The city of Ajaccio is the capital of the province of South Corsica, the southernmost territory of France, located in the Bay of Ajaccio on the west coast of Corsica, a French Mediterranean island. It is the heart of activity in Corsica, a beautiful small harbour town.

If there's anything out of the world here, it's that great men like Napoleon Bonaparte have come out here to make it famous. Napoleon was born here in 1769, when France had just acquired Ricorica from Italy, and did not consider Corsicans French, but it was this Corsican who gave France the most glorious moment in its thousand-year history.

To this day, it still houses the cathedral built in the 16th century, the palace and the imperial chapel built under Napoleon III

The old city of the 7th century – although this 7th-century old town was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century. It's a bustling commercial hub, elegant coastal flair, rich history – in short, it's a tourist destination.

But Ajaccio is a good choice as a holiday tour, but football?

Ajaccio's team, since its establishment in 1910 has been 90 years old, let alone the championship, has not even played a single first division. There are only three teams in Corsica, one of which is an amateur team that was founded in 1997.

But now the Corsicans want to do something about it, and for no other reason, because Bastia, the provincial capital of North Corsica, has been promoted to the French First Division.

This made it difficult for Ajaccio and Bastia to meet again, and the original Corsican derby was gone.

Ajaccio was naturally reluctant to accept the humiliating taste of being crushed by his fellow island brothers. They also want to be promoted to the first division and let the Corsican derby start in Ligue 1.

And it was in this situation that Ajaccio's head coach Kubis asked Paris to sign Zhao Yaning on loan.

"You really don't have to fly with me to Ajaccio." Zhao Yaning said to Cordia beside him.

"To be honest, I don't want you to go to that team. Those blacklegs from Algeria are a mob of thugs who only carry out political assassinations, write Corsican everywhere, and seek independence every day! ”

Zhao Yaning nodded, he knew that many people in France did not have a very good impression of Corsica. Ajaccio is a Corsican team, which makes it difficult for the French to like this team.

Since Corsica became a French territory in the 17th century, they have never ceased to fight for independence, and Catalonia in Spain is the most vocal region for independence. But there is a big difference between the two:

Ajaccio is poorly resourced, underdeveloped in industry and commerce, and inadequate in taxes, and the island's GDP per capita is 30% lower than the national average in France. In Corsica, a quarter of the employed population is a state civil servant, who has to take 11.4 billion francs a year from France to make ends meet, but who still want independence.

Catalonia, on the other hand, accounts for about 20% of Spain's tax revenue, but only 10% of Spain's population, and they live in affluence, so they are full of dissatisfaction with the Spanish government.

Although Zhao Yaning knows nothing about politics and rejects the practice of splitting the country from the bottom of his heart, he still feels that Corsica is more tough in comparison, while Catalonia always gives him a feeling of disliking the poor and loving the rich.

But he didn't think it made any sense, he was just a kicker, and it wasn't his turn to take care of these things.

"Actually, if you can wait, maybe I can help you find a team abroad. I have some friends in Belgium, if you will......"

Zhao Yaning waved his hand, interrupting Cordia's words, and then laughed self-deprecatingly, "The new season is about to start, where is there still time!" Besides, I just learned a little bit of French and can communicate on a daily basis, so if I don't stay in France and go to Belgium, wouldn't I be deaf again? If you don't go, Corsica will be Corsica, isn't it just a poor island, I don't care. ”

"But there, it's hard for you to make a name for yourself, and it's hard for you to get ahead!" Mark Cordia finally said what was in his heart, "It's an island, an island that almost no one pays attention to, and who's going to go there to investigate you?" ”

"Let's try it." Zhao Yaning laughed again.

It's not that he didn't understand what Cordia meant. Ajaccio is too young, for them it is impossible to upgrade the difficult task, playing there, what else to talk about? Playing on that island, let alone becoming famous, is hard to attract scouts – who would run to an island with only three teams when they have nothing to do? Cordia didn't want to go on his own, he knew there was no way out. But he didn't want to offend Paris Saint-Germain, after all, he was an agent, and it was not a good thing to offend a big team, so he let himself come forward to refuse this loan contract, a foreigner refused to go to an unstable place like Corsica, and the reason was quite legitimate.

But Zhao Yaning could only smile bitterly at his thoughts, Mark, you still can't understand me. Now I have the right to pick and choose? As long as you can kick the ball, it's better than anything else.

"It's really not for young people, and it's better to stay at PSG than to go there."

"Marc, I read a story when I was learning French, about an Italian king who said that he would rather be the eldest in a small fishing village than go to Rome to be the second, right?" Zhao Yaning stopped Mark, "There is also a saying in China, Ning is the head of the chicken, not the queen of the cow." That is, the head of the chicken is cleaner than the butt of the cow. Now, I also have this answer - they give me the main team, what if the team is small? ”

"You're talking about Caesar, he was the Roman emperor, not the Italian king."

"Rome? Italy? It's all about the same, speaking of Rome, isn't Totti the boss in Rome? Is he not as famous as those at Inter? ”

"Roma have won at least one title, but what is Ajaccio?" Mark is also accustomed to the mindset of football players, and there are few of these guys who read seriously, and there is no need to discuss those things with them.

"If I can make a difference there, then I can get people's attention, and if I do nothing there — it's because I'm not good enough, what's the difference?" Zhao Yaning remembered something, "Doesn't Bastia have a very famous player?" What's it called? Michael Essien? It's all in the Corsican Isle team, and if he can do it, I can do it. ”

"He became famous because of the World Junior Championships!" Cordia was a little annoyed, "And you don't have Essien's abilities either."

"yes, that's why I need more of a chance to exercise." Zhao Yaning smiled, "I believe I will succeed, and you can also believe in me." ”

"Whatever you want, you're still young anyway, you can waste a year." Cordia grumbled, "I hope you can get the weight of Kubis." ”

This made Zhao Yaning a little excited, and he also learned some news about Ajaccio head coach Kubis, who had worked with Zidane, which made Zhao Yaning very much looking forward to meeting him: maybe he was his own Bole.

But compared to him, Cordia is not very happy, "We had dealt with him when he was a coach at Marseille, I was in Marseille at the time, I was still a football journalist, and I heard some bad rumours about him, and from those rumors, he is not a decent man. ”

Zhao Yaning looked at Kodia curiously, but Kodia closed her mouth this time. Seeing that he was reluctant to speak, Zhao Yaning had no choice but to change the subject, "Tell me about Ajaccio, I mean you should know something that I don't know." ”

Cordia glanced at him, "Yes, I do know of some things that would never be written on the team's official website. ”

"Ajaccio is a satellite team of Monaco."

Such a thing will not be recorded on the official website, it will only be a message between brokers.

'Ajaccio have a poor squad, they're poor, they can't afford to develop the hardware of the squad and they can't bring in great players. So, they have chosen to go on loan from other teams in large numbers. They have a good relationship with Monaco, with as many as eight players in the squad on loan from Monaco. ”

These words made Zhao Yaning take a deep breath, a team of eight people is rented?

"Monaco's youth training is very good, Latubi's training base is one of the best in Europe, Arsene Wenger built there, and over the years, it has been the best academy in France, they have a surplus of talent, they can't digest it, a lot of it is rented out, so it benefits Ligue 2 a lot."

Speaking of Arsene Wenger, Cordia is a bit proud. Arsenal's professors are second to none in terms of youth development and talent, and his team has a flamboyant style and a beautiful style of play, which has a huge number of fans around the world, and that team has a lot of French people, and it has always been talked about by the French.

"But if Ajaccio is a satellite of Monaco, then why did Ajaccio loan me and PSG agree? There is no reason for Parisians to help Monaco's satellites. ”

"What's the big deal then? Anyway, you're not going to Marseille's satellites. ”

Zhao Yaning was still puzzled, but Cordia didn't plan to explain anymore.

Paris and Monaco have always had better relations, while Marseille, Lyon and Bordeaux have been on the other hand. As Monaco's satellite Ajaccio loaned Zhao Yaning, Paris will not object, if Lyon's satellite Toulouse loaned Zhao Yaning, then the answer given by Paris will definitely be different.

But these things, the players don't need to know. The factional battle in Ligue 1 has always been fierce, but to put it bluntly, it is the hatred between Paris and Marseille, and the agent knows these things in his heart, there is no need to let the players know, they just play well, and the other messy things are managed by the agent.

"What I can do for you, I've done." Cordia said in her heart, "It's not much, but at least it will allow you to play." So what happens in the future is up to you. ”