Chapter 172 Contradiction

It is July now, and the transfer market of Serie A is very lively. As the third-level league, Serie C1 is also very clear. All teams are buying and selling players. Trapani was the team with the most transfers in and out in the summer transfer window last season. Many teams in Serie C1 thought that Trapani, who had reached Serie C1 in the new season, would become rich again, but Trapani made little noise in the early stage of the transfer.

The main central defender Victor transferred to Milan, and Trapani introduced another tall central defender Coperella Vera Lima Ferreira from Brazil. This was a targeted reinforcement. Then Trapani sold half of Pepe's ownership to Palermo for 300,000 euros, and Pepe then went to Palermo, which is still in Serie B.

There is a story behind this deal. Behind this deal, Hugo met with Palermo's chairman Rezzo Barbera in private. This old man is also a native of Sicily like Hugo. He does not have strong funds and has been struggling to support Palermo. Palermo can now be regarded as a banner of Sicilian football, while another big city team Catania will be in the C1 League like Trapani in the new season. The two teams can also play the Sicilian derby in the new season.

As for other teams in Sicily, they are basically C2 or Serie D teams.

The old chairman is very respectable. He hopes Hugo can help Palermo. Simply put, let Simeone Pepe, who has gorgeous data, give him to Palermo, so that everyone can become friends.

The old chairman came up and flattered. You keep saying that he wants to make our Sicilian football rise by doing Trapani. Now we have no money and no ability. As a neighbor, you should help Palermo when you can. I will remember you as a friend.

Are players important? ! It is important to some extent, but not important from another perspective. You need friends to get involved in the Italian football circle. Hugo has boasted and promoted himself as the savior of Sicilian football. Now the old chairman of the neighbor has come to ask for help in person. Hugo can't hold back. It is worth it to get a friend like Barbera who is loved by Palermo fans and respected by the Palermo region for less money.

So the deal was done, and Pepe was of course happy. Trapani is in Serie C1 and Palermo is in Serie B. If he goes there, they will give him a salary increase, so he went there. Of course, he also expressed his gratitude to Trapani.

Hugo also called him and said to him: "Simeone, although you have only been here for one season, you made your debut in Trapani, don't embarrass Trapani! I hope you can develop well. I believe Palermo is not your final destination. Those Serie A teams will be your goals in the future. You must work hard!"

Pepe was very moved and said after a long time, "You are a good boss!"

Hugo was also happy enough. Some people say he is crazy, but many people also say he is a good boss. You will know when you get along with him.

Stendardo returned to Sampdoria, Menela returned to Palermo, and Moretti returned to Florence.

Stendardo has played well this year. Sampdoria made the right choice to loan him to Trapani, but Menela and Moretti are not so happy.

Menela started to surprise Hugo and everyone. Those who knew Menela knew that he was too independent and had serious vision problems. Under Mazzarri's training, he didn't change much. Hugo was helpless about this situation. When he first saw Menela, he hoped to dig this guy from Palermo, but now he had to let him go back to Palermo.

Menela still had some opportunities to play, but Moretti, who was loaned from Florence, had no chance at all. He played less than Menela. He almost became a mascot on the bench like Hugo. In terms of the number of players, Trapani's team last season could not be called bloated. At least 25 players should be hoarded. However, Trapani only had 22 players. Moretti couldn't play much time under such circumstances, which was enough to explain the problem.

At the end of the season, Trapani didn't have to drive him away. He left by himself without taking a grain of sea sand!

In addition, Allegri officially announced his retirement and became the head coach of Trapani's youth team.

At the beginning of this season, Trapani seemed to be losing players but not gaining any. They had already lost 6 players.

Mazzarri renewed his contract with the club, which will end in June 2004, but his relationship with Hugo was only lukewarm. He didn't know about Victor's transfer at all. He didn't know that his second boss had run away until Milan officially announced it.

Putting aside his identity as the second boss, Mazzarri was very supportive of Victor. However, such a player ran away without his knowledge. Of course, he knew that Victor must have wanted to run away. Otherwise, if he didn't want to leave, who could drive him away?

When he questioned Hugo, Hugo also perfunctorily answered him, "He is also a shareholder of the team. He wants to go to a big club, and I can't do anything about it!"

"Then you should also try your best to persuade him to stay. I don't believe he won't listen to you!" Mazzarri obviously knew that Hugo's words were effective.

This incident created another thorn between the two. Then Simeone and Pepe also ran away. Mazzarri didn't know what the club was trying to do. Did they really want to sell out the team's main lineup? !

This time, Mazzari was too lazy to call Hugo to argue, but his dissatisfaction with Hugo was increasing. He wanted to see what kind of weird things Hugo and Selli would bring to him during the new season training camp.

Mazzari was angry and anxious. On July 9, the day of the new season training camp, a team like Trapani would not do any overseas training. Hugo got a large sum of money from Hugo International Investment Company. He alone got nearly 30 million US dollars, but he had to save this money.

Mazzari only saw one new player, Coperle Lavillan Lima Ferreira, a player who joined from Corinthians in Brazil. Corinthians is a Brazilian giant, but this player has no reputation at all. Mazzari didn't know how this guy got from Brazil to Italy.

The nickname of this new player is Pepe. He was recommended to Trapani by Mendes last year, but he was not able to go until he turned 18.

Hugo likes this player very much. He looks like him. He is tall and big, with a fierce face. He is a natural defender. Handsome guys are popular in Italian football now. Handsome guys are everywhere. This player can be pulled out to scare those handsome guys.

When Mazzarri expressed doubts about the club's transfer policy, Hugo said unhappily: "Mr. Mazzarri, our team has long-term plans! You should know that we are under great financial pressure. It is normal to sell players. What you want is to lead the team to play and train well, not to question our transfer strategy!"

Mazzarri didn't believe that Hugo had no money. Hugo started to make a big move in training facilities in the first half of the year. He further upgraded the team's training base and built a football school in Pacheco, right next to the training base. It was connected to the training base. He also rebuilt the dormitory for the youth team. All of these cost money.

However, Hugo would rather invest money in this aspect than in the transfer market, which disappointed Mazzarri.

The meeting between the two could only end unhappily. After Mazzarri left, Hugo cursed viciously: "This bastard, he said well at the beginning that he would follow the long-term plan of the club. Now he has been here for a season and thinks he is a hero, and he starts to make decisions for the team! Sooner or later, if he makes me angry, I will kick him to the Mediterranean Sea. What will happen? I don't believe that we can't move forward without him!"

What can Seli next to him do? ! He can only smile bitterly!

In fact, he had no say in these two transactions. They were directly finalized by Hugo. Even if he notified Mazzarri, it was a late notification. Of course, he agreed with both deals.

It is understandable that Mazzarri is resentful. Hugo is used to making decisions. Allegri, who is familiar with him, can tolerate it. He will think it is nothing if he tolerates it, but Mazzarri cannot tolerate it. His dissatisfaction with Hugo is not just today.

Moreover, the root of the current problem is that Mazzarri is indeed inflated. He is not satisfied with the club's plan. He does not pay money, sells the main players, and wants the team to continue to upgrade. This seems to Mazzarri to be unreasonable.

Hugo and Seli do not think so. The overall strength of the team has not been damaged. They tasted the sweetness from the young people last year. They think that young people are good, obedient and hardworking. We will introduce many young talents. The strength of the team has increased. Why can't we upgrade?

"Maybe he has been in the football environment of Italy for a long time, and he thinks that nothing can be done without spending money!" Seli said as if guessing.

The football circle in Italy is like this, burning money, burning money, and burning money hard. Lazio burned money to win the Serie A championship, Roma burned money to win the league championship, and Parma burned money to win the UEFA Cup championship. It seems that burning money can achieve the goal. It is inevitable that people in this circle will be affected by this.

Hugo thought so too, but it's different now. We can't spend money. I'm going to save that money for gambling, renting stadiums, doing this and that. It sounds a lot, but it's not much!

"He thinks he's leading a team in Serie A. The level of the C1 League is like this. Does it mean that he needs to spend money like Serie A?!" Hugo sneered, and then cursed: "It's all the fault of that old man Cragnotti!"

Seli couldn't help laughing. If it was said that Serie A started the money-burning curtain, it must be Lazio's boss Cragnotti. Most of the transactions in the past were just for show, but Lazio started to spend money crazily later. Now for a star-level player, if you don't pay 30 or 40 million euros, you'd be embarrassed to make a move!