Chapter 549 There is a love called Moratti's love!
Alice noticed that after finishing the phone call with Betty, Leon was sitting on the sofa in a daze.
"What happened?" Alice asked worriedly.
"Oh, no." Li Ang came back to his senses, "Nothing, I'm worrying you." Then he frowned and thought again, feeling a little lost.
"It's really nothing?" Alice hugged Li Ang, "Dear, I hope you understand that no matter what happens, we can bear it together. You are not alone."
Looking at Alice's worried eyes, Li Ang was moved and smiled, "It's really nothing. In fact, Betty called to tell me good news."
"What good news?"
"A big football club wants to invite me to coach," Li Ang said.
"Big club?"
"Yes, a great football club owned by a respectable old man." Li Ang said with some emotion. Among the Serie A clubs, he is not a fan of a certain team, but relatively speaking, he prefers AC.
Milan, this was influenced by the glory of the Milan dynasty during the Three Musketeers period, but this does not prevent him from respecting AC Milan's rival Inter Milan. This respect is largely due to his respect for the man named Massimo.
.Moratti’s respect for the old man.
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Li Ang was stunned when he received a call from Betty. He is now a famous young coach in La Liga. He was mentally prepared for the possibility of receiving an invitation from a big club. However, he did not expect that he would be the first real coach outside Spain.
The invitation was actually from Moratti's Inter Milan.
This surprised Li Ang, but he was naturally a little proud and excited. No head coach would refuse the invitation of such a wealthy team. This has nothing to do with whether he is loyal to the club he is currently coaching. This shows that mainstream European football,
This illustrates the attitude of the wealthy clubs in Europe towards Li Ang. He began to win the attention and appreciation of those wealthy clubs, as well as a certain degree of recognition.
Betty's call was to inform Inter Milan that they were interested in Leon and were trying to invite him to coach. Of course, the two sides only had initial contact. Inter Milan's general manager Auriari and Leon's agent, Ms. Betty, only had a phone call.
There has been no further contact, but with the style of work of a wealthy club like Inter Milan, there is absolutely no trivial matter in selecting a coach. This initial contact has already shown Inter Milan's appreciation and sincerity for Li Ang.
Betty asked about Li Ang's attitude. Li Ang had not made any decision at the moment. To be precise, his mind was a little confused now. He needed to think about the invitation quietly. Therefore, he asked Miss Betty to continue the preliminary relationship with Inter Milan.
It depends on the situation. After all, he is still the head coach of Sporting Gijon and there is still some time before the end of the season.
Seeing that Li Ang was thinking all the time, Alice joked that he was thinking about a certain beautiful woman.
"She's not a beauty." Li Ang shook his head, "She's an old man."
"Old man?"
"A respectable old man." Li Ang nodded.
At this time, his mind was full of stories about Inter Milan boss Moratti. He was a somewhat sad old man, but also a respectable old man.
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When talking about Inter Milan, you have to mention their boss Massimo Moratti!
Some people say that Moratti and Inter Milan are like a fairy tale. Unfortunately, for now, fairy tales are not beautiful...
A fairy tale love story begins with crazy love at first sight.
In 2003, Arsenal challenged Inter Milan at the Meazza Stadium. Henry showed his power and led the Gunners to a 5-1 victory. After the game, Henry dedicated his goal to Moratti, the opponent's president: "I wish the president of Inter Milan all the best.
I couldn’t believe that a billionaire at such an age was riding a bicycle to watch football. Seeing his obsession with football, I was really moved.”
There is a moving story between Moratti and cycling. In the 1960s, Moratti's father, Angelo, the president of Salas Petroleum Company, was the chairman of Inter Milan at the time. Through crazy military expansion, he led the Nerazzurri to become the overlord. In 1964
In March, Inter Milan reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time and was about to face Dortmund at Meazza. The 18-year-old Moratti was still in school and he hoped to rush to Meazza to check out the ball. That day, the city's streets leading to Meazza
The buses were all overcrowded. Moratti begged his father to arrange a car for him: "You have 32 private cars, most of which are parked in the garage." His father replied coldly, "When I was your age, my father didn't even give him textbooks."
I'll buy!"
So, Moratti rode his bicycle across most of Milan and showed up at the stadium on time. Years later, he recalled: "Am I crazy? I really had no choice. I had to go to class, but I really wanted to watch the ball!"
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On that day, Moratti witnessed the splendor of the "International Era" and could no longer extricate himself from his love for the Nerazzurri. Amid the cheering crowds cheering, he made a lifelong vow: One day, he would create a team of his own.
Our own great international era.
In 1968, the "Great International Era" came to an end. Angelo, whose health deteriorated, sold Inter Milan in the same year. The Moratti family bid farewell to Inter Milan for nearly 30 years.
During this period, Moratti's dream was hit, and Inter Milan was in a bleak situation. Juventus and AC Milan dominated one after another, and the glory of the "Grand International" was almost forgotten. Until 1994, Inter Milan was already hovering on the edge of the relegation zone, and the Meazza Stadium
Passing a huge banner "The Moratti family comes back to save Inter Milan"... Seeing this scene, Moratti, who was deeply sad and sad for the current situation of Inter Milan, remembered the oath he made when he was 18 years old, and his heart was cut like a knife.
He couldn't wait any longer! So he ignored the opposition of his family and the advice of his friends and shouted out his own voice, "It's time to do something for the Inter Milan we all love."
In 1995, Moratti acquired Inter Milan and the Moratti family returned. On the first day of becoming Inter Milan chairman, Moratti solemnly swore: "Let us create a new international era with our hearts, souls, sense of responsibility and
sacrifice spirit!"
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To start a relationship, all you need is a little impulse. But to consummate a relationship, you need patience and persistence. Moratti may have made many mistakes in management, but he really persevered.
Although Moratti is the son of a wealthy man, he is not the first heir to the Salas company founded by his father. In fact, he is not very rich - when he joined Inter Milan, he was only ranked second on the list of the richest people in Italy.
to No. 118. According to estimates from financial magazines, Moratti's net worth was only about 2 billion euros during his most lavish period.
But people who love are crazy. For Moratti, the following years can become very simple. He occasionally rides a bicycle from Milan's Via Billini across half of Milan to Meia.
Check the stadium, the same old man will also dance in the box for a victory as if no one else is watching.
Just like a loving father who is always willing to buy the best toys for his children at all costs, the way Moratti dotes on Inter Milan is to keep investing, as if there is no end.
From the day he took over Inter Milan, Moratti began a life of burning money: investing 3.99 million euros in 1996; 37.5 million euros in 1997; 68.5 million euros in 1998; 32.5 million euros in 1999; 32.5 million euros in 2000
In 2016, it reached a record of 133 million euros! He has never been ambiguous since then. It seems that money is just a tool to serve Inter Milan in his eyes. The Italian media was surprised: "Moratti's love for Inter Milan is just like his
The same amount of money.”
Moratti treats Inter Milan players like a father doting on his son. The most famous story is that he spent a sky-high price of 42.8 million euros to invite Ronaldo, exchanged 1 million barrels of oil for Vieri, and used 7 million US dollars to
At that time, he retained the world's top annual salary to retain Recoba... Moratti regarded these stars as his own children, and he also pursued these court treasures with the same passion as an ordinary fan.
Moratti spent 42.8 million euros to bring him from Barcelona to the Meazza Stadium, with the dream of dominating Serie A and even Europe. Moratti took good care of Ronaldo like a father. Even if he was unable to play for a long time due to serious injuries
Even if he resolutely decided to switch to Real Madrid, even if later in history Ronaldo joined his arch-rival AC Milan, his father always tried to explain to his son, "He is not a traitor, I allowed him to leave."
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Moratti's doting on the stars goes beyond a boss' concern for his employees. This doting also creates conflicts and internal strife in the locker room. When the stars and coaches cannot coexist, it is mostly the coaches who become the scapegoats. Under Moratti's rule,
Inter Milan has had 19 coaches in 18 years, including famous coaches like Lippi and Cooper. Moratti's butcher knife always swings at the coach. Because Ronaldo fired Cooper, the Italian media jokingly said: "In
Once the Meazza team performs poorly, the first thing Massimo thinks of is the head coach."
Regarding the fact that coaches are always fired because of stars, as the head coach, Li Ang is a little worried and alert. He doesn't know if he goes to Inter Milan, will he become one of those long names?
, of course, he has enough confidence in himself.
Moratti is indeed not a shrewd boss, but he can also bear the weight of the word great. In March 2005, Burdisso's daughter Angelina was diagnosed with leukemia, and Burdisso had no intention of playing football.
He wanted to return to China to take care of his daughter, so he said to Moratti: "I want to return to my daughter, so I have to give up Inter Milan, give up the World Cup, and give up the high wages here. You can use the money to buy an excellent
Defender." But Moratti said: "You just do what you should do, Inter Milan will help you, we are waiting for you."
He loved Inter Milan in his own way, even if this doting made it a "star black hole" and "coach grave" ridiculed by the outside world. This old man did all this just for the dream of winning the Champions League.
cup.
As his brother Gianmarco described it: "Massimo is not a shrewd businessman, he is more like an idealist." In the face of difficult reality, it is idealists like Moratti who suffer the pain.
He invested regardless of the cost, hoping to recreate the "Great International Era" in his own hands, but every year the huge investment always came to nothing, swallowing up the hopes that people weaved year after year. Therefore, the Nerazzurri (Inter Milan fans)
(nickname) also began to divide: some people sympathized with his experience and believed that all his mistakes were only due to his doting on the team; the other group clearly regarded him as the biggest fetter for the team's development.
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Moratti's brother Gianmarco often complained: "Massimo, you spent too much money for Inter Milan. If you don't restrain yourself, be careful I will close your bank account." Massimo always replied: "That money
It can never be compared to my love for the team. I did this for Inter Milan. Isn’t this my father’s ideal?” He said, “Sooner or later, Inter Milan will reach the top again. Because this is destined by God.
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It's a pity that now, Moratti's Inter Milan is always far away from the peak and always injured.
"Gazzetta dello Sport" statistics show that as of 2005, Moratti has been in charge of Inter Milan for 10 years. Inter Milan's net investment in transfers alone has reached 500 million euros. Coupled with the huge salary and coaching fee, the team has suffered a serious deficit.
In 2010, Inter Milan's net deficit was as high as 950 million euros. Moratti spent 750 million euros from his private pocket to balance the deficit, leaving the Nerazzurri with only 200 million euros of debt. For a man whose wealth was only 2 billion at the time.
For people, what is 750 million in 10 years? Even Chelsea’s Roman Abramovich, whose assets far exceed Moratti, but who can be crazier than the old Italian man?
But the reality is cruel: In the first ten years when Moratti took charge of Inter Milan, there was not a single top championship trophy; Pantsev, Bergkamp, Schillaci, Paulo Sosa, Ince and a long list of sky-high-priced stars came to
Inter Milan has sunk, causing Inter Milan to be called a "black hole"; the constant negative rumors about Ronaldo, Vieri, Recoba and others in the team have made the whole world criticize Moratti for "good fans are not good presidents";
In May 2002, Inter Milan lost tragically on the "match point" to win the championship. The whole world mocked Moratti, "What is the first thing he should do after winning the championship? Turn off the PS game console and go to sleep."
Spending crazy money for Inter Milan only resulted in disappointment, heartache, abuse, and ridicule. Even those Inter fans who called for his return in 1995 betrayed him: In 2004, tens of thousands of Inter fans demonstrated on Durini Street
, shouting "Moratti, please stop persecuting Inter". That scene was a naked mockery of Moratti's love and sacrifice. The scene of him closing his eyes and holding back tears tore the chests of many people.
In the world of football, Moratti was once full of ridicule and doubt. Many people regarded him as a willful and incompetent "taken advantage of", while others believed that he just used money to build his own football manager game in the real world.
A lot of sarcasm.
If it were team owners like Berlusconi and De Laurentiis, most of them would laugh it off. But Moratti has always been bound by his deep love. Just like in January 2004, when he resigned as Inter Milan chairman,
Not only because of the team's poor results, but also because of the fans' banners "Go away, Moratti, stop harming Inter Milan." Those doubts that deeply hurt his heart made him choose to stand behind the scenes.
Now, when Mancini, whom he appointed, cannot lead Inter Milan back to the top, Moratti can no longer bear it. This call from Inter Milan to Leon is a signal.
It was late at night, Li Ang kissed the sleeping Alice, got out of bed, walked outside the garden, lit a cigarette, and looked at the stars in the night sky.
There is a kind of love called Moratti's love.
There is no doubt about this old man's love for Inter Milan, with such a boss.
