Chapter 81 Loyalty comes at a price

Madrid, the whole team in Florence has arrived. After they entered the main hotel, Degan also came to meet. When they met again, the teammates couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

"Do you really want to leave?"

As Degan's best friend in Florence, Pacini was in a very bad mood when he learned that Degan wanted to leave. In the past few days, he had always wanted to ask Degan face to face, but Degan avoided contact with his friends and now he has finally met again.

Digan doesn't want to deceive people, let alone change his mind: "Yes! James Paul! I'm leaving. This Champions League final will be the last game I will play on behalf of Florence!"

Degan's attitude was very resolute, which made Pacini lose his intention of persuading him. He knew Degan's character and would never change what he decided.

The departure of Digan made the whole Fiorentina players full of frustration. Once Digan leaves, the flag of Florence will disappear and the soul will be gone. The newly established dynasty may collapse in an instant.

What was even more shocking was that just a few days after Degan announced that he was leaving the team, Prandelli also announced that he would not renew his contract with the team after the end of the season.

Previously, Lippi, the head coach of the Italian national team, has announced that he will leave the team after the World Cup. As the biggest favorite to replace Lippi, Prandelli is very popular to join the national team.

Losing the coach and captain all of a sudden, anyone can feel that Fiorentina's future next season is bleak. Maybe when the summer transfer market opens, not only Degan and Prandelli will leave, but more people will choose to leave. At that time, after the main lineup is broken, wait for Fiorentina Perhaps it is the fate of being reduced from a European hegemon to an Italian general strong team.

Degan can feel the loss of his teammates. Before that, he was hesitating when to announce the news that he was about to leave the team. It was not that he did not know that releasing this news before the Champions League final would shake the army, but some of the club's practices angered him and made him fight back at all costs.

Cut wages, give up portrait rights, sign long contracts, and withdraw the transfer rights, which is absolutely intolerable by Degan.

Most importantly, the club's attitude made Digan feel that his four-year efforts were completely betrayed, and he suffered very unfair treatment, which he absolutely cannot tolerate.

"I'm sorry, I'll only say that to you!"

In Degan's room, all the players gathered together. Degan apologized and surprised everyone. When did Degan say so?

"Yes! I think I should apologize. I forced some of you to stay in these two seasons, which caused you to suffer a lot of losses, but now I'm leaving, and it's still before the war!"

The teammates did not blame, and they can all understand that after all, there are too many things that have happened this season, especially the renewal negotiations between Degan and the club, which is not much different from a war in their eyes.

Pakinwa kept hinting that Degan was insatiable in front of the media, which also divided the Florentine fans. Some continued to support Degan, while some began to feel that Degan was really like Pakinwa said, looking at money more than loyalty to the team. Important.

Loyal!?

Is there any so-called loyalty on the football field now?

If AC Milan is just a small team like Brescia and Siena, can Maldini really play for AC Milan for the rest of his life?

If Manchester United were just a team that was relegated every year, Ferguson's Class 92 would have collapsed long after they landed in the Premier League.

The so-called loyalty never applies to players. That quality belongs to the fans, and the cuteness of the fans lies in their loyalty and their commitment to follow the spirit of the team.

In Italy, almost everyone has a team he supports and never regrets. For example, a Brescia fan will also be happy to read the news about Degan and Kaka, but for him, only Brescia is the most important.

In Italy, there are many people who may have never touched football in their lives, but they are also extremely loyal club fans. Even if they only support a low-level club that does not even touch the threshold of Serie A, they will go to these B, C and even non-professional clubs every week. Oil cheers.

The fans are infinitely loyal to the club, so they also hope that players, like them, can throw away money and material glitz and put loyalty first.

But the moon is full and there are no perfect people. How can nature dress up perfectly?!

Loyalty can certainly be appreciated by people, but when loyalty meets money, who can guarantee that "loyalty" will not invest in the arms of "money"?

There is nothing more vividly interpreting this fact than in the complex "metamorphic" sport of football!

Martini and his son, Adams of the Arsenal, Gerrard of the Red Army, Bergomi of Inter, and Baresi's red-black complex. Maybe people can say more loyal fighters on the football field, but below, how many of today's active players have such hearts?

These factors are not only individual players, but also the senior management of the club gradually leads to the loss of loyalty!

Raul, who has been loyal to Real Madrid for 16 years, has been announced to be included in Real Madrid's cleaning list before the UEFA Champions League final. Perhaps this is a false situation created by the media, but three years ago, the departure of his teammate Carlos became a reality.

The 11-year plot of Real Madrid is over, but it is not him who ended this marriage, but Real Madrid Club.

Elber, the striker of Bayern Munich, was unexpectedly sold by the club in his second year of winning the European Champions Cup for Bayern. The reason is not the decline of his own state, but the bitter fruit of the club's high-level dislike of the new and old. His successor, Ma Kai, also repeated the road his predecessors. After the club planned to introduce Klose, Ma Kai became a victim. A month before this move, manager Hernes also said that Ma Kai was not for sale, but unfortunately, Lao He's words became a well-intentioned lie a month later, and the engine behind this fact was "dirty money".

When the Argentine super rabbit Saviola was about to leave Barcelona, no one thought that the club's senior management would abandon him. Although his state has declined, with his strength, there is no problem to gain a foothold in Barcelona, more What's more, this player who has played for Barcelona for many years has formed deep feelings with local fans. What's more, even if he has no credit and hard work in Barcelona, the senior management of the club do not think so. In their eyes, money is "God". If the rabbit leaves, more rabbits will come!

And Shevchenko, once a Milan super shooter, was in a mess at Chelsea. If he had been able to expect this, he would never have gone to England. Even if he said that it was his right choice, who would believe it?

Even his wife regretted it and repeatedly begged Milan to buy him back. In the summer of 2006, when he betrayed his "home" and went to Chelsea, who would believe that he left for more championship trophies? Won't Milan bring him these honors?

The same fate as Shevchenko is also the German core Barak. When the last Bundesliga game of the 05/06 season came to an end, the Allianz fans gave him not a farewell applause but a full of boo. Maybe Ballack left Bayern to realize his wish to win the Champions League, but If he leaves in this way, he will inevitably be cold-eyed by Bayern.

Such stories are still being written, and such characters are still appearing, but loyalty like Maldini is decreasing day by day. A conclusion: as long as money does not leave football day by day, the loyalty on the football field will decrease day by day.

In this world full of rebellion, in this modern football world full of ** and variables, loyalty has become a luxury, full and precious! Indeed, loyalty is worthless, but it represents a heart, a heart that can be remembered by the world.

But loyalty comes at a price!

The so-called loyalty may be a yearning and a very spiritual sustenance in the hearts of fans, but players are different. As players, they want more, not just a good annual salary, but enough respect.

When one of the material and spiritual is not satisfied, loyalty naturally does not exist, and all the players can do is transfer.

When it comes to transfers, it's nothing more than a conversion between players. You like my striker and I need your defender. That's it, but sometimes it's not so simple.

Generally speaking, it is the relationship between players and clubs. In fact, it is just a relationship of employment, but after all, people are emotional animals, so when a player stays in a place for a long time, he will naturally be reluctant to leave that place, and local fans are about to regard this player as theirs. When believing, when the players leave again, everyone will feel that it is an extremely painful thing.

In fact, since it is only an employment relationship, there is no such thing as loyalty. Even if a player has been in a club for five or six years, he may transfer to another place in the future, or he will leave or be sold.

However, more emotional fans will still find it difficult to accept the departure of their club players, whether it was Figo, Beck, Owen, Shevchenko, Henry, or Degan who is leaving Florence now.

Usually when this happens, fans will use betrayal and defection to describe those players, but when you think about it, what's wrong with the players themselves?

No matter whether he is a local player of a local club, even if he is really a very good athlete, how can he not be qualified to go to a better place, win the championship, win respect, or go where he wants to go?

If he is not, then he doesn't have the obligation to stay in a place where he is not respected. The player's sports career is not long. Why can't he get more for himself in a limited time?

Of course, there have never been many loyal and excellent players on the court, such as Maldini, who is still in AC Milan. His father once played for Ami, and he even said that his son will also play for this club in the future, but this is a very small number after all.

The relationship between players and the club is very delicate. Both sides take what they need. A good player will attract a rich team, and a strong team can let players who want to win the championship join and become stronger.

Maybe the so-called loyalty never exists at all, it's just a beautiful fantasy of people!

In the football world full of money and in the increasingly realistic football world, loyalty has long become cheaper.

For example, in South America, which produces football superstars, a group of children from poor families dance simple football in the streets and alleys when they are barefoot, and even their youth. They play football entirely because of their poor family situation.

Therefore, many great things do not necessarily have a great starting point at the beginning. If they don't play well, they continue to practice on the South American continent. There are signs that they are brought to the European continent to search for gold.

Crossing the ocean, if they only run for money, most people will object, even if they are for dreams, whether spiritual or material.

At the beginning, they may have settled in a quasi-tycoon, such as Ronaldo in Eindhoven, Ronaldinho in Paris Saint-Germain, Rivaldo in A Coruña, Crespo in Parma, Barti in Florence, and Salas in Lazio.

Next, when they shine in Europe, those giants also keep an eye on them, which may be active or passive. They have transferred. In Barcelona, Real Madrid and AC Milan, anyway, while their purses are gradually bulging, they are also using their own skills to prove these abilities. Both There is a positive relationship between them.

If you have to say that Ronaldo went to Inter and Real Madrid is disloyal to his last club, this is already a false proposition, because he has long been out of the land where he was trained. Barcelona and Inter are only 50 and 100 steps apart. Don't say that Batti betrayed Florence. What about the riverbed?

Therefore, don't easily say what a person has betrayed. If so, they'd better perform on the South American continent, which is more in line with the definition of loyalty, but abandon the pursuit of higher, faster and stronger sports, and even the pursuit of the most basic living conditions of human beings.

Looking at Europe, people's classification criteria are rich and non-tycoons. At present, the rich families are AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Bayern, Real Madrid and Barcelona. They are both rich and have relatively brilliant achievements. There are too many attentions in the world, and many players are looking forward to joining. In contrast, although Florence is currently the hegemon of Europe, its background is insufficient. It is estimated that no one will recognize their status as a rich family.

So people saw Shevchenko of AC Milan, Figo of Barcelona, Suc of Real Madrid, Nedvede of Juventus, Borgkamp of Arsenal, and Van Nis of Manchester United.

The dormant in the small team only achieves the motivation they play in the wider sky. The eagles want to fly. Only in the wider world can they soar happily and constantly show the charm of football itself.

Those "non-luxuries" or "quasi-luxuries" may cultivate superstars, which may be an important means for them to make profits. That's why Ajax's Arsenal said that they don't want to retain these good seedlings, but when football is no longer just about competition, it is increasingly commercialized.

It is inevitable that "non-big families" and "quasi-ty families" retain "suspected superstars". Selling a Basten can earn money to train Borgkamp, Ovimas and Cruyvet, and also make the team better survive. Ajax has to cut meat.

Those stars, like the American stars who have traveled in Europe, have no more independent choices. Big trees are attracting wind. When people become famous, they will face such a life choice, leave or stay!

These choices may no longer have anything to do with loyalty.

Many people are also eager to wear only two kinds of robes in their lives like Baresi and Maldini, but they are not with him. Baresi and Maldini were lucky to be born in AC Milan and have maintained a stable state for a long time. They have become flags and become symbols. The head coaches and clubs give them resolute support. "Comers" can describe them in part.

Bacho has a legacy, and Beckham can't die at Manchester United. They also have their own personal reasons. Just as everyone has a wound and is unwilling to share it with others, so there is no need to use the very "dangerous" word "loyalty" to measure the quality on the football field. Many times the behavior cannot be related to " Loyalty is related.

Whhth are related to money, rights, fame and fortune, all these reasons give birth to those regrets and inevitability to leave, just to live better tomorrow.

Some behaviors have nothing to do with "loyalty", some stars have nothing to do with "loyalty", and some choices and "loyalty" are destined to be bitter love.

Digan wanted to play for Florence all his life, but when he felt that he had not been respected as he deserved in Florence, it became inevitable to leave.

What the fans will give to Digan is their freedom. After all, they are the only ones injured every time they transfer. The club gets a high transfer fee, and the players can get a contract that makes them more satisfied. Only the fans can get nothing but pain.

"There's no way to change, guys! I'm sorry, but I still want to continue to ask you. As long as I'm still wearing a purple and gold robe, I'm your captain. Listen to me now! This season, we still have one game left, and then we are going to go to play the World Cup. This is the last game together. Maybe we can continue to fight side by side with other teams in the future, but the once great Florence now only has the last curtain call. I don't want to leave any legacy. Unfortunately, I think you are the same, so we don't have any choice but to win this championship!"

The Florentine players listened to Degan's words and gradually became serious. They could all foresee the future of Florence, but before the tree fell, they also wanted to make this purple lily journey more perfect.

Real Madrid is very powerful, but so what?

What they want is a champion, as Degan has always said: champions are addictive!

In the past three years, Fiorentina has won many championships. Many people, like Degan, have gone through this glorious stage, but when the final is coming and another champion is in front of them, their hearts are still full of desire.

Everyone no longer pays attention to other things. They don't want to interfere with Degan's decision. Since Degan plans to do so, there must be a reason for him.

Besides, throughout the year, they have already seen the love-hate soap opera between the Florence Club and Degan.

All they think about now is the game. No matter how chaotic the outside world is, it's all about big people. As players, they are just chess pieces of those big people' games. If you say it well, they are stars, and if you don't like it, it's a commodity.

Seeing that everyone's momentum gradually recovered, Digan also took a breath, and then looked at Beckham. Beckham, who is 35 years old, is still in excellent condition and is still an indispensable main player of Fiorentina this season.

"David! It's time to face the old boss again! You should not face the choice of faith and life again this time!?

Beckham smiled when he heard this. Of course, Real Madrid was not a belief in his heart. At best, it could only be regarded as a past experience. This time, his heart was not complicated at all.

"Of course not, I hope to win the Champions League again before retiring!"

Digan also smiled: "Guys! The difficulties we will face this time are definitely unprecedented. Real Madrid is the home game. In tomorrow's game, except for more than 10,000 Fiorentina fans, we will meet our enemies. Time, place, people, and all the advantages are on Real Madrid. Many people are looking forward to Real Madrid. Delhi can hold the championship trophy in Bernabeu, and we are going to play a spoiler. I don't want Real Madrid to be too happy! So, I decided that I would kill them on the field. There is absolutely nothing to discuss about this. I hope everyone can be ready!"