Coaching career started as a college team coach

"Want to treat me to another meal? Discuss specific matters?" Ruben Dias listened to his agent's words on the other end of the phone, and he deliberately asked, "Will there be no problems with such private contact? As far as I know, according to regulations, teams cannot contact players from other teams privately to seek transfers."

"You, you are worried about this?" The agent seemed to laugh angrily, and he laughed twice, "Everyone does this, there will be no problem."

Ruben Dias hummed, but he was secretly happy in his heart. What he lacked was evidence, and it seemed that his agent was particularly willing to provide him with evidence. Ruben Dias glanced at the screen of his mobile phone calmly and confirmed that the phone recording had started at this time.

"I can meet, as long as you can guarantee that this will not cause trouble for the Wolves and me." Ruben Dias said, "This should be against the rules, isn't it?"

"Okay, okay, okay." The agent rolled his eyes on the other end of the phone and said perfunctorily, "How could I do something that is not in your favor? There will be no problem, everyone does this."

"Also, will Mr. Mendes go?"

"He has a conflict of time and can't come."

Ruben Dias was a little disappointed, but didn't say much.

"Okay, see you then." Ruben Dias hung up the phone after saying that. He turned out the call record, clicked on the phone recording and listened to it. He confirmed that he had captured a clear recording. He exported the recording to the computer and felt relieved.

Then, he took a deep breath and dialed another number.

"He asked me to meet, I think you can start preparing the materials."

"Okay." Matt Hobbs hung up the phone happily.

When Ruben Dias walked into the high-end restaurant in Wolverhampton again, he saw two people waiting for him in the box he had been to last time.

One was his agent talking, and the other was smiling politely, probably the agent sent by Manchester City.

"Ah, you're here." Ruben Dias' agent saw Ruben Dias walk into the treasure box, and hurriedly smiled and greeted Ruben Dias to sit next to him.

"Hello, sir." Ruben Dias sat next to his agent with a normal look.

Ruben Dias' agent was very happy with such a polite move, and the representative sent by Manchester City was also very happy. It seemed that today would be a pleasant meeting.

This was also the first time for Ruben Dias to come into contact with such an "illegal meeting".

FIFA stipulates that when contacting players from other countries whose contracts are more than 6 months away from expiration, the player's club must agree, otherwise it will be considered illegal.

But such illegal behavior is actually difficult to prohibit.

From the purpose, it is obviously unrealistic to let players think about their future only within the two months of the transfer period, less than six weeks. Before a team tries to buy a player, it must investigate whether the other party is interested in it. Such contact is often tacitly allowed.

From the method, it is really difficult to catch them in the act. Maybe it is just a person working in the club and his friend, who is also the agent of a player, chatting. It is difficult to catch them talking about the player's transfer. Maybe the weather is still being discussed in the previous second, and the next second, it is to talk about whether the player is interested in the transfer.

This forces FIFA to adopt an attitude of "no complaint, no action". As long as it is not reported and there is clear evidence to support it, FIFA will never take the initiative to investigate the matter.

Ruben Dias knows about this matter, so he is more curious about how the "secret meeting" of Manchester City will proceed.

But in fact, it seems that this is really just "eating a meal". The representatives of Manchester City basically did not mention anything about Manchester City, but chatted like a friend.

Fortunately, his agent was very good at answering questions, which kept the atmosphere from cooling down. From beginning to end, Ruben Dias kept his head down while eating and rarely expressed his opinions.

Mainly because he was too hungry. Such dinner invitations are not always available, so of course he had to eat a lot.

It was not until the last dessert was served that the representative of Manchester City really got to the point.

"What is your impression of Manchester City?" he suddenly asked with a smile. At this time, Ruben Dias felt his agent's expectant eyes.

Ruben Dias put down his knife and fork calmly, then smiled and said, "Manchester City is a big club with the potential to become the best club in the world."

Ruben Dias' agent nodded with satisfaction and continued to cut the mousse cake into pieces with confidence. And Manchester CityThe representative of the Manchester City team heard this and exchanged glances with Ruben Dias, who went up to him without dodging.

"If, I mean, if, Manchester City is willing to let you transfer to Manchester City, would you be willing?"

"Of course it depends on the conditions." Ruben Dias said.

"Conditions, oh, of course." The representative of Manchester City smiled and spread his hands, "The conditions are very, very generous! But I guess you have seen it from some channels, but after the recommendation of your agent, Manchester City attaches great importance to you as a player."

"They are willing to give you a higher salary, which means more room for development!"

But Ruben Dias never heard what he wanted to hear from beginning to end, that is - about the guarantee of future development and playing opportunities.

"May I ask what your positioning is for me? If I am a substitute, how long will I have to sit? If I don't get enough playing opportunities, will you be willing to loan me out? Do you have any specific plans for the cultivation of my player characteristics in the future?"

"Uh, this..." When a series of questions hit his face, the representative of Manchester City choked. If it is the first question, it can still fool around, saying that the competition is fierce, so there is no guarantee.

But the subsequent training of players' characteristics? What is this requirement? Does Manchester City have it?

Of course not!

Manchester City is not only interested in Ruben Dias, how could they attach so much importance to it that they would come up with a player training plan before Ruben Dias joined?

"No, but Manchester City will definitely prepare a training plan for you after you join the team, so there is no need to worry. In addition, there should be no team that can meet such demanding requirements as you said."

"Unfortunately, Wolves have met it." After saying this, Ruben Dias stood up and stretched out his hand to the Manchester City representative. The Manchester City representative was surprised to see Ruben Dias standing up in front of him.

He knew that this action meant that Ruben Dias thought the negotiations were over.

He didn't know why Ruben Dias, who seemed very interested at dinner, suddenly rejected his proposal at this time. But thinking carefully, Ruben Dias had not expressed much opinion from beginning to end. It was his agent who had been guaranteeing that Ruben Dias would be particularly willing to do so.

It seemed that this was not the case.

Ruben Dias' agent panicked at this time, and he could not help but shouting, "Are you crazy?! Sit down!"

He actually gritted his teeth and pulled Ruben Dias' sleeve, trying to pull him down, regardless of his image. And such an inappropriate behavior was only more pathetic in Ruben Dias's eyes. He looked at his agent with disappointment, and then stretched out his hand unwaveringly.

"Okay." The representative of Manchester City shrugged and stood up, "Anyway, this is a very happy dinner."

The representative of Manchester City stared at Ruben Dias' agent. It was he who assured Manchester City that nothing would go wrong. This also made Manchester City decide to temporarily shelve the negotiations with Laporte.

And this choice of "no chance of error" was actually not even agreed by the player himself?

If anyone is responsible for this, then Ruben Dias's nonsense agent is to blame.

"As Manchester City's agent, I am very disappointed that you didn't join Manchester City. But as your fan, I am glad that you can make your own choice." The Manchester City representative completely ignored Ruben Dias' agent, who looked embarrassed and even a little desperate at the moment, and smiled and shook Ruben Dias's outstretched hand.