Chapter 11: I've Been Watching You

This pre-match was a very high-profile match, and it ended in a big victory for Pavia.

After Tesel replaced several of the team's main players, the players on both sides were already in a relationship, so the referee did not have much to do, and the whistle blew for the end of the game as soon as the 90 minutes arrived.

Of course, the home fans will boo a few times as their team has suffered a humiliating defeat at home, but everyone knows that Tessell made the right choice when he couldn't do it, so they didn't curse the manager or the players.

Novara is now at the top of the league table, and there are a few glitches elsewhere that the fans will allow for.

In this game, many pessimistic people thought that the team was hopeless, who knew that the team played a beautiful turnaround battle away from home, and directly killed the promotion favorite of the Group A league with a score of 4:0, which made the fans can't help but look forward to the team's promotion prospects.

Although the insiders of the Pavia club know that they have no plans to rush to the top of the league due to financial reasons, this kind of thing is obviously not easy to tell the fans, so many fans do not know the inside story, they only know that since the team has the strength to beat the top of Group A, it should be easy to get promoted to Group A.

They didn't know that after the promotion, the team would face a series of problems such as player salary increases, increased expenses, etc., and with the net worth of President Pavia, he simply could not afford it.

And Pavia is just a small city, there are not many rich people here, Pavia Club can't even pull a few sponsors, if there are really rich sponsors, people will definitely sponsor teams like Milan or Atalanta, who will pay attention to you a poor acid in the third division?

That's the reality for the club.

I don't know if Descartes's value will rise or fall next year? The managers of the Pavia club now often think how much they want to go up and pluck a hair from him as they watch the £12 million walk around in front of them every day.

Maybe it's worth a hundred or a dozen pounds.

Fans have higher expectations for the team, and they will naturally be more concerned about the team's situation, so it can be clearly found that the number of fans who have come to the club's training ground to watch the team's training has increased significantly in the past few days, especially many young and beautiful girls who are flamboyant, gathering next to the barbed wire, giggling and laughing, while constantly calling the names of the players.

As the number one star in the team, Descartes' name is of course the most called, not to mention that compared with that group of uncles, he is still a handsome and handsome little Zhengtai.

This incident also caused a lot of sweet annoyance for Descartes, who was forced to sign autographs for these enthusiastic female fans every day, and was occasionally disturbed by the barbed wire, when his mind would always stir involuntarily, and his face would also be shy, causing the fans on the sidelines and the unscrupulous teammates behind him to laugh together.

But what Descartes didn't expect was that even Angelie came to visit him on the training ground.

To be honest, Descartes has not yet sorted out the relationship between himself and Ann Jieli, the two are childhood sweethearts, they have hugged, kissed, and had a fierce verbal war last time, and it stands to reason that the two should be a couple. But Descartes never asked about it, and Ann Jieli never mentioned it, so the two sides cautiously kept their distance from each other and a little ambiguous, looking green and hazy.

But in Descartes' mind, Angeli was already her own woman.

However, Angel rarely appeared on the sidelines of the team's training grounds, because she was a good student, never skipped class, and had no penchant for physical and intense sports such as football, so she usually went to Descartes' house to have trysts with him, but would not visit him on the sidelines.

Not only did she come this time, but she also brought an equally beautiful girl.

This girl is a little taller than An Jieli, and her skin is a little darker, but she looks healthier and more heroic, and she has a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, but she looks mature that does not belong to this age, but her silhouette looks very similar to An Jieli, if you don't look carefully, you think the two are really two sisters.

Descartes found Angeli through the barbed wire fence and asked her curiously, "Gloria, why are you here?" ”

Angela smiled and said to him, "Brother Deska, we don't have classes this afternoon, I'm going to ask you to go shopping after training, this is my classmate Fanny. Jane, she had just transferred to our school, and I was going to take her to get acquainted with the streets of Pavia. ”

I see. Descartes smiled and turned to the mature-looking girl, and stretched out his hand to introduce herself: "Hello, I'm Descartes, you can call me Descartes, what should I call you?" ”

Fanny. Jane graciously stretched out her hand and touched Descartes through the barbed wire, and said naturally: "You can call me Fanny, or you can call me Jane, but my friends like to call me Jane, it's nice to meet you Deska, although I have just come to Pavia, but I have heard Gloria talk about you many times." ”

Her words made An Jieli's little face turn red all of a sudden, and she slapped her arm unrelentingly: "I hate Jane, why are you saying this." ”

Fanny. Jane looked at Angelie and giggled, it seemed that she actually had an active heart under her mature appearance.

So after the training, Descartes accepted the important task of accompanying the two beauties on a shopping trip.

Naturally, Angeli took Descartes's arm and Fanny's arm, and the three of them walked down the street talking and laughing, and the ancient and fresh streets of the small town of Pavia looked very beautiful in the afterglow.

After some chat, Descartes learned that Fanny was not Italian, her father was Dutch, her mother was Italian, and she followed her mother back to Italy after her parents divorced, according to which her father was a well-known merchant in Holland, but did not tell them what he did.

The three of them had a lot of fun shopping this time, Descartes was able to chat with the two beauties, of course, she was very happy, even if she trained for most of the day, she would not feel tired, and Ann Jieli was also very happy, although she and Descartes have always maintained an intimate relationship, but the number of times she walked the streets like this is still very rare.

Descartes spent almost most of his time training.

Descartes always remembered that when he returned home from Milan, Monsieur Mankaard told him that genius does not necessarily mean success, but hard work can ensure that he will not regret it, so he not only gave his best on the pitch, but also never slackened in training.

Therefore, he really does not have much time left for his "girlfriend".

This is one of the reasons why the big clubs are willing to pay a high price for him: there are many talents in this world, but not all of them can get ahead in the end, these big clubs have seen too many young talents who indulged themselves because they became famous at a young age, and they all ended up falling one by one, and only a hard-working and disciplined genius like Descartes could eventually become the backbone of the team.

Descartes alone was worth millions of euros for diligence alone.

And after saying goodbye to the two beauties, Descartes had just returned home when he received a phone call that surprised him very much.

It turned out to be Mr. Wenger, who was thousands of miles away.

Descartes picked up the phone and asked in great surprise: "Hello, Mr. Wenger, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Arsene Wenger's voice was still calm and hearty, and he smiled and said to Descartes: "Hello Descartes, I called to congratulate you on reaching the last four of the League Cup. Surprised, right? Hehe, in fact, I have been paying attention to your performance, and you really did not disappoint me, how is your left foot now, can you be as flexible as your right foot? ”

Descartes was surprised at first when he heard Wenger's words, and then he turned into a little moved, and he said to Wenger gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Wenger, if it weren't for your reminder, I'm afraid I wouldn't have found such a trick, but my left foot is still very short, and I can't be as flexible as my right foot for the time being." ”

"It's okay." Arsene Wenger encouraged him: "Keep the connection, I've been amazed by how far you've come, and I'm sure you'll be a big surprise to me by the end of the season." But I'll tell you in advance, I'll give you a big surprise when the time comes, are you ready? ”

"Big surprise?" Descartes muttered twice, his eyes suddenly widened, is Mr. Wenger hinting that Arsenal will continue to make offers to him next season?

Unexpectedly, Mr. Wenger has not given up on himself.

Descartes was more than "a little" moved by this time, and he held the phone, and his mind was full of thoughts, and he did not know how to answer Mr. Wenger for a while.

Wenger probably guessed what he was thinking now, so he didn't pursue the issue further, he just kindly reminded: "And, Descartes, if you want to perform better at a higher level, then you have to hone your skills, you have to add a little weight to yourself, you are only less than 120 pounds now, and in the Premier League, this weight is too bad." ”

Arsene Wenger is indeed a thief, and it can be heard from his words that he is completely demanding Descartes by the standards of Premier League athletes.

This also made Descartes a little ridiculous, and it seemed that Mr. Wenger had taken himself as if he had taken it into his possession.

But what's even more strange is that Mr. Wenger even knows his current weight, how can he be so godlike? So Descartes asked curiously, but got a very heartwarming answer: "I said, I've been following you, Descartes, what I mean by attention is not receiving your news from the news and newspapers, in fact, Arsenal Club has always had a scout in Pavia to collect your information, I told you last time, Arsenal's door is always open for you." ”

From this moment on, Descartes was almost certain where his next stop would be.

After the quarter-final match against Novara, the club has put its energy back into the league.

Their next cup game, the League Cup semi-final, will not take place until February. In fact, the longer the League Cup matches go by, from January to April, there are only seven games from one-eighth to the final in the entire League Cup, and one game will be played almost every half a month.

At this time, all the top four teams naturally put more energy into the league.

Thanks to their fine form in recent times, Pavia FC have risen to fourth place in the table and if the league ends now, they will already qualify for the play-offs.

So the fans are calling for an upgrade at this time. They don't know the club's finances, but they have a reason to ask the team to play in a higher league, Pavia is just a small team, the fans love it in its purest form, they just want their favorite team to get better.

And at this point, to say that the club is still not moved is to deceive.

It's not like Pavia hasn't been promoted to Group A in the past, but the league at that time was simpler and more pure, and there wasn't so much capital intervention, so they also had a while in Group A.

However, as more and more capital enters the football market, the "Golden Yuan" policy has obviously affected the strength of the team, especially after the promulgation of the "Bosman Act", the stronger the stronger, the weaker the weaker, has become the consensus of the football community.

Like Nottingham Forest, it is impossible to relive the dream of the Champions Cup again.

After that, the Pavia club also began to slowly shrink with the lack of financial resources, and they became the "constant" of Group C B, nicknamed "tumbler".

But how much confidence you have, how much breath you can breathe, this is the rule of survival in this world, Pavia is poor, so he can only live like a poor person, endure the white eyes of others, and honestly stay where he should be.

But this time they have already stepped into the door of the play-offs with one foot, do they still have to endure like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

After several executives from Pavia got together to discuss, their fan chairman made a bold decision: upgrade!

Take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and do everything you can to get the team involved in a higher level of competition and give the fans a sense of the club's ambition!

However, upgrading is not just a matter of verbal shouting, the most practical problem is money. After the promotion, the wages of the players will rise, and the players will have to bring in higher level players, and the expenses will also increase, where will the money come from?

Pavia's fan chairman has a total net worth of only 6 million euros, and he has already invested more than half of it in the club, and it is clear that he will not be able to conjure up any more money.

So their idea is clear, the money can only come out of Descartes' transfer fee.

In other words, in order for the team to be promoted next year, they have no choice but to sell Descartes.

It's really sad for a small team that has to sell their star in order to play in a higher league.

This is the erosion of football by capital.

And when Mr. Donatoni told Descartes about the club's decision, he quickly understood.

Descartes also felt a little uncomfortable helping his beloved team to be promoted, but fortunately he had Angelia and Monsieur Mancard by his side to persuade him to finally accept this fact.

The day of parting will not be far away.