Chapter 18: Passing by ()

At No. 24, Inter Milan headquarters, a middle-aged man refused to ask for interviews from all media reporters blocking the door and walked into the door quickly.

Marco, Blanca, is a powerful figure in Inter Milan, who controls the lifeblood of the Serie A giants in the transfer market. In Inter Milan, he will make the final decision for any player who can join as he wishes and who will leave the team sadly. He will introduce Cambiaso for free, buy Macon at a cheap price, and sign Ibrahimovic at a sudden sign... These are his masterpieces in the transfer market. It is precisely because of his outstanding and effective work that the Nerazzurri took great steps from the shadow of no championship for many years and embarked on the road of continuous revival of the champion.

It is currently the transfer period in Europe. Blanca, as the transfer manager of Inter Milan, is very busy. He either lives on flights around the world or is amid the noisy phone ringtones. In addition, he has to deal with the bombardment of various media outlets. The heavy work has made his eyes full of fatigue at this moment.

Today, it is rare to go back to the office of Inter Milan headquarters once, and he was blocked by Corso, who was waiting there.

After hanging up the phone, Blanca poured a cup of coffee for Corso. Although Blanca is the general manager who holds great power, he dare not neglect Corso, who is nominally just an ordinary scout. You know, Corso is a legendary superstar in Inter Milan's history and enjoys a high reputation in Italian football. He served as a club scout not because of the necessity of making a living, but because of his heart's love for the club. For such a respectable old man, Blanca has no reason to neglect him.

"Marco, I'm sorry to take up your precious time at this time. I'm here this time to recommend a promising young player to you. I believe that in the near future, his talent will shock the whole of Europe. The child is now trying out in Appiano, and I hope you can take some time to inspect it yourself." Corso said seriously.

"Is that?" Blanca smiled slightly. As Inter Milan's transfer manager, he hasn't heard words like Corso a hundred times a day, and has 80 times. Every scout always praises the players he finds. However, in fact, there are very few that can meet their expectations. Therefore, Blanca doesn't care much about Corso's strong recommendation.

"It's definitely the case, I'm sure!" Seeing Blanca disregarded, Corso became anxious and unconsciously emphasized his tone. "This is my inspection report, as well as the player report written by Coach Peya and Coach Bosagria. You can take a look first."

Corso took out a thick stack of papers from his bag and placed them on Blanca's desk.

Looking at such a thick stack of files, Blanca couldn't help but rub his temples with his fingers. He looked helplessly at Corso's serious expression, and Blanca opened the file.

"Chujiang, Chinese?"

"No national team record?"

"Goalkeeper?"

...

At the first glance, Blanca became less interested in the unfamiliar Chinese goalkeeper.

"Even the weak Chinese national football team has not been selected. How high is this person's strength? I haven't participated in the World Youth Championship, World Youth Championship, Asian Cup, and World Cup qualifiers, and it is even more impossible to examine his performance and technical characteristics in the competition. Isn't this a joke to determine his future development potential based on the training performance between children alone?"

"What's more, he is also a goalkeeper. In the goalkeeper position, we have the best goalkeepers in the world, Julio, Cesar, Italian goalkeeper Viviano, and the youth team. There are also young players such as Belek, Tornagi, and Baldi. We don't short of people in this position."

"Besides, he is a Chinese and needs to occupy the number of non-EU players to introduce..."

Thinking of this, Blanca's interest in the Chinese goalkeeper recommended by Corso became increasingly weak.

At this moment, the phone rang again. Blanca picked up the phone and gave Corso a sorry look. Although he was still looking through the documents, most of Blanca's attention was already focused on the phone. This year, the club has changed a new head coach, and the new coach has many requirements for transfers, but the transfer negotiations of the target players are not going smoothly. The huge work pressure makes Blanca feel a little worried.

"Yeah, yeah, okay. You tell Rafa that we are still working hard on Mascherano, and I sent someone to contact him. We will try our best to meet his requirements, but also ask him to stay patient. The transfer market is less than the last moment, and it is hard to say what is 100% certain, and I will try my best. Well, goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, the document has basically turned to the last page. Judging from the content, Corso, Peya and Bosagria all gave Chu Jiang high praise and suggested that the team sign him. Generally speaking, if a young player has received unanimous approval from the youth team coaching staff, he can contact the youth training director Olicio to sign him. Blanca doesn't need to worry about it at all. However, this player is a non-EU player, which is a bit difficult.

As for what is mentioned in the report, Chu Jiang is extremely good at direct free kicks, Blanca chose to ignore it. Even a master-level goalkeeper like Chilavit has not played for top teams in his career. All top teams choose to ignore the goalkeeper's scoring ability without exception. In their eyes, the goalkeeper can do a good job of defending, and it doesn't matter whether he can score a goal.

"Corso, you know, this year we have signed Coutinho, a promising Brazilian genius. At present, we have no extra non-EU spots to introduce this player from China." Blanca pondered for a moment and expressed a polite rejection of Corso's suggestion.

"I know. But can't we introduce him through the cooperative club Chevo? In the past, we introduced Cesar and Marxville in this way. Moreover, this year, Chevo's non-EU player quota was not used, which just happened to provide convenience for us to introduce Chujiang. The reason you mentioned is not a problem that cannot be solved!"

Obviously, Corso had considered this issue before coming.

"Uh. It's true that this is a solution. However, the cost of this method is not low, Corso! The players we introduce in this method are basically famous stars. The risks of introducing that unknown Chinese player in this way are a bit high."

"But Chu is definitely worth your way, Marco. He is unknown now, but I believe he will definitely be famous in the future. This is an opportunity, not a risk!"

"It seems that you really optimistic about him. So, who do you think he is better than our Cesar?"

"This, Cesar must be better than him now, but..."

"Isn't that all. As strong as Cesar, he also sat on the bench for a season when he was redirecting Chievo. You know, for players introduced in this way, Chievo cannot give him a chance to exercise, because they are destined to be just a passerby of Chievo. If we introduce that Chinese player in this way, it will definitely not have any chance to play in a year. For a young player, is he harming him or helping him?"

Seeing that Corso was still stubborn, Blanca simply changed his way to persuade him.

"This..." Hearing these words, Corso couldn't help but hesitate. It is undeniable that what Blanca said is indeed reasonable. After all, young players are different from those who have already been established. They are abandoned for a year and may be abandoned from now on.

"Besides, even if he was left alone for a year in Chivo, he would never be able to replace Cesar as the main force or serve as a substitute for Viviano. If he stayed, he still had no chance to play. In this way, it would be equivalent to saying that he still couldn't find a chance to exercise. He didn't get a chance to exercise for several consecutive years, and no matter how powerful a player was, he couldn't stand up. This may not be a good thing for him." Blanca continued to talk.

Corso nodded bitterly. All Blanca said was true, and Corso had to admit it.

"But, Marco, do you know? Pagano is already inspecting him. I guess if we give up on this opportunity, then he will really go away from us from now on!"

"Isn't that right? If you sign a contract with them, Chinese children can get more training opportunities. If you are really excellent and perform very well, we can sign him again in the future. With the friendly relationship between our two clubs, it is not difficult to sign any player." Blanca said with a disregarded smile.

"If there was a day, I'm afraid the price would have been greater at that time, much greater than now. Marco, if that day really came, you might regret it. I regret not being determined to sign him today." Corso said with a wry smile. He already understood that Blanca had no intention of signing Chu Jiang at all. No matter how much he wanted to convince him, it would be useless.

"Is that so? Haha!" Blanca laughed.

In his opinion, Corso was joking with him. Blanca did not expect that he would really regret his decision today, so much that he regretted his intestines. Moreover, he would not wait too long that day.

Walking out of the headquarters gate, Corso shook his head helplessly. He took out a cell phone and dialed a number.
Chapter completed!