Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Krishto (First Guarantee)

For ordinary fans who can only see Serie A on TV, the new season starts from the day when the first round of the league starts. For players like Chen Yingxiong, the new season starts from the day when the training camp begins. For team coaches like Mazzari and team managers like Bigan, the new season begins on the day the old season ends.

Naples have scored in the Champions League for two consecutive years. Although they are all qualifying matches, it also means that Naples is qualified to pursue greater goals. In the future, entering the Champions League every year may be just a goal that must be achieved, rather than a task that the whole team can do before it can be done.

That being the case, the investment in all aspects of the team will also increase.

The strategy of team building should be based on the rich standard that can cope with multi-line operations.

It's no longer enough to make up eleven outstanding players.

So the transfer in Naples started very early.

In fact, before the end of last season, Naples had already started digging. Their first goal was to have no left-back Domenico Criscito (domenico_criscito) that was able to dig in last season.

Last summer, Mazzari was like digging for this young left-back who was famous in Italy. But at that time, Crijto's ownership still belonged to Juventus. Although he played in Genoa, he was on loan.

Krishto himself really wanted to come to Naples, because he was a native of Naples and was born in Cercola in the Naples region. But Juventus, as one of Naples' mortal enemies, of course will not give a strong support to the mortal enemy.

A lot of things can happen in a season, not to mention the cheating management of Juventus club.

Genoa bought out Krishto's ownership from Juventus. From that time on, even Krishto was a Genoese player and had nothing to do with Juventus.

In this way, it will be much easier to buy in Naples.

Although Krishto started his football career in Genoa, Naples, who has scored in the Champions League for two consecutive years, can only be ranked ninth and do not even qualify for the Europa League. Compared with Genoa, which one to choose, normal people do not. Will hesitate.

But at the same time, it is not only the Naples who want Krishto. AC Milan and Fiorentina have been observing this player for a long time. Both decided to take action this summer.

Genoa is happy to watch the excitement, just watch the three fights, in the end, whoever bids higher, I will sell it. As for keeping Krishto? They haven't considered this matter. Once a small team like Genoa fails to qualify for the European war, it will be difficult to keep those ambitious players in the team.

In the 2008-2009 season, Genoa worked hard for a season, and was finally squeezed from the fourth place in the league by Naples and could only play in the UEFA Cup. Even so, it's better than not even qualifying for the UEFA Cup today, right? You can't play in the Champions League. If you can play in the UEFA Cup, the players are still willing to stay in the team. If all the qualifications for the European war are lost, who wants to stay here? Those who have a way out, and those who have strong agents, naturally find another way out. Those who remain are either sentimental towards this team, or they are incapable and have no way out.

To say that the two teams of AC Milan and Fiorentina have a slight advantage compared with Naples, especially AC Milan, no matter how close they can be regarded as giants.

Fiorentina is also one of the seven sisters of Serie A, a veteran strong team. Naples has always been grassroots, and Maradona passed it once in those years, and was quickly beaten back to its original shape after that. In the eyes of the powers in the north, Naples is not influential.

What should I do if I want to compete with a team like AC Milan and Fiorentina against Krishto? On the one hand, it expresses sincerity. This sincerity is not expressed to Krishto, but to the Genoa club.

The Genoa club is now a rare commodity, and of course it has to ask for a lot of prices. They don't have 18 million euros to talk, don't even want to take Krishto from us.

What was ac Milan's initial offer? Five million euros.

Genoa was furious: You are sending a beggar! Want to buy Krishto for five million? Then I will buy your Pato for five million, can you do it?

Florence bid seven million.

Genoa still disagrees.

What is the sincerity of Naples? Ten million euros.

Fully twice as high as AC Milan.

But Genoa is still not satisfied. But Naples' status in the eyes of the other side is much heavier than the other two. You can really tell the sincerity of this offer. You are really sincere. Even if you know that you are being treated as a triumphant, you must be a triumphant. why? Because you really need this person, you really need it sincerely...

Anyway, a few companies just continued to bargain. Anyway, the season was not over yet, in fact, everyone was not in a hurry. It’s really bad, Genoa can immediately announce that "Our Krishto is not for sale, who said we want to sell him for money? He is an important member of us, and Genoa football is all dependent on him!" He said with awe-inspiring righteousness. Closed the transfer window.

Naples first showed its sincerity, and the other trick was to play an emotional card.

How to play the emotional card?

I mentioned earlier that Krishto was from Naples. Although he was not born in Naples, his birthplace, Cercola, was in the Naples area, so we can be considered as Naples.

Since I am from my hometown, it would be better to speak. Don't you want to play for your hometown team? Don't you want to be the hero of your hometown team? Don't you want to dedicate your youth to your hometown fathers and elders?

In the end, Naples did a two-pronged approach, on the one hand full of sincerity, on the other hand, playing the emotional card, and finally dug the rising star of Italian football to Naples at a price of 13 million euros.

Krishto was selected for the Italian national team lineup for this World Cup in South Africa, which is enough to explain his future prospects in Italian football. So thirteen million euros is really not expensive, and this sale is a good deal.

The fans in Naples also praised, because Cristto is a native of Naples, everyone always hopes that their team has more local players, which will make them more proud to support. No one wants to face a group of eleven starting players who are all foreigners and call the home team, right? Especially for people like Naples...

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On July 16, after the World Cup final, Krishto's transfer was finalized.

From the initial interest until the victory, Naples spent more than a season and finally got what they wanted.

But Mazzari was not much happy. Because Krishto is the signing of the plan, he is a member of Naples who should have come to Naples.

He was not surprised at all, and there were no surprises. After more than a year of tireless hard work, Krishto would have been more inclined to join his hometown team. Everyone can see that the hometown team is now going uphill, and they are the main force when they come. Going to Florence has to face the competition from Chilean Vargas. Going to AC Milan... That's a rich family. Once you enter the rich family, you may have to sit on the bench before you can survive, let alone be famous for being an old man. AC Milan too. Krishto has also been to Juventus. He doesn't know what it's like to be rich, so it's impossible to simply rely on the name of the rich to coax him to join.

After taking Krishto, Mazzari had another headache.

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Cassano suffered from a heart attack. Although it is not very serious, it is not known how long it will take to recover, how much state he will have after he comes back, and whether it will relapse again.

Cassano is still recuperating at home, and it is said that it will take half a month before he can perform physical training. When he comes back on the court, I really don’t know when it happened...

Anyway, get ready for this year if he won't be able to play the game.

Cassano is no longer anymore. At any rate, there are Sanchez and Arshavin, right and left, and they can handle it. At most, it is to add some substitute players.

The other position makes Mazzari a headache.

Chen Yingxiong's center position.

Sarayeta has always been on the bench before in this position. However, after the end of last season, the contract between Sarajeta and Naples has expired. Mazzari does not plan to renew his contract, and now he has left the team. It stands to reason that if a center is needed, Sarayeta should be kept.

But Mazzari knows very well that the battlefield where he needs a center is not in the domestic league, but in the Champions League. In a competition like the Champions League group stage, Sarayeta can't handle it at all, let him play the main force, don't expect him to score any goals.

What he needs is a centre forward who can do well in the Champions League to ensure that the team can qualify in the Champions League group stage without Chen Yingxiong. Such a center is not something Sarayeta can do.

However, because Chen Yingxiong was only banned for eight games and was not permanently banned, that is to say, once he entered the knockout stage and Chen Yingxiong came back, his replacement would be useless. So he can't think about those centers who are young and talented, or who are well-known at the time of playing. Not to mention the high price/performance ratio, those people will definitely not be willing to come to Naples as a substitute for Chen Yingxiong. Everyone is a famous player. Why should I come here and be deducted as a "temporary substitute for Chen Yingxiong". hat? Which team can I go to is not the main player? Why come to a small country team like Naples to substitute for a 22-year-old guy?

Those other teams don’t want the substitutes, and Mazzari doesn’t look good either. You might not even be as good as Sarayeta who left the team when you come. Should I buy you a white-collar salary?

With such a calculation, in the end, only those veterans who have some reputation and strength can only be considered.

A very old veteran who is about to retire, due to physical strength and other reasons, it will definitely be impossible to play the main force throughout the season. As they are getting older, they also know that they are positioned as a substitute in the team. In this way, there would be no conflict with Chen Yingxiong's position.

But when it comes to a certain person, the replacement for this hero Chen...who should he choose?