Red Rebels

24 years old, this is a very sensitive age.

In FM Football Manager, it is basically difficult for players over the age of 24 to improve their own strength through training and competition. That is to say, once a player reaches the age of 24, his whole life is basically stereotyped .

The 24-year-old Pele has two World Cup titles in hand; the 24-year-old Maradona is the core star of Barcelona; the 24-year-old Ronaldo has been hailed as the alien of the world's number one star.

Even Rivaldo, who is known as a late bloomer in Brazil, was already the star of the Spanish powerhouse Deportivo at the age of 24, and then moved to Barcelona at a sky-high price.

However, who would have thought that in Brazil, there are still countless talented 24-year-old stars waiting for their opportunities in distress.

Junior Juninho is one of them.

Sitting on the balcony of his home, watching the rising sun, his heart was not at all peaceful.

At the age of 24, he should be as vigorous as the morning sun, but he is worried, whether he is the scorching sun at noon, has reached the peak of his life, and then gradually began to decline?

Brazil is undoubtedly a gathering of talents, but while Ronaldo is shining, everyone chooses to forget those players who failed to show their talents.

Junior Juninho is very hardworking, training and extra training, he almost never falls behind, he is the most hardworking player in the Da Gama club, and he also has a good football talent, this is from the fact that he was selected The Brazilian national youth team can see it.

But it just so happened that no European team approached him!

Is it because my strength is too weak?

As the main star of the team, Juninho participated in most of Da Gama's games. He is the main player on the field and the most diligent player on the field, but he has not been able to achieve too many results. For example, he only contributed 2 goals for the team in the 20 games he participated in this year, and he failed to score in the Rio State Champions League, which is more valued by fans.

Among Brazilian players, his skills are not outstanding, especially when he dribbles past people. This is his weakness, and his speed does not have much advantage. Excellent speed and explosiveness to get rid of opponents.

Originally, the awareness of teamwork and hard work on the court was Juninho's playing style, but this was criticized in Brazil.

When Brazilian fans come to the stadium, what they like to see most is the kind of genius flash performance where one person single-handedly runs through the opponent's entire defense line, rather than the wall-slamming cooperation that is closer to the European team style.

Even though both methods can score goals, even though the former carries far more risks than the latter, picky brazilian fans still like to watch the former, because pele, ronaldo, garrincha play like this of.

This is why Rivaldo has been criticized in the country, while Denilson, who performed poorly in Betis, is regarded by the Brazilians as the hope for the revival of Samba football.

In this league system and tactical style that emphasizes individual performance, Juninho's performance can only be regarded as quite satisfactory.

In March of this year, he was selected for a warm-up match between the Brazilian national team and South Korea to test the substitute players. He came off the bench for a few minutes and did nothing. It was the first time he was selected for the Brazilian national team, but the Brazilian domestic media also said , this may be the last time he is selected for the national team, because his style does not match the Brazilian team at all.

Sure enough, he was dropped out of the Brazil squad for the South American Gold Cup.

Could it be that my life really can only be like this?

Squinting his eyes, looking at the rising sun shining with golden light, little Juninho asked himself in his heart.

When he was still living in the slums,

He longed for football to bring him and his family a happy life; later he became a professional player, and he hoped that football would make him famous; and now, he has played in the Brazilian domestic league for many years and was fortunate enough to be selected for the national team once, but he But still feel depressed.

He is eager to go to a place where he can prove himself more!

Europe?

Those European teams will always only pay attention to those talented players and big-name stars, such as Ronaldinho, who is now very popular in China. He is indeed very good and is known as the hope of Brazil's future.

Junior Juninho does not have an agent who knows how to hype. His agent is a good friend of his father. Compared with the agents of other stars who have extensive connections in Europe, his agent seems very grassroots.

I still remember that when he was selected for the Brazilian national team, a teammate once told him to change his agent and go to Europe. There are fewer games every year, but he can earn more money. Take them all.

It is true that several excellent agents found him and wanted to operate him to go to Europe. Juninho was also tempted, but he is still hesitating now because he knows that these agents operate a player to go to Europe. To be able to take away most of the transfer fee, he must know his future in Europe before he can agree.

"Ribeiro, it's time to eat!" my mother shouted from the kitchen.

"Got it!" Junior Juninho turned back and agreed.

Became a professional player, was selected for the Brazilian national team, and received a salary of 2,000 pounds a week from Da Gama Club. The life of Juninho's family has bid farewell to the slums, embarked on the middle class, and lived in a community .

However, like most clubs in Brazil, Da Gama will also default on player wages, and owe it for a long time.

In Xiao Yu's previous life, it was because of the salary and contract disputes with Da Gama that Junior Juninho brought the Da Gama team to court in January 2001, which caused him to spend the next six months Li did not play even a game, and was finally allowed to transfer to Ligue 1 Lyon after an arbitration.

But now, it is impossible for him to know all this!

In Brazilian football, there is a saying that if any club can pay players on time for half a year after attracting players, then this club can definitely be called the team that all players in Brazil are eager to join. The power to win the championship.

Another slogan is, never believe the rhetoric of Brazilian clubs, including player salary commitments, including player transfer fees, etc., because they often use such false and exaggerated lies to cover up their poor financial situation.

It's a wretched country! Little Juninho thought with a wry smile.

Just as he was walking home from the balcony, the phone not far from the door suddenly rang.

"Hi, Ribeiro!" said the man on the other end of the line.

"Good morning, Uncle Fao!" Juninho said respectfully. This is his agent and a good friend of his father who works in a sports newspaper.

"Just now the Da Gama Club called me and told me some news. I thought you might be interested, Ribeiro!"

"Well, tell me!" Little Juninho gestured to his mother who was serving the dishes.

"There was an English club coming to their door, and they wanted to bring you in to play for their team."

"Really?" Junior Juninho exclaimed, his expression very pleasantly surprised, "Is it a Premier League team? What's its name? Could it be Middlesbrough, where Juninho once played? "

Fao clearly felt that little Juninho was in high spirits, and he even knew how to joke.

"It's not a Premier League team." Fao said with a guilty conscience.

"That's League One? Oh, Uncle Faol, that's all right, I'm eager to go to Europe, really!"

"You heard me, Ribeiro, don't get excited, listen to me, they offered a transfer fee of 800,000 pounds, the Da Gama club agreed to them almost without thinking, but they are not a Premier League team , not League One, but a team from the fifth tier in England, a team that I can't even name the damn league."

Little Juninho's joy suddenly froze, and he fell from the cloud of extreme joy. The drop made his head stunned.

"What's... what's your name?"

"New Manchester United, a team made up of Manchester United fans, was established for one year. Last year, it played in the tenth tier, the lowest level in England. It won the double and was recommended to the fifth tier. I heard that, I am going to do a big job this year, so I came to Brazil."

"Push him, Uncle Fao!" Little Juninho said almost without thinking.

"But, Ribeiro, da Gama has agreed to their request."

"That's what those damn bastards agreed to. They haven't been able to pay wages for months, so they want to sell me for 800,000 pounds, and then yell, it's 3 million. Even five million pounds, to attract more players to join and win the damn championship for them!" Junior Juninho roared angrily.

He felt that he was betrayed, as if he was a commodity, and he could not help himself to be sold to anyone.

"Calm down, Ribeiro, I heard from people in the club that the new Manchester United offer you a weekly salary of 4,000 pounds. In addition, if the team is promoted, your salary can be improved. In addition, if you perform well, you will score goals. Bonuses and appearance fees, etc., calculated, at least twice as much as in Brazil."

"But it's the fifth tier in England. Uncle Fao, a league that can't even be named. Is there a future for joining such a team?"

There is another sentence that Juninho obviously didn't say, that is: I was once a Brazilian international!

Although only three Brazilian teams.

"Do you want to hear the truth?" Faol still asked calmly over there.

"Of course!" Junior Juninho replied.

"I think you should think about it. If you want to leave Brazil, this is an opportunity. The other party is very sincere and the contract offered is not bad. It is said that the club owner came to Brazil in person. You should give him a chance. And if you go to England, if you perform well, you may not be looked at by high-level teams, the new Manchester United is located in Manchester, you know, there are several Premier League teams nearby."

Junior Juninho was at a loss for words and continued to stay in Brazil. It was really difficult for him to get ahead. Even if he changed an agent, there was no guarantee that he would be able to go to Europe immediately.

Xiao Yu has the ability to predict the future, but Juninho does not have it. Naturally, he will not know that he will be favored by the French class bully Lyon, and he will become famous there after going to France.

"Ribeiro, think about it carefully and call me again!"

After finishing speaking, Fao hung up the phone, leaving little Juninho standing beside the phone in a daze.

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