Chapter 21: The Interesting Candidate Selection

  After saying goodbye to Pagano and Corso, Zhu Jiang returned to Apiano. Tomorrow, Zhu Jiang will leave here and follow Pagano to Verona, the location of Chievo.

  This time is a permanent farewell, or a temporary separation, Chu Jiang is not clear at the moment. Professional football is like this, iron-clad camp and flowing water soldiers. Gathering and dispersing, parting and reuniting, for players, it's as common as eating at home. Although Chu Jiang still has some discomfort, he can accept it.

  For Chu Jiang's departure, his two confidants, Baldy and Drogba felt a little regret. In fact, it was not just the two of them who felt regretful, but also Pepe, Bossaglia, Corso, and even some new teammates with whom he had a good relationship, including Chu Jiang himself, who felt a little regretful. But that's life. Life will never change because of the regrets of small people; if you want to change your life, please change yourself first.

  When Chu Jiang learned that he hoped to find a second-tier club and get more professional competition opportunities, many friends in the training camp reached out to help.

  Bardi himself came from Livorno to Inter Milan, he can help Chu Jiang contact his own mother team. Dragner is a player of the Italian national youth team, many of his national teammates are from Serie B. Since Inter Milan and most Serie B teams have cooperation, Peia and Bossaglia are not unfamiliar with many coaches in Serie B. To help Chu Jiang, they all promised to try their best to contact some friends in Serie B for Chu Jiang, striving to find a suitable club for him as soon as possible.

  Verona, a beautiful city in northern Italy. The story of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare took place here. Therefore, the city is also known as the City of Love. This is where Chu Jiang arrived at his second stop after arriving on the Apennine Peninsula.

  At the Chievo youth team's training ground, young players are sweating profusely in training. Before long, the Youth League will sound the opening bell. Only by standing out in training can they occupy a main position in the severe eyes of head coach Luca Zafferani and represent the Chievo youth team to compete in the new season of the Youth League.

  "What a ball!"

  The ball curved out in an arc and landed gently into the net, causing a burst of cheers from his teammates.

  He pulled out the football from the net, and Sera Aoi's mood was not beautiful. Looking at the figure slowly walking back to his own goal, Sera Aoi fiercely threw the football in that direction. However, due to the distance being too far, the football hadn't even had time to approach the black-haired Eastern youth before it heavily fell to the ground.

  "Despicable!" Sela Aiock clenched her fists and muttered through gritted teeth.

  Cera Aioke, only 16 years old. With excellent potential, at the age of 16, he has already become the main goalkeeper of Chievo's youth team and is regarded by his teammates as a "little genius", with a bright future ahead. However, three days ago, after the arrival of an unfamiliar Eastern boy, everything changed dramatically.

  In just one day, Cech went from being the first choice goalkeeper to a substitute. In the next two days, he was firmly stuck in the role of substitute goalkeeper. Moreover, in these three days of training, Cech was scored on ten times by that Oriental player!

  Being scored ten goals by a forward is a shame for Celta Vigo, let alone being scored ten goals by a goalkeeper!

  All ten goals were direct free kicks, the position of the main penalty was different, but the arc was basically the same, and the most was whether the goal was scored on the left or right side of the goal. Although knowing that the opponent would shoot directly, although clearly understanding the basic arc of the opponent's free kick, Ceará just couldn't defend against it.

  He's almost collapsing! If such days continue, Cesar Aouk will apply to Coach Zafaralla for a position change. Being a goalkeeper in front of that person is an extreme blow to self-confidence, and Cesar Aouk has had enough!

  For the complaints of Serra Aok, Chu Jiang had some perception. But to be honest, he didn't take it too seriously. Even in daily training, Chu Jiang did not make a hundred percent effort like in Apiano. Not even when Coach Zafaralla was preparing to sign a formal professional contract with him, did he put his heart into it. Because now, Chu Jiang's mind is elsewhere.

  Pagano only came to see Chujang on the first day of training, and didn't come for the other two days. Chujang knew that he was busy looking for a suitable loan club for himself. Similarly, people like Colso, Peia, Bosaglia, Baldi, Del Nero, etc., were also working hard to help Chujang.

  But waiting passively is not Chu Jiang's style.

  After training every day, Chu Jiang would look for the contact information of various Italian clubs and then write a self-recommendation letter in not-so-fluent Italian to send to each club. Although his Italian level had made significant progress, writing a self-recommendation letter in Italian was not an easy task for Chu Jiang. Nevertheless, he took every letter very seriously, hoping to move some coaches or officials of certain clubs with this approach.

  At that time, Brazilian goalkeeper Doni was moved by Roma club with a self-recommended approach and became the main goalkeeper of Red Wolves, becoming one of the top goalkeepers in Serie A. Compared to Doni, Chu Jiang lacks a convincing career, lacks a dedicated agent, and lacks the time and money to visit in person.

  However, Chu Jiang did not want to give up. He didn't have unrealistic expectations of being able to join a top-tier team overnight. What he needed was just an invitation from a Serie B team. He believed that he had the ability to fight for a starting position. Since coming to Apennine, competition has never been lacking, Chu Jiang is not afraid of any competition, what he needs is just one opportunity!

  "Yesterday, I contacted Varese and Torino. Adding the two teams I contacted in the previous two days, I have sent letters of introduction to a total of five clubs so far. Until now, there has been no response at all. But that's okay, after contacting all the teams, if none of them invite me, I will write another letter to each one again. If there is still no response in the second round, I will write a third and fourth round, as long as the transfer period hasn't ended, I absolutely won't give up!"

  "Today, as planned, I will try to contact Piacenza and Livorno. Come on, Chuijiang, you can do it!"

  A dragon that aspires to roam the four seas, how can it be compared to a shrimp in shallow water? Unfortunately, Celaiao doesn't understand this. He didn't know that Chujang wasn't interested in the main position of the youth team and didn't think about participating in any youth league. What Chujang wants is to make a name for himself in Serie B!

  "Chu, come with me to the office for a bit." Facing Chu Jiang who had just walked off the court, Zafaralla enthusiastically went up to him and patted his shoulder forcefully. "Your performance was too amazing! No wonder Paganos said I would definitely fall in love with you. But he got one thing wrong - there's no need to wait for three matches, I'm already in love with you now! You're the most talented player I've ever seen!"

  After finishing speaking, Zafar Nella burst out laughing.

  "Thank you, Coach!" Chu Jiang said politely. Before coming, he had heard that the new coach, Zafarana, was a very strict person. Unexpectedly, he would be so enthusiastic towards himself, to the point where Chu Jiang could hardly bear it. Compared to the introverted domestic coaches, Italian coaches were obviously more passionate.

  "That youth contract is completely unsuitable for you, I want to sign a formal professional contract with you! What if someone else takes advantage of the loopholes in the youth contract and poaches you after spending some training fees, I would be the sinner of Chevo!" Zafaralla said with a smile as he walked.

  "Chu, I heard Paganol say you don't want to stay here with me?" Zafaralla asked suddenly.

  "Sorry, coach, I really..." Chu Jiang didn't expect the coach to bring this up suddenly and felt a little flustered. For the past few days, Chu Jiang hadn't communicated with the coach about this matter, which was indeed something he had done wrong.

  "Chu, don't mind. When I first found out, I was indeed a bit angry. However, through these few days of training, I discovered that the youth league level is indeed not suitable for you, you should go participate in higher-level matches. This way, it's good for both you and our club. I support you!" Looking at Chu Jiang's awkward appearance, Zafaralla smiled and patted his shoulder.

  At this moment, in Turin, Italy.

  The match on the training ground is coming to an end, but a trace of worry cannot be wiped from head coach Lyra's face.

  The new season is about to start, but the team's lineup is still incomplete, especially the goalkeeper position, which makes Lyle feel worried.

  Torino has been worried about the goalkeeper position since the departure of old goalkeeper Sereni. The current main goalkeeper Morello is already 32 years old, and his age is not a big deal, but the key is that his ability is completely unreliable. In training, the newly loaned goalkeeper Basi also performed very generally, and it's hard to find any bright spots.

  Just thinking about relying on these two goalkeepers to complete the entire Serie B season and pursue a promotion spot in Serie A, Lillard felt completely uneasy.

  "Mr. Kaylo, Mr. Petrachi, I have spoken to you many times already. You know that our team needs a goalkeeper, a reliable goalkeeper. With the league about to start soon, where is my goalkeeper?"

  As soon as he saw team chairman Kaylo and general manager Petrachi approaching, Lillard hastily walked forward and asked eagerly.

  "Uh." Petra?i felt a bit embarrassed. As the team's transfer helmsman, he indeed didn't do enough to satisfy head coach Lyall.

  "Coach, you know that our first choice is Palermo's first-choice goalkeeper Rubinho. We've been in touch with Palermo about Rubinho many times, but they never took a firm stance. Now the negotiations are at an impasse," Petracca explained.

  "I don't care about this, all I know is that we need a goalkeeper, and urgently need one!" Lyerta was not satisfied with Petrachi's explanation.

  "I think I might have an interesting candidate," Chairman Kaylo said suddenly.