King of the start, I'm the new king of the Azzurri

Chapter 4

"Maurizio, I found the person you want, and I hope to see that we can upgrade successfully!"

The current coach of Empoli is Maurizio Sarri. He looked at the information in his hand, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

He did not expect that the management would play such a "moth".

As one of the few coaches in Italy who advocates offense, Sarri is very aware of the current situation.

They currently rank first in the Serie B standings. In order to keep their promotion places, they need to get one of the top two in the league at the end of the league.

Such a requirement does not sound difficult, but to realize it, it still requires them to inject "fresh" "blood" into the striker.

However, the team's finances did not support their signings in the winter window, and the lack of signing funds also led them to "Taobao".

In addition, the standings of Serie B have also been temporarily fixed.

The 21st round of the league has ended, the current ranking:
1. Empoli: 39 points

2. Palermo: 38 points

3. Crotone: 32 points

4. Latina: 30 points

Although Empoli is in the first position, there are still 21 league rounds to come. No team dares to say that they can firmly sit in the top two positions in the league after the end of the season.

In order to avoid falling into the "cruel" play-offs again, Sarri needs more support from the management.

Only with the full support of the management can Sarri flex his muscles and accomplish this goal.

And now the focus is on introducing a new striker to make up for the team's rotation.

Because of the changes in the striker lineup, this requires them to prepare for the worst-being dragged into the play-offs.

The play-offs are cruel. After experiencing a miserable play-off, they don't want to experience the taste of failure again, so this time what they want is a direct promotion!

After a cursory look at Li Feng's scouting report, Sarri raised his doubts.

"Are you sure he can do it?"

"This is the best choice at the moment, you know our finances!"

Speaking of the team's finances, Sarri was silent. He has coached Empoli for so many years, and he knows the current situation of the club very well.

If you use one sentence to describe it, Empoli is really poor now, and they urgently need to upgrade to help the team relieve financial pressure.

"Don't worry, he has strength, otherwise he won't get Filippo's attention."

For Filippo Inzaghi's vision, Sarri still trusts him. Knowing that he can't find a better candidate, Sarri can only accept it.

He doesn't care about Li Feng's salary. After all, this loan plan is not a buyout. If you really want to give the opponent enough playing time, this still needs to be considered.

Back in his office, Sarri began to study Li Feng's information.

"No. 9? Only 17 years old?!"

A 17-year-old No. 9 player, which made him feel his head aching.

This time he was fooled by the management again.

"Pedry, you really deserve to die!"

Although he has seen Li Feng's U17's 34-goal performance, he still needs to meet Li Feng first.

In Sarri's eyes, the information given by scouts is "dead", and he will make a final judgment only after he has truly seen the players' training.

He glanced up at the calendar on the desk.

Surrey sighed.

This is 22 days before the start of the 25nd round of the league.

Considering the problem of the winter window holiday, he needs to let the players return to the team at least one week in advance.

According to the slowness of the Italian transfer window, Li Feng had no problem reporting before the start of the 23rd round of the league.

But it is to be determined whether there is time to grind it out!
January 1th, a day that impressed Sarri.

Sarri, who was about to enjoy his short vacation life, received a call from his "boss".

"Maurizio, now there is good news and bad news, which one do you want to know first?"

Hearing this, Sarri had a bad feeling in his heart, "Just say what you have, I can stand it!"

Pedri, who is the manager of the Empoli club, was silent for a while.

The first time he got the news, he was so angry that he smashed the phone in his hand.

"Our starting striker Francesco is injured and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks."

"what?!"

The backpack Sarri was carrying fell directly to the ground.

This news has completely affected his good mood. What he wants to do at this time is to rush directly to the club and ask Pedri in person.

"our"

"Stop talking, where are you now? For the club, I'll go find you!"

Sarri adjusted his breath, and he tried to calm himself down. Such an "accident" in the club will inevitably require him, the head coach, to give up his vacation.

"Come to my office."

Because of this news, Sarri gave up his vacation, and he hurried to Pedri's office.

With a "bang", Surrey pushed open the wooden door of the office.

The first time he entered the room, he saw a young man with yellow skin.

"Ahem, Maurizio, this is Li Feng, you can call him Li."

Pedri noticed Sarri's gaffe, and he winked at Sarri, saying that there are people here, don't be impulsive.

Sa Li twitched, he adjusted his emotions, and looked Li Feng up and down.

This seemed a bit beyond his expectations.

Just in terms of appearance, Li Feng gave him the feeling of "dangerous", which was completely inconsistent with his appearance.

"Li, you go to the venue below for some activities first, and I have something to tell you later."

"Yes!"

After watching Li Feng leave, Sarri set his sights on Pedri.

"What's the matter with Francesco? Why is he suddenly injured?"

Regarding Sarri's question, Pedri shrugged and said that he did not know.

"This is not clear. I also got the news from his agent in the morning. Due to some accidents, there was a slight fracture in the tibia of his right leg."

Slightly fractured, after confirming the news, Sarri took off his glasses and kept cleaning his gold-rimmed glasses.

Pedri looked at Sarri's actions, and he sighed softly. Such actions also represented that Sarri's inner emotions were "tempered" at this time, and no head coach wanted to hear such news.

"Since what happened, we need to face it. Besides, this young man looks good, if not, let's focus on training him."

"Huh, that's the only way to go!"

Sarri let out a long sigh. He was well aware of the current situation. When Francesco Tavano was unable to play, the team's striker was in a semi-paralyzed situation.

But pinning all his hopes on the young man on loan, he himself felt unreliable!
(End of this chapter)