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Chapter 111 Full of fighting spirit
Alvaro Pinin looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, Enrique dos Santos Miranda, in surprise. (Note 1)

That is, Vitini's father and agent.

Just now, the middle-aged man told him clearly that his son Vitini would not fight against the Tyne Club for Madrid FC. He gave Madrid FC an ultimatum that if Madrid FC could not sign his son this summer, they would renew the contract with Tyne.

Pinin didn't understand why Enrique Miranda's attitude had become so tough when he saw him again, only three months later.

He even felt like a different person.

Three months ago, and even earlier, every time this gentleman met me, he was extremely respectful and agreed to almost all of my requests.

No matter what he thought in his heart, at least on the surface he looked flawless and there was nothing to fault with him.

Unlike now, Pinin even saw a hint of... "pride" in the father's attitude? !

Damn it!

What qualifications does he have to be proud in front of me and Madrid FC? !
Although he thought so in his heart, Pinin did not show it. After the initial surprise, he quickly managed his expression and smiled again:
"Mr. Miranda, I know your son is doing very well recently. But you have to know that if we can wait until the contract expires to sign him, why should we spend money... Of course, this is not what I mean, but I have to face the questioning from the top."

Pinin pointed to the ceiling.

“I always have to convince them.”

"Hasn't Vitini's performance in the past three months been enough?" Miranda asked.

Pinin shook his head with a smile.

"What about helping Tyne qualify for the Champions League next season?" Miranda asked again.

"If Tyne didn't ask for an exorbitant price..." Pinin spread his hands.

This is a euphemism for "we don't want to spend any more money on your son."

So Miranda knew clearly the place in her son's heart for Madrid FC.

Compared to before when I had to wait until my son's contract expired, I have now progressed to the point where I will consider signing him as long as the price is right...

In fact, it all depends on his son's performance. If Tyne really gets fourth place in the league and his son performs well, then it will be worth it for FC Madrid to invest more resources. If he doesn't perform well, then he may have to wait until the contract expires...

However, Miranda was confident because she already knew her son's plan and had formulated a countermeasure accordingly.

Now, based on his son's performance in Tyne, the Tyne club should not give up on his son easily.

They will either successfully renew their son's contract this summer, or fail to renew the contract but wait until the contract expires before letting their son go.

Even if there is still one year left on the contract, it is almost impossible for FC Madrid to sign his son at a low price.

The Middle East oil capital is behind Tyne, so they are not short of money. If they are really irritated, they would rather wait until the contract expires and let Vitini leave for free than sell him to Madrid FC at a low price this summer.

They can afford to lose the transfer fee, but the key is that they can't swallow this humiliation.

At the same time, his son also wanted to stay in Tyne. When the player himself had no strong desire to transfer, Madrid FC had to rely solely on "money power" to convince Tyne.

But Tyne is not short of money. How much money does Madrid FC need to impress Tyne?
Madrid FC is a membership club. Every penny they spend must satisfy and be agreed upon by the members, otherwise the budget for next season will not be approved.

Tyne is a club owned by a private owner and is not responsible to anyone other than the owner.

It is impossible for Madrid FC to pay too high a transfer fee for his son, so naturally it is impossible for them to really sign his son this summer.

"Okay, I understand." Enrique Miranda nodded.

Miranda did not raise any objections, but agreed very readily, as if he had returned to his previous state of nodding and agreeing to any request from Madrid FC.

Seeing this, Pinin simply announced that the meeting was over.

I didn't expect this meeting to produce any substantial results. It was mainly to express that Madrid FC is still paying attention to Vitini and to strengthen the relationship between the two sides to prevent him from being snatched away by other clubs...

Especially the Premier League giants, it is more convenient for them to be associated with Vitini.

Before saying goodbye, Enrique Miranda took the opportunity to shake hands again and said to Pinin: "Mr. Pinin, I still want to remind you very sincerely that if your club really likes my son, please don't hesitate. This summer is the best time for you to sign him, otherwise..."

He shook his head and didn't say anything unpleasant.

But he believed Pinin understood what he meant.

Pinin smiled and nodded: "Okay, we will keep an eye on your son's performance, and I will also try my best to convince the higher-ups."

He pointed to the ceiling again.

Miranda thought that the "ceiling" was really useful...

But he kept a smile on his face: "Then please work harder, Mr. Pinin."

To show respect and importance, Pinin specially escorted him out of his office.

Only when the latter's back disappeared at the end of the corridor did Pinin remove the smile from his face and turn to walk into the office.

Although Miranda agreed very readily and cooperated in the end.

But Pinin always felt that Enrique Miranda today was very different from usual. Now he realized that it might not be "pride" but "confidence".

Miranda, who came to his office today, exuded confidence from the beginning.

Is it because of his son’s outstanding performance in the past three months?

Then he seemed a little overconfident.

Pinin admitted that his son was indeed very talented, but he was still far from the requirements of a giant club like Madrid FC. I didn't expect that he would actually think of giving us an "ultimatum"...

Is this summer the best time to sign Vitini?
Thinking back to what his father had just said, Pinin couldn't help laughing.

Is this the best time to sell Vitini?

Your son has not played in the Champions League yet, Mr Vitini.

Instead of waiting until you run into obstacles in the Champions League, it’s better to make a fortune while the halo is still there, right?
In the previous meeting, Enrique Miranda hinted that the Tyne club might speed up the renewal of his son's contract after the end of the season.

He may think that he can threaten Madrid FC in this way.

But Pinin isn't worried.

Even if Vitini really renews his contract with Tyne, he certainly doesn't really want to stay in Tyne, but is forced to do so by the situation.

When he finds out that Tyne cannot satisfy his ambitions and wishes, he will naturally regret his decision today.

By then FC Madrid could still get him at a lower price...if he was still worth being signed by FC Madrid at that time.

Pinin is very confident in his judgment.

Because he could see that Vitini's performance was related to Wang Lieqiang.

It is a fact that Wang Lie activated Vitini.

As long as Wang Lie is there, Vitini will perform well.

What if Wang Lie is gone?

Wang Lie's contract with Tyne expires at the end of next season, when he will be 39 years old.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will leave Europe and return to China to play football.

How does Vitini perform in Tyne without Wang Lie?

Everyone knew about it three months ago.

So he saw through Enrique Miranda's last words, which seemed sincere but were actually full of scheming.

Mr. Miranda may think he is smart, but he didn't expect that it was this unnecessary reminder at the end that exposed his inner anxiety.

How good can a part-time agent be?

Just wait, maybe in the summer you will come to Madrid and knock on my door again...

Pinin sat down again in his large and thick office chair, then turned around and looked at the training base outside the floor-to-ceiling window behind him.

Madrid FC's first team is training right under his nose.

A tall figure on the green field caught his attention at first sight. The bright sunshine of Madrid seemed to be all on him. Wearing a white training suit, he exuded a halo all over his body.

The sting was so severe that he couldn't help but squint his eyes, and then he felt that it was less dazzling.

That is Madrid FC's top star, an efficient and ruthless goal-scoring machine, a walking record-breaking player, Arthur Elorne.

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Thanks to the high standards in the initial design and strict requirements during the construction of this luxurious training base, there is an efficient drainage system under each training ground in Northumberland Football City.

So even though it was raining heavily in the gloomy sky of Newcastle, the football was rolling quickly on the natural grass of the training ground without any hindrance.

Until the next time a foot came over and knocked the football away, it also turned up a piece of grass. Sonny Dean jumped up in a hurry and barely avoided the tackle.

After he landed, he turned his head to look at the football and found that the ball had not gone out of bounds, so he planned to turn around and pounce back to control the ball.

But on the rainy grass, his feet slipped, his ankles failed to stabilize his body, and he lost his balance. He could only watch Vitini shovel his ball away, then quickly get up from the ground, catch up with the ball before it was about to go out of bounds, and dribble the ball forward...

"Damn it!" Dean punched the grass that had been plowed into several grooves.

He really didn't expect that Vitini would defend so deep - this is already the third defensive zone!

"Vitini! Beautiful!"

"Here! Vitini! I'm here!"

"Press on!"

"Go and stick to him!!"

"Hey! Pass the ball! Vitini!"

Shouts from the opposing players rang out on the training ground.

Right back Archie Noble rushed forward and tried to stick to Vitini, but the Brazilian boy shook him off with an sudden stop and change of rhythm.

Noble's foot slipped, he couldn't stop the car, and rushed out of the training ground.

He could only look back and watch Vitini rush towards the penalty area.

Wang Lie made a gesture while advancing in the middle, signaling Vitini to pass the ball.

Vitini did make a pass, but after deceiving Vado Gogolo's center of gravity, he suddenly shot into the near corner!
Goalkeeper Goetz was caught off guard - he was about to dive back to the middle, but the ball went straight to the front, and he could only watch the ball go into the net through the gap between his foot and the goal post!

"Pretty!"

"Oh! A dragon!"

Wang Lie, who was acting as Vitini's wingman, raised his arm and gave Vitini a thumbs-up: "Good shot, Vitini! Good shot!"

Vitini responded to his idol's praise with a fist pump.

His teammates, who were left behind by him, were staring at the Brazilian boy in a daze.

Hugo Gunduzzi murmured, "I always feel that Vitini is very imposing today..."

Young defensive midfielder Ian Gray wiped the water from his hair and asked, "Is he provoked by something?"

Seeing Vitini become the focus of the training ground, Sonny Dean felt a little unhappy. He felt as if there was something in his mouth. He didn't know if it was the dirt and grass kicked up by Vitini when he slipped and fell to the ground just now that splashed into his mouth...

He became even more upset and spat hard on the ground.

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"Hey! Hey! Here! Here!"

After Sonny Dean created some space, he raised his hands and shouted, signaling his teammates to pass the ball to him.

Joshua Parker did pass the ball.

Before receiving the ball, Dean pretended to kick the ball directly to the middle, which tricked Charlie Cohen into rushing over, and then he jumped up and turned around to prevent his cross.

In fact, Dean's right foot kicked the ball towards the middle and passed Cohen.

Then he swung his left foot and pretended to shoot, temporarily deceiving Katic's center of gravity, then used the outside of his left foot to push the ball away and followed up with a left foot shot!

As he shot, Katic rushed over again and crashed into him.

This caused Dean to lose balance at the moment of shooting. His right foot failed to support his body well and he tilted to the left, which also affected his shot.

He hit the football with a cannon...

Dean himself was knocked into the mud and rolled around, like a dog that had rolled around in the mud for several times.

"FUCK!!" Dean lay on the ground and cursed angrily, "You fouled me, Katich!"

Katic replied with a smile: "But I stopped you from scoring."

Dean was furious - why was he facing the main central defender Katic, while Vitini was facing the substitute central defender Gogol!

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Dean got the ball on the right side, facing Charlie Cohen who came up to defend, he pretended to push the ball to the bottom line, and after Cohen shifted his center of gravity to that side, he kicked the ball back to the left with his right foot.

So Cohen turned around, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Dean dribbling the ball back with his left foot!

He wanted to turn again, but the grass under his feet had been torn into pieces by his continuous turning and turned into a pile of mud, so his feet slipped and he was no longer able to stop Dean's breakthrough.

After passing Cohen, Dean dribbled the ball diagonally into the goal.

Facing Katic who came up, this time he faked a dribble and dribbled the ball to the left. Katic stopped abruptly and turned back, but Dean had already shot directly into the far corner with his left foot.

This time Katic failed to stop him, and the ball flew into the goal guarded by substitute goalkeeper Leo Sparks from the back corner!
"YES!!"

After scoring the goal, Dean first waved his fist happily and shouted, then turned around and ran towards the corner flag area in the rain with his arms open.

He ended his passionate celebration by sliding on his knees.

The teammates present looked at Sonny Dean who was so excited as if he were an idiot.

Van Ginkel, who was originally on his team, wanted to come up and high-five him, but when he saw him sliding down towards the corner flag, he stopped. He didn't want to be considered as an idiot as Dean - Sonny Dean was the first person to slide down and celebrate after scoring a goal in training...

The coaches on the sidelines were talking about it: "Dean also looks very motivated..."

"Yeah yeah!"

“It’s great that both Vitini and Dean are in such good form ahead of our game against Waltham!”

"I never thought that Vitini and Dean could actually have a healthy competition within the team..."

"Thanks, Wang!"

Someone said this with emotion, and others nodded in agreement.

The changes in this team happened after Wang Lie arrived, so it is obvious that Wang Lie is the biggest contributor.

His role is not only reflected in scoring goals in the game, but also in bringing a new atmosphere to the team.

When McNeill decided to sign Wang Lie, it caused quite a bit of controversy within the coaching staff.

Most people were against it, thinking that there was no need to sign an old player whose form had seriously declined, and that this person was said to have a negative impact on the atmosphere in the locker room...

In the end, it was McNeill who overruled the majority and made the final decision with his authority as head coach.

Of course, the coaches are all "really impressed" now, and have lamented more than once that the outside world - especially the media - has a deep prejudice against Wang Lie, and it has a huge influence, which has invisibly created a brand new image of Wang Lie in the minds of the public...

The power of the media is truly terrifying!
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On the way home, Vitini couldn't wait to call his father - he wanted to know how the conversation between his father and Pinin went.

Although he has made up his mind to stay in Tyne, he still wants to know the attitude of FC Madrid.

"...I told him that if they don't make any moves in the summer, we will renew the contract with Tyne. But Pinin still didn't react...I could feel the arrogance in his attitude..." The father told his son all about his communication with Pinin, and added his own observations.

"It's totally normal, that's how Madrid FC is. So I advise you not to go. It's a wasted trip..." Vitini was not surprised by Pinin's reaction.

Dad laughed on the other end of the phone: "It's not without gain. Before I left, I still seriously suggested that they sign you this summer. And I told them that this summer is the best time to sign you. But Pinin was indifferent. I think even if you help Tyne qualify for the Champions League, Madrid will not make an offer to Tyne. We can start talking about contract extension with Tyne after the end of the season. I think this is good, at least if Madrid FC misses you, then the responsibility is not ours..."

Vitini was talking to his dad on the phone as he drove, and the conversation was coming to an end as he drove home.

He asked his father when he would be back, and his father told him that he would return to Newcastle during the day tomorrow and would see him again when he got home from training tomorrow.

After ending the call, Vitini prepared to get out of the car and leave.

He picked up his phone, which had been charging on the car's wireless charging pad, unlocked the screen and checked the social media page out of habit, and saw a message automatically pop up on his homepage.

“Breaking news: Vitini’s father and agent was photographed outside the Madrid Sports City! Countdown to the Brazilian genius’ departure! Madrid FC poaches Tayne’s main player!”

His pupils suddenly contracted.

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Note 1: The previous setting about Vitini’s name has been modified. “Vitini” is a nickname, not a surname.

His full name is Clayton Alejandro dos Santos Miranda.

(End of this chapter)