Soccer: I became Bruno Fernandes.

Chapter 3: Transfer

When Bruno opened his eyes again, it was already five o'clock in the morning the next day.

After eight hours of sleep, he felt refreshed.

This was the amazing thing about the Training Master System. Although he was almost constantly training in his dreams, it didn't cause any physical fatigue.

In fact, during this process, he was in the deepest level of sleep, getting the best rest for his body.

Originally, Bruno was worried that this would cause mental fatigue, after all, this sleep training mode was like dreaming, and prolonged dreaming could affect sleep quality and cause mental fatigue.

But the Training Master System's sleep training mode didn't have any such side effects.

It was truly miraculous!

Bruno didn't inquire too much about the principles behind it. After all, since time travel and the existence of the system, what couldn't be possible?

As long as the system could bring him tangible benefits, he didn't need to worry too much about other details.

Without alerting his mother and sister, Bruno took his football and stepped out into the faint light of dawn.

At five o'clock in the morning, Porto witnessed the growth of a football dreamer!

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After experiencing the benefits of the Training Master System, Bruno began to immerse himself in basic training. Apart from eating, he devoted almost all his time to training every day, even neglecting sleep.

He even forgot about Novara's interest in buying him.

With his previous foundation and prolonged training, his ball control training progressed rapidly. In the team's training sessions, he, who was already technically excellent, truly stood out, surprising the youth team coach, Marlinho.

He once again entered the office of the first-team coach, Petit, and recommended Bruno to him.

However, he received shocking news: an Italian team had made an offer for Bruno to the club, and given the club's current dire financial situation, as the head coach, Petit intended to facilitate the deal! Petit's intention was clear: Bruno was to be sold!

Although Marlinho had once thought that Bruno should leave the team to seek opportunities elsewhere, after witnessing Bruno's rapid improvement in various aspects, Marlinho's thoughts changed.

He believed that the team should keep this child who had repeatedly shattered his understanding of football!

However, Marlinho also knew the current situation of the team: they were short of money, extremely short of money!

After sinking into the third-tier league in Portugal for several years, Boavista had become extremely poor!

For the Black Panthers, any player in the team could be sold as long as the price was right.

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After a moment of silence, Marlinho asked, "How much are they offering?"

Petit said, "We hope they offer 50,000 euros, but they've been sticking to 30,000 euros..."

"What?" Marlinho was shocked.

He was shocked not by the fact that they were only willing to offer 30,000 euros, but that in the eyes of the club's management, the team's most outstanding youth academy player was only worth 50,000 euros!

Marlinho quickly said, "This is absolutely unacceptable! Armando, listen to me, you must seriously go and see the current situation of that kid before making a decision!"

Marlinho and Petit were both former players who came out of Boavista's youth academy and were now coaches at Boavista. He didn't want Petit to make a hasty decision he would regret for the rest of his life.

Surprised by his partner's excitement, Petit was somewhat taken aback. As for what the other person said about that kid, he had indeed paid attention to him.

Indeed, that kid had good skills and some talent. But his shortcomings were also very obvious. On the one hand, his body was too weak, he might not be able to adapt to professional football, at least not yet, and on the other hand, he was too adventurous when playing football. He always thought about attacking at any time, which was clearly inappropriate for the current Boavista.

Since there was a team interested in that kid now, they had to seize the opportunity to get rid of him, even if they could only get a few tens of thousands of euros in transfer fees.

A mosquito's leg may be small, but it's still meat!

Moreover, 50,000 euros was not a small amount. It was enough to pay the wages of several first-team players for a month!

For Boavista, which was in the third-tier league of Portugal, the top salary of first-team players hadn't even exceeded 50,000 euros.

However, out of respect for his good friend, Petit didn't directly refuse the offer. He said he would take some time to consider and then intended to send the other party away.

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Just then, the phone on the desk rang. After answering it, Petit regretfully told Marlinho, "I have some very regrettable news to tell you. The club has reached an agreement with Novara, and that kid is about to transfer to Novara! The call was from Mr. Max. You should also receive a notification soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, Marlinho's phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Remlo Max, the vice president responsible for club transfer affairs. Obviously, the other party was informing him about Bruno Fernandes's transfer.

As a youth team coach, he naturally didn't have much say in the club's transfer matters. The other party was just informing him as a matter of routine, after all, the transfer was for a youth team player.

However, what Marlinho found unacceptable was the price at which the club sold Bruno Fernandes—only 40,000 euros!

The star of hope for the team was sold by the club he deeply loved for only 40,000 euros!

Had the former Portuguese Primeira Liga champions fallen to such a low point?

Feeling somewhat lost, Marlinho left Petit's office.

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On the other side, Novara's general manager, Gialreta, met with Bruno with the accompaniment of Borghetti and Ribalta.

The two clubs had already agreed on the transfer fee, and now they needed to resolve Bruno Fernandes's personal terms, followed by the formal signing.

In fact, there wasn't much to discuss. After all, Bruno wasn't a big name at the moment, and he didn't have the capital to make demands.

Bruno didn't raise any objections to Novara's offer of a monthly salary of 1500 euros, even though it was almost the minimum wage in Italy.

He only made three requests: first, he must enter Novara's first team; second, Novara needed to advance him one month's salary; and third, Novara needed to provide him with an Italian language teacher.

He was going to Italy to play professional football, not to continue languishing in the youth team. Otherwise, he might as well stay in Boavista, where he was very familiar with everything.

Of course, he wasn't arrogant enough to demand guaranteed playing time or a starting position from Novara. Those things he would have to earn with his own ability.

As for requesting one month's salary in advance, it was because he was very aware of his family's financial situation. His parents couldn't afford to support him, and if the club didn't advance his salary, he would probably go hungry after going to Italy.

As for requesting Novara to find him an Italian language teacher, it was to quickly master the language and facilitate his integration into the team. Without knowing Italian, he would definitely encounter many problems at Novara, so he had to be prepared, otherwise it would affect his development.

These three conditions weren't too harsh, and Gialreta readily agreed.

Subsequently, Bruno's mother signed a three-year contract with Novara on his behalf, mainly because Bruno would not turn eighteen until one month later, and according to Italian law, he couldn't independently sign a contract yet.

What Bruno didn't know was that his requests would help him avoid many difficulties after going to Italy. This was also the difference in his thinking from his original self. After all, he was already an adult, while his original self, when he went to Italy, was still a child who didn't know much about the world, naturally didn't consider so many things.

(End of chapter)