My name is Colani

Chapter 38 Discrimination

Lambert was very optimistic about Kameni. Of course, his purpose was to make money. By chance, someone introduced Kameni to him. He brought Kameni to France when he was only 12 years old and recommended him to Le Havre.

Le Havre's economic situation was very bad. Since it was promoted to the first division in 1991, it has been struggling to stay in the league. There is not much money at all. Many French Ligue 1 teams are like this, especially small clubs have a hard time living, so they have to turn their attention to the poor and backward African continent.

Cameroon is a bilingual country with French and English as official languages. A large part of the country used to be an overseas colony of France. Compared with the extremely difficult to obtain work permits in England (England has implemented work permits since 1999), it is much easier to import players from France. Therefore, many African players have come to France to make a living since the late 1980s.

Le Havre didn't invest much money in Kameni. Kameni has been playing football at the Kadeki Football School in Yaounde since he was 9 years old. This school is a charity that specializes in helping children from poor families. Kameni and his brother Maturien both trained in this school. Le Havre is very optimistic about Kameni and has loaned him out for several seasons instead of putting him in the youth team or reserve team.

But now, the situation is different. Lambert can't wait. Not only can he not make money in Le Havre, but Kameni can't make money either, so he wants to sell Kameni to a wealthy club.

As an agent, of course, they hope that their players will transfer frequently and get benefits every time. Although Kameni is only 15 years old now, Lambert treats Kameni as a well-known little genius. After all, he has played in the Swiss Super League and is known as a prodigy in the Swiss Super League. Well, he is not so famous in the European football circle.

Lambert began to promote Kameni privately, but the result disappointed him greatly. The Swedish Super League is the Swedish Super League, and the mainstream five major leagues are the five major leagues. No team trusts Kameni to be a main player in the team, even as a substitute.

Le Havre does not want Kameni to leave, but Lambert thinks that the relationship between the two sides is very bad, and Kameni is not an 18-year-old player now. He only has a youth contract with Le Havre, and the most terrible thing is that it has expired, so Lambert is very anxious. He can't let Kameni have no ball to play.

In this context, Seli met Lambert through a friend. Seli thought Kameni was very good when he saw him. He was also 1.8 meters tall. This kid just met Hugo's requirements. He also watched some videos that Lambert brought, so he wanted to invite Kameni to Trapani for a trial.

This is how the report to Hugo came about.

"Really or fake?! So amazing?! He's a starter in the Swiss Super League at the age of 15?!" Hugo was very surprised. I'm a legendary genius. Could it be that this little guy is a genius in football, a genius goalkeeper, and can be a starter at such a young age!

He doesn't know the level of the Swiss Super League, but at least it's better than Serie C, so he can be a starter in Trapani!

"Yes, I think he's pretty good. He's only 15 years old now, but his height has reached 180, his jumping is excellent, and I can see that he has received professional and systematic training, and his technical movements are relatively standardized!" Seli said. He was not really determined to recommend Kameni. Seli couldn't see it from such a small sign. He was not a scout of that level. He wanted to tell Hugo that he could actually take a gamble, anyway, it's not expensive.

"Where's the money?! That what..." Hugo asked, touching his nose.

"Adrian wants a 50,000 agency fee!" Seli said.

"Haha, it's so funny, why doesn't he go and rob? A 15-year-old kid wants 50,000 yuan in agency fees?!" Hugo sneered. I'm not stupid enough to spend money randomly.

"Well, I've talked to him. In fact, for such a little genius, I think 50,000 yuan is still worth it!" Selli added immediately, "As for that little guy, it depends on your opinion. You can get rid of him with a few thousand dollars!"

At this time, youth training players are not worth much, some even have no salary, and only some good seedlings can get a salary. African children like Kameni come from afar, so they have to show some appreciation. Of course, the club does more than just give him some living expenses, but also takes charge of his schooling, food and accommodation, and takes on the responsibility of their growth and education, which is not so easy.

Hugo also knew that Giorgio had told him these things. After thinking about it, Hugo made up his mind and asked Selli to bring Lambert and Kameni to try. If he is really a genius in the future, it will be great.

"Wow, they brought a nigger here!" Two days later, when Seli brought Lambert and Kameni to the Trapani football stadium, the players who were training on the field were talking about it. Of course, the local players were the ones who participated in the discussion.

"What is the nigger doing here?!"

"Aren't you here to play football?!"

"Are you kidding me? Can niggers play football?!"

"What does George Weah say?! Ignorant! Idiot!" Victor followed a group of players to brag and talk nonsense, and everyone's words were full of contempt.

This is not surprising at all. Northern Italians discriminate against southerners, Naples people discriminate against Sicilians, and then Sicilians discriminate against people of color. Of course, it's hard to say how much discrimination there is, but there is definitely a lot of disrespect in the words.

You said these people have never seen black people? ! Of course they have. There are many black people who have smuggled from the African continent. Trapani also has smuggling business. They have seen it all. Now they just think it's fun!

These words are very uncomfortable for Hugo to hear. The reason is that he looks white, but he is yellow and Chinese inside. He has also encountered racial discrimination in the United States. This is why he ran back to China and missed China.

"Shut your stinky mouths! Damn discrimination! You are all discriminated against by others, and now you are bullying the weak! Complete bastards!" Hugo cursed fiercely.

Giorgio was next to him, and Morek was also next to him. Everyone was a little stunned. After all, everyone was just looking for some fun. Did Gigi get so angry? !

Selli once again boasted that Trapani's future was very bright, and once again boasted that Hugo was particularly rich, but this stadium gave Lambert and Kameni a very bad feeling. What kind of team would play on this rotten field? What kind of team would train on this rotten field? !

Kameni had already rejected this team in his heart. It was similar to some teams in Yaounde. In a word, everything was rotten!

Lambert's impression of Trapani also plummeted. After all, this was the team he played for. No matter how much money he made, he couldn't push Kameni into the fire pit. I still have a conscience, but I have to see what Mr. Colemani said and what conditions he gave first.

After being ruthlessly scolded by Hugo, a group of players continued to train in dejection under the leadership of player-coach Allegri. Hugo, Giorgio, Morek, and Victor warmly welcomed Lambert and Kameni.

Lambert had heard from Seli that Hugo was a young man, only 19 years old, but when he saw the real person, Lambert was still very surprised. He looked like a child who hadn't even grown all his hair. However, he was still very polite on the surface. When he and Hugo exchanged greetings, he found that Hugo actually spoke fluent French.

"How do I speak French?! Mr. Lambert!" Hugo looked at the stunned Lambert and thought to himself, do you think we Sicilians are illiterate? !

The French are proud. At a certain period in history, French was the common language of European nobles, which was very awesome.

"You speak very well! I even suspected that you are French!" Lambert laughed.

Lambert then introduced Kameni to Hugo. Kameni also spoke French, and the most important thing was that this little guy had a French passport, which was very important. Without this thing, he would not be able to play in Trapani.

"You are very welcome, Mr. Kameni! Or can I call you Carlos?!" Hugo said, holding Kameni's hand with a big brother's smile.

The boss is very kind and amiable, which makes a good impression on Kameni!

"Okay, Mr. Colena!" Kameni is young and his attitude is quite respectful.

"Well, there is a football over there, you can go play with it first, how about we talk to Mr. Lambert?!" Hugo said with a smile.

"Go ahead, don't worry, I'll take care of everything!" Lambert patted Kameni on the shoulder and said.

Kameni knew that Lambert would talk about the transfer, but he never had a suitable opportunity because he wanted to tell his agent not to agree to them. He didn't want to join here, because it was a bad place, but with so many people, it was really hard to speak in front of him. Kameni had to walk away silently and go play ball by himself.

After Kameni walked away, Hugo and the others came to sit in the middle of the stands. Without any embarrassment, everyone started talking about Kameni straight to the point.

"To be honest, Seli told me a lot about you and your team, but I never thought about your current situation..." Lambert stopped and didn't say anything, but the meaning was very clear, you are really too bad!

Others say your team is too bad, Hugo and his team have to accept it, but they are a little bit bad.

"Haha, it is indeed a little worse now, but this is only temporary. Our goal in the new season is to upgrade. My plan is to complete three jumps in three years. In three years, we will play in Serie B, and in four years, I will play in Serie A! I have enough confidence in the future of the team!" Hugo had to start bragging again. After all, bragging doesn't cost money, right!

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