Chapter 152: A Trip to Portugal (Part I)

Chapter 38 of "Jiagen Supplement Jihua".

The school is off the network and can't send it, so it's late, please understand......

Because I can't check the information, so it's written very slowly, and now hurry up to code the third chapter, if you can't wait, you can read it again tomorrow......

"Tony, you've been in the limelight lately." Just as Zhuang Mingge was pondering the team's summer recruitment, Karin's voice drifted into his ears, "Gabriel's heartfelt speech is about to make you the most recognizable figure in the city of Florence." ”

"I said Karin, don't make fun of me here, okay? People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and Mu Xiu will destroy it in the forest wind. But everywhere I went, Fiorentina fans came up to me asking for autographs. Zhuang Mingge said with a sad face.

Since Barty publicly expressed his gratitude to Mr. Zhuang Mingge at the celebration two days ago, Zhuang Mingge, who had been behind the scenes, was quickly brought to the fore by a group of unscrupulous Italian media, who praised him for his work in charge of Florence for two years.

The media hype has made Zhuang Mingge's popularity in Italy skyrocket, and now he is more or less a celebrity, and it is impossible for him to go out shopping with Karin as much as before.

Seeing Zhuang Mingge's distressed appearance, Karin also put away her laughter and got down to business: "Now, Tony, do you have any plans for this summer's reinforcements?" ”

'I thought about it a moment ago, Francini and Parry are leaving, Djokaeff also needs a reliable replacement, Collini can't replace Djokaeff's role in the team, so the team now needs a right wing-back and an attacking midfielder.

"Do you have any players in mind?" The legend of Zhuang Mingge's "golden eye" has quietly circulated within the Fiorentina club, after all, since the day the owner took charge of Fiorentina two years ago, the recruitment he advocated has never appeared "parallel goods", whether it is veterans such as Parry and Franceni, or unknown young players such as Collini, Vieri and Inzaghi, the performance in this season's games has made the transfer fee spent by the club on them not in vain.

'Gianluca Zambrotta, born on 19 February 1977 and currently playing for Como in the Italian second division, I think he should have the ability to be a regular substitute at right-back.

Karin retrieved Zambrotta's profile from the computer in her office, looked at it carefully, and said, "Tony, are you sure you're not dazzled?" The computer shows that Zambrotta is a right midfielder! ”

"Hehe, I want Coach Ranieri to transform Zambrotta into the same type of player as Di Livio."

"You're saying that Zambrotta has the ability to be an all-rounder like Juventus' Di Livio?" Karin's eyes lit up and she asked, "If it's really what you say, that's great!" ”

Because if there is a versatile player in the team, it can save a lot of trouble, after all, a team can only bring seven substitutes, and with such a versatile player on the field, the coach can have more options in terms of tactical changes.

"However, Zambrotta has only made one appearance in Como this season, and I'm afraid that in terms of immediate power, he is much worse than Parry now."

"There is no way to do it, who still has a limit on the number of foreign players who can play, and there can only be three foreign players on the field at the same time. The positions of Barty, Effenberg and Djokaeff are almost unshakable, so the right-back position can only be homegrown. Zhuang Mingge also felt very depressed about this, although he had countless future stars in his mind, but under this kind of restriction, it was basically impossible to do anything.

European Court of Justice, when will you send the verdict......

"So, you mean, there's another midfielder on the bench, you're going to look for it abroad?" Karin did not feel Zhuang Mingge's "depression", but found another hidden "meaning" from his words.

(Note: Serie A rules allow 5 foreign players per team, but only 3 can play at the same time)

"yes, it's time to bring in this player, I've been eyeing him for a long time." Zhuang Mingge looked out the window and said, "Karin, go and make preparations, we will go to Lisbon tomorrow." ”

"Haode, Tony."

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The next day, Zhuang Mingge took Karin on a private plane (sent by Berezovsky, Russia) to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

Located at the southwestern tip of Europe, Portugal is a small country with an area of 92,000 square kilometers and a population of only 10 million.

According to the size of China, there are only two places in Portugal that can barely be called cities, one is the capital Lisbon, with a population of 800,000; The other is Porto, an important city in the north, with a population of 600,000.

Located in the southwest of Portugal and bordering the Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon was one of the most prosperous ports on Shijie 500 years ago, and today it is also a bustling southern European metropolis, with more than half of the population living in satellite towns around the city of Lisbon, which makes the old town of Lisbon, which is only home to 400,000 people, seem quite quiet.

"President Corleone, I am the president of Benfica club, Azerado, and I welcome you to beautiful Lisbon." Walking into the gate of Benfica's headquarters, a middle-aged fat man walked up and greeted Zhuang Mingge.

Could this fat man be the same Azerado who was later accused of embezzling club assets and ended up in prison? Zhuang Mingge shook hands with the other party with a smile and complained in his heart.

If that embezzler is really this fat man, then this trip to Benfica should not disappoint.

With enough financial support, it should not be a problem to take down a money-hungry chairman......

Under the guidance of Azerado, Zhuang Mingge and the others walked into the pre-arranged Haode reception room.

"Chairman Corleone, I've heard your intentions on the phone." Azerado sat down on the couch with a steaming cup of coffee and said, "As for Rui's transfer, our club is acceptable in principle, and Rui himself is willing to develop on a bigger platform...... The question now is how much you are prepared to pay for the heart of our midfield. ”

Rui Costa, the representative of Portugal's golden generation and a generation of midfield masters, is the target of Zhuang Mingge's trip.

The historical Costa was supposed to join Fiorentina last season, but because Zhuang Mingge changed the fate of Effenberg, and Fiorentina, who was promoted at the time, did not have enough capital to convince Costa himself to accept the position of a rotation player, this led to the Portuguese midfielder's failure to join the Purple Lilies in the summer of '94, as is the case in history. But miracles struck, as the other teams seemed to ignore the Portuguese midfielder, who was on the same level as Figo, and Costa stayed at Benficado for another year.

Now, as the double winner of Serie A and the European Cup Winners' Cup, Fiorentina has proved that the team has the capital to win glory, and Costa, who is eager to show his talent on a bigger stage, should not mind being a rotation under the temptation of the championship......

Now Zhuang Mingge's job is to use enough transfer fees to make Azealdo relent. After all, the meaning of Azerado's words just now is very simple, we don't mind selling Costa, but you also have to show enough "sincerity".