Coaching career started as a college team coach

"Is there anything else you want to know?" Mendes spoke quickly, not letting his subordinate who felt good about himself continue to do bad things.

"There is still a lot to know." Ruben Dias shook his head, "This is not enough. I want to ask Manchester City what plans and arrangements there are for my future development?"

Mendes was stunned for a moment before answering, "Of course I can tell you, but these can be further modified."

"They plan to let you be a substitute player for the team first, competing for the opportunity to start. Because you already have a work permit, they don't need to rent you out to other teams."

Ruben Dias sighed, he knew it would be like this.

Mendes probably understood Ruben Dias's idea, but Ruben Dias' agent felt a little angry when he saw Ruben Dias sigh.

"I know you want a chance to start the game, but opportunities are not given to you for nothing. You must fight for it with your ability." The agent frowned and said, "This salary standard is already generous enough. What if you can't play?"

He is used to putting pressure on players, because Ruben Dias is the biggest star he is directly responsible for, and most of the other players he is responsible for are some unknown young players in the Portuguese local league.

You know, he is Mendes' agent!

He is well-informed, how could he make mistakes!

Generally speaking, his pressure on players often achieves good results. The players respect him very much. When they see him angry, they immediately stop saying anything.

At the beginning, when Mendes handed Ruben Dias to him, Ruben Dias was just a rotation player in the English Championship. At that time, he wanted to discuss a contract extension.

Perhaps the changes before and after a year were too great, and the agent did not react. At this time, he seemed to think that Ruben Dias was the taciturn young man who seemed to know nothing.

"Okay, stop talking." Mendes frowned and stopped his subordinates from talking. Turning to face Ruben Dias, he asked very patiently, "What do you think is unsatisfactory?"

"You are a member of my agent team, I think I can tell you directly." Ruben Dias said, "I think they don't pay enough attention to me."

"If what they want is a young central defender in the Premier League to sit on the bench, then they are looking for the wrong person. The data I hand over now is the level of an excellent central defender in the Premier League, at least it is consistent with our team's league ranking."

"And they want me to sit on the bench all year round, and even don't allow me to be loaned out. Isn't this a bit too much?"

After listening to Ruben Dias' words, Mendes did not answer directly, but fell into thinking. To be fair, is Ruben Dias right? Of course there is no problem at all.

The bargaining chip that Ruben Dias gave is his current ability, and is his current ability not good enough?

To be honest, Ruben Dias has no problem playing in the Champions League with Manchester City at his current level.

He has become one of the best central defenders in the Premier League. Of course, he is still a little behind the best first-tier players, and he certainly can't be compared with players like Rudiger, David Luiz, and Stones.

But he has already touched the edge of the first tier.

And more importantly, Ruben Dias's talent is visible to the naked eye, and no one knows what level he can grow to in the future. Because Ruben Dias is only 20 years old!

At this age, most players have just entered the early stages of their careers.

Players who can play in the Premier League in their 20s are rare, and Ruben Dias has become a player who ranks at the top of the Premier League's average interception list and average steals list at the age of 20!

To be honest, with such strength, how could he not deserve a starting opportunity?

But after all, that is Manchester City, and what Manchester City wants now is just to expand their bench so that the aging Kompany can smoothly go down the mountain road.

Of course, they can't promise to give Ruben Dias a chance to start.

If Ruben Dias is given the starting position, where will Otamendi go? What about Stones? What position will Benjamin Mendy play? Not to mention Danilo who was bought from Real Madrid at a high price.

In the contract promised to Ruben Dias, the "substitute non-appearance bonus" was deliberately not included, but the "appearance fee" was raised very high.

This shows that in recent years, Manchester City has positioned Ruben Dias as a rotation substitute.

"I am 20 years old now, I have passed the youthAt the age of training, there is not much difference between me going to Manchester City for training and I going to Wolves for training. What I need is more games to accumulate experience through games. "

"I am a young player, but you must know that the growth period of football players is not very long. I don't have much time."

"If I spend another year or two on the bench to "accumulate experience", even if I can get the opportunity to start the game in the next few years as you said, can I still give my current performance after missing this growth period?"

After saying this, Ruben Dias didn't say anything more. He believed that Mendes was a smart man who could understand what he meant. He now focused his attention on the dishes in front of him, and the steak was still more delicious.

Mendes just watched Ruben Dias in front of him cut the steak and put it in his mouth.

After a while, he sighed.

"I understand, it seems that it is good for us to meet in advance, which can let us both know a lot of information. "Mendes sighed, "Let's go back and discuss it again, you should also go back and think about it. There is still a lot of time. If there is any news, we will talk again."

"This meal is my treat for you. It is a New Year's dinner." Mendes smiled, "Next, we will not talk about work. Just treat this as a dinner between friends."

Of course, Ruben Dias was happy to see it happen. He had wanted to have a good meal for a long time.

So then, the three of them tacitly did not mention anything about Manchester City, but Ruben Dias became the protagonist. Mendes was very curious about Ruben Dias' life in Wolves.

And Ruben Dias's story made the other two sometimes surprised and sometimes laughed.

When the three said goodbye, it was indeed a happy time, and both the host and the guest were happy.

But after seeing the two off, Ruben Dias sat at the table in the restaurant, and the smile on his face gradually subsided.