green knight

Chapter 1 Ten: "The End of the World"

Regarding Conte's final request to re-sign Li Zihan's contract, Marotta did not take it seriously.First of all, his immediate boss asked him to introduce two outstanding strikers who have proven themselves in the five major leagues before the start of next season. This is the top priority.He knows that the current financial situation of the club does not have much money to introduce good strikers, and the salaries of good strikers are not low.

It is impossible to expect these two sums of money to be spent in the club's income. The club's game bonuses, share, tickets and other profits are used to repay debts, although the club has repaid the bank in the past few years since I became the general manager. The loan is more than 3000 million pounds, but there are still 3000 million that have not been repaid. Marotta intends to repay the money within the last two seasons.In Serie A, [-] million is really not a small amount. After all, the profits of Italian football are not much now.

Then, if one or two forwards are introduced, how many forwards does Juventus have?Eight or nine. It's so bloated that someone has to go, bring some transfer money to the club and free up some of the working budget.In Marotta's view, selling someone is not selling. The key is that as long as the price is right, there is nothing that cannot be sold.Team results?That's the head coach's problem. Besides, are you still worried about the performance after introducing two capable forwards?What, the future of the team?In Marotta's view, if he does not complete the tasks given to him by the chairman and pay off the bank loan, he is not qualified as a general manager, so he still has a future in Juventus?You must know that Italy has no shortage of excellent club managers.

In the end, Marotta felt his conscience and said that he really didn't like Li Zihan very much, maybe he was too motherly, maybe he didn't invite him to dinner, or maybe he was a yellow man.

Marotta is an ambitious man, and his goal is to surpass Gagliari and become the manager of Italy's No. [-] club.

After hanging up the phone, Marotta picked up the phone on the desk and called his secretary to come in.

Soon a middle-aged Italian man with glasses and a thick folder in his hand knocked on the door and came in.

Marotta's secretary is an experienced middle-aged man, and he is also a veteran in football clubs.He didn't hire a young, beautiful, hot girl, like most managers, presidents, or top club executives, or a beautiful college girl fresh out of college.He has not been in the club for a long time. He needs to prove himself with his achievements and strength, then gain a firm foothold, and finally show his strength.At that time, he can consider hiring a young, beautiful, and sexy beauty for a penny of salary, and also enjoy the same job status as many club managers and presidents: a secretary when he has something to do, and a secretary who has nothing to do.
As for now, of course work comes first.

"Luka, book me a flight ticket to Madrid or Barcelona, ​​Spain. Of course, it would be better if the international flight has a direct flight to Victoria, Spain." Marotta said, looking at the secretary Luca who came in.

Luca and Marotta have cooperated with each other for many years, and it is understandable what Marotta said is a little unclear.For example, the workaholic said that he wanted the nearest flight ticket to Spain, which means that it is better to have the next day
Luka nodded without asking further questions.

Just as he was about to go out, Marotta suddenly said: "Be careful of secrecy. I don't want anyone, especially media reporters or colleagues, to know where I'm going."

Luka frowned first, then said with a smile that he understood, and went out to close the wooden door of the office.

He has already guessed what Marotta is going to do. Generally, when he ordered so and the transfer period is approaching, it means that the old boy is going to poach the wall.
Pogba did not renew his contract with Manchester United when his contract expired back then. At that time, many European giants wanted to sign this French boy with high potential. As a result, all clubs were still planning to bring Pogba with a high weekly salary. When they arrived at their training base, Juventus suddenly officially announced that they had signed with Pogba for four years.

Many giants were dumbfounded, lamenting that Juventus was too damn quick to attack, the meat was gone as soon as it came out of the oven, but they didn’t know, Marotta actually went to Manchester to meet Pogba a year ago Even Pogba's failure to renew his contract was probably instigated by Marotta.
After Conte threw the issue of contract renewal to Marotta, he ignored it. After all, it was the other party's job. If he robbed him of his job, he might go to Mr. Chairman to make trouble.I have to say that this is Serie A and not the Premier League, the head coach is the head coach, and the manager is the manager.

There is one more round of the league, after which the team entered the winter break.The winter break of Serie A has a long holiday of nearly half a month. They are not like the Premier League, the more Christmas the game is, the busier it is.The Christmas battle is a pitfall. A team has to play three games in the days before and after Christmas.

Of course, the players can rest, spend time with their families, and take a short vacation, but the coaches have to work overtime. If they are busy, they can't even spend Christmas safely, because the winter break means winter transfers.They need to add strength to the team, or get rid of players with bloated positions. Of course, it is also an opportunity for some coaches to shovel out "dissidents"
Juventus' last game in 18 was against Cagliari, who had just played against in the Coppa Italia a few days ago. Wait until the night of January [-], [-].

Of course, this last game of this year has attracted the attention of many fans, not how strong or interesting the opponent is.In fact, in this round of competition, many strong teams are against weak teams. Inter Milan's opponent is Genoa, and Naples' opponent is Siena, both of which are teams in the relegation zone.Only AC Milan's game is a bit worth seeing, because their opponent is the capital team Roma.

Many fans flocked to every stadium where they supported the team, and many fans even lingered in the stadium because they couldn't buy tickets, and the tickets were sold out two days ago.

Now it is not the Champions League, the European Cup or the World Cup, but fans are hard to get a ticket.This is a rare sight in Italy, where fans have become more and more far away from the stadium in recent years, and the football economy has become increasingly depressed.The reason is still four words - the end of the world! !

This round of competition is scheduled for 21pm on December [-], which is said to be the last day of the world.
The fans had already bought the tickets before the game, and they came to the stands of the stadium where many people had been away for a long time with the idea of ​​having no tomorrow and going crazy tonight.

Even the media were talking about the end of the world, but the game itself didn't get attention.Many media have played the headline of "the last game".

There have been rumors of the end of the world in the past few years, but I don't know why the rumors are more turbulent this year.As if everyone really couldn't see the sun tomorrow, although the descendants of the Mayans refuted the rumors through TV a month ago that their ancestors did not predict that the world would end on this day, no one believed it.

People spend crazily, shop crazily, and enjoy crazily.Someone went to rob someone who started building the "Ark" a year ago and someone went to the supermarket to buy all the candles
For the fans, they bring their families and friends, buy the best beer and snacks, put on their jerseys and go to the stadium to watch the game together, and revel with their favorite teams to the "end of the world".

Some Chinese fans even flew thousands of miles to the small island of Cagliari to watch Li Zihan's game (Juventus' game was an away game). You must know that this was not the case before, when Li Zihan was famous before Only foreign students nearby or talented people working nearby would spend their pocket money for a week or even half a month to watch Li Zihan's games at the stadium from time to time.

Li Zihan knows that Chinese people are serious about the rumors of the end of the world. Two days ago, he appealed to everyone to be more rational through Weibo, Twitter and domestic media. The end of the world is just a nonsense, so don't come to Italy to watch football.But the crazy Chinese are still here
In fact, not only the Chinese are crazy, but the Europeans are even more crazy, because they have religious beliefs, and they are even more serious about such supernatural rumors.Especially in Italy, because the Vatican, the Holy Land of the Catholic Church with the largest base of believers in the world, is located in Rome, Italy, and more than 80.00% of Italians are Catholic believers.
Of course, although Li Zihan expresses his disbelief on the surface, his heart is beating drums for this rumor.After experiencing a bizarre, miraculous, and fantasy-like event, Li Zihan is a little inclined to believe it or not to believe the question of whether the end of the world really exists.
You must know that Li Zihan was sent to Italy by a mysterious and unknown force, and the origin of the powerful football system in his body is even unknown.

So Li Zihan's heart is also empty. You say that even this kind of nonsense has become a reality, so it's hard to talk about the end of the world that is even more nonsense.

So Li Zihan went to the supermarket to buy a lot of outdoor adventure supplies and dry food before coming to Cagliari, just in case.The rumors are okay, if something really happens to him, there is a preparation, right?
Of course, his behavior was despised by Miss Susu Chi Guoguo, and Susu was very angry at Li Zihan's behavior of spending money on these useless things but not buying ice cream—— , Knowing that the end of the world is coming, I don’t want this lady to enjoy the deliciousness of ice cream. I would rather be stuffed to death by ice cream than drown in floods. They are all dead anyway. Why is death not death?
In fact, most people in the world still scoff at the idea of ​​the end of the world and express their disbelief.Because... this is unscientific! !

[I originally planned to write directly about the game and the winter break, but it turned out that the game was actually on this day, so I couldn't help but write something else.It was not a small incident at the time, it was a bit unkind to jump over it. But don’t take it to heart, just Tubo everyone is happy. As for the unhappy ones, it is understandable that Xiaoqi said something very cold, very cold, very cold. Cold joke. 】