Chapter 22: Boss, Can You Guarantee Me 100% of the Main Position [Two in One]
Leon once again felt the "love" from the system.
Looking at the 30 points in the account, plus a glittering Champions League first win package, his grin is almost closed.
Alonso thought he was excited about his first Champions League win, and immediately touched his head.
"There will be a lot of opportunities like this in the future, don't be overjoyed... Let's go, go and thank the fans. ”
Leon didn't defend himself, and after rescuing his smile a little, he walked next to Alonso to his teammates, who were still hugging each other and high-fives.
After skillfully patting Ronaldo's buttocks, pulling Marcelo's hair, and hugging Di Maria, Leon and his teammates stood in a row and applauded in turn to the stands around the Bernabeu to express their gratitude.
It all looked very harmonious, the team won big and the Real Madrid starters and fans were happy.
Maybe some of the substitutes who didn't get the chance to play will feel a little disappointed.
But they will have to work harder to get a chance to start later after the loss.
It's useless to feel sorry for yourself, at least with Mourinho, if you work hard, you will have a chance, even if you don't have a good relationship with him.
But if you don't work hard to complain, there is really no way out in today's Real Madrid.
After the end of the game, after returning to the locker room and making a fuss for a while, the Real Madrid generals accepted simple physiotherapy to relax.
After today's Champions League game, they only have two and a half days to recuperate, and they have to leave for Real Sociedad away.
Time is too tight, so naturally there is no relaxing holiday, and tomorrow afternoon they will be reported by the training base to start recovery training.
So the Real Madrid players will go straight to the dressing room to get a physiotherapy massage and then go home to rest.
Leon got a lot of bonus points at the end of today's game and a Champions League first win package, so he has been in a good mood.
After taking Alonso's "hitchhiker" back to his accommodation, Leon was not in a hurry to open the gift package.
He chose to add a high-carb + high-protein meal, don't care about anything first, and sleep beautifully.
Then wait for the next day to finish the recovery training, and then calmly open the bag and draw cards.
But the next afternoon, when he arrived in Valdebebas in his second-hand Ibiza.
Benzema, who happened to be parked together, told him "bad news".
"That kid's agent made a bit too much noise, I heard that Mr. Chairman also called the coach this morning, you know, Mr. Coach named him in the summer window, so if you abandon it directly, it will definitely not be reasonable on the board of directors, you have to be mentally prepared, little lion ......"
After listening to Benzema's general description, Li Ang first patted Benzema's arm to express his gratitude, and then nodded calmly with a facial expression.
From the very beginning, the afternoon training session entered a certain delicate atmosphere.
Leon and his players, who played yesterday, were divided into groups for recovery training, while the rest of the Real Madrid first-team players were trained at normal intensity on a different training pitch.
The joint training session will take place tomorrow morning, so at least at this time, there has been no communication between Leon and one of the midfielders.
Of course, in an interview with the agent of the former midfielder this morning, the yin and yang weird said "Real Madrid's youth training is certainly great, but I don't think that XXX, which cost Real Madrid 18 million, is here to play as a substitute, and when Kaka is still recovering from injury, my players should get more opportunities to prove themselves...... after the controversial remarks.
It is even more unlikely that there will be any friendly communication between Leon and the dead man's front waist.
Jose Mourinho handed over training to Kalanca after a brief appearance, and he himself plunged headlong into the office.
After Leon and his teammates had completed their recovery training and had finished their physiotherapy massage again, Kalanka called Leon's name outside the physiotherapy area and motioned for him to go out with him.
Ronaldo seemed to feel a little irritated again, and muttered in a Portuguese dialect that everyone didn't understand.
Marcelo, who has always been funny and smiling, also became serious, and pursed his lips to look at Leon.
The rest of the Real Madrid first-team players who stayed in the physiotherapy room all changed their faces slightly.
In the end, it was Alonso who patted Leon on the shoulder.
"Go ahead, communicate with the coach well, don't be arrogant, but don't make concessions to your interests, talk about it as you want, you are not an academy student with no one to help, do you understand what I mean?"
Leon turned his head to look at Alonso's encouraging eyes, and in his peripheral vision, although Ronaldo behind Alonso was still very arrogant, he also nodded to him slightly.
Marcelo came up and covered his mouth and said quickly in Leon's ear, "I'm on your side!" ”。
After that, he winked at Leon.
Leon suddenly grinned, skillfully pulled a handful of Ma Pong's hair, bowed slightly to Alonso and Ronaldo, and then walked briskly towards Karanka, who was still patiently waiting outside the physiotherapy area.
Three minutes later, Leon and Mourinho, who were sitting in their "old positions", were relatively speechless.
But before Leon could ask first, Mourinho rubbed his temples and broke the silence in the office with a sad face.
"I was really optimistic about him at the beginning, even if he couldn't defend well and his body wasn't good, but his insight into the situation and his passing skills made me not want to miss the opportunity to sign him, Real Madrid's midfield needs to be restructured, but I didn't come here to rebuild Real Madrid, I have to lead this team to the glory it deserves, to bring it back to where it should be......"
In Mourinho's slow, half-venting and half-explaining words, Leon can be regarded as experiencing the huge psychological pressure that the football madman is now bearing.
On the basis of Real Madrid's already very luxurious squad, Mourinho spent tens of millions of euros this summer and personally named a few young midfielders.
At that time, Leon was still working hard at Real Betis, and it didn't attract Mourinho's attention at all.
Therefore, Mourinho completed the recruitment in batches according to his own idea of restructuring Real Madrid's midfield.
Khedira and Dead Strikers are the two young midfielders he values the most.
The two defenders and one attack, plus Xavi Alonso, this is the main midfield combination that Mourinho originally envisioned for Real Madrid in the new season.
But later, after some of Real Madrid's first team and players promoted from the second team began to train in advance, Mourinho found the "missing pearl" of Leang.
He really likes a young player like Leon who works hard and down-to-earth.
So after Las Diarra was injured unexpectedly, he immediately halted Leon's loan talks and kept him in the first team.
Originally, I wanted to let Li Ang take the position first, and then continue to let Li Ang go out on loan to practice and grow after Khedira adapts to his new positioning, and Las Diarra also returns from injury.
As a result, no one expected that Li Ang forced Mourinho and the coaching staff to disrupt the original rebuilding plan, and experimented with a new starting formation that seemed to be more in line with Mourinho's taste!
What seems to be the biggest reconstruction problem has been solved.
But when the striker's agent was interviewed, Mourinho also had to face the trouble that could be said to be caused by his own hands.
First, he personally recruited the person, and before he bought it, he promised that he would reuse the cultivation of good students, and now if he pats his ass and puts people on the bench, he himself will not be psychologically comfortable.
Second, Real Madrid spent real money to buy people from the Bundesliga, and he used that kid as a substitute, and the 18 million substitute is really a bit too much.
Thirdly, and most crucially, that striker really has a very high passing ability, and his technique and threat in attack are the highest of all the midfielders in the Real Madrid first team right now!
Therefore, it is also rare for a madman who has always been resolute in doing things, and things are tricky.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have made such a slightly apologetic explanation to Leon.
Leon was silent for a moment.
He understands it, but, as his teacher Alonso said.
He is not arrogant and arrogant, but he also has to fight for his own interests.
If he can always play in the main training level at Real Madrid, then he will naturally be very happy.
But now a dead man has only been substituted for three games and is about to jump out to compete for the starting position, and it is estimated that it will not stop after Las Dia recovers from his injury.
So sooner or later he has to talk openly and honestly with Mourinho about it, it's just a matter of time or time.
Thinking of this, Li Ang also lost his psychological burden, and asked Mourinho decisively and directly.
"Boss, can you guarantee me 100% of the main position?"
Mourinho barely thought about it before shaking his head.
"No, after Las Diala returns from injury, even if he is your substitute, you have to rotate with him often, in my case, your position is the highest in the defensive back, but it is not 100% that you don't need to think about the priority, because your strength has not reached that point, do you know what I mean?"
Mourinho is very realistic, and he is also telling the truth to Leon.
And Leon did not feel any discomfort with Mourinho's direct statement, and he was quite satisfied with Mourinho's sincerity.
To be honest, at present, Ronaldo and Alonso may be in the Real Madrid team to get the sincere promise of Mourinho's "absolute main force".
Because their strength is there, and there is no one to replace in the market.
Leon has played a bright and consistent performance under the new system of Real Madrid, but he is also self-aware.
If you ask yourself, apart from the header, he doesn't think he is now surpassing Las Diarra in all aspects.
If there is still no gap in the strength of the team in the same position, how can Mourinho give up an attacking midfield talent and devote himself to training him for playing time?
'Fifteen appearances, after this season I will clear the midfield redundancy further and you will only play more next season.
Mourinho looked at Leon's increasingly clear and determined eyes, and finally gritted his teeth and gave his own conditions and "promises".
If Leon chooses to stay in the winter window, he will be able to give Leon almost 15 appearances for the remainder of the season.
When playing the "hard bang" midfield trio, Leon needs to rotate with Las Diarra to partner Alonso.
In a more attacking formation, the Dead will have to start a midfield position, with Alonso taking up another.
Leon, Khedira and Las Diarra will have to compete for the last midfield starter.
Mourinho can give Leon such a promise, in fact, it is quite sincere.
If any other coach sits in the position of Real Madrid manager, it is unlikely that he will dare to develop a 19-year-old midfielder like this.
Li Ang is still grateful to Mourinho in his heart, but he still categorically rejected Mourinho's "retention".
He was indeed young, but nineteen years old, and he was not a child anymore.
Not to mention that he has cheats, he needs a lot of match wins to increase points, draw cards to buy items.
At this age when he needs to play the most, he can't just rotate for a season or two, patiently waiting for the so-called "right opportunity" to appear.
Even if the club he plays for is Real Madrid, it doesn't work.
"You really can't wait any longer? Even if I find a way to get that kid to play on a weak team this year, brush up more data, play a good value, and sell him to make room for you in the summer window next year, can't I? ”
Mourinho was a little anxious, he told Leon the truth, but he didn't want Leon to run away from Real Madrid.
On the contrary, he values Leon's natural potential and traits more.
He just needs Leon to be patient and wait for him for a year, and after he straightens out Real Madrid's dressing room and clears up the redundant restless players by the way, Leon will naturally be able to slowly rise to the top and secure a main position.
Now he really can't make a promise.
After hearing Mourinho's sincere words, Leon's mind became more and more clear.
"Boss, what you said before counts, can I try to pick the most suitable club for me to rent out during the winter window?"
Mourinho saw that Li Ang looked determined and did not enter, and he was also out of line, sighed lightly and waved his hand.
"Don't worry about this, I'll say hello to the uniform team at that time, as long as the club you picked is not too outrageous, and the other party really wants to introduce you, then it's naturally no problem."
Leon got the answer he wanted, and his mood was not as complicated as before, but he had a sense of relief from the whirlpool.
"I've actually enjoyed working with you, boss, but I do need more of a commitment and more opportunities to play now, whether it's next summer or the following summer, if you feel I'm up to your 'top priority' requirements, then I'll be back in Madrid, but until then, I want you to give me plenty of experience outside. I have faith in myself, and you can have more confidence in me. ”
Leon finally left his honest words and thoughts, and walked out of the office door step by step under Mourinho's slightly melancholy gaze.
His steps were firm, and he never looked back......
Two days later, Leon, who was sitting on the bench, was still calmly watching the third round of La Liga between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad.
But even when he came off the bench, a dead midfielder didn't get a chance to start.
Gago started with Marcos Alonso in a back pair today, with Khedira still playing as a starting centre-back.
Mourinho has made his choice, but he also has to let the dead man know about the forward midfielder and the agent behind him.
No one can coerce a madman in public opinion, even if the madman loses money this time, that won't work!
As an internal "punishment", the dead man's forward midfielder even failed to make the eighteen-man squad for this round of the league.
The recent controversy surrounding his and Leon's starters seems to have gradually subsided with Mourinho's strong handling.
At least, for the time being, it calmed down.
The turmoil in the wealthy family is always like this.
Sometimes it comes quickly and lastingly, and the impact is huge, and sometimes it comes and goes quickly.
And under this turmoil, only a very few people know.
The countdown to the time Leon has spent in the first team at Real Madrid.