Chapter Twenty-Three—A Grim Situation (Part I)!
September 2004 was a month of pain and excitement for Tang Juena, and he participated in many competitions. Tang Jue rushed to the U17, U19, and youth league in various venues. The name of the butcher resounded throughout the French Youth League, and all the players who played against Paris Saint-Germain knew about this dark-haired guy.
Breakthrough was his sharpest weapon, and he held the weapon with a grim expression, as if he was a killing god. The weapon resembles a sword, and the butcher wields his sword and rushes into battle. In the middle of a wave, the opponent falls. Watching his opponent fall, his expression remained unchanged, and he continued to wave the sword in his hand, and then continued to move forward!
Tang Jue has made a name for himself among French youth players. Many people think that this guy with two long eyebrows at the tip of his eyebrows is even more powerful than the four little swans who won the European U17 championship in June.
The four little swans have entered Ligue 1 and they are the future stars that the club focuses on developing. Tang Jue hasn't had a chance to play against them yet. There is no empirical evidence for this comparison, and only when Tang Jue sets foot on the French League will the results be obtained.
Tang was far from being as relaxed and comfortable as they seemed, he was tired, really tired!
His body was tired, his spirit was tired. However, he is still persisting, gritting his teeth and insisting. This is the path that Cantona has drawn for him, and Cantona has offered him a weekly salary of 160,000, which is 60,000 more than Benzema's. He had to tell Cantona by action that he was worth 160,000.
Physically and mentally, he enjoyed the process and his skills and tactics were improving rapidly. Xiao Feifei told him that his skill level could break through to the high level of the professional level at any time. His breakthrough skills are about to reach the first stage of the ball star!
In October, Tang Jue rushed to various arenas with the hope of an imminent breakthrough!
Laken Bay looked at Tang Jue, who was getting thinner and thinner, and his heart ached. He had a problem with Cantona, so he went to the office of the Director of Technology, found Cantona, and said, "Mr. Cantona, you can't let Don compete in so many competitions. You see, he played five games in seven days last week. Even the iron man can't stand it. ”
Cantona looked at Lackenbe and said: "I was the same back then, before I got into the first team, I played five games a week. ”
Cantona's so-called week is five days in between, and when you add two weekends, it's a total of nine days. Played five games in nine days. Three months before he joined the first team, the club arranged for him to play all competitions in order to increase his playing experience.
"He's been away from the pitch for too long, three years," Cantona said. If he wasn't allowed to compete in so many races, he would have grown too slowly. ”
Cantona's expression became serious, and he said: "Mr. Rakenbe, the form of our first team is very tough, fighting on three fronts, the results of the domestic league are worrying, and now we are in fifth place. The Champions League was even more difficult as we lost 3-0 at home to Chelsea the night before. Now the whole club doesn't want to live. The fans were unhappy with us and the shareholders put a lot of pressure on us. ”
The air in the room began to be depressed, and Cantona pointed to the disposable paper cups on the table, motioning for Lakenbay to drink. "Don is a good seedling, he has the potential to be a superstar," Cantona said. If you want to be a superstar, you have to give, more than other players. ”
Lakenbay put the cup on the table and said worriedly, "But ......"
Cantona interrupted him with a shake of his hand. It was rude for Cantona to behave, but there was no angry look on Lakenbe's face. Because Cantona is the king at Manchester United and the king at Paris Saint-Germain, he acts with a domineering spirit.
"He's physically and mentally exhausted, which we've all seen," Cantona said. Have you noticed that his eyes have changed now? Become more spiritual, sharper. That's the look a great striker needs. ”
"He's playing with more and more legitimacy. The level of understanding with teammates is increasing. In a word, he's getting better at playing now. I decided to put him on the first team next month. So in the second half of the month, he will have fewer games. ”
Cantona laid out his plan.
"Since you've arranged it," said Rakenbay, "so be it, I trust you." ”
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In late October, the number of games gradually decreased, and he was hardly allowed to participate in the Under-17 and Under-19 games, except for the Youth League, where he played every game.
Although Tang Jue felt strange, he didn't ask Lakenbay or Cantona. Because he really needs to rest and change to other players, I'm afraid he will already fall on the playing field. Fortunately, his body has been altered by genetic medicine.
On October 22, Paris Saint-Germain's main striker, Pauletta, suffered a waist injury during training. After a doctor's examination, he needs to rest for two weeks.
On October 24, Paris Saint-Germain's other main striker, Reinaldo, was injured in the Ligue 1 match with Ajacc and left early.
The two main strikers were injured in three days, which made the situation even more serious for Paris Saint-Germain. Club president Glerais was considering a winter transfer candidate, and on the evening of the 25th, he approached Cantona to discuss the candidate.
With a leisurely step, Cantona swaggered into Glelle's office and lay comfortably on the couch. Greille got up from his boss's chair in his office and sat down on the couch across from Cantona.
Glerais said with a serious expression: "Mr. Cantona, our current results are worrying. In 11th place in the league, we lost away to CSKA Moscow in the second round of the Champions League on 19 October. The shareholders were very unhappy and I was under a lot of pressure. ”
Cantona thought to himself, these are your things, my job is to be in charge of the team.
Glerais looked at Cantona's expressionless face and continued: "Now the situation is even worse, in three days, Pauletta and Reinaldo have been injured one after another, and Pauleta has to rest for two weeks. Hey......"
He grimaced and said: "In the winter transfer market, we have to make a move. ”
Cantona now finally knew what Glère was looking for him for. Buy people!
Cantona sat up straight, looked at Glelle and said, "Mr. Glera, we need money to buy people, how much money do we have now?" How much money will the shareholders give us? ”
Greille looked at the low table in front of the sofa, thought for a moment and said, "We don't have a penny on hand now, and if we want to buy people, we need shareholders to take money." ”
In France, their shareholders are the most generous, and the French media giant Televisión de Cano Plus is now the club's largest shareholder. In the past three years, they have taken all the money for the club to buy players.
Cantona shook his head and said, "Mr. Glelle, the shareholders' money is not easy to take. We're not doing well now, and they've spent a total of 50 million euros in the last three years. We didn't win a single title. We bought Pauleta for 13 million euros this summer, and now you have to buy strikers.
If you want to buy a better striker, you have to spend at least 20 or 30 million euros in transfer fees, and you have to provide him with an annual salary of five or six million euros. If you sign a three-year contract, you will need at least 35 million euros. ”
"Will the shareholders take that much money? Difficult! ”
Glerais had a sad look on his face, he touched his smooth chin, thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't cost us so much to buy a practical striker." With that, he handed Cantona a piece of paper with his choice written on it.
Cantona looked carefully at the candidates on paper, and as the club's technical director, he had a big say in player transfers. After reading it, Cantona placed the paper on the low table in front of him. He looked up at Glaret and said, "The candidate is good, and he can operate it." ”
Glerais breathed a sigh of relief that Cantona had often been at odds with him in previous transfers. Now there is finally a consensus.
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The next day, Glèreux was in pain, and the French media giant, Caenoprus TV, refused to give him money, and they told Gléret that they had no money to buy people and that they wanted to tap their internal potential.
In other words, in the winter transfer, Glère has no money to buy people.
After Cantona learned the news, he consulted with the head coach of the first team, Wayd Alilozik, to transfer Tang Jue and Sack to the first team!