I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 35 The Miracle Doctor Arrives
Lisbon, Portugal.

As the new RTP1 logo flashed, the TV screen in the living room switched to the studio.

"This is Channel 1 of Portuguese Radio and Television."

“Welcome back to our special European Championship show, Deciding in Lisbon!”

As the host was introducing, the TV screen switched again to the gate of the Portugal national team's training center.

"This afternoon, Prime Minister Jose Manuel Barroso visited the national team training center."

"Here, Barroso cares about the national team players' training life and preparations, and encourages them to show their determination to win in the upcoming European Cup on home soil."

As soon as he finished speaking, Portuguese Prime Minister Barroso appeared on the screen.

He was speaking to the internationals.

"Here, you are the heroes. I don't ask for anything else, I just hope you can keep the European Cup in Portugal!"

"Portugal's revival requires a great football victory!"

"The Portuguese people and I have great confidence in you. We can't wait for that great moment in more than 20 days."

"We have the best players on the continent and the best chance in history."

"The government, I, and everyone in this country will always stand behind you!"

The screen switched again, and the big star and national team captain Luis Figo appeared.

"Captain Figo, on behalf of the national team, presented a gift from the national team to Prime Minister Barroso."

"Figo said that after the training camp over the past period of time, everyone in the national team is ready to meet the challenge."

Figo's close-up appeared on the TV screen.

“This past season, we were a championship-rich team.”

"Porto has six international players who have won the Champions League and Portuguese Super League titles, and Benfica has six international players who have won the Portuguese Cup."

"Rui Costa won the Serie A title, Pauleta won the French Cup, and Couto also won the Italian Cup."

"And Ronaldo, he won the FA Cup at Manchester United."

"We have 23 international players, 17 of whom have won championships. We are confident that we can win the European Cup!"

The scene switched back to the studio, and the host introduced the news of the Portuguese national team in recent days.

"Yesterday, the media broke the news that the national team coach Scolari was furious about Ronaldinho's injury and absence from training. The media also interviewed Ronaldinho about this matter."

The Manchester United star was shown on TV in training and was also interviewed afterward.

"Yes, I was injured in training, my ankle was strained and I missed a training session, but I have recovered and it will not affect the upcoming European Cup. I will never allow such a thing to happen."

"Scolari is furious?"

"No, I don't take it personally."

"With the big competition coming up, everyone is under a lot of pressure. He wants to remind everyone to be careful, avoid injuries and stay in shape."

……

Jose Fonte sat on the sofa in the living room, looking at Cristiano Ronaldo on TV with great envy.

That was his teammate in the Sporting Lisbon youth team, who was two years younger than him.

Jose Fonte watched with his own eyes as Ronaldo caught up with him from the younger age groups, surpassed him and entered the first team.

Last summer, he captured Ferguson's favor with his outstanding talent and transferred to the top club Manchester United at a high price.

Today, Ronaldo has become a main player of the national team and the most promising talent in everyone's eyes.

And what about him?
unemployed!
He is very confused and uneasy now.

At the same time, life was difficult.

He was forced to move back to his hometown and live with his grandmother.

His father, Arthur Fonte, is also a professional player. He made his debut in the youth training camp of Sporting Lisbon and was selected for the Portuguese national youth team.

Because of their father, both Jose Fonte and his younger brother Rui Fonte entered the youth training team of Sporting Lisbon at an early age.

You move up the ladder step by step, and the older you get, the slower your progress.

Two years have passed since he joined the second team at the age of 19, but Jose Fonte has never been able to reach the threshold of the first team.

Jose Fonte found it unacceptable to see his teammates such as Quaresma and Ronaldo entering the first team, joining top clubs and entering the national team one after another, while he could only stay in the second team.

As someone who has experienced this, Arthur Fonte also believes that it is not a good thing for him to continue wasting time in the second team at the age of 21.

So, this summer, Jose Fonte chose to leave.

After leaving the team, he will have to find a new team.

But his agent Fernandez is not a big-name agent in Portugal. He is neither as popular as Jorge Mendes nor as powerful as Jose Vega.

In addition, Jose Fonte did not perform well in the Sporting Lisbon II team and had never even made it to the national youth team, which made it difficult for him to gain the favor of the Portuguese Super League teams.

In recent years, too many South American players have flocked to Portugal, such as Deco of Porto.

This has seriously affected the living space of local players such as Jose Fonte.

Not only does he not get any chances in the Portuguese Super League, he also has a hard time attracting attention in the upper and mid-level teams in the Portuguese First Division.

Finally, his agent helped him contact Salgueiros in the Portuguese Second Division.

The club is ambitious and wants to enter the Portuguese Second Division, so it attaches great importance to Jose Fonte.

Head coach Norton de Matos even went to Lisbon in person to communicate with Jose Fonte and invited him to go to Salgueiros.

Jose Fonte agrees to join Salgueiros.

But just when the season ended and he was looking forward to a new journey, bad news came.

Salgueiros went bankrupt and was liquidated.

The contract he signed before is invalid!
This was like a blow to Jose Fonte's head.

He lost his job.

He was panicked and confused and had no idea what to do.

His father and agent are contacting teams for him.

Everyone knows that at the age of 21, if he doesn't have a ball to play, his career will probably be ruined.

His own predicament made Jose Fonte feel particularly bad at this moment as he watched Ronaldo on TV.

They were once teammates fighting side by side.

But now, Ronaldo is the favored one who is high above everyone else, while he, Jose Fonte, has fallen into the quagmire.

He swore that if anyone or any team was willing to give him a professional contract and a chance to play football, he would do his best, even risking his life, because he didn't know what else he could do besides playing football.

……

Jose Fonte turned off the TV in a depressed mood, hugged his legs and curled up on the sofa.

He was like a poor, anxious puppy.

At this moment, the Nokia phone next to him rang.

"Hello." Jose Fonte weakly answered the call from his agent Fernandez.

"A club has approached me, but I'm not sure if you want to go."

Jose Fonte's eyes lit up, and he stood up from the sofa like a spring, "Go, I'll go."

"Don't be impatient, listen to me, it's a team from the Championship."

"England Championship?"

"Oh, it's the former English Football League One, now renamed the English Football Championship."

"Which one?"

"Bayswater Chinese, a newly promoted team, won the English League Two title last season."

This situation is very similar to that of Salgueiros.

The difference is that the Chinese in Bayswater successfully upgraded, and it was in England.

"How strong are they?" Jose Fonte was a little worried.

After all, he had just suffered a big loss.

"It's not a big team and the conditions are not very good, but according to their boss, they just spent several million pounds to buy land and set up a youth training team. They plan to invest 2000 million pounds to build a training base. They should be quite strong."

"Oh, by the way, they are a consortium from China."

Jose Fonte was excited, but also a little worried.

"Their boss also told me that if possible, he would like to invite us to visit London and cover all travel expenses."

"Is it okay?" Jose Fonte was overjoyed.

"Of course, if you want to try it, I'll contact them."

"I go!"

……

Yang Cheng was not aware of what happened in Portugal.

He is really too busy.

Although Dan Ashworth, Gary Worthington, Matt Crocker and Mike Rigg have all arrived and started to integrate youth training, Yang Cheng, the chief helmsman, cannot be absent.

He himself was not at ease with being a hands-off manager.

After all, he is now putting all his efforts into the Chinese in Bayswater.

While presiding over the youth training integration work, Yang Cheng was also not idle.

Brian Kidd recommended him Blackburn's "miracle doctor" David Favre.

David Favre was a close friend of Brian Kidd and served as the chief team doctor at Manchester United in the 1990s.

Before joining Manchester United, David Favre worked at St. Helens Hospital in the eastern suburbs of Liverpool and also served the Wigan District Rugby League and was quite famous.

In early 1994, Brian Kidd, then Ferguson's assistant, brought a young player with a knee ligament injury to the hospital. He was deeply impressed by David Favre's superb medical skills.

In June, Manchester United team doctor McGregor left the team. At the recommendation of Brian Kidd, David Favre officially served as Manchester United's team doctor until 6.

After helping Manchester United win the treble, David Favre accepted Brian Kidd's invitation and went to Blackburn Rovers in order to take care of his son who had diabetes at a young age.

Yang Cheng had heard of David Favre's medical skills in his previous life.

Not only was he a miracle doctor in the Football Manager game, he also later went to Chelsea.

David Favre will serve as the club's medical director, overseeing all medical affairs for the first team and youth teams, after moving from Blackburn to Bayswater.

Rob Price from the FA will be the team's head physiotherapist.

Although Rob Price is only 32 years old, he has a degree in physical therapy and a Master of Science in Sports Rehabilitation.

After graduating with a master's degree, he first worked in a private clinic. In 2000, he was hired by the English Football Association as a physiotherapist, mainly responsible for the England U21 national youth team.

Brian Kidd was very impressed by Rob Price during his time with the national team, and David Favre was also familiar with him, so this time the two officially began to cooperate in Bayswater Chinese.

Since the first team will continue to train in central London in the new season, the medical department will also be divided into two groups.

Although the current financial situation of Bayswater Chinese is not good and funds are limited, Yang Cheng still promised to do his best to meet David Favre and Rob Price's requirements for purchasing medical instruments and equipment.

Just when the medical department was first established, Yang Cheng received a call from Portuguese agent Fernandez, confirming Jose Fonte's intention to visit London.

Yang Cheng attaches great importance to Jose Fonte.

This central defender was a typical example of being underestimated in the early days. He waited for no chance at Sporting Lisbon, and after the transfer, he encountered a series of bad luck, either injuries or team bankruptcy, which made the early development of his career a mess.

But he is very capable and has the nickname of the center back incubator.

In addition to Koscielny, Yang Cheng also plans to keep Roger Johnson, but send Luke Chambers and Baptiste away.

Therefore, Yang Cheng is going to sign two central defenders this summer.

Just before Jose Fonte came to London, the Bayswater Chinese officially received notice from Queens Park Rangers and Martin Roland's agent that they had reached an agreement on personal treatment.

Martin Rowland is set to join Queens Park Rangers from Bayswater Chinese in a deal worth £300m.

Bayswater Chinese have signed a three-year stadium lease contract with Queens Park Rangers.

Among them, the first year's rent of 50 pounds will be deducted from Martin Roland's transfer fee.

The remaining £250 million is a one-off payment.

After moving to Queens Park Rangers, Martin Rowland was offered a contract with a weekly salary of £5000.

At Bayswater Chinese, the salary structure that Xia Qing set for Yang Cheng only offered a maximum weekly salary of 2000 pounds.

In addition to Martin Roland's transfer to Queens Park Rangers, there were several offer faxes on Yang Cheng's desk.

Arsenal and Chelsea have both made offers for Ribery.

Two local players, Devaney, who scored 13 goals last season, and Huddlestone, who performed well in midfield, have also attracted a lot of attention.

This made Yang Cheng feel a heavy pressure.

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