The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Ronaldo may be the most technical player football has ever seen. — Vieri

After Ronaldo mentioned it to him, Fabiano Farah, who was careless, finally noticed Riccardo, this little guy who was inconspicuous before.

There are too many players under Farah's command to worry about, and he would not have paid too much attention to Ricardo.

But Ronaldo is the biggest player under his command. He finally became Ronaldo's agent. Naturally, he wanted to serve Ronaldo wholeheartedly, so he paid a little attention to Ricardo's recent situation.

Only after this attention did I realize, my God, I almost missed a gold mine.

He played 6 times as a substitute and played less than 220 minutes in total. He has already scored 3 goals and assisted 4 times. What a dazzling statistic! You know, this kid is only 16 years old! Nor did 16-year-old Ronnie!

Moreover, Ricardo didn't kill the Quartet in a certain game and the rest of the games were sluggish, but he had a good performance in every game and his state was very stable. For a 16-year-old young player, this is really commendable.

So Farah has been putting on airs and is not in a hurry to start negotiations. The better Ricardo's performance and the longer it lasts, the more beneficial the negotiation will be to his side. Anyway, with Ricardo's thigh-level performance, Osvaldo would definitely not be able to resist sending him out.

Then take it easy and talk slowly. Be sure to negotiate a big contract.

Now the Sao Paulo club can't sit still anymore. Lecco, the sports director in charge of negotiating player contract renewals, called him continuously for an interview. It seems that the heat is almost there.

Farah smiled and hung up the phone, and bought a plane ticket to Brazil.

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In the administrative building of the Brafunda training base, Fabiano Farah and Lecco were sitting face to face. Both of them wore fake smiles, as if they had been close friends for many years. Li Kaduo sat beside him with a blank face, bowing his head and surfing the Internet with the slow-speed 2G network.

Now there are no social networking sites, no Weixin, no Weibo, no facebook... surfing the Internet is really boring. He raised his head, "Mr. Farah, it's fine for you to decide the negotiation. I just want to play football with peace of mind. Mr. Lecco, I will take my leave first."

Both of them smiled kindly at Ricardo and nodded. In Farah's eyes, this is a tremblingly beautiful cash cow that can bring him rich returns; in Lecco's eyes, this is a rising star in Sao Paulo, worthy of attention.

After Licado went out, the two continued to talk. Lecco said: "Mr. Farah, you talked a lot just now, but you didn't propose the specific content of the contract. I think it will be difficult for us to make progress if this continues. Why don't you propose the terms of the contract you want first?"

"On the contrary," said Fabiano Farah confidently. "The situation is that my players are very popular in the transfer market. A striker with such a complete range, at such a young age, no matter which team They are all eager to get. Corinthians, Flamengo and other teams have asked me about it. You know, Mr. Lecco, Ricardo Jr. is from the state of Rio. Facing the invitation of Flamengo, It is difficult for him to refuse. So I hope that Sao Paulo can provide some sincere terms first, and on this basis, we can talk."

The vampire! Lyco suppressed his anger. He knew that Farah was not telling the truth, but this possibility did exist. He couldn't take the risk of losing Ricardo. He took a deep breath and made his voice as calm as possible: " Mr. Farah, Ricardo Jr. is a Sao Paulo player, Sao Paulo has cultivated him, and he has a deep relationship with Sao Paulo. What’s more, he has a contract.”

"We're talking about business, let's not talk about feelings, okay?" A scorn flashed in Farah's eyes, "As for the contract, he is currently on a youth contract, and he can transfer to any team freely. The other party just needs to pay Sao Paulo. Hundreds of thousands of dollars, at most one or two million dollars in training fees.

I think both Flamengo and Corinthians will be willing to spend this money for little Ricardo. "

Lyco realized that Farah was telling the truth. Dozens or millions of dollars, whether it is Corinthians or Flamenco, will not be taken seriously. If Ricardo can maintain the current state, or even make progress, he will change hands in a few years. It can sell for more than ten million dollars.

Especially Corinthians, this is Sao Paulo's rival in the same city. If they can poach Sao Paulo's star of hope, Corinthians will not hesitate.

Lecco lowered his head and thought for a while, and added another 20% to the terms of the contract he originally expected: "The weekly salary is 3,000 reais, with an annual increase of 15%, a 6-year contract, and a breakage penalty of 10 million U.S. dollars."

The current exchange rate between the real and the US dollar is about 2.5 to 1, and 3,000 reals are equivalent to about 1,500 US dollars.

Farah stood up with a smile on his face, and stretched out his hand to Lecco: "I'm sorry to waste your precious time, I will take my leave first."

Lecco was stunned. What does it mean? If you are not satisfied with the offer, you can discuss it again, why just leave?

Farah smiled and said: "Mr. Lecco, I think this offer reflects that the Sao Paulo club did not fully realize the value of my player. As a player who played 220 minutes, scored 3 goals and assisted 4 goals. For a 16-year-old player whose ball is very important, this offer is a humiliation to him. I just pretend not to hear it. I don't want my players and the club to have a rift. After all, Sao Paulo trained him. Good luck everyone Let's go. After Ricardo leaves, Sao Paulo can also get a training fee of one million dollars, which is not a loss."

Not bad? No loss! It can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars in two years, you want me to let him go with a million dollars now? The club president will eat me raw! Lyco shuddered, stood up immediately, and showed the most kind smile: "Mr. Farah, please sit down. I know that there are still differences between us on some terms, but these are all negotiable."

Farah said slowly: "This is not a disagreement, but a shameful humiliation. I will not let my players accept this kind of humiliation. Mr. Lecco, let's see how Ricardo has been trained in Sao Paulo for so many years. For your sake, please consider carefully before submitting another offer. But if this offer is not reasonable, I think I will close this negotiation and will not restart the negotiation in the short term.”

This is the threat of Chiguoguo!

Lyco realized this. But he had no choice but to accept the threat. Because, there are too many clubs in the outside world waving checks to recruit Ricardo! Everyone can see the huge potential in Licado! "Ronaldo's successor", this is not flattery, but Ricardo's performance deserves such praise!

Lyco lowered his head, and after some consideration, he raised his head, looked directly at Farah, and proposed a new offer.