i want to be king

Chapter 318 Fighting with Immortals
In the morning, after breakfast in the hotel, Su Dong went downstairs, got into the car of Messi's father Jorge, and headed straight for the Nou Camp.

After playing Racing Santander, the team returned to Barcelona overnight from the away game and disbanded on the spot.

The international players began to divide their things and returned to the national team. The players who did not have the task of the national team had a two-day holiday, but Su Dong did not intend to give himself a holiday. He still wanted to keep training to maintain his condition.

As Su Dong's little follower, Messi will naturally accompany him.

After getting in the car, Jorge in the front row asked about the reconstruction and decoration of Sudong Villa with concern.

That's another lot of trouble!
Renovation was not only laborious, but also quite nerve-wracking. Su Dong entrusted Mendez with full responsibility and entrusted it to a design and decoration company. Anyway, the plan they proposed had to be approved by Su Dong.

It is estimated that the fastest occupancy time will be November, or even the end of the year.

It is very annoying that the whole body is affected by one hair, and the decoration is always like this.

However, Su Dong suggested that after he moved in, Messi could come and live with him, which would make it easier for him to train with himself, Nuno Cruz and others.

Of course, Messi and Jorge would not refuse such a good thing, so they agreed on the spot.

Especially Messi, he has very few friends, and Su Dong is the best one.

……

"By the way, have you read the news this morning?" Messi asked with concern.

Su Dong nodded. He saw it last night and morning, and there were only three that really attracted his attention.

One is that Barcelona beat Racing Santander [-]-[-] away and jumped to the top of La Liga with a goal difference advantage. With two shots and one pass, Su Dong was elected the best player of the game, not to mention, he was praised by the outside world.

After the warm-up match, the first few cup matches of the season, and the first round of the league, doubts about Su Dong's worth have become less and less. Instead, more and more people have begun to think that it would be a very wise choice for Barcelona to sign Su Dong.

Another one is from Valencia.

The defending champion played against Villarreal in the first round of the same city derby at home, but Valencia did not perform well. Both Corradi and Divaio, who were imported with a lot of money, performed sluggishly.

Through the warm-up match, everyone can see that Valencia's biggest problem at present lies in itself.

David Silva, Vicente, Aimar and others have always kept in touch with Sudong, so Sudong knows a lot of inside information about Valencia and the problems the team is facing this season.

For example, in the UEFA Super Cup, although Valencia won, it actually performed very poorly.

The contradictions in the locker room deepened, and something unbelievable happened.

That is that Angulo refused to play in the Super Cup in order to transfer to Arsenal. The reason was that the Gunners were willing to offer him double the annual salary, which made it difficult for Angulo to refuse.

Ranieri took over Valencia, and he wanted to inject some of his own elements, which is understandable, but he was indeed a little too hasty, especially after introducing three Italians in succession, he began to cause resistance from Valencia's locker room players.

This is the taboo!
However, this has nothing to do with Su Dong.

The last piece of news, which should be what Messi is concerned about, is that Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, ​​​​published a column in the Vanguard, criticizing Barcelona's new aid.

Strictly speaking, it is not to criticize all the new aids, but to criticize a few new Brazilian aids.

What Cruyff meant was that Barcelona had brought in too many Brazilian players, which had seriously affected the unity of the team's locker room. This is not a positive thing, because not long ago, Barcelona had similar problems.

That time it was not Brazilian players, but too many Dutch players.

Since Van Gaal coached Barcelona, ​​the Dutch gang has been criticized. Even Cruyff himself admitted that the Dutch gang was the main factor that led to the decline in Barcelona's performance in recent years.

The reason is simple. When many players come from the same country, they will naturally huddle together, which will affect the unity atmosphere in the locker room and thus affect the performance of the players.

But that's not all Cruyff's worries.

He believes that too many Brazilian players are not good for Barcelona. He took the national team games in the last two weeks as an example. He believes that there are too many Brazilian players.

When there are many Brazilian players in the team, this consumption is enough to affect the team's performance and results.

In addition, Cruyff also mentioned the discipline of the Barcelona players, saying that he has now faintly heard some discordant voices coming from the locker room. For example, during Ronaldinho’s stay in Tokyo, Japan, he brought a Brazilian team to the nightclub and joined Ronaldo and Carlos, who were playing for Real Madrid at the time.

Cruyff believes that Rijkaard should pay enough attention to this and strengthen the management of the team's locker room.

Although Cruyff bombarded the new Brazilian aid in the Barcelona team, he is still very optimistic about Barcelona this season.

"Last season, we lacked capable scorers, but now we have Su Dong on the front line. Judging from the pre-season warm-up match and the first round of the league, Su Dong has almost seamlessly integrated into Barcelona's tactical layout. I believe that he can not only make up for the team's offensive shortcomings last season, but also make our center a strong point that is difficult for opponents to defend."

But Cruyff also reminded the Barcelona coaching staff and management that the team's lineup is still not perfect, and there are still deficiencies in the defense. "Overall, it is much better than last season."

……

Regarding Cruyff's remarks, Su Dong maintained a neutral attitude.

He has no way to say whether it is right or wrong, because many things do exist, but there is no doubt that it is appropriate for Cruyff to point it out so publicly when the league has just started?
Cruyff's original intention should be to hope that the club and the coaching staff will pay enough attention, and even use public opinion to warn the Brazilian players in the Barcelona team, but can this harsh advice be accepted?

"Don't get involved in these things! Leo, let's focus on our football!" Su Dong reminded Messi.

Messi nodded reassuringly.

The current him doesn't have the ability to get involved in these things, so why should he think about it?
If you have that time, you might as well train hard and improve your own strength.

……

When Su Dong brought Messi to Barcelona Sports City, he found that not only the two of them were training during the holidays, but Iniesta also came.

Seeing Su Dong and Messi, Iniesta was also very happy, and immediately went to recovery training with them.

Nuno Cruz and other personal trainers are also willing to have two more people to train with Su Dongjia, which can also share some of their work.

While Su Dong and others were training, Barcelona quickly responded to Cruyff's column.

Head coach Rijkaard said that he saw Cruyff’s column. He also understood Cruyff’s football philosophy and knew that Cruyff was maintaining the club, and they had discussed this issue. The participants included technical director Begiristain, and the club’s senior management also discussed this issue.

"In my opinion, Brazilian players are role models for players, and they are Barcelona players. Nationality is not important!"

Obviously, Rijkaard is implicitly implying the godfather of Barcelona, ​​​​don't shoot at nationality, this is inappropriate!
Sure enough, the Brazilian players responded quickly.

Both Deco and Belletti responded, both calling for people to disregard notions of region and nationality, because there is only one team in football, and that is Barcelona, ​​and there is only one language, and that is football.

Barcelona Chairman Laporta also came forward to be interviewed by the media, saying that he heard the interviews of Cruyff, the coach and the players, "I respect their opinions."

After that, no more.

The Barcelona management intends to cool down, but the outside media are afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

It was soon revealed by the media that the reason why Barcelona had brought in so many Brazilian players was that the vice-chairman Russell tried to expand his influence in the locker room by introducing Brazilian players, thereby shaking the position of chairman Laporta, and Laporta and Cruyff are unswerving comrades-in-arms.

Some media even mentioned Sudong, saying that the reason why Laporta wanted to introduce Sudong was to counter Russell's influence in the locker room.

"Barcelona will do their best to support Su Dong in this year's selection of the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or. The purpose is to suppress Ronaldinho and other Brazilian gangs."

……

In less than two days, Su Dong was amazed.

This is the first time he has personally experienced the environment of a giant team like Barcelona, ​​and also the first time he has felt that what he needs to bear as a Barcelona player is not only the pressure of the game on the court, but also various factors from outside the court.

The weight of the latter is not even lost to the former.

What is right and what is wrong, Su Dong can't tell clearly, and he doesn't want to participate. He even declined all media interviews and refused to answer any related topics, including the selection of World Footballer and the European Ballon d'Or.

Since the gods are fighting, let them fight!
Su Dong believes that as long as he maintains his form, as long as he focuses on football in training and games, whether it is the Dutch gang, the Brazilian gang, or the local forces, there will be places where he is needed, then he will be able to stand firm in this team and this locker room.

Taking another [-] steps back, he is also a foreign player.

And Su Dong couldn't help recalling what Mendes once said to him, that is, after joining Barcelona, ​​be mentally prepared. Generally speaking, you should consider leaving within three or four years.

Now, he somewhat understood.

Of course, maybe other big teams are also like this.

who knows?
(End of this chapter)