Volume 1: When a Male Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 48: Mazari’s Perfect Solution (Second Update Guaranteed)

Chapter 48 Mazzarri’s perfect solution (Second update guaranteed)

Two days after the draw with Udinese, the Italian media suddenly broke out such rumors-Real Madrid contacted Lavezzi!

This is really shocking news.

Everyone in the football circle knows what level of team Real Madrid is. Being favored by Real Madrid means that your level is already among the top stars in Europe.

Although Real Madrid's results in Spain and the Champions League are not good, the rich heritage of this century-old club is there. Any player who is attracted by Real Madrid will feel secretly happy even if they don't go in the end.

So when the news came out, the whole city of Naples was attracted, and even other Italian media paid attention to this matter.

"Informed sources revealed that Galacticos has asked the Naples club for a price... Mazzoni confirmed this matter. He said: 'Yes, there is indeed this matter. But what I want to say is Lavezzi's His heart belongs to Naples, he is an Argentinian, and he is an admirer of Maradona. But it is still a very happy thing to be favored by Real Madrid!'..."

"Everyone knows that Real Madrid has been living in the shadow of Barcelona for the past two years, and the team is in urgent need of players who can break Barcelona's monopoly. In the eyes of Real Madrid's top management, Lavezzi is such a player!"

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Mazzoni is really good at causing trouble, and there are many articles in the media about the relationship between Real Madrid and Lavezzi.

Regardless of whether this is true or not, it at least caused panic among Naples fans.

During the team's training, some fans went to the training ground with banners supporting Lavezzi, urging him to keep him and not wanting him to leave Naples. Of course, as Lavezzi's public enemy in the team, Chen Yingxiong was shot again while lying down. Those extreme fans pulled out slogans and shouted slogans for Chen Yingxiong to get out of Naples.

As Chen Yingxiong continued to act arrogantly after scoring a goal, his relationship with those extreme fans became worse and worse.

Now it is no longer surprising that around the training ground, you can hear those extreme fans booing Chen Yingxiong at any time.

At first, some teammates were worried that Chen Yingxiong would always be in such an environment and be under too much pressure, which would not be a good thing for him.

But they soon discovered that Chen Yingxiong was not affected by those extreme fans at all. No matter how loud their boos or curses were, they could not damage a hair on Chen Yingxiong's body. What was there to worry about?

As for personal attacks, he has a bodyguard who is almost always with him, even when he comes to training, he is responsible for picking him up and dropping him off.

The most extreme fans can do is throw rocks and burn flares. If you want to say that it is more dangerous, it is the Mafia level, but the Mafia level in Naples is relatively low, unlike the one in Sicily, which has been successfully bleached. The Mafia of Naples is always under severe attack from the Naples police and police.

Besides... the owner of Naples Club, Aurelio De Laurentiis, is said to have a gang background. Think about it, as a native of Naples, his business is so big. If he really has never dealt with the Mafia, no one will believe him.

This is the current situation of Naples football, which can never get rid of the black background, even during the Maradona period.

There were even rumors that Maradona took drugs because he was dragged down by the mafia members in Naples...

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Club manager Marino asked De Laurentiis to report on the team's situation, which also mentioned Lavezzi's transfer rumors.

"Are you sure you're not looking for an excuse to raise your salary this time?" De Laurentiis asked.

Marino shook his head: "His agent has not contacted me."

"Wait a moment." De Laurentiis replied. "Watch and observe again."

When Marino walked out of De Laurentiis' mansion, he was still shaking his head and sighing.

He actually hopes that the club can keep Lavezzi. First of all, Lavezzi's strength is there. Regardless of whether Real Madrid is interested in him is true or not - the media said that Real Madrid has already asked them for a price. In fact, Marino, the manager, knows the situation best. He has not received any inquiries from Real Madrid - at least Lavezzi is indeed capable. The Real Madrid incident may be false, but he knows that there are indeed some teams that are interested in Lavezzi. Qi was very interested.

Secondly, Lavezzi was signed by him. He is very optimistic about Lavezzi, and Lavezzi can basically be regarded as his direct player. He doesn't want to let his direct players go just like this.

But the chairman seems to be a bit "let him go"...

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We don’t know whether the Real Madrid transfer rumors are true or not, but then came the news that Inter Milan is interested in Lavezzi, and the reason for this news is very dumbfounding - because Inter Milan Chairman Mo Ratti has a hobby of collecting Argentinian players...

No one thinks this is true.

But reporters asked Lavezzi if these transfer rumors were true.

Lavezzi, who was impulsive in front of head coach Mazzarri, denied it when facing reporters. "I am a Napoli fan and I have never wanted to leave Naples!"

With such full words, if you really leave Naples in the end, wouldn't you be slapping yourself in the face?

So the smart Lavezzi left himself a way out: "Unless the club doesn't want me!"

Okay, with just one sentence, the club has been thrown into the role of villain. If Lavezzi really transfers and leaves, it will definitely not be because he pursues wealthy and big teams, but because the club sells him ruthlessly. Got him...

The reporters went to interview Marino again, wanting to hear the club's attitude towards this matter.

Many times, De Laurentiis is not in Naples, and Marino is responsible for the specific management of the team, so reporters have become accustomed to Marino's voice representing the club's official opinion. They didn't know that Marino would call De Laurentiis regularly to report, and De Laurentiis still had to make decisions on many major issues.

"These are all rumors!" Marino righteously refuted the media reports that Lavezzi was leaving. "Lavezzi is an important member of the team and we will not let him go!"

"The conflict between him and Chen Yingxiong's Sword..."

"This is something the head coach has to solve, and I believe Mazzarri can solve it perfectly."

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Marino kicked the ball to Mazzarri, who had a headache.

How to solve Lavezzi's problem?

But when he saw the news about Lavezzi's scandals with those clubs, he suddenly became enlightened.

He does have a way to solve this matter perfectly, and the specific way is to sell one of the two of them.

However, this idea will have to wait for the support of the club management. Italian clubs are different from English clubs. In Italy, the head coach is just like their job title. They are just a coach and are only responsible for the team's training and competition. They basically have no right to interfere with other matters. At most, they only have the right to make suggestions about the team's goals for building the team, and who to buy and sell, but they have no decision-making power. This is not bad, but if something worse happens, I don’t even have the right to make suggestions. The club manager or owner has the final say as to who the team buys and sells. As for whether the person they buy is suitable for the team's tactics or what the team's head coach needs, they don't care.

Anyway, by buying people, I have fulfilled my responsibility as a team operator. Then you just use the ingredients I gave you to make what I like to eat. If you can't make it, then I'll fire you!

What? You said I didn’t buy eggs for you to make the scrambled eggs with tomatoes that I want to eat? That’s because you’re not capable enough! Since you're not capable enough, I'll let you go. I'll find a coach who can make scrambled eggs with tomatoes for me without eggs! ——This is the thinking mode of many Italian club owners and managers.

So in Italian football, head coaches are very miserable. They are often used as scapegoats by club managers and owners when their teams perform poorly. What's even more pitiful is that this idea is so deeply ingrained in Italian football that even Italian fans and players take it for granted.

As long as the team loses, it must be the head coach's problem. It doesn't matter if it's the team's internal strife, the managers buying and selling people randomly like they're laundering money, the boss liking the cosplya head coach... it doesn't matter!

Someone has made a statistic. In the four seasons from August 2000 to June 2004, the frequency of coaching changes in the first two leagues of Italy and England was high. Of the 36 Premier League and Championship clubs, only 11 managers persisted throughout these four games, accounting for 30.6%. What about Serie A and its twenty-nine clubs? There were only three people!

Capello of Roma, Delneri of Chievo and Cosmi of Perugia. In Italy, the survival rate of a head coach is only 10.3 percent.

Even these three "surviving" head coaches did not survive the summer of 2006. Of the eleven English club managers who have lived beyond four years, five are still "still alive".

The completely different football cultures and concepts of the two countries have led to completely different situations for the head coaches.

Therefore, without the support of the club management, Mazzarri will be unable to move forward in Naples. Unlike Wenger and others in England, because they are both the head coach and the manager of the club, they almost have the final say in the club's affairs.

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"Sell Lavezzi?" Marino frowned upon hearing this.

"Yes." Mazzarri nodded.

"Well... it would be too much to sell him just because he has a conflict with Chen Yingxiong."

"It's not because he has a conflict with Chen Yingxiong. I talked with him once. I hope he can accept my opinion and change his playing habits and style in the new tactics instead of insisting on his own old ways." Mazzarri explained. "But he wouldn't listen at all."

"He just wasn't used to it for a while..." Marino defended Lavezzi.

"Yes, I thought so at the beginning, so I gave him time. But in the last game against Udinese, you saw how he performed, Mr. Manager. Even the Napoli media were there I'm not the only one criticizing his performance."

Marino also found this difficult to handle. He didn't want Lavezzi to leave, but Lavezzi's own performance was very weak. He wanted to defend Lavezzi, but he couldn't rely on a suitable reason.

In the end, he could only persuade Mazzarri to give up the idea based on Lavezzi's popularity.

"Well... I'm afraid it will be difficult to sell him. After all, Lavezzi has a very high reputation among fans and is considered by many to be Diego's successor. If we sell him... it won't be easy. It’s easy to explain to the fans!”

Mazzarri doesn't accept this trick: "I think if the team's performance is not good, it will be even harder for us to explain to the fans."

What he said is also true. Naples has been in decline for many years, and finally saw some hope. If the secret is broken... not only the head coach, but also the club manager will not be able to explain it to... the club chairman!

Marino felt a headache and waved his hand: "Let me think about it again, think about it again..."

Mazzarri also knows that it is difficult for the club manager to make a decision now. Of course he knew that Lavezzi was introduced by Marino, and since then he has expressed his pride in his discernment in public many times.

For him to get rid of the players he introduced first-hand, this really requires him to be mentally prepared...