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Three Unlucky Guys (Part 1)

  As the economic downturn has worsened over the years, Argentines have had to face a harsh reality: in this country, no player is unsellable, not even Maradona!

  When Yang Chen and Paul Beyer arrived in Buenos Aires, they easily found Boca Juniors, then the next thing went very smoothly. Yang Chen sent a $10 million offer to Boca Juniors for their main midfielder Juan Belon based on the transfer evaluation of the Super Coach system.

  At first, Yang Cheng also felt that the offer seemed a bit low. According to the Super Coach Transfer System's assessment price, Bellon's worth was around $1.2 million, but his transfer fee was only $950,000, which was indeed unexpected. Because if Yang Cheng remembered correctly, after the European Cup ended, Bellon transferred to Sampdoria in Italy for a price of $3 million.

  This is actually three times different, how can it be so different?

  Yang Cheng brought this question, and after a round of probing the young official Boka, he immediately understood a fact from the information that was vaguely revealed by the latter, combined with his own memories of his past life.

  In 1996, the world was not yet fully informatized, unlike in the 21st century where everything is interconnected and accessible. Many things were not transparent during that era, just like how player transfers worked, with many European clubs purchasing South American players through agents they had connections with, before observing them personally.

  It's rare for someone like Yang Cheng to take the initiative to come and find me.

  And this time Yang Cheng's luck was not bad, Belong's ownership is all in Boca Youth, his father Old Belong is a former well-known football star in Argentina, known as the wizard, has a certain influence at home, so he helped Belong control his own ownership early on and did not fall for the temptation of agents.

  If it were a child from another poor family, with part of the ownership controlled by the broker, wouldn't they take advantage of the situation and open their mouth wide?

  However, this also made Yang Cheng think of something else, that in July 1996, Boca Juniors youth team went to China to participate in a commercial match. At that time, a domestic team fancied Bellone and Boca Juniors offered $1 million to package Bellone with two other players, but was rejected.

  Yang Cheng proactively offered $1 million and Boca Juniors almost immediately agreed.

  "It seems I've really been made a scapegoat this time!" Yang Cheng said with a bitter smile, seeing the enthusiasm of the young officer from Boka.

  Of course, acquiring Belong for $100 million is a great deal, and can even be said to be a bargain!

  Boca youth officials reached a preliminary acquisition intention with Yang Chen, and then chatted with Yang Chen about some situations in Boca, hoping that the latter could find several players in the Boca team, but Yang Chen was not very interested, because he is not a human trafficker, he is just a head coach.

  Before leaving Boca Juniors, Yang Chen had already made an appointment with the Belon father and son through contact with Boca Juniors to meet for lunch together, so after leaving, he immediately took a taxi to the meeting place.

  The meeting with Bellone and his son went very smoothly. Nowadays, Bellone plays more as a right forward in Boca Juniors. If Yang Chen's memory is correct, he should have been fixed in the middle road after Lazio. In the early days, he played more on the right side, both in the club and the national team were playing this position, occasionally also can play in the middle road.

  Yang Cheng mentioned the idea of letting Bellon play as a central midfielder during this meeting.

  "I have seriously analyzed Juan's technical characteristics, his best position is not on the wing, his characteristic is passing, whether it's long or short passing, he is excellent at both, long passing is very accurate, and short passing has its own characteristics, long-range shooting, free kicks and awareness of coordination are all top-notch, and he comes from the wing, with a large range of running, one-footed or two-footed quick passing and long passing are also excellent."

  "It's precisely because of this that I want to get him, I think he will be a very important midfielder in my team, I plan to give him the control of the midfield and entrust him with heavy responsibility!"

  Yang Cheng's analysis actually has some views from his past life, and some are feedback information from the data in the Super Coach system, so the analysis is reasonable and logical.

  Old Bellon himself was once an excellent player, so he could naturally hear the truth and falsehood in Yang's words. He believed what Yang said and felt that this young head coach wasn't as young and immature as his age suggested, but rather seemed to be quite capable.

  "But I'm not afraid to say that I think Juan's ball skills have a very serious flaw, maybe it's not obvious now, but as time goes on, this flaw may become the biggest bottleneck for him to achieve transformation!"

  "Oh? Tell me about it!" Old Bellon asked with concern, his face also filled with worry.

  "His ability to get rid of the ball on the spot is not strong, although it's not bad, but indeed not strong. This point was not obvious in Argentina, but when he came to Europe and encountered some more conservative teams that implemented targeted defense, his lack of ability to get rid of the ball on the spot would limit his development. Of course, if he retreats a bit from his position, it can somewhat cover up this problem, but I think he should start overcoming this point now!"

  Having said that, the old Bellon father and son really believed that Yang Cheng had indeed seriously studied Bellon and was indeed willing to treat him as a midfielder core. Otherwise, he would not have gone to such great lengths to understand a player's strengths and weaknesses.

  "There are two excellent technical coaches on my coaching team, I think they can definitely help Juan overcome this problem. As long as he can strengthen his ability to get rid of the ball in place and improve his ability to take the ball in a one-on-one situation, he will definitely become one of the best midfield organizers in the world!"

  Yang Cheng said this with great confidence, because although Bai Long is only 21 years old now, his strength has already reached 163, and his potential is as high as 190. As long as he is polished properly and makes a rapid breakthrough in his strength, he will undoubtedly become a world-class superstar and achieve even greater success than Yang Cheng did in his past life.

  "Believe me, joining Kaiser's Laundry will definitely bring about earth-shattering changes to your career and personal abilities!" Yang Cheng said with great agitation.

  Bailong and his son exchanged a glance, apparently both convinced by Yang Cheng.

  At least after Boca Juniors accepted Yang Chen's offer, their room for maneuver was limited. Even if the head coach Bielsa is a good friend of old Belon, he also hopes that Belon will stay and play for one or two seasons, but everyone knows that now Argentine football is money-oriented, not people!

  Rather than listening to the agent's verbal promises and waiting for an opportunity to join that vague unknown, it would be better to follow the club's arrangement, follow Yang Cheng, and join Kaiserslautern. Although this team has currently been relegated to the German second division, according to Yang Cheng, they are very confident of returning to the Bundesliga next season, at which time Bellon will have the opportunity to showcase his skills on the stage of the world's second-largest league.

  What's more, this season's Kaiserlautern can also participate in the European Cup Winners' Cup, which is also a big stage!

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