Legendary Broker

"Pieter, I didn't expect to see you on this occasion."

After Rist dealt with Tony's affairs, he came to Finland.Speaking of which, Rist still has a lot of things to do in the Premier League, Bundesliga, and La Liga, but Rist still let go of everything.Because the World Junior Championships will be held here soon.

The World Youth Championship was originally a competition for players under the age of 16.It's just that the upper age limit has been raised from 1991 to 16 since 17.The World Junior Championships can be regarded as the first appearance of many young talents in world football, but world football is actually not very concerned about the World Junior Championships.

From past experience, most of the talented players who emerged in the World Junior Championships will die young, and the proportion of talented players is too low.Few are as successful as Ronaldinho. If there are ten extremely talented players in the World Junior Championships, at most one can become a superstar in the end.And there are only two or three players who can become better stars.The rest basically disappeared during the growth process.This is still an ideal state, and some are not ideal. It is not without precedent that all the talented stars who came out of the World Junior Championships were wiped out.

Not only in the World Junior Championships, but even in the World Youth Championships, the proportion of talented players who can become talents is very low.Therefore, most of the top European teams and famous European scouts are most concerned about the World Youth Championship.Few strong teams and excellent scouts pay attention to the World Junior Championships.Rist would not have come to Finland if it wasn't for Messi.

On August 2003, 8, the Finnish World Junior Championships began.Riester specially accompanied Messi to Finland.

Argentina's first game is against Nigeria.Argentina was drawn with Nigeria, Australia and Costa Rica.It's just that what Rist didn't expect was that when he came to watch the first game, he saw a very unexpected person on the court.Known as "Super Scout" and "Master Scout", Piet de Wissel.

"Rist. You're here too."

Pierre de Wiesel is over 60 years old and has been in the scouting industry for more than 30 years.Rist looked left and right, and Dewissel was indeed the king of scouts.

The World Junior Championship itself has a small audience, and scouts can't say much.Therefore, everyone is basically concentrated in one place, where the line of sight is very clear.So although the number of people is small, there are still few vacancies where everyone sits.But Dwyesel is completely different. There are empty seats all around him.

Those scouts recognized De Wiesel early on, and recognized the No. 1 scout.Those scouts secretly rejoiced, because they were able to get super scouts like Dewissel out, was it because there were outstanding players?Although they have many questions.But they all sat far away.No one came to talk to him, to bother him.Because among the scouts who came today, there is no well-known scout who can compete with De Weisel.

Therefore, Rist sat next to Dwyssel abruptly, attracting the attention of many scouts around him.After paying attention, everyone was even more surprised, and they were already surprised by the arrival of De Weisel.After all, it is not uncommon for De Weisel to pay attention to the World Youth Championship.But it is too rare to pay attention to the World Junior Championships.Unexpectedly, Dewissel came.Also came a European broker predator.Those scouts don't know what kind of posture this is?Could it be that today's game really has earth-shattering talented players worthy of the two of them?

"Piet. You should be busy. Chelsea transfers are buzzing right now."

"I'm just a scout, the transfer has nothing to do with me."

Devesel shook his head and said to Rist with a smile.Rist did not contradict de Wiesel.Scouts and agents are two different industries.But there is actually no strict distinction between them.Moreover, there are many insider transactions between the two parties.

Many small agents like scouts, and hope that a scout from a strong team will take a fancy to their players.Those scouts digging players are not volunteers.In addition to receiving their own fixed salary from the club, if a recommended player is favored by the club, then the commission received by the agent after the player transfers will be distributed to the scout.At this time, scouts are no different from those agents who specialize in intermediaries.

Therefore, the income of many big-name scouts is very high.Just like De Weisel in front of him, the fixed salary he received is already at the assistant coach level of many strong teams.In addition, if he introduces a player to the club, then according to the development of this player, he can get various bonuses for a long time.

Of course, at the level of Rist, it is already a phone call to have a direct conversation with the club's senior management and the head coach.So there is no need for the help of scouts at all, and Rist's guarantee is the role of scouts.But after all, there are more agents with poor strength in world football.They need to work with those scouts.

"Then why are you here today..."

"It's okay, let's relax."

Rist shrugged and smiled.Looking at Rist's expression, Dewissel knew that Rist didn't believe what he said, and looking at the scouts around him, none of them would believe Dewissel's words.

Devesel sighed.When a person is famous, his actions are restricted.Devesel really just came here to get some fresh air, to relax, and to watch the World Junior Championships.Because Devesel hasn't watched the World Junior Championships for many years since he became famous.Even the World Youth Championships rarely appear on the scene.So I just wanted to come and see it today.Unexpectedly, those scouts were whispering there, looking at their faces.

"By the way, Rist, why do you still have time to come to the World Junior Championships?"

Rist's arrival was even more unexpected.Although the arrival of de Wiesel has confused many agents, it is also understandable.After all, De Weisel is still a scout, so it is not impossible to come and take a look.But Rist, a big agent, came to watch the World Junior Championships when he had nothing to do, which was really incomprehensible.

It's okay if it's free time, but now is the transfer period.Rist should be very busy, how could he come to the World Junior Championships when he has time.

"Argentina, there are my players in the Argentine youth team. You should know, Leo Messi from Eindhoven."

"Yes, yes, yes. How did I forget this."

Devesel patted his forehead.Super scouts like Dewissel are busy with a lot of things every day, no less than brokers like Rist.If Rist hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten it.But when he mentioned this matter, De Weisel looked at Rist again.Because the three talented players currently coming out of the Eindhoven youth training camp, Huntelaar, Afeilai, and Messi are all players of Ricester.Huntelaar has been loaned to Heerenveen and scored seven goals in the Eredivisie last season, and his performance is not bad.Afeilai and Messi are already in the second team of PSV Eindhoven.

"Why is that little guy also playing in the World Junior Championships?"

"Well. Sitting on the bench. I'm young, so I can only be a substitute in the first game."

Devesel nodded.Devesel didn't know the specific things, but he could imagine them.Messi has been playing in Eindhoven's youth training camp, and he is still well-known in the Dutch youth league.But after all, if he is not playing in Argentina, the coaches must be very strange to him.

"Rist, in fact, you don't need to let him participate in any World Junior Championships."

De Weisel has never paid attention to the World Junior Championships until now.The main reason is that the players in the World Junior Championships have changed too much, and the future is always unpredictable.Therefore, De Weisel generally focuses on the World Youth Championship.Therefore, he also objected to Rist allowing his players to participate in the World Junior Championships.It would not be better to wait until the future to participate in the World Youth Championship.

"Pieter, use your eyes to look at Argentina and Nigeria now. Let's see who has a future?"

Rist asked Devesel casually.That is the relationship between Rist and Dewissel, otherwise others would not ask him.Because De Weisel has not provided player information to other clubs for almost ten years.At the point where he is now, he cherishes his reputation more and more.

There are rumors in the world that there is only one person who can get player information from De Weisel.That is Hiddink, who is currently coaching PSV.Just like the transfer of Robben, Dewissel introduced him to Arnesen and Guus Hiddink at the beginning.Then Arnesen and Hiddink made a decision to introduce Robben.

In order to preserve his good reputation, Devesel generally avoids opening his mouth.But unlike Rist, the two of them just chatted briefly.And although Devesel is a super scout, he doesn't dare to say that his eyesight can match Rist.So he looked at Rist and said, "Then let me just talk about it?"

"I'm all ears."

"The Argentinian midfielder, he plays with elegance. It's a bit like Redondo, with excellent vision for his age."

"That's Fernando Gago, 17 years old, a Boca Juniors player."

What De Weisel said was Gago, the core midfielder of the Argentine National Youth Team.The current Gago is indeed very good at playing football, it should be said that he is very elegant.Passing and passing are outstanding.

"I saw that the No.12 player in Nigeria didn't. That's not bad."

"John Mikel, 16 years old. The most talented player in the Nigerian national team."

Devesel really didn't know them.Today he really just wanted to relax, so he just randomly selected the two players who performed the best in this game.But Rist did some homework, and the players Dewissel pointed out knew him well.

At present, the most famous players on the court are Gago and Cardoso of the Argentine National Junior Team.Cardoso is the real core player of Argentina at present, and the frontcourt core of Argentina's national youth team.As for Nigeria, not many people care about it, but Mikel's performance in the midfield is still not bad.

"Rist, are you really here for that little guy Messi?"

Rist is too familiar with the players on the field.De Wiesel smiled, not believing that Rist was only for one Messi.Maybe Rist's goal is different this time. He probably wants to poach some talented players.

"Of course. Although there are many talented players in this year's World Junior Championships, they are all foils in front of Leo. With Leo in my hands, the future is guaranteed." (To be continued...)

ps: Sorry, my nephew is celebrating his birthday today.Only one update.