The video quality is not clear enough, but with a backward monitor, it can be seen clearly.
The content of the picture is a football match.
A short player faced a defensive player who was much taller than him and looked almost like an adult, but he dribbled the ball very skillfully and passed the opponent in one fell swoop.
Not only for the first time, but also for several subsequent direct conversations, the short players easily passed each other and won rounds of applause.
Yang Hao also vaguely heard someone outside the screen shouting, "Good job, Leon!"
This video was edited and there is a game behind it.
This time the opponent was obviously shorter, and it looked like he should be between 14 and 16 years old. As a result, the short boy frequently passed people with the ball. .
In the end, the little boy's team defeated its opponent 15-0.
He scored 10 goals alone.
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"Wow, my God, watching this kid play football gives me goosebumps."
Juanma Lillo showed an expression of disbelief.
Because it's really amazing.
"Is this from South America?" Lillo guessed.
Only South American players have such technical ability, especially the kind of continuous passing, which is too easy.
Mendiot glanced at Yang Hao and laughed, "Coming from the riverbed in Argentina."
"A player from River Plate?" Lillo was a little surprised, "No wonder, this kid is a genius."
"No, he was on trial at River Plate and our scouts followed him and filmed it."
Mendiodo did not reveal everything. The real situation was that Yang Hao told him that there was a young genius in the youth team of Newell's Old Boys Club in Argentina.
How do you know?
Yang Hao said that he once watched a video of the International Friendship Cup tournament held in Lima, the capital of Peru, in 1996. The participating teams were all teenagers around 10 years old.
Newell's Old Boys' youth team performed very well in the Argentine domestic championship, was invited to participate and won the championship, and Leon Messi, who was only 9 years old at the time, shined in this event.
Yang Hao proposed that Mendiot go to Newell's Old Boys to see the development of this young player.
When the scouts Mendiodo worked with found Newell's Old Boys, they did not find Messi. They went to River Plate for a trial, so the scouts moved their target to River Plate in Buenos Aires.
That's when this video was taken.
"How old is this boy?" Juanma Lillo asked in surprise.
"13 years old."
"Too short, much shorter than the teammates around me."
"Yes, we also heard from Newell's Old Boys that he has been competing with players who are older than him, because players of the same age, or only one or two years older than him, basically have no difficulty. Down him.”
When Lillo heard this, he suddenly became excited, "Then sign him quickly. This kid is a genius."
Yang Hao stood silently on the sidelines, but felt secretly happy. Anyone who saw Messi playing would think he was a genius.
It doesn’t even take much, just watch it for a minute or two.
But after hearing this, Mendiodo's face darkened, "He is sick."
"Who? Who is sick?"
"Messi, suffers from growth hormone deficiency."
When Juanma Lillo heard this, his whole body collapsed.
This means that it will be difficult for Messi to grow taller.
"How could this happen?" Lillo shook his head speechlessly, looking a little frustrated.
Yang Hao also answered the question at this moment, "Are you injecting growth hormone?"
When Li Luo heard this, his eyes suddenly shone, "Yes, growth hormone, do you have it?"
"Yes, injections have been given from 1997 to now."
"How do you know?" Lillo asked again.
"Messi's father has been worried about this. After deducting insurance and subsidies, he still needs $1,000 in monthly treatment costs."
After a pause, Mendiodo added: "According to the information the scouts learned, his father works for a state-owned enterprise in Argentina. In the past two years, he has relied on insurance and union assistance to support Messi's treatment. cost, but now that insurance and assistance have stopped, they can no longer afford treatment.”
"Where is Newell's Old Boy?" Lillo was very surprised. "Such a player earns thousands of dollars a month. There is no reason why he shouldn't pay him."
Everyone can see the talent, how could he not give it to him?
"Newell's Old Boys is controlled by local gangs in Argentina. Messi's brother used to be a player with great potential and played for Newell's Old Boys, but was later sold by the club's technical director to Central Cordoba. team, for which Messi’s father offended Newell’s Old Boys’ technical director Pu Bo.”
"The current situation is that Newell's Old Boys promised to pay for Messi's treatment, but in fact, Messi's father has only received $300 in the past three years, so his father took him to River Plate for a trial. , and are also actively contacting intermediaries, scouts and agents, hoping to attract more teams."
"What's the attitude of River Plate?"
"I understand, they don't have the budget for this, and there are so many kids in Argentina who don't grow up every year, and many of them are very good players, even players from River Plate's own youth training. If we pay this for Messi Cost, what about the others?”
Everyone understood immediately.
The Argentine football king is Maradona. In the past few years, many fans have talked about the fact that Argentina is rich in Maradona II, a group of players who are not tall but have excellent skills.
As everyone knows, what is reflected behind this is the sorrow of the entire country of Argentina.
"Our scouts report that Messi's father has contacted the famous agent José María Minguella, who is facilitating Messi's trial with Barcelona."
Mendiodo further explained, "It was Minguelia who brought Maradona to Barcelona."
Everyone immediately understood that if Barcelona took action, what would happen to Atletico Madrid?
"What do they want?" Yang Hao asked the question he was most concerned about.
"A house, two jobs, and preferably also help Messi's eldest brother Rodrigo contact the team where he plays football, the school where Messi, his second brother and his younger sister study, and all of Messi's treatment expenses .”
Mendiodo felt a little embarrassed at the end of the sentence because the demands were too much.
After hearing this, Li Luo frowned.
"The house where such a family lives has a rent of at least 50,000 euros a year, two jobs and school, which is very troublesome. At the same time, we have to help them deal with various complicated procedures for going abroad and work visas, as well as Messi's The cost of treatment is at least 20,000 euros per year.”
Lillo's rough calculation shows that the annual expenditure is more than 100,000 euros.
Is this a lot of money?
Of course Yang Hao knows, but it's actually not much, especially compared to Messi's future achievements, it's a drop in the bucket.
But now, especially for Atletico Madrid, there are really many.
After Atletico Madrid had a big sale this summer, they also allocated a large sum of money to the youth training camp this year. What is the total budget?
5 million euros.
But how much can we do with 5 million euros?
With so many youth teams, how much budget can each team get?
Similar to Ramos, Atletico Madrid has actually done a very good job and invested quite a lot.
As for Messi, I have to say that there is no such precedent in European football.
Of course, if Messi is diagnosed with illness after joining the team early and the club pays for it, this is another matter.
Regarding the current European football world, how many teams are willing to pay for a player who suffers from growth hormone deficiency and is destined to be short and short in the future?
Healthy players like David Silva were rejected by Real Madrid in the selection round because they were a little shorter and thinner.
One can imagine the current mainstream football environment.
Spain, which advocates technology, is still like this. Going to Italy, the Premier League, and Germany will only be even more outrageous.
Yang Hao had read Messi's autobiography in his previous life. He knew that Barcelona signed Messi mainly because of the personal relationship between agent Mingglia and Barcelona's top executive Rexach.
Messi later signed a 12-year unequal contract with Barcelona, including 3 non-professional years, which mainly paid for treatment costs. He only officially signed a professional contract in 2003 for a period of 9 years, with a pitifully low annual salary.
It was not until Messi shined in the World Youth Championship that the contract was deemed an unequal treaty by the court, and Barcelona re-signed a professional contract with Messi.
But even so, Barcelona did not fulfill its promise after signing Messi and letting the Messi family come to Barcelona.
First of all, Barcelona has adopted a drag-and-drop strategy when it comes to paying for treatment.
Messi's first treatment fee was paid by the director of Barcelona who was optimistic about Messi at the time. Later, Messi's father Jorge waited for several months and couldn't bear it anymore, so he wrote a few words directly to Barcelona Chairman Gaspart. A letter forced Barcelona to pay for treatment.
Many of the things promised, including finding a job for Messi's parents, finding a team for his eldest brother, and finding schools for his children, were actually quite perfunctory.
Although the autobiography puts it more tactfully, Barcelona never paid attention to this transaction from beginning to end.
Because Barcelona was in chaos at the time and had too much time to take care of themselves.
But then Messi kicked out, and everyone was vying to jump out and take credit. Naturally, it became a situation where everyone is good, but what if Messi hadn't kicked out at that time?
"Why are you looking at me?"
Yang Hao was surprised. The office suddenly fell into a dead silence, while Mendiodo, Lillo, Parales and others all looked at him, as if waiting for him to say a word and make this decision.
"Messi is indeed very good, but..." Lillo was a little worried.
"Then let our scouts contact them and test their tone. I guess they are at the end of their rope now and they probably won't refuse." Yang Hao said his decision.
Everyone looked at Yang Hao in surprise.
If you really want to sign Messi, the annual expenditure will be quite a lot.
With such expenses, Yang Hao definitely cannot make the decision on his own, and must obtain the approval of the board of directors.
"I will talk to the board of directors. Cesar, you first let the scouts communicate with Messi's father and try to let them come to our Atletico Madrid for trial training. A talented player like this cannot be allowed to suffer from illness no matter what." tired."
Yang Hao spoke so righteously, Mendiodo, Lillo and others all admired him very much.
This is a pure football person!
But how did they know that Yang Hao is now more worried about whether Messi's father is willing to come to Atletico Madrid?
After all, Atletico Madrid is not as wealthy as Barcelona, and it just experienced a bankruptcy crisis last season. It is really difficult to give people a sense of trust.
But no matter what, that's Messi.
Ronaldo has already slipped away. If Messi is allowed to slip away from his eyes again, Yang Hao will really regret it.
