The 27-year-old Italian player Antonio Di Natale is Li Ang's target today.
?15? Di Natale was not originally in Leon's plan. The reason is simple. He had not thought of the name of this Italian civilian shooter before.
Li Ang saw the news about Di Natale in the newspaper. With Empoli's relegation, Empoli's players began to look for a way out and fled one after another. Di Natale was playing with the Serie A team Udine.
After contacting Sri Lanka, the newspaper said that the two clubs were only one step away from signing the contract.
Li Ang was so excited at that time, how could he almost forget such a player?
Di Natale is definitely a phenomenon player in Italian football. This absolute grassroots player has never played for any giant team in his entire career. However, people who are familiar with Serie A are definitely no strangers to this man. In Li Ang's view,
Di Natale's strength is not much inferior to the offensive stars of several Serie A giants.
Di Natale may be the most civilian player in the Italian team. At the same time, he is also a late bloomer. He only emerged at Empoli in the 2002/2003 season and scored 13 goals in one season. In this year,
Di Natale was already twenty-five years old, and then in the following season, which was the just past 2003/2004 season, Di Natale's number of goals dropped sharply, with only five league goals, while Empo
Leigh were also relegated from Serie A.
It can be said that Di Natale is now at a low point. He was originally a player who played in a small club, an absolute grassroots player. His outstanding performance last season has been eclipsed by many people.
I no longer pay attention to this local Italian player who is 177cm tall. In the eyes of many people, this person's strength is just like this. He is ordinary and occasionally performs well, and that's it.
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However, Li Ang knew Di Natale's future development. It was this summer that Di Natale joined Udinese and began his path to grassroots legend.
In the upcoming 2004/2005 season, Di Natale scored seven goals in the league and performed well.
Then in the 2005/206 season, Di Natale scored eight goals in the league. The following season, the number of league goals became 11, and then the number of league goals soared to 10.
Seven, it can be said that it surprised the entire Italian football world. You must know that Di Natale was already 31 years old at this time, and then in the 2008/2009 season, Di Natale’s league goals dropped to
twelve.
The Italian media still praised Di Natale for his twelve league goals. After all, Di Natale was already thirty-two years old at this time, and the media also began to lament that this player was really too good.
A late bloomer, otherwise, if he had broken out earlier, Di Natale would have had a place in the Italian national team. This is both a pity and also seems to express the same meaning. This is the extent of Di Natale's achievements in his thirties.
,Pity.
However, in the following four seasons, this grassroots veteran named Antonio Di Natale shocked the entire Italian football world. In the following season, the 33-year-old Di Natale scored in Serie A.
The number of goals reached 29, and the 33-year-old Italian veteran won the Serie A Golden Boot. This is not over yet. In the next year of 34-year-old, Di Natale's league goals were
With twenty-eight goals, this grassroots veteran won the Serie A Golden Boot. Then in the 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 seasons, Di Natale scored 23 goals in the league for two consecutive seasons! Four consecutive seasons.
He is the first person to score more than 20 goals in Serie A in the past 20 years!
It can be said that since his transfer to Udinese, Di Natale has supported the offensive line of this Serie A team nicknamed "Black Chicken" by himself. He has helped Udinese win the fourth place in Serie A twice and Serie A once.
third!
And how much was the transfer fee for Udinese to buy Di Natale this summer?
One hundred thousand euros!
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You read that right, only a symbolic 100,000 euros!
Empoli, which had been relegated, did not put any obstacles in Di Natale's transfer and released him for only 100,000 euros!
When Li Ang saw in the newspaper that Di Natale was about to sign with Udinese, he almost jumped up. He couldn't sit still. He knew very well how much of a "late bloomer" Di Natale was!
Moreover, the more Li Ang thought about it, the more he felt that a player like Di Natale was very suitable for the current Sporting Gijon. In the early stages of Sporting Gijon, such a grassroots star was tailor-made for Sporting Gijon.
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What's more, the current Di Natale is very ordinary, very ordinary. No one can imagine that the future of this old-looking Italian striker will be so amazing.
A transfer fee of 100,000 euros! It’s like giving it away for free.
Cheap!
Absolutely cheap and absolutely practical!
It is simply a good match for small and medium-sized teams in the rising stage of making fortunes!
Moreover, this player's honesty and responsibility are amazing. In Udinese, Di Natale's salary was only 700,000 euros, and then he won the Serie A Golden Boot. He asked for a salary increase, and then Udinese gave him a salary increase of
For 800,000 euros, the honest Di Natale happily renewed his contract, and then won the Serie A Golden Boot. The club renewed his contract again, and his salary increased to 1.2 million euros, and he happily signed the contract again.
Already...
The more Li Ang thought about it, the more he felt that it would be unforgivable to miss such a player!
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Later, Li Ang directly contacted Di Natale, and the two met at this Italian restaurant.
Li Ang revealed his identity to him and said that he was the head coach of Sporting Gijon in the Spanish Football League. Li Ang solemnly stated that he had been following Di Natale for more than half a season and admired him very much, so this time he specially
He came to our door from Spain and hoped to take him to La Liga.
Di Natale was a little surprised by the sudden appearance of the head coach of the La Liga team. He had not heard of Sporting Gijon, but the other party introduced that they were the champions of the Spanish King's Cup and defeated them 4-3 in the final.
Real Madrid, so the team is qualified for the UEFA Cup next season!
This made Di Natale moved. For this honest duty, he has been playing for low-level teams since his debut, and then returned to his home team Empoli at the age of 22. He played three games in this Serie A lift team.
For Di Natale, who has stayed in Serie B for five years, played in Serie A for two seasons, and now has been relegated back to Serie B, the UEFA Cup competition is extremely attractive.
Moreover, this team was able to win the Copa del Rey and defeated the powerful Real Madrid, which made Di Natale extremely respectful.
In a word, Di Natale at this time can be said to be a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. It is impossible for him to know that his future career development will be so brilliant. After all, he is already twenty-seven years old at this time. According to the general
He followed the path of a professional player. At the age of 27, he was still just hanging out with relegation teams and other teams. It was really not that good.
Therefore, facing Leon, the champion coach who snatched the championship trophy from Real Madrid, Di Natale's attitude was very respectful, even though the coach's youth once surprised him.
Li Ang is now extremely glad that he made such a decisive decision to give it a try in the Copa del Rey. With the Copa del Rey champion and the qualification for the UEFA Cup, this is the biggest capital he can use to seduce players. Otherwise, you are a newly promoted team from La Liga.
, really has no appeal. And in the Copa del Rey final, the great achievement of defeating Real Madrid undoubtedly made this trophy more convincing and shining.
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Di Natale was tempted.
Now he faces a multiple-choice question, whether to go to Udinese or Sporting Gijon.
If he goes to Udinese, he can continue to play in Serie A. However, he doesn't know what his prospects in Udinese will be like. He doesn't know whether the Udinese head coach will reuse him.
And what about going to Spain? This team can play in the UEFA Cup, which is a great attraction for him. In addition, as the head coach, Li Ang personally came to Italy to invite him. This expressed his sincerity. Li Ang also promised him that he would play in Hertha.
Fei, he can get the absolute main position. This also moved Di Natale. As we have said before, this is an honest and responsible player, and he is very emotional.
Di Natale was hesitant, and it could even be said that he was already inclined to try his luck in Spain, but he could not make up his mind.
After all, leaving his hometown and going to Spain to create a completely unfamiliar environment, both in terms of living habits and language environment, made Di Natale a little scared and hesitant. Honest people like a stable environment.
At this time, when Li Ang answered the phone and told him that Fabio Grosso was going to join Sporting Gijon, this news directly became the weight on the scale that prompted Di Natale to make a decision!
Li Ang asked him if he was familiar with Fabio Grosso. They were not familiar with each other, and Grosso was an Italian fringe international. He was more famous and influential than Di Natale. Grosso was willing to go.
Gijon, this is a big shock to Di Natale. It’s good to have a fellow countryman with him. Although they are not familiar with each other, they are both Italians. If they play for the same overseas team, they will definitely
familiar.
Moreover, players of Grosso's level are willing to go to Gijon, which has indirectly affected Di Natale.
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Di Natale decided. Instead of going to Udinese, he decided to go to Spain and have a career with this young champion coach.
"Sir, I have decided." Di Natale said seriously, "I will go to Gijon."
"Great!" Li Ang did not hide his happiness at all. He came up and gave Di Natale a big hug, and then said to the short player, "Antonio, you will be proud of your decision.
Your future will be extremely great, you will become the star of Gijon, you will stir up the Spanish football world, you will join the Italian national team! You will become Italy's most successful overseas star!"
Li Ang was really excited and said after a while.
Di Natale was stunned at first, and then smiled honestly. What the coach said, he didn't dare to think, could he really be so good? He was already twenty-seven years old, and he was already approaching the second half of his career... But
, watching Li Ang say these words with great excitement, he could see that the coach said it sincerely, which made Di Natale very happy. He didn't know why the coach was so optimistic about him, but this trust made Di Natale very happy.
Di Natale was moved.
"Haha -" Li Ang glanced at Di Natale, "Don't believe it?"
"No, sir, I'm not -" Di Natale was a little at a loss, then nodded and said, "I just find it incredible."
"Believe me! Antonio." Li Ang handed over his right hand, "You will have an extremely successful career!"
Looking at the sincere smile of the young 'championship coach' in front of him, Di Natale felt warm in his heart. He did not speak, but just smiled innocently, and then the two of them held hands together...
It feels so good to have such a head coach who trusts me so much, Di Natale thought. He was suddenly full of expectations for his future in Spain...
ps: Di Natale, Xiao Qi really likes this player, although he always scores goals for the team Xiao Qi likes... (To be continued.)