Chapter 33: Can't Delay Any Longer
After witnessing Shevchenko's strength with their own eyes, Su Dong and Ronnie became more motivated.
Apart from training with their respective teams every day, the two men basically spend the rest of their time practicing hard at the Parque Eduardo VII .
With the assistance of the Bull with amazing recovery speed, Su Dong was ruthless in gaining the King of Football rank.
It is worth mentioning that after upgrading to the ball king, coupled with the influence of the achievement [Solid as a Rock], the ball king value brought by Su Dong in each match with Ronnie is 500 points, which makes his efficiency in brushing up the ball king value still very good.
Of course, considering the more than one million points of Football King Value required for upgrading, and the fact that each increase in potential value requires 1,000 points of Football King Value, plus daily expenses, Su Dong is still relatively cautious in using the Football King Value and dares not be too extravagant.
After upgrading to the ball level, the potential has increased significantly, but the speed of strength improvement has slowed down.
This also reminds Su Dong that he needs to accept challenges of greater intensity.
Like competing at those higher levels, and training at a higher level.
Regarding his own transfer, Su Dong gave full authority to Mendes.
The Portuguese agent's current career focus is in Lisbon. He is wholeheartedly planning for Su Dong and reports to him from time to time on the latest progress, as well as his personal thoughts and judgments. Su Dong will also tell him some of his own ideas.
Putting aside the hassles of transfers, Su Dong put all his attention into training and competitions.
In the remaining two games in December, the opponents were not strong and he scored three goals.
One game was a brace, and the other was the only goal for the team, with the score being 1-2 away from home.
After these two games, the Portuguese league was temporarily suspended and ushered in a two-week winter break and Christmas.
At this time, Su Dong's transfer became more and more confusing.
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Vieira sat in his office at the Stadium of Light, staring at the monitor in front of him with a frown.
News websites were full of news about Machado's dismissal, and he finally couldn't survive this cold winter.
As the outside world had speculated, young coach Mourinho went north to Porto.
This is not good news for Benfica.
The current ranking of the Portuguese Super League is that Sporting Lisbon, Boavista, Porto and Benfica are all very close in points, with Benfica ranking the last. However, if Benfica wants to participate in European competitions, it must defeat Porto or the two teams ahead of it.
Now that Porto has changed its coach, Mourinho will bring more uncertainty.
Just when Vieira was having a headache, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in."
Scout Abel Silva walked in anxiously and went straight to the desk. "I just got the news that Mendes went to Alcochete yesterday."
"Alcocheti?" Vieira frowned even deeper.
Sporting Lisbon bought a piece of land in the suburban town of Alcochete two years ago and started building a new training base, investing a considerable amount of money in it. As a result, the team has been running at a loss in recent years and can only keep training young players.
"What is he doing in Alcochete?" Vieira asked with concern.
Abel Silva shook his head, obviously knowing nothing about it.
"He is the agent of Ugo Viana and Cristiano Ronaldo. It is normal for him to go to Alcochete, but if he goes at this sensitive time, will Sporting Lisbon..."
In the battle for the Eastern Conference, Benfica is at the forefront. Belerence, as the parent team of Sporting CP, also has a clear advantage. As for other teams, such as Leiria and Cebatus, they lack competitiveness in front of the two Lisbon teams.
When Mourinho was in Leiria, he was very interested in Sudon. Porto also arranged scouts to investigate Sudon. But at present, Porto’s top priority is to change coaches, and introducing Sudon is not their most urgent need.
But what is strange is that Sporting CP, also a team from Lisbon, has remained silent.
This in itself is very suspicious.
Now that Mendes has suddenly visited Alcochete, it has to be said that it is very suspicious. Is Lisbon also going to take action against Sudong?
"This guy Mendes is so difficult to deal with!" Vieira said angrily.
Mendes's approach is clearly to wait for the right price and gain the greatest benefits for Su Dong.
Maybe he doesn't care about money, but wants the club's plans and commitments in player training.
But this is the most troublesome thing.
If they just want money, with the influence of the Soviet Union today, they can only give a maximum of 2,000 euros per month. Neither Benfica nor Belerence will care about this salary.
But if you want to get better training, it will be very difficult.
"Call him again and tell him that a result must be given before Christmas."
Vieira has lost his patience.
He didn't want to drag it on any longer.
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When Mendes received the call from Abel Silva, he was in the office of Jorge Carlos, the technical . He even deliberately answered Abel's call in front of the other party.
On the phone, the agent still used his eloquence to bring the dead back to life and continued to use ambiguous and delaying tactics, forcing Abel, who wanted to force him to express his position, to hang up the phone helplessly.
This made Carlos, who was sitting opposite, speechless.
Not only is he thick-skinned, but he is also an excellent eloquent person, and the key is that he is good at networking.
Mendes is the kind of person whom you hate secretly but have to greet with a smile when you meet him face to face.
Especially after seeing Mendes hang up the phone and look at him with a victorious smile, Carlos almost wanted to hit him.
"I heard that you went to Alcochete yesterday?" Carlos asked straight to the point.
"Yes." Mendes was still smiling and didn't hide it.
"About Su Dong?"
"yes."
Carlos was a little surprised by Mendes' confession, but on second thought, there was nothing to say.
"Two or three months ago, even Vega probably didn't expect that you could make him so anxious now." Carlos changed the subject.
Mendes nodded calmly.
Among Sporting Lisbon 's hottest newcomers, Hugo Viana is now as good as Quaresma, but he switched to Mendes early, and Cristiano Ronaldo also switched to Mendes.
Not only that, this cunning guy is also trying hard to poach Quaresma and Marcelino. He seems to be trying to completely destroy Vega's corner.
It is said that Vega was so angry that he almost fumed and threatened to teach Mendes a lesson sooner or later.
Who could have imagined that the situation had changed so dramatically in just two or three months?
Of course, Vega himself is also to blame.
Over the past few years, the business has grown bigger and bigger, almost monopolizing the path for Portuguese players to play football abroad, but because of this, Vega's attitude towards players and domestic clubs has become increasingly assertive, and he even implicitly regards himself as the godfather of Portuguese football.
Brazil has a godfather named Figel, but the Portuguese team is obviously not happy to have such a domineering godfather.
"I received a message that you are interested in Carlos Fernandez of Fallense?"
Mendes' sudden words startled Carlos.
This is actually not a secret. Anyone who knows something about the Portuguese transfer market knows that what really surprised Carlos was why Mendes suddenly brought it up?
"There is also Henry Anjoe from Lesos, who also plays in the third-tier league. Anjoe's goal efficiency is not as good as Su Dong's, but it is also very good, especially his speed. You want to snatch food from Porto's mouth."
The biggest problem of Bellerence this season is that the team's offensive ability is good, even stronger than Boavista, but the defense is too bad, and the defense on the left is a very serious problem.
Carlos Fernandez plays for Farense in the relegation zone of the Portuguese Super League. He is one of the best left-backs in the Portuguese Super League this season. He can also play as a left center back.
"Jorge, just say it." Carlos realized what Mendes was hinting at.
Mendes smiled and nodded, "I went to Alcochete yesterday, and to be honest, Sporting Lisbon is very interested in Sudon."
" Yeah." Carlos wasn't surprised.
"As you know, Carlos Fernandez came from Sporting Lisbon's youth training camp and was loaned out for three consecutive years before moving to Farense last summer. However, in the contract, Sporting Lisbon has a priority buyback clause within two years."
Carlos' hands trembled noticeably; he really didn't know there was such a clause.
"Aurelio Pereira said that Bologna didn't want Carlos Fernandez, but they were optimistic about Sudon."
When Mendes said this, he raised his cunning eyes and looked at Carlos with a smile.
"You have the priority purchase right of Sudon, and Sporting Lisbon has the priority repurchase right of Carlos Fernandez. Aurelio means that if you take the initiative to give up the priority purchase right of Sudon and let him join Sporting Lisbon, then they will also give up the priority repurchase right of Carlos Fernandez and let you negotiate directly with Farense."
When Carlos heard this, he fell into deep thought.
"Besides that, you should know that I have a good relationship with Porto. Lesos is a satellite club of Porto. I can help you get Henry Anjoue."
If he still needed to hesitate just now, Carlos was basically moved now.
Leixoes is a port city near Porto and has always had close relations with Porto. The 22-year-old Henry Anjoé has performed well, and Porto may not be uninvited.
If it is true as Mendes said, giving up the priority of Su Dong in exchange for the priority of Carlos Fernandez and Henry Anjoe, it would definitely be a very good deal.
"Can you ensure Su Dong's transfer to Sporting Lisbon?" Carlos asked with concern.
This is the premise for cooperation.
"Sporting Lisbon will try to convince him with sincerity. If he doesn't transfer to Sporting Lisbon, you can always make a move. Similarly, whether you can convince Fernandes and Anjoe to transfer depends on your ability."
When Carlos heard this, he had already made a decision in his heart.
In his eyes, Su Dong is just the future, but these two players are the present.
