When List met with Raiola, Mendes had just come out of North London. Mendes' plan last season completely failed, and several stars who left Portugal ended miserably.
After Real Madrid lost miserably to Liverpool, Real Madrid were not satisfied, and they were not just dissatisfied. After all, Real Madrid has dominated European football over the years. Although it cannot be said to be completely dominant, it has always been the strongest and most dazzling club in European football.
.But it is unbearable for a down-and-out giant Liverpool to be so humiliated this season.
Real Madrid immediately started looking for scapegoats. According to the Real Madrid media, there is no problem with superstars such as Ronaldo, Raul, Zidane, and Figo. The first problem is coach Queiroz. This has always been the thinking of Real Madrid fans. When results are good,
At that time, these achievements were all attributed to the superstars. When looking for scapegoats for poor results, the coach is the best scapegoat. The tradition of Real Madrid is that a good chairman plus a superstar, the coach is the soy sauce. The glorious task of taking the blame is of course
It’s the head coach’s job.
Queiroz immediately became the target of thousands of bombardments. All charges were leveled at him, many of which were ridiculous. When Queiroz became the head coach of Real Madrid, Mendes was very proud. He has always been jealous.
With the combination of List and Benitez, he thinks he is not bad after Queiroz. But Queiroz's performance in Real Madrid is so poor that he may be dismissed at any time. It is impossible to stay anyway.
At Real Madrid.
And Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Real Madrid with Queiroz, was still a little fresh at first. After all, Cristiano Ronaldo's extraordinary performance is quite exciting. Unfortunately, at this time, Cristiano Ronaldo is only showing off.
There is nothing except extraordinary moves. He has been abandoned by Real Madrid fans.
Now Queiroz and Cristiano Ronaldo have become Real Madrid's biggest scapegoats. There is only one result waiting for them. That is to leave Real Madrid in despair.
Not only the two of them, but also Barcelona's Quaresma. Quaresma's situation is worse than Cristiano Ronaldo, because in the beginning at Real Madrid, Queiroz protected him, but in Barcelona, no one cared about Quaresma.
Reesma's life and death. Quaresma was firmly suppressed by Giuly, who was much less famous than him in Barcelona, and had no chance to play. Mendes had no status in Barcelona and could not provide for Quaresma at all.
Talk. So now Quaresma can only leave Barcelona.
Last season was a big defeat, but Mendes was not discouraged. For him, it was just a failure, and a failure was no big deal. During this time, he has been traveling among major clubs. He wanted to see if there is still a chance. This time at
He finally had a good result in North London.
"Because Cristiano is stronger, more promising, and more suitable than Ricardo. Although they both failed, I can see it. If you say Cristiano is bad for his character, then he is really bad.
.But precisely because of his unwillingness to admit defeat, his future will definitely be brighter than Ricardo’s.”
Mendes' treatment of the two talents under his hands is completely different. Quaresma Mendes is already preparing to let him return to Portugal. But Cristiano Ronaldo Mendes has been looking for a new club.
That's what he was in North London for this time.
"Why Arsenal? I think Cristiano should train in a small club for a while."
Mendes's assistant believes that Mendes's choice is wrong. Cristiano Ronaldo is still young and should train in Portugal or some small clubs instead of going to a giant like Arsenal. After all, Arsenal is currently in
The Premier League is still very strong, and Arsenal at this time is a club that can directly compete with Manchester United. Wenger's reputation is also very high at this time, and he is a famous European coach who can compare with Ferguson. What is the difference between going to Arsenal and going to Real Madrid at this time?
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"You don't understand."
Mendes shook his head, thought for a moment and said: "Cristiano has a strong character. If I take him back to Portugal or to some small club, it will destroy this child. He thinks he has failed. His self-esteem will be hit.
This way he has no future. He needs to cheer up now and needs a coach who can really convince him and help him. Coach Wenger is one of them."
After speaking, Mendes did not continue to listen to his assistant. He is a very decisive person. Since he has made a choice, he will not regret it. After taking two steps, Mendes said to his assistant: "Give it to me.
Arrange a good place, I want to receive a guest."
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"Jorge. Long time no see."
Mendes was about to receive a guest, and that person was Riester. Riester and Mendes had known each other for a long time, but they had no contact. Mendes had been shrinking from the Portuguese football world. Although he wanted to start from the Portuguese football world in the past two years,
Portuguese football has come a long way, but it has always failed. Riester, on the other hand, has not cared about Portuguese football at all and has been developing in other leagues.
In fact, when he saw Mendes, Lister felt a little uncomfortable. Because Mendes and Lister had not had any conflicts before, but Lister was worried about his development, so he took action to hack him several times. It can be said that
Before Mendes knew it, Lister, the top agent in European football, had already tricked him several times. Such methods were not very bright, so Lister felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Mendes.
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The 38-year-old Mendez was much better than Lister from the starting point. After all, he started working as a pawn for the first agent Feige. Unfortunately, sometimes it is difficult to become the number one under the number one in the industry.
This is the case with Figel, who started as a pony boy and then became a high-level pony boy. If it weren't for Figel's problems, Mendes would probably have been a high-level pony boy for a while.
"Lister, you are too busy now, I'm sorry to bother you."
Mendes's current strength is average. Although he can control the situation in Portuguese football, he is still far behind after leaving Portuguese football. However, facing Riester, who is currently the most powerful player in European football, Mendes has nothing to do.
Any timidity, on the contrary, is like chatting with one's old friends.
"It's all nonsense."
Lister shook his head. Although Lister's current strength is almost overlooking Mendes, Lister does not dare to underestimate Mendes. Mendes can become the first agent in European football in history.
, there is absolutely no problem with his ability. Riester will never underestimate any opponent, especially for Mendes.
"Jorge, what's the matter with you?"
"No big deal. I heard Coach Benitez is going to Chelsea?"
Lister was stunned. Mendes was not looking for him specifically to reminisce about the past. Moreover, there was no friendship between Lister and Mendes to reminisce about the past. Both of them are busy people, and Mendes is busy right now.
How to get out of Portugal, it is impossible to have time to come here and reminisce with Riester.
Since it's not a reminiscing about old times, there must be something going on. Lister guessed one or two things from Mendes' words. He mentioned Benitez and Chelsea's coaching selection. Lister had already guessed a few things from these two points alone.
Mourinho?
Mendes came here for the position of Chelsea's head coach. Chelsea's current head coach Ranieri is not liked by Abramovich. This is an open secret in British football. Although Kenyon is good, Ranieri is not liked by Abramovich.
Ranieri, too, has refuted the rumors several times. But everyone in the industry knows that Ranieri is very angry because of this incident. Because he himself knows that he will definitely not be the Chelsea coach next season.
"It happened. Peter just talked to me about it."
Lister did not hide anything. This kind of thing cannot be concealed. After all, Lister himself revealed many things to the media circle. Although Mendes is only the overlord of Portuguese football, he still got to know each other when he followed Figel.
He also knew a few people, including Peter Kenyon, who had just become Chelsea CEO.
It's just that Mendez represented Figel back then, so many people gave him face. Since he became independent, these connections are still there, but they are not as good as when he was working for Figel. However, big problems cannot be solved.
Small problems can still be solved. It's still easy to get some inside information.
"How does Coach Benitez choose?"
This question already touches on the personal choices of Lister and Benitez. But Mendes does not feel rude at all by asking this question, and it is really an upright question.
"what you think?"
Lister smiled and kicked the ball to Mendes. Mendes did not have any other expression because Lister kicked the ball to him. He still said with a smile: "I will not leave Liverpool."
Mendez's answer was decisive. Lister's lips curled up and he couldn't help laughing. Most of the agents who worked for Figel back then only learned how to attack people. But there are also some.
The ambitions of several agents have greatly increased.
Just like Ribeiro, Mendes, Sandro Becker, these agents are all targeting Figel. They are all powerful now, so aiming at the achievements of Figel back then, they all hope to become
Next up is Figel, so they can both think counterpoint.
Now even the top management of Liverpool are not sure whether Benitez will leave, and many European football agents are not sure about List's choice. But Mendes can insist that Benitez will never leave.
Liverpool. How could Lister not feel threatened by such an opponent?
"Why did you come to see me today?"
Although Lister had already thought of it, he still asked. Of course Lister couldn't say such a thing himself, that would be a price drop.
