As a dark polo team that has reached the European Cup Winners' Cup final, Mallorca has its own glory. However, for this team currently, all they have to beg for is not to enter Spain again after seven years. League B.
In order to save the crisis, Mallorca president Alemani decisively changed coaches and invited the famous Argentinian coach Cooper, who had coached two giant clubs, Valencia and Inter Milan.
While other teams are enjoying the joy of the holidays, Cooper and his colleagues are constantly combing the winter transfer market, and 4 to 5 players who meet the team's needs have already entered the list, which is worth It should be mentioned that these people basically belong to either Valencia or Inter Milan. On the one hand, Cooper has coached in both clubs and has a comprehensive understanding of their players. On the other hand, The Argentinian coach also has a high degree of familiarity with the two clubs and the player's agent, which provides great convenience for transfers or loans.
Despite this, Cooper, who serves as the head coach and general manager of the Mallorca club, still encountered many problems. Not to mention transfer fees and salary issues, Mallorca's poor results alone are enough to scare many aspiring players. Players, they are deeply afraid that they will also fall into the quagmire after joining this small island team.
According to Spanish media, Cooper is now anxiously waiting for the decisions of Inter Milan coach Mancini and Valencia coach Ranieri. Only his two "successors" decide which players to discard in the second half of the season. Only the Argentine can pick up some "bargains" from both clubs.
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Cooper very much hopes to recruit Valencia central defender Pellegrino into the team. However, the problem is that this nicknamed "Skinny" has received an invitation from a Premier League club. The latter intends to go to the Premier League and has declined Cooper's invitation. .
Under such circumstances, Cooper placed his attention and target on Sporting Gijon's center back Isma. As a coach who is good at training defense, Cooper's mission is that the key to Mallorca's relegation lies in defense. The defense must be improved, and some goals and points that should not be conceded must not be conceded, so that we can score as many points as possible.
After missing out on Pellegrino, Cooper regarded Isma as the team's number one target for central defender recruitment.
He believes that it is not a big problem to win over Sporting Gijon's substitute central defender. After all, this player is not Sporting Gijon's main central defender, so the resistance will not be too great.
However, what surprised Cooper was that he quickly received a reply from Sporting Gijon, which refused to sell Isma.
Later, the news came back from Isma's agent that Sporting Gijon head coach Li Ang was trying to retain Isma.
This makes Cooper more anxious. It is not easy to find satisfactory signings in the winter transfer market. If you finally find a suitable target, you must try your best to win it.
Therefore, Mallorca responded to Cupa's request and wrote back to Sporting Gijon again. They are very, very sincere in purchasing Isma. What requirements does Sporting Gijon have, whether it is transfer fees or player exchanges, as long as it is not If the request is too much, everything can be discussed.
Soon, the news was fed back to Sporting Gijon.
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December 27, sunny.
Li Ang completed the final transfer procedures with the owner of the courtyard house in the real estate transaction hall.
The other party was an old Beijinger in his sixties and an old fan. Seeing Li Ang in person, he seemed to be in a high mood. He was even more happy after receiving a football and jersey signed by the entire Sporting Gijon team from Li Ang.
like a child.
The area of this courtyard house is 260 square meters, with a price of 40,000 yuan per square meter, and a total price of about 10 million yuan. This investment can be said to have directly overdrawn all the savings Li Ang currently has on hand. Over the years he has been working in Europe, especially
All the salary and bonuses during the year as the head coach of Sporting Gijon were invested in this investment.
"I was born in this courtyard and grew up in this courtyard. Now, I really can't bear to leave it." The homeowner said with some emotion.
"If you always miss this place, you can come and visit us." Li Ang said with a smile after taking the ancient brass key from the owner's hand. He looked at the courtyard house in front of him, his eyes gleaming,
This is an area adjacent to Beichizi Street of the Forbidden City, and the backyard is adjacent to the Tongzi River of the Forbidden City. The simple yellow-brown wooden gate and gray walls add a heavy feeling.
After sending away the reluctant old man, Li Ang opened the courtyard door and pushed open the heavy wooden door. With the sound of the creaking wooden shaft turning, he saw an ancient ginkgo tree in the courtyard.
The courtyard, promenade, and rockery of the hall, the setting sun of the capital, cast a golden light on the courtyard.
Li Ang took a deep breath, and he felt a great sense of accomplishment. At first, he bought this courtyard house for a simple purpose, just for investment. Now the investment of 10 million will double in one or two years. Such a courtyard house will be used in the future.
Even 100 million yuan is worthless. However, at this moment, being in it, feeling the atmosphere of this courtyard, and seeing it, it feels like a quiet place in the middle of the chaos. All of this makes him very satisfied.
, this is a sense of accomplishment. Having such a courtyard house at the feet of the emperor feels naturally extraordinary. He can be regarded as starting from scratch and earning such a property, and he is slightly proud of it.
My parents had said before that they wanted to travel to the capital and have a good time around. Now that they have come to the capital, they have a real place to stay. The courtyard next to the Forbidden City is very respectable.
The original landlord was very particular and had already hired someone to clean up the courtyard in advance. This made Li Ang very happy because he no longer had to worry about finding someone to clean it.
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On such an evening when the sky was full of sunset, Li Ang was sitting under the corridor in the courtyard, with a pot of tea on the stone table. He had the charm of a showman pretending to be cool, but a gust of wind blew by, making him shiver in the cold.
At this time, he received an unexpected call. Mallorca head coach Cooper placed the call directly on his mobile phone...
Mr. Cooper, the head coach of Mallorca Club, seemed to be destined to win Isma. When the call was connected, after announcing his home address and a few simple greetings, Cooper said straight to the point that his team needed it very much.
For Isma to join, he hopes that Li Ang can nod to approve the transfer. As for the conditions, as long as they are not excessive, they can be raised.
Cooper is a famous coach who has coached Valencia and Inter Milan. It is indeed not easy to make such a gesture. It can be seen that the famous Argentine coach is really anxious now, just because of his Mallorca
The current situation is quite bad. He is very eager to use this winter transfer window to fill the team's gaps as soon as possible and integrate the team as soon as possible.
Li Ang pondered on the other end of the phone. He did not answer immediately. He was thinking rapidly in his mind, is Isma not for sale? Of course not.
However, Isma is indeed very important to Sporting Gijon. Li Ang definitely has no integrity in harming his own interests to help others, not to mention that he has no friendship with Cooper.
Therefore, under such circumstances, unless it was profitable, Li Ang really could not find a reason to convince himself to let Isma leave in the winter with just a phone call from Cooper.
PS: What negotiating capital does Mallorca have that can impress Li Ang? Let’s take a guess. In addition, please recommend a central defender. It can be a young demon or a veteran who can use his remaining energy. Thank you everyone.