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Chapter 55 Is there a place for him in our first team?
After the recovery training in the morning, Boloni went straight to the technical director's office.

This is the notification received before the training session.

On the way, Lionel Pontes, now part of the technical team, came up from behind.

"Have you heard what it is?" Boloni asked with concern.

The technical department has regular meetings, which are mainly to discuss various matters related to football. Meetings with short notice like today are usually held temporarily only when something happens.

Pontes shook his head, "I also only found out before training, it seems to be the situation of the second team."

After Boloni heard this, his brows still did not loosen.

For the situation of the second team, just ask the head coach of the second team, James Yames. Why does he have to participate?

It's definitely not that simple.

……

The two came to the office of technical director Aurelio Pereira side by side.

Just knocked on the door, but found that the head coach of the second team, Jean James, was already sitting inside, along with another member of the technical team, Nuno Nare.

But the real surprise was that director of football Carlos Freitas was there.

The football director and the technical director are two different positions. In the club management system, the football director can be regarded as the superior of the technical director, because the technical director is only responsible for technology and youth training, while the football director has some operational powers, even including the appointment of the head coach, player renewal and transfer.

If Aurelio Pereira called them over for a meeting, it should be a technical matter, but the director of football is also there, which means that the next thing to be discussed is related to the ideas of the club leadership.

"Sit." Aurelio Pereira saw the two people come in and immediately asked them to sit down.

Although he is the technical director, in fact, he and Carlos Freitas are more of a division of labor and cooperation, because Sporting Lisbon also includes a women's football team, so the scope of authority of the football director will be larger.

But Aurelio Pereira has served in the club for many years, specializing in technology and youth training, and he is considered a veteran.

After Boloni and Pontes sat down and Pereira made them each a cup of coffee, today's high-level meeting began.

"Please come here today, mainly to discuss some problems that the team has encountered recently."

Aurelio took the lead in speaking and started the topic of today's meeting.

"I don't know if you have noticed. In the past few days, there are often some fans watching outside our training ground. According to the response of our patrolling staff, many of them are scouts from other teams, and some even come from other countries."

Arranging scouts to spy on the military situation is very common in professional teams, and it is not uncommon.

But Aurelio obviously meant more than that.

Sporting Lisbon has vigorously promoted young players in the past few years, especially in the past two years, a group of outstanding players has emerged, among which Quaresma is the most eye-catching, which has made many European teams pay attention to Sporting Lisbon.

"Since last year, the German media giant Kirsch Group has experienced a debt crisis, which has torn away the illusion of prosperity in European football over the past few years. Now many Bundesliga teams are in financial quagmire, and even teams in other European leagues are also overwhelmed."

Football director Carlos Freitas took Aurelio's words and analyzed the current European football situation.

"On the one hand, a group of giant teams led by Real Madrid and Manchester United have embarked on globalization. They have the most influential superstars with the highest influence in the world, and their financial income is amazing. They are able to pay sky-high prices to buy the best superstars, especially membership-based teams like Real Madrid."

"But on the other hand, the debt crisis of the Kirsch Group is just the beginning. Many mid-stream and even mid-upstream teams have encountered financial difficulties. It is said that many teams in the Premier League have been so desperate that they have to take their players to the bank to mortgage them in order to get loans. Other leagues are also in a bad situation."

Speaking of this, Carlos Freitas sighed, "Our Sporting Lisbon is also not ideal. Although it is not so bad as to mortgage players, we must also operate carefully."

Everyone nodded one after another, which was the keynote.

As early as last year, even as early as Sporting Lisbon decided to build the Alcochetti training base, this was already the operating tone of the decision.

"Some giants headed by Real Madrid and Manchester United, together with teams such as Roma and Lazio in Serie A, have invested a lot. This has made the supply of stars in the entire transfer market very scarce. Many teams with insufficient financial resources have shifted their targets and stared at young players. Teams like our Sporting Lisbon and Ajax are often their goals."

Although Sporting Lisbon is still not comparable to top youth training teams like Ajax, with the rise of Portugal's golden generation headed by Figo and Rui Costa, Portugal's youth training strength, and as the best platform for South American players to enter the four major leagues, Portugal Supernaturally received considerable attention.

"The meaning of the board of directors is that we still can't invest in the transfer market this summer, and we still have to dig internally. Not only that, we may have to reduce some expenses and even sell some players early."

This is the real purpose of Carlos Freitas in this meeting.

When Boloni heard this, the first thing that came to mind was Jardl.

Many people thought that Jaddl and his agent made the transfer that caused a lot of noise during the winter break.

But after thinking about it, didn't Sporting Lisbon think about it that way?
No, they thought about it and wanted to sell it.

Although it is a bit cold-blooded and cruel, to a certain extent, running a club is like running a company, and the players are the products of this company.

From the competitive level, Jadr has brought quite a lot of goals after joining, which is a success, but if analyzed from an economic point of view, Jadr, who is 29 years old after playing this season, has been a consumable since joining. There is not much value preservation attribute, and it will only become cheaper and cheaper.

In other words, every goal is consuming Jardl's market value.

It is best not to buy it at the beginning, but since you have bought it, you should stop the loss as soon as possible.

But other clubs are not stupid. They are also unwilling to provide Jadl with a rich transfer fee and pay his high annual salary. This is the core factor that prevents Jadl from transferring to the four major leagues.

In fact, many people in the club opposed the purchase of Jardl at the beginning. Boloni opposed it from the technical level, and others opposed it from the economic level. But in the end, considering the immediate interests, the club chose to buy.

As a result, I bought a piece of hot potato, which was not easy to shake.

This is contradictory.

A striker who scored a lot of goals has become a star that the team can't wait to sell. Who will believe it?
But for a team like Sporting Lisbon, it is so ironic.

……

"Yesterday, Amadora's head coach, Jorge Jesus, talked about Sudong with James. He was very interested. Then Amadora also called us to understand Sudong's situation. They can accept transfer and loan, or first loan and then transfer."

Aurelio Pereira said something else.

"Jesus is a very capable head coach. Without him, Amadora will be relegated. The players he valued are generally not bad, so I don't think it is a good decision to sell Su Dong to them, although the price may not be bad." Pontes expressed his opinion.

"How is he doing?" asked Aurelio.

"The progress is very fast, even..." Pontes pondered his words, "...I was surprised."

Aurelio turned his head to look at Boloni, wondering what the head coach of the first team thought.

If there is no chance in the first team, then loan or transfer are good choices.

Because of this change of hands, it is likely that Sporting Lisbon will earn hundreds of thousands, or even millions of euros.

"Su Dong's training and group confrontation performance in the first team is still relatively poor, but this is also normal. Like all young players who have just entered the adult team, he needs a period of adaptation. He gets used to the close-to-hand combat of adults, the brutal competition, and the fast-paced offense and defense. This is a cruel and long-term process."

"From a physical point of view, I have an advantage among my peers, but in the senior team, I think it is quite average, but some things are very good, such as some things that cannot be practiced, such as smart running positions, a keen sense of timing, and the ability to judge critical moments. These are all outstanding."

"Talking about his body, although he is not conspicuous in the senior team, he is already over 1.9 meters tall, but unlike other tall players, he has long legs, but his speed is very fast, and he is very flexible and agile. His balance and running endurance are also very outstanding, especially his excellent emergency stop ability, which is very unscientific."

At the end, Boloni couldn't help laughing himself.

But Aurelio, Pontes and others showed tacit expressions.

When Su Dong joined, they had already experienced this unscientific impact.

"But what really impresses me is his here." Boloni stretched out his hand and tapped his temple lightly. "He is really smart. His ability to capture offensive opportunities is as sharp as an old fox who has played professional football all his life. His comprehensive skills give him the potential to be an offensive organizer."

When Boloni said this, the head coach of the second team, Jean James, also took over.

"Yes, in the last game against Amadora, we were very passive in the first half. In the second half, I tried to let Sudong play the core of the frontcourt attack, and let Marcelino and Ronnie both attack around him. As a result, we scored two goals in a row and reversed the opponent. Sudong belongs to the kind of player who can open up the offensive space for the team in a stalemate."

After a pause, Jean James said with a smile: "I guess, Jorge Jesus is interested in him because the Argentine center Campos he introduced did a poor job in this regard."

When Aurelio and Freitas heard this, they basically understood the coaches' evaluation of Su Dong.

That is, the strength is good, the potential is extraordinary, and the characteristics are very pleasing.

But the key question is...

"Is there a place for him in our first team?" Aurelio reminded everyone.

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(End of this chapter)