During the period of Zhuang Mingge's departure, Fiorentina, which has initially completed the run-in, can be described as smooth sailing in the second division.

Fiorentina won all four league games and one Coppa Italia in November, and Ranieri saw the potential of these youngsters and admired his boss's vision.

"The owner's vision is so accurate! Not to mention those players who were originally playing in Serie A, Vieri, Inzaghi, Montella, these previously unknown strikers are also constantly scoring goals, Tomasi's running ability is very good, Toldo is also a good seedling of a Shijie goalkeeper, even Jonty, who has the worst potential among these people, I can play as the main force of the relegation team in the future. After a training session, Ranieri excitedly said to his assistant, "As long as the club can keep these players and give me five years, I can make Fiorentina a second Sampdoria!" ”

If Zhuang Mingge heard this, he would definitely say that Ranieri was too conservative: "If you give this team to Mourinho, he will be able to bring back the Champions Cup in three years." ”

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After the trip to France, Zhuang Mingge did not return to Florence, but flew from Monaco to the United States, he was ready to start a long-awaited project: the establishment of a modern experimental center, but due to the constraints of the conditions of this era, the physiotherapy center had to be built to minimize the frequency of player injuries, and the construction of the information center responsible for establishing a player database and computer management, analysis and prediction will take some time.

Injuries are a terrible thing for any team.

For example, Redondo, when Milan spent $17 million to bring in the Argentine in the summer of 2001, Redondo soon fell to the ground with a serious injury in a training session, this serious injury can be said to be a heavy loss for both Redondo and Milan, the Argentine superstar has plummeted since then, until 26 months later, he played his first game for Milan, and announced his retirement two years later; And the tens of millions of dollars spent by Milan have all been wasted.

Countless stars have disappeared prematurely from the field due to injuries: Van Basten, Paulo Sousa, Owen Hargreaves, Santa Cruz and the recently announced retirement of Michael Owen...... There are so many examples like this, so building a first-class physiotherapy center in Shijie is the key to ensuring that Florence will do well in the future.

"Tony, since it is said that it is going to build a physiotherapy center, then there are many sports medicine experts in Europe, and Weishenme has to come to the United States?" Karin looked puzzled, in the eyes of Europeans, American goods can never compare with European products, which is reflected in many aspects, such as the NBA is known as the most haode basketball league in Shijie, but every year there are still many European stars who are reluctant to play in the NBA, they think that the European League is the top game of Shijie.

But we have to admire the team doctor of the NBA team, the NBA team has to play 82 regular season games with 12 people in more than 6 months, not counting the playoffs after that, this kind of game density has not caused a large number of injuries, I have to say that their team doctor does have two brushes.

While soccer and basketball are different in many ways, they share a common language when it comes to injuries.

The purpose of Zhuang Mingge's trip to the United States is to come to the United States to abduct two famous doctors who will become very famous in the future -- Aaron Nelson, an assistant trainer for the Suns, and Thomas Carter, an expert in orthopedic surgery.

When it comes to the Suns' team doctors, there are two people at the core, Aaron Nelson, its assistant trainer, and Thomas Carter, an orthopedic surgeon.

Aaron Nelson, a name that may be unfamiliar to fans, has a very high status in American sports - at the 2004 Athens Olympics, he was a member of the sports medicine committee of the U.S. Olympic team, and not only the U.S. men's basketball team at that time, but also the 100-meter flyer Gatlin and swimming prodigy Phelps tracked the physical condition. In 1993, Nielsen began to work as an assistant trainer for the Suns, and usually the trainers are not involved in the NBA team building work, but Nelson and the Suns are an exception - when the Suns brought in Hill in 2007, it was his health guarantee of Hill's "plastic ankle" that allowed the Suns management to eliminate the suspicions created by public opinion. A similar story happened before and after Stoudemire's minimally invasive surgery, as we all know, Xiao Si signed a big contract first and then broke out of the injury, for the sun was deceived and Xiao Si can recover smoothly, for a while caused thousands of saliva in the American sports medicine community, "Minimally invasive is not terrible." Although Nelson's statement would still be a little nerve-wracking today, no one can deny that Smalls averaged 20.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game in his first season after recovery. After that, there were a series of impressive achievements such as O'Neill and Reed.

As for the other Thomas Carter, it is obviously disrespectful to describe it as a team doctor, who is recognized as one of the most hode orthopedic surgeons in the United States, especially the absolute expert in knee meniscus and cartilage injuries, which is known to be the most headache for NBA players, and he even holds a patent for arthroscopic equipment. Since August 2000, Thomas Carter has been the Suns' chief team physician and a key thinker in several hospitals and medical research institutions.

If you look through O'Neal's autobiography, you will intuitively feel the big shark's "all shijie are bad guys" writing idea, but when mentioning Thomas Carter's chapter in the autobiography, O'Neal gave a very objective evaluation: "He is a friend of the player first, and a doctor second." O'Neill admits that his knee problem has tormented him much longer than the outside world thinks, and he once thought he needed to have a larger operation, "but Thomas said that if you can, don't go under the knife, and that's in your favor." "If I hadn't listened to him, I would have retired two years earlier." "Dr. Carter's philosophy is: Surgery that can be avoided must be avoided.

Grant Hill also experienced it when he came to the Suns, Hill, who was numb from surgery on the Magic team, put on a jiashi of "it doesn't matter if I have surgery again, my knee has already been stabbed millions anyway", and Dr. Carter just calmly said, "No surgery." Hill, who played only 200 games in seven years with the Magic and had five failed comebacks, came to Phoenix at the age of 35. He missed a total of 15 games in four years – especially in the three seasons of '08-11, when he missed just three. Every game, Hill can be seen actively running, jumpers, and dunks, and he seems to be the healthiest player in the league.

Fortunately, Nelson was just treated as an ordinary trainer by the Suns, and was not rumored to be miraculous later, and Thomas Carter has not yet signed a contract with the Suns, in addition to working at Arizona State Hospital, he also receives some private medical consultations, and now is the best chance for Zhuang Mingge to poach the two.

Thomas Carter is now a well-known sports medicine expert in the United States, so Zhuang Mingge easily found Carter's address and contact information, and took Karin to Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, USA.

At Arizona State Hospital, Zhuang Mingge and Karin met Dr. Thomas Carter, and at first glance, Carter would have seen that Carter was a neatly dressed gentleman, but when they communicated, Carter was a very introverted person.

Since Zhuang had already sent someone to make an appointment with Dr. Carter beforehand, Thomas Carter also knew that the young man who was visiting him was the president of a club in Europe.

In Carter's office, Zhuang Mingge and Carter exchanged a few polite words, and then cut straight to the point: "Dr. Carter, I know that you are the most famous sports medicine expert in the United States, and I am here mainly to invite you to join Florence as the director of the club's upcoming physiotherapy center. ”

Thomas Carter is still only a little famous, and there are no cooperation agreements with local Arizona companies and organizations, and after Zhuang Mingge promised to provide sufficient funding for the physical therapy center, Carter readily agreed to Zhuang Mingge's invitation.

"It's a pleasure to work with." Carter is very happy to be able to become a director of a physiotherapy center, "But I can't go to Florence right now, because I was asked to see him in Qatar. ”

"That's fine, Dr. Carter, but I'd like you to come up with a list of medical equipment that the club needs to buy as soon as possible, so that the team's medical work can get up and running as soon as possible."

Carter readily agreed, saying that he would fax the list to Zhuang Mingge as soon as possible.

After saying goodbye to Carter, Zhuang Mingge rushed to meet with the Suns' general manager Colangelo, and after promising to sponsor the Suns for a total of $5 million over the next three years, Colangelo readily agreed to Zhuang's request for Aaron Nelson to go to Florence as the team doctor.

Aaron Nelson, who was later called by Colangelo, did not have much opinion after learning that he had been "sold", which made Zhuang Mingge, who was already ready to speak up, feel that he had punched the cotton.

In fact, in the eyes of Americans, this kind of thing is a kind of ability to perform, and those who are incompetent will stick to a company and not leave, which is a cultural difference.