Football: Take away half of Boss Mei's skills at the beginning

On June 1, 2018, Parma officially announced that Roberto De Zerbi will serve as Parma's head coach in the new season, and the two sides signed a three-year contract.

This signing did not cause much trouble. After all, a newly promoted team with a relegated head coach looks like a grass-roots team.

On the other hand, Parma began to prepare to buy players after completing the signing.

In the current lineup, they only have two genuine central defenders-Dotti and Di Cesare-so their first task is to add a few central defenders.

However, they only have this little money, so they can't spend too much on central defenders.

Their budget is 5 million euros.

This little money can't buy any outstanding players in Europe, so they set their sights on South America.

And Mateo's suggestion is a player named Christian Romero.

Today he is still playing for Belgrano Football Club in Argentina and is still a marginal player.

With the help of Crespo, Scala quickly contacted Juan Carlos Olaf, the director of Belgrano Club.

Belgrano Club can naturally let this marginal player go.

So when Parma offered a 4.3 million euro offer, Olaf immediately accepted the offer.

Romero himself was also very interested in going to Europe, so he agreed to join the team.

Soon, he also came to the club, and after completing the physical examination, he cleared the last obstacle.

In the end, the two sides signed a five-year contract with a weekly salary of 8,000 euros.

Crespo also came to Parma with Romero.

Crespo also officially became the vice president of the team. He will help Alessandro build Parma with Scala.

After signing Romero, Parma's budget for the defense line has basically been spent, so they can only consider renting and free signings next.

And they set their sights on young players from big clubs.

They had previously rented Inter Milan's young player Tassi, and this time they wanted to rent the young central defender Bastoni of the Nerazzurri.

This young man is incredible. As the most expensive central defender in Italy in the future, he will definitely be a top central defender in a few years.

However, he is not a starter in Inter Milan now, so the Nerazzurri are also happy to loan him out.

So, with mutual consent, Bastoni soon joined the team on loan.

In addition, they also found a Portuguese veteran Bruno Alves in the free market. Although he is 37 years old this year, his condition last season was pretty good, and Parma can also increase the experience of the back line.

They signed a 1+1 contract with Bruno Alves. As long as he plays more than 15 games this season, he can automatically renew his contract with Parma for one year.

After some operations, Parma's back line has gradually taken shape, and they now have five central defenders.

On the other hand, Pescara of Serie B offered Parma to buy their backup left back Leonardo Nuzzella, and Scala also agreed to let him go. In the end, they made a deal for 300,000 euros.

In this way, Juan Ramos, who was loaned out last season, has a position. Parma will take him back and prepare to let him partner with Cambiasso as the left back in the new season.

In this way, Parma's defense line is basically formed, with five central defenders and four full-backs, which should be able to cope with the games in the new season.

Just when Matteo's father was piecing together various things in the transfer market, Matteo also encountered a little difficulty.

Recently, he has been running to the youth team when he has nothing to do, just wanting to find someone to inherit Nesta's skills.

However, he doesn't know these young players very well now, so he has always been worried about handing them over.

On this day, he came to the training ground again.

It was already afternoon, and the players had finished training and left the training ground in twos and threes.

Mateo stood in the shade of the tree and watched them leave one by one.

He secretly observed them to see who was worthy of entrusting Nesta's mantle to him.

At this moment, he noticed the familiar figure in the corner of the training ground.

It was Luca Barata.

He was one of the four young players that he and Rossi had brought over, and the only one who did not accept the skills that Mateo had taught him.

Mateo had not found a suitable star player to teach him before, so he had been delaying this matter.

But after seeing him today, Mateo finally made up his mind.

Barata did not leave in a hurry after the training, but quietlySitting quietly in the corner, his eyes were full of confusion.

Today is his 18th birthday, and after today he will become an adult.

In the midst of doing nothing, it is time for him to reconsider his future.

It is obvious that he does not have the talent to become an excellent player, which has been confirmed countless times in many years of youth training.

Especially when the same batch of players began to emerge in the first team, his mediocrity was even more eye-catching.

This often made him fall into confusion and loss.

So, he is now facing an important choice.

Should he give up his beloved football career and become an ordinary person?

Just then, he heard footsteps.

He looked up and found that it was Mateo.

Mateo smiled at him and sat next to him.

Barata wanted to say something, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Although they were teammates, their identities are now too different.

One is a future star, and the other is facing unemployment.

Not to mention that he is the prince of Parma...

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

But Mateo seemed to see his thoughts, and suddenly bumped Barata with his shoulder: "Hey, Luca, how are you recently?"

This is the interaction they often did when they were in the youth team.

Barata couldn't help but feel warm in his heart: "Not bad..."

Matteo smiled: "Don't pretend, it's written on your face."

Barata sighed: "Well, it's not good. I'm thinking about whether I should end my football career."

Matteo was shocked. This must not happen.

I just wanted to pass on Nesta's skills to you, and you want to retire directly?

So he said quickly: "Why? I think as long as you stick to it, you will definitely be rewarded."

Barata smiled bitterly: "In the world of football, talent is far greater than hard work. For a player like me who has no talent, continuing to work hard will only make more mistakes."

Mateo said quickly: "Don't think so. Think about me. I have played as a central defender for so many years but have never achieved anything. After changing to a forward, didn't I immediately find the feeling? I think you can try a different position."

Barata's eyes lit up: "Change position?"

Mateo said: "Now you must be more than 1.85 meters tall, right?"

Barata said: "1.87 meters."

Mateo was delighted.

Nesta seems to be the same height. Isn't this a match made in heaven?

So he said: "You are not suitable for playing left back at this height. Have you considered switching to playing central defender?"