After a long round trip, Li Zhao and his wife returned to Switzerland again, and then entered Italy from here. Before that, Li Zhao had roughly conducted an inspection of the clubs that were interested in him among the other four countries in the five major leagues. There were many wealthy families and several teams that he thought could be highly adapted, but the negotiation results after initial contact were not very ideal.

Although Bayern in the Bundesliga has a good offer in terms of salary, as a dominant player in the league for many years, they obviously do not pay enough attention to him, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will have the opportunity to start from the beginning. As for other teams in the Bundesliga, there are too many differences in strength, so it is not included in his consideration.

The Ligue 1 is similar. As the end of the five major leagues, Paris Saint-Germain is barely enough to watch, while the reputation of other teams in the Ligue 1 is really not very obvious.

Many teams in the Premier League and La Liga are the key targets of Li Zhao's attention, but the imaginative deviation from reality still forced him to give up the idea of ​​joining the team at the moment.

Speaking of which, Liverpool, the old Premier League giants, and Liverpool and two traditional La Liga giants, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​have all offered sincere offers for them. However, the reason why Li Zhao did not choose them is the same as before. Perhaps it may be possible in the future, but the time is definitely not yet here. And if we talk about feelings, he likes Manchester United more, but the latter has not expressed any of this time.

In addition to Manchester City, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and Espanyol are also very interested in him. Although the price offered is slightly lower, this is not a big problem. The main reason is that they regard Li Zhao as a money tree, but are unwilling to give more sincerity. Among them, the new Chinese boss of Espanyol played the emotional card of compatriots, and even brought Wu Lei, who had just joined, to be a lobbyist, but he had already understood this and still declined the other party.

In addition to getting the starting position and fit, being able to have more voice and other additional benefits is also his important purpose, and having enough capital backend is his confidence in doing so. Don’t say that modesty is the virtue of the C people. Li Zhao, who has been wandering abroad for three years and has enough strength, understands one truth: do as much energy as he has.

It is certainly not good to be arrogant, but it is absolutely not advisable to be self-deprecating. This principle is more obvious in territories other than C.

It is obviously difficult to find a club that can meet his conditions, and it is not difficult to find a moment of trouble. He will not easily lower his standards before making the final attempt, and time is enough to make a living.

Unlike the end time of the season in South America and Asia, major European leagues are still in full swing, but there are only more than two months left before the end of the season. It is not very meaningful to join a certain team before making up his mind, and he will rush back to Sao Paulo before the summer vacation to complete his last studies, so the final bottom line is to get the goal done before next season comes.

Before, when he was mainly a honeymoon tour, Li Zhao and his team's inspection of those clubs could only be regarded as the most superficial contact in the first round, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a quick look. But now he has decided to change his original strategy to take the initiative, and even adjusted his visa and return time for this.

"I feel that you are really serious now. If I read it correctly, I guess your goal was to aim here at the beginning?" Li Ruolan clearly felt the changes in her husband.

"Haha, you can't hide anything from your eyes, my wife!" Li Zhao nodded slightly and responded.

In order, we first visited the northernmost Lombardy region of Italy. As the most economically developed region in Italy, Lombardy is very famous in many aspects such as textiles, plastics, machine tools, leather, agriculture and food industry.

There are countless scenic spots here. First, there are many UNESCO-protected cultural tourist attractions in the Mantua (Mantua) area under the management of Gonzaga and Sabioneta, and the town itself is called the "most ideal representative" of the Italian Renaissance town style.

In addition, the Varese and Ossochó areas also have sacred mountains and pilgrim roads with strong religious colors; the Camonica area has prehistoric cave murals with archaeological value; the honeycomb railway that penetrates the Albra and the Bernina mountains; the 17th-century industrial buildings in the Crespode Ada area and the world-famous Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper" in the Church of Our Lady of Gratitude in Milan.

The Grand Theatre of Scala and Milan Cathedral in Milan, the Temple of San Salvatore in Brescia and the "100 Towers" and the Castle of Visconti in Pavia are also very famous.

Compared with other aspects, Lombardy's achievements in football are not much. A total of 12 domestic teams appeared on the stage of the top league. The capital Milan City has the base camps of two traditional Serie A giants, Inter Milan and AC Milan, so this place naturally became a key area during his inspection process.

After a day of visit to Lombardy, Li Zhao officially began his visit to two giant Milan clubs. While contacting the club management, he also watched one or two live games of the two teams respectively. In comparison, AC Milan was quite interested in him, but after in-depth negotiations, the same problems still arose.

However, in his imagination, he did not have much hope for this contact. The possibility that such a giant team would accept his request was almost zero. The reason why I still talked about it was just to try the waters so that I could have a clearer understanding of Italian football clubs. However, the words of Li Yonghong, the newly promoted Chinese boss of AC Milan, still touched him a little.

"This year, our performance with our city rivals is not satisfactory, so this is why we want to rush to introduce you. We also believe that the arrival of a star player like you can further enhance the overall strength of our team.

But the conditions you have made are still beyond what I can accept, so don’t blame me for being alarmist. Your request seems to be operational, but in the current five major leagues, there are probably few bosses who can nod and agree.

Overall, our AC Milan team is still very sincere to you, so I hope you can give up some unrealistic ideas to cooperate with us honestly. Of course, if you want to see the situation in other clubs, I don’t object, but you can make a decision as soon as possible.” Li Yonghong’s seemingly advisable words are not suspected of playing the emotional card.

"Thank you, I will consider it seriously." Li Zhao's response was a temporary response to reject the other party's solicitation. Of course, he did not say anything completely. If he had been in the past, he would have accepted this treatment happily, but if he was now, how could he let the other party easily get the huge commercial value behind him without paying enough money. The more anxious the other party is, the more it means that there is still something to talk about and it is easier to relax the so-called constraints.

After leaving Lombardy, Li Zhao and his wife spent more than half a month visiting other parts of Italy from north to south. In addition to visiting clubs that meet their goals, the scenery along the way did not fall in the slightest. Venice Water City, Roman ruins, the holy city of Vatican, the ancient city of Naples, and Sicily all left their love witnesses.

But when they finished shopping, Li Zhao was unable to find another club that could offer a better offer than AC Milan. However, there was also good news, that AC Milan finally gave in again, but the premise was that Li Zhao had to make enough concessions, and the two sides decided to decide a final compromise after further negotiations.

"It seems that I should have lowered the conditions. After all, this is not as good as when we were in Brazil. If I were in the other party, I would not easily accept such conditions unless I became my boss again." Li Zhao smiled helplessly.

"Yes! Since there are no good partners, why don't we just work alone again? It's not that we don't have enough capital." Perhaps the speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Li Ruolan was just a word of his words to manage the dreamer. Then he continued: "My previous ideas were really limited. To go to a wealthy family, those are just clouds. As long as our own strength is strong enough, we can be a wealthy family!"

"Are you trying to acquire it directly?" Although Li Zhao had already understood what she meant, he was still a little confused for a moment.

"That's right!" Li Ruolan returned to the role of a strong woman who used to do it. After a while, she began to contact her subordinates through her strong veins. Various information about this was also gathered on her computer soon.

After some sorting and analysis, they finally set a new goal: another Serie A club team in the Lombardy region - Atlanta Football Club.

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PS: At the end of writing, I thought of a better title, but the "one" in the title of the previous chapter could not be removed, so I had to do so.
Chapter completed!