Chapter 22 Turin
"Interesting candidate? Mr. Chairman refers to that player?" Lerda asked curiously.
"This... the day before yesterday, Inter Milan football director Mr. Blanca and the respected Mr. Corso jointly recommended a player to me. According to them, he was a player with a relatively high level, very potential, and more suitable for our team."
Kylo seemed a little hesitant.
Just now, seeing Lerda and Petrazi in a dispute, Kylo was anxious and said that on a whim. After saying that, he was a little bit Houhai. Although the player was highly praised by two professionals, he had never seen the player's performance on the court with his own eyes. I wonder if the two gentlemen's evaluation would be overly praised or have some untrue aspects. Moreover, the most important thing is that the player they recommended had never played a professional game. If he only recommended him to Lerda like this, it would seem a bit inappropriate.
However, the chairman's explanation has aroused the interest of Lerda. Blanca and Corso are both famous big names in the Italian football world, and the Inter Milan club behind them is an influential football giant. What kind of player will be if they can get the joint recommendation of these two people? Will it really be particularly suitable for the Turin team?
"Mr. Chairman, what is the name of that player? What is his strength? How much transfer fee is required?" Lerda seemed very interested.
Seeing Lerda's eager expression, Kylo felt that he was pushed to the stove. In this situation, it was obviously impossible for him to remain silent, so he could only continue to talk.
"I really don't know how strong I am. The transfer fee is not necessary. He doesn't need a penny. He is a young goalkeeper who plays for the Serie A Chivo Club. His name seems to be Chu Jiang, and he comes from China."
Obviously, the Chinese name made Kailo feel a little difficult to describe, and the complex pronunciation rules made it difficult for him to distinguish. Therefore, Chu Jiang became "Chu Jiang" like this...
"Chu Jiang?"
To Kylo's surprise, Lerda did not immediately refute his obviously immature suggestion, but instead showed a thoughtful look.
"I have heard of Mr. Chu Jiang mentioned by Mr. Chairman." Petrazi said suddenly. His pronunciation of Chu Jiang's name was obviously more standard than that of Chairman Kylo, but it was only the difference between 50 and 100 steps.
"Two days ago, Mr. Corso and Mr. Pagano also recommended this player to me. Yesterday, I also received a letter of self-recommendation from the player. In the letter, he seemed very confident. He seemed to think that his strength could help our club, and he said that he was not afraid to compete with anyone and was confident that he would compete for the main force with his strength. I don't know whether what he said was true or not, but his Italian language was indeed very ordinary, haha!" Petrazi added. Thinking of some bad words and grammatical errors in the letter, he couldn't help but smile. However, Petrazi still admired Chu Jiang's move to write a letter of self-recommendation.
Just then, when he heard the conversation between the three, Lyerda's assistant coach Flavio and Desdro also came over.
"I have also heard of the name of the Chinese goalkeeper. It was recommended by my son Mattia to me yesterday. According to that boy, Chu Jiang had trained in Appiano. During the training, all the players and coaches who had seen him perform were impressed by his ability. It took him only three days to make Inter Milan's previous main goalkeeper Valdi become a substitute, and the strength he showed can be said to be quite strong. Although my son has not seen his performance with his own eyes, his friends in Inter Milan should not lie to him."
When Frank and Lerda heard Destroy's words, he was moved.
Inter Milan youth goalkeeper Valdi, Lerda is no stranger to Inter Milan youth goalkeeper. Although this goalkeeper is young, he is strong and is known as "Little Viviano". He is a representative figure of Italian young goalkeepers. In the Italian League One season in 2009-10, Baldi, who was only 18 years old, once represented Livorno and played away in Parma.
Lerda estimates that Baldi's ability should be comparable to the two existing goalkeepers in Turin, David, Brazil, David and Morelo, but his development potential is much stronger than these two. Chu Jiang's ability is stronger than Baldi, which means that he has stronger strength than the two existing goalkeepers in Turin. As a young goalkeeper, his future development potential is even more difficult to estimate.
When Lerda coached in Crotone last season, Destro was his assistant coach. The two were both old partners and good friends, and their relationship was much closer than Kylo, Petrazi and others. Destro's son, Mathia and Destro are the leading youngest generation of Inter Milan. This season he was loaned to the top team of the Serie A. Although he is no longer in Appiano, many of the players there are his friends.
The credibility of the information obtained from this channel is certainly guaranteed.
Moreover, just two days ago, Lerda received a call from Coach Peya and Coach Bosagria of Inter Milan youth team. On the phone, both of them recommended Chu Jiang to Lerda. Both coaches praised the goalkeeper who was only 17 years old. They both believed that if Turin signed Chu Jiang, it would be of great benefit to their journey to the First Division. From them, Lerda also learned that if it were not for the introduction of non-EU players, Chu Jiang would definitely be left in Appiano. The two coaches did not hide their regrets about Chu Jiang's departure.
The 17-year-old young talented goalkeeper has a strength and potential that surpasses Baldi. He conquered all members of the Inter Milan youth team and the visiting Chivo chief scout in two weeks, and was able to confidently and proactively promote himself...
All of this made Lerda deeply curious about this Chinese man she had never met.
"Mr. Chairman, I want to see this young man."
Kylo smiled. In fact, it was not only Lerda, but also Kylo himself was very curious about Chu Jiang. However, although he was the team chairman, he still had to respect the team's head coach when choosing players. Only when the coach spoke, he could send someone to contact Chu Jiang and invite him to Turin.
"However, Mr. Petraci's work has to continue. After all, Rubinho is our first choice. No matter what the Chinese goalkeeper is capable of, he has no experience in the game. As Palermo's main goalkeeper, Rubinho has three or four seasons of Italian League One appearance record, and his ability and experience will definitely be of great help to us."
Although he had decided to invite Chu Jiang, out of caution, Lerda was still unwilling to give up Rubinho. He was unwilling to put his bet on a young goalkeeper he had never seen before.
"Okay, okay, okay, I will definitely work hard." Petraci said with a wry smile.
Petrachi does not object to Lerda's insistence. Petrachi sees the current situation of the team. Indeed, the two goalkeepers of the team are very limited at the current level. In the Serie B, they are at the mid- and lower level, and their strength cannot be worthy of Torino's ambition to advance to the first half of the team. Correspondingly, a poor goalkeeper can be said to be a disaster for the team. If you want to complete the upgrade career this season, the goalkeeper position must be supplemented.
In fact, Petraci doesn't want to sign Rubinho. The key is that Palermo demands a transfer fee of 6 million euros. This fee is too high for a second-tier club. Moreover, the player himself not only requires absolute main position, but also requires at least to keep Palermo's annual salary unchanged, and he absolutely does not agree to a salary cut. That is an annual salary of 1.2 million yuan. Compared with the team's number one star Roland, more than 30% higher than Anchi's 900,000 yuan.
Although the boss Kylo has some money, he has contributed a lot to Turin over the years and his family is almost empty. Without any chance, Petraci doesn't want this respectable fan chairman to pay for himself and sacrifice himself for the team.
"I hope that Chinese goalkeeper is really that magical!" Petrach prayed silently in his heart.
A day later, the northern Italian city, Turin.
Compared with the fashionable Milan City, Turin has more ancient buildings and the entire city is more heavy. This is the industrial center of Italy, the city of automobiles, and the hometown of chocolate. At the same time, it is also the home location of two powerful teams at home and abroad, Turin and Juventus.
However, compared with the Serie A giant Juventus, the current reputation of Torino is much dim. As the oldest team in Italy, Torino has been in decline since the painful Supega air crash. Compared with Manchester United, which also experienced the air crash, Torino, known as the "Red Bulls", seems even more tragic.
With his luggage on his back, Chu Jiang and Pagano came to the city. Looking around at the various Baroque buildings, Chu Jiang couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts.
Two months ago, Chu Jiang was reborn two years ago and his life trajectory began a new journey. Almost a month ago, Chu Jiang had just left Jianghai City, and went on a long journey for the first time in his life to Shanghai International Airport. Now, in less than a month, Chu Jiang's footsteps have passed through the three cities of Milan, Verona and Turin. The encounters in life really made Chu Jiang feel a little unpredictable.
However, this kind of life that pursues dreams for football is exactly what Chu Jiang wants. No matter how hard or tired he is, Chu Jiang is willing to accept it for his own ideals.
After coming to Turin with dust, Chu Jiang rushed to the training base of Turin team on the first day and took the initiative to ask for a joint training with his teammates. After three days of joint training, Lerda basically recognized Chu Jiang's strength and notified Petrachi to sign a formal player loan agreement with Chievo.
The strength shown by Chu Jiang was one of the factors that was able to reach an agreement so quickly, but not the most critical. In just three days, Lerda could confirm Chu Jiang's potential, but she could not determine whether he had enough strength to serve as the team's main force.
The most critical factor in reaching the agreement is the full cooperation of Chevo Club and Pagano. In order to ensure that the transaction can be completed, Chevo not only did not require any loan fees, but also took the initiative to bear Chu Jiang's salary during his time in the Turin team. This means that Chu Jiang was taken over without spending a penny.
What's more, in order to allow Chu Jiang to successfully win the main force and to train Chu Jiang with all his heart, Chiwo also gave half of Chu Jiang's ownership to Turin. However, Chiwo stated in the contract that Chiwo Club has the right to recover half of Chu Jiang's ownership at a price of 300,000 euros within half a year.
Such a contract can be said to be a huge profit for Turin, without any risk. If Chu Jiang does not have enough strength and cannot occupy a place in Turin, Turin will not lose at all. If Chu Jiang performs well, Turin will not only gain an excellent goalkeeper, but will be more beneficial to the league journey, but will also get 300,000 euros paid by Chiwo out of thin air.
It is precisely because of this that Turin signed Chujiang from China so readily.
Half a year later, the signing of the Turin team was rated as "the best signing in history" by Turin Sports Daily, and at the same time, it was rated as "the stupidest signing in history" by Turin fans.
Chapter completed!