Chapter 74 Saving Kaka
"Kaka, hurry up."
A young man came out from the rear window of the red Volkswagen Golf parked in the yard and shouted at the second floor of the house behind the car.
"Coming!" came a hurried response from home.
The boy sat back in the back seat and snorted angrily, "He's always like this. He always has to bring a lot of stuff when he goes to grandma's house."
The Wrights, who were sitting in the front row, looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
"It's a good thing he likes swimming," said Mr. Wright.
"Who said that? He always sneaks into the water over there when you aren't paying attention." The younger brother complained angrily.
"Didn't you, Degan?" Mrs. Wright asked, looking back at her youngest son and smiling.
Digan wanted to laugh, but he didn't dare to laugh. "I'm different from him."
The Wrights in the front row looked at each other again and smiled knowingly.
Both sons are good, but they don’t seem to get along very well. After all, they are both boys and they both play football.
As he was speaking, a young man with a sunny smile rushed out of the house as fast as an arrow, opened the door and got into the car, panting.
"You can go now, Dad."
"Kaka, did you secretly bring something to grandma's house again?" Mrs. Wright turned around and asked her eldest son.
She is a teacher and is quite authoritative at home. The children are all afraid of her.
Kaka just laughed and pretended to be stupid, but didn't answer.
"First of all, the swimming pool at grandma's house is relatively shallow. You could jump in it when you were small and short, but now you are grown up. You have to pay attention to safety, okay?" Mrs. Wright warned.
"I know, Mom. Can we go now?" Kaka urged impatiently.
Mrs. Wright looked at her husband helplessly.
The children have grown up and are becoming more and more mischievous.
Just as Mr. Wright started the car and the red Volkswagen Golf had just turned out of Kaka's yard, his cell phone rang at an inopportune time.
"Your company has been busy lately." Di Gan complained in the back row.
Mr. Wright could only park his car by the roadside and turned around to smile at his silly son, "Isn't our company just your club?"
Since Kaka was selected into the São Paulo youth training camp, in order to take better care of their son and let him play football wholeheartedly, the Wrights decided to move their home to the vicinity of the club, and Mr. Wright also went to work in São Paulo.
At this time, the person who called him was the chairman of the club.
"Hello, Mr. Chairman...what?"
As soon as the phone was connected, Mr. Wright heard a piece of shocking news that shocked him to the point of being completely Spartan.
After a while, the other three people in the car were also shocked when they saw Mr. Wright put down his mobile phone like a zombie.
"What's going on, Bosco?" Mrs. Wright asked concernedly.
Mr. Wright looked at his wife, somewhat bewildered, then turned to look at Kaka in the back row. "The club just informed me that Atletico Madrid from La Liga has made an offer for Kaka, 1 million euros, and the club has agreed!"
"What?" Mrs. Wright was also surprised.
Not to mention Kaka in the back row.
As for their family, their biggest wish has always been for Kaka to play football in Europe, which means fame and money in Brazil.
But when it suddenly appeared, they all felt fear instinctively.
It is a kind of awe of the unknown.
…
"I'm sorry to interrupt your visit, Mr. Wright."
A few hours later, Yang Hao hosted a banquet for Kaka's family in a hotel near the São Paulo Club.
Including Di Gan who plays as a central defender.
When Yang Hao learned that Kaka's family was originally scheduled to visit his grandmother's house today, he suddenly thought that in his previous life, Kaka had dived into the swimming pool at his grandmother's house, causing a fracture of the sixth vertebra and almost paralyzing his lower limbs. He also postponed his debut time for the Sao Paulo first team because of this.
I wonder if it’s this time?
But the timing doesn't match.
Yang Hao had read a lot of Kaka's materials in his previous life. Some said it was late summer, some said it was September, but now it was late June.
But none of this matters anymore.
The important thing is that Kaka does not have a broken spine yet.
Does this count as saving Kaka?
"Mr. Yang, please forgive me for being so presumptuous, but why do you like our Kaka?" Mr. Wright was very curious.
Even, a little wary.
"Do you suspect I'm a liar?" Yang Hao asked with a smile.
"No, no, no, of course not. We've all seen news and reports about you in the newspapers. You led Atletico Madrid to a miraculous relegation last season and defeated Real Madrid to win the Copa del Rey. There was also a lot of coverage in Brazil, and everyone was impressed by you."
Yang Hao didn't expect that he had some fame.
Mr. Wright seemed to be a very cautious man. He was afraid that Yang Hao would misunderstand, so he explained it again.
"To be honest, Kaka has had a talent for football since he was young, but he had some physical problems. He was very small and his bones developed late. When he was 14, he was only as good as a 12-year-old. He was small and skinny, but his skills were excellent."
Yang Hao was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Kaka had this side of him.
Why does this story sound so familiar?
However, you really can't tell, because he later grew to be 1.86 meters tall.
It's no wonder, after Wright's explanation, Yang Hao began to see some clues.
Kaka is too thin.
How to say it?
The kind that is as thin as a bamboo pole.
"It wasn't until he was 15 or 16 that he suddenly started to grow taller. As you know, being too short or growing taller suddenly is not a good thing, so Kaka has been adapting to this change for the past two years."
Yang Hao understood.
For technical players, a sudden increase in height is definitely not a good thing, because it means that the technical moves that they were best at before, even the speed and explosive power , will no longer be able to be used.
Some people can adapt again, but their technical style will definitely change. Some people cannot adapt and eventually become lost in the crowd.
But Kaka's speed and explosiveness are obviously still there, and his skills are still very good.
"During this period, Kaka has made great efforts and has been rewarded, isn't it?" Yang Hao said.
Mr. Wright glanced at Kaka and nodded with satisfaction. "My colleague at the Sao Paulo club has been very helpful. He's specially formulated a diet for Kaka, and Kaka has worked very hard. His speed and explosiveness haven't declined during this period, but his technical flexibility is obviously not as good as before."
"Are you still playing as a striker now?" Yang Hao asked again.
"Yes, but he's very weak in physical confrontation. As you can see, he's grown too fast. We haven't dared to train him in the past, so..."
At this moment, Yang Hao finally understood everything.
In his previous life, he had always been puzzled. With Kaka's personality, how could he hit his spine while diving?
Now I understand.
It was because he grew taller too fast and he had no idea of it, and he used the standards he used when he was shorter to measure and judge, which resulted in a misjudgment and caused him to be injured.
Scientifically speaking, it is not advisable to do too much muscle-building training before your height stops growing.
"Mr. Wright, I can assure you that Atletico Madrid's decision to sign Kaka was made after careful consideration. Whether it's his skills, speed, his dedication to training, or his personality, we all believe that he will become an excellent professional football player."
Yang Hao still didn't intend to explain how he found Kaka, because it was difficult to explain.
Kaka hasn't performed very well yet.
"Our club has just gone through some turmoil, as I'm sure you've heard, but we are determined to rebuild, so we will recruit outstanding young players from all over the world and develop them into talents. This is the core strategy of our club in the next few years."
"I can guarantee that when Kaka comes to Atletico Madrid, we have professional nutritionists who can provide him with the most scientific services. We also have the best professional coaches and physiotherapy teams who can provide him with the most scientific training to improve his level."
After a pause, Yang Hao laughed.
"Of course, given Kaka's current condition, I certainly can't give him a big role. He's still too weak physically and needs to gradually improve. He also needs to adapt to the European football environment. This will take a process, maybe a year or two, but that's not important. What we value is his future."
"So, you can rest assured that we will train Kaka to be a very good football player!"
Yang Hao didn't dare to say that he wanted to train Kaka to be the best.
Although this is true, at this moment, for Kaka, who is as thin as a bamboo pole, this is simply a big lie.
Saying it out loud would only make Kaka's parents more worried.
In Brazil, aren’t there many people who are deceived by those unscrupulous “human traffickers” to go abroad to play football every year?
On the contrary, Yang Hao's approach, which follows a step-by-step approach, is more convincing.
But even so, Yang Hao's words failed to dispel the Wrights' worries.
"Perhaps you could consider moving to Spain together, including Digan, so he can join our Atletico Madrid youth academy."
Compared with Kaka, Di Gan's achievements are far less, but given Yang Hao's current status, it is not difficult to arrange him into Atletico Madrid's youth training camp.
"Of course, we will try our best to arrange suitable jobs for you two."
Although the official language of Brazil is Portuguese, Spanish is more commonly used.
Mrs. Wright is a teacher and it was not difficult for her to find a job in Madrid.
It can be said that Yang Hao’s ability to offer so many chips is enough to demonstrate Atletico Madrid’s sincerity.
There is really nothing to complain about the Wrights, not to mention that Sao Paulo has "succumbed" to Atletico Madrid's offer of 1 million euros, and it is obvious that they are not particularly confident about Kaka's future.
No matter what, it is always a good thing to be able to play football in La Liga.
Thinking of this, the Wrights had nothing more to insist on.
…
Looking back from 2023, São Paulo can really be said to be full of talents.
For example, 20-year-old Luis Fabiano is a future Brazilian national team center forward who has played for Porto and Sevilla.
Of course, some people also say that he is the weakest main center in Brazilian history.
There is also Edmilson, who will play for Barcelona in the future. He is also a very strong player.
Baptista, the beast who would shine at Sevilla in the next few years and later play for teams like Real Madrid, Arsenal and Roma.
What’s even more interesting is that most of the players in the Sao Paulo team have dual nationality, either Italian or Spanish.
Yang Hao was also very curious, how did this work?
If there were no restrictions on foreign players, Yang Hao could poach a Champions League-level team from Brazil in minutes.
Now...
