road to victory

Chapter 187 Barack

The days passed quickly, and it will soon be time to gather and go to China. The last few players introduced by Bordeaux from South America will also go to China together, but this season they will be loaned to Charruto, St. Tian and even clubs like Las Palmas.

These people are Marcos Senna, Lucimar Ferreira da Silva (Lucio), and the Chilean David Pizarro. All three are around 18 years old. Added up, it cost Bordeaux a transfer fee of 200 million US dollars.

However, Bordeaux’s transfer fee of 1000 million US dollars has not been fully spent yet. This is not in line with Fan Shang’s character. Fan Shang spent all the money in the two transfer periods of last season. Fan Shang also does not want to Except, this kind of good habit needs to be developed.

These three South American young people are Fan Shang's investment in the future. Their contracts have been signed for a relatively long time and their salaries are relatively high, but if they raise it, then this contract is actually a pit.

Fan Shang began to dig through his list of players that was about to be rummaged, that is, the list of players in the secondary leagues. In the end, it took Fan Shang an hour to dig out a name from a corner.

Fan Shang asked the club to inquire about the price without hesitation.

Michel Ballack is still living in Chemnitz in the German regional league. After Bordeaux expressed interest, Chemnitz responded that the player is negotiating with other clubs about transfer matters.

Hey, it's still very popular, but after further inquiry, that club is the newly promoted Kaiserslautern of the Bundesliga.However, the final agreement has not yet been concluded, and Bordeaux still has a chance. Bordeaux directly matched Kaiserslautern's offer, and Vincent is going to grab another star before going to China.

Chemnitz is located in the east of Germany. It used to be a city in East Germany. There is no direct flight from Bordeaux to that place, so we can only step on the train again.

Going to Chemnitz this time was not as troublesome as going to the Canary Islands. I just asked the Chemnitz Club for Ballack's address, and after getting off the train, I went straight to Ballack's home.Although Ballack is now considered a professional player, he still lives with his parents.

After Vincent knocked on the door, a middle-aged German came out to answer the door.

"Hi, what's the matter?" the man asked.

"Hello, is this Mr. Barack?" Vincent also asked
The middle-aged man nodded, "Yes" and then looked at Fan Shang with questioning eyes.

"I think you should be Michael's father. My name is Vincent and I am the head coach of the Bordeaux club. We have reached a preliminary agreement with Chemnitz on your son's transfer to Bordeaux. Now I would like to communicate with you and your Let's talk about it, son." Fan Shang said a few words, explaining the cause and effect.

"Bordeaux?" The middle-aged man was a little confused, "Are you talking about the French Bordeaux Club, the champion of this year's UEFA Cup?"

Fan Shang nodded, but did not speak, giving the middle-aged man some time to think.

"Ah, I'm sorry, please come in," the middle-aged man relaxed his expression at this moment, and invited Fan Shang to enter, and said as he walked, "I am Michael's father, Steve Barak."

Fan Shang smiled at him, and walked into the living room with him.

"Mr. Vincent, please sit down." Steve Barack made a gesture of invitation, "Michael, we have guests, come down quickly."

After a while, he saw the young Barack coming down from the stairs, "You are immature," Fan Shang said in his heart.

"This is the head coach of the Bordeaux club, Mr. Fan Shang." After seeing Ballack coming down from the second floor, he introduced, "This time, Mr. Fan Shang wants to discuss the transfer with you."

"Bordeaux?" Ballack had the same expression as his father when he was at the door, "I remember that it was Kaiserslautern who discussed the transfer with me earlier?"

"Yes" it was Vincent who spoke, "Chemnitz agreed to Kaiserslautern's offer to you before, but they also agreed to our offer from Bordeaux to you. Now you need to be in these two clubs. Choose one, I am here to help you decide.”

Ballack and his son looked at each other at this moment, and then Michael Ballack said, "Mr. Vincent, I want to ask, you are talking about Bordeaux, the UEFA Cup champion for two consecutive years, right?"

Fan Shang nodded, and then said in a puzzled way, "I think I'm the only head coach of Chinese descent in Europe. Is the degree of recognition low?"

"No, no, no," the father and son denied at the same time, "We can't believe that you will come to our house to discuss Michael's transfer in person."

"Why not? I will personally handle the transfer of outstanding players, and Michael is in this rank." Vincent gave Ballack a big hat.

Barack smiled a little embarrassedly, completely lacking the domineering spirit he would have in the future.

"Then let's get down to business." Fan Shang then said, "We in Bordeaux, especially me, are looking forward to Michael's joining. What do you mean by Michael?"

Ballack's father just watched Ballack. All the decisions in Ballack's career were made by himself, and his parents respected his opinions.

Although Ballack was a little embarrassed by Vincent's compliment just now, he still cared about this important choice in life, "Mr. Vincent, first of all thank you and the Bordeaux club for your interest in me. But I have seen some Bordeaux clubs. In the game, I know Bordeaux is a defensive and counterattack team, and they often retreat very deep when defending. I don’t know what kind of position I will be in if I go.”

Fan Shang applauded Barak's sober state in his heart, "Michael, I have also watched a lot of your videos." Fan Shang looked at Barak who was listening carefully, "Let me talk about your opinion first. Well, a brief summary is that the speed is not fast, but the body is strong, full of stamina, both offensive and defensive, and you have a good ability to go forward and can shoot from long distances."

Listening to Fan Shang's evaluation, both Barak and his father nodded involuntarily.

"According to your characteristics, I want to fix your position in the main midfielder, as a defensive midfielder when defending, and slightly forward when attacking. The position of a central midfielder should be more suitable." Vincent said here , looked at Barack again.

"Mr. Vincent, you are right. I also want to know, if I transfer to Bordeaux, will you leave me a main position?" Ballack asked very directly.

Fan Shang smiled at him, "Michael, I can't answer your question. In my team, no one will get the promise of the main force. What I need to look at is strength and status. When I introduce players It has been inspected, and the status depends on your own efforts."

(End of this chapter)