Chapter 473 Why?
Although he was very unhappy with the new task given by the bullhead, extremely unhappy, Jose could only accept it helplessly - life is like that. If you can't resist, then close your eyes and enjoy it...
Jose began to enjoy himself in pain.
Although Jose has no idea about how to save Puerta, no matter what, we must first bring these two Spanish players who are regrettable in later generations to their own team.
In Jose's opinion, this is not a very difficult thing.
Mendeta was loaned to Middlesbrough by Lazio last season. His performance was pretty good, at least not bad. However, after that season, Middlesbrough gave up the right to buy the opponent Mendeta, and Mendeta's contract has one year left with Lazio. Now Lazio is in an economic crisis. They definitely don't want to pay the annual salary of 2.8 million euros, otherwise they would not loan Mendeta to Middlesbrough last season by sharing half of their salary. Poor Mendeta played for a season after transferring to Lazio, and then Lazio kept lending. First
Barcelona, and then Middlesbrough. In fact, Mendeta's performance in the past two seasons is not too bad, but compared with his outstanding performance before, it is really nothing. At that time, his transfer fee to Lazio was as high as more than 40 million euros, so his salary was not much less. The transfer fee of nearly 3 million euros is not affordable by any team. Therefore, Mendeta himself is very confused now, and Lazio is also very troubled - they bought Mendeta at the time in installments, and now they still owe Valencia tens of millions. Now Valencia is asking them to collect debts, and if they don't pay them back, they will sue them in court...
So Lazio is also eager to get rid of Mendeta's burden. If he had hoped to cash out with Mendeta before, then once Mendeta passed thirty, they would never have thought about getting back cash from Mendeta. If it weren't for their financial difficulties, they would rather buy out Mendeta's contract for the next year - that would cost more than two million euros!
In this case, it is actually very easy to introduce Mendeta. As long as you ask Mendeta to agree to transfer to your team, then Lazio will definitely be willing to send him away if he doesn't have any money...
However, teams that can afford Mödita’s salary don’t care about paying more transfer fees to buy a player that is more likely to be helpful to the team. Serie A teams will not want Mödita. The current Spanish players introduced in Serie A are basically nightmares. Teams that can afford Mödita in the Premier League look down on Mödita. Chelsea stare at better players. They are not short of money. Arsenal is tightening money. Manchester United’s midfielder is also not short of people. All they want is forwards. Liverpool... They also don’t lack midfielders like Mödita now.
As for La Liga teams, Real Madrid is only thinking about buying central defenders now. At the same time, they are pursuing Vieira. Barcelona is staring at Deco and Giulli after buying Etoo. Valencia has no intention of buying Mendeta again. They are also not short of midfielders. La Coruña now has no money to buy people. They are all young players.
So if Jose wants Mendeta, then he actually has no competitors.
So Jose was not in a hurry at all, and he was not in a hurry to contact Lazio, but wanted to talk to Mendeta first.
Now Mendeta is at his home in Bilbao - he is a Basque native and was abandoned by his mother since he was a child. He grew up in an orphanage. Mendeta has never forgiven his mother. Even though he later knew who his mother was, he liked his hometown. Even though he had played football in Valencia at the age of eighteen, he then went to Lazio, Barcelona and Middlesbrough, but he only had temporary residences in these places. For this orphan, Bilbao was his home.
Mendeta's home is not a secret, so Jose easily found Mendeta's home address. When he knocked on Mendeta's door, what appeared in front of him was a angular face, with a little sadness, and his long golden hair was scattered over his head, making the man look full of momentum.
Gezca Mendeta, former Spanish international, Valencia's pride and midfield superstar, has now become a point where even a mid-range Premier League team like Middlesbrough cannot play as the main player...
After seeing Jose, Menditta was stunned for a moment - he naturally knew this young coach who had gained an outstanding reputation in Spanish football in recent years. Even when he became famous in La Liga, Jose was just an unknown assistant coach. When he led the Spanish national team and the French national team in the European Cup, Jose was still resting in the hospital bed...
However, the feng shui has changed in turn. Just four years later, the encounter between the two people has undergone tremendous changes. Jose has become one of the best coaches in Europe and the leader among the young Spanish coaches. Mendeta has begun to be gradually forgotten. Even though he is only 30 years old, he has become the fastest superstar in the media's sighs and strange depravity...
"Mr. Mendetta, I came to you specifically." Jose said with a smile.
Menditta came to his senses, then opened the door and put Jose in.
Mendeta's apartment is quite neat, which may be related to his early family. After Jose walked in, his nose swayed slightly and did not smell the smell of wine. Although Mendeta was a little decadent, he was still in good spirits. It seems that this season has basically become the main player in the Premier League, which has restored Mendeta's condition a lot, but it was not able to find a place to play football in the new season, which also gave him a big blow.
Mendeta's wife brought coffee, a woman with an ordinary appearance - Mendeta is considered late to be a latecomer. Although he played football in Valencia very early, his performance in Valencia has been considered to be average. It was not until Ranieri took office that he was transformed from an engineer to an excellent attacking midfielder by Ranieri. After Cooper took over Ranieri, Mendeta and Valencia reached their peak at the same time, reaching the Champions League final for two consecutive years. He himself entered the Spanish national team because of his outstanding performance and transferred to Lazio with a high value...
But everything ended in this place. After going to Lazio, it was not suitable for the local conditions and was able to quickly slide down in those years, until now.
After entering, Jose didn't speak much, but looked at Mendeta, a not-so-decorated apartment that was not very luxurious. Mendeta made a good profit in football. He said before that his performance in Valencia could only be considered average. Ranieri and Cooper were the four years he performed best. However, Valencia's salary was not high at that time. Only after transferring to Lazio, Mendeta received a very high salary. Mendeta was not a person who likes to spend money, so his apartment was relatively simple.
Mendeta also looked at Jose silently. He didn't know why Jose was looking for him. The two had no intersection before and were not very familiar with him. Although Mendeta thought that Jose might want to introduce himself, he himself didn't believe it. Although he thought he performed well in Middlesbrough last season, Middlesbrough gave up his right to buy first after the end of the season. Now his contract with Lazio is only one year left. Lazio's new chairman Lotito seems to not even want to look at him. This last superstar introduced by former Cranioti has become the last straw that drags down Lazio's economy. Lazio's worth of 48 million euros was only paid more than 10 million, and the remaining three thousand
Dovan Lazio has been delayed for three years. Now Valencia is trying to sue and get back the debt. Lotito has only spent 25 million to take over Lazio. Of course, he is unwilling to pay for his ex's sucker. However, no matter what, he has to pay it back. So Lotito was forced to discuss with Valencia whether he could use Xier, no, to pay off the debt. Valencia was about to declare bankruptcy, so he could only agree with this. With the request of the new head coach Ranieri, they directly obtained all ownership of Fiorre and Corradi from Lazio, offsetting the previous debt. In this case, it would be a hell that Lotito could give Mendeta a good face, although he himself knew that this was not a mistake.
In this case, how could Mendeta hope to transfer to the newly released Triple Crown Team Mallorca? Although if someone said he wanted him to transfer to Mallorca four years ago, Mendeta would definitely vomit that person's face...
After serving coffee to Mendeta and Jose, Mendeta's wife left--she knew that the Spanish celebrity must have something to tell her husband that the woman hid in the kitchen and began to pray to God--O God Almighty, let Gezka go to a team that can restore him to form...
After a while, Jose's words broke the silence.
"I have been wondering, what exactly is the reason that a player who led Spain to compete with the strong France in the European Cup four years ago and faced the world's best attacking midfielder Zidane. If he hadn't been replaced early, Spain would have been able to drag France into overtime or even go further, and become what he is now?"
Jose said it not loudly, but every word hammered Mendeta's heart like a hammer.
Yes, what happened that made his performance worse year by year? Not to mention four years ago, even three years ago, he led Valencia to the finals of the Champions League again, and led Valencia to compete with Bayern led by Effenberg, the top attacking midfielder at the time, without losing the upper hand. If it weren't for Kahn's wonderful performance in the penalty shootout, Valencia would have won the Champions League championship!
In just three years, I fell to this point - this is also a question that Mendieta kept asking me whenever he woke up from his dream at midnight!
"I began to think that you started to lose motivation after getting a high salary, and also thought that you were addicted to something else and your physical fitness declined... However, I have been obsessed with you just now. There is still flame in your eyes, your desire for victory and your love for football. At the same time, your physical fitness has not declined. Compared with you three years ago, you have not changed much. At most, your physical fitness has declined a little bit when you are thirty years old, but your essential things have not changed."
Speaking of this, Jose paused for a moment, and then said in an inquiring tone: "So why? Why did you become what you are now?"
Why? Mendetta was also asking himself, he wanted to roar loudly, but in the end he could only smile bitterly.
Why...
Chapter completed!