Sheffield is located in South Yorkshire, England, in the center of the UK, adjacent to cities such as Leeds and Manchester. It is one of the eight largest cities in the UK outside London.
The architectural style here is very different from that in London, looking older and simpler.
It seems more lively here, with more fireworks than London.
Coming out of the train station, Tong Yi's face was filled with a faint smile.
Sheffield is 170 miles from London, and the drive only takes about one hour and fifty minutes. Therefore, Tong Yi did not feel tired.
Bruns, too, was in high spirits.
He has long been accustomed to the long journey, because almost every time he goes to away games, he takes buses and trains, and only rarely does he fly to places that are relatively far away.
Bruns looked at Tong Yi as if nothing was wrong and asked, "Where should we go next?"
Before Tong Yi had time to speak, a short, thin, bald, middle-aged man wearing a blue sports suit walked over with a smile on his face and gave Tong Yi a hug.
Bruns was shocked, what is going on?
The bald man said in a rather complaining tone, "David, you're finally here, I've been waiting for you here for two days!"
Tong Yi immediately said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Antonio, for keeping you waiting."
The bald man named Antonio joked, "If you come a little later, I will fly directly to Germany to find you."
Tong Yi apologized again and said, "I'm so sorry."
The bald man rolled his eyes at Tong Yi and said, "You are so boring, I'm just kidding you."
Tong Yi immediately said, "I don't dare to joke with you, otherwise the teacher will definitely deal with me after I go."
The bald man reached out to take Tong Yi's luggage and said, "That's why you are so boring. Sometimes I feel that you don't look like a young man at all, but more like a staid old man."
Tong Yi said, "Am I being steady?"
After saying that, Tong Yi immediately introduced Bruns to the bald man and said, "Come on, let me introduce you. This is my assistant coach Michael, Michael Bruns." Then he
He looked at Bruns again and introduced, "Brens, this is our future physical coach Antonio Pintus."
The two immediately shook hands and exchanged pleasantries.
Bruns has been looking at Pintus, looking at his short and thin figure, he is full of doubts, is this really a physical fitness coach? Is this the physical fitness coach that Tong Yi attaches great importance to? Tong Yi will not be
Lie?
Tong Yi naturally saw Bruns' doubts, and he immediately introduced, "Michael, don't underestimate Antonio. He was once the fitness coach of the legendary Juventus and the famous Italian coach Trapattoni."
Marcello Lippi and Marcello Lippi rely heavily on him and speak very highly of him. A great physical trainer.”
Tong Yi really didn’t lie to Bruns. This Pintus is really a famous Italian physical fitness coach. He made his debut at ASD Serdimo Football Club in 1986. In 1991, he was invited by Italian gold medal coach Trapattoni to come to Juventus.
He became Juventus's physical coach and Trapattoni's right-hand man.
In the 1993-1994 season, Trapattoni left the team after poor performance under his leadership. Lippi, who took over the new team, also valued Pintus very much and asked Pintus to take charge of the team's physical training to restore Juventus' glory.
He has made great contributions.
These two famous coaches spoke very highly of Pintus, and even privately rated Pintus as the best physical coach in Italy.
After the end of the 1997-1998 season, Lippi left Juventus. Pintus also left Juventus, but he did not follow Lippi to Inter Milan, but was recruited by the player he had led before, Gianluca Vialli.
At the invitation, he became the physical coach of the Premier League Chelsea team.
In 1998, Gullit was forced to dismiss get out of class, and Vialli, who was still a Chelsea player, was ordered to take over as Chelsea's coach. The first thing Vialli did after taking office was to bring Pintus to Chelsea before Lippi.
Jean Pintus became Chelsea's fitness coach.
When Vialli played for Juventus, Pintus was his fitness coach. Vialli was very clear about Pintus's level and valued Pintus very much. Even the players who only cooperated with Pintus
The coaches all spoke very highly of Pintus and recognized Pintus so much that the people who later invited Pintus were all people who had worked with Pintus.
After Vialli resigned from Chelsea, Pintus was invited by Deschamps, who had worked with him at Juventus, to work as a fitness coach at Monaco in Ligue 1.
Even in Tong Yi's memory, Zidane, who later worked with Pintus at Juventus, strongly requested the introduction of Pintus when he came to Real Madrid twice. Pintus also became Zidane's coach twice.
He is a member of the team and serves as the physical coach of Real Madrid. When he served as the physical coach of the Real Madrid team, he made a huge contribution, ensuring the physical fitness of the Real Madrid players and minimizing the injuries of the players within the team.
Madrid has laid a solid foundation for achieving three consecutive Champions League titles.
This is truly a superb physical fitness coach.
Bruns stared at the bald head in front of him with wide eyes, full of horror.
He really didn't expect that the bald man in front of him had such a glorious past.
It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance!
Bruns stretched out his hands to Pintus again, held Pintus's right hand tightly, and said sincerely, "Mr. Pintus, I am really happy to see you."
At the same time, Bruns was also very surprised and his mind was full of doubts.
How did Tong Yi, a Chinese, know this big boss? How did Tong Yi invite this big boss? What is the relationship between Tong Yi and this big boss?
According to what Tong Yi said, if Pintus is so good, how could he join Munich 1860?
It’s not that Bruns looks down on their Munich 1860, but that their Munich 1860 is just a Bundesliga second team! A coach of Pintus’s level is definitely not short of potential players. Why did he choose Munich 1860, a Bundesliga second team?
Woolen cloth?
Of course, he also felt that if Pintus really joined Munich 1860, it would be their Munich 1860’s blessing.
Pintus looked at Bruns with a smile and said, "Mr. Bruns, I am also very happy to see you."
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while and exchanged business information.
After these two exchanges of greetings, the relationship between the two became closer and more harmonious.
Suddenly, Bruns turned to look at Tong Yi and asked jokingly, "David, how did you deceive Antonio?"
To be honest, Tong Yi was also very shocked when he learned that Pintus would become his physical fitness coach.
He was very aware of Pintus's strength and energy. He only extended a symbolic invitation to Pintus. Unexpectedly, Pintus actually agreed.
This was beyond Tong Yi's expectation.
Of course, he knew that the reason why Pintus agreed to him was not because of the domineering aura exuding from him as a time traveler, but because of his teacher Frank.
Tong Yi's mentor Frank's tactical style was influenced by the famous Italian coach Arrigo Sacchi, and he had gone to Italy to study many times. During the study process, Frank met Pintus by chance, and the two met very much.
As soon as we went back and forth, we became acquaintances and close friends.
Tong Yi also met Pintus before, and Pintus admired Tong Yi very much.
Therefore, if Pintus was able to agree to his invitation this time, Frank must have done the work behind the scenes.
Tong Yi is really lucky to have such a teacher.
Tong Yi did not hide anything from Bruns. He said directly, "Antonio is my teacher's best friend. It is naturally my teacher's credit that I was able to invite him."
Pintus did not deny this.
He said, "David, you really need to thank your teacher. Your teacher has put in a lot of effort for you."
Bruns nodded slightly, so that's it.
It seems that to be a good person is not only to have a good girlfriend, but also to have a good teacher.
To be honest, he was a little envious of Tong Yi.
How much merit did Tong Yi accumulate in his previous life to be so lucky in this life?
Tong Yi is incomparable to Zheng He nodded heavily and said, "Indeed, I should really express my gratitude to the teacher. He has really paid so much for me."
Pintus did not speak, but reached out and patted Tong Yi on the shoulder. He could understand Tong Yi's mood at this time.
After a while, Pintus said, "Quickly clear up your mood, we still have business to do."
Bruns turned to look at Pintus and asked, "What's the business?"
Bruns is really confused. Isn't this trip to Sheffield just for their physical coach?
Before Pintus could speak, Tong Yi said first, "Of course it's a signing!"
Bruns immediately exclaimed, "Who is the signing?"
Bruns became even more confused. Are there any star players here in Sheffield? Is it worth putting aside their domestic affairs and making a special trip? However, he thought about it carefully, and there seemed to be no well-known players in Sheffield United.
Players? Does Tong Yi want to introduce a Chinese player?
Bruns heard that a Chinese player transferred to Sheffield United last year.
He stared at Tong Yi in surprise.
Tong Yi ignored Bruns, but looked at Pintus and asked, "Antonio, do you have any news here?"
Pintus immediately nodded and said, "Fortunately, I found him. But, do you really think so highly of him?"
To be honest, Pintus was actually a little skeptical.
He didn't know where Tong Yi learned that there was such an amateur player in Sheffield? He didn't know why Tong Yi was so optimistic about this amateur player? He didn't even know whether this amateur player was worthy of Tong Yi's efforts to mobilize so much.
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But when Tong Yi found him for help, he naturally wouldn't just sit idly by.
When he received Tong Yi's invitation, Pintus was still working at Newcastle United. After agreeing to Tong Yi's invitation, he immediately resigned from Newcastle United. He wanted to fly to Germany immediately to join Tong Yi.
, who knew that after Tong Yi found out, he asked him to go to Sheffield first to help find Tong Yi's favorite player.
Newcastle is not far from Sheffield, so Pintus agreed.
He stayed in Sheffield for three days and searched hard for three days, and finally found Tong Yi's favorite player.
Tong Yi was a little excited and immediately said, "Of course, I am very optimistic about him. He will be the forward pillar of our team in the future."
Bruns and Pintus were both shocked. They did not expect Tong Yi to be so optimistic about this player. This suddenly aroused Bruns' interest and he wanted to see the player immediately.
Pintus said, "Then I will take you to find him?"
Before Tong Yi could speak, Bruns said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Pintus looked at Tong Yi and saw that Tong Yi had the same idea, so he said, "Then come with me!"