Chapter 35 The miracle doctor arrives
Lisbon, Portugal.
As the brand new RTP1 logo flashed by, the TV screen in the living room switched to the studio.
“This is Portugal Radio and Television Channel 1.”
“Welcome back to the European Cup special program, the decisive victory in Lisbon!”
While the host was introducing, the TV screen switched again, aiming at the door of the Portuguese national team training center.
“This afternoon, Prime Minister Barroso visited the national team training center.”
“Here, Barroso was concerned about the training life and preparations of the national football team, and encouraged them to compete in the upcoming games. In the domestic European Cup, show determination to win.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Portuguese Prime Minister Barroso appeared on the screen.
He was speaking to the international players.
"Here, you are the heroes. I have no other requirements. I only hope that you can keep the European Cup in Portugal!"
"Portugal's revival requires a great football victory!"
“The people of Portugal and I trust you so much that we have no choice but to Waiting for that great moment more than 20 days later."
"We have the best players on the continent and the best opportunity in history."
"I am. The government and everyone in the country will always stand behind you!”
The screen switched again, and Luis Figo, the big-name superstar and captain of the national team, appeared.
“Captain Figo, on behalf of the national team, presented a gift from the national team to Prime Minister Barroso.”
“Figo said that after a period of training in the past period, everyone in the national team has Everyone is ready to face the challenge."
Figo's close-up appeared on the TV screen.
“This past season, we were full of champions.”
"Porto has six international players who have won the Champions League and the Portuguese Super League, and Benfica has six international players who have won the Portuguese Cup."
"Rui Costa has won the Serie A championship, and Pauleta has won the French Cup. , Cotto also won the Italian Cup.”
“Also. There is Ronaldinho, who won the FA Cup with Manchester United."
"Of the 23 international players, 17 have won the championship. We are confident of winning the European Cup."
Screen switch! Back in the studio, the host introduced the news about the Portuguese national team in recent days.
"Yesterday, some media broke the news that the national team coach Scolari was furious that Ronaldinho was injured in training and missed training. The media also interviewed Ronaldinho about this matter."
TV broadcast captured the Manchester United star's heroic appearance in training and also conducted an interview after training.
“Yes, I was injured in training, strained my ankle and missed one training session, but it has recovered and will not affect the upcoming European Cup. I will never allow such a thing to happen.”< br>
“Scolari got angry?”
“No, I don’t think it was directed at me.”
"The competition is coming, and everyone is under great pressure. He wants to remind everyone to pay attention, avoid injuries, and maintain their condition."
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José Fonte was sitting in the living room. On the sofa, I looked at Ronaldo on the TV screen with great envy.
That was his teammate in the Sporting Lisbon youth team, 2 years younger than him.
José Fonte watched with his own eyes as Cristiano Ronaldo caught up with him from the lower echelons and surpassed him to enter the first team.
Last summer, with his impressive talent, he captured the favor of Ferguson and transferred to the giant Manchester United at a high price.
Today, Cristiano Ronaldo has become the main player of the national team and the most promising genius in everyone's eyes.
And what about him?
Unemployed!
He is very hesitant and uneasy now.
At the same time, life is also very difficult.
He was forced to move back to his hometown and live with his grandmother.
His father Artur Font is also a professional player. He made his debut in the Sporting Lisbon youth training camp and was also selected for the Portuguese national youth team.
José Font and his younger brother Rui Font both entered Sporting Lisbon’s youth training echelon early because of their father.
Progress up the echelon step by step. The older you are, the slower your progress is.
Two years have passed since he entered the second team at the age of 19, and Jose Fonte has never been able to touch the threshold of the first team.
Watching Quaresma, Cristiano Ronaldo and other teammates entering the first team one after another, joining wealthy clubs, and entering the national team, while he could only hang out in the second team, Jose Fonte found it unacceptable. .
As someone who has been there, Artur Font also believes that it is not a good thing to continue to waste time in the second team at the age of 21.
So, this summer, Jose Fonte chose to leave.
After leaving the team, he will look for a new team.
But his agent Fernandez is not a big-name agent in Portugal. He neither has the popular command of Jorge Mendes nor the tiger power of Jose Vega.
In addition, Jose Fonte did not perform very well in Sporting Lisbon's second team, and he never even made it to the National Youth Team, which makes it difficult for him to get a Portuguese Super League team favor.
In recent years, too many South American players have flocked to Portugal, such as Porto's Deco.
This has seriously affected the living space of local players like Jose Fonte.
Not only will he not get a chance in the Portuguese Super League, but it will also be difficult for him to be attractive in the middle and upper reaches of the Portuguese League.
Finally, the agent helped him contact Salgueiros in the Portuguese second division.
This club is ambitious and wants to break into the Portuguese second division, and it attaches great importance to Jose Fonte.
Head coach Norton de Matos even went to Lisbon in person to communicate with Jose Fonte and invited him to Salgueros.
José Font agrees to join Salgueiros.
But at the end of the season, when he was looking forward to a new journey, bad news came.
Salgueiros went bankrupt and was liquidated.
The contract he signed before is invalid!
This was like a blow to the head of Jose Fonte.
He is unemployed.
He was panicked and confused and didn't know what to do.
His father and agent are contacting teams for him.
Everyone knows that at the age of 21, if he does not play football, his career will probably be ruined.
His own predicament made Jose Fonte feel particularly bad looking at Ronaldo on the TV at this moment.
They used to be teammates who fought side by side.
But now, Ronaldo is the proud son of heaven, and he, Jose Fonte, has fallen into the quagmire.
He swore that as long as anyone or any team was willing to give him a professional contract and a chance to play football, he would do his best and even risk his own life. Because he doesn't know what else he can do besides playing football.
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Turn off the TV in a depressed mood, Jose Fonte hugged his legs and curled up on the sofa.
He was like a poor, restless puppy.
At this moment, the Nokia placed next to it rang.
“Hello.” Jose Fonte weakly answered the call from his agent Fernandez.
“A club has found me, but I’m not sure if you want to go.”
José Fonte’s eyes lit up, and his whole body was like a spring, standing up from the sofa Get up, "Go, I'll go."
"Don't worry, listen to me, this is a British Championship team."
"English Championship?"
"Oh, it used to be English League One, but now it's renamed English Championship."
"Which team?"
"Baswater China He is a newly promoted team and won the championship in League Two last season. "
This situation is very similar to Salgueros.
The difference is that the Bayswater Chinese successfully upgraded, again in England.
"How strong are they?" Jose Fonte was a little worried.
After all, he had just suffered a big loss.
“It’s not a big team, and the conditions are not very good, but according to their boss, they have just spent several million pounds to purchase land to set up a youth training echelon, and plan to invest 20 million pounds to build a training base. Quite powerful."
"Oh, by the way, they are a consortium from China."
Jose Fonte was moved, but also worried.
“Their boss also told me that if possible, he would invite us to visit London, with all travel expenses included.”
“Is that possible?” Jose Fonte was overjoyed.
“Of course, if you want to try it, I will contact them.”
“I’ll go!”
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Yang Cheng didn’t know much about what happened in Portugal.
He is too busy.
Although Dan Ashworth, Gary Worthington, Matt Crocker and Mike Rieger have all arrived one after another and begun to integrate youth training, Yang Cheng, the chief helmsman, is still Cannot be absent.
He himself is not worried about being the hands-off shopkeeper.
After all, he is now putting all his efforts into the Bayswater Chinese.
While presiding over the integration of youth training, Yang Cheng has not been idle.
Brian Kidd recommended Blackburn’s “miraculous doctor” David Fevere to him.
David Fevere is a close friend of Brian Kidd and served as the chief team doctor at Manchester United in the 1990s.
Before joining Manchester United, David Favre worked at St. Helens Hospital in the eastern suburbs of Liverpool, and also served for the Wigan District Rugby League, and was quite famous.
In early 1994, Brian Kidd, then Ferguson's assistant, came here with a young player who had injured his knee ligament. He was deeply impressed by David Fevere's superb medical skills.
In June, Manchester United team doctor McGregor left the team. On the recommendation of Brian Kidd, David Fevere officially served as Manchester United team doctor until 1999.
After helping Manchester United win the Triple Crown, David Fevere accepted Brian Kidd's invitation to go to Blackburn in order to take care of his son who suffered from diabetes at a young age.
Yang Cheng had heard about David Feifrey's medical skills in his previous life.
Not only was he a miracle doctor in the football manager game, he also went to Chelsea later.
This time coming to Bayswater Chinese from Blackburn, David Fevere will serve as the club's medical director, taking charge of all medical affairs for the first team and youth team.
Rob Price from the Football Association will serve as the team's chief physiotherapist.
Although Rob Price is only 32 years old, he has a degree in physiotherapy and a Master of Science in Sports Rehabilitation.
After graduating with a master's degree, he first worked in a private clinic. In 2000, he applied to join the Football Association as a physiotherapist, mainly responsible for the England U21 National Youth Team.
Brian Kidd had a deep impression of Rob Price when he was in the national team, and David Fevere was also familiar with him, so this time the two met in Bayswater The Chinese officially began to cooperate.
Since the first team will continue to train in central London in the new season, the medical department will also have to be divided into two groups.
Although the current financial situation of the Bayswater Chinese is not good and funds are limited, Yang Cheng still promised to satisfy David Feifrey and Rob Price in purchasing medical instruments and equipment as much as possible. requirements.
Just when the medical department was starting up, Yang Cheng received a call from Portuguese agent Fernandez, confirming Jose Fonte’s intention to visit London.
Yang Cheng attaches great importance to Jose Fonte.
This central defender was a typical example of underestimation in the early days. He struggled to wait for opportunities at Sporting Lisbon. After the transfer, he suffered a series of bad luck. Either he was injured or the team went bankrupt, which made his early career development a mess. .
But his strength is very good, and he has the nickname of central defender incubator.
In addition to Koscielny, Yang Cheng also plans to keep Roger Johnson, but will send away Luke Chambers and Baptiste.
So, Yang Cheng will sign two central defenders this summer.
On the eve of Jose Fonte’s arrival in London, the Bayswater Chinese also officially received notice from Queens Park Rangers and Martin Roland’s agent that they had reached an agreement on personal treatment. .
Martin Rowland will move from Bayswater Chinese to Queens Park Rangers for a transfer fee of 3 million pounds.
Bayswater Chinese and Queens Park Rangers have signed a three-year stadium lease contract.
Among them, the first year's rent of 500,000 pounds will be deducted from Martin Roland's transfer fee.
The remaining £2.5 million is a one-time payment.
After moving to Queens Park Rangers, Martin Rowland received a contract with a weekly salary of 5,000 pounds.
At Bayswater Chinese, in the salary structure Xia Qing set for Yang Cheng, the maximum weekly salary was only 2,000 pounds.
In addition to Martin Rowland's move to Queens Park Rangers, Yang Cheng also has several faxes of offers on his desk.
Arsenal and Chelsea have both made offers for Ribery.
Two local players, Devaney, who scored 13 goals last season, and Huddlestone, who performed well in the midfield, also attracted a lot of attention.
This made Yang Cheng feel a heavy pressure.
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