Two Hundred and Forty-One High, You Can Add a Little More!

The dialogue between Gao Shen and Guardiola was more about teasing each other.

If Naples really wants to poach someone from Barcelona, ​​even if Guardiola doesn't lead this line to Gao Shen, Gao Shen will still have a way to get in touch, at worst, let the club directly contact him.

This is basically what Guardiola, the head coach of the second team, can decide.

All jokes aside, Guardiola still treated Gao Shen graciously, and specially invited him to his home for dinner.

Guardiola's wife is a fashion designer who runs her own company in Barcelona. The two currently have a son and a daughter. The eldest daughter is only six years old.

For Gao Shen's arrival, their whole family is very welcome.

That night, Guardiola drove Gao Shen to a famous Spanish restaurant in the city center.

It can be seen that he is a frequent visitor here, he called in advance to reserve a seat, and after parking the car, he went straight into the box.

While the two were talking without a word, Tesiki Begiristan came.

Barcelona's technical director is not tall, about 1.7 meters.

When he played, he was a typical Spanish left-winger, and he was not in Barcelona's youth training.

Instead, he comes from the north of Spain, through the Real Sociedad youth academy.

At the age of 24, he transferred to Barcelona. Under Cruyff, he created the dynasty era of Barcelona's dream team. After that, he went to Deportivo and played in Japan in 1999.

Speaking of which, he is fairly familiar with China.

As the management of Barcelona, ​​Begiristan is a very talkative person. As soon as he sat down, he chatted with Gao Shen about Japan and Asia. In those years, Japanese football developed very fast.

Begiristain's career can be said to be a standard development route for a star after retirement.

Either become a head coach, or enter management.

This has always been the case in professional football, and even the fans are more than happy to see it.

But there will be a problem: not every player who transforms is a qualified manager, let alone as outstanding as the Bayern Big Three.

The most typical example is Mijatovic, the current general manager of Real Madrid, who is a negative teaching material.

Begiristan actually did a decent job, but not much better.

The reason why there were two peaks of the Dream Team 2 and the Dream Team 3 during his tenure has a lot to do with the blowout of Barcelona's youth training talents in recent years, which has brought Barcelona an endless supply of talents.

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"To tell you the truth, Tesiki, there was a young player in your youth team who performed very well last season, Sergio Busquets, you probably don't have the idea of ​​promoting him to the first team for the time being?" Gao smiled deeply into the topic.

The corners of Guardiola's eyes twitched, and he screamed inwardly.

This guy is here to poach his corner.

Just a few days ago, he handed over to Begiristan the team plan for the Barcelona second team, which included promoting Busquets from the youth team to the second team, but...

"Wait, Gao, don't you want a deep midfielder?" Guardiola asked wonderingly.

Gao Shen was taken aback, "Yeah, what's the matter?"

Guardiola and Begiristan looked pretty, and they both saw each other's strangeness and confusion.

"Sergio Busquets played as a winger and he scored seven goals in 26 games last season."

winger?

Gao Shen is a little silly, that tall and clumsy guy, playing as a winger?

He just felt like he was going to turn into a black question mark face.

Are you sure you're not joking?

"I don't think he can play as a winger. I think he can play as a midfielder and play as a deep midfielder." That's all Gao Shen could say.

Guardiola still didn't quite believe it, but nodded slightly.

The ability to train players in depth, especially the ability to change players' positions, is quite convincing to him.

Well, try to find a chance in the new season and let him play the fourth position in the late midfielder.

Begiristan is also a shrewd fellow,

Immediately understood, he laughed and said: "Gao, this player can get your favor, I really like him playing midfield."

Gao Shen was stunned, "Not for sale?"

"I'm really sorry, Gao, you know, Busquets' father is also my teammate, I was the one who brought him into La Masia back then, tell me..." Begiristan spread his hands with a helpless expression.

Gao Shen is full of slander, I believe you are a big-headed ghost, but...

"Hey, I found out that I've been fooled by the two of you." Gao Shen scolded with a smile.

Guardiola and Begiristan looked at each other and laughed.

"Gao, in the European football circle, everyone is saying that you have a very vicious vision. Look at the players you selected for Real Madrid and your players in Naples. To be honest, I didn't mean to praise you. , in this respect, if you consider yourself second, I guess no one dares to recognize you as number one."

As Begiristan said, he really gave Gao Shen a thumbs up.

"Stop these polite nonsense for me, and just say a word, will Busquets sell it?"

"I really can't sell it. If I sell it, I can't explain it to my old teammates."

Gao Shen dug the groove directly.

However, this is also within his expectations.

But he still looked depressed, and even had an "outraged" expression of being betrayed.

"Then my trip was for nothing, and I helped you choose a player for free?

"Look at other suitable candidates, as long as they are on the transfer list, we can do it."

"It's already on the transfer list, I still want to find you? Unless, you give me a preferential price."

Gao Shen's request was reasonable, and Begiristan wanted to agree.

But who is Guardiola on the side?

He knew Gao Shen too well, so he took the first step and blocked him: "It can't be too favorable."

It was only then that Begiristan suddenly realized, and almost said profoundly, "Yes, the price is reasonable."

Take a deep look at Guardiola, then look at Begiristan, with an expression that I really want to get angry, don't run if you have the guts!

Seeing Gao Shen deflated, Guardiola really felt a little strangely refreshed.

No way, who made Gao Shen look so confident all the time?

"Frankly speaking, Tesiki, the players on your transfer list are really not good." Gao Shen shook his head in disgust.

Before coming, he already knew about Barcelona's transfer list.

Begiristan and Guardiola both looked at each other and smiled. If you perform well, will it be your turn?

"How much do you plan to sell Belletti?" Gao Shen asked.

"At least six million euros." Begiristain quoted a price.

"You might as well grab it, he is thirty-one years old." Gao Shen shook his head.

"At least it's much easier to use than Garrick, isn't it?" Begiristan laughed.

Everyone in Europe knew that Gao Shen was directly beaten 3-0 by Inter Milan because of the unfavorable right back. He was deeply ashamed and threatened to retaliate at the San Siro.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Gao Shen wants to introduce Belletti.

Although he is a bit older, he has rich experience, strength and condition are also maintained very well.

"It's too expensive, we can't afford it, and his annual salary is also high." Gao Shen shook his head.

The transfer fee is only part of it, the most important thing is that Belletti's annual salary is quite high.

For a player of this level, except for the giants, no one dares to think about it unless he takes the initiative to cut his salary.

But with Belletti's strength, how could he take the initiative to cut his salary to join Naples?

Begiristan has a helpless expression that I can't help.

"In these years, it is not easy to pick up the leaks of the rich teams." Gao Shen sighed.

This is actually the tragedy of the rich and small teams.

The annual salary is the widest moat for the giants. As long as this is there, the small teams will not be able to compete with the giants.

"By the way, I remember, you also have a player named Thiago Mota, you want to sell?"

"This player is not on the listing list, but he really wants to go." Begiristain replied without paying attention.

Thiago Motta wanted to go because he couldn't get a place at Barcelona.

At the age of twenty-five, the chances of playing in the Barcelona first team are few and far between.

The most important thing is that after Barcelona introduced Thuram and Zambrotta last season, the defense line was sufficient. Marcos and Edmilson were basically in the midfield position, which severely squeezed Thiago Motta's chances of playing. .

In March, Thiago Motta missed the team's training session because he couldn't stand the media's accusations of his poor performance and the delay in getting a chance to play, which led to lack of confidence. In a rage, Germany was fined and suspended internally, and was directly thrown into the cold palace.

And this summer, Barcelona introduced Yaya Toure, an Ivorian midfielder, which basically sentenced Thiago Mota to death, so the midfielder is clamoring to leave Barcelona.

"I heard that you offered Inter Milan 1.5 million euros?" Gao Shen asked tentatively.

It is said that the Milan duo are eyeing this kid.

"It's impossible, you know, Thiago Mota's current appraisal price is still six million euros, even if he doesn't get the chance to play, how can he not drop so much?" Begiristan shook his head and denied.

Gao Shen nodded cooperatively, "It makes sense, I'm not interested in this glass man either."

After finishing speaking, he smiled disgustingly.

But the words were on Begiristan's mind.

Thiago Motta's quality is there, and he's great, but that's all in the past.

Since his right knee was injured in 2004, he has been suffering from constant injuries. In January 2006, he finally made up his mind and had an operation on his knee. Later, Barcelona encountered a wave of injuries, and he played quite well for a time.

When Barcelona played against the sophisticated Real Madrid, he was the main force.

But unfortunately, Barcelona lost too miserably, Thiago Motta was also criticized, and his performance went from bad to worse. The more he played, the less confident he played, and the less confident he played, the worse he played. Not as good as before.

The Milan duo admired Thiago Motta very much, but they were all discouraged by the price of 6 million euros, and they were not interested in even a discount, which made Begiristan not without worry.

Do you really want to keep this young player in the team and become an unstable factor?

Especially the absence from training last season.

Thinking of this, Begiristan also pondered over and over in his heart.

The team has given up on this player, and what needs to be done now is to stop the loss as much as possible.

Cheap is cheap.

"Gao, if you add a little more, I'll sell him to you!"

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