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Chapter 33 Welcome to Porto
The Porto team started robbing people. When Villariño realized the seriousness of this problem, his secretary had already put a fax from Porto on his desk, which explained very simply and straightforwardly that Porto team intentions.

They are not only as simple as poaching Lin Yi from Benfica, their acquisition targets also include midfielders like Maniche, and they have already prepared sufficient liquidated damages. It seems that this acquisition is no longer Prepare for a day or two.

Their shot timing is too good, and their opponents are too idiotic. If Azevedo is in power now, maybe he won't make such a low-level mistake, but Villariño is obviously against the club. He is not good at business, he is more like a politician.

Villarinho may now regret why he didn't sign a professional contract with Lin Yi at the beginning. Now, in addition to dealing with the bad situation of Mourinho's departure, he also needs to face the blatant poaching of the Porto team.

Although Maniche is not popular, Villariño does not want to let him go to his competitors, but the figures on the fax have shown Porto's determination, they don't care how much money is spent, the acquisition is obviously It is imperative.

Originally, those small clubs that were interested in Lin Yi did not dare to blatantly come to Benfica to poach people because Villarinho is the chairman of Benfica, while Sporting Lisbon was not easy to start because of face and the little dispute in the past.

Originally, everything was as Villarinho himself expected. He drove away hedgehogs like Mourinho in the club, and he could use Lin Yi as a benchmark to warn those who disobeyed his management. It's the end of being right with him.

Villarinho may have already started his wishful thinking. He has even issued an order within the Benfica team to send Lin Yi back to the youth team. This is his revenge, which is not only disgusting , It also made many Benfica players feel disgusted.

Lin Yi's behavior on the court was a bit extreme, but why didn't any player express dissatisfaction with him?Because the entire Benfica team is tired of Villariño, this idiot who doesn't understand football is always directing the team as he pleases.

Mourinho took months to put the team together, but that idiot took a week to break it all up, and now not many people care who he brings to the team , because all of this is Villarinho's behavior for gaining political achievements, which is disgusting.

This kind of ban is now waving a scythe at Lin Yi, but no one knows whether he will be the next person to suffer, so no one wants to see this happen, but as players, they are powerless to stop anything.

But now it’s better, Lin Yi and Mendes no longer have to think about whether to transfer to a foreign club. Villariño has encountered an equally tough opponent, Porto’s chairman Da Costa.

As the saying goes, as long as the hoe dances well, there is no corner that cannot be dug.What's more, the wall itself is already crumbling, and the Porto team really didn't need much effort. In fact, they just routinely informed Benfica, "We are here to snatch people." Is it important?Their reaction has nothing to do with the Porto team.

It is impossible for Villariño to prevent this from happening, at least Mendes will not give him such an opportunity, Lin Yi is not bound by a professional contract in Benfica, he only has a part of the Benfica youth team student contract.

Such a contract is basically equivalent to a piece of waste paper in the professional football circle. For the rich and powerful Porto people, they will not even frown or think about it. The star of hope is a business that can make a profit without losing money.

They would still pay Maniche's 300 million breakout fee as usual. A contract of Lin Yi's level is almost equivalent to giving away for nothing. Benfica is now completely selling one get one free, and they are full of compensation.

Perhaps only an idiot like Villariño would think that Benfica is still the boss of Portugal, and they can still manipulate the life and death of players at will, but Villariño forgot that Portugal has always been the top three, and Benfica is the only one. Big days only existed during the time of the military government.

Da Costa did not give Villariño any chance to keep Lin Yi. They had already started to prepare for all this when the middle finger was raised. When the civil strife in Benfica started, their hands had already reached out. Villariño, still dreaming of a dynasty.

Porto's acquisition plan is not only violent, but also a fatal blow. They will not give their opponents any chance to refute, especially for an idiot, Porto's acquisition seems so overbearing, making Benfica unable to resist.

The current Portuguese Super League is such a situation. Both Benfica and Sporting Lisbon are based on training their own players, and their youth training system is indeed top-notch in the entire Europe. The players they train can also support the club. grades.

This is also because of the economic reasons of the two clubs. It is impossible for them to buy players in Portugal wantonly. Behavior is rare.

However, as one of the top three in Portugal, Porto has not achieved any particularly good results in youth training. This may be related to their relatively late youth training. More young people are still used to focusing on Lisbon. Puma Sports Academy or Benfica's training camp.

Porto's achievements are largely based on their money. Their teams are often played by high-level foreign aid, and those supporting roles are also spent by them from other teams in the Portuguese Super League. Spending money to buy championships has become a habit of Porto people.

The most important thing is that the Porto club is very rich. Although Benfica and Sporting Lisbon despise this kind of rich and powerful approach, they still envy them more often. Except that Benfica was considered rich when Azevedo was in power, the rest The next time in Portugal, only the Porto family is qualified to wave a check around and rob people.

This time is no exception, Villarinho angered Lin Yi with his stupid approach, which gave Porto a chance to take advantage of it. A youth team contract is difficult to stop Porto's acquisition plan, whether Benfica is willing or not , this is a fact that cannot be changed.

When Mendes went to Benfica as Lin Yi's representative and Porto's team manager to prepare for the signing process, Villariño didn't even show up, because he really didn't know how to face such a situation. a reality.

Maybe this pig-like guy can only grit his teeth and curse the little guy who escaped from his clutches in his office now, but what's the use of that?It doesn't seem to do anything other than make him look more idiotic.

This is equivalent to their Benfica team spending a long time pushing Lin Yi, who is likely to become a star player, in front of all Portuguese fans. When this little guy starts to win everyone's approval, they have to watch this kid grow from In front of his eyes, he fled into the arms of his opponent.

The team manager of the Porto team was laughing at this moment, and the press officer of Benfica, Marrero, had already scolded Villariño many times in his stomach, just because of that idiot, Benfica’s The future star was taken away, damn it!
There may be one more thing that the Benfica team can't tolerate now, that is, Porto not only snatched Lin Yi and Maniche under their noses, they also publicly declared in the newspaper that they had recruited Mourinho to sign for Porto .

Just an hour after Mourinho and Benfica signed a new contract, they have already got this rookie coach with great potential one step ahead of time, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face of Benfica, and in front of them His face twitched vigorously.

And Maniche and Lin Yi are also the players that Mourinho wants most. Although Porto has already made an advance move before his action, this acquisition plan is like a gift for Mourinho. It is very timely. , is also very much to his liking.

Porto is not afraid to spend money now. They have long been unable to bear the team's poor record this season, and the morale of the entire team is extremely low. They can only rank No.5 in the league. Even Leiria Teams are one place above them.

While the Benfica team was advancing triumphantly, the Porto people could only accept the painful lesson of three consecutive defeats with their heads down, which also made them slip from the second position to such a point.

Although Porto is now only five points away from the No. [-] Benfica, the patience of Porto fans and the entire club management has run out, and they cannot continue to wait for the team's performance to pick up.

It is impossible for Da Costa to endure such a result. He decisively fired the team's head coach. Porto has not encountered any championship trophy for four years. As one of the top three in Portugal, this is absolutely impossible Poor performance endured.

In fact, Da Costa was the first person to contact Mourinho before Azevedo, but the team was in good condition at the time, and Mourinho's lack of qualifications also became Da Costa's concern. That's why Azevedo was able to sign Mourinho one step ahead of Porto.

But now Da Costa no longer has to worry about Mourinho's ability. The gap between Villarinho and Mourinho gave Da Costa the best chance when Mourinho announced the termination of the contract. From that second, the whole Porto was preparing for his arrival.

More than twice the annual salary of Benfica and a championship bonus of 50 euros, Da Costa has offered Mourinho tempting conditions, and Porto can provide Mourinho with the players he wants.

But now there is not much time until the end of the winter transfer period, and they are not sure about buying too many people. After all, there are still ten rounds of the league coming to an end, and everything is still unknown.

But da Costa will not only focus on this season's league, he hopes that Mourinho can stay here for a long time, and although Porto's performance in the league is not very good, but they have a smooth journey in the UEFA Cup , They have successfully reached the top 16 of the UEFA Cup.

Mourinho has experienced these European wars in Barcelona, ​​so Da Costa hopes that Mourinho can bring good changes to Porto in some aspects, and Mourinho did not make too many demands. I hope that no one in the club will interfere with my coaching.

Mourinho does not want to repeat the scene in Benfica. He needs to maintain the absolute authority of the coach. The command of an army can only be controlled by one person. If he wants Porto to turn around, this is the basic condition that must be fulfilled.

Da Costa assured Mourinho that the club is only responsible for the team's operations, and that all economic matters are decided by Mourinho.Including him, he will not ask anything, and completely delegate power to Mourinho, except of course, except for the transfer.

In January 2003, Mourinho entered Porto, and Lin Yi will also start a new life here. When the two guys met on the Porto training ground, they smiled at each other.

"Welcome to Porto..." the two said to each other with a smile.

When Mendes saw this scene from the side, he also smiled, and the pair of partners will embark on a journey here again. . .

(On the recommendation list today, ask for favorites, click, recommend, reward... Mourinho took office in Porto on January 2002, 1. I pushed the time back because when the story was conceived Don’t pick on this problem when you make such an adjustment, it’s not a mistake.)
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