From the man behind the football king to the football king

Novara held a grand celebration ceremony at the Piola Stadium.

After the Novara players stepped onto the podium one by one and received the championship medals, officials from the Italian Football Association handed the "Wings of Victory" trophy to the hands of Novara captain Rubino.

Rubino invites Bruno to lift the "Wings of Victory" trophy with him.

Amid the cheers of more than 10,000 Novara fans in the audience, the two men raised the somewhat small and somewhat light trophy high.

Later, Rubino made a victory speech on behalf of the team, which was also his farewell declaration. The veteran, who is about to turn 36, has decided to hang up his boots after the season.

Immediately afterwards, the entire Novara team boarded the team bus and held a grand parade in the city.

For a wealthy team, winning the Serie B championship may not have such a celebration, but for a small team like Novara, winning the Serie B championship is a great joy.

In the evening, Novara's owners, the De Salvo family, held a celebration cocktail party for the team at the hotel in Novallo. The players all dressed up to attend, and those who had family members or girlfriends brought their families and girlfriends with them.

The only exception was Bruno, who appeared alone at the celebration banquet.

My girlfriend has cut off contact with him in recent months due to his somewhat cold attitude. I'm afraid the two of them are not destined to be together.

Bruno also had no other friends of the opposite sex. Vanessa Heisler met him twice, but they didn't even leave their contact information, so they probably couldn't be considered friends.

On such an occasion, Bruno would naturally not bring her to attend, because that would be equivalent to announcing their relationship to the public.

Bruno didn't know much about that beautiful woman. Naturally, I don’t know that she was once a famous top model in Europe, let alone some of her past events.

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At the dinner, owner Massimo De Salvo met with Bruno. He congratulated Bruno and expressed his gratitude to Bruno for his outstanding work this season.

However, both parties made a tacit agreement not to mention contract renewal. This is not because there are still two years left in the contract between the two parties and there is no need to renew. But the boss of Novara knows very well that the small pond of Novara cannot accommodate Bruno, a dragon that is about to take off, even if Novara has been promoted to Serie A.

Although the Salvo family has certain assets, it has never had the ambition to invest heavily in football and build a top team in Italian football.

Regarding Bruno, Novara did not offer him a salary increase throughout the season, and he also knew that the other party had no intention of retaining him. Moreover, he himself does not want to stay in Novara, which has little development potential, so he will naturally not mention renewing his contract.

Although when reporters interviewed him after the last game, he did not explicitly say that he was leaving, but that was just a lie in front of the media. If you believe it, you will lose.

Both sides know that the end of the season will be the end of their fate.

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After Massimo de Salvo left, Giaretta stayed. He asked in a low voice: "Bruno, tell me the truth, are you planning to leave this summer?"

Bruno and Giaretta had a good relationship. He pondered for a moment and said, "If there is a suitable place to go, why not?"

Giaretta asked again: "What is a suitable place to go? Is there a standard? Is it a wealthy team? Or is it a high salary?"

Bruno shook his head and said: "I know my current situation very well. It will be more difficult to go to a wealthy club. Even if I go, I'm afraid my position is not guaranteed. If I go to sit on the bench, what's the point? As for the high salary, 豼Do you think anyone would offer a high salary to a newcomer like me who has only played professional football for one season?”

Glancing at Giaretta in a funny way, Bruno said: "Cristiano, has a team made an offer to the club?"

Giaretta did not hide anything and nodded: "Of course, for a talented player like you, there will definitely be many suitors. At present, several teams have made offers to Novara, including Juventus, There are giant teams like AC Milan and Inter Milan, as well as mid-to-upper-tier teams like Udinese, Napoli, and Sampdoria, and naturally there are also Serie A relegation teams..."

"I didn't expect that I would be so popular!" Bruno laughed.

Giaretta said seriously: "Have you not figured out how popular you are now?"

Bruno was at a loss for words. He really had no impression, but he had been on the headlines of several major Italian media outlets recently, and many newspapers had been reporting on him for several days in a row.

"Eighteen years old, he scored 21 goals and assisted 32 times in Serie B in one season. He is the top scorer and assists leader in Serie B. Especially his 32 assists in the season set a century-old record in Serie B. The whole of Italy cares about football. Everyone is paying attention to you, all media reporters are looking at you. I don’t know much outside Italy, but in Italy, my colleagues told me that your current reputation is not inferior to Juventus’ super newcomer Paulo. Pogba. I remember you haven't signed an agent yet, right? I suggest you confirm it as soon as possible, otherwise you will be very busy this summer."

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When it comes to signing an agent, Bruno has a headache.

In the past few months, many people have approached him and wanted to be his agent. Some came to him on their own initiative, and some were introduced by teammates as their agents, but Bruno did not trust them very much.

Bruno has no doubts about his future. Without the plug-in, he became a first-rate star. Now with the plug-in, he doesn't believe that he will develop worse than himself.

For example, for those top players, their agents are either relatives and friends they absolutely trust, or they are top agents.

None of Bruno's relatives has the potential to become an agent. His parents are not well educated. His brother is still a third-rate professional player and his sister is an ordinary wage earner. The family has not even gone to college.

He also doesn't have any very close friends who are absolutely trustworthy.

Therefore, he can only find those professional agents. But none of the truly top professional football agents came to him.

Well, in Bruno's eyes, the real top professional football agents are the goalkeepers and the fat ones. But neither of these two people have come to him yet.

He scratched his head and said with some distress: "Wait a little longer! I will get it done as soon as possible. If any team makes a convincing offer to the club now, just tell me directly, and I will talk to the other party. Talk about personal treatment.”

As for what would happen if the other party came to him directly, Bruno didn't say anything.

Giaretta shook his head and said: "Don't come to me about this matter, because I will no longer be the general manager of Novara soon, so Novara's transfer will not be under my control."

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Bruno looked at Giaretta in surprise.

Giaretta explained: "I have submitted my resignation to the club and will leave at the end of this month."

Bruno asked: "Then where are you going?"

"Udinese," Giaretta said.

"Uh..." Bruno was speechless. He had some understanding of why he originally transferred to Udinese. The guy in front of him probably played a very key role.

Giaretta smiled and said: "Are you interested in going to Udinese? I recommended you to Mr. Pozo and he is also very interested in you."

Bruno said: "It doesn't matter where I go, I just want to play football with peace of mind. If Udinese can guarantee my position, the financial treatment will be decent, and that's okay."

"Well, don't be too busy making decisions now. When I go to Udinese to take up my position, I will make good arrangements for your transfer." Giaretta whispered.

Bruno nodded and said: "No problem. It just so happens that I don't have the energy to think about transfers recently. I will go to Portugal U20 to report soon. I will have to wait until July to come back."

Giaretta glanced at Bruno doubtfully and asked: "Are you going to participate in the World Youth Championship in Türkiye?"

"Yes." Bruno didn't intend to hide it.

Giaretta was startled and said repeatedly: "No, then I have to act quickly."

"Ah? What do you mean?" Bruno asked strangely.

Giaretta smiled and said: "Aren't you going to participate in the World Youth Championship? If I don't move faster, when you win the World Youth Championship, your worth will skyrocket again. Udinese will It costs a lot more money.”

"Ah...you really have confidence in me..." Bruno murmured.