Sandro. Russell!

After the other party reported his home, Degan couldn't help frowning, he was no stranger to this name.

Once a close confidant of Barcelona president Joan Laporta, the winner of the just-concluded Barcelona club election before the start of the World Cup.

"Isn't it a surprise that I called you!" Russell on the other end of the phone looked relaxed, "What should I call you?" Mr. Wright? Or Rod!? ”

Although Deegan knew Russell's name, the two had never met, and the other party seemed so familiar that he was a little uncomfortable: "Mr. Russell! I just want to know, how do you know my private number? ”

Russell heard that Deegan was a little repulsed by him, and smiled, "I'm sorry! In order to achieve certain ends, I had to use some special means, which I guess is completely understandable! Is that right? Mr. Wright! ”

Deegan was noncommittal and said, "Okay! Mr. Russell, understandable indeed! ”

In fact, during this time, not only Russell, but also some people, who called him and got his private number, are also disgraceful, who makes him the most tempting piece of meat in the summer transfer market.

After the recent election of the president of Barcelona, the Camp Nou ushered in his new owner, the same Sandro who is now on the phone with Degan. Russell!

In fact, Russell had the opportunity to take charge of Barcelona five years ago, when the Laporta dynasty was about to be built, and the opposition who were hiding in the shadow of the empire made a killer move, and they did not hesitate to sacrifice Barcelona's pre-season preparation period to force Laporta to resign by legal means.

The opposition's first move was indeed successful, and Laporta announced his resignation under pressure, but then Laporta announced that he would restart the race for the Barcelona presidency in a fair manner.

Running for president with Laporta at a time when he was in full swing may not have been the best time, but it could be the only chance for the opposition.

The leader of the opposition is the former vice-president of FC Barcelona and a former close comrade-in-arms of Laporta. Russell.

Although Rusell was not the initiator of this forced palace, at that time, whether it was Maho, Mingoria or Medina, these possible candidates were absolutely impossible to shake Laporta's position, and only Rusell, who still has a lot of prestige among fans, is Laporta's real opponent.

Russell was a senior official at Nike and contributed greatly to Barcelona's resurgence after Laporta replaced Gaspart.

The most talked-about thing is that Rosell used his mediation ability and strong network to snatch Ronaldinho from Manchester United to Barcelona, which was still in a trough at that time.

But later, Rusell, who served as the club's vice president, and Laporta, the president, gradually diverged in their management ideas, and the conflict between the two gradually deepened, even to the point of not being at odds.

The vice president of the club, who was finally vacated, chose to resign after Barcelona won the La Liga championship that year, which caused strong dissatisfaction among Barcelona fans at the time, and the Camp Nou even once played "Laporta and Cruyff get out!" slogan.

Rusell also published a book called "The Real World" after his resignation, in which he revealed some of the inside story of the Barcelona club, and even pointed out that Cruyff has been in charge of Laporta's Barcelona.

This has further exacerbated the conflict between Rosell and Laporta, and as long as Laporta is still president of Barcelona, Rosell will not have the opportunity to return to management.

It's just that the forced palace five years ago was finally easily resolved by Laporta, and people thought that Russell was likely to be insulated from football from now on, but no one expected that five years later, Rusell would make a comeback.

Just one day before the start of the World Cup, Barcelona announced on the club's official website that all the voting for the new president election was over, and Rosell, who had previously served as vice president of Barcelona, received about 61.35% of the votes, and he was elected the new president of Barcelona Club by an absolute margin.

A total of 57,088 members voted for FC Barcelona, and in the end Rosell received the support of 35,021 members, which accounted for 61.35% of the total number of voters, and he was elected as the new president of FC Barcelona without any suspense, and former President Laporta's designated successor Ferrer ended in a "fiasco", he only received 10.08% of the votes, and Rusell also became the person with the most votes in the president election in the history of Barcelona. When Laporta was elected president of Barcelona in 2003, he received only 27,138 votes.

Rosell's slogan for the Barcelona presidency is: "Unite and shout for Barcelona".

During the election campaign, Rosell has repeatedly said that he will strive to achieve a great integration of clubs, to achieve "an inclusive Barça", and in the economic aspect, he will promote a "professional and transparent" way to achieve "new profits, cost reductions and budget balance".

In the field of sporting, Russell said that he will continue the La Masia model and hopes that La Masia can develop more talent for the future of Barcelona.

For Russell, it is not so easy to secure the presidency of Barcelona, which needs to start from scratch and make achievements as soon as possible to please the voters who support him.

One of the first things Russell did when he took office was to remove all traces of his predecessor Laporta, and the first person he had to deal with was Cruyff.

Although Cruyff does not hold any position in Barcelona, his words and deeds still have a great influence on Barcelona, and Russell has bombarded Cruyff in Barcelona at the beginning, and Laporta is nothing more than a puppet of the Dutch.

Russell was clearly not a follower of Cruyff, but for his own benefit, he still hoped to be recognized by Cruyff, and after taking office, Russell stripped Cruyff of his honorary chairmanship, although he still hoped to reconcile with Cruyff, but the last time the two met was unhappy.

Previously, Russell and Cruyff had met at the latter's home, and it was Russell who took the first step towards reconciliation by calling Cruyff and convincing him to accept a meeting to clear up a series of misunderstandings between the two parties.

Cruyff agreed to meet, but did not want to go to the location designated by Russell, but to meet with him at his own home, and some members of the board of directors of Barcelona wanted Rosell and Cruyff to meet in the club, and they said to Russell: "You are the president of the club, you should decide the location." ”

Russell tried, but could not convince Cruyff to change his mind, and he had to go to the latter's home.

At some point, the talks were tense, but the two bigwigs were not yet to the point of pulling their clothes, and Cruyff was merciless in criticizing Rosell for his attitude in stripping him of the club's honorary president.

The Dutch "godfather" was clearly very hurt, and he shared his thoughts with Russell, who explained the reason, saying that it was not that he did not support Cruyff as honorary president, but that he believed that such an appointment should be decided by a vote of the general assembly.

Cruyff found this statement unacceptable: "I have never heard that it is up to the members to decide whether Beckenbauer and Charlton are the honorary presidents of the club. ”

Cruyff has previously said that he is not considering becoming Barça's honorary president again, and also believes that whether he can be honorary president should not be decided by members.

However, in this conversation with Russell, Cruyff did not confirm that he would not be the honorary president of the club again, and this meeting can be said to have solved no problems, Cruyff was very dissatisfied with Russell, and Russell did not show submissiveness, Cruyff's honorary president was appointed by the former president Laporta, and Rosell disagreed with Laporta's move at that time.

But in any case, through this meeting, the two sides signed a non-attack agreement, and Russell knew what Cruyff meant to Barcelona, and he hoped for a "truce" between the two sides, which of course was just a gesture.

Now that the posture is out, the next thing to do is how to stabilize his position.

It is not easy to completely remove the traces left by Laporta, coach Pep Guardiola, Barcelona's main framework, were signed and built during Laporta's tenure, and Rosell can't tear Barcelona down in order to remove Laporta's imprint.

However, a new chairman still needs to leave his mark in the club, with his own people who really belong to him, the management has been almost replaced by Russell, and the next is the team.

Coach Guardiola cannot be replaced, although Guardiola has not been able to bring the Champions League trophy to Barcelona over the years, but the results are still good, and the change of head coach is easy to cause turmoil in the team, so not only can not move, Rosell also took the initiative to say that he hopes to renew his contract with Guardiola, and a one-time renewal of six years, which is exactly within his tenure.

As the best player in world football today, the captain of the South African World Cup-winning team Belgium, and the winner of the previous three Champions League titles, Degan is obviously the most suitable candidate.

So here comes Russell!

Without hypocritical politeness, Russell went straight to the point as soon as he came up: "Mr. Wright! I guess the purpose of my call, you've guessed, I don't know what you think about joining Barcelona? ”

Russell said it so bluntly, Deegan was not surprised, let alone disgusted, he liked this straightforward way of speaking, in fact, before Russell called, Degan had already included Barcelona in the list of alternative owners.

But in the same way, there are also concerns in Digan's heart, the key is his status in Barcelona, Barcelona already has Messi, and he is also from the authentic La Masia academy, Barcelona people value the bloodline of players very much, earlier there were Guardiola, now there are Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Busquets, Pedro and others are all from La Masia, and they are also doing their best to recover the lost players of La Masia blood, such as Pique, and Fabregas, who has just completed the transfer.

Degan is a complete outsider to Barcelona, and in this world, if there is no him, Barcelona can now win at least two Champions League trophies.

Another is the issue of tactics, although Fiorentina and the Belgian national team have also played pass-and-control tactics, but they are not as thorough as Barcelona, and whether Digan can fully integrate into it.

These are all problems!

However, Barcelona's president Russell personally came forward to invite, and the sincerity of the other party has been shown, and it is not easy for Digan to refuse people thousands of miles away.

"Mr. Russell! I wonder, will I be able to survive in Barcelona!? ”

Russell was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "What? Could it be that Mr. Wright, the world's No. 1 man, would still be worried about such a thing? I've always believed that great people can make their way anywhere, Mr. Wright! I can say that you are the best player in the world! ”

Deegan smiled: "Is it better than your Messi?" ”

Messi's position in Barcelona, Digan is very clear, in order to make way for Messi, Ronaldinho will still get out, Henry, Eto'o have to make room for him, Ibrahimovic, the madman, is now also moving towards AC Milan, why?

It's all for Messi!

Degan is not arrogant enough to think that he can compete with Barcelona's own family, this is not only a matter of ability, but also involves other feelings, including fan feelings, Messi is his own person who came out of the La Masia academy after all, what is Degan, an outsider who has hurt Barcelona, an enemy.

"I want to know how the club positions me if I go to Barcelona! Messi's assistant? A mere striker? ”

This question, Russell had thought about before calling Digan: "Of course you will not be anyone's assistant, in Barcelona, you and Messi will be in the same position, in the future we will choose a core between you and Messi, I think Mr. Wright will not be afraid of such a challenge!?" ”

Challenge Messi's position in Barcelona and replace Messi as the heart of Barcelona?

This makes Deegan very interested, although Degan is not the kind of person who tramples on others for fun, after winning the World Cup, few people compare Messi, Camaro, and Kaka with him, but after all, in the current world football, it can be compared with Degan, that is, so many people, on the field and Kaka, Camero, and Messi in the team, this is a very interesting thing.

"Mr. Wright! I don't know what you've thought about? ”

Deegan smiled: "If I want to go to Spain, it will be a very interesting experience!" Mr. Russell! You can contact my agent now! ”

The contract matter, Degan still has to be handed over to the professionals, those things are not what he is good at, he believes that Zahavi will not let him suffer.

After ending the call with Russell, Deegan lay on the bed, also feeling a little strange, as soon as the phone call, his future was decided, and it really looked a little rushed.

Di Gan immediately called Park Ji-yeon again, this kind of thing, I still have to talk to Park Ji-yeon.

"Hey! OPPA！ Listening to the voice, Park Ji-yeon seems to have slept, Korean stars like them are really tired, they have endless work all day long, and the average sleep time is no more than four hours.

"Ji-yeon! One thing I want to tell you, I've decided to join Barcelona and next season, I'm going to live in Spain!? ”

When Park Ji-yeon heard this, she suddenly came to her senses: "Spain!? Bullfight! ”

Digan was stunned, it seems that the most famous one in Spain seems to be that, and flamenco, and the other ~~~~~ are really gone!

“OPPA！ If you go to Spain, I'll go to you, and you'll be able to see bullfighting!? ”

Degan really didn't expect that the girl was most concerned about this: "Of course, if you want to go, of course you can!" ”

"Good! All right! I want to see, after a while, I must go to Spain! Park Ji-yeon is already thinking about it at this point.

Degan felt that his call was really redundant, and discussing things with that little confused person who had no opinion was completely self-inflicted.

"Ji-yeon! I mean, I've decided I'm going to join Barcelona, so! I'm going to leave Korea and go to Barcelona for a medical check-up in the near future! ”

Park Ji-yeon exclaimed, with reluctance in her tone: "OPPA!" Didn't you say you could stay for a while? ”

Deegan smiled: "This is also something that can't be helped!" I'm going to have a medical check-up, and the pre-season training camp is about to start! ”

Park Ji-yeon's tone couldn't help but look a little lost: "Okay then! However, OPPA! When it's time for the winter break, be sure to come to Korea to see it. ”

Although Park Ji-yeon just said that she was going to Spain, in fact, as a member of a girl group, she has very little free space and free time, and the competition in the entertainment industry is so fierce, if she can't ensure enough exposure for a period of time, she may be forgotten.

Degan hurriedly responded: "Okay! I'll be sure to come over when it's time for the winter break, Ji-yeon! Tomorrow, I won't go with you to shoot, and the day after tomorrow, I'll call you again! ”

After talking to Park Ji-yeon for a while, Digan heard a knock on the door, hung up the phone, and through the cat's eye, found that it was his agent Zahavi standing at the door.