Chapter 990 Are You Really Going to Chinatown?

L'Sert, a small town southwest of San Sebastian in northern Spain.

The winding Oria River flows from north to south, flowing through the western suburbs of the town.

Real Sociedad's Zubieta training base is located on the west bank of the Oria River, surrounded by mountains and beautiful scenery.

The mountains and rivers have brought convenience to Real Sociedad. Every year's pre-season training, going into the mountains and water has become a routine training program for Real Sociedad, and it always attracts many fans.

The four-hour canoeing training has always become a unique landscape on the Oria River.

After each training session, the players would be exhausted and collapse in the lounge, too lazy to move.

The lounge will become lively again only when they have recovered some energy.

They began to discuss the news of the summer transfer market and various gossips.

Since returning to the La Liga, Real Sociedad has achieved relatively ideal results for two consecutive years, basically successfully avoiding relegation and ranking in the middle, which makes the players in the team feel more at ease. The club's finances are not abundant, and it will not make any moves in the transfer market. In addition, there are many young players in the team, so everyone is generally more relaxed when discussing.

For example, they will discuss that Real Madrid finally cleaned up Canales.

This talented rookie who once shone throughout the Spanish football world finally failed to survive the injury. During his time at Real Madrid, he was not smooth sailing, and the club's unfriendly treatment of young players made him finally unable to make it. He was sent to Valencia this season.

Canales came from Santander Racing, which is a team in northern Spain with Real Sociedad. The two cities are not far apart, and there are many exchanges and competitions between the youth teams. The young people of Real Sociedad are very familiar with Canales. Some of their peers even often compete on the same field. Now they all feel sad for Canales' situation.

There are countless cases of young players being ruined by injuries.

"I still remember clearly how high-spirited he was when he was still in Santander Racing." Central defender Igor Martinez said with a sigh. After returning to Real Sociedad, the former Chinatown player immediately became the pillar of the team's defense and performed very well, but he was not very old, only 21 years old.

"Anthony, if I remember correctly, you were promoted to the first team in the same year as him, right?"

The player named Anthony was a short player, not very old, and looked a little immature, but his hairstyle was a bit like Sakuragi Hanamichi in the Japanese manga Basketball Flyer, but it was not dyed red.

"He was in the same year as me, but he was in the first team of La Liga, and I was in the first team of the Spanish Second Division." Anthony replied with a wry smile.

Everyone laughed out loud after hearing what he said was interesting.

Canales' starting point was indeed higher than everyone present. After entering the first team of Santander Racing, he quickly performed well, scoring six goals in a season, and became famous in the Spanish football world, attracting the attention of many strong teams including Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid and Chinatown, but in the end, Real Madrid got there first.

"To be honest, I am the same age as him and have played so many games. Even if I don't agree with him, I have to admit that he is a genius, but geniuses are often fragile, and he himself is not strong enough." The young man named Anthony said.

"It's mainly because Real Madrid treats young players too unfriendly, and Mourinho doesn't attach importance to the training of young players. He uses them if they can be used, and throws them away if they can't. What's this?"

"It's mainly because of the internal power struggle of the club. Canales was signed by Valdano, and Mourinho doesn't know how to use him. I remember that a media reporter broke the news before that Gao Han mentioned that Mourinho couldn't use the attacking midfielder well. If you don't believe it, just look at James Rodriguez's situation in Real Madrid. It's so awkward."

"If you ask me, there is still something wrong with Real Madrid. If it was in Chinatown, this situation would definitely not happen." Igor Martinez said loudly.

"Really?"

"That's right, which team doesn't have injuries?"

Igor Martinez nodded and said, "Yes, there will be injuries, but the treatment methods and helping players recover are completely different. Chinatown has a complete and rigorous process. In order to provide players with the best and most complete medical services, Chinatown has invested a lot of money and purchased many advanced equipment."

In the minds of La Liga players, Chinatown has always been considered a very alternative existence.

When this team was still in the lower leagues, it set many records. For example, they were the only team in the lower leagues with jersey sponsorship, and they were world brands such as Nike and Adidas.

So far, Chinatown is the only club in European football that is sponsored by two giants at the same time.

When Chinatown was still in the lower leagues, they were still very poor and financially tight, but they invested a lot in training, injury prevention and medical care every year. Even in La Liga, Chinatown still insists on this.

There was even a news story not long ago that Diego Costa, who transferred to Real Madrid, did not trust the Real Madrid team doctor after he was injured, and went to Chinatown privately to be examined by the club's team doctor. It turned out that the Real Madrid team doctor made a mistake, which almost harmed the Brazilian striker.

"Not long ago, Illarramendi told me when he came back that the club purchased a state-of-the-art machine from the United States last year. It is said to have cost one million euros. It is very advanced, fully automatic, and can save a lot. The detection time is also higher and the accuracy is higher.”

After listening to Igor Martinez's words, everyone was amazed.

"Chinatown is really unique. It is the team with the fewest injuries in La Liga every year. The players' physical fitness and running distance are among the best in La Liga. In this regard, people have to admire them. They are willing to invest so much for the players. It’s just Chinatown.”

"That's right." Igor Martinez also said with pride, "The club's business philosophy is different. Chinatown's business philosophy is to provide the best and most complete services to the players so that they can play with peace of mind. ball."

After a pause, Igor Martinez chuckled and said, "Don't say you don't believe it. Chinatown has set up a special department to provide various services to players, including the placement of new players, as well as transfers and departures. They will provide complete information and help for everything from finding a house, finding a school for the children, to getting special snacks from the player’s hometown.”

"I often heard when I was in Chinatown that if Chinatown invested less in other areas like other La Liga teams, they would have at least a few million euros left over every year, which would be enough to introduce a player. ”

After hearing what Igor Martinez said, everyone agreed.

Looking at European football, there are very few players who can provide such complete services to players.

"Hey, Igor, Chinatown has sold four more players this year, can it still remain competitive?" Anthony asked with concern.

Igor Martinez nodded: "I believe it is possible."

"Why?"

"Carvajal and Alba are indeed great, but Danilo and Alex Sandro are definitely not simple either. I have trained and played with these two Brazilians a lot. There is absolutely no problem with their strength. In the team After so many years, it’s definitely no problem to play the main role.”

"What about the midfielder?" Anthony asked again.

"Herrera's departure will indeed weaken the team, but I tell you, I can count the ones who can play this position, Isco, Koke, Pogba, Verratti, De Bruyne... Let me tell you, that Pogba has no reputation, but pay attention, his strength is definitely not inferior to Isco and De Bruyne."

“As for Verratti, many people say he is like Xavi, but others say he is like Pirlo and a ruthless character, so the competition within the Chinatown team will be very fierce, and players without absolute strength will not have a chance at all. "

Hearing Igor Martinez's words and the look on his face, everyone in the lounge couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Being able to stand out in the internal competition in Chinatown is already a recognition of its strength.

"I called Illarramendi before. Guess what he said?"

"What do you say?" Anthony and everyone else were also very concerned.

Illarramendi came from the youth training of Real Sociedad, and many people present were his friends, so they were naturally concerned.

"He said that Marcos Senna has retired and the captain is De Gea, but this does not mean that he is the main player. Verratti and Pogba can play this position, and he said that the club has introduced a player from France. A ruthless character.”

"N'Golo Kante?" Anthony replied.

"how do you know?"

"A friend of mine at Paris Saint-Germain said that Kante was hand-picked by Gao Han. Makelele personally trained him for a season and he is very good. Zidane also believes that he will be the future pillar of France's midfield. But now he has no name at all and no chance to compete, so he is sent to Chinatown as an extra.”

"That's right, Illarramendi said that Kante shocked him in the first training session. He is also under great pressure now and does not dare to let down his guard at all. He is afraid that by accident, he will lose his main position. Lost it." Igor Martinez chuckled.

After everyone heard this, they felt a little numb just thinking about it.

Illarramendi is already a quasi-national player in Spain, but he is still afraid of becoming like this?

As you can imagine, the internal competition in Chinatown is fierce.

"Everyone is guessing now, you see the media reporters are also guessing, who will be on the right wing of Chinatown after Aubameyang leaves the team?"

Igor Martinez laughed and said, "As far as I know, Firmino, De Bruyne and Koke all have opportunities, Morata and Jese are also fighting for it, but I heard that the club plans to introduce more A scorer to fill Aubameyang’s shoes.”

"Who?" Anthony asked concerned.

"I don't know, but those who can be favored by Chinatown must have strong abilities." After Igor Martinez said this, he looked at the teammates beside him jokingly, "Hey, I said, Anthony, you If you care so much about Chinatown, you don’t want to transfer, do you?”

"Me? How is that possible?" Anthony was startled and his reaction was a little big.

"Don't say it, it's normal to go to Chinatown, but you are a left winger. There are many talents on the left wing in Chinatown. That Hazard..." Igor Martinez shook his head vigorously, "I dare say that he is the only one except Apart from Messi, De Bruyne is also the best player I have ever seen, so you don’t have a chance.”

"Look what you said, I can't play as a right winger?"

Igor Martinez's eyes lit up, "You know what, you can play on the right with your left foot, do you want me to help you submit a transfer application?"

Everyone laughed, thinking it was just a joke.

Unexpectedly, Anthony curled his lips, sighed and said, "No need to apply, it's already been negotiated, I'll leave in the next two days."

"Ah?" Everyone was stunned.

Is it true?

"Brothers, remember to keep in touch."

After saying that, Anthony stood up pretentiously, leaving a cool back view to the stunned people.

"No, Anthony Griezmann, tell me clearly, what's going on? Are you really going to Chinatown?"