Chapter 34 The Dust Settles
"Just sit down for a while while I finish the last set."
When Mendes arrived at Su Dong's rental house, he was practicing a one-arm handstand.
Su Dong was seen standing upside down with his body arched, with only his heels touching the wall. Then he slowly lifted his left hand off the ground and stretched it out on his left side.
It took him about ten seconds to make sure his body was in a balanced state, then he slowly bent his right arm until his head touched the ground. After pausing for another five or six seconds, he slowly pushed himself up until his entire right arm was straight.
From beginning to end, the whole body remains very straight.
Mendes was sitting opposite and was a little shocked. It was the first time he saw such a physical training method.
But he knew that this was the advice from Pontes, the youth training expert of Sporting Lisbon.
Complete each set five times, switching to the left hand after finishing with the right hand.
More importantly, the pace is slow.
This allowed Mendes to clearly see the muscles in Su Dong's arms and shoulders, and he was also amazed at his body balance.
From beginning to end, his body and legs remained very straight.
This was definitely a result of hard work and persistence for a long time.
Every time I bend my arms and then support myself, it seems like a very long process.
Not only Su Dong thought so, but Mendes who was watching from the side also thought so.
He could easily imagine that after such hard training, Su Dong's physical strength, especially the strength of his arms and shoulders, as well as his body balance, were all quite outstanding.
After waiting for a long time until Su Dong finished his training, he breathed a sigh of relief, and Mendes also felt relieved.
This kind of strenuous physical training is hard not only for the practitioner but also for the spectators.
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"How is it? How's the progress?" Su Dong handed over a bottle of Manniu, panting.
This drink is really delicious, but it is only available here in Sudong.
Mendes asked several times, and Su Dong just told him that his family brought it from China.
Ronnie wanted to bring this drink into the stadium of Sporting Lisbon, and even took a bottle for testing, and there was no problem.
Mendes also liked to drink it and accepted all the drinks. He opened it and took two sips, and immediately felt refreshed.
"I have reached an agreement with Bellerence. Sporting Lisbon gave up the priority on Fernandes. I will be responsible for helping them deal with Anjoé, and they will let you go to Sporting Lisbon." Mendes was very satisfied with the result.
Su Dong nodded. He was also very satisfied with the result.
Joining Sporting Lisbon was confirmed a month ago.
At that time, Mendes personally communicated with Sporting Lisbon's technical director Aurelio Pereira, which is why Sporting Lisbon has been slow to move. They prefer to proceed in secret.
The reason why Sudong and Mendes both prefer to join Sporting Lisbon is not only because this team is a Portuguese giant with strong youth training, nor is it just because of Ronnie. More importantly, Sudong has been training with Sporting Lisbon's youth training experts such as Pontes and Nare.
No one knows the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe better than Pontes and others.
By the same token, Sporting Lisbon is so fond of Su Dong because they know Su Dong very well.
Not only Ronnie, but also Pontes, Nare and others have recommended Sudong to Aurelio Pereira many times.
The entire transaction from beginning to end had little to do with Sporting CP. The benefits they wanted were nothing in front of the big teams. The real trouble was the priority that Belarence had.
Now that this has been settled, it is a foregone conclusion that Su Dong will join Sporting Lisbon.
"What did Sporting CP say?" Su Dong asked with concern.
Mendes smiled slightly, "Three hundred thousand euros, far more than they wanted before."
Sporting Lisbon was quite generous in its spending and was not stingy.
Especially compared to Bellerenses.
"How does Sbon Sports plan to help me?" Su Dong asked seriously.
This is what he cares most about.
"Like Ronnie, with a monthly salary of 2,000 euros, a four-year contract and a penalty of 20 million euros."
"Twenty million euros?" Su Dong was a little surprised.
"Yeah, Ronnie is in that position, too," Mendes said.
Before he knew it, Su Dong had reached a similar position to Ronnie.
After hearing this, Su Dong found himself a little bit unbelievable.
Of course, he knew in his heart that he was different from Ronnie.
Ronnie is a youth player of Sporting Lisbon, but Sudon was a player of other teams before and was favored by teams such as Belarence and Benfica. If Sporting Lisbon wants to poach him, it will definitely have to offer more chips.
The penalty of 20 million euros is nothing. For Su Dong at the moment, he has never thought about it, and it is impossible for him to think about the future. Even if he completes the contract, he will only be 21 years old in four years.
"I have talked to Aurelio. You will also participate in the first-team training during the winter training camp, but unlike Ronaldo, they are not sure whether they can let you play in the second half of the season. After all, the first-team striker is not short of people at the moment."
Su Dong understood that being able to train with the first team was already a very good condition for him.
Especially learning from a famous European player like Jardel is a rare opportunity.
The transfer was settled and Su Dong breathed a sigh of relief.
"By the way, I'm going to call my parents and tell Ronnie the good news. He's been pestering me about the situation almost every day recently, so I have to tell him as soon as possible." Su Dong said with a smile.
Mendes nodded with a broad smile.
Today's Eastern Sudong is different from the Eastern Sudong before.
In Sporting Lisbon's positioning, Sudon is a promising star for whom they spent 300,000 euros and paid 2,000 euros a month in salary. Such a player will definitely be cultivated as a priority.
More importantly, Jardel and Niculé have stable positions, Gisve and Laurentso are important substitutes, but Jardel has always been thinking about leaving Sporting Lisbon, maybe this winter or next summer, who knows?
Once Jardel leaves the team, as long as Su Dong continues to maintain this momentum of improvement, he will soon be able to take advantage of the situation.
Sudon, Ronaldo, Ugo Viana, and if Quaresma and Marcelino can be signed, the entire Sporting Lisbon will become Mendes's world, and this will be the worst blow he can give to Jose Vega.
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Su Dong called his parents and told them about his transfer.
Since he had been hiding it before, his parents were very surprised and delighted when he suddenly told it. They even suspected that Su Dong was lying to them on purpose to make them happy.
But Su Dong repeatedly assured that he had indeed joined Sporting Lisbon and was just one step away from signing the contract. He also promised to mail the money back home every month, which made his parents feel relieved.
A monthly salary of 2,000 euros is equivalent to 20,000 yuan in RMB, which is definitely a high salary.
My father was an honest man. He quickly got over his surprise and repeatedly told Su Dong to concentrate on playing football. He said that since he received such a high salary, he must not be proud and should work hard with an open mind.
The mother was more concerned about Su Dong's life and when he would come home.
Su Dong really has no plans for this, after all, he has to report to Sporting Lisbon next.
After hanging up the phone with his parents, before Su Dong could call Ronnie, there was a knock on the door.
Mendes went to open the door, and it was Ronnie and Jose Semedo.
The two guys got the news from the club and immediately ran to Su Dong's rented house to celebrate.
"You two are really amazing. You kept it a secret from me." Ronnie pretended to be angry and punched Mendes. He hugged Su Dong tightly and laughed from ear to ear.
He has always hoped that Su Dong could be on the same team with him, and now his wish has finally come true.
"I told you, once you go to Sporting Lisbon, your position as the top player in the youth team will have to be replaced." Su Dong said jokingly.
Ronnie didn't care, "I'm going to compete for the top spot in the first team anyway."
This kid never wants to be inferior to others. No matter where he goes, he wants to be the first.
"But to be honest, those guys in our youth team are probably not as good as you. After I go to the first team, you will be the boss."
There are still a lot of talents in Sporting Lisbon's youth training camp, but the best ones have all gone to the first team.
After a while of joking, Ronnie mentioned something else.
"Alcochete is basically finished, and our Sports Tower is also going to be closed. The youth team will go to Alcochete next. It is not convenient to go there. I was just talking to Jose about our plan to move to another place."
"Where to change?"
"Parque das Nacionals," Ronnie replied. "That's a new commercial community with complete supporting facilities. Most importantly, if you go directly from Parque das Nacionals to the Vasco da Gama Bridge, you will reach Alcochete, which is quite close."
After finishing speaking, Ronnie raised his eyebrows towards Su Dong with a smile, "How about it? The three of us rent a large apartment together?"
The Parque des Nations was built in Lisbon a few years ago to host the World Expo. It was later converted into a high-end residential community and tourist district. It not only has the largest aquarium in Europe, but also the largest shopping mall in Portugal. Hospitals, schools and other facilities are all very complete.
Su Dong now has a monthly salary of 2,000 euros, so it is absolutely reasonable for him to rent a better house.
In addition, Sporting Lisbon will provide a rental subsidy every month.
For example, at the Don José apartment where Ronnie and his friends are currently living, Sporting Lisbon has contracted all the rent.
Although Su Dong doesn't have high requirements for living conditions, being able to live with Ronnie is a pretty good thing.
So he reached a consensus with Ronnie on the spot.
Jose Semedo's salary is very low, mainly because his performance in the youth team is not ideal, and the club seems to have no intention of improving his contract, but Sudong and Rooney still decided to help him pay the rent.
The three of them are so familiar with each other, it's impossible for Su Dong and Ronnie to live together and let Jose Semedo live in the club dormitory, right?
