Red Rebels

Cartagena Club is a semi-professional club founded in 1995. It is currently playing in the Spanish League D, which is a regional league system in Spain. They also won the 13th group championship last year.

But it is a pity that this championship obviously has nothing to do with the substitute goalkeeper who joined the team in early 1999, Manuel Almunia.

According to many materials that Xiao Yu read in his previous life, Almunia came out of the Osasuna youth training camp, and then joined the Sabadell team in the Spanish B3 League in the 99-00 season. Became the main force, then moved to Celta Vigo in the summer of 2001, and then started a wandering loan career until he was spotted by Arsenal and was selected as Lehmann's substitute.

But actually?

The goalkeeper who once became the temporary captain of Arsenal had already left Osasuna at the beginning of 1999, when he was almost 22 years old, and then went to Cartagena in the D league for half a year. Iron bench, Sabadell who was transferred to later.

In other words, the future main goalkeeper of Arsenal can't even play the main goal of a Spanish D-League team. Is it because of his strength?

Obviously not, because the goalkeeper is a very special position, and according to Xiao Yu's understanding, Almunia has always been a very honest person, his basic skills are very solid, his reaction is very quick, hand control and goal line skills All excellent, but a bit presumptuous.

Instability is Almunia's old problem. Once some important games come, he often makes some bizarre mistakes, which makes it difficult for Almunia to get on the stage.

But in any case, the future main goalkeeper of Arsenal is enough for a team like the new Manchester United.

However, when the three of Xiao Yu came to the Cartagena Club and asked about Almunia, the people in the club told him that the latter had left the team after the league ended and returned to his hometown Pamplona.

Xiao Yu immediately asked for the address and phone number of Almunia's house, and immediately took old De Rossi and Cassel back to the airport, and took a plane to Pamplona.

Cartagena is in the south of Spain, while Pamplona is in the northeast. This is the south and the north. By the time Xiao Yu and the others got off the airport, it was already evening.

Considering that they still had to look for Almunia, the three of Xiao Yu went to have dinner first, then hailed a taxi and told him the address.

"I don't understand, Xiao Yu, how do you know that the Cartagena Club has a goalkeeper named Manuel Almunia? Is he very strong?" Sitting in the taxi, Cassel was concerned. asked.

Xiao Yu smiled, for a question, he had already prepared the answer.

"I saw this player on the Internet, you know, I am an expert in this field!" Xiao Yu smiled triumphantly.

Old De Rossi couldn't understand what he heard, so Cassel immediately pointed at Xiao Yu and curled his lips, "This guy established a very famous Internet company in the United States."

The old De Rossi understood immediately, but what he didn't expect was that the Internet could still see the players.

Xiao Yu guessed that these two people didn't know much about the Internet, so he was sure of them. Besides, even if they did check, it would be fine. The Internet is so big, who can find something, can't find anything, can Are you sure?

"Recently, I am going to ask someone to build an official website for our club on the Internet. In the future, members can directly convert into members of our club through the website. This will be much more convenient, and it will also attract people from Fans all over the world." Xiao Yu introduced with a smile.

For the prospect of the Internet, he is not sure about anyone in this world.

"Then how many members does our team have now?" The old De Rossi has obviously entered a new role,

Consider yourself part of the new Manchester United.

"More than 20,000 is still too little, but I am worried that Manchester United won the brilliant Triple Crown last season, which will have some impact on our club." Xiao Yu was a little worried.

Although Manchester United and New Manchester United are two different clubs, they are actually inextricably linked among the fans. The glory of Manchester United will inevitably affect the fans of New Manchester United.

Of course, Xiao Yu doesn't need to worry about the attendance rate of the stadium, after all, they are all diehard fans from Manchester.

The only thing to worry about is the pitch.

"By the way, Jim, when you came, how did Walsh talk with the city government?" Xiao Yu asked casually.

"It's not going very well, they are still hesitating, you know, those guys have such virtues!" Kassel is obviously dissatisfied with those people in the city government, and the acquisition of a stadium has been delayed for more than half a year .

After speaking, Cassel seemed to see the old De Rossi's puzzlement, so he told about Xiao Yu's plan to acquire the Manchester Athletic Stadium and the surrounding land, and the latter was taken aback when he heard it.

How much does that cost?

But this also let the old De Rossi see Xiao Yu's determination to run the club.

Although he was very curious, since Xiao Yu had so much money, why didn't he just buy a top club instead of reorganizing a team?

Cassel dutifully played the role of a historical commentator for the new Manchester United club, and told how Xiao Yu went bankrupt and established the club, and then how he invested in the Internet in the United States to make a lot of money and other legendary experiences that are close to the hero of the novel. .

And the old De Rossi obviously played the role of the audience responsibly. His constant screams made Xiao Yu feel very fulfilled from the bottom of his heart.

Humans have vanity to some extent, don't they?

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Almunia's home was not difficult to find, and the taxi quickly brought Xiao Yu and others to the neighborhood where he lived.

Xiao Yu and the others found the place by counting the house numbers along the street.

The current situation of this young Spanish youth is the same as that of many Chinese university graduates in Xiao Yu's previous life. Get a job and support yourself.

When the three of Xiao Yu appeared at his home, and when he heard that the three of Xiao Yu represented a club from England, Almunia was taken aback.

"You... how do you know me?" He obviously suspected that he had encountered a liar.

After all, no matter how strong a fifth-tier team in England is, it is impossible to spread the scouting network to the Spanish D-League, and Almunia has not played much in the past six months.

"Actually, I saw some Cartagena fans introduced you on the Internet. It happened that our team lacked a goalkeeper, so I asked our team's youth training director, Mr. Jim Cassell, to come over in person. Watching your game, Jim thinks you have great potential, don't you think so, Jim?"

Xiao Yu suddenly put Kassel together, the latter and the old De Rossi were all taken aback.

"Uh... yes, I have watched your two games and also trained with you. I think you have certain abilities, and there is still room for improvement." Cassel squeezed out a smile, and answered in a very jack-of-all-trades style. .

But secretly, he complained to Xiao Yu.

The latter replied him with a smile, that expression seemed to say, can I say that I have never seen him play football?

If that's the case, he's willing to join our team, that's hell!

"You know, Manuel, Jim has been in Manchester United's youth training camp for many years. He has rich experience and professional football knowledge. His vision and requirements are very high. If he likes you, it means that you will definitely be able to It meets the requirements of our team, and I can assure you that you will be the main force as soon as you come."

The term main force is really very sensitive to Almunia, who has played as a substitute for an unknown number of years, almost enough to make him cry.

And Xiao Yu obviously knew how to grasp his psychology, so he immediately encouraged him, telling him how much he valued him, how much the team needed him, and so on.

Fortunately, Xiao Yu was never used to saying nasty words, otherwise, I'm afraid he would make everyone present vomit.

Old De Rossi must be thinking now, seeing how Xiao Yu fooled Almunia, and remembering yesterday in Rome, he couldn't help wondering if he was also one of the people fooled by him?

Walking out of Almunia's house, although Xiao Yu was in a good mood, he obviously saw old De Rossi's doubts.

This is also one of Xiao Yu's great strengths, that is, he always pays special attention to the emotions of the people around him and their views on himself. He feels that as a leader, such observation is necessary.

"Alberto, do you think what I said to Almunia is a bit too true?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

Old De Rossi is also an honest person, nodding without thinking.

Xiao Yu chuckled, looked at the dark night sky, and walked on the quiet street in the street.

"Then what do you think I should say?"

Old De Rossi was at a loss for words, yes, what can I say? Could it be that, hey, you're just a trash player who can't even play in the D-League?

"Almunia has potential, that's what I can guarantee, otherwise, I wouldn't waste the time of the three of us on him for no reason, you know, I hate wasting time the most." Xiao Yu became incomparable serious.

"Although what I said to him just now is a bit exaggerated, I think that a 22-year-old young man is at the crossroads of his life and is at a loss of choice. What I should give him is encouragement, even if this encouragement is a bit exaggerated. It is true, but at least it should be helpful for him to rebuild his confidence in life and ideals, right?"

For De Rossi who often participates in youth training, Xiao Yu's words are not difficult to understand, and they are basically correct.

"What he needs now is the training of the game. Believe me, Alberto, I can't guarantee that he will surprise everyone. In fact, he doesn't have such a talent in him, but at least he will become a successful player." professional player!"

At least, being able to play the main force at Arsenal should be considered successful enough, right?

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