Chapter 6 A Big Surprise
Portugal has a high hairline, which gives him a very wise look.
He was very surprised to see Gao Shen arriving.
The two have dealt with each other, but Gao Shen was just an intern at that time, but now, Gao Shen is the head coach of Real Madrid.
Agent? The agent is also the head coach!
What surprised him even more was that Gao Shen was quite talkative. He started complaining as soon as they met, saying how isolated and helpless he was in the first team, and how his superiors asked him to do this and that, but now he had no one on hand, so what could he do?
"Michelle, I believe you also know what the new chairman said?" Gao Shen felt that the time was almost right, and immediately revealed his true colors.
"What? He said a lot." Portugal frowned and thought.
"It was that sentence. He advocated evaluating Real Madrid's stars, cutting off half of the incompetent players and rectifying the locker room."
Portugal's eyes flashed with surprise and he looked at Gao Shen in disbelief, while Gao Shen nodded with an innocent and helpless look.
This immediately reminded Portugal of the long-rumored news.
The management is getting serious!
In January 2005, Luxemburgo replaced Raymond as the head coach of Real Madrid with the aim of tidying up the locker room. Before Luxemburgo was dismissed, there was a mutiny in the Real Madrid locker room. The superstars were extremely dissatisfied with his tough approach. When the then chairman Florentino used Carlo, there were reports that he wanted to suppress the superstars. However, he did not expect that Carlo was too nice and another conciliatory person.
So, from the change of coach to the dismissal of technical director Sacchi, the accountability was passed up step by step, and finally Florentino resigned.
But there is also a saying that Florentino could have stayed in office, but he couldn't bear to take action against the superstars, so he arranged for Vice President Martin to take office in order to get rid of those superstars.
Because of this, Martin threatened to cut half of the incompetent players as soon as he took office.
In that case, isn’t Gao Shen the knife in the new chairman’s hand?
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Gao Shen had not known before that so many things had happened in Real Madrid in the past year.
He also saw some news reports in the country that year, but there were not so many details. It was just a big and vague report, such as Florentino stepping down and Luxemburg being fired.
Portugal thought that everyone knew it, and since it was not a secret within the company, he told it all.
The thrills here are even more intense than the intrigues within the companies Gao Shen has worked in.
But Gao Shen was also secretly excited, as he keenly sensed an opportunity.
After chatting for more than half an hour, Portugal gave the green light to Gao Shen's request.
He even took out the roster of the second team and asked Gao Shen to select players from it.
Castilla has been competing in the Spanish Second Division this season, but its performance has been mediocre. It is currently ranked eighth. There is an insurmountable ceiling ahead and it cannot be promoted at all, but it does not need to worry about relegation. Portugal has the confidence to be generous.
Gao Shen also gave him enough face and promised to communicate with him in advance about the players who would appear in the game. All players who were not included in the first-team's starting roster could return to the second team to participate and ensure the second team's performance.
Portugal was fine at first , but as he watched Gao Shen's hooks and his main players leave him one after another, he felt a pain in his heart.
Captain Arbeloa, main center forward Negredo, midfielder De La Red, defensive midfielder Xavi Garcia...
Every time Gao Shen made a hook, Portugal's heart ached. He could only hope that Gao Shen could fulfill his promise and allow these players to return to the second team to participate in the competition. Otherwise, how could he play in the Spanish Second Division with a weakened team?
Of course, from a systemic perspective, it is the second team’s duty to unconditionally supply talent to the first team.
Gao Shen noticed Portugal's expression and laughed in his heart, but there was really nothing he could do.
Real Madrid's youth team is really full of talents, but it's a pity that there is no reasonable promotion path to the first team. In addition, the competition in Real Madrid's first team is so fierce that it makes it difficult for their own youth training talents to gain a foothold in the first team.
But now, Gaoshen is really short of manpower.
However, Gao Shen soon encountered a problem.
There are actually two people named Callejon in the second team.
Juanmi Callejon and José Callejon, both 19 years old, were born on February 11, 1987. Both are right-footed wingers, but one plays on the left and the other on the right. They are both currently the main players of the second team.
It is true that Gao Shen was a football fan in his previous life, but he had never paid attention to this detail.
Which one is the Callejón in his memory?
In the end, there was no other choice but Gao Shen waved his hand and both of them entered the first team.
Take the person down first, then slowly identify him.
This made Portugal's mouth twitch and he almost cried.
And Gao Shen noticed another player on the list.
"Felipe Luis?" Gao Shen pointed at the player and looked at Portugal.
A Brazilian player, born on August 9, 1985, a left back. This is the same person as Felipe Luis, who later played at the world's top left back level for Atletico Madrid in Gao Shen's impression.
But how come he is in Real Madrid?
Portugal nodded, "Yes, he is the Brazilian teenager that the team loaned from Rentisas. Carlo kept him, and he is also the team's main left back this season, and he is doing well."
Gao Shen specifically looked through Felipe Luis' resume and found that the young Brazilian player first played for Figueirense of Brazil and was loaned to Ajax, but failed to stay, so Figueirense sold him to the Uruguayan team Rentistras, and the Uruguayan team loaned him to Real Madrid.
Real Madrid has previously introduced two Uruguayan players, Pablo Garcia and Diogo, and the same agent is actually behind the scenes.
After Felipe Luis came to Real Madrid, he never appeared in the first team and played directly in the second team. Therefore, many fans, including Gao Shen, did not even know that he had played for Real Madrid.
This is definitely a huge surprise!
How good is Felipe Luis?
At his peak, he was one of the top three left-backs in the world, capable of both offense and defense. From Deportivo La Coruna to Atletico Madrid, his level remained as outstanding as ever.
More importantly, if Gao Shen remembers correctly, he quickly became a main player after joining Deportivo La Coruna, but he broke his leg at one point. But even so, he still attracted the attention of top teams such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, and later became one of the top three left-backs in the world.
It is conceivable that a person with a broken leg can become a world-class player. What does that mean?
In the first team, Carlos was the most strongly opposed to Gao Shen. Gao Shen had always wanted to use Carlos as a warning to others, but Carlos was too important to Real Madrid. Apart from Carlos, who else could play on the left?
Raúl Bravo? Or Ramos as a guest star?
Now, Felipe Luis has come. Although he is Brazilian, he can just relieve Gao Shen’s worries.
More importantly, it can be a signal.
After taking down Carlos, whether it is reusing Raul Bravo or letting Ramos and Arbeloa play as guest players, this is suppressing the Brazilian gang. The morale of the local gang will definitely be boosted. Is this a good thing?
Over the years, the local gang has been suppressed by the Brazilian gang and the superstars and has been in a very poor situation. Even the leader Raul cannot play as a striker, which is his best position, and is even forced to play as a defensive midfielder. That is why they are willing to cooperate with Gao Shen.
But once they become the dominant force in the locker room, can this cooperation continue?
Who can guarantee that they will not become the second Brazilian gang?
You know, Raul, Guti and others have a better relationship with Bosque and Hierro than anyone else.
People without thought, he must worry about.
This seems a little far-fetched, but we have to be on guard against it.
From the head coach's point of view, balance is the best locker room situation.
Felipe Luis is a very suitable entry point, telling everyone that Gao Shen doesn't care about local gangs, superstars or Brazilian gangs. As long as they are willing to play for Real Madrid and can cooperate with him, he welcomes them.
Thinking of this, Gao Shen ticked Felipe Luis's name without hesitation.
If Arbeloa, Negredo, De La Red and others were already within Gao Shen's expectations, then Felipe Luis was Gao Shen's unexpected surprise.
Afterwards, Gao Shen hooked out three players, Granero, Parejo and Juan Mata. He originally planned to hook out young players such as Bueno as well. Anyway, he was not afraid of crowds now. However, after seeing the resentful look of Portugal, he resisted the urge.
Even so, he took away half of Portugal's main players and some important substitute players, making the Castilla coach feel as painful as if his flesh was cut.
This guy from China is so cruel!
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We came alone and left with a group of people.
Not only was he followed by a dozen young players from the second team, Gao Shen even poached intern Fernando Lucas.
Now the coaching staff of the first team are all Carlo's people. The assistant coach is Maqueda, who has more experience than Gao Shen. Gao Shen also needs to be on guard, so it is better to have a trusted person around him to do his job.
A group of people marched through the barbed wire and entered the first team's training area.
The young players were very surprised after receiving the notice. Some of them were almost the same age as Gao Shen and they had dealt with him before, but they did not expect that Gao Shen would become the head coach of the first team and transfer them to the first team, realizing their dreams of many years. How could these young players not be excited?
Which teenager doesn’t dream of a bright future?
They have crossed the barbed wire, who would be willing to go back?
Since Gao Shen caused such a big fuss, the first-line team also received the news quickly.
The coaching staff had not received any notice before, and now Gao Shen brought people directly over, catching them off guard.
The players were even more shocked.
You know, when Carlo coached the first team, he promoted several young players from the second team, resulting in a total of 32 players training with the first team, including four goalkeepers.
Now, Gao Shen brought in more than a dozen players at once, and the total number of players in the first team immediately soared to more than 40.
My God, this is definitely the largest and most bloated first-team lineup Real Madrid has ever had.
What exactly does he want to do?
Will the board really let him do what he wants?
Doesn't he understand that quality is more important than quantity?
Raul, Guti, Casillas, Ramos and others stood aside, watching silently what was happening outside the window.
"I thought I was brave enough, but I didn't expect him to be even more outrageous than me." Ramos laughed.
Guti nodded happily, "I'm beginning to like him a little bit."
Raul and Casillas are both cautious people. They could not hide their surprise and joy at this moment, but at the same time they were also a little worried.
Can things really go so smoothly?
