Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 187

Ibrahimovic's joining Sunderland is the most powerful signing in this winter window.So far, all clubs have been tinkering with their main lineup. So far, except for Sunderland, no club has completed a big signing.

The two clubs that have attracted the most attention: Chelsea and Liverpool, one has a local rich owner and is not short of money;

However, neither of these two companies has made any major moves so far. The most they have done is to promote the reserve team players to the first team.

No one can give a clear statement about the future of Liverpool star Fernando Torres himself.To a certain extent, this has caused some tension in the relationship between Torres and Liverpool fans: the fans hope that Torres will never leave the club as Kaka did in Milan; Will rumor not express any opinion.

Anton is very clear that the transfer market looks calm now, but in fact it is undercurrents.The calm in the first half will mean that the second half will be turbulent. The most eye-catching transfer transactions are likely to be completed on the last day of the transfer window closing.

Signing Ibrahimovic now makes the end of the month less troublesome and busy.

Ibrahimovic's transfer transaction was extremely fast. Ibrahimovic himself "officially announced" on Wednesday evening, and all the legal documents were finalized by Wednesday night.

Sunderland has already started preparing to welcome Ibrahimovic on Thursday.

The Ibrahimovic arrives on Friday.He will complete the medical examination and signing procedures step by step on this day.After that, the club will arrange to entertain the media and hold a press conference as usual.

Sunday is Sunderland's home game against the "mortal enemy" Newcastle United - many media are asking Sunderland in advance whether Ibrahimovic will be able to play.

Anton thought: This Ibrahimovic has not arrived yet!

At noon on Thursday, club staff hung a banner in the front hall of Guangming College, which read "Welcome to Sunderland, Zlatan!"

Anton felt very strange seeing this, and went up to ask: "Who arranged this?"

It is said that when Messi came here, he did not have this treatment.

Seeing that it was Anton who asked the question, the staff could only reply, "Boss Short personally arranged it."

Anton thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing out loud.He knew why Short was so happy: within the budget, Ibrahimovic was transferred within the budget!Ibrahimovic was "cheat" with the tight 2000 million euros, can Short be unhappy?

"Let me give you some pointers!" Anton pointed at the banner, "Can the words on this banner be swapped?"

The staff is confused: switch places?

"Yes!" The head coach has spoken, what else can't be done?

"You just switch the positions of 'Sunderland' and 'Zlatan', and that's it. Zlatan will come here tomorrow, and he will definitely give everyone a smile." Anton said.

The staff were all dumbfounded: the banner originally said "Welcome to Sunderland, Zlatan!", but after changing it according to what Anton said, it became "Welcome to Zlatan, Sunderland! "①

???

Anton smiled casually: "Just change it as I said." Then he turned around and left.

Several staff members thought about what the words "Welcome to Zlatan, Sunderland" really meant. After thinking about it for a long time, they couldn't figure it out, but they probably meant to welcome Zlatan: no matter how much, Now that the head coach has spoken, let's change it like this!

So it was changed.After the change, the players of Sunderland's first team passed by the front hall and couldn't help but look up at the banner, then stick out their tongues and leave-this is too domineering!But...it does seem like something Ibrahimovic can say.

The next day, Friday, Ibrahimovic, accompanied by Raiola, flew from Barcelona to Newcastle Airport, from where he drove to Sunderland.

Coming to a new club, and it was his own choice, Ibrahimovic was naturally full of pride, against the oily and fat face of Mino Raiola beside him, he was almost sad.

Once the vehicles of Ibrahimovic and Raiola entered the Sunderland jurisdiction, they immediately began to encounter media blocking.Ibrahimovic also asked the same question as Messi: "Is Sunderland always in such a traffic jam?"

Raiola looked resentful: "This small city is as big as the eye of a needle, and there is still traffic jam... Look at you, Zlatan, why are you willing to give in to such a small club with so many media pursuits?"

Ibrahimovic gave Fatty a blank look: "God will go wherever he likes. Ordinary people should not inquire about it."

Raiola was choked back immediately.Ibrahimovic likes to call himself "God", which is not the first time in front of Mino Raiola.

"Besides, you agreed to Anton's conditions for your own benefit. Don't think that I don't know about it." Ibrahimovic didn't look at La Fat, and suddenly said this sentence.

Raiola had nothing to say so far, and completely shut up.

At that time, Anton met with Raiola in London. In addition to explaining that this was the joint wish of the club and the players, he also offered Raiola a help he could not refuse.

Anton is willing to coordinate and make up for the relationship between Raiola and Juventus.

At that time, Juventus was forced to relegate to the second level of the Italian league because of the "Telephone Gate" scandal. At that time, La Fat took Ibrahimovic, who was playing for Juventus, and left without looking back, and went to Inter Milan in a faceless manner. He fell down in anger, and offended the Agnelli family mercilessly.

But once Juventus hit bottom, they immediately rebounded and returned to Serie A in 2007.La Pang wants to continue his brokerage career in Italian football, and there is no way around the "reconciliation" with the Agnelli family behind Juventus.

Anton is willing to come out to be the middleman, so that both parties can save some face, and the Agnelli family can also go to the next level.This is the most ideal choice, and Anton's identity is also the most suitable.

That's why Raiola accepted Ibrahimovic's "cabbage price" transfer because he "can't refuse" Anton's conditions.

Knowing this even after seeing Ibrahimovic, Raiola has nothing to say.

Ibrahimovic and Raiola came to the Stadium of Light when they were young.The staff came out and tried to stop the media, but Ibrahimovic turned around smartly and waved to all the media behind him: that posture is simply, I come, I see, I conquer.

The local media was immediately "conquered" by him, the flashes flicked desperately, and the shutters lit up.

Immediately afterwards, Ibrahimovic took a meteor stride and came to Sunderland's front hall.He only carried a sports bag with him. When Ibrahimovic looked up and saw the banner, he stretched out his arms, and he threw the sports bag on the ground casually.

Ibrahimovic opened his arms, faced the Sunderland staff who had gathered in the lobby to welcome him, smiled and shouted to them: "Welcome!"

It's not Sunderland who welcomes him, but he welcomes Sunderland—welcome everyone on the opposite side, to Ibrahimovic's world.

Fatty next to him scratched his head, thinking: Sunderland, a small club, really has two tricks, and they can figure out Ibrahimovic's psychology so accurately.

"This is great," La Fat muttered in a low voice, "One banner is enough to keep this guy honest for a while."

Sure enough, as La Fat expected, after Ibrahimovic entered Guangming Academy, he behaved frankly and generously. He met all the staff members in a friendly manner, and even made witty remarks from time to time, which made people feel that he was tall and powerful. His new aid is not as difficult to get along with as rumored.

But all the first-team members are a little bit trembling with Ibrahimovic.

They are all superstars, both from Barcelona, ​​but Ibrahimovic and Messi are too different. They challenged their head coach when they first arrived. If Anton hadn’t been so good, he would have beaten him to the core, and this person would not be here today. here.

Although Ibrahimovic is acting amiable now, who knows how everyone will get along in the future?

After the "ice-breaking" moment that made the players tremble with fear, Ibrahimovic completed the steps of medical examination and signing according to the procedure.In the choice of jersey number, Ibrahimovic, beyond everyone's expectations, chose the "66" jersey.

This number is rarely chosen, because "666" is very unlucky in the West.

But Anton was very happy about this, and told Ibrahimovic that this number was actually endowed with very auspicious meanings in the East.

Ibrahimovic stared at him when he heard about it: "In the eyes of God, there is nothing auspicious or unlucky, only those chosen by God and those not chosen by God."

Anton: ... Well, this is indeed Ibrahimovic.

Ibrahimovic came to Sunderland with only a sports bag.

Pull Fat who came with him, after completing all the signing matters, he took his bag and left, not caring about Ibrahimovic at all, as if this guy is a big boy, and after being sold to Sunderland, Sunderland should take care of it all He eats, drinks, and sleeps.

So Anton casually asked, "Where's your luggage?"

Ibrahimovic replied: "Gerrard helped me pack in Barcelona!"

Anton: "Who—"

Ibrahimovic: "Gerard! Gerard Pique, the one who will be the chairman of Barcelona in the future."

Anton: Oh...

That being the case, arrange a place for him as soon as possible.At this time, Roy Schiller, an excellent real estate agent who has always been conscientious, has driven to Guangming College and has prepared various types of residences for Ibrahimovic to choose from.

Ibrahimovic chose a few, and Roy drove the "big kid" to choose a place to live.

Anton led his team to train and prepare step by step.Two days later, they will face the "mortal enemy" Magpies at their home court.So far, Ibrahimovic has not been in his lineup plan - at least not in the starting list.

When the pre-match mobilization meeting was about to end, Anton suddenly received a call from Roy.

Roy usually wouldn't call Anton, especially the cell phone, and the call at this time should be urgent.

Anton walked out of the conference room and connected Roy's phone.

"Anton..." Roy started crying, "Zlatan is not satisfied with all the houses."

Anton felt several black lines hanging down the back of his head: "It's acceptable to put him in a hotel for a few days."

"But he must live where Messi lived." Roy said.

"Then where are you now?" Anton asked quickly.

"I'm sorry for you and Christian," Roy said on the phone. "We're at your house now."

The author has something to say: ① This paragraph is actually a stalk when Ibrahimovic joined Manchester United.

At that time, Manchester United should have played the slogan "Welcome to MU, Zlatan", but Ibrahimovic instructed to change it and changed it to "Welcome to Zlatan, MU", and the effect was really extraordinary.