Chapter 50: Koscielny's Choice
Laurent Koscielny had just enjoyed a tasteless breakfast at home, but the deliciousness of the breakfast and the calm of the morning were soon broken by a call from a stranger.
It all started a week ago, when he had just finished the 2008-2009 Ligue 2 season with the team, and Laurent, who was planning a trip, received a call from his agent.
"Maybe your travel plans are going to be put on hold for a while," his agent then talked about the recent transfer offers related to him.
"Transfers?" Koscielny thought he had heard it wrong, transfer was the word he was most familiar with, and Koscielny was a little tired of it.
If you know that you have just moved to this club this season, will you not be able to make up your mind to keep the club even if he has just been selected for the best eleven in the French second division this past season?!
Thinking back to this past season, Laurent thinks she has made a lot of progress, and being named to the All-Star Team is obviously a huge recognition of her hard work in the past year!
But why was it that just a week later, just as I was preparing to take a good break in the offseason to prepare for the next new season, I was swept away by the team?!
"It's not your fault, that's what they told me," the agent was obviously surprised, "they just euphemistically said that the team had received a transfer offer, and although the whole club recognized your work, Mr. Chairman told me that the offer was so tempting that you are no longer for sale in the team"
"Hypocrisy! Laurent was very angry, the team has praised his performance for a year, and he also thought that he would play in a higher league with the team, but now?! The team told itself that it might be sold, not because of their lack of ability or because the team was going to bring in new players, but because the team had received an offer that they couldn't refuse?! What a world this is!
What made Koscielny even more angry was that the club did not tell him when the transfer was negotiated, probably while the league was still underway.
As for why they are kept in the dark, it may be because they don't want the fans to know that the fact that the team's star is going to be sold and affect the team's results. After all, Koscielny is very popular in the team. Laurent doesn't feel like he's a player, he's probably just a commodity for the club!
As the two sides negotiated, his agent also told him that the other party's offer had been accepted by the team, and all that was left was to negotiate his contract with the other party, and if everything went well, he might have to go to another unfamiliar place to start a new life!
To be honest, I don't want to leave here, although I have been playing for a team in the lower leagues, but my ability and form have grown a lot to the present, as long as I am no longer bothered by injuries, I can grow into a better central defender!
But now it's all about to start all over again, and I think about how much the local fans took care of me when I played for Guingamp FC, even though it was a small town with a permanent population of 8,000, and the team's home games couldn't be filled even if the whole town reached the stadium.
Later, I came to the current Duas Football Club, but what I never expected was that I would have to leave again when I just found a home in this city!
New city, new team, new coach, new teammates, new life! Isn't this new thing unfamiliar!
The 24-year-old self is starting to get a little tired of this wandering life.
And when his agent told him that he was going to play for a team from England, "where can England compare to France" was Koscielny's instinctive first reaction.
"But it's Leeds United, and I heard that they just made the jump from Division 3 to Division 2 by a huge margin," said the agent as he learned.
Although Koscielny is not aware of the current manager and the team, the clubs that Rio Ferdinand and Woodgate have played for are not new to him: "They are very interested in you, we can use this to seek an improvement in your treatment, Leeds United is no better than our poor club!" The agent enlightened himself.
Even if there is some hesitation, but at Koscielny's age, I don't think that I can still make choices freely for the sake of football like when I was young, and I have reached the age where I need to consider economic factors!
After all, the job of a player cannot be done for a lifetime, and sooner or later the abundance of financial ability will become a condition that restricts the choice of players!
In addition to the influence of money, the club's practice of selling itself without even telling him was a bit chilling for Koscielny, and it seemed that he had no choice.
After entrusting the broker to discuss the details of the contract with the other party, Koscielny chose to wait quietly at home for news.
The transfer of a player is not a trivial matter and requires the hard work of many people, so Koscielny chose to wait quietly at home without thinking about anything.
When the negotiations were over and the dust settled, the agent conveyed to him that the other manager's idea wanted to speak to him, and Koscielny accepted the offer, although it was not an easy task for his shy self.
With the help of an interpreter, the conversation was tepid, but Koscielny still felt the sincerity of the other side and the importance that the new club took on the players.
The other party told himself that after he arrived in Leeds, all life problems would be solved by special personnel, and the club would also help him solve the problem of language learning as soon as possible to be able to integrate into the team as soon as possible.
As for the appearance question he cared about, Koscielny chose not to ask, after all, he was not qualified to ask the other party to provide a guarantee of the main position. But head coach Michu made his promise without touching himself, "Until you become the best you, you will not lack opportunities to prove yourself!" "If the other side is true to his word, Koscielny is sure that he will die of service!
"Anyway, welcome to your new home, Leeds United is your home! Good bye! Hanging up the phone, Koscielny, who was leaning back on the sofa, felt that the stone that had been pressing on his heart for all these days had finally disappeared.