Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Early August.

Sporting Lisbon has completed another major deal.

This transaction once baffled many people.

Because after the deal was completed, the player's behavior at Arsenal was exposed by The Sun.

Arsène Wenger's invitation rejected! Swedish prodigy enjoys a day trip to London!

Arsenal's sporting director: This is absolutely outrageous! I've never seen such an arrogant kid! He's completely ignorant; who does he think he is? God?

Soon after, Wenger, who hadn't had a break all summer, gave an interview about the player, saying helplessly, "I had never met this player before. Someone told me he was very good, so I brought him to Arsenal out of a sense of responsibility."

"But I'm sorry to say, I didn't see anything particularly special about him, except for his height of over 1.9 meters."

"He seems exceptionally talented, but that's just an appearance. When I asked him to have a trial with our first team for a while, he refused outright."

"I forgive his recklessness. After all, he's just a child, and I can't ruin his future. So I won't make his words public until he achieves results, otherwise it would be devastating for him."

The reporter followed up with, "So, what are your thoughts on his joining Sporting Lisbon?"

Wenger: "I'm also curious, because in my opinion it wasn't a wise choice. Sporting Lisbon is certainly better than Malmö, where he originally played, but the turbulent Sporting Lisbon is clearly not as good as Ajax, who were also interested in buying him."

"After all, he's adapted to Dutch football. What if he doesn't adapt well to starting a new adventure in Portugal?"

The same question was asked of Sporting Lisbon's Trigella, to which Mr. Trigella responded: "That is perhaps why Sporting Lisbon was able to get him, while Arsenal couldn't."

"We told him that a new adventure awaits him. The same games are meaningless for him; he can't learn anything more in the Eredivisie, but he can in the Portuguese league."

"We know his favorite player is Ronaldo, and coincidentally, we have a Cristiano Ronaldo on our team. Although he's far from being the real Ronaldo yet, among his peers, he's the alien!"

"Finally, we also know that this player is a big fan of boxing, and we have many players from China here, all of whom can practice fasting! This is a huge draw for him!"

Wenger then responded remotely: "I've heard of Triguera, he's an excellent youth coach. And Maxija, he's a renowned tactical mastermind in the Portuguese league."

"But they spoil their players too much; players like that need to be coached."

Triguera also responded remotely: "Professors are good at teaching well-behaved kids because they have good resources themselves, and all the kids are pruned before they even enter Arsenal."

"But Sporting Lisbon is better at developing players with personality. We firmly believe that personality is one of the manifestations of a star player's technical style and on-field thinking. We hope to see more players with different personalities join us."

Reporter: "But I heard that player hesitated for a long time beforehand?"

Trigra said, "Yes, after all, Ajax promised him a starting position."

Reporter: "So how did you ultimately win him over?"

Triguera: "My assistant spoke to him on the phone and told him that if he wanted to join us, he could just come directly. He wouldn't encounter anything like what happened at Arsenal. Because we know that Zlatan never needs any trials!"

Sporting Lisbon's second major summer signing: €3 million for Swedish long-range prodigy Zlatan Imbrahimovic!

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The series of official announcements ignited the entire Portuguese football community.

Because nobody knows what Sporting Lisbon's series of signings this season really means.

Therefore, there weren't many positive reviews, but rather a lot of skepticism.

"Barzagli, I'm laughing. This is garbage pulled from Serie D! No, no, it's from the Italian regional league, not even a professional league! Sporting Lisbon is hoping this guy can be a good defender, but they should be hoping he can become an Italian international!"

"Drogba? He doesn't look very bright. I'd believe you if you said he was a boxer, but a football player...? Does he play football with his fists? Even Le Mans fans in Ligue 2 are complaining about his low goal-scoring efficiency! Giving Jardel a substitute like this, are they trying to work Jardel to death?"

"This John Terry is supposedly pretty good; he's Chelsea's youth academy captain. But honestly, players from the Premier League are too technically raw. We'd be better off buying Moreirense's Gillop!"

"Imbasimovic, someone who even dared to reject the professor, but he looks more like a mentally challenged idiot. Why should they hire you without a tryout? Do you think you're Deng Kai? Able to reject so many teams' tryout invitations? Kai has assets; what do you have besides your height?"

"Um...Isn't height enough?"

"The Imbau deal seems more like a power struggle between Sporting Lisbon and Ajax. Ajax took away Gillop, whom Sporting Lisbon wanted, and Sporting Lisbon snatched Imbau, whom Ajax wanted!"

"Kepler... never mind, let's just call him Pepe according to the profile. I heard he's a player sent over by someone else, practically worthless. The team made a mistake in buying him!"

"Really? But it's true, with Matthäus, Deschamps, and Paulo Bento, the team doesn't need a defensive midfielder at all."

"Actually, Matthäus isn't good enough anymore, otherwise Bayern would have won the Champions League long ago. And Germany's elimination in the group stage is Matthäus's fault; he's completely incapable of shouldering the responsibility of being the team's core player!"

"Deschamps is a joke. He hid behind Zidane and made it to the World Cup and the European Championship, but his ability is really just so-so. I estimate he's even weaker than Guardiola, and he wouldn't even rank among the top defensive midfielders!"

"I admit Deschamps is weak, but can we please not involve Guardiola? He's a good player."

"Hey upstairs, your ID's weird. A scientist who loves transmission control running a restaurant and eating melons?"

"Um, well... I'll remain anonymous."

"Hey, Sporting Lisbon has been working on this all summer, and this is it? Looking closely at all these players, young and old, there's not a single one who can actually play."

"Yeah! Everyone except Jardell is trash."

"Isn't Quaresma still there?"

"Heh, just a flop. Sporting Lisbon's young players are all flops. Look at Simão's struggles at Barcelona, ​​he's completely incapable, you know! Quaresma is just another unwanted player, isn't he? Otherwise, Sporting Lisbon would have bought him already! They just didn't want to be ripped off!"

"Viana is even worse, a level below Quaresma. They couldn't fully adapt to the Portuguese league last season, and even if they do this season, they're not necessarily going to shine."

I like playing football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him.