The conversation between Gao Shen and Guardiola was more about teasing and amusing each other.
If Naples really wants to recruit people from Barcelona, even if Guardiola doesn't lead the way for Gao Shen, Gao Shen will still have a way to contact him. In the worst case, the club can just contact him directly.
This is basically what Guardiola, the head coach of the second team, can decide.
All joking aside, Guardiola entertained Gao Shen warmly and specially invited him to his home for dinner.
Guardiola's wife is a fashion designer who runs her own company in Barcelona. They currently have a son and a daughter, the eldest daughter is only six years old.
The whole family welcomed Gao Shen's arrival.
That evening, Guardiola drove Gao Shen to a famous Spanish restaurant in the city center.
It can be seen that he is a frequent visitor here. He called in advance to reserve a seat. After parking the car, he went directly into the box.
The two of them had been talking to each other for a while when Tesiki Begiristain arrived.
Barcelona's technical director is not tall, about 1.7 meters tall.
When playing football, he was a typical Spanish left winger, and he was not from Barcelona's youth training.
On the contrary, he comes from northern Spain and came out of the Real Sociedad youth academy.
When he was 24 years old, he moved to Barcelona. Under Cruyff, he created a dynasty era of Barcelona's dream team. After that, he went to Deportivo La Coruna and went to play in Japan in 1999.
Speaking of which, he is quite familiar with China.
As the management of Barcelona, Begiristain is a very talkative person. As soon as he sat down, he chatted with Gao Shen about Japan and Asia. In those few years, Japanese football developed very fast.
Begiristain's career can be said to be a standard development path for a star after retirement.
Either become a head coach or enter the management team.
In fact, professional football has always been like this, and even fans are very happy to see this situation.
But there will be a problem: not every transformed player is a qualified manager, let alone as outstanding as Bayern's Big Three.
The most typical example is Mijatovic, the current general manager of Real Madrid. He is a negative example.
Begiristain actually did a pretty good job, but not much better.
The reason why there were two peaks of Dream Team 2 and Dream Team 3 during his tenure has a lot to do with Barcelona’s talent spurt in youth training in recent years, which has brought an endless supply of talents to Barcelona.
"To tell you the truth, Tesiki, there was a young player in your youth team who performed very well last season, Sergio Busquets. You shouldn't have any thoughts of promoting him to the first team for the time being, right?" Gao Shen smiled.
Now comes the topic.
Guardiola, who was sitting next to him, twitched his eyes and secretly screamed in his heart.
This guy is here to poach him.
Just a few days ago, he handed over to Begiristain about the team formation plan for Barcelona's second team, which included promoting Busquets from the youth team to the second team, but...
"Wait a minute, Gao, don't you want a deep-lying midfielder?" Guardiola asked in confusion.
Gao Shen was stunned, "Yes, what's the matter?"
Guardiola and Begiristain looked good at each other, and they both noticed each other's strangeness and confusion.
"Sergio Busquets plays as a winger and he scored seven goals in 26 games last season."
Winger?
Gao Shen was a little stupid, that tall, clumsy guy, playing winger?
He just felt like he was going to turn into a black man with a question mark face.
Are you sure you're not kidding?
"I don't think he can play as a winger. I think he can play as a midfielder and a deep-lying midfielder." Gao Shen could only say this.
Guardiola still didn't quite believe it, but nodded slightly.
He is quite convinced by his ability to skillfully train players, especially his ability to change players' positions.
Well, let's try to find an opportunity in the new season and let him play as the fourth deep-lying midfielder.
Begiristan is also a shrewd guy. He understood immediately and laughed and said: "Gao, this player can win your favor. I am really optimistic about him playing as a midfielder."
Gao Shen was stunned, "Not selling?"
"I'm so sorry, Gao. You know, Busquets' father is also my teammate. I was the one who brought him to La Masia. You said..." Begiristain spread his hands with a helpless expression.
Gao Shen is full of slander, I believe you are a big-headed ghost, but...
"Hey, I realize that I have been fooled by you two." Gao Shen scolded with a smile.
Guardiola and Begiristain looked at each other and laughed.
"Gao, in the European football circle, everyone is saying that you have a very vicious eye on people. Look at the players you selected for Real Madrid and the players you have in Naples. To be honest, I didn't mean to praise you.
, in this regard, if you believe that you are second, no one will dare to believe that you are first."
Begiristan said and actually gave Gao Shen a thumbs up.
"Stop talking about these polite words and tell me directly, will Busquets be sold?"
"I really can't sell it. If I sell it, I can't explain it to my old teammates."
Gao Shen dug the trench directly.
However, this was within his expectation.
But he still looked depressed, and even had an "angry" expression of being betrayed.
"Then my trip here was in vain, and I also helped you select a player for free?
"Look at other suitable candidates. As long as they are on the transfer list, we can do it."
"I've already entered the transfer list, and I still want to find you? Unless you give me a preferential price."
Gao Shen's request was reasonable and reasonable, and Begiristan wanted to agree to it.
But who is Guardiola on the side?
He knew Gao Shen so well that he immediately took the lead and stopped him: "It can't be too favorable."
Only then did Begiristan suddenly realize it, and he almost said in a profound way, "Yes, the price is reasonable."
Gao Shen looked at Guardiola, then at Begiristain, with an expression that said, "I really want to get angry. If you have the guts, don't run away!"
Guardiola felt a little strangely happy when he saw Gao Shen being defeated.
There is no way, who makes Gao Shen look so confident all the time?
"Frankly speaking, Tesiki, the players you put on the transfer list are really not that good." Gao Shen shook his head with disgust.
Before coming, he already knew about Barcelona's transfer list.
Begiristain and Guardiola both looked at each other and smiled. If you perform well, will it be your turn?
"How much do you plan to sell Belletti for?" Gao Shen asked.
"At least six million euros." Begiristain quoted a price.
"You might as well go and rob him. He is already thirty-one years old." Gao Shen shook his head.
"At least it's much easier to use than Garrick, isn't it?" Begiristain laughed.
Everyone in Europe knows that Gao Shen was beaten 3-0 by Inter Milan because of his poor right back position. He was deeply ashamed and threatened to take revenge at San Siro.
Therefore, it is not surprising at all that Gao Shen wants to introduce Belletti.
Although he is a bit older, he has rich experience and maintains his strength and condition very well.
"It's too expensive, we can't afford it, and his annual salary is also high." Gao Shen shook his head.
The transfer fee is only part of it, the most important thing is that Belletti's annual salary is quite high.
I am afraid that except for the wealthy teams, basically no one dares to think about a player of this level unless he takes the initiative to reduce his salary.
But with Belletti's strength, how could he take the initiative to cut his salary and join Naples?
Begiristan had a helpless expression that said there was nothing I could do to help him.
"These days, it's not easy to pick up the slack from wealthy teams," Gao Shen sighed.
This is actually the tragedy of wealthy teams and small teams.
The annual salary is the widest moat for wealthy teams. As long as this is there, small teams cannot compete with the wealthy teams.
"By the way, I remember that you also have a player named Thiago Motta who you want to sell?"
"This player is not on the list, but he does want to leave." Begiristain replied nonchalantly.
Thiago Motta wants to leave because he can't get a place in Barcelona.
At the age of twenty-five, he has had very few opportunities to play in Barcelona's first team.
The most important thing is that after Barcelona introduced Thuram and Zambrotta last season, the defense staff was sufficient, and Marcos and Edmilson were basically in the midfield, seriously squeezing Thiago Motta's playing opportunities.
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In March, Thiago Motta missed the team's training session because he could not stand the media's accusations about his poor performance and was unable to get a chance to play, resulting in a lack of confidence. He was dismissed by Rijkar.
In anger, Germany was fined and banned internally, and was directly relegated to the sidelines.
This summer, Barcelona introduced another Ivorian midfielder, Yaya Toure, which basically sentenced Thiago Motta to death, so the midfielder is clamoring to leave Barcelona.
"I heard that your offer to Inter Milan was 1.5 million euros?" Gao Shen asked tentatively.
It is said that the Milan duo are eyeing this boy.
"This is impossible. You know, Thiago Motta's current estimated value is still six million euros. Even if he doesn't get a chance to play, it won't drop so much, right?" Begiristain shook his head in denial.
Gao Shen nodded cooperatively, "That makes sense, I'm not interested in this glass man either."
After saying that, he smiled disgustedly.
But these words spoke to Begiristan's heart.
Thiago Motta is indeed capable and very good, but that is all in the past.
Since his right knee injury in 2004, he has been suffering from constant injuries. In January 2006, he finally made up his mind and had an operation on his knee. Later, Barcelona encountered a wave of injuries, but he still played quite well for a time.
When Barcelona faced the advanced Real Madrid team, he was the main player.
But unfortunately, Barcelona lost miserably, Thiago Motta was also criticized, and his performance went from bad to worse. The more he played, the less confident he became, and the less confident he was, the worse he played. In addition, due to injuries, his physical condition also deteriorated.
Not as good as before.
Both Milan fans admire Thiago Motta, but they are daunted by the price of 6 million euros, and they are not interested even at a discount, which makes Begiristain worried.
Do you really want to keep this young player in the team and become a factor of instability?
Especially when I missed training last season.
Thinking of this, Begiristan also pondered it over and over in his mind.
The team has given up on this player, and what needs to be done now is to try to stop the loss.
If it's cheap, then it's cheap.
"Gao, if you add a little more, I'll sell him to you!"
