Yaya Toure sat in the back and kept touching the car that List was driving. In fact, the car that List drove was a very ordinary car, without any brand. List was just for convenience in Côte d'Ivoire.
So I ordered a car. The car I drove in Lisbon was much more luxurious than this car.
But for Yaya Toure, this car was too high-end. It should be said that it was the first time for him to ride in such a small car. At most, he had seen cars like this before. So he kept touching here and there.
"Yaya, be honest."
Kolo Toure was afraid that List would be dissatisfied, so he secretly attracted Rayaya Toure. Although List was very kind from the beginning, in the eyes of Kolo Toure, List's identity still made Kolo Toure
She was a little worried in her heart. She was afraid of a white man with status like Lister. Yaya Toure looked at her brother who was two years older than her, and reluctantly put down her hand from the car window. But the envy in her eyes could be seen by anyone.
came out.
Lister turned his head and looked at Yaya Toure and asked with a smile: "Your name is Yaya Toure?"
"kindness"
Yaya Toure answered Lister's words with fear. In Yaya Toure's young mind, white people like Lister who wore a suit and tie, spoke fluent French, and drove a car were all white people.
The upper class of Côte d'Ivoire. They are all rich, status, and status people, and they have nothing to do with people like themselves. It is natural that there is a huge gap between the black poor and white people in Côte d'Ivoire. This is usually a ghost place.
He had never seen such a white man come over. Therefore, he was naturally a little afraid of Riester.
"Why, are you envious of this car?"
Although he was afraid, Yaya Toure nodded firmly. Yaya Toure, who was not yet fifteen years old but already over 1.7 meters tall, was riding in a car for the first time in his life. Reese
Te has been looking at Yaya Toure. Although he is tall, he is very skinny. He does not look as strong as he did later on. On the contrary, he is extremely thin. It should be due to malnutrition since he was a child.
"Cars like this are the cheapest in Europe. Players who play in the top leagues in Europe, even the substitutes, don't like this kind of car. Their salary is one month, and some are even one week's salary.
They can buy such a car. They buy high-end cars and live in the best places."
Listening to Riester's description, Yaya Toure was completely confused. As a child who grew up in a slum, Yaya Toure's dream was very simple. To be able to have a full meal, wear new clothes, and wear shoes, such ordinary wishes
That’s it. So he raised his head and asked Lister: “Can I have sneakers to wear in Europe?”
What Yaya Toure envied most when he grew up was that the children next door could wear sneakers, but they could only play football with them barefoot. Lister laughed. But Lister himself didn’t know this.
He was laughing at Yaya Toure, but he still felt it was a bit ironic. So soon Lister said: "If you follow your brother to Europe, I will give you ten pairs of sneakers first so that you can wear them all."
"No, no, no, no, no, no."
Yaya Toure shook both hands quickly. Then he said to Lister: "I don't need so many shoes, just give me two pairs. I can give my brother one pair."
"Are you three brothers?"
"kindness."
Lister and the Touré brothers talked until they arrived at a small village, which he said was similar to a garbage dump. The houses here were crooked, not like houses but like cave dwellings. Those primitive people made a random
The shelter from the wind and rain is probably not much different from the one in front of Lister. The car cannot go further in because there is no road below.
Riester got out of the car, followed by a car, and immediately came to Riester's side. These were the people assigned to Riester by the Côte d'Ivoire Football Association. In other words, they were a group of bodyguards. There were four of them.
The city center of Côte d'Ivoire is okay, but once you leave the city center of Abidjan, it is very chaotic in the suburbs, and the security situation is very bad. When people cannot fill their stomachs, many security problems will naturally occur. Riester
They were worried about going outside the city, so they arranged some bodyguards for Lister.
These bodyguards were all over 1.8 meters tall, and each of them was powerful. They followed Lister. It turned out that some curious black children saw white people coming over, but they didn’t dare to come forward because of those bodyguards. Finally, at Colo.
Lei led the way to Toure's home.
Too poor, this is a slum. The slums in Côte d'Ivoire are the same as the slums in Brazil, and even worse. The last time Riester went to Gilberto Silva's home, it was already miserable. When he arrived at Toure's home, he discovered that this
Where can people live? Lister was born in China in the 1970s, but even Northeastern China in the 1970s was not so poor.
Compared with Brazil, people in Côte d'Ivoire don't have much concept of development. In other words, Brazil is already used to the player business, because many players also know how to deal with agents. Just like Gilberto and Senna, both
I have seen some transfers. But it is different here in Cote d'Ivoire. Riester just said a few words that he is an agent in Europe and wants to take the Toure brothers to play football in Europe. Their parents are already very happy.
They don’t know who Riester is? They don’t know who Riester represents? They don’t even know anything about Cote d’Ivoire players going to play abroad.
The only thing they know is that Europe is a developed country, far more developed than Cote d'Ivoire. As long as they can go to Europe to play football, they will be very happy. In other words, in their concept, as long as they can go to Europe, there should be a land full of gold. This makes
Riester shook his head.
Lister never thinks that he is a good person, but he also never thinks that he is a bad person. As long as a player who trusts Lister and joins Lister's team, Lister cannot completely give up. Because Lister always thinks that he is a bad person.
Agents are responsible for their players.
But Lister knows that there are a lot of second-hand dealers among the world's football agents. For them, the future of the players is bullshit and they don't care about them at all. Their purpose is to sell the players and make money.
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There are the most second-hand dealers like this in South America and Africa. This is because the quality of the players here is very good, but they also have the most poor players. As long as you spend a little money, you can get the ownership of the players and then sell them to Europe.
As for whether to sell to Europe's top leagues, Europe's second-tier leagues, or even to cold Russia, it is acceptable to them. As long as the other party pays.
Just like Toure's parents now, they are very happy and think that their son is successful. But if List becomes a profit-seeking agent, he can sell the Toure brothers. They will not be able to earn anything for a few years.
It’s not impossible to work for Riester for free. Not to mention in Africa, the situation is very serious now in Eastern Europe.
Lister could not bear to look at Toure's house. So when Lister signed the contract with Toure's parents, he gave Toure's parents a signing fee of US$5,000.
If it were in European football, a player like Yaya Toure wouldn't be able to sign a contract if he was less than fifteen years old. Even his ownership rights couldn't be sold, but this is Africa and this is Cote d'Ivoire. Riester paid $5,000 for
Even the ownership of Yaya Toure was taken away. However, Toure's parents were very excited because they thought their son was about to become rich.
And five thousand dollars is not enough for people in the slums of Côte d'Ivoire to earn in a year. Just like the Toure family, it is the same when it comes to the Conet family. Riester is a greedy person, and the Toure brothers took it.
Reason not to take away the Cone brothers.
Lister acquired four players at once and spent only US$70,000. Lister used US$70,000 to acquire the ownership of the Toure brothers and the Cone brothers. Who could Lister tell about such a good thing?
Of course, they are still young and must receive formal football training. Riester is planning to let them go to the Czech Republic for a period of football training.
