Mancard, Mr. Mankad went on to ask: "So Descartes, do you want to be a world-class superstar like Pele and Maradona, or do you want to be a domestic star like Totti?" ”

"I want to be like Maradona!" Descartes did not hesitate at this question, to be honest, Descartes was a little disdainful of Totti, this "Roman prince" was obsessed with "domination" in his Roman city, and refused the invitations of many world-class giants, some people would say that he was loyal, but Descartes thought that this was simply because he lacked the courage to break through.

In fact, Totti's subsequent entanglement with the Italian national team also showed that the "Roman Prince" has always lacked a sense of responsibility, refusing to return to the national team after the 2006 World Cup, because the national team is already dying, and Totti believes that they will not do anything again at the European Championships.

Compared with Cannavaro and Panucci, who are still working at the age of 35, Totti's behavior makes the whole of Italy look down on him.

Descartes' goal was to be the hero of all of Italy, and how could players like Pele and Maradona have their sights set on a mere Italian domestic league?

"So it's clear." Mr. Mancard's tone was full of relaxation and relief: "To be a player like Maradona, you have to look beyond Italy and prove yourself to the world. You can't do that without a player who has been successful at a club abroad. ”

"So you mean, let me go to the Premier League?" Descartes' eyes were a little apprehensive, I heard that the Premier League is a very barbaric arena, can his small body mix there?

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." Mr. Mankaard dismissed Descartes' question, explaining to Descartes slowly: "I think you should go out for a while, but not now." ”

"Huh?" Descartes was stunned, what does this mean?

"Deska, although you are already well-known in China, we all know very well that you have not really experienced the test of Chengren in the arena. Compared to Chengren professional football, the youth team competition is completely like a vacation, if you want to take a step from the youth league, it will not be good for your development, I suggest you come step by step, first work out for a while in the less competitive C-level Chengren field, and then decide whether you want to stay or not. ”

Now Descartes understood that Mr. Mancald meant to let him stay at the club in Pavia for a year, and then decide which club to accept after he had adjusted to the intensity of the game on the field.

This is actually a fairly safe decision, after all, the transition from the youth league to the very competitive arena of the Premier League at once may not be acceptable to Descartes' thin body.

Descartes also quickly figured out this truth, not only did he admire Monsieur Mankaard even more, if he were to choose, he might hesitate to choose a club and then go on an unknown journey, but Monsieur Mankaard was able to resist the temptation of glitz and give him the most pertinent advice, which is actually a very responsible attitude towards his career.

That being the case, there is not much to say, and Descartes made the final decision before he walked out of the junior training ground: to play with the club Pavia for another year, and then decide where he went.

He knew that while he risked going unnoticed next year, the £10 million transfer fee was a cloud for Descartes, and he wouldn't get a penny, even if the transfer would certainly cost him a big increase in salary, but it was nothing compared to a long career.

At present, the most important thing is to let yourself go down step by step, Descartes is confident in his own strength, after a year of training in Chengren, his strength will only be stronger, and the transfer fee may be higher at that time.

After leaving Mr. Mancard, Descartes quickly approached Donatoni, the head coach of the first team of the Pavia club, and after a brief conversation with Mr. Donatoni, he quickly found the club's athletic director, Minnigos, in his office.

Although he had been at the Pavia Club for five years, this was the first time Descartes had met Mr. Minnigos. The short, fat, fat-haired and somewhat balding club executive was very polite to Descartes, after all, Descartes is now the god of wealth of the entire club, as a small club, Pavia's overall assets are only no more than 3 million euros, but Descartes's transfer fee has reached 12 million pounds.

If the phrase is popular, this is going to be sent!

But when Descartes told Mr. Minnegos what he was doing, the face of the athletic director almost collapsed, and Descartes was going to reject all offers for this year?!

That's watching tens of millions of pounds fly away with wings in front of you!

Mr. Minnegos looked as ugly as if he had just been widowed, but even Descartes was surprised that he agreed to Descartes' request with a bitter face. The executive, who impressed Descartes, cried to Descartes: "We are a small club, but our aim is to make every player feel that we are a family, and that the family will not force the family to do what they don't like to do, although I regret it, but I welcome you to stay, Descartes." ”

At this moment, Descartes suddenly felt the urge to stay in the Pavia club for the rest of his life.