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The city of Ajaccio (jo) is the capital of the South Corsica department, the southernmost territory of France, located in the Gulf of Ajaccio on the west coast of the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.It is the center of activity in Corsica, a beautiful small harbor town.

If there is anything here that is world-wide, it is enough for a great man like Napoleon Bonaparte to make this place famous. Napoleon was born here in 1769. At that time, France had just acquired Corsica from Italy, and the Corsicans were not considered French, but it was the Corsicans who made France taste the most glorious moment in its thousand-year history. .

Today, the cathedral built in the sixteenth century, the palace and the imperial chapel built by Napoleon III are still preserved here.

The ancient city in the seventh century-although the ancient city in the seventh century was rebuilt at the end of the fifteenth century.Here is a bustling commercial center, an elegant coastal style, and a long history of historical sites - in short, this is a tourist attraction.

But Ajaccio is a good choice as a vacation trip, but football? [

The Ajaccio team has been established for 1910 years since its establishment in 90. Not to mention the championship, it has not even played in the first division.In the whole of Corsica, there are only three teams, one of which is an amateur team just established in 1997.

But now the Corsicans want to do something, because he, because of Bastia, the provincial capital of North Corsica, has successfully promoted to the French First Division.

This made it difficult for Ajaccio and Bastia to meet again, and the original Corsica derby disappeared.

Ajaccio was naturally unwilling to accept the humiliation of being overwhelmed by his brothers from the same island.They also want to upgrade to the first division and let the Corsica derby start in Ligue [-].

And it was in this situation that Ajaccio's coach Kubis asked Paris to loan Zhao Yaning.

"You really don't need to fly to Ajaccio with me." Zhao Yaning said to Cordia beside him.

"Honestly, I don't want you to go to that team. Those black-legged Algerians are a bunch of thugs, they only do political assassinations, write Corsican everywhere, and want independence every day!"

Zhao Yaning nodded. He knew that many people in France did not have a good impression of Corsica.And Ajaccio is a Corsican team, which makes it difficult for the French to like this team.

Since Corsica became a French territory in the seventeenth century, they have never stopped their independence movement, and the Catalonia region of Spain are the most powerful regions clamoring for independence.But there is one big difference between the two:

Ajaccio lacks resources, backward industry and commerce, and insufficient tax revenue. The island's per capita GDP is 30% lower than the French national average.In Corsica, a quarter of the working population are state servants, who take 114 billion francs from France a year to maintain their expenses, but they still want independence.

However, Catalonia's tax revenue accounts for about 20% of Spain's, but its population is only 10% of Spain's. They live affluent lives, so they are full of dissatisfaction with the Spanish government.

Although Zhao Yaning knows nothing about politics, and at the same time rejects the practice of splitting the country from the bottom of his heart, he still feels that Corsica is more rigid in comparison, while Catalonia always gives him a feeling of loathing the poor and loving the rich.

But he thought it was completely meaningless, he was just a football player, and it was not his turn to take care of these things.

"Actually, if you can wait, maybe I can help you find a team abroad. I have some friends in Belgium, if you want..."

Zhao Yaning waved his hand, interrupted Cordia’s words, and then laughed at himself, “The new season is about to start, there’s still no time! Besides, I just learned some French, and I can communicate daily. France, going to Belgium, wouldn’t it be like deaf again? If not, Corsica will be Corsica, isn’t it just a poor island, I don’t care.”

"But there, it's hard for you to make a name for yourself, and it's hard for you to have a bright future!" Mark Cordia finally said what was in his heart, "It's a small island, a small island that almost no one pays attention to, who would Go there to inspect you?"

"Try and talk." Zhao Yaning laughed again.

It's not that he doesn't understand what Cordia means.Ajaccio is too young. For them, upgrading is an impossible and arduous task. Playing football there, what are you talking about?Playing football on that small island, not to mention becoming famous, it is very difficult to attract the attention of scouts-who would go to a small island with only three teams when they have nothing to do?Cordia didn't want to go by himself, he knew there was no way to play there.But he didn't want to offend Paris Saint-Germain. After all, he is an agent, and it's not a good thing to offend a wealthy team. That's why he asked himself to come forward to reject the loan contract. It's uneasy for a foreigner to refuse to go to Corsica. The place, the reason is still valid.

But Zhao Yaning could only smile wryly at his thoughts, Mark, you still can’t understand me.Now, do I have the right to pick and choose?As long as you can play the ball, you are better than anything else. [

"It's really not suitable for young people to go there. Instead of going there, it's better to stay in Paris Saint-Germain."

"Mark, I saw a story when I was learning French. It said that an Italian king said that he would rather be the boss in a small fishing village than go to Rome to be the second son, right?" Zhao Yaning stopped Mark, "There is such a saying in China. , It’s better to be the head of a chicken than the queen of a cow. It means that the head of a chicken is cleaner than the buttocks of a cow. Now, I also have the same answer—they give me the main force, so what’s wrong with the small team?”

"You're talking about Caesar, the emperor of Rome, not the king of Italy."

"Rome? Italy? It's almost the same. When it comes to Rome, isn't Totti the boss in Rome? Is his reputation not as good as those of Inter Milan?"

"Roma has at least won a championship, but what is Ajaccio?" Mark is also used to the thinking mode of football players. Few of these guys study hard, and there is no need to discuss those things with them.

"If I can make a difference there, then I can naturally attract the attention of others. If I do nothing there, it means that I am not good enough. Where is the difference?" A very famous player? What's his name? Michael Essien? It's all in the Corsican island team. If he can do it, I can do it too."

"He became famous because of the World Youth Championship!" Cordia was a little annoyed, "And you don't have Essien's ability.

"Yeah, that's why I need opportunities to practice more." Zhao Yaning smiled, "I believe I will succeed, and you should trust me once."

"It's up to you, anyway, you are still young, you can waste a year." Cordia complained, "I hope you can get the respect of Kubis."

This made Zhao Yaning a little excited. He also learned some news about Ajaccio’s head coach Kubis.

But compared with him, Cordia is not very happy, "We have dealt with Kubis when he was a coach in Marseille before. I was in Marseille at that time and I was still a football reporter. I asked about His bad rumors, judging from those rumors, he is not a gentleman."

Zhao Yaning looked at Cordia curiously, but Cordia kept his mouth shut this time.Seeing that he was unwilling to speak, Zhao Yaning had no choice but to change the subject, "Tell me about the situation in Ajaccio, I mean you should know something that I don't know."

Cordia glanced at him, "Yes, I do know some things that will never be written on the team's official website."

"Ajaccio is Monaco's satellite team."

This kind of thing will not be recorded on the official website, it will only be news between brokers.

"Ajaccio's lineup is very poor, they are very poor, they try to develop the team's hardware facilities, and they also try to introduce excellent players. Therefore, the method they choose is to borrow a lot from other teams. Their relationship with Monaco is very good. , as many as eight people in the team are on loan from Monaco."

These words made Zhao Yaning take a deep breath. Are eight people in a team rented?

"Monaco's youth training is very good. The Latuby training base is one of the best in Europe. Wenger established it. Over the years, it has always been the best youth training camp in France. They have a surplus of talents. There is no way to digest it, and many of them have been rented out, which has benefited Ligue [-] a lot."

Speaking of Wenger, Cordia is somewhat proud.Arsenal's professors are second to none in terms of youth training and talent discovery, and his team has a gorgeous style, beautiful style of play, a lot of fans around the world, and there are many French players in that team, which has always attracted the French. relish.

"However, if Ajaccio is Monaco's satellite team, why would Paris Saint-Germain agree to Ajaccio's loan to me? There is no reason for the Parisians to help Monaco's satellite team."

"What's the big deal? You're not going to Marseille's satellite team anyway."

Zhao Yaning was still puzzled, but Cordia didn’t intend to explain anymore. [

The relationship between Paris and Monaco has always been relatively good, and on the contrary, Marseille, Lyon, and Bordeaux are one faction.As Monaco's satellite team Ajaccio rents Zhao Yaning, Paris will not object. If Lyon's satellite team Toulouse rents Zhao Yaning, then the answer given by Paris must be different.

But these things, players don't need to know.The factional disputes in Ligue [-] have always been fierce, but to put it bluntly, it is the hatred between Paris and Marseille. These things are well known to the agent. There is no need to let the players know. They just play well. Other messy things are the agent. managed by people.

"I've done everything I can for you." Cordia said in his heart, "Although I don't do much, but at least you can play games. Then what happens in the future depends entirely on you .”