Midfielder

Porto started to snatch players. When Villariño realized the seriousness of the problem, his secretary had already put a fax from Porto on his desk, which explained Porto's intentions very simply and directly.

They did not just poach Lin Yi from Benfica. Their acquisition targets also included midfielders like Maniche, and they had prepared enough liquidated damages. This acquisition action seemed to have been prepared for more than a day or two.

They grasped the timing of their move too well, and their opponents were too stupid. If Azevedo was in power now, he might not make such a low-level mistake, but Villariño was obviously not good at running the club. He was more like a politician.

Villariño may have regretted why he did not sign a professional contract with Lin Yi. Now, in addition to dealing with the bad situation of Mourinho's departure, he also needs to face Porto's blatant poaching.

Although Maniche is not popular, Villariño does not want to give him to his competitors. However, the figures on the fax have shown Porto's determination. They don't care how much money they spend. The acquisition is obviously imperative.

Originally, those small clubs that were interested in Lin Yi did not dare to come to Benfica to poach people because Villariño was the chairman of Benfica. Sporting Lisbon was embarrassed by their face and the disputes in the past.

Originally, everything was as Villariño expected. He drove away the hedgehog like Mourinho in the club, and he could also use Lin Yi as a benchmark to warn those who did not obey his management. This is the end of going against him.

Villariño may have already started his wishful thinking. He even issued an order within the Benfica team to send Lin Yi back to the youth team. This is his revenge, which is not only disgusting, but also disgusting to many Benfica players.

Lin Yi's actions on the field were a bit extreme, but why did no player express dissatisfaction with him? Because the entire Benfica team is fed up with Villarinho, this idiot who doesn't understand football always commands the team arbitrarily.

Mourinho used several months to knead the team into a whole, but that idiot broke it all in a week. Now not many people care who he can bring to the team, because all this is Villarinho's behavior to gain political achievements, which is disgusting.

Such a ban is now waving a sickle at Lin Yi, but no one knows whether the next person to suffer will be themselves, so no one wants to see this happen, but as players they are powerless to stop anything.

But now it's good, Lin Yi and Mendes no longer have to consider whether to transfer to foreign clubs. Villarinho has encountered an equally tough opponent, Porto's chairman Da Costa.

As the saying goes, as long as the hoe dances well, there is no corner that cannot be dug. Besides, the wall itself was already shaky, and the effort that Porto needed to spend was really not much. They actually just notified Benfica as a routine, "We are here to snatch players." As for Benfica's reaction, does it matter? Their reaction has nothing to do with Porto.

It is unlikely that Villariño wants to stop all this from happening. At least Mendes will not give him such an opportunity. Lin Yi is not bound by a professional contract at Benfica now. He only has a trainee contract with the Benfica youth team.

Such a contract is basically equivalent to a piece of waste paper in the professional football circle. For the wealthy Porto people, they will not even frown or think about the 100,000 euros breach of contract fee. Buying a promising star with this price is a sure-win business.

Even Maniche's 3 million breach of contract fee will be paid as usual. Lin Yi's contract is almost equivalent to giving it away for free. Benfica is now completely selling one and getting one free, and they are very proud of the compensation.

Perhaps only an idiot like Villariño would think that Benfica is still the boss of Portugal and they can still manipulate the life and death of players at will, but Villariño forgot that Portugal has always been a three-strong team, and the days when Benfica was the only one existed only during the military government period.

Da Costa did not give Villariño any chance to retain Lin Yi. When the middle finger was raised, they had already started to prepare for all this. When the civil strife in Benfica began, their hands had already reached out to Villariño, who was still dreaming of a dynasty.

Porto's acquisition plan is not only fierce, but also fatal. They will not give their opponents any chance to refute. Especially for an idiot, Porto's acquisition seems so overbearing that Benfica cannot resist.

This is the situation in the current Portuguese Super League. Benfica and Sporting Lisbon are both based on training their own players, and their youth training system is indeed first-class in the whole of Europe. The players they train can also support the club's performance.

This is also due to the economic reasons of the two clubs. It is impossible for them to buy players in Portugal on a large scale. Even if they invest, they seem a bit stingy. It is rare to see idiots like Villariño waving checks around to recruit players after taking office.

But as one of the top three teams in Portugal, Porto has not achieved any particularly good results in youth training. This may be related to the fact that their youth training started relatively late. More young people are still used to focusing on the Puma Sports Academy in Lisbon or the training camp of Benfica.

Porto's achievements are largely due to their money. Their team is often played by high-level foreign players, and those supporting roles are also collected from other teams in the Portuguese Super League by them. Spending money to buy championships has become a habit of Porto people.

The most important thing is that the Porto club is very rich. Although this kind of affluence is despised by Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, they are more often envious. Except for the period when Azevedo was in power, Benfica was considered wealthy. The rest of the time, only Porto was qualified to wave checks and rob people in Portugal.

This time was no exception. Villariño angered Lin Yi with his stupid behavior, which gave Porto the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. A youth team contract is difficult to stop Porto's acquisition plan. Whether Benfica is willing or not, this is a fact that cannot be changed.

When Mendes, as Lin Yi's representative, went to Benfica with the manager of Porto to prepare for the signing process, Villariño didn't even show up, because he really didn't know how to face such a reality.

Maybe this pig-like guy can only curse the little guy who escaped from his clutches in his office, but what's the use? It seems to have no effect except making him look more idiotic.

This is equivalent to the Benfica team spending a lot of time to push Lin Yi, who is likely to become a star player, to all Portuguese fans. When this little guy began to win everyone's recognition, they had to watch this kid run from their eyes to the arms of the opponent.

The manager of the Porto team was smiling so hard at this time, and Benfica's press officer Marero didn't know how many times he cursed Villariño in his heart. Just because of that idiot, Benfica's future star was taken away, damn it!

There is one thing that Benfica cannot tolerate the most, that is, Porto not only snatched Lin Yi and Maniche under their noses, but also publicly announced in the newspaper that they had recruited Mourinho to sign with Porto.

Just one hour after Mourinho and Benfica terminated their contract, they had signed a new contract. They had already got this new coach with great potential one step ahead of time. This was undoubtedly a slap in the face of Benfica, and it was slapped hard in front of them.

And Maniche and Lin Yi were also the players Mourinho wanted most. Although Porto had already taken action before he took action, this acquisition plan was like a gift for Mourinho to take office. It was very timely and very much in line with his wishes.

Porto is not afraid of spending money now. They have long been unable to tolerate the team's poor performance this season. The morale of the entire team is also extremely low. They can only rank fifth in the league, and even teams like Leiria are one place higher than them.

While Benfica was advancing triumphantly, Porto could only bow their heads and accept the painful lesson of three consecutive defeats, which also made them slip from the second place to such a point.

Although Porto is now only five points away from the first Benfica, the patience of Porto fans and the entire club management has run out, and they can no longer wait for the team's performance to pick up.

Da Costa could not tolerate such a result, and he decisively fired the team's head coach. Porto has not touched any championship trophy for four years. As one of the top three teams in Portugal, this is an absolutely unbearable poor performance.

In fact, Da Costa was the first person to contact Mourinho before Azevedo, but the team's situation was still okay at the time, and Mourinho's lack of qualifications also became Da Costa's concern, so Azevedo was able to sign Mourinho before Porto.

But now Da Costa no longer has to doubt Mourinho's ability. The gap between Villariño and Mourinho gave Da Costa the best opportunity. From the moment Mourinho announced the termination of his contract, the whole Porto was preparing to welcome his arrival.

Da Costa offered Mourinho an attractive condition with an annual salary more than double that of Benfica and a championship bonus of 500,000 euros, and Porto could provide Mourinho with the players he wanted.

However, there is not much time left before the winter transfer deadline, and they are not sure to buy too many people. After all, there are still ten rounds of the league to end, and everything is still unknown.

But Da Costa will not limit his eyes to this season's league. He hopes that Mourinho can stay here longer. Although Porto's performance in the league is not very good, they have been smooth in the UEFA Cup. They have successfully reached the top 16 of the UEFA Cup.

Mourinho has experienced these European wars in Barcelona, ​​so Da Costa hopes that Mourinho can bring good changes to Porto in some aspects. Mourinho did not make too many demands. He just hopes that no one in the club will interfere with his coaching.

Mourinho doesn't want to see the scene at Benfica happen again. He needs to maintain the absolute authority of the coach. The command of an army can only be controlled by one person. If Porto wants to turn over, this is the basic condition that must be met.

Da Costa assured Mourinho that the club is only responsible for the operation of the team. As for economic matters, all decisions are made by Mourinho. Including him, no one will ask about anything and will give full power to Mourinho, of course, except for transfers.

In January 2003, Mourinho took over Porto, and Lin Yi will also start a new life here. When the two guys met on the training ground in Porto, they smiled at each other.

"Welcome to Porto..." The two said to each other with a smile.

When Mendes saw this scene next to him, he also smiled. This pair of partners will embark on a journey here again. . .

(Today, I am recommending this. Please save, click, recommend and reward me. Mourinho took office at Porto on January 23, 2002. I pushed the date back because I made such adjustments when I was conceiving the story. Please don't pick on this. I didn't remember it wrong.)