Chapter 89: I had a great time chatting with Hill

Chapter 89: I had a great time chatting with Hill

Jose's question made Ronaldinho so deep in thought that he didn't even notice when Jose left, but was thinking to himself.

Ronaldinho debuted as a forward. When he debuted, it was when Ronaldo was at his peak. Because of his talent, the pair of buck teeth that are close to Ronaldo, and his name, not playing as a forward would simply give him the title of Ronaldo in vain.

Ronaldinho performed really well at the forward position. Whether he was the top scorer in the Confederations Cup, in the World Youth Championship America's Cup Olympic qualifiers or in the Brazilian domestic league, his scoring rate was not low at all. , at least he is a qualified forward. However, in the Olympic games, Ronaldinho began to realize that he was not very suitable as a pure forward. His technical characteristics made him more suitable to lurk in one or two powerful centers. Behind him, he showed his ability to penetrate deep and his characteristics of passing and assisting. He then played many positions, whether it was the second forward, the attacking midfielder, the full midfielder or even the left winger in the three forwards, he played well. However, the changing positions also greatly affected his performance.

After coming to Mallorca and getting to know the Mallorca team, he originally thought that he would either replace the departing Stankovic as the left midfielder, or push forward to the front line as a forward. For these two He has no resistance to the position. If he plays as a forward with Delgado, someone will cover him. Mallorca's wide midfielders do not always break through on the wing. They often attack with a combination of wing and center. This offensive method is his like.

However, now Jose asked him what position he likes to play in the most - this rarely happens, because coaches basically don't ask players this kind of question, let alone players who have just joined.

But Jose's sincere question forced him to think about this issue, and it was very confusing to think about it, because he felt that he played well in these positions. Although playing as a forward is very beautiful, Ronaldinho is not. The kind of player who only enjoys the feeling of scoring goals, even if he doesn't score, he feels happy to assist his teammates in the midfield.

Assis returned to Brazil after he and Ronaldinho came to Mallorca to sign a contract. The situation in Ronaldinho's family was not very good. Life has been difficult since his father passed away. It was not until Ronaldinho became a professional player that things eased. Although the salary doubled after signing with Mallorca this time, it was not enough to support their family to live in Spain.

Ronaldinho has always regarded his brother as his father. After all, Ronaldinho was only eight years old when his father passed away. His brother is the one who supports the family. If he has any problems, he will ask his brother for advice, including Assis. He meticulously implemented the regulations that prohibited him from drinking and going to nightclubs to find beautiful women. This was also a very important factor in his becoming more and more outstanding in the next few years.

However, now that his brother is not around, Ronaldinho must think and worry alone.

While Ronaldinho was lost in thought, Jose had already put aside the team's training and left it to Natal, while he flew to Madrid alone.

Before leaving Mallorca, Jose gave a task to all the scouts under the technical director to sort out the information on potential transfer players collected in recent months. When he returned to Madrid, Will watch this information.

Now Jose feels that he is not enough - mainly he is a hands-on head coach, and he plays a big role in training. Before forming a complete assistant coaching team, he needs to do many things personally. He also has to manage the transfer part, which is really a bit overwhelming.

Jose came to Madrid for a reason - just a few days ago, an intention offer from Madrid was sent to Mallorca Club. This offer was not sent by Real Madrid, but is now in the Spanish Second Division. Sent by Atletico Madrid, who are struggling in the league...

Their targets are two people. The first is Boggs, who returned to be the substitute goalkeeper after Jose took office, and the other is Biagini, who was also thrown into the cold palace, two Argentines.

After Atletico Madrid was relegated last season, most of its players left - Belleron went to Deportivo La Coruña, Baraja went to Valencia, Solari went to Real Madrid, Hasselbaink After going to Chelsea, Molina also went to Deportivo... The entire team was almost divided. Fortunately, captain Kiko was left behind, so there was a glimmer of hope.

Atletico Madrid fans hope that the team can quickly return to Serie A. After all, they still retain a small number of the main players, such as forward Kiko, midfielder Aguilera and defender Toni. However, the situation is worse than they imagined. To be serious, their performance in Segunda División is not very good. Although they have been stable in the top six, they have not been able to reach the top three. At one time, they were ranked lower than Mallorca's second team. The main reason There are big problems on both offense and defense.

After Molina left, Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper was Toni, who once became the main force last season. However, this goalkeeper's performance was very poor. He rarely saved must-goals and often made mistakes. The threatening shot was a Everything that didn't fall into the goal... Atletico Madrid lost at least several games that they shouldn't have lost due to him.

On the forward line, Atletico Madrid fans were very happy to retain the club's legendary striker Kiko: "With Kiko, there is hope" is their slogan. However, Kiko's performance since the beginning of this season has been quite average. At the same time, he was constantly injured and basically failed to play any role. However, Torres, another golden boy of the team who had high hopes, was injured at the beginning of the season and missed more than half a year. Atletico Madrid's offensive ability was seriously lacking in forwards, and it was difficult to supplement the forwards. It is imperative.

The reason why Boggs was introduced was because before this season Boggs performed well when he was the main goalkeeper, at least more reliable than Toni, and Biagini was chosen because of the previous season when Atletico Madrid won the La Liga championship in 1995-96. Biagini is the main striker of Atletico Madrid. That season was an extremely happy season for both Biagini and Atletico Madrid. They won the double crown of La Liga and the Copa del Rey. This was also the entire 90th year of Atletico Madrid. The most glorious season of the era.

From the perspective of Atletico Madrid, these two Argentinian players are currently needed by Atletico Madrid. Although Bogues is a non-EU player, they currently have no non-EU players in the team, and four quotas are enough.

After Jose received the offer, he flew to Madrid - because of this business, he wanted to do a good job.

Last season, Hill was banned from managing Atletico Madrid's affairs due to business violations. Although he later returned from the ban, he still failed to stop Atletico Madrid's relegation trend. The man who is known as "the person who hates Real Madrid the most in the world" His identity is greatly loved by Atletico Madrid fans. The man who is considered the best chairman of Atletico Madrid is now quite old. His actions during his tenure were mixed. Atletico Madrid's double championship was his peak period, but the disbandment of Atletico Madrid It's disappointing that the Athletic Youth Team made Raul the flag of Real Madrid - but for Jose, it's meaningless what kind of person Hill is. The key is what Mallorca can get in this transfer. benefit.

Although Atletico Madrid has left many players, there are still some players in many positions that Jose covets.

The first one is, of course, Atletico Madrid's golden boy Torres. In the previous European Under-16 Championship, he led the Spanish youth team to win the championship and won both the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot. Such a player Jose had no chance to eat, but Torres has been injured since the beginning of this season due to a fractured tibia. He has not yet recovered. It is expected that he will not be able to play until the end of the season - he urgently needs to return to La Liga. Atletico Madrid may not be able to wait for this golden boy, but this gives Jose an opportunity.

Because of Jose's identity - in addition to being the head coach of Mallorca, he is also the technical director and largest shareholder of Mallorca. Therefore, Hill personally contacted Jose and allowed Jose to meet this legendary figure face to face. .

For a long time, he has owned more than 90% of Atletico Madrid's shares, controlled the entire club's movements, and dominated the club. The 67-year-old Hill is a miracle in Spanish football, because there are few people who can do it like him. Complete control of a club, and his own experience is legendary.

Because the building collapsed, killing more than fifty people, he was imprisoned by General Franco; because of economic crimes, he was repeatedly pursued by the Spanish government during the democratic period; he formed the local Hill Party, and through democratic elections it became his hometown The mayor of Marbella, and then ran the city with the style of a Sicilian Mafia godfather - this experience is unique, from an ordinary ordinary person to achieve such results in two terms in business and politics , and only in those years when the political structure was in turmoil, could such a miracle be created.

This old man, who was not tall and had bald hair with a Mediterranean hairstyle, was still in good spirits. After seeing Jose, he was very happy to shake hands with Jose: "Old Mr. Alemani has such an outstanding son. I'm so grateful." He was happy... Mr. Alemani is also an old friend of mine and I didn't expect that I would be able to negotiate with his son now."

"I heard a lot about you from my father...and I have always admired you." Jose replied politely.

"I've heard about what you did before. Ha, you did a good job. If you want to run a club, you have to kick those losers out of the board of directors! It doesn't matter whether it's dictatorship or not. Hypocritical democracy can only make things worse. A club is standing still, and only by completely owning a club can a club become more prosperous." Hill said with a smile, it seems that Jose's previous approach made him feel that he was very satisfied with it.

Jose also felt that what Hill said was to his liking: "You are right, there are too many mediocre people in the management, which will only create constraints. If we don't kick those guys out, the club will never develop. After all, we are not a membership system." club."

Hill laughed heartily. He began to feel that the young man in front of him was so pleasing to his eyes...