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Chapter 271 Chinese Boy (Please Subscribe)

Serie A now clearly has a nationalized system.

Later, people joked about the Premier League's "native" status, but in reality, Italian players also increased their market value.

No matter how rich you are, it's still just a combination of domestic and foreign players, and there are quota restrictions on foreign players. If you can't buy someone of Maradona's caliber, and everyone's foreign players are roughly equal in ability, in the end it still comes down to the quality of domestic players.

Excellent local players are valuable.

Cassano later became a record-breaking transfer, but this time Totti opened the door earlier.

Totti's transfer fee looks very high.

However, a few years later, Coco's transfer fee was over $2000 million, which was quite extravagant in 2001. The full-backs that Wenger brought in were all poached by Manchester City and Chelsea, but the total cost of buying them was less than $2000 million, and each of them developed better than Coco.

Lu Deyang is not worried that the professor will be unable to persuade the players.

Arsenal's playing style is undeniable, and it's no wonder that some players are interested.

The professor's training of young people hasn't yet yielded results, but his theories are exceptionally strong. He has a legitimate master's degree and can easily win over players and parents through interviews.

It's mainly about money.

If you want to play in the Premier League, even if it's because I admire your personal charm, I wouldn't ask for an outrageous salary, but it should at least be on par with Serie A.

This in itself puts pressure on Arsenal.

The professor's salary control has always been very strict, even before the stadium was renovated.

The Premier League does not allow players to co-own. If you buy 100% ownership, the player's former club will inevitably demand a large sum of money. If an Italian team buys half ownership for $5 million and develops the player, you would have to spend at least $14 million to take the player away.

I doubt the professor would agree to spend that money on lottery tickets.

A little over 10 million euros can buy two or three players who have played well for several seasons in Ligue 1.

It's too difficult to win hundreds of thousands of dollars in Serie A lottery tickets.

Unless the professor pulls a Fabregas-style maneuver beforehand, taking advantage of the player's lack of a professional contract to simply take him away and pay a penalty, he has scoured La Masia quite a bit in those years.

At that time, UEFA had not yet stipulated that players could not transfer before the age of 18.

Lu Deyang told the professor about this.

Young Italian players who make it into the first team are all expensive, and they're unwilling to leave Serie A.

If they really want to poach players, they can only target younger ones. Taking them away before they even have apprenticeship contracts will test the eyesight of Arsenal's scouts.

Lu Deyang also felt it was inappropriate to recommend the professor.

Too many young Italians are struggling to adapt to life in Britain.

The two chatted for a while longer, and Lu Deyang suggested that he try to poach Dutch talent, since the Netherlands had a wealth of talent these days, with a continuous stream of talent from De Boer's generation to Van Persie's.

Every year, geniuses emerge out of nowhere.

Before Van der Vaart went to Hamburg, he was the subject of interest from many European teams, but Hamburg, the club with the most money, was the most sincere.

It's likely the professor will stick to his old methods and poach French players.

He had connections in France, and French players were cheap and effective. If he used the $1000 million he had properly, he could easily strengthen his defense. Later, Clichy and Tourega didn't even cost £100 million.

While you're still reading scouting reports, the professor has already learned about the players' personalities and technical characteristics through their coaches at different stages of their careers, and he also communicates with young players himself.

Even if you're sincere, it's hard to beat him. Just the fact that the professor is French is incredibly attractive to players. And later, needless to say, he was a contemporary of Ferguson, famous for developing young talent. Even if you want to go to Real Madrid or Barcelona in the future, Arsenal is a good stepping stone.

This is how you play the game when you have connections.

During those years, almost all of France was Wenger's backyard. Newcastle, which had a long tradition of using French players, couldn't match the players Wenger bought at low prices even with their high-priced acquisitions.

As a FM player, I completely understand the thrill of playing the Professor.

After hanging up the phone, the princess put her arm around Lu Deyang and asked, "You two seem to get along very well?"

"Mr. Wenger is an excellent coach, and some of his views are very forward-thinking."

Lu Deyang patted the princess and said.

The results will show how right the professor was in promoting healthy eating among players.

Moreover, the fact that a foreigner like him could manage those five veteran, alcoholic defenders, under such circumstances, is similar to the situation when a Japanese coached a South Korean team. It's not something an ordinary person could do.

Good coaches all have some skills.

Therefore, Lu Deyang was not worried about the professor at all; he had plenty of ways to buy people.

They're just jealous of Totti's good performance.

Even if you offered him roughly the same amount of money as Ronaldo, he might not accept it; it's a matter of consumer attitudes.

I wonder if it was influenced by the professor.

The princess spoke French all night.

……

Sure enough, the next day's newspapers were filled with reports mocking Lippi.

The Gazzetta dello Sport wrote: "Lippi lost both the game and his composure, throwing a tantrum at the post-match press conference."

According to the Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport, "Lippi does not believe there is anything wrong with his tactics."

Tuttosport reports: "According to inside sources, Del Piero was very dissatisfied with Lippi's arrangements, and he was not allowed to make any impact on the field in the final moments."

The local players on each team are the most difficult to deal with.

It takes a certain amount of courage to drop Del Piero.

But Del Piero's performance at the club was really good, so there was really no reason for Lippi to give him up.

Zebra Prince is the opposite of Polish Airplane; he performs excellently at the club level but is quite poor at the national team level.

The princess is going to attend a friend's wedding later today.

Lu Deyang decided to invite Redondo to go roller skating together. With his flowing hair, it would be a shame not to show off at the roller rink.

Before he could even make a call, Totti called back.

"What's wrong, Francisco?"

Lu Deyang asked.

Totti on the other end of the phone said, "It seems like Gigi is having an affair. He won't admit it yet. I suspect it might be an older woman. This guy will do anything for money."

Not to the point.

Spanish players are the ones who like older women.

Are you sure you're not mistaken?

Lu Deyang asked.

"No, I was following him in a taxi. That woman has more wrinkles on her neck than on my golf bag, and she drives a Bentley!" Totti said excitedly. "Dejan, hurry up and bring everyone over. We'll take pictures, no, we'll try to talk Gigi out of here."

Lu Deyang: ...

He suspected that the little prince wanted to take a picture and submit it to the newspaper, after all, he was a columnist for The Sun.

Lu Deyang called Redondo, who happened to have bought a green pickup truck, the same model as the one in "The Bridges of Madison County," after watching a movie.

This car doesn't attract any attention at all when it's driven around.

Before long, Lu Deyang sat in the passenger seat of the pickup truck.

Following Totti's directions, we ended up back near Lu Deyang's house.

"Francisco, if you had told me earlier I would have come by myself," Lu Deyang said helplessly.

"I didn't know it was near your house, I only know that I passed by it all the way."

Totti said somewhat awkwardly.

"Haha, okay, where's Gigi?"

Lu Deyang asked.

Totti pointed to a nice detached house and said, "That's it. He really had the heart to do that. What if his girlfriend died? Would that be considered murder?"

Redondo glanced at Totti from the side; he had a feeling that the kid was always looking for trouble.

Lu Deyang also saw the Bentley, an older Mulsanne model that has been discontinued. Only about 2000 of these cars were ever made, so it would be easy to find out who owned it.

"So what do we do now?" Redondo asked. "We can't just barge in, can we?"

"Why don't we wait here? I'll take pictures of all the evidence, so that kid won't deny it," Totti said, waving his camera. He had specifically bought the latest 130-megapixel E2S camera to take pictures of the evidence, afraid that the pictures wouldn't be clear.

"Forget it, they're already out."

Lu Deyang raised his chin and said.

Sure enough, the door to the house opened, and when Lu Deyang saw Lorenzo Buffon, he knew what was going on.

Totti said that the old lady was probably Buffon's great-aunt.

"I never expected to see you all at my doorstep today, Deyang."

Lorenzo Buffon said with a smile.

"They were visiting my house and happened to be nearby. They thought your car was nice, so they stopped to take a look," Lu Deyang explained with a smile.

Lorenzo Buffon glanced at the camera in Totti's hand and nodded with a smile.

"You should invite us in for a cup of coffee."

Lu Deyang asked.

"Come on, I'm all ready."

Lorenzo Buffon waved and said.

Redondo glared fiercely at Totti.

Even though he was just watching the spectacle, he also found it amusing that Buffon was dating a rich woman.

I didn't expect they were visiting relatives.

That's quite a difference.

Totti gave a disgruntled laugh.

He overheard Buffon on the phone saying that the gift the other person gave him was very expensive. Based on what he saw, he assumed that Buffon had found a girlfriend who was about to celebrate her 60th birthday.

Hey.

Totti, who was initially happy for his good friend, is now very disappointed.

Why is Ji Guitar so clueless?

Wouldn't it be better to avoid 30 years of hard work?

How many 30-year periods does a player have? I've never seen anyone play for 30 years.

Upon entering the house, the group saw Buffon and Lorenzo's wife, who was probably not his first wife. Totti described her as very old, but she looked more than 10 years younger than Lorenzo Buffon, probably only around 50 years old.

Buffon asked with some surprise, "Dejan, Fernando, how did you end up hanging out with him?"

"Hey, what do you mean by 'mixing together'?"

Totti said irritably.

Lu Deyang could only explain again, "I invited the two of them to my house, and when they saw the Bentley at the door, which looked very nice, they stopped to admire it."

"Oh, I think Musang is very beautiful too."

Buffon said with a smile.

Lu Deyang stood by the wall looking at the black and white photos.

Lorenzo and Cesare Maldini, the Swedish trio, were teammates.

He came through AC Milan's youth academy and was also the captain of AC Milan, but he played for Inter Milan for three seasons at the end of his professional career.

“That Trapattoni guy always likes to show off his skills, so I threatened him that if he dared to try anything funny while I was in goal, I would break his leg,” Lorenzo Buffon explained as he walked over.

“Players with good skills all have this habit,” Lu Deyang said with a smile.

"His skills were pretty good, but he was also very humorous. There were very few black players at that time, and he liked to tell jokes like that."

Lorenzo Buffon said.

Why did you go to Inter Milan?

Buffon walked over and asked.

“I grew up in France, and to be honest, I didn’t have much of a connection to derbies back then. My grandfather’s father and I were both goalkeepers. I only started playing for AC Milan after we returned to Italy. I left AC Milan because of a conflict with the president. When I wanted to come back, he wasn’t willing to offer me a contract. Inter Milan heard about this and gave me a contract, so I went and played for three seasons,” Lorenzo Buffon explained.

"I haven't heard this story before."

Buffon said.

Lorenzo said self-deprecatingly, "That's because your mother likes to talk about her maternal grandfather's cousin, that volleyball player named Carlo Alberto Mois, as if playing volleyball is something nobler."

Buffon looked a little embarrassed; it was true that his mother often brought this up at home.

Buffon's entire family is involved in sports.

His parents met while preparing for the shot put event at the Tokyo Olympics. His mother, Maria, was among the first women to enter the training center, and his father, Adriano Buffon, fell for her.

His father achieved fame at a young age but failed to live up to his talent, but his mother Maria's record of 57.54 meters in discus throw stood for 17 years.

His two older sisters are also volleyball players, and Buffon has been their ball boy since they were little.

Buffon had some doubts, wondering if his goalkeeping talent was developed back then in order to avoid retrieving the ball too often.

Lorenzo's children were a bit lacking.

Apart from the second son, who serves as an agent, none of the other children are involved in sports.

It is very difficult for the offspring of top players to replicate their fathers' success.

There are very few players like Ma Baolu who have two captains in one team.

Several people were forced to stay for a meal.

Lorenzo Buffon and his wife were clearly also very willing to interact with young people.

“We’ve been going clubbing lately. The newspaper says young people love it. It’s healthier than nightclubs. Nobody knows you in the dim lighting, so you can dance freely without worrying about being laughed at.”

Lorenzo Buffon said.

Lu Deyang gave a thumbs up and said, "I've never been there before, you're really trendy."

He only went to nightclubs with Paul Ma and his friends; disco has only become popular in recent years.

"As people get older, they always want to try something new."

Lorenzo laughed and said, "A few days ago, Angela was learning to cook Georgian food from TV. It's supposedly the dictator's favorite food. It's all spices, but I couldn't taste any flavor at all."

In the Balkans, onions, garlic, and pepper are used extensively.

It is indeed quite different from Italian cuisine.

Redondo looked at the tennis racket on the wall and asked, "Will you still play tennis?"

“Of course, Angela and I met through tennis,” Lorenzo Buffon said.

Totti whispered from the side, "Grandpa Guitarist really has a lot of energy."

He was genuinely impressed; tennis is a very physically demanding sport.

His father, Enzo, is now out of breath just climbing a flight of stairs, and he's only in his early forties.

“He is his grandfather’s younger brother.”

Lu Deyang reminded him.

Being able to play tennis in your 60s really shows you're in good health.

Buffon's athletic talent is no joke.

Moreover, Lu Deyang remembered that even after the Club World Cup was restructured, Lorenzo was still alive and well, which is quite remarkable considering his longevity.

The group said their goodbyes after dinner.

This last-minute visit without a gift is not in Lu Deyang's style.

I'll have to make it up when I have time.

The media's focus has shifted again, because the next match is the Milan derby, and the series of battles has fans cheering.

Inter Milan's league ranking is similar to Juventus', currently sitting in fourth place.

Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti stated in an interview: "We are still in a special period. Even if we can't beat AC Milan, it doesn't matter. We will do our best in every transfer window that follows, and I am willing to bring many star players to the fans."

These words still drew ridicule from many media outlets.

Lu Deyang, however, did not find it funny.

Moratti really doesn't care about spending money; he has a net worth of over two billion euros, and he has spent most of it on Inter Milan.

Proportionally speaking, no boss in the world can compare to him.

The amount alone is definitely not small.

The only problem is that he likes to interfere too much in the team's management.

Inter Milan's young coach, Roy Hodgson, humbly stated, "We are still in a challenger position. Serie A is the best league in the world, and every game is important for Inter Milan. The whole team will work hard to play, but I won't put too much pressure on the players. Putting aside the derby factor, this is just a league game."

Such a statement naturally drew ridicule from the media.

Before this, Hodgson had never coached any decent clubs, and no one cared about his coaching experience in Sweden. On the contrary, he did quite well coaching the Swiss national team to the knockout stage.

In his column for Gazzetta dello Sport, Krudelli wrote: "Hodgson has no confidence in the upcoming matches, so he needs to cool things down beforehand. As a coach who is a former English player, he can't possibly not understand the significance of the derby, but he still chooses to keep trying to convince fans in the media that the derby is just a league match. We all know why he does this."

On November 24, Milan hosted their city derby at the San Siro.

The fans of the two teams have been arguing about this derby for days.

In the locker room, the players were all talking about the derby.

Familiar fans will cheer for the players on the way.

Some stores have also changed their storefronts to include team-related elements.

For many people, football is more than just entertainment.

“We are under more pressure; we can’t afford to lose to Inter Milan even if we win all our victories,” Baresi said.

Maldini nodded in agreement.

Sometimes these records can actually be a source of pressure.

"Inter Milan's strength is average, we will definitely wait for them to win."

Totti said with a smile.

Basten watched the spectacle from the sidelines.

He finally recovered from his injury and returned to the field, so he took the opportunity to target Inter Milan.

After changing into his gear, Lu Deyang decided to participate in the lottery.

[Your good brother Cristiano Ronaldo has a very low injury rate; even as a winger, he's one of the least injury-prone wingers. Therefore, we've selected a high-performing player who's been plagued by injuries. *Ding!* You've obtained a single-match trial card for the first round of the 1997-1998 Serie A season, Inter Milan vs. Brescia, featuring Álvaro Alexandre Recoba Rivero.]

Chinese boy!

Recoba is called the Chinese boy mainly because his facial features resemble those of a Chinese person.

Some of his photos from when he was young make you think he's Chinese.

Moreover, before he joined the European club, he was rumored to be linked with Shanghai Shenhua, so they have some history with him.

This nickname alone is enough to attract the attention of Chinese fans, and Recoba's technique is gorgeous and his playing style is elegant.

Injuries and poor career choices negatively impacted his career development.

Inter Milan wasn't a great option at the time, even though Moratti offered an incredibly high salary.

Inter Milan's coaches were too unstable during those years, and players could easily lose their positions when the coach changed.

Lu Deyang got up with his teammates.

Even before stepping out of the tunnel, you could feel the enthusiasm of the fans.

Derby is never an ordinary match. Don't be fooled by how much Ho Taigong tried to downplay the game before it started. If he really gets thrashed, he'll be in big trouble.

Fans won't talk to him about ordinary matches; a derby is a derby.

There's no way to deny the importance of a derby.

Even if Inter Milan's situation is not as good as Milan's, Inter Milan fans cannot accept a heavy defeat.

Today is Milan's home game, but the away fans in the stands are also very active.

As soon as he entered the passage, Lu Deyang noticed that the away fans were arguing with the nearby fans.

I wonder how the security is today. If this continues, it might escalate into a fireworks display.

These are all classic features of Serie A, and fans often watch Serie A matches amidst a haze of smoke.

Sometimes, this even leads to the seats being set on fire, or chairs being thrown at each other, which is a characteristic of Serie A.

Milan!

Milan!

The Rossoneri players also spared no effort in their enthusiasm, shouting themselves hoarse in every game, wishing they could rush onto the field and become the team's twelfth man.

Most of the fans held up team scarves and chanted slogans.

"I'm going to play on the wing again."

During warm-up, Totti said with a hint of helplessness.

"Well, that's what happens when the coach is Sacchi," Maldini said with a laugh from the side.

He had gotten used to his experiences from earlier years.

Many Milan players were placed in positions they didn't like.

Capello went even further, targeting some veteran players to maintain his authority.

That's how Ancelotti retired.

In comparison, Sacchi's temper has improved considerably since his return.

"You can play on the wing if you want, but if you prefer, you can play on the left."

Lu Deyang said with a smile.

"forget it."

Totti shook his head and said.

He wouldn't dare switch places with Lu Deyang.

If you switch positions with Lu Deyang and cause Lu Deyang to be uncomfortable, the real disaster will come after the game.

"We saw that the Milan players were not that nervous about this game, and they communicated quite easily on the field."

"For the AC Milan players, today's derby might just be another ordinary match," Crudelli said.

Inter Milan, their neighbor, may seem to be on the rise, but they are still far weaker and pose far less of a threat than Juventus.

Paul Ince had a headache; if he could, he really didn't want to face Lu Deyang.

His decision to leave Inter Milan was because he wanted to get away from Manchester United and Lu Deyang; he didn't want to be Manchester United's rival even if he wasn't playing for them.

Unexpectedly, just one year later, Lu Deyang returned to Italy and even joined AC Milan.

As a former teammate, he really didn't know how to defend Lu Deyang, since the team with Lu Deyang only had one tactic - pass the ball to Lu Deyang.

(End of this chapter)