Chapter 6 "The Invisible Godfather" Mendes (the second one asks for a monthly pass)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is a beautiful city. The most famous landmark of this seaside city in southeastern Brazil is perhaps the giant **** Christ on Mount Jesus. "" Novel Netizens Hand-played

In the summer of 2014, the whole of Brazil was immersed in the football frenzy of hosting the World Cup in the country. Posters and posters of the Brazil World Cup can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of Rio de Janeiro. Regardless of men, women and children, they are all crazy about football.

Brazilian girls in bikinis on the street enthusiastically blow kisses at the camera shots, showing their amorous feelings.

On the beautiful resort of Copacabana Beach, Niang sits on a beach chair, wearing a casual short-sleeved shirt and shorts, a pair of beach sandals, sunglasses, and a cold fruit drink in his hand. .

Look at his outfit, no different from the other tourists on the beach.

But he was not here on holiday.

The 2014 World Cup was held in Brazil. Thirty-two teams that broke the siege gathered in this football country, followed by a large number of fans, news media, and easy to be overlooked. In fact, they are everywhere. The agent is the scouts.

Fans are fascinated by the wonderful football game, and reporters are busy covering all aspects of the World Cup. The broker is here to do business.

For them, the World Cup is a natural big market. They put their players on the World Cup market to sell them. The managers, coaches, and scouts of various clubs are like picky buyers. Choose carefully and compare, and finally choose the player you like, and then ask the agent for advice in private. After the two parties have privately decided for life, go to the club for a showdown. By then the raw rice had already been cooked and the club had to agree to disagree.

In the same World Cup, some people watch the excitement, some watch the doorways, and some people watch things that have nothing to do with football.

Niang is such a buyer, and the one who met with him at Copacabana Beach was a seller, a well-known seller.

It is impossible for any club manager of the top European league, or the head coach of the team, or even the chairman of the club, to have heard the name of Jorge Mendes.

He is the most successful agent in European football and the invisible godfather of European football. He has the resources of more than one hundred players whose total value is more than 500 million euros. The famous Cristiano Ronaldo is his most proud player, and Mourinho, the most successful coach in football, has a personal relationship with him and is willing to use him as his own agent and negotiate with the club.

Such an agent, his ability has long surpassed the scope of the general agent. He holds the phone of almost all the presidents or head coaches of major European clubs in his hand. As long as he wants, he can call Real Madrid president Florentino's personal phone.

Niang knew the energy of the man before him. If you offend him, maybe your team won't sign any valuable players for a summer.

Many fans claim that they know the world football well, but if they don't understand how an agent works, then they will never know how the football world works. The power of an agent can look small, but it can also be infinite.

But he still chose to use his own way, straightforward, and talk to him about his ideas without obliviousness.

After hearing the request of Liverpool manager Niang, Mendes laughed. At first he just smiled, then laughed, and in the end he even burst into tears.

This was disrespectful to Niang, but Niang did not object, he just sipped the fruit drink in the goblet quietly next to him.

Mendes wiped the tears from his laughter, with a deep smile on his face, he said to Niang: "Sorry, Mr. Lu. But I really can't help... I think you should know that the royal What an important player Pepe is for Madrid."

Niang nodded: "Yes, he is very good and good, so we only need him in Liverpool."

"I don't think Real Madrid will release people. I know Jose well." Mendes shrugged. "Pepe is his confidant. This transfer transaction is absolutely impossible, so it makes no sense for you to find me, Mr. Lu."

Niang put down the juice in his hand and turned to look at Mendes.

"I always thought that'nothing is impossible' is the creed in the broker circle," he said.

Mendesha laughed.

"Before Figo moved from Barcelona to Real Madrid, many people thought it was fantastic, right? Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo switched to Real Madrid one summer after another. Isn't it incredible?" Niang said. "Will it be too early to say'impossible' before things happen?"

Mendes thought for a while, and then said: "I admit that what you said makes sense. But specific to Pepe, I don't think he will choose to leave. If your team needs an excellent central defender, I'm under There are so many to choose from. They are all top-notch and no worse than Pepe. There is no need to keep staring at Pepe..."

Niang shook his head: "Of course your players are all top-notch. I have no doubt about that. But I just like Pepe. I believe that with my own vision and judgment, he is the most suitable central defender for Liverpool."

Mendes was silent, he looked at the stubborn Liverpool manager. He realized that the man in front of him was really young... At most he was in his thirties, and he could sit on the position of general manager of a wealthy club if he was less than 40 years old. Does he have real talents, or because of him and Liverpool. Does your boss have a personal relationship?

After thinking for a while, he reopened and said: "I have a very good relationship with Real Madrid chairman Mr. Perez. I can't betray him and talk about this business with you."

"It won't hurt your popularity among Real Madrid's top executives, Mr. Mendes. Because this is the player's personal will. When a player insists on leaving, God can't stop him, right?" Niang looked at Mendes said.

Mendes laughed again: "You mean Peppa wants to leave Real Madrid? Haha! Sorry... the joke is funny. I think I need to repeat it, Mr. Lu. Peppa is having a great time at Real Madrid now. , He doesn't want to leave this glorious and great team..."

A thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and a voice asked him: "Really don't want to leave?"

He was stagnant, his expression changed slightly, and then quickly returned to normal.

He found the young man on the opposite side smiling at himself.

He stood up: "Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Lu. But I'm sorry, I can't help you complete this transfer transaction. I am a broker, but I don't accept any business."

After speaking, he turned and left.

Niang sat on the beach chair, didn't get up to see him off, just looked at Mendes's back and took a sip of juice.

When Mendes was no longer seen in the crowd, Niang took out his cell phone and dialed a phone number.

"Hi, Andre, can you do me a favor?"

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Mendes left in a hurry, but a rhetorical question was still flashing in his mind.

"Do you really want to leave?"

"Does Pepe really want to leave?"

This reminded him of an "old thing".

In the season that just ended, Real Madrid, as the defending champion, was knocked out in the eight-to-four season and stopped in the quarterfinals.

After that game, Pepe, as the culprit that caused the team to lose the ball, was bloodied by the media in Madrid and even Spain.

There were even rumors that Pepe was unhappy at Real Madrid.

The media not only criticized Pepe's poor performance in this game, but also began to look through old accounts and find out a lot of information to prove that Pepe is a player who can't control his temper, often short-circuits his temper, and acts savagely. Such players naturally do not conform to the image of Real Madrid's club. In fact, every time Pepe goes crazy, it is Real Madrid's brand image that is hurt. People will think that all the responsibility for indulging Pepe is Real Madrid.

This wave of criticism lasted for more than half a month before it gradually subsided. However, Pepe’s reputation as a villain and a messy brain is more appropriate to his personal image... When Pepe was mentioned before, everyone would call him. He was a rude person, a man of a man, and some people gave Pepe the nickname of a "monk". Now in addition to this notoriety, Pepe is also burdened with a decline in state and the reputation of the team's cancer. It seems that Real Madrid will never stand up unless this cancer is cleaned up...

In the end, Mourinho stood up to complain for his players, annoyed the media for doing nothing, and said that the loss is not a problem for Pepe, and the whole team should bear the consequences together.

For Pepe, he also fell out with the media again. Apart from speaking for Pepe this time, he did not attend any press conference until the end of the season.

It can be seen that Mourinho really likes Pepe and value Pepe.

But there is one thing that makes Mourinho very dissatisfied. Although he has never expressed it publicly, he complained to Mendes in private.

He believes that Real Madrid did not play its due active role in this incident of Pepe being besieged by the media. He stood up to protect his players. Instead, he wanted to let himself, the head coach with a bad reputation, come out to protect the players. The result is that neither Pepe nor herself have any better reputations...

However, such complaints have been heard by Mendes many times since Mourinho moved to Real Madrid. Mourinho complained that Real Madrid did not protect him and deliberately let him go out to attract enemy firepower and hatred; Mourinho complained that Real Madrid did not support his players...

Mendes didn't take it seriously.

But after talking to Niang, the young manager of Liverpool today, something was opened in his heart.

Is the player really unwilling to leave?

For Real Madrid, Pepe is really important and indispensable...

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