On the other side of the conversation, Li Zhao did not return to Bergamo with the team after the game, but stayed alone in a room in the stadium. Soon after, Wu Lei arrived as promised, and behind him was

Li Yonghong, the new owner of AC Milan, is obviously very generous.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the conversation between Li Zhao and Li Yonghong began. At this time, Wu Lei wisely gave up the central position to the two of them, while he sat slightly further away.

Got up to listen.

"Although more than half a year has passed since the last time you and I met, it still seems to be so close. At that time, I didn't know your true situation, but I wanted to recruit you. Now think about it

It's indeed a bit embarrassing. But I think the reason why you asked me out specifically today is not just to reminisce about the past!" Li Yonghong had already understood that a proud man with a background like Li Zhao would only make his own decision whether to stay or go, and he

There must be something more important to find yourself today.

"I like Boss Li's straightforwardness very much. Since that's the case, I'll get straight to the point. Yes, in fact, the main purpose of coming to you this time is to discuss a cooperation matter regarding the long-term introduction of players.

"Li Zhao also went straight to the topic.

"Oh~~, I wonder if you want to bring in a certain player from our club, or trade one of your players, or is it a two-way exchange?" Li Yonghong asked subconsciously, taking it for granted.

"None of them!" Li Zhao's answer directly rejected the other party's idea.

"Then what do you mean~?" Li Yonghong couldn't understand it for a while.

"The player introduction cooperation I am talking about does not refer to the direct personnel movement between our two clubs, and I have no plans to recruit players from your club for the time being. I believe that with your resource channels, you should be able to find out some information about Lanzhao Group in the sports world.

Its business scope, in addition to Atlanta Club, also includes several football clubs and youth training camps in South America, including the Portuguese. Every year, a large number of outstanding young children from China are admitted to them.

After going through layers of screening, the good prospects among these people will be signed by various clubs under the group. When they have the ability to compete in European competitions, it will be the next new stage. And now the group's

There is only one European club, Atalanta. Coupled with the limit on the number of foreign players in the club, it is obviously far from being able to meet the development of all of them.

But continuing to acquire new clubs here is several times more difficult than doing it in South America. It is also because you value your identity as a Chinese, and it must be more difficult to hand over these people to you.

Don't worry, that's why I have the plan to start cooperation with you in this area.

Of course, you can rest assured that the players recommended to you are good value for money, and they will not be overpaid and incompetent. I just don’t know what you think?” Li Zhao further explained.

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Today's Portuguese should have played all the Brazilian League in the 2017 season. Although their overall strength has declined this season due to the departure of Li Zhao, they still relied on the excellent performance of other players to finally win with a team.

With a slight advantage of 10 points, they defeated Corinthians and defended the league championship again in a thrilling manner.

Many heroes in the team naturally want to seek better development after becoming famous, and the European League is undoubtedly a bigger stage in front of them. Counting the time, they should also be here to join them.

On the way.

However, due to the restriction on the number of foreign players in a single club, Li Zhao can only take care of a few people, including Wang Ziyi, to join Atlanta today. As for the remaining more people, he cannot directly take charge of it for the time being. In order not to

After delaying the future of these people, we decided to selflessly seek cooperation with other clubs. Of course, this cooperation partner must also be reliable.

"I have heard about your players, and they are indeed quite good, but whether from the perspective of a pure player or a businessman, it seems that there is no need for you to do such an unnecessary and possible

Will it be a thankless job?" Li Yonghong did not say whether he would agree or not, but he raised his own doubts first.

"This may be true from the perspective of these two, but we are still Chinese people first, and there will always be some gaps in our hearts. We also want to do something for the discovery of Chinese football within our ability. But it cannot be changed.

Given the overall domestic situation, if we want to truly revitalize football in country C, it is obviously not enough to rely on my own strength. It may be useful to choose this somewhat curved path to save the country.

Although my current nationality may restrict me a lot when doing certain things, but so what, I always feel that as a responsible person, I should not forget my original intention, let alone my roots. In my opinion,

Boss Li should be the same type of person." Li Zhao replied firmly, and at the same time he did not forget to defeat him in the end.

"What a man who never forgets his original intention and his roots. Brother Xiao Li's boldness and courage are really admirable. Although my talents are limited, I am willing to help out as much as I can. But to really make this happen, our two families have to do it alone.

The ability is still far from enough. More Chinese bosses must participate to have hope." While Li Yonghong agreed, he also put forward his own suggestions.

"That's the best thing. Congratulations to you for becoming our first partner. We have also considered the suggestions you just made. To be honest, in addition to you, the clubs we are interested in cooperating with include

We have contacted Espanyol and Atletico Madrid in La Liga, Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion in Premier League, The Hague in Dutch Eredivisie, Nice and Lyon in Ligue 1, etc. However, there are still some difficulties in making specific contacts. If you are willing to help, that will be natural.

It couldn't be better." Li Zhao responded.

"Actually, to the list you just mentioned, you can also add Inter Milan from the same city. Their current holding company is the domestic Su Ning Company. Compared with me, I have more control over the club. I think the reason why you

Ignoring them must be because AC Milan and Inter Milan are mortal enemies in the same city. But I don't mind at all, so you can do it with confidence. As for helping, I am also very willing to help.

Contribution. As you said, it is indeed not easy for our compatriots to work hard abroad. It would be inappropriate if we can no longer unite." Li Yonghong said.

Li Zhao also agreed with this, and then the two of them had some further communication on the preliminary agreement between the two parties. As for the more specific cooperation details, there is no need to rush. This matter will be left to the teams behind the two. Further consultations and negotiations are enough.

Not long after returning to his club, Li Zhao received news that Wang Ziyi and his group were coming. He immediately rushed to the airport to pick him up. This group of people almost included people from the same period as Li Zhao. There are nine other members of the all-China class, plus Ronaldinho. It can be said that after the Portuguese lose this group of people, their results will definitely decline greatly next year. However, with sufficient trading capital compensation and After the subsequent recruitment of new players, it should at least ensure that the club remains in the Brazilian League, and after a few more years of experience, it may not be impossible to return to the top.

The Brazilian League actually ended as early as early December, and the reason why Wang Ziyi and the others came so late this time was because they had to participate in the subsequent Club World Cup. And they also made it all the way to the final this year, although In the end, they lost to their old rival Real Madrid, but it was already extremely difficult.

"Ziyi, I heard that you won the Golden Boot of the Brazilian League this year. You really deserve it!" After meeting, the first person Li Zhao praised was his good brother Wang Ziyi.

"Brother Zhao, you are over-rewarding. Without you in the team, the impact on our team's overall performance is still quite large. Compared with last year's three consecutive championships, this year we will look inferior. Much more. The entire process of winning the league was extremely thrilling. Fortunately, we persevered in the end. But in addition to the league championship, the Brazilian Cup champion and the just-concluded Club World Cup unfortunately passed us by. Okay, but to be honest, we people are useless!" Wang Ziyi praised this but did not feel proud at all, on the contrary, he felt a bit self-blame.

"Don't belittle yourselves. In fact, you have done a very good job. There are only a few teams in history that can achieve three consecutive championships. In addition, my cousin, you can be in the league's scorer list and assists list respectively." It is not easy to be ranked third, and the progress this year is not small!" Li Zhao changed the subject, and then praised Leonard in the same way.

"I don't dare to do it, brother. In fact, I still feel that I haven't been able to fully utilize my own strength! Otherwise, we wouldn't have won so hard, but I believe we will do better in the future." In contrast, although Leonard On the surface, he pretended to be unfazed, but the young man's heart was still fully revealed in his response, and the slightly raised corners of his mouth completely betrayed his heart.

"Well, it's good to know your own shortcomings and future positioning. I also hope that you can continue to make progress while reflecting on yourself and accumulating experience, and strive to surpass those past football legends." Li Zhao said to him again. After encouraging him, he greeted the other remaining team members one by one.

The total of ten people who came this time would definitely not be able to be accommodated by just one Atlanta club. The restriction on foreign aid quotas meant that the club could only accept at most three C nationality players to join. Looking at the former Portuguese standing in front of him, When meeting the team members, Li Zhao also understood that the decision they would face next would be cruel and difficult, but it was something they had to do. So he did not tell them immediately on the way, and still talked and laughed with them. We exchanged some past experiences. It wasn’t until we returned to the Atlanta Club with them that we summoned them all to the office, and told them on the spot that we planned to place them separately. As for the specifics of how to operate the diversion arrangements at that time, Let’s look at the results after discussions among the team members.

Fortunately, the winter transfer window time of the five major leagues is basically consistent throughout January, so they still have a lot of time to consider before making the final decision. During this period, the players still go with the team for daily training.

And also took the opportunity to watch the club's last two league rounds before the winter offseason and an Italian Cup semi-final. Atalanta also won these games, although it still failed to finish in the standings.

He completely escaped the pursuit of the other two opponents of the first group, but still consolidated his position at the top of the list.

However, with the arrival of the winter transfer period, the situation that was originally thought to be difficult to make or even cause controversy did not happen. The relationship these people and Li Zhao have experienced together for several years cannot be described in a few simple words.

Although everyone hopes to stay and is not willing to let others leave, they have now entered a mature stage and have seen a lot more. They can consider each other more and finally make what they think is the most ideal and right decision.

The choice comes.

In this final diversion arrangement plan, since Leonard and Ronaldinho are both non-C national players, Atlanta can accept half of the team's personnel, and the five people finally confirmed to join are Leonard, Ronaldinho, and Prince

Among them, Gao Hongyu joined AC Milan, Wang Jinxian and Harik joined Inter Milan, Zhang Yuning joined Espanyol in La Liga, and Hu Jinghang joined Ligue 1 Nice.

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Except for Zhang Yuning and Hu Jinghang, all those who left remained in Serie A, but this is actually a new layout. Although it may be more difficult to win when Atlanta encounters the Milan duo again, the first

The group's other two opponents will also face new challenges when encountering them, not to mention that this will virtually increase the weight of Serie A in the minds of Asian fans, so in comparison, the overall benefits are greater than

Disadvantages.

Li Zhao said goodbye to the several players who were about to leave one by one before leaving, and made some important instructions, asking them not to relax their demands on themselves at any time, even in future competitions.

When encountering, we must strive for victory with all our strength, and the most important thing is to put forward the slogan of "never forget our original intention and our roots".

"Do you still remember the original intention of us playing football? I really want to say 'playing football for the rise of China'. In my current capacity, this may be a bit inappropriate, but it does not mean that it will not be possible in the future. As for you

Although you don’t need to have such a high consciousness, you don’t want to be just for money, so you must not forget your original intention, let alone the fundamentals of being a Chinese. Although we are not playing football together now, we still love each other.

Our hearts are still connected, and in the future we will have to work together for the national team goal that may be far away!" When this slogan was applied to this group of people, including himself, Li Zhao made another definition of it.
Chapter completed!