Chapter 355: The New Coach of the National Team (1)
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"Antonio, long time no see, I heard that you took a few beautiful women to the United States to watch the Olympics shortly after the bidding ended, how is it, what are you gaining?" After arriving at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome, Zhuang Mingge found that he was greeted by Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti.
"Haha, what can I gain? It's not like you don't know Capello's temper, and I won't make my own decisions about the players he didn't ask for. Seeing the boss Mo who appeared in front of him, Zhuang Mingge was a little moved in his heart, the middle-aged man in front of him with a net worth of more than 100 million yuan was from a big family like himself, and this kind of thing can be handed over to his subordinates to do, although the two had some intersections due to football matters before, and the friendship was not bad, but Moratti did not need to do this in order to show favor to Zhuang Mingge.
But Moratti still came over in person, which was undoubtedly to tell Zhuang Mingge that he was not for any benefit, but purely wanted to make Zhuang Mingge a friend.
This friend, I Zhuang Mingge admitted!
"Hehe, you are really good at talking, Coach Capello's treatment in Fiorentina is probably not comparable to all Italian coaches." Boss Mo is telling the truth, in Italian football, the head coach is only responsible for playing the game, and the transfer is always the responsibility of the management, where is the head coach to intervene?
"Well, let's not talk about that, I said Massimo, do you know why that old man Perrault is in such a hurry to call us to Rome? It can't really be what he said about 'the development plan of Italian football for the next four years', right? ”
"Why, Antonio, you didn't even guess?" Moratti glanced at Zhuang Mingge with some surprise, in his impression that this young man can be said to be omnipotent, "This is obviously to negotiate with several of our clubs to see which head coach should be hired to lead the team in the next national team cycle!" ”
“…… I'm going to do it, it's because I'm looking for this! I was shocked, and I thought that the Football Association was going to make some kind of trouble. Zhuang Mingge was stunned for a while, and then asked another question that made Moratti scratch his head, "But then again, does the selection of the head coach of the national team still need to communicate with the representatives of our clubs?" ”
Seeing that Zhuang Mingge still had some doubts, Moratti, who obviously knew more about the inside story of Italian football, took the initiative to explain to Zhuang Mingge, which made Zhuang Mingge suddenly realize.
After all, during Sacchi's tenure as national team coach, his cronyism and self-serving behavior caused dissatisfaction among many Italian clubs, including Fiorentina and Inter Milan, and the discord between the national team manager and the club greatly affected the combat effectiveness of the Italian national team.
For example, in the European Cup that just ended, due to the fact that Fiorentina and Sacchi, represented by Zhuang Mingge before the game, openly tore their faces, and although the selection of Toldo and Nesta could not be changed because the squad had been reported, Sacchi, who had completely disliked Fiorentina, insisted on throwing the two new stars into the stands until Italy was out of the group stage.
Therefore, this time, the Italian Football Federation learned the lessons of Sacchi's previous coaching and decided to negotiate with several clubs that have enough influence in Italy to avoid such large-scale internal friction again.
Soon, Zhuang Mingge and Moratti drove to the headquarters of the Italian Football Federation in Rome.
This time, the clubs that came to the conference included the top three clubs in the north, the Roma duo, Parma and Fiorentina, and these seven clubs, in addition to being known as the seven sisters of Serie A, also happened to be in the top seven of the Serie A table last season, so it was a good idea to participate in this meeting.
At the beginning of the meeting, Chairman Perrault directly proposed several candidates for the head coach of the Italian national team and handed it over to everyone for discussion.
A list of candidates who had been prepared for a long time was handed over to Zhuang Ming's singers, Zhuang Mingge looked at the candidates listed above, and couldn't help frowning:
One, Giovanni Trapattoni
Second, Nevio Scala
Three, Carlo Mazzoni
These three coaches are all well-known figures in the Italian football circle, and there is no problem in choosing any of them as the head coach of the national team in theory, but what makes Zhuang Mingge concerned is that there is a name missing from this shortlist that should have appeared.
Among the three candidates proposed by Chairman Perrault, the biggest name and the most suitable is naturally the gold medal coach Trapattoni, after all, Trapattoni has coached in the top three in the north, and he also coached Fiorentina in Zhuang Mingge's previous life, it can be said that if Trapattoni is allowed to be the coach of the national team, he will definitely be able to coordinate the relationship with the club, at least not like Saki who only looks at the relationship and does not look at the strength.
However, there is still a problem with hiring Trapattoni, who is the only manager on the shortlist who has a work contract (note: Mazzoni was sacked by Sensi, who were not satisfied with fifth place in the league, after finishing last season's Serie A and is currently at home).
With Bayern Munich still on a work contract, this means that if the Italian Football Federation wants to hire Trapattoni as the national team manager, it will be the most difficult. This is not only a question of millions of liquidated damages, but also a problem of how to communicate with Bayern Munich's big boss and "football emperor" Beckenbauer, after all, you can't tell people directly that our national team wants to ask Trapattoni to be the head coach of the national team, and you Bayern must release people?
After all, Beckenbauer represents not only Bayern Munich, but also the whole of German football!
If Italy has a falling out with such a bull because of the Trapattoni affair, then it is estimated that Italy will not have to mix in European football in the future, although Beckenbauer has no official position, but his influence in the football world is not weak at all.
Don't you see Platini tossing Serie A and Premier League teams after he came to power, but he doesn't dare to play a black hand on the Bundesliga?
Moreover, the Football Association also added a condition to the additional note on the list of candidates, that is, if Trapattoni is selected as the national team coach, the seven clubs participating in the meeting will be responsible for paying the full liquidated damages for Trapattoni's termination of the contract with Bayern, which is also an important reason for the hesitation of these authorities.
After all, for Moggie, who can't even break a penny in half, and the budget-conscious Galliani, it is estimated that it is not more reliable to let them pay real money to support the construction of the national team than to let the Italian army win a battle.
As a result, under the consideration of various factors, Trapattoni, as the first candidate, was excluded from the list of candidates by everyone present.