July 30, 2010.

After another day of pre-season training, Mourinho sat in his office at the Valdebebas training base, struggling with a player information sheet.

“... The positional sense is very good, he has a natural talent for defensive positioning, he has an outstanding sense of defense, but he is not aggressive in attacking, he likes to press the space of attacking players with the ball, and he has a strong confrontation ability..."

"I have a stable ability to protect and play the ball, but I am not creative, I am not willing to step forward, and I am not good enough to dribble..."

"He is a defensive midfielder worth cultivating, with outstanding positioning, positive defense, excellent physical fitness, but weak organizational ability, weak attacking will, solid technique, it is worth mentioning that his heading ability is more prominent, and he may be able to play a good role in set-piece tactics in the future......

After reading the summary report handed in by his assistant again, Mourinho's frowning brow eased little by little.

After rubbing his temples, he seemed to have made a final decision, and with some pity he gently put the player watch down.

Half an hour later, a young player with the face of an East Asian player walked into Mourinho's office after knocking on the door to get permission.

"I heard Mr. Perez say that you are looking for me, and the smell of sweat on your body is a little big, so I went to rinse it briefly, sorry, I made you wait for a long time."

The young Oriental player came in and explained a little apologetically.

The wet board after his rinse had not yet been completely dried, and with his handsome and sunny appearance, it looked surprisingly refreshing at the moment.

Mourinho looked at the young player in front of him, who was obviously not very inhibited, polite but also cheerful, smiled and waved his hand indifferently, and motioned for him to sit down first.

Apparently in previous pre-season training, Mourinho had a pretty good impression of the youngster.

"I've talked about it once before, Li, I won't talk nonsense, I called you over today to tell you about the arrangements for you this season."

Mourinho said as he tapped his finger on the report sheet at hand.

And the young Oriental player sitting opposite Mourinho at the moment also sat up slightly straighter, looking like he was listening carefully.

"We've decided to put you out on loan, you know, there's plenty of personnel in the midfield at the moment, and in order to be responsible for your growth, we think it's better to let you go out on loan and let you play more games in other teams..."

Before Mourinho finished speaking, the young player sitting opposite him looked relieved and happy, and hurriedly asked Mourinho.

"Can I choose my preferred team, boss?"

Mourinho smiled "I knew you would ask" and waved a list of his teams at him.

"Several teams in La Liga and La Liga are interested, and of course, Real Betis is on the list."

The young Oriental player was completely relieved at this time, and thanked Mourinho again and again.

The young Oriental player's name is Leon.

Don't get me wrong, he's not French-Chinese, he doesn't have a foreign name, he's a serious Chinese player.

Thanks to his relatives in Madrid, he came to Spain at the age of thirteen, and then successfully passed the selection to enter the academy of Getafe, and embarked on the road of professional youth training.

At the age of 14, because of his outstanding performance in the youth team competition, he successfully transferred to the academy of Real Madrid, a big football club in the same city.

Just turned 18 years old, he was promoted to Real Madrid's second team Castilla, played half a season in La B and then was loaned by Real Betis, who lacked a midfielder, to play half a season in La B.

At the age of nineteen, he helped Real Betis go straight to La Liga for the last time as the third place in La Liga before the reform of the La Liga promotion system!

At this age, he has such an achievement.

Leon is not a peerless super talent, but he is fully worthy of his status as an outstanding academy player in Real Madrid's academy.

However, he is a youth student who grew up in Lafablica since he was a child and is 100% Real Madrid's "own man", but he is not like other Castilla players.

Others sharpened their heads and wanted to stay at Real Madrid, dreaming of playing for Real Madrid's first team, but Leon wanted to go out.

Even if he was named by the new Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho this summer, he has already started pre-season training with the first-team players.

He still hasn't changed his mind.

Whether Real Madrid sells him or takes him out on loan, he can accept it.

His only request was for him to go to a team that could play consistently.

And Real Betis, who have now been promoted to La Liga, is naturally the best place for him.

There are managers who appreciate him, teammates who have been familiar with him for half a year, and fans who like him.

Real Betis is simply a perfect place for him to "level up".

Mourinho didn't know what to say about Leon either.

He has been coaching for so many years, and it is really rare to see a young player as precocious as Leon.

Precocious enough to remain unfazed by the temptation of Real Madrid's first team.

insisted that the club send himself out to play, and Leon can be regarded as the most "alternative" Real Madrid academy in Castia.

When Mourinho first arrived at Real Madrid, he also had a mind to pay attention to Leon.

He loves this kind of young player who is down-to-earth and looks hard and smart.

Maybe Leon is a little worse in terms of talent after all, but in Mourinho's case, a little weaker attacking attributes is not a big problem.

Not to mention that Leon's talent on the defensive end is indeed very satisfying to him.

If it weren't for the fact that there are too many midfielders in the first team now, Mourinho really wouldn't mind giving Leon a chance to play in the first team of Real Madrid in the new season.

That's what he'd struggled with before.

He is optimistic about Leon's talent, but Real Madrid does not need talent now.

Real Madrid, which has been suppressed by Barcelona for a long time, needs immediate combat power and the signing of one superstar after another.

So instead of letting Li Ang sit on the bench and waste this precious period of ball-upping.

It's better to let him out and expect him to seize the opportunity to grow up quickly.

In this case, maybe in a year or two, Mourinho will have the opportunity to work with a good defensive midfielder who came out of Castilla.

"Come on, don't let go of your diligence and hard work in Valdebebas, I look forward to seeing a better Leon in the near future, you are a great guy, keep your focus!"

Mourinho stood up and shook Leon's hand with his usual encouragement.

Leon smiled and nodded, thanked him again, and walked out of Mourinho's office with brisk steps.

It couldn't have been a simpler pre-season conversation between a manager and a player.

If nothing else, after Real Madrid and Real Betis agreed, Leon will soon be able to simply pack his bags and return to Sevilla, where he has been staying for half a year.

This summer's brief training session with Real Madrid's first-team players looks more like a dream.

In addition to broadening his horizons, Li Ang finally waited for the opportunity to draw the "Golden Star Talent Fragment Card" that he had been looking forward to for the past six years.

Three years and three years, he's been playing in the defensive midfielder position for six years!

It's not that he's born with that talent, or that he likes to play as a defensive midfielder, it's that he doesn't have a choice.

After stepping out of Valdebebas, Leon called up the "Road to the Ball King" panel in his mind on the way home.

In the leftmost "main card slot" of this rudimentary system panel, there is a star talent card that glows golden.

"08-09 Season Limited Edition Makellele"!