"The 0-3 defeat to Li Ang's Inter Milan's' Second Team 'has caused strong dissatisfaction among the Juventus fans. A few days ago, Juventus fans gathered outside the Vinovo training base to express their dissatisfaction with the team's results and protest against the team's inaction in recruiting …" The Italian national television's sports news was broadcasting what happened in the morning in Italy.
It could be seen that about two hundred Juventus fans gathered outside the Vinovo training base. They held up banners with the words of dissatisfaction with Juventus' experience and Marotta's words, expressing their dissatisfaction with Juventus' inaction in recruiting.
Li Ang took a sip of tea, glanced at the television, and whistled. He had a gloating expression on his face. He could not wait for Juventus to be in a worse state. It was one of the great joys in life to see the opponent suffer.
However, Li Ang obviously did not expect the chaos at Juventus to affect his Inter Milan and cause a series of chain reactions in the final stage of the winter transfer market.
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At the Vinovo training base, the Juventus club's senior management was having a closed-door consultation meeting.
The topic of the meeting was about the winter recruitment. It was less than a week before the winter transfer window closed. If Juventus still wanted to improve the team's strength through recruitment, they had to hurry up.
Ranieri suggested that the team target Liverpool's Malian midfielder, Mohamed Sissoko.
In fact, as early as the summer of 2007, Sissoko was the candidate that Ranieri had his eyes on. The two had worked together in Valencia in the 20042005 season. At that time, Ranieri regarded Sissoko as the "new Vieira." The Juventus manager said helplessly in an interview on December 11 last year, "We wanted to buy Sissoko, but Liverpool's offer was as high as 34 million euros. We didn't have that much money, so we had to buy Tiago … "
Nowadays, Sissoko, who barely got any playing time, had been reduced to a substitute for Gerrard, Alonso, and Mascherano. His relationship with the Liverpool manager, Benítez, was deteriorating day by day. In the final group stage of the Champions League away game against Marseille, Sissoko angrily expressed his determination to leave after he was not included in the squad list. "I'm really going crazy. The game is in France and my whole family wants to see me play there! I respect Benítez's choice, but we have to have a good talk in January. For a long time, I've been asking myself if I want to leave. I can only start once every five games. I can't stay in such a team. "
In Ranieri's view, Mohamed Sissoko had completely fallen out with Liverpool. Now was the best time for Juventus to bring in Mohamed Sissoko. He had a good impression of the Malian midfielder who he had worked with before.
*****
The Juventus club manager, Gianluca Pessoto, sat in his chair and leaned back, trying to make himself as comfortable as possible. He was listening to Ranieri. However, Pessoto did not speak immediately. Instead, he was deep in thought.
The Juventus fans respectfully called him the "Juventus man who had died once". Now, the pressure on his shoulders was great.
.. Serie............................... .................................................................... Fortunately, he was eventually rescued after falling from the Juventus Football Club's headquarters building. After that incident, Pesotto recovered and became the manager of Juventus in the face of danger.
He was a member of Juventus who was deeply loved and respected by the Juventus fans. However, respect and love could not be eaten. Juventus' poor results and poor recruitment had aroused the anger of the fans, and Pessoto was also under great pressure.
"Mohamed Sissoko, as a candidate, can make contact with Liverpool first." Gianluca Pesto said, "I've decided. Our first goal is still Marchisio! That's Juventus' kid. We're going to bring him back to Vinovo! "
Ranieri showed a surprised expression. Juventus had previously asked for Marchisio, but Li Ang and Inter Milan had flatly refused. There was no room for negotiation. In that case, they had already given up on bringing in Marchisio. How could this shelved plan be brought up again?!
"But …" Ranieri wanted to persuade Pesto and tell him not to waste any more time on Marchisio. Inter Milan would not let Marchisio leave. Now that time was precious, it was better to be pragmatic and focus on Mohamed Sissoko.
"It's decided!" Pesto said.
Ranieri was stunned. He understood that this was the aftereffect of the Coppa Italia with Inter Milan. Marchisio's two goals had stimulated Pesto and the Juventus club's top management.
Ranieri could only nod helplessly in the end. He only had the right to suggest but not the right to decide on the player's recruitment. From this, it could also be seen how much power Li Ang had in Inter Milan. The huge power to control the team's recruitment was enough to make most of the world's coaches envious.
"Bringing Marchisio back to the Stadio Alpi is a midfielder that the team needs at the competitive level. It can greatly improve the strength of our midfield. In addition, it will also ease the dissatisfaction of the fans. This is our own Juventus player. His return now is of great significance," Gianluca Pessoto said.
"Of course!" Ranieri said. Although his own request for Mohamed Sissoko was placed as a candidate, Ranieri was also happy to see it happen if Marchisio could really be brought in.
*****
In the 20th round of the 20072008 Serie A season, the day before the away game between Inter Milan and Udinese, Li Ang was surprised to find that Juventus' fax asking for Marchisio had appeared on his desk again.
"Didn't you already refuse? Why are they here again? " Li Ang asked his assistant, Mihajlović. After Mihajlović retired, he obtained his coaching license and then joined Li Ang's coaching staff as his assistant. Later, Mihajlović once said that the days when he worked with Li Ang were of great help to him. He was forever grateful to Li Ang for his guidance and teachings.
These documents and faxes were arranged in advance by Mihajlović and placed on Li Ang's desk.
"I received the fax this morning." Mihajlović shrugged, meaning that he did not know what the Juventus people were thinking.
Li Ang was about to throw the fax away, but Mihajlović dissuaded him. "Sir, I think you should take a look at the quoted price on that fax."
Li Ang took back the fax that he was about to throw into the trash can. He glanced at the price and showed a look of astonishment.
PS: The previous chapter mentioned that the manager of Juventus was Marotta. The author made a mistake. In 2008, the manager of Juventus was Pesto. Marotta only became the manager of Juventus in 2011.
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