Su Dong asked himself, in the past period, he had met people from many teams, and they all tried their best to persuade him to join their team. Naturally, they would inevitably say unfavorable words about their competitors.
But for someone like Mourinho to sit down and tell Su Dong straight to the point not to join a certain team, this is unprecedented, and only Mourinho has done this.
However, he seemed to be doing it very confidently.
Why?
Is it just because he was kicked out of the team by Benfica's new chairman?
If so, it would be a bit too arrogant.
When Mendes saw Su Dong's expression of not knowing how to respond, he smiled bitterly, coughed twice, and reminded with a wry smile: "Jose, we are still within the confines of the Stadium of Light."
"I always say this everywhere." Mourinho, on the other hand, said with an air of "I have the right to travel all over the world." "Except for those senior executives whose brains have been kicked by donkeys, who can't see the problems that Benfica has now?"
Now Su Dong finally heard some clues.
Mourinho does have resentment, but Benfica itself does have problems.
"Look at what young players Benfica's first team has trained in the past few years?" Mourinho first asked Xiang Sudong, and then turned to Mendes, "Jorge, you understand the situation, how many can you name?"
A name?”
Mendes looked at Su Dong, a little confused.
“When they invited Heynckes, they originally had high hopes, but they didn’t give much support from the beginning to the end. They even blamed the fact that Joao Pinto was sold to their arch-rival Sporting Lisbon during the European Cup.
Gave it to Heynckes, which caused the German coach to lose the support of Benfica fans."
"When they first contacted me, I proposed a complete set of ideas for a younger team. They made it clear that they had no money to invest in transfers. Therefore, the famous coach Oliveira rejected their invitation, and the plan I proposed
It didn’t require much investment, but what was the result? After I defeated Sporting Lisbon 3-0, the new chairman informed me that I was not part of his plan.”
Mourinho talked about the grievances between himself and Benfica, and it was obvious that he still had deep resentments.
Of course, anyone else would feel aggrieved if they encountered something like this.
"The new chairman and star coach came to power with high hopes, but what is the result?"
Mourinho pouted and shook his head, "One year has passed and Benfica's results are still half-dead. They claim to vigorously promote youth players, but how many young players they have trained in the first team are there?"
"Simão spent an astronomical eight-figure transfer price and bought it back from Barcelona. He was trained by Sporting Lisbon. Midfielder Thiago came from Braga. Maniche was indeed trained by youth.
, but before playing for the first team, I spent three years in Alvica, helping this team to upgrade from the Portuguese Liga to the Portuguese Super League.”
When he said this, Mourinho turned his head and looked directly at Su Dong.
"Su, don't listen to what those people at Benfica say, but look at what they have done in the past few years. In fact, they have no ability to cultivate young players at all, nor do they have the soil to cultivate young players."
"Today, for Benfica, the most important thing is results, how to help the team return to the first group as soon as possible and keep pace with Porto and Sporting Lisbon. As for training young players, that is just because they have no money to invest in transfers.
A rhetoric that can market and please fans."
Mourinho's words were like a knife, cutting through the layers of cover on Benfica's outer skin.
"On the contrary, like our Leiria, although we are a small team, you can look at our first team. We do not have enough financial resources to introduce those capable players, so we have a complete set of training systems for young players.
."
"For example, Brazilian forward Delle came to Leiria at the age of 24. Before that, he couldn't even play football in Brazil. We only spent 150,000 euros to sign him, but when he came to
After joining the team, he scored eight goals in the first season and 13 goals last season. But so far this season, the season is not even halfway through, but the number of goals has already reached double digits."
Delle is indeed the most surprising scorer in the Portuguese Super League this season, and his offensive firepower even surpasses Porto's top scorer Pena.
More importantly, Mourinho is absolutely right. Delle was indeed trained by Leiria, or in other words, a striker who shined in Mourinho's hands.
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Since he had to return to Leiria with the team, Mourinho did not sit in the cafe for too long.
Watching him leave, Mendes and Jorge Manuel felt vaguely relieved.
"He is like a sharp sword, able to pierce through everything and say things that others dare not say or are unwilling to say. He may seem impulsive, but in fact he is thoughtful and very logical. He may even even think of us.
His reactions were not beyond his expectation."
Mendes seemed worried that Su Dong was directly incited by Mourinho.
From the moment he sat down, this guy had complete control over the rhythm and content of the entire conversation.
He started from bombarding Benfica, then revealed the details of Benfica layer by layer, and then threw out the option of Leiria. The whole process, let alone Su Dong, even Mendes and Manuel
It's hard to even answer the phone.
As Mendes said, no one would say something so straightforward, but Mourinho said it.
Some of his words were too straightforward and could easily offend people, but Su Dong didn't feel offended after Mourinho said it.
This should be considered a skill.
"What do you think?" Mendes looked at Su Dong with concern.
Su Dong frowned slightly, "If there hadn't been the scandal between him and Porto, I might have believed it."
Mendes and Manuel looked at each other and laughed in unison.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After contacting him for a period of time, they found that apart from being weak in strength, Su Dong was quite satisfactory in terms of his dealings with others and his personality.
A player not only trains hard and has self-discipline, but is also very rational.
Many professional players tend to get lost easily, lacking a clear understanding of themselves and lack of understanding and analysis of the outside world.
But Su Dong obviously didn't have it. This is a very rare quality.
"If Machado's coaching performance continues to improve, Porto will change coaches during the winter break." Mendes said with certainty.
As the saying goes, once an emperor is like a courtier, if Mourinho leaves the team and Su Dong happens to join Leiria at this time, the final result will definitely be full of variables.
Recruiting Su Dong was definitely not Mourinho's idea alone, but if he leaves and changes to a new head coach, Su Dong will face even more unknowns. This is definitely not a wise choice.
Of course, earlier, if no team favored him, Su Dong would have accepted it, but now it is different.
"Take your time and don't be anxious. There are still two months left. You just need to concentrate on playing football and leave the rest to me."
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Mendes' promise was not empty, because he quickly showed Su Dong what he was capable of.
Hugo Viana, the first player signed by Mendes from Sporting Lisbon, was selected for the first team in early October and subsequently came off the bench and performed very well. He was known as Rui Costa II.
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More importantly, after entering November, Hugo Viana was promoted to the main midfielder of Sporting Lisbon's first team.
You know, as an 18-year-old youngster, Ugo Viana's competitors are 28-year-old Ricardo Sa Pinto and 29-year-old international Joao Pinto.
All players are famous Portuguese players.
Of course, this was not promoted by Mendes, but because Sporting Lisbon coach Boloni changed to a double forward.
After the change of formation, Hugo Viana appeared more in the two positions of deep-lying midfielder and left midfielder. This allowed the left-footed Viana to start to emerge in Sporting Lisbon, and he was vaguely on par with Quaresma.
momentum.
Perhaps stimulated by Hugo Viana's entry into the first team, Ronnie finally sent a fax to José Vega on the national team match day in November, during the league suspension, and officially signed in.
Under Jorge Mendez.
In order to sign Ronnie, Mendes not only flew to Madeira in person, visited Ronnie's parents, but also invited Ronnie's mother to Lisbon. The two parties sat down for a meal, and then Mendes convinced
Ronnie's mother.
After signing Ronnie, Mendes immediately approached Sporting Lisbon's technical director Aurelio Pereira.
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"I can give a promise that Ronnie can participate in training with the first team during the winter break. He will debut with the first team in the second half of this year, but you also know that the current performance of the team is good, and we cannot promise more.
."
Sporting Lisbon has a good chance of winning the championship this season, especially after activating Jardel's offensive firepower.
Under such circumstances, Boloni's coaching position is very stable, and the team will definitely try its best to maintain stability. It will not be able to give too many opportunities to young players, especially someone like Ronnie.
Mendes also understands this, after all, this is indeed the case.
"We understand the team's situation, but the contract must be changed." Mendes expressed his attitude.
"The monthly salary of two thousand euros, bonuses, etc. can be increased accordingly. This is even more than many first-team players, which should be enough to show our sincerity." Aurelio obviously did not intend to drag the matter out any longer.
Mendes is also satisfied with the result.
"Stop talking about Ronnie, Jorge." Aurelio Pereira left the desk, walked to Mendes' side, and put his arm affectionately on the young Portuguese agent's shoulder, "said
Talk about your new player."
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While Mendes and Aurelio were chatting in Alcoschetti, the protagonist Su Dong was in the indoor football field of Parque Eduardo VII, beaming with joy.
He had just finished sparring with Ronnie, and then, as usual, he checked the personal attributes panel in the system.
He finally finished practicing.
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