Chapter 108: Veterans (Part 2)

Last season, he was loaned to Lazio by Ancelotti in exchange for Pancaro. During the winter break, Galliani clearly told Albertini who was still illusory: "Now AC Milan has no place for you, Demi. Pirlo, Gattuso, these young people do a good job in your position, let alone we have Kaka..."

Albertini finally confirmed one thing: maybe he doesn't know where his last stop in his career will be, but it is definitely not in San Siro.

In this way, in this cold winter, Albertini left Milanello alone and signed a new contract with Lazio - serving for two years, with an annual salary of 1.25 million euros after tax. From then on, he completely took off AC Milan's red and black sword shirt and changed into the Blue Eagle Lazio's blue jersey.

Unexpectedly, his career lasted only one season and was about to end. Lazio had to sell many players because of the team's financial difficulties. Albertini, who is considered "old and weak", is naturally on their list of cleanings. In fact, even if Lazio did not resolve with Albertini, his agent Blankini would have the intention of showing up with Lazio.

Now, Atlanta, who has just been promoted from Serie B to the first league, has sent an invitation to his players.

If this British had not appeared, they might have to agree to the Atlanta's conditions...

But now, Tony Donn comes with an Italian translation and gives them a more attractive invitation - the main player position of the Forest team, which is no less than their annual salary at Lazio's original income level (various bonuses are not included), as well as the UEFA Cup participation opportunities, and... two years, and the contract last year is renewed for another one year depending on the status and appearances.

Albertini and Blankini muttered a few words, and his agent looked up and said to Donn: "Dimi hopes to know, what made you come here specifically from the UK, and hope that he, who is already planning to retire, will join the team?"

If you ask this, it means there is a way. Don Ng was overjoyed: "Although we are the same as Atlanta, we are all promoted teams. But Nottingham Forest is not aimed at relegation, we have a bigger plan. Does Atlanta have the qualification to participate in the League Cup this season? We have it! Moreover, the Forests are mostly young people now, and I believe Demi's experience is what the Forests need the most. In addition, I think... Demi, at the age of 32, it's really too early to start thinking about retiring! 32-year-old Paul Martini is still the captain of AC Milan, and at the age of 32 Rijkald led a group of young people to the Champions League... And you. Demi, it's not that I'm talking nonsense, you have such a chance now."

Donn cited two important players in Milan's history. This is a real example of what happened to Albertini, and it is very important.

Albertini was silent for a while, and then asked in person: "I heard that Italian players don't seem happy in the UK..."

"Oh no." Don Eun shook his head, "Think about Zola, think about Viali. Zola is the best foreign aid in Chelsea's history. He is only behind Cantona in the Premier League's top foreign aid selection in the past ten years. Such achievements are not low, Demi. I believe you will not be worse than them. Besides, what attracts you at Atlanta? Their jerseys will only remind you of Inter Milan..."

This factor may not be despicable, but it may play a decisive role.

Donn said it right. Atlanta's home jersey is a blue-black sword shirt. If you change to a chest advertising sponsor, it is almost no different from AC Milan's arch rival Inter Milan from a distance. Albertini is a staunch AC Milan supporter. Even in the 2002-03 season, when the Milan club clearly wanted to abandon him, he said, "If you must leave. I hope to play football abroad. Because I don't want to be an enemy with Milan." Finally, he went to Atletico Madrid.

Although he went to Lazio next season, Donn believed that this was a helpless move. No team abroad liked him. In order to be able to play, he had to choose to be loaned to Lazio by Milan in order to loan from Rome City to Pancaro, Ancelotti liked - this may be his last contribution to Milan.

With more favorable conditions than Atlanta, the head coach trusts and values ​​them, and without having to face the psychological burden of AC Milan, Don firmly believes that Albertini belongs to him. So he stopped talking and quietly waited for the answer from the other end of the dining table.

After hearing Tangen's words, Albertini closed his eyes. For him, the future, which seemed to be calm, had changed again. How should he go in the last part of his career?

When you go to Atlanta, you don’t have any exciting goals, you may wear the captain’s armband. Then you can play for two years. Announcing your retirement in obscurity will not be remembered again until then - ah. It turns out that Albertini was still playing football during the Milan Dynasty!?

Go to a strange team from a strange country and have a brand new challenge, leading a group of young men to work towards a goal that is more advanced than the League Cup. After three years, what kind of evaluation will he get when he decides to retire?

Should I choose to die in obscurity or try a new adventure? Maybe I will succeed, maybe I will still leave in obscurity...

Maybe it took a long time, maybe it was only half a minute of pause. Don finally waited for Albertini to answer.

The Italian with curly hair and a slightly pale face nodded slightly: "I think...Mr. Tony Donn, although I am not familiar with your team, or even English football. But I think... this may be an option worth my risk. If you trust me, I will not disappoint you!"

At this moment, the lost Albertini disappeared, replaced by a young man who regained his youthful brilliance and burst out with infinite vitality and competitive spirit. Yes, this British man was right. It was too early to consider retiring at the age of thirty-two!

Three days later, in the official Lazio roster of Japanese gold hunting players released by Lazio, there was no name for Dmitrio Albertini. The next day, Lazio Club announced that they had terminated their contract with Albertini. The club thanked Albertini for his contribution to the team in the past year and wished him good luck.

In the afternoon of the same day, Piaotiansi Station announced the team's free introduction of Italian midfielder Dmitrio Albertini who terminated the contract with Lazio. The two sides signed a two-year contract. In the last year of the contract, Albertini's performance and number of appearances will determine whether to renew the contract for one year based on Albertini's performance and appearances.

The news is a photo, with curly Italian standing with Tony Donn, holding a forest team jersey. The number on this jersey is the same as Albertini's number in Milan - No. 4. The only difference is that there are no traces of black on it except red.

After dealing with Albertini's transfer, Don continued to look at experienced veterans, who are the people the Forest needs most today.

Another person who entered his vision was the former captain of the Spanish national team who had just left the Qatar League and the captain of the La Liga giants Real Madrid.

Unlike Albertini, Jero left Real Madrid not because he was older and his competitive state declined, but because he offended the club's senior management. So in the summer of 2003, Real Madrid had just won their 29th league championship, and the next day, Jero was kicked out by Florentino.

When the news was announced, it caused a lot of sensation. Yero, who left the team, followed the advice of his agent and went to the rich Qatar League to play football. But after a season, he could not tolerate the days of playing football in Qatar just to make money, or he felt that he was not as down to the point of going to the Qatar League to make gold. So after a season, he decisively terminated the contract of the Qatar League and decided to find a European team with some strength.

At this time, Forest and Bolton approached Yero's agent almost at the same time, the same result as the previous competition. Nottingham Forest, which is much better than Bolton, won Yero's favor. The former Real Madrid captain believes that Tony Donn's Forest is a team that really wants to do something big, and it's not a loss for him to come here. Or, if he is in such a team, he can have the opportunity to slap Real Madrid chairman Florentino.

The outside world has many opinions on the choices of Albertini and Jero. The more prevailing statement is that these two people are in the late stage of their careers and hope to come to a team to play their remaining energy, and then wait to retire. No one believes that they still have ambitions and dream of success when they come here.

This is understandable, after all, losers always think that everyone in the world is the same as them.
Chapter completed!