For the nineteen-year-old gardener Adil Rami, the day of January 4, 2005 was dreamy and incredible.
After such an amateur game, which was no different from usual, the Chinese who had only met once in the afternoon came up to him and asked for his autograph, and then asked him, "Do you want to play professional football?"
Lamy thought the other person was a scout at first, but when he learned Li Ang's true identity from the other person's self-introduction, he was immediately confused.
At first, he couldn't believe it. He couldn't imagine that a Chinese was the head coach of a team in one of the five major leagues. Lamy rarely paid attention to football news outside of France, and he didn't know much about the Chinese side of Spanish football.
The reputation of the young marshal.
However, it is not too difficult to prove Li Ang's identity. You can make a few more phone calls to ask, or you can go to the Internet to search for news pictures from the La Liga stadium. The most direct way is to enter the official website of Sporting Gijon.
Go up and take a look. There must be a photo of the head coach of this team, so you can tell the authenticity. The most important thing is that Lamy knows his current situation. He is just an amateur player playing wild football.
That's all, there is no need for the other party to deceive him.
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Does he want to play professional football?!
The answer is self-evident.
It took almost no effort to convince Lamy. Li Ang's invitation could be said to be a life-saving straw for Lamy at this time. In a sense, it was Li Ang who gave the tall little gardener the opportunity to open the door.
Open the door...the door of his dream.
The 'Spinach Mariners' team that Lamy currently plays for is just an amateur team and has not even been registered with the French Football Federation. Therefore, Lamy does not have any contract with this club and can leave at any time.
people.
However, Li Ang finally asked Sporting Gijon to give the 'Spinach Mariners' 5,000 euros. This was not a transfer fee. Rami was a free agent and did not need to pay a dime for the transfer fee. The money was regarded as a sponsorship fee.
, to help this amateur football club in Corsica improve its equipment and life. This can also be seen as Leon being more particular about this amateur football club. If Sporting Gijon really didn’t pay a penny, the ‘Spinach Sailors’ would
No way.
Li Ang was very happy. Unexpectedly, during his trip to Corsica, he had an unexpected gain. He recruited Lamy. Sporting Gijon's central defender position was considered to have double insurance. Pepe and Hierro started, and Verma
Len can rotate with Pepe and Hierro at any time, while Lamy can be used as a backup at any time.
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The reunion is always short-lived. Leon only stayed in Corsica for one day and returned to Gijon the next day.
However, he did not come back alone. Alice accompanied him back to Gijon. She had been away from Spain for several months. She also missed her brother Carlos and asked Shakira for two days' leave.
As for Lamy, Li Ang gave Lamy one day to deal with personal matters, and rushed to Gijon, Spain to report one day later. After passing the physical examination, he can officially sign the contract.
On the afternoon of January 5, the day I returned to Gijon, Sporting Gijon held a press conference.
This is a public media meeting for new players.
Juan Arango, Thomas Vermaelen, and Enrico Chiesa are the three players that Sporting Gijon introduced after the winter break.
At the press conference, Li Ang stood in the middle, with the young Vermaelen and Arango on his left, and the veteran Chiesa on his right. The Chinese head coach had a smile on his face, and seemed to be worried about the winter transfer so far.
Very satisfied with the harvest.
Sporting Gijon has made a lot of moves in the five days since the winter transfer market opened. It was officially announced that they have introduced three players and left three players. However, none of the real main players have left. It can be said that this is
The change will not cause any turbulence to the team. Li Ang has an accurate grasp of the intensity of signings.
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One day later, Lamy arrived in Gijon. The French young man successfully passed the physical examination. Subsequently, Sporting Gijon officially announced the signing of 19-year-old French young center back Adil Lamy, a big central defender with a height of 188cm.
Signed a five-year contract with Sporting Gijon.
This is also what Li Ang means. For the players he is optimistic about, he will ask the club to sign a long-term contract as much as possible. In this case, whether the player's contract is renewed or transferred in the future, this will enable the club to take the initiative.
Originally, Lamy's joining did not attract the attention of the media and fans.
However, under normal circumstances, after the announcement of a player joining, there will be a brief introduction under the player's name on the official website. This is just because Lamy was only an amateur player before and really has no resume to speak of. Therefore, the official
There is no further resume introduction to Lamy on the website.
This attracted the attention of some people with "ulterior motives", including Marca reporter Philp, who had a deep quarrel with Li Ang.
I have to admire Philp's ability. It only took him half a day to basically figure out Lamy's origin.
It turns out that this young player named Adil Rami was not a professional player before. He had been playing in amateur teams before and had no experience in the first team of a professional team. He was even in the youth team of a professional team.
He has no playing experience, and it can even be said that this player has a complete background in playing football.
Although Lamy joined Sporting Gijon on a completely free basis, the introduction of Lamy did not cost Sporting Gijon a transfer fee. It is said that he only paid a "sponsorship fee" of 5,000 euros to the amateur team that Lamy currently plays for. It can be said that,
This deal will have almost no impact on Sporting Gijon.
However, under the leadership of "Marca" reporter Philp, many Spanish media still exaggerated this. Many media questioned Leon's vision of people. They also questioned Lamy's ability.
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The media even discovered the fact that Lamy had previously worked as a gardener in a municipal department in Corsica, and they began to hype it up.
"A gardener? Did coach Li Ang invite a new gardener for the Malayo training base? After letting Isma go, he first introduced a Belgian from Ajax who couldn't play in the game.
, and now a little gardener has come directly. Is this the supplement to the defense of Coach Li Ang’s team? If I’m not crazy, is this Chinese head coach crazy?”
These media hyped up this matter, were suspicious of Li Ang, and ridiculed Lamy. The poor Corsican gardener had just joined Sporting Gijon and had not yet enjoyed the first time he had joined a team.
For the joy of a professional team to be treated like this for no reason is really too much.
Not only did they attack Lamy, some media also brought up the old story and expanded the war again. They expressed doubts and criticisms about Li Ang's trade for Juan Arango from Mallorca. They gave examples and data to try to prove Arango.
It is just a big parallel import and will not bring any help to Sporting Gijon.
Last time they criticized and accused Li Ang of the deal to introduce Arango, but Li Ang was still in China at the time and did not respond. This time, with the fermentation of the Lamy transfer incident, they were caught.
How could you let go of a good opportunity so easily?
Such suspicion and noise can be said to be a disaster and a big blow to Arango and Rami who have just joined the team, but it is not good news for Sporting Gijon who are preparing for the game. They are
There will be a game in one day.
On January 7, 2005, the 2004/2005 La Liga season resumed after the winter break. Sporting Gijon will face a strong opponent in the 18th round of the league. The opponent is Sevilla.
In the current La Liga standings, Sporting Gijon ranks fourth in the league with 28 points, and Sevilla ranks second in the league with 31 points. From the perspective of the standings, this is a real difference.
The focus is on.
The first game after the winter break is such a heavyweight showdown, which is a very severe test for Sporting Gijon.
