Coaching career started as a college team coach

"I often watch Griezmann's games, and I believe I can do the same as him. I believe I can do it." A high-spirited figure flashed on the computer screen. This was a video of Jota answering a media interview when he just joined Atletico Madrid.

The reporter continued to ask, "Do you mean that you think you have the strength to start the game?"

"No, I mean that I will work hard to fight for my starting position."

Jota stared at the flashing light on the computer screen, and the interview video had finished playing. This was another depressed day he spent after coming to Madrid

It didn't take long for all this to happen. Jota couldn't remember, maybe a few days, maybe more than ten days.

[Jota created an amazing season, he made the Portuguese intoxicated! ]

[With a transfer fee of 7 million euros, the 19-year-old talented winger Jota has arrived at the Atletico Madrid Espino training base. It is said that the reason why Atletico Madrid competed with other teams at the same price is that the player felt the sincerity from the team...]

[Recently, Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone admitted in a press conference that Atletico Madrid is looking for a replacement for the winger. Gaitan may become coach Simeone's choice. A reporter asked whether Jota could take on the responsibility. Simeone refused to answer and did not make any further comments...]

[...According to reliable sources, Jota has been included in the loan list, and Portuguese Super League team Porto has expressed interest in the player. It is said that coach Diego Simeone may not be optimistic about Jota's future in the team. Jota did not appear in the team's pre-season lineup...]

[Mendes' agent team vigorously promoted Jota's competitiveness and believed that he should have a place in the team. Simeone did not comment on this...]

Since the end of the season, Jota's transfer rumors have been circulated. Jota was discovered by Pazos Ferreira a few years ago. Since then, this offensive player has been like a blooming rose, showing his talent without restraint.

Jota knew that the main reason for his transfer to Atletico was because his agent's boss was named Mendes. Mendes was eager to create the next "C Ronaldo", and Jota, who also played as a winger, had an obsessive breakthrough ability, and was also Portuguese, was obviously the best candidate he recommended.

I don't know whether it was because Simeone was uncomfortable with the title of "the next C Ronaldo", or because Jota's frequent participation in central attack could not be integrated into the team's tactics. From the moment the transfer news came out, Simeone did not make any positive comments on it.

After having no chance to play in the team's preseason games and learning that the team was trying to find a new transfer target, Jota knew that it might be difficult for him to find a chance this season.

The team's transfer was handed over to the management, and the team's operation was handed over to the head coach. This division of labor seemed harmonious, but it was full of hidden dangers. Wei Le predicted Simeone's attitude towards Jota through the system in advance. He concluded that Jota would not sit on the bench for a year, so Wolves proposed a loan.

Jota's experience also reminded Wei Le that Chairman Guo Guangchang is very concerned about the operation of the club. He has arranged for many senior executives who used to work in major domestic companies to join the team. Although Guo Guangchang can now provide support to Wei Le, Wei Le knows that such support is not unconditional or permanent.

It is difficult for him to rest assured. What if one day in the future, there is suddenly a "Jota" in his team that he doesn't like? Faced with pressure from his agent, Wei Le is not sure that the team chairman will definitely choose his opinion between the two options.

So, Wei Le wrote his concerns into the contract. If such a situation occurs without his permission during his term of office, he will have greater initiative. When Wei Le proposed to introduce players, he certainly needed the approval of the board of directors, and Wei Le transformed this condition from a unilateral responsibility to a two-way agreement.

"What should I do? I just want to play well."

Jota's voice was no longer high-spirited, and he asked his agent with some concern.

"I didn't expect Simeone to be so tough! He is simply a mad dog who is ignorant of the world!" The person on the other end of the phone said viciously. Here we go again. Jota rolled his eyes. Every time he asked for advice, his agent would turn the topic to criticism of Simeone.

At first, he would join in the swearing, but he gradually realized that his agent no longer seemed to be so powerful and he never offered any constructive suggestions. Of course, swearing with him could vent his emotions, which was very refreshing, but no matter how much he cursed Simeone,With the management of Atletico Madrid, he couldn't get a starting position.

The 19-year-old Jota has experienced a past that few of his peers have experienced. He is not as easy to fool as many young players of his age. He has the ability to judge right from wrong, and gradually no longer trusts his agent 100% as he did at the beginning.

The agent began to smooth things over, "If you ask me, you should just swallow your anger. After all, it is Atletico Madrid, your favorite team..."

"I never said I like Atletico Madrid. You told me that coming to Atletico Madrid is good for me. But the benefit is that I can't even sit on the bench!" Jota said dissatisfiedly.

"Diogo, you have to calm down..."

Jota sighed, listening to the incoherent explanation of the agent, he interrupted the other party and said tiredly, "I want to rent, I want to play games, high-intensity games. If I stay in Atletico Madrid in the end, maybe we need to reconsider the contract between us."

After saying this, Jota hung up the phone. In less than two or three hours, he received another call from his agent.

The other party's tone was very friendly, and it was hard to tell that they had just had an argument.

"The loan has been arranged? This shows that it is not difficult at all! It took only two or three hours to receive the offer. Why do you want to keep me here so urgently?"

Jota knew the answer to this question, because of the economic value that he could bring by staying in Atletico. With the ability of his agent and his boss Mendes, it was not difficult to arrange a suitable loan for himself, but the fame that Jota, the "future Cristiano Ronaldo", could bring by staying in Atletico was far greater than that of renting himself out.

He didn't know that Mendes had already recommended Jota to many clubs that had cooperative relations with him, and Wolves had already received a recommendation from Mendes. Such a recommendation was not a direct request for these teams to bring him in immediately, but to put him on the watch list.

"Porto, some French Ligue 2 teams have expressed interest in you, and there is also an English team."

"English team?"

"Wolves in the English Championship."

Jota exhaled, "I need to think about it, give me some time."

Jota was no longer in a hurry at this time, leaving him a long time to consider. Portuguese Super League, French Ligue 2 or English Championship?

And on this day, Wei Le boarded the plane to Spain in a hurry.