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Clemens kept the record of zero seals, and maintained an amazing concentration and save success rate. In the end, Deportivo got away with a small victory.

Before the final whistle, the image of the Athletic Bilbao striker kneeling and looking up to the sky after conceding the winning goal was fixed on the same screen as Clemens standing next to him, holding the ball with a calm face. In the picture, and this picture has been regarded as a classic picture and reproduced by countless media, Clemens has also succeeded in 3 attacks and 12 saves in the game and was elected the best player in the game.

After the end of this round of the league, only Deportivo's team with the lowest points ranked successfully challenged. Most of the focus has been on Deportivo.

For example, the "Journal of La Coruña" quickly released a collection of Clemens' highlights on its official website to attract attention.

Unscrupulous tabloids, such as various tabloids, compiled all kinds of anecdotes to attract people's attention. Among them, the "Sun", which is famous all over the world in Britain, is the most associative, and it didn't mention the league at all. An article "Stories Clemens and Kakaro have to tell" was compiled in an hour and was quickly forwarded to various forum websites.

The editor of "Marca" was very stubborn to help the home team Real Madrid choose players, and used a large page to introduce Clemens on the second day.

"Deportivo took all three points after a difficult victory against Celta Vigo, and officially got rid of the troubles of the relegation circle. After triumphantly, they jumped to No. 15 in the standings, and Bier, who is No. The difference between Athletic Bilbao and Athletic Bilbao is only 14 points, and the next La Liga No.2 round will be the qualifying battle between these two teams. The points ranking rose to fourteenth. But I think the biggest bright spot will not be that they switched positions, but that the 13-year-old Thomas Clemens in the Deportivo team still continued his recent highlights Performance.

"Deportivo de La Coruña was relegated to La Liga last season, but Super Deportivo managed to return to La Liga from La Coruna in just one season. I have to say this is a very bright performance, but the previous Deportivo's performance in several rounds of the league was very unsatisfactory. They only scored 9 league points, ranking second to last in the standings. It seems that Deportivo will enter the relegation stage at the beginning of the league. But with the dismissal of the previous head coach and the quick arrival of the new head coach Vazquez, he also brought new hope to Deportivo, a goalkeeper who has not yet been broken.

"From the data point of view, Deportivo have not performed much better in these rounds than before. The aging and loopholes in the defense are still Deportivo's Achilles' heel. They make frequent mistakes in the defense. The goal success rate is only ranked third from the bottom in La Liga, and the number of goals is even more pitiful. After a big loss to Atletico Madrid, Deportivo has a goal difference of -10, ranking second to last in the league. .

"But it is such a team that can maintain a record of zero goals in the first game of Clemens. It only needs to score one goal to win the victory. This is a very scary conclusion.

"After calculation, even if Deportivo will fall into the predicament of being completely weak in the future, relying on only one player, Clemens, in every game and keeping Clemens in such a state of high attention and low turnover, In the next game, the midfielder will be tied, and the Deportivo can still announce their success in relegation! If Clemens is lost, Deportivo will definitely have to fight for relegation this season."

However, it is not the usual style of "Marca" to blindly praise opponents and demean themselves. Immediately, they changed the subject: "But the biggest question now is not whether Clemens's state can remain as brave as ever, but to draw The Coruña club has not given the young teenager a formal contract or even an official number. The No. 35 team jersey worn by Clemens is undoubtedly a temporary number, and the The goalkeeper who made zero turnovers after landing in La Liga still has a meager salary belonging to the youth team, and was even reassigned to the youth team and lost his main position. Maybe the senior management of the Deportivo club will not watch football at all, they don’t know Now Clemens can be retained only because the transfer season has not yet arrived. Once the transfer door opens, what Clemens has to deal with will not be the balls flying over one by one, but the balls from many teams and even wealthy teams. Goodwill. At that time, it is not Clemens who needs to keep the goal, but Deportivo Club.

"Because a mature player will know how to choose his career whether to stay in a team that is relegated every year, or to go to a wealthy club that can win the championship or even enter the European war. Clemens will have his own choice."

Before this report appeared, no one had paid attention to the jersey number of this very good-looking Deportivo goalkeeper. Most people would forget many things when they saw his wonderful saves and that handsome face.However, as soon as the Marca report came out, some people were extremely angry, and they built a building in the official forum of La Coruña.

'If you don't like Thomas, let him go!My queen's rear defense regiment still needs to be rescued! '

'ls go away!Why are you afraid of St. Cassie!I cry every time I look at the Atletico goalkeeper...'

'Yeah, De Gea was poached by Manchester United next door, Courtois will be brought back by Chelsea sooner or later, Asenjo is always injured... all blame the Premier League! '

'Blame Premier League 1'

'Broken car fans lay guns qvq'

'It's hard to mention Chelsea, you all have Cech, and you still have pantyhose, are you going to heaven! '

"Bayern fans passed by in a low-key manner after being thrown by Neuer at half time~"

'Milan fans on their knees...'

And early in the morning, Clemens was dizzy by the continuous notifications from Twitter. Looking through the comments, part of it was Depor fans begging him to stay on, saying that it would be for him and the club. There were [-] rounds of blind high-level battles, but most of them were fans from other teams who volunteered to help their home team dig the wall, and all of them were sold to Amway.

But Clemens just glanced at it and tossed it aside.

transfer?Clemens, who is no longer ignorant of football, has discussed this issue with Kaka since the last time Atletico Madrid's transfer manager left, and has also carefully inquired about everything about football.

I have to say that Twitter is a good place, and those Deportivo fans are also worried about Clemens. A goalkeeper who came out of the Deportivo youth team is like his own to the fans. Like a child, and Clemens's football skills and character have been recognized, look, no tattoos, no nightclubs, not even a rumored girlfriend (the weird scandal with Kaka and Ronaldo is naturally not Count), this is really a player that fans like too much.

So Clemens can get all kinds of information from his fans without deliberately searching.

Including the club's, including the transfer of the contract, and even a list of agents collected from major media.

Clemens, who is surrounded by foreign friends, now has a more comprehensive understanding of football, a sport that seems to revolve around a ball, but this has strengthened Clemens' original thinking.

Now Vazquez treats him very well, and captain Manuel also takes good care of him. The players in the first team all like this young player who is less than 20 years old. Clemens has nothing to do here except that he has no official contract. The big problem is that the transfer is not within the scope of Clemens' consideration for the time being.

And what these enthusiastic fans said about their home team Clemens is still in the state of knowing the name, and they have never sent an invitation to themselves.

Let’s forget about Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, the Taoists who have played both matches still know each other, but Chelsea is in the UK, Manchester United is also a British team... There are also Bayern, Milan, so many styles in football from foreign friends make Ke Limens also felt amazing, but now they are not as good as Deportivo.

Close to home, caring coach, friendly teammates, and enthusiastic fans, Clemens still can't find a reason to abandon him.

At first, I wanted to just ignore the past, but Twitter was swiping too fast, and Clemens got up and updated a status: "Thank you, I am having a good time in Laco. Clemens wanted to send it out, but suddenly remembered the selfies requested by those fans rolling around like a baby a while ago, and Clemens didn't think much about it, just clicked one for himself and sent it together.

In the central city of Madrid, a hundred miles away from La Coruña, Ronaldo, who arrived at the training base early, went to the rehabilitation center to find Kaka. As soon as he entered, he saw that Kaka had already started leg training.

A week ago, Kaka was still in the state of being specially supervised for lifting heavy objects, but now he jumped directly to leg strength training. This kind of rapid progress made everyone amazed.

"Kaka's body is fine, and all the indicators prove that he is as strong as a cow now."

This adjective seems to have become the mantra of the Real Madrid team's medical team, but this sentence has never been placed on the Son of God.

Kaka has never felt that his body is as light as it is now. He feels that he can run fast, yes, he can run faster than the wind.

Ronaldo didn't say much, and started today's training, while Kaka took out his phone from his pocket and poked Twitter while jogging.

Then, he was blinded by the selfie on the homepage.

It's not that Clemens's face is not good-looking, on the contrary, Clemens chose a very good angle, and when the morning sun shines in, it also makes the photo look very beautiful.In addition, Clemens is originally a standard handsome guy with blond hair and blue face, no matter how he shoots, he is very photogenic.

Unfortunately, it's weird.

Lying on the bed, the quilt covered his chest, only his shoulders were exposed, but it could still be seen that he was wearing a white pajamas.This pajamas is the one that Clemens wore from Kaka, but this is not the point. Not everyone is lucky enough to see the Son of God in pajamas. The real breaking point is that Clemens put it on the bed There is a piece of clothing hanging on the side hanger.

A Real Madrid jersey with the number 8 on it, belonging to Kaka.

Kaka's expression made Ronaldo quite concerned. He took off his earphones and asked, "What happened?"

"My little friend is in trouble." Kaka held up the mobile phone in his hand to show Ronaldo, and Ronaldo recognized it at a glance. It was given to Clemens by Kaka after the match between Deportivo and Real Madrid. .

It was pleasant news that his jersey was treated with respect by his new friends, even hung in the bedroom, but it obviously complicated things.

Obviously expressing his unwavering commitment to Deportivo, but he wanted to put a Real Madrid jersey in the photo. What does that mean?

Kaka didn't stop jogging, but the team doctor who was staring at the monitoring equipment clearly saw that Kaka's heart beat a few beats faster.

"Very bad ps, these damn media." Ronaldo sneered, this jersey was obviously put on by the media on purpose, now that the scandal between Clemens and Real Madrid is in the dust, there will naturally be some unscrupulous Newspapers used for hype.Cristiano Ronaldo, who once played for Manchester United, has seen the ever-changing methods of the British tabloids, so it is not surprising.

"This will make things worse." Kaka wanted to take out his phone to remind Clemens, at least to make a remedy.But immediately, Kaka changed his mind. Although his mind was simple, Kaka was very smart in some aspects. He looked at Ronaldo, "Chris, I think he needs your help."

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When Clemens finished training, he saw a man standing at the door, very conspicuous.

Generally, the staff who come to the A Coruña training ground are the staff. The internal regulations of A Coruna require that no matter what attire they usually wear, they must change into sportswear as soon as they enter the training ground, but leather shoes are allowed, as long as they are not worn. I am afraid that the grass clippings on the turf will stain my leather shoes.

But this man is in a suit and leather shoes, standing there tall and straight, standing at the gate of the training ground talking to the goalkeeper Big George.It seems that Big George is very enthusiastic, just like him talking endlessly, and laughing from time to time, while the man in a suit also keeps smiling, but he looks much more reserved than Big George.

When Clemens, who was carrying a backpack, approached, he heard Big George's loud voice: "Mr. Mendes, Thomas is a good player, you must help him stay in La Coruña!"

"I'll do my best." The man responded with a smile, but his eyes were on Clemens.

Clemens paused in his footsteps, looked over in confusion, and saw a man named Mendes politely say goodbye to Big George, then strode towards Clemens, then stretched out his hand and smiled at him He said, "Hi, my name is Jorge Mendes, and I'm an agent."

"I know, Chris mentioned you," Clemens nodded, looking at the agent Mr. Ronaldo called him.

Clemens already has an idea of ​​the agent, who can let him concentrate on playing football, so Clemens has no resistance to Mendes.

But when Clemens looked at Mendes, Mendes was also watching Clemens.

He is an agent, and his vision is different from that of ordinary fans.

The club and the fans are not wrong to call the agent, they are called vampires, which is actually very appropriate.

Agents do not have a fixed salary, and their salary depends on the weekly salary and transfer of their players. Some agents will make their players transfer frequently in order to make a profit, so as to get more salary, but Mendes is different from them.

The agent of Portuguese nationality was just a disco owner at the beginning. After becoming an agent, he set his sights on finding new stars in Portugal. His real leap was when he met Ronaldo, and then he signed many Portuguese stars and players. coach, and then Mendes became a local agent in Portugal.

If the business gets bigger, Mendes will no longer look at those petty profits. Instead of allowing small players to transfer frequently, it is better to plan the future for them and actively operate. Only a few endorsements can make Mendes Earn a lot of money.And this time, Thomas Clemens, the player that Ronaldo recommended to him for the first time, is very important to Mendes.

He did not go to his home with Clemens, but the two of them went to a street cafe for a detailed discussion.

"I watched your game video before coming here, including your training record in Benfica. I have to say that you are a good enough goalkeeper, but the performance after coming to Deportivo is even more impressive. "Mendez's smile is very kind, facing the young player who can be his child at this age, Mendes is very gentle.

Clemens could tell it was just Mendes complimenting him, but being able to read all his game records was enough to show Mendes' sincerity.

Mendes took a sip of his coffee, put down his cup, and said, "I didn't want to get in touch with you prematurely, but I wanted to draw up terms that are beneficial to both of us and then finalize them directly, but there are accidents in this world every day. It happened, Thomas, you gave me a big surprise." With that said, Mendes took out a newspaper and pushed it in front of Clemens.

Clemens picked it up and looked at it, and found that it was Marca, and a huge picture was Clemens' selfie in the morning, and Kaka's jersey was heavily marked with a red circle.

"Deportivo star expresses kindness: Real Madrid is my dream"

"That's not what I said." Clemens frowned and looked at Mendes.

Mendes smiled: "For the media, they never care what you say, but need you to say or do what they want, and then they will naturally have a way to pull you over."

Clemens blinked his eyes, he understood this sentence, isn't it just a fabrication.

Mendes hacked all the media without a trace, and then continued to ask with a smile: "This is not a problem. For me, the media is often a weapon rather than a burden. But before that, Thomas, would you like to let me Be your agent?"

Having an agent can reduce a lot of burdens and deal with troubles, so Clemens naturally wouldn't refuse.

Mendes smiled after receiving an affirmative answer. For him, Clemens is really a good player, a player who can make money.Skills and appearance are all top choices. As long as he operates properly, he can package this young player into a new generation of superstars.

"About the contract between us, do you need to discuss it with your parents?" Mendes wanted to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Clemens. Signing a contract is not difficult, and Mendes only needs to adjust a few small numbers to extract the most residual value from this player.

But doing so is not conducive to their future cooperation. The reason why Mendes can occupy a large seat as a half-time monk in the field of agents is because he always treats players fairly.

Even if Clemens is now an adult, his signature has corresponding legal effects, but Mendes still wants this little guy to think clearly.

Discuss with parents?

Clemens has not seen them since entering this body, and to Clemens, the parents may be related by blood, but it is far from being intimate.

"I can be responsible for my own decisions." Clemens looked determined, and looked at Mendez with flat eyes, with a calmness that did not match his age.

There are no rules for the contract between the player and the agent. This is an employment contract. The player hires the agent to work for him, and the agent draws from the various income of the player to form his own commission. As long as both parties sign and take it After doing justice, this is a legal and valid contract.

In a contract for hiring a broker, the most important part is the part involving the distribution of benefits.

Cultivators have always had sharp ears and eyes, and their minds will become flexible. Endless practice is accompanied by endless learning. For Clemens, receiving new knowledge and quickly absorbing and Acceptance is a necessary instinct.

He could hear very clearly that even though Mendez spoke very politely and asked questions one by one, he was very resolute and decisive in the key places, without delay.

That is the percentage of the Clemens contract amount.

In this regard, Mendes did not set a high threshold. Generally, for small players, especially those with little commercial value, most of the salary that an agent can earn is drawn from the contract ratio. Come, so generally this aspect will be set relatively high, but Mendes unexpectedly set this aspect to an extremely low base.

"5.00%, Mr. Mendez, this is a very low number, may I know why?" Clemens sounded surprised.

Mendes smiled, and looked at Clemens. Obviously, Clemens had done a lot of homework on his agent before seeing him, which made Mendes clear in his heart that he was not fooling around. The child's mentality deceived him, but his eyes stayed on the boy's short blond hair and handsome face for a while before he said slowly: "Mr. Clemens, I am an agent who values ​​his future. I see huge commercial potential in you, and I am willing to sacrifice some small interests in exchange for greater interests."

"What do you see as the greater good?"

"Your commercial value, I can make you a well-known superstar in Portugal without affecting the performance of the game." Mendes said very confidently, it is not difficult for him, as long as Clemens can continue Maintaining an efficient competitive state, then Mendes has the ability to make this handsome little guy popular.

Just like what he did when he made Ronaldo popular in one hand.

Clemens frowned slightly. The commercial value sounds high-sounding, but Clemens could think of what Mendes meant.

In Spain, advertisements made by football stars can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Just on TV, Clemens has seen several people he knows appear in various advertisements more than once, and the things he endorses are food, clothing, housing and transportation. All inclusive.

As far as Daochang is concerned, he likes football and even started to love it, but this does not mean that he wants to use off-field things to affect his job.

Seemingly seeing Clemens' hesitation, Mendes smiled and pointed out his finger: "What I can assure you, Mr. Clemens, first, I can help you get the most suitable contract, even It is higher than what you can achieve now. Second, I can help you sort out all interpersonal relationships, including the relationship with the club and the media. You don’t have to worry about these. Third, I can also help you get through all obstacles. Those big clubs will open doors for you, and I can do all the work for you."

Clemens looked at Mendez: "Then what am I going to do?"

Mendes smiled softly as if he was a kind-hearted man, but only his eyes brought out the shrewdness of a businessman: "Be yourself, be a great goalkeeper, get any honor you can get, and I can do it." help you become great."

Clemens smiled, and stretched out his hand to Mendes without hesitation: "I am looking forward to future cooperation."

Mendes also took Clemens's hand, and said with a smile: "You can call me Jorge, dear Thomas, I wish you a bright future."

===

The cooperation intention has been determined, and things will become more logical after that.

In terms of the contract, Mendes will take 5.00%, including the signing fee during the transfer, etc., which is a very low figure.Correspondingly, Mendes will take a percentage of Clemens's commercial activities, which will be as high as 15.00%.

Clemens nodded calmly: "No problem."

Mendes was stunned for a moment, he had already thought of a full stomach to convince the young player, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth.

But for Clemens, Mendez has already given a lot of what he wants, and it is obviously suitable for those troublesome things to be thrown to the man in front of him. There is no need for him to do more on this matter dispute.

15.00%, a figure that is neither high nor low, is enough to satisfy Mendes.

He took a sip of milk, but Mendes didn't like the taste, so he immediately put it aside, and then looked at Clemens.

An excellent goalkeeper, a future business superstar, and a Clemens who can link up with Kaka, all these combined make Mendes very optimistic about Clemens' prospects.

But before that, we still have to solve the current troubles.

Mendes ignored the newspaper on the table and asked, "Thomas, do you really want to go to Real Madrid?"

Clemens is still very sure of this: "I feel good in Deportivo, and I don't want to leave yet."

Mendes nodded, and his parity with Clemens went up to a higher level: "Real Madrid is very attractive to all players, but you are really not suitable to go there now. In the Real Madrid team, Casili Yas's position is stable, even if there is friction with the head coach, he still firmly occupies the leading position in the locker room, even if I can send you to Real Madrid, I can't guarantee your starting position, stay in Deportivo Rooney Ya is a very good choice." Taking another sip of coffee, Mendes narrowed his eyes, "But Deportivo's treatment of you is simply harsh, I can see that the fans like you, and the coach also likes you , but I must let you get the same treatment as you paid for."

Clemens has never cared about things like weekly salary, but now that Clemens mentioned it, he thought about it. In fact, there are many places to spend money.Leaving aside the daily expenses for now, Clemens's savings have been exhausted just to buy those medicinal materials and raw materials.

To make money, this secular but very urgent need was placed in front of Daochang, and Mr. Daochang accepted this reality without hesitation.

"What do you want to do?" Clemens looked at Mendes curiously.

Mendes smiled, and then slowly put away the "Marca" on the table: "I naturally have my way, Thomas, I think you'd better not appear in front of the media these days, including Twitter Social networks like that, leave everything to me, and I'll help you get the best contract possible."

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In the next few days, Clemens was really obedient and did not allow any media to block him. Even the reporters who could be stationed outside the stadium for interviews still failed to catch Clemens.

It's fine once or twice, but every time this vigorous young player evades in various ways, the media can't help but not think too much.

In the end, even the mouthpiece "Daily de La Coruña", which has been standing on the club's side, had to admit that it seemed that their newly promoted goalkeeper was indeed tempted. One side is a wealthy team, the other side is a white job, and the children are not stupid.

There was also wailing on Twitter. Depor fans obviously knew the value of Clemens earlier than their clubs, and they even joined forces to find a time to block the cars of the high-level executives.

And the fans of his team are happy to see the results, and have already started to make suggestions for the home team spontaneously.

A future goalkeeper without a formal contract, only needs to pay a low training fee to take him away!What a bargain!

However, the top management of the Deportivo club is not completely blind to the current situation as the fans think, on the contrary, they have done a lot of work.

Signing a contract with a player is not something that happens overnight, especially when it comes to the issue of weekly salary, the club has changed it again and again. Although the transfer manager Lucero said a lot of bad things in the middle, the senior management of the club have eyes Yes, they will not sweep away such a future star.

Now that he is forced to leave, the club will not get any extra money, and may face the risk of nowhere again. At present, the top management of soliciting customers does not have the willful capital, and it is also the intention of the club to be able to settle Clemens early.

But when they dawdled and did not give an answer, Mendes had already made a move.

Mendes, as a broker tycoon, handles all aspects of interpersonal relationships very meticulously. He deeply understands the meaning of the people behind the scenes, so no matter what he does, it is rarely reported in the newspapers, even if he manipulated the c The two big transfers of Luo and Mourinho were also quiet. They only saw the commotion at the club, but never saw any movement from Mendes.

This is relying on the various relationship networks operated by Mendes. He has a very good relationship with some newspapers. When necessary, these relationship networks can come in handy.

For example, to suppress unfavorable news about players, or to hype up the players to increase their worth.

But this time, Mendes once again used the media reasonably. He only needs to release some half-truths and half-false news, which is enough to make the whole of Spain stir up trouble!

So the day before the No. 14 Lun of the league came, everyone woke up and found out, why did the giants all over the world fall in love with that little goalkeeper of Deportivo?

Marca - "Mourinho expresses his appreciation: he is what we need now"

Aspen News - "Future Star: Clemens has been selected by the big clubs"

The Sun - Wenger: He is the last piece of the puzzle for Arsenal! "

German Bild - "Bayern strikes again - is he Neuer's successor? "

Deportivo's executives finally panicked. They are not idiots. The veteran teams that have survived bravely in La Liga for so many years are not idiots. They would not believe that the whole world is interested in Clemens Yes, but to make the media report like chicken blood, there must be someone behind it!

The most likely thing is that a wealthy family has taken a fancy to Clemens, but they still have no idea of ​​Clemens' wishes, so let the media release the inside story, and then see Clemens' reaction.

There are so many wealthy families, there are no two or three, and it is too late to cry if they really take away their future goalkeeper who fell from the sky!

sign!Must sign up now!

What, transfer manager Lucero disagrees?Which onion is he!If you disagree, get out!It's all your fault until now!

But just when the Deportivo Club finally rushed to formally sign a contract with Clemens, Clemens, who was preparing for the game, said to them calmly: "I found an agent a few days ago. Think you can talk to him."

Agent, it seems that this young player in his family is quite capable, but he should only be a local agent or family member.

Deportivo is a big club, and they are quite confident in their negotiations.

But when they saw Jorge Mendes in a suit and leather shoes with a gentle smile the next morning, they just wanted to bang their heads against the wall.

damn it!The little players who agreed are so foolish!

What is the matter with this person!

As an agent, Mendes does not show any leaks, he even rarely appears in front of the media, many fans do not know who this good-looking middle-aged man is even if they see him face to face, but Deportivo He is very familiar with him.

A native Portuguese super agent holds almost all the resources in Portugal, whether it is players or coaches, and even the team doctor has some connections with Mendes, enough to meet him.

Means mean difficult to deal with, and the face of the top executives of La Coruña is also ugly.

Mendes didn't look at the ugly faces of these people at all, but sat down at the table with a calm smile on his face, then put the briefcase in his hand aside, and said with a smile on his face: "I accept that Mr. Clemens to help him discuss the contract with everyone. Personally, I very much hope that Mr. Clemens can find a club with a higher salary level, so the main purpose of my visit this time is to To ask, what kind of youth team contract did he sign with you? I want to get the exact number."

Vazquez, who was sitting on the sidelines listening, twitched his mouth. If he hadn't received a hint in advance that Clemens would never leave, he might have rushed to fight these people now.

Let you not leave my baby goalkeeper!Be silly!

But at this moment, Vazquez, who had confidence in his heart, was sitting firmly. Although his face was serious and seemed to be very nervous, his eyes were fixed on the expression of the club's senior management, especially the transfer manager Lucero. Looks like a good show.

Lucero has seen big scenes. He has stayed in Deportivo for so many years. It is already very skillful to get money from the team and players and not be killed by the club, but now he still feels after some