~.-~    Patto's career is quite legendary. He played oranges as football when he was 6 months old. He won the championship when he participated in the children's indoor football match in his hometown at the age of 4, and never separated from it again. Since then, Pato has been inseparable from football. Although he started playing football at the age of 5, for Pato, the first team in the true sense, he joined the international team at the age of 11."

In fact, the club that is willing to buy Pato is also Gremio, because Pato's extraordinary talent is well-known throughout Parana State. Moreover, Pato's first jersey when he was a child was Gremio, although he denied that he was a Gremio fan.

Since Gremio was unable to provide accommodation to the second team and below, Pato and his family finally chose the international team. In order to play football in the international team, his father took him away from his hometown of Pato Blanco and arrived at the club's location Port Aragre. Interestingly, another Brazilian star born in Port Aragre is Barcelona star Ronaldinho.

But fate will never go smoothly. Pato, who was 11 years old at the time, was still a child, but was found to have a bone in his arm cancer. If the surgery was not done in time, it would worsen. Although it was not necessarily life-threatening, it was very likely that the amputation would be necessary. Faced with the expensive surgical fee, Pato's family suddenly fell into crisis. Fortunately, Paul Musi, a friend who was a doctor, was willing to operate Pato for free, and finally took out a bone from his back and implanted it into his arm. After suffering from the worries and fears of life that a child should not have, Pato finally survived the disaster.

Pato started training in the international team with the unique sensitivity and self-reliance of poor children. Less than two years later, Pato represented the international team in the Brazil Under-20 League, and defeated Gremio 4-0 in the final with his teammates. He scored a goal in the final. Pato was immediately summoned by the international team's first team and signed a contract with the club until 2009. His salary suddenly increased by 5 times. On November 26 of the same year, Pato made his debut in Brazil's highest league.

Shortly thereafter, he went to the Club World Cup held in Japan with the international team and scored a winning goal in the semi-final against Ahli, Egypt. This goal allowed him to replace Pele and become the youngest goal scorer in the official FIFA event. In the final of the Club World Cup, Pato's international team defeated European Champions League champion Barcelona as the South American champion and became the final winner.

Galliani has long known all the information about this young player who is only 18 years old this year.

Leonardo recommended Pato, but Galiani was not too surprised. Moreover, after thinking about it carefully, Galiani really became interested in this young man.

This is not just to deal with the team's current forward crisis, but more importantly, Ronaldo and Inzagi are getting older and both are prone to injury. These two superstars are not enough to become AC Milan's forward support for many years to come.

Now that the team has 21-year-old Zhang Yang, then we have to find a striker for Zhang Yang who can truly partner with Zhang Yang.

Girardino?

Galliani thought of this name in his mind, and then he rejected it himself. Girardino is a very good shooter, but he can't become that kind of super top player.

So, this is why Galliani is interested in Pato recommended by Leonardo. This young man is very talented and performs very well. He proved his strength in last year's Club World Cup. Last year's Club World Cup, Galliani watched the game and naturally had a good impression of Pato.

In addition, Pato is still very young and has more room for improvement. Moreover, if he really grows into a superstar, then Zhang Yang and Pato, the 21-year-old and 18-year-old forwards, will make ACM Milan no longer have to worry about scoring goals in the next ten years.

Thinking of this, Galliani's interest began to become strong, but before that, Galliani first asked Leonardo a question, "How much is this child worth now?"

When Leonardo heard Galliani ask this question, he immediately caught it sensitively. Although Galliani did not express his opinion, it seemed that he did not object, or did not particularly oppose his proposal, or was even more interested.

"Brazil International has priced him 30 million."

"Thirty million? Humph." Galiani snorted and stopped talking. Brazil International was crazy about money. An 18-year-old man, who had not experienced much competition and had not been proved by the European arena, dared to ask for a price of 30 million. He really dared to speak out.

Leonardo naturally knew what Galliani's "hum" meant. He also felt that Brazil's international asking price was too harsh. He could understand his compatriots' wish to salvage, but it should not be too much, right?

After thinking about it, Leonardo said, "I can help you with the price. The key depends on the meaning of the club."

This is blunt. In terms of price, I can help reduce the price. The question is, does the club, or you, Mr. Galliani, support the acquisition? If you support it, what about the big boss Mr. Berlusconi?

Galliani did not make a direct statement, "Let's have a meeting tomorrow."

"Okay." Leonardo nodded. He also knew that such a thing was not something that he and Galliani could decide. Braida naturally had to participate, and the most important thing was the attitude of the big boss. Of course, there was also head coach Ancelotti. Although Ancelotti was a good coach and had always worked hard, if he wanted to buy people, he still had to respect the head coach's opinions.

At the meeting the next day, Ancelotti was still welcome to introduce Pato, but he proposed one thing, that is, don't forget that Pato was born on September 2. According to the Serie A regulations, players must be over 18 years old to register. On September 2, when Pato turned 18, the registration gate for the Serie A players was closed. Therefore, even if you buy Pato, you will have to wait until January next year to play for Milan.

Galliani and Leonardo were all stunned. Tsk, they really didn't consider this issue.

So, Ancelotti proposed another name, Hunterlaer.

This name was just mentioned and was immediately rejected. No, Hunteral is too expensive. Without 30 million, you can't even interfere with this guy's transfer. Milan doesn't have that much money now.

Speaking of money, Galliani gave Leonardo an indicator to consider Pato's transfer, but one thing is that it is less than 12 million, which was decided by the big boss.

Leonardo stopped talking. He felt that Brazil International would definitely not want this price. It was not that no one wanted Pato, and many other wealthy families were watching. Not to mention anything else, Inter Milan was already planning to start.

Galliani said, "The club does not agree, as long as the players themselves want to come to Milan, it will be easy."

Ancelotti miserably discovered that his opinions were the least valued in player trading, but he had long been used to this.

At this meeting, an opinion was quickly reached, that is, if Pato's value is less than 12 million, you can consider it. Even if you buy it, you can't play now, it's for the sake of preparation for the future. As for other strikers, those with too much value cannot be considered. Those with low value are all big-name goods, and Milan doesn't look down on it, so they don't consider it.

As for the current issue of having only one striker on the team's forward line, Ancelotti can only continue to use the Christmas tree formation, which he is very good at, and only hopes to survive the difficult period of more than a month.

In fact, whether it is Galliani, Braida, or Ancelotti, it is not optimistic about Brazil International's ability to accept the 12 million euro quotation for AC Milan, Pato, after all, this is much different from the offer from Brazil International.

However, when three days later, Leonardo told them proudly that everyone was shocked by the news that Brazil International agreed.

"Agree?" Galliani exclaimed.

"Yeah." Leonardo nodded reservedly, "One, two million euros."

Ancelotti was also shocked. No matter what, Ancelotti still admired Pato, a young man. If he could take over it, it would be a good thing.

"It's really one thousand two million?" he asked.

"Well, 12 million, I have agreed with them and I can pay it in two years." Leonardo threw out another important news.

Can you still pay in installments? Everyone was shocked again, and after learning that this happened, they all admired them.

Seeing everyone's shocked eyes, Leonardo felt as refreshed as drinking ice water in the summer. He thought to himself, buddy, is it easy for me?

"Tell me, how did it do it?" Galliani personally made a cup of coffee for Leonardo. This was different from the last cup of coffee. The last cup of coffee was instant coffee, but this time it was authentic Blue Mountain Coffee.

"Adriano, it's not easy to drink your Blue Mountain coffee." Leonardo sighed arrogantly.

"Talk about the serious business, talk about the serious business." Everyone urged.

"I called Pato with Ronaldo," said Leonardo.

Everyone made such expressions.

"Kaka will go back to Milan tomorrow, and I will ask him to meet Pato and his family before coming." Leonardo said with a smile.

Everyone whispered, they knew that Ronaldo and Kaka were in Brazil, especially on young Brazilian players.

"I went back to Brazil the day before yesterday and met with the President of Brazil International."

Galliani and others knew about this. They knew that Leonardo was back to Brazil, so they could naturally guess what he was doing. Leonardo had a good relationship with many Brazilian clubs and the Football Association and had deep connections, which everyone knows.

However, it was indeed beyond everyone's expectations that Leonardo was able to get Brazil International to agree to sell Pato for 12 million yuan.

However, they could already imagine such a scene.

Pato was "tempted" by Ronaldo and Kaka. Coupled with the "analysis" homework that Leonardo did to Pato's father before, this young player nicknamed Duck is no longer considered by Milan. In addition, Leonardo's public relations with Brazil International's senior management, Brazil International realized the current situation and was very unhappy, so he could nod and won it like this.

Now, in the process of player transfer, the player's will is becoming more and more important, which is also the key to Leonardo's success in this trip.

In the afternoon of the same day, Galliani and Leonardo set off from Milan together and took a flight to Brazil.

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Chapter completed!