Since Valencia completely rejected Lazio's offer, Mendieta has become silent in front of the winning team.
Everyone can see that he has a strong opinion of Chang Sheng.
Lazio finally stopped bidding, so Mendieta naturally had no choice but to stay in the team.
His agent called Chang Sheng every day and encouraged Mendieta and Valencia to have a complete falling out. He believed that as long as Mendieta was willing to fall out directly, Valencia would be forced to let him go.
But the problem is that Mendieta doesn't dare to do this.
He still cares about his reputation. After all, he is a player who has played for Valencia for so many years. Even if he wants to leave, he still wants to have a good time together. He doesn't want to have too much trouble with the club and end up with a bad name.
This is his feeling for the Valencia club.
But just because he has feelings for Valencia, it doesn't mean that he also has feelings for Chang Sheng.
Now he doesn't have a good impression of Chang Sheng at all.
It's just that his professional ethics prevented him from having a direct conflict with the head coach.
But Chang Sheng didn't cause any trouble for him, which was also one of the reasons.
Anyway, the two sides were in a strange silence, as if they were turning a blind eye to each other.
This is very strange and abnormal.
That's why Chang Sheng wanted to solve this problem. He didn't mind what Mendieta thought of him, even if he cursed all eighteen generations of his ancestors in his heart.
This is a personal grudge, a personal grudge is a personal grudge, and a working relationship is a working relationship.
He doesn't want personal grudges to affect everyone's working relationship.
Because Mendieta is the captain and the core of the team. If he cannot deal with this core, the team will not be successful.
Judging from the pre-game warm-up, Mendieta is still considered a professional.
But Chang Sheng was unsure. He felt that if he didn't talk to Mendieta, he would always have the Sword of Damocles in his heart.
Three days before the start of the season, Chang Sheng finally took the initiative to find Mendieta.
At that time, Mendieta had already changed clothes in the locker room and was preparing to leave and drive home.
Chang Sheng blocked him at the door of the locker room.
"Do you have time, Gaizka?"
Mendieta looked at Chang Sheng standing in front of him and fell silent.
"I think we should have a good talk." Chang Sheng added.
Mendieta finally nodded this time: "Okay, where is it?"
"Go to the training ground. This is not the place to talk."
Many players in the locker room were eavesdropping on Chang Sheng's words. This was indeed not a good place to talk.
Mendieta also nodded in agreement.
So the two of them walked side by side to the training ground.
It's a pity for those Valencia players who were hiding behind the door and eavesdropping.
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"I know you have opinions about me, Gaizka." Chang Sheng didn't start with the weather. That's an old British habit.
He went straight to the point. Straight to the point.
Mendieta obviously didn't expect Chang Sheng to be so direct. He wasn't mentally prepared yet, and he didn't know how to answer the call.
Chang Sheng didn't expect to ask him to answer the question, so he continued talking on his own.
"But I want to correct your thinking, it is not me who keeps you, but Lazio."
Chang Sheng stared at Mendieta.
Mendieta looked at Chang Sheng in surprise. She didn't understand why he said that.
"I think you know that Valencia accepted Lazio's second offer. But why didn't the transfer deal come to fruition in the end? It's simple, because Lazio has no money at all. They don't have enough money to take you away. We Valencia
Xia is not Lei Feng, so he can’t give you away for nothing, can he?”
"What is Lei Feng?" Mendieta frowned.
"One of our Chinese celebrities is famous for his willingness to help others. He likes to help others for free. Do you think we should give you away without transferring a penny?"
Even if Mendieta wants to leave again, he can't say such a thing. He still hopes that his departure can make some contribution to the Valencia club, and the transfer fee is a contribution. After all, he has made a contribution to Valencia. Still very emotional.
"So you have to know that your failure to leave is not my problem, but Lazio's problem. Now that I have made this clear to you, I just hope that you will not let these personal matters affect the overall situation. You are the football player Captain of the team, you should set an example for the whole team. I don’t care what you think of me. Gaizka, even if you scold all the eighteen generations of my ancestors in your heart, I don’t care. I just I hope you won’t bring your personal emotions to work. We are all adults, so we can’t meet the minimum requirements, right?”
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, he stared at Mendieta.
Mendieta suddenly felt a kind of pressure. When the young Chinese coach stared at him, he actually felt pressured.
It seems that as long as I give an unsatisfactory answer, I will suffer some kind of disaster.
But in fact, Mendieta knew that would not be the case, but that feeling never went away.
He used to put on a bad face before, but now he can't show it off.
He thought about it for a while and said: "But I think my career in Valencia has reached a bottleneck."
Chang Sheng thought that your fucking transfer was the real bottleneck, right?
But he could only think about this in his heart.
When the words come to your mouth, they look different.
He can't tell the other party, "I am a time traveler. I would be an idiot if I knew you transferred to Lazio, so you must not go to Lazio!"
He spread his hands and said to Mendieta very confidently: "Why? Just because there is no championship? That doesn't matter, now I'm here."
Seeing that he spoke so confidently, Mendieta couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing Mendieta smiling, Chang Sheng said with a straight face: "What? Don't you believe me? Don't believe I can lead this team to win the championship?"
The oppressive feeling came back, and Mendieta couldn't laugh anymore.
"No, I just think..."
"You think I'm a little too arrogant, don't you?"
"no……"
"Do you think I'm telling lies?"
Chang Sheng pressed forward step by step, and Mendieta began to sweat on his forehead. He was speechless and didn't know what to say.
Whether it was Pereira, Hiddink, Ranieri, or Cooper Mendieta, he had worked with many outstanding coaches before, but his whole body gave off such an aggressive aura... Winning is what he saw. the first one.
In the end, he had to admit: "Okay, I think what you said was too confident, and it was untrue."
He thought he would wait for Chang Sheng's angry rebuke. Unexpectedly, when he heard what he said, Chang Sheng laughed, very happily, very happy, so happy that it was a little weird.
"Then let's limit it to one year. Gaizka, you stay in Valencia. Take a good look at how I led this team to win the championship!" Chang Sheng said this with great confidence. " After one year, if you still want to leave, I won’t keep you. If you want to stay, I welcome you.”
In fact, Chang Sheng knows very well that even if Mendieta doesn't go to Lazio, he won't be able to play well if he goes to another team.
He failed to play at Lazio and was loaned to Barcelona after only one season. In Barcelona, he played thirty-three games and scored four goals, which is not bad in theory. But such performance is far from his
The performance in Valencia was still far behind. After the end of the season, Lazio wanted to sell Mendieta to Barcelona to reduce their financial burden. Although they did not pay the balance of the transfer fee to Valencia, Mendieta
Ta's annual salary is still a big burden for them.
But Barcelona didn't want it at all.
He had no choice but to return to Lazio. Then he was loaned to Middlesbrough in the Premier League.
In his first season at Middlesbrough, he played 31 times and scored two goals. Considering his current situation of wandering around, this performance was not bad.
And Middlesbrough are not as picky as Barcelona. They feel that Mendieta's performance during the season on loan is acceptable. They simply discuss with Lazio and buy him.
Lazio is also eager to get rid of this hot potato with a high salary.
They were afraid that they wouldn't be able to get rid of him, so they didn't even dare to ask for the transfer fee from Middlesbrough, so they just gave it to Middlesbrough for free.
As a result, after Middlesbrough bought it, they found out that they had been cheated.
First of all, Mendieta demanded a high salary, and secondly...compared with last season when he was on loan, his performance began to plummet. Injuries affected his form and attendance. Officially transferred to Middles
He has not played a full season since Fortuna. In the first season, he only played seven games for this Premier League team. The second season was slightly better, with 17 games and two goals.
Three games is back to the old days, seven games.
After the contract with Middlesbrough expired, the team did not renew his contract, and Mendieta finally announced his retirement.
In fact, Mendieta's rise to fame has a lot to do with Valencia's tactical system.
In Valencia, he is actually a free agent in the frontcourt, with a wide range of activities. The entire team's offensive system is designed for him, and his excellent physical fitness is suitable for such a position.
But when he arrived at Lazio, it was difficult for the free man's tactics to gain a foothold in Serie A, which emphasizes compressing space and time, and pressing defense. The collision of two completely different styles of football eventually led to Mendieta's fall. He tried to play on the wing and in Lazio.
He was a defensive midfielder, but he didn't have the outstanding performance in Valencia at all. He was restricted in a small space and lost his aura under the tight pressing of the opponent's defender and the tactical restrictions of the coach.
When he went to Barcelona, Van Gaal used him as a midfielder and put forward high defensive requirements on him, but at the same time he allowed him to attack freely. These two completely contradictory requirements left Mendieta at a loss. Although he insisted on being a Barcelona
Following the tradition of the Sk people, he struggled unremittingly, but in his constant and useless running, he exhausted his physical energy and the last trace of inspiration.
Cruel facts prove that once out of Valencia's tactical system, Mendieta immediately disappeared from everyone.
In the new tactic "Mad Dog" designed by Chang Sheng for Valencia, Mendieta's characteristics were also taken into consideration, giving him room to play. Although his position is on the wing, it still gives him a lot of room to move.
, he can move freely in the frontcourt. Anyway, with Ferreira on the right, there is no need to worry too much about defense, which can also free up Mendieta.
But other teams don't have the time to do this kind of thing.
After Mendieta heard Chang Sheng's words, he suddenly felt a sense of "relief", that is, he only needed to stay for one more season.
As for staying with the team after one season?
He had never even considered this possibility.
He was determined to leave Valencia, and he believed that nothing could shake his determination.
He seemed to be afraid of regretting his victory and asked: "One season?"
"Just one season!" Chang Sheng nodded firmly. "If you still want to leave by then, we will never force you!"
Mendieta looked at Chang Sheng as if he wanted to see if Chang Sheng had lied to him.
There is no need for Chang Sheng to lie to Mendieta. Because what he said is true. If Mendieta wants to stay in Valencia and be a loyal minister, he has no objection. But if Mendieta is still determined to leave next season
, then he will never persuade me as hard as he does now.
When the time comes to sell it for more money, Changsheng will definitely not show mercy. Of course, it will still not be sold to Lazio!
"I hope you will keep your promise when the time comes, sir."
Chang Sheng shrugged: "I always do what I say."
Then he stretched out his hand: "So, can we shake hands for the sake of happy cooperation?"
Mendieta hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand.
Chang Sheng smiled: "Very good, that's it. Gazka. After one season, I bet you won't want to leave a championship team."
Mendieta was noncommittal. What will happen after one season, who knows. If you say you can win the championship, you can definitely win the championship? There have been so many coaches over the years, who didn't say they can win the championship? What's the result?
He just wants to stay for one full season and then leave here to pursue his football dream on a broader stage.
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After ending the conversation with Chang Sheng, Mendieta took the initiative to call his agent as he headed towards the parking lot and told him his agreement with Chang Sheng.
"I talked to him and he gave me a promise to stay at Valencia for one season and then let me go," he said.
"Are you crazy, Gaizka?" The agent was so frightened on the phone that he didn't say a word for a long time. He didn't know what to say. He thought for a long time before he came up with such an uncreative sentence. "You actually believe what a Chinese person says.
?Let me tell you, there are two types of people in the world that are most untrustworthy, one is the Jews, and the other is the Chinese!"
"What else? Can you find me a suitable club before the transfer window closes in two days, Alberto?"
The agent on the other side of the phone was silent.
Obviously he couldn't do it either.
Even Lazio had ruined his old nose, so he was finally stabbed by Chang Sheng. He was very unhappy with Chang Sheng. This dissatisfaction with Chang Sheng has now extended to the entire Chinese community.
"So this is all we can do now. Fortunately, we only have to stay for one more season."
Alberto Tordella had no choice but to sigh: "Okay, okay, anyway, I agreed, it's the last season. No matter what, we have to leave! What the hell..." When he hung up the phone
, he was still mumbling.
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Chang Sheng and Mendieta reached an agreement, or it was a tacit understanding.
Mendieta stayed with peace of mind and continued to lead the team as captain.
Chang Sheng promised Mendieta that as long as he still wanted to leave at the end of the season, he would definitely let him go.
With this tacit understanding, Chang Sheng felt relieved.
If Mendieta doesn't cause him any trouble, the pressure on him will be much less.
Otherwise, as the captain of the team, a person who has a high status and reputation in the hearts of players and fans, if he is truly determined to be right with himself, then the locker room will be restless from now on...
As a time traveler, Chang Sheng knows a lot about this aspect.
The leader of a team is often the team's ball lord.
Such people can not only play a good role, but they can also play a negative role.
If not handled properly, it will be a lose-lose outcome for both sides.
Chang Sheng came to Valencia to win the championship, not to play palace battle with someone.
Being able to peacefully resolve the issue with Mendieta made Chang Sheng very satisfied.
When he left the training base, he was still stroking his chin with pride, feeling that he was more mature than before.
It seems that he has taken a big step forward to become the world's top head coach!
After Mendieta's matter is settled, the next step is the opponent in the first round of the league...
I'm very excited when I think about this league's first opponent... who always wins!
Because this opponent is none other than Real Madrid!
