Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 101

Sunderland.

Many people have been unable to close their eyes overnight.When the morning sun shone on the earth, the door of Anton's house opened.

Eriksson poked his head out and asked the media outside, "Have you brought your cups?"

Sunderland's local media is the only media that has obtained permission to stay outside Anton's house.Reporters and cameramen have the habit of carrying accompanying glasses when they go out.But when Eriksson asked this question, the reporters were dumbfounded.

Someone nodded at Eriksson.

"Oh!" The young man closed the door again with a "bang". After a while, he came out with a pot full of freshly brewed hot coffee, brought it to the interview car, and said, "Here, wake up. We will drive in a while. come out."

Reporters: ... moved, besides reminding them to get ready, they even gave them hot coffee? !

Eriksson smiled and said: "Anton said, drink the coffee he brewed by himself, don't come to our yard after today, call the club's public relations if you need news. The public relations department will Arranged ha!"

The reporter who just took a sip of hot coffee almost didn't spit out——

This is a miserable situation, eating people with short mouths, short hands, and drinking other people's coffee, shouldn't they continue to block the gate of other people's yards?

But regardless of the awareness of these reporters, after 10 minutes, they did take pictures of Anton walking out of the house with two players under his command for the first time.

According to the old rules, Anton is responsible for driving, and Eriksson and Messi are passengers.The three of them are very energetic, which contrasts sharply with the haggard reporter with dark circles under his eyes.

It took about 10 minutes for Anton's car to drive out of the intersection of Mayswood Road.After driving to the gate of Guangming College, it took another 15 minutes to park the car, and took the two young people to the training base.

On the way, Messi followed Anton closely and asked, "Is Sunderland always in this traffic jam?"

Eriksson next to him laughed with a "ha".

Anton: ...

In Guangming Academy, from the boss Short down, all the staff, all the players, and all the echelons have arrived.Everyone's faces were filled with uncontrollable excitement. Some even reached out and pinched themselves hard when they saw Messi for the first time, wondering if they were dreaming.

But since you are a professional, you still have to show the necessary professionalism.The coaching staff responsible for the physical examination immediately took Messi to the physical examination room.

Civilian personnel are repeatedly checking and checking various contracts and documents.After the medical examination is completed, Messi will come over and officially sign the document under the witness of the media.

CEO Martin stayed up all night, and at this time his eyes were full of red threads.Anton walked over, stood beside him, and thanked him in a low voice.Sunderland's staff communicated with Barcelona and Messi's father overnight on all the terms of the paperwork, and only then did the signing ceremony this morning.

Martin shook his head and said, "You're welcome! It's a common thing, and it happens to us in our line of work."

Martin refers to the emergency signings before the summer or winter window closes. All procedures need to be completed before the deadline. At that time, there is often a race against time. Overtime is common, and early sleep and rest do not exist.

"But if you invite me to dinner for that, I won't object," Martin added.

Anton raised the corner of his mouth, and said in a low voice, "When I'm done with this work, I'll invite everyone to have a meal together, it should be."

Martin asked this because when Messi's "airborne" Sunderland was discussed vigorously on social media last night, Anton, under the "siege" of countless media and fans, sent a tweet: "At this time I I really want to invite someone to dinner."

This tweet was paired with a moving picture by Anton. When you click on it, you will see a Chinese hot pot that is gurgling, and the ingredients are slowly filling in it. Along with the soup in the pot, gurgling, gurgling, gurgling... …

The picture whets the appetite, while the text makes people daydream—who will Anton want to invite to dinner?

Of course, Martin thought it was himself. After all, it took a lot of effort to work with the staff overnight.Messi has just signed a contract over there, and Martin has formally confirmed the labor certification arrangement with the authority.

Of course, many people think that Anton wants to treat Messi to a good meal. After all, he came all the way to support the newly promoted Sunderland.Looking at the accompanying picture, most of the fans are very envious of Messi, and feel that he has made a wise choice to live next door to the head coach produced by the country of Chinese and Italian double food.

Anton didn't say much. In addition to thanking a group of staff for their hard work, he also had to face a series of questions from club owner Short.

Boss Ellis Short has thanked God countless times since last night.

Short didn't know what kind of luck he had. Since the end of December last year, the team was pulled back from the brink of relegation bit by bit, and then began to have good luck one after another. Got it, and several skilled and stylish players have also signed - his personal financial advisor had previously hinted that Sunderland's valuation has risen by 12% compared to when he just took over.

But after last night, the club he owns, conservatively estimated that its valuation soared by another 20% overnight. The commercial value that a superstar like Messi brings to a club cannot be accurately estimated.

Short thanked him here and there, and finally remembered that he should thank Anton: "I said Anton, you are really the lucky star of the club. Without you..."

In fact, Short had just considered whether to transfer the club for cash. After all, he had already made a lot of money compared to when he just invested.

But now he has completely dispelled this idea - he has completed self-hypnosis, thinking that Anton must be his koi, as long as Anton is there, the value of the club will continue to rise like this.No matter what Anton said in the future, he would definitely listen.

But he still doesn't understand how Anton invited Messi to Sunderland.Mr. Short firmly believes that Anton must have "fooled" Messi. After all, he has experienced it himself. Anton only said a few words, and he vaguely agreed not to increase the price of season tickets.

It is so, it must be so!

When Messi signed with the club, the Sunderland players all crowded into the room to watch.

After Messi signed the "agreement", the young star raised his head and smiled shyly at the media.The shutter sounded immediately, and the flash continued to fire.

The Sunderland players all know that the agreement Messi signed is actually a "fake" agreement. Although it has the club's letterhead printed on it, it seems to be densely packed with terms, but it is actually just a contract." Boilerplate” with no actual content.Even if the media photographed it from a distance, it would not reveal any details of the agreement between the two parties.

After the agreement was signed, Anton came forward, shook hands with the newly joined "star" and handed Messi his jersey.

Messi happily took the jersey marked "19" and said something to Anton in Spanish.Anton nodded with a smile, and reached out to pat Messi on the shoulder.

Some of the Sunderland players standing aside stretched out their hands and patted Henderson, congratulating him secretly.

In the new season, Henderson got the No. 10 jersey.Messi also wore No. 10 in Barcelona, ​​so most of the players in Sunderland thought that Henderson needed to give up his number, and the big guys had been secretly discussing for a while before, let Henderson choose another A number does not appear to be lost.

Who would have thought that when Messi came to Sunderland, he still put on the No. 19 jersey he wore when he debuted in Barcelona.

Henderson himself was a little dazed and couldn't quite believe his eyes.Now that the team has such a big-name star, he is still No. 10, or No. 10... The trust of the head coach in him... and the generosity of Messi...

The young man suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavy.

After the signing ceremony, Anton took Messi to meet the club's senior management first, followed by the main staff and first-team members.

At this time, Messi was standing in front of the first team, with clear eyes, looking at everyone with a slight smile.

The first-team players looked at each other, seemingly hesitant, wondering who should be the first to meet and shake the star's hand.Anton didn't speak, just watched quietly from the side.

Crouch is an idiot. Seeing that no one came forward, he stood up on his own, but was pushed back by the other team members.Immediately afterwards, the players looked at each other and pushed "Junior Brother Sha" Shaqiri out.

—Maybe it’s less likely to hurt feelings this way!

Shaqiri had the opportunity to show his footwork and footwork in the World Cup just past, so he got the nickname "Swiss Messi".When he shook hands with Messi, he couldn't help but raise his eyes, and glanced at the top of Messi's head, to make sure that Messi's height was indeed about the same as his own - he was short of reaching out to compare the two of them.

As a result, the rest of the Sunderland players laughed.Shaqiri blushed, stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his neck - this action was quite similar to Messi's own habit, this time even Messi himself laughed and called out: "Brother dei——"

"Introduce your teammates for me! We can't always bother the coach, can we?" Messi said.

This attitude immediately won the favor of other Sunderland players.The biggest player in this room is Messi, but Messi still puts on the attitude of an ordinary player, shows respect to the coach, and does not put on airs in front of his teammates.

Shaqiri said: "That's great!" He immediately introduced his teammates to Messi one by one - but he kept an eye out, the order of introduction was based on height, and he specially introduced the 1-meter-high Pia and the 95-meter Crouch stayed at the end.

Therefore, the last scene where the teammates "recognize each other" is that Shaqiri and Messi raised their heads at the same time, looked up at Crouch and Hyypia.It was like a football player meets a basketball player.

Anton tried his best to hold back a smile, and said, "It just so happens that everyone is here, let's take a group photo together, and then hand it over to the PR department, so they can send it out for the fans to see!"

Sunderland's entire first team gathered together for a group photo.Unfortunately, Crouch and Hypia are too tall. Of course, the wide-angle lens can bring people into the frame, but the portraits will appear small and the proportions are wrong.

Anton decisively ordered: "Peter (Crouch) and Sammy (Hypia), you two sit in front of everyone!"

So when I met the fans later, it was such a group photo: the two "Messi" are in the middle, Anton is behind them, other players are surrounded by the three in the middle, and Crouch and Hai are at the bottom. Pia took a chance...

Hey, how come the cutest height difference is reversed?

The author has something to say: ①Last night Jingrenqing pointed out that Messi’s labor certification issue was indeed my mistake. Messi obtained Spanish nationality in 2005, so he does not need a labor certification.

I have read a report before, saying that Professor Arsene Wenger of Arsenal was "infinitely close" to signing Messi, but Messi failed to make the trip because of the obstruction of the labor certificate.At that time, Yaya Toure, Di Maria and others had the same fate as Messi.Last night, I went back and checked the time mentioned in the report, and it was 2002.In my impression, Kaka has also been "stuck" by a labor certificate, so he has never landed in the Premier League. The impression is too deep, so I wrote it in.

Here, I would like to thank the quiet little angel of Ye Jingren for pointing out the bug.However, it is more convenient for Boss Mei to parachute to Sunderland without a work permit.

I wish you all a healthy Dragon Boat Festival!