Chapter 360 Barcelona has taken a fancy to you!
Marcos Senna has always felt that he was an unlucky child since he was a child.
Once, like other friends, he fantasized that he would be favored by fate and achieve great things like the hero in the novel! But gradually, time polished his edges, setbacks shaved off his sharpness, and he began to become humble.
He had to be humble and low-key because he had achieved nothing in his twenty-eight years of life.
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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the hometown of football, he received football training since he was a child like many of his peers. However, unlike the male protagonist of the novel, he is obviously the type of player who has no talent and is not appreciated by others.
As a result, he could only play in the lower-level leagues in Brazil in the early stage of his career.
After moving around for several teams, he came to Corinthians in 1999, where he made the first breakthrough in his career. He helped the team win the league championship and the Sao Paulo State Championship, and also won the only world championship in his career so far.
The first Club World Cup champion! It was in January of the year 2000 when FIFA suddenly decided to create a cup competition to rival the Toyota Cup. So they created the Club World Cup and invited eight teams to participate. The venue was chosen to be Brazil, with Corinthians as the host.
In the end, Corinthians won the championship, and then, tragically, the Club World Cup has been suspended until now.
Marcos Senna's fate was just like the short-lived Club World Cup. Although he won many championships, he was a substitute in all the 16 games he played for Corinthians, and all of them were played in garbage time.
For example, in the Club World Cup match against Real Madrid, he came on in the 85th minute to replace Richardinho.
It can be said that Corinthians’ results have nothing to do with him, and he himself is even embarrassed to talk about it.
After only one season at Corinthians, Senna left on a free transfer and went to Juventud, but a few days later, he moved to São Caetano do Sul, where he met scouts from Villarreal.
At that time, Villarreal went to observe another player, but was attracted by Marcos Senna and bought him to Spain for a transfer fee of 600,000 euros.
This was a leap in Marcos Senna's career! That year, Marcos Senna was already 26 years old.
Although he is no longer at the age of dreaming, he still feels that he has finally come to the point where he can finally reap the rewards of his hard work. He is ambitious to make a big splash in Spain and help Villarreal achieve something.
When signing with Villarreal, Marcos Senna chose his favorite No. 19 jersey. The club's top management told him that this was not an auspicious number, so it remained vacant in the hope that he could change it.
But Senna, who was full of enthusiasm at the time, said that this was his favorite number, he did not want to change it, and he was not superstitious about these things.
But the facts proved that he was not fit to be the protagonist of a novel after all.
The then Villarreal head coach Muñoz trusted him very much and made him the main player as soon as he arrived, playing the full 90 minutes in every game. Senna also performed well, which showed his strength.
But the reason why supporting characters cannot become the protagonists is that when standing at the crossroads of fate, they always choose the wrong direction.
After playing well for half a year, Senna injured the cruciate ligament of his knee in a match against Real Betis and was absent for a year and a half. He did not return until the end of the second season.
The more than one year of recuperation made Senna completely believe that he was destined to be a supporting role.
So, he completely gave up his ambition to become the leading actor. He began to train humbly and low-key, but even so, this damn fate did not spare him.
This summer, Senna went through a complete preparation period and was in very good shape. He was determined to make a difference for Villarreal, but unexpectedly, after the Toto Cup match against Atletico Madrid before the season, he tested positive for drugs.
How is this possible? The club finally gave the reason that he accidentally took illegal drugs.
FIFA also gave him a break and only banned him for two months.
But it was these fatal two months that once again put Senna's future into uncertainty.
Two months ago, he was the team's main midfielder, but two months later, his partner Joseco's position became more solid, Hector Fonte and Sebastian Battaglia began to take over, and Argentine international Sorin stopped playing on the left side and came to join in the fun in the middle of the midfield.
When Senna returned, he suddenly realized that there was still a place for him in the team. Head coach Pellegrini talked to him and told him that the coaching staff still trusted him and hoped that he would perform well and strive to play in the starting lineup.
But Senna was very frustrated. This main position was originally his, wasn't it?
What made Senna even more hesitant was the atmosphere in the locker room.
With the addition of Argentine players such as Sorin and Figueroa, Villarreal now has six Argentine players.
This is actually normal. Not only Villarreal, but also their city rivals Valencia also like to use Argentine players.
Pellegrini has a background in coaching in the Argentine league and has a preference for Argentine players. As a player from Argentina's arch-rival Brazil, Senna is one of only two Brazilian players in Villarreal, one is him and the other is Sonny Anderson.
Unfortunately, Sonny Anderson's starting position was taken away by Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan, who transferred from Manchester United.
This made Senna very confused. He always felt that he would lose his position like Sonny Anderson.
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"What the hell! It's fine if I'm not allowed to be the protagonist, but can't I just quietly be a supporting role?"
"Am I born to be a dead-end supporting actor who gets a box lunch?"
Senna raised his head and shouted to the blue sky in his heart.
Just when Senna had vented his inner depression and was worrying about what to do next, the cell phone in his trouser pocket suddenly rang.
The caller ID showed an unfamiliar number.
"Hello." Senna answered the phone.
"Hello, Marcos." A strange male voice came from the other end of the phone, "My name is Jorge Mendes."
When Senna heard this, he jumped up from the grass as if he had been electrocuted.
Jorge Mendes is an agent who has become famous in European football in the past two years. The biggest star under his command is Su Dong, who just won the double Footballer of the Year award.
Speaking of Su Dong, Senna couldn't help but think of the center forward he had defended on the court more than half a year ago.
"Hello, Mr. Mendes." Senna quickly replied.
"I've talked to your agent, and he said that if you're willing, I'll be your agent from now on."
"What?" Senna was shocked. "Why?"
He was completely confused and had no idea what was going on.
"Barcelona has taken a fancy to you!"
As soon as Mendes finished speaking, Senna's hand trembled noticeably and his phone almost fell to the ground.
"Barcelona likes me?"
How could Senna possibly believe such a lie?
"Haha, Mr. Mendes, are you deliberately making fun of me?"
Because the matter was too bizarre and too exaggerated, Senna would never believe it.
When you are at the lowest point in your life, suddenly there is a turn of events and a piece of pie falls from the sky. Isn't this an adventure that only the male protagonist in a novel is qualified to have?
When will a nobody like me, a supporting actor, be able to meet him?
"I'm not kidding, Marcos," Mendes replied seriously.
"No?" Senna was even more surprised.
Mendes was silent for a few seconds, allowing him to calm down a little, and then explained: "Su Dong recommended you to Barcelona."
Sodong?
Senna was surprised again. What does this have to do with Su Dong?
With Mendes' patient explanation, Marcos Senna slowly figured out the whole story.
It turned out that Barcelona needed a defensive midfielder. Su Dong had played a game with him when he was in Valencia and was particularly impressed by him, so this time he recommended him to Barcelona.
Barcelona had never thought about buying him. The players they were interested in the most were European stars such as Edu from Arsenal, Tacchinati from Juventus and Maniche from Porto. They looked down on Marcos Senna at all.
But later, due to various reasons, Barcelona's midfield recruitment was frustrated and they had to turn their attention back to La Liga.
Villarreal has always wanted to buy out Riquelme, and Barcelona has no idea about the Argentine midfielder who has been on loan for a year and a half, so the two sides hit it off and decided to negotiate Riquelme's transfer in advance and include Marcos Senna in the transfer.
Why didn't Senna know?
Because from the beginning to the end, the focus of the negotiations was Riquelme's transfer fee, and had nothing to do with Senna.
After listening to Mendes' "story", Senna felt like he was dreaming.
He wondered if he had hit the jackpot.
Otherwise, how to explain why Su Dong recommended him for no reason?
Why would Barcelona want to buy him? But no matter what, Mendes has come to the door, which proves that the deal is real.
He is not dreaming!
"Marcos, please think about it carefully. The deal should be completed before January 1st. If you have no objection before then, I will negotiate and sign the contract with them as your agent," Mendes said on the phone.
Senna didn't answer. He hadn't yet fully come to terms with the shock of this incident.
This piece of pie is so big that it almost kills him. He has to digest it slowly.
"By the way, Jorge, can I ask you a question?" Senna suddenly thought of something very important.
"Well, sure, ask."
"Su Dong, why did he recommend me?" Senna asked.
"To be honest, we were all surprised." Mendes smiled and said, "Su Dong said that he had played a game with you and had also followed your games during his time in Valencia. He felt that you were a very capable player, but you had always been buried."
Senna opened his mouth in surprise and couldn't speak for a long time.
Chapter 3 took the longest time to write. I had already prepared a draft in mind, but when I was writing it, I spent a long time looking up information. How do you feel about it?
(End of this chapter)
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