Fox in the Penalty Area

Zhou Zijing and his father Zhou Shenghai walked into the general manager's office of Shanhai Sailor Club.

They were notified before training that they would see Kong Xianliang today. So Zhou Shenghai came early, waited for his son's training to finish, changed his clothes and came together.

There, they met Kong Xianliang, the general manager of the club, an elderly and skinny old man.

Seeing the two people coming in, he got up from his seat, went around the desk, greeted them, and shook hands with Zhou Zijing and Zhou Shenghai one by one.

After a brief greeting, he motioned for the two to sit down.

"The club is here to inform you..." Seeing that both of them sat down, Kong Xianliang said. "We have received an inquiry price for Zijing."

There was no fluctuation on the faces of the two of them.

With Zhou Zijing's performance, there will be various rumors about him in the transfer market every year, not to mention the giants like the South China Tigers, even Anton Shining Star has his idea...

Seeing the calm appearance of the two, Kong Xianliang knew that they probably misunderstood.

So he added: "It's an inquiry price from Europe."

The two people still maintained a calm expression...but after a second or two, they suddenly became exciting.

Zhou Zijing's eyes widened, Zhou Shenghai frowned, showing a puzzled expression.

Then they looked at each other, turned to Kong Xianliang at the same time, and asked in unison: "Which club?"

Seeing the tacit understanding between father and son, Kong Xianliang laughed.

"Leeds City."

The two froze at the same time.

They didn't expect it to be this name.

"Isn't there Hu Lai in Leeds City?" Zhou Shenghai blurted out the question in his heart first, and then he immediately figured it out: "Ah, so it is very likely that Hu Lai will really leave."

"The club just wanted to ask you, do you want to go to Leeds?" Kong Xianliang asked.

Since the current Women's World Cup, the Chinese Football Association and the professional league have jointly issued an internal document,

Encourage domestic clubs to let young players under the age of 25 go out and play football in Europe.

This is not a mandatory requirement, but in fact, everyone can understand it as some kind of mandatory.

In the past, faced with the situation that European clubs were interested in their players, if domestic clubs did not want to let them go, they could either offer an outrageously high offer to scare away European clubs. Or simply refuse to release the player and do not respond to the contact from the opposing club.

The Football Association is out of control.

Now the Football Association still can't control it, but the professional league can control it, and the professional league is inextricably linked with the Football Association in a sense.

If the professional league wants to do well, the Football Association cannot ignore the face.

Now it is "encouragement" in name, but it is actually telling domestic clubs to recognize the situation and not to do things that are not sober.

What is the situation now?

It is the situation to let more Chinese players go out and go to Europe to experience high-level football.

In the face of such a situation, which club dare not let people go? Which club dares to propose a transfer fee that clearly exceeds the player's worth?

Since the club cannot force players to stay, the personal wishes of the players become crucial.

If the player himself is unwilling to go abroad, then of course the club does not have to be held responsible for not letting the player go.

But... how many players can say "no" when faced with the temptation to play in Europe?

Especially with such successful precedents as Hu Lai.

Coupled with the achievements of latecomers Luo Kai, Zhang Qinghuan, Wang Guangwei, Xia Xiaoyu and Chen Xingyi, many young players are looking forward to playing in Europe.

Even if there is no way to finally gain a firm foothold in Europe, it is the wish of many young people to see the vast world.

After all, after receiving training in Europe and feeling the atmosphere of European football, if you return to China, your performance should be better than before going abroad, right?

Hearing Kong Xianliang's question, Zhou Zijing turned to look at his father, while Zhou Shenghai said to him: "Don't look at me, you can say what you think."

So Zhou Zijing turned to Kong Xianliang again and nodded vigorously: "I want to go, I really want to go, Manager Kong!"

Kong Xianliang sighed in his heart.

This was the result he should have guessed a long time ago, but when he heard Zhou Zijing say this, he was still a little bit disappointed.

But he quickly adjusted his mood and said to Zhou Zijing: "Since you want to go, the club will negotiate with the other party. Don't worry, the club will definitely not intentionally make things difficult for the other party regarding the transfer fee."

Zhou Zijing's happiness was beyond words: "Thank you, Manager Kong, and thank you to the club!"

He stood up directly and bowed to Kong Xianliang.

Kong Xianliang waved his hands again and again: "Don't worry, the horoscope hasn't been written yet."

"I believe that you, Manager Kong, can handle it. You are the best manager in the country!"

"Hey, you kid, don't put a high hat on me!"

After finishing speaking, Kong Xianliang laughed to himself.

He waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I know you kid can't wait to go out. The club will communicate with you in time and keep the communication open."

Zhou Zijing quickly said: "Don't worry, Manager Kong. My dad and I keep our mobile phones on for 24 hours. As long as there is any new progress, you can call us even if it is two or three o'clock in the middle of the night!"

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After leaving the general manager's office, Zhou Zijing and his father strolled in the training base of Shanhai Sailors.

They soon came to the training ground of the first team. The training of the first team had ended, and only the turf maintenance personnel were doing maintenance work in the noisy place before.

The two watched the busy staff inside through the barbed wire.

"Dad, did I steal your show just now?" Zhou Zijing recovered from the initial excitement, only to notice that in the general manager's office just now, he seemed to be the only one talking to Manager Kong, and his father But the agent was silent instead.

Although his father asked him to do this, but his father is also his manager. This kind of thing is usually his job. How could he allow him to do it by himself?

Zhou Shenghai shook his head: "It's okay, I was thinking about a problem at the time, and I didn't have time to argue with your manager."

"What kind of question can take you into consideration of silence."

"I'm wondering... if Leeds City is a good option."

Zhou Zijing turned to look at his father.

Dad Zhou Shenghai looked at the training ground and continued: "Because everyone knows, Leeds City is a very popular team in China. And the strength is not weak. It represents a great honor to be able to play anywhere, but with At the same time, there are great risks..."

"Dad, I have been learning English all the time, and I often chat with foreign players in the team. Daily communication is no problem." Zhou Zijing reassured his father. "Besides, language issues, living habits issues, diet issues... It doesn't matter which team you go to, as long as you go to Europe..."

Zhou Shenghai shook his head: "That's not what I'm talking about. Do you know why Leeds City called you by name?"

"Because Hu Lai is leaving?" Zhou Zijing replied.

The transfer rumors about Hu Lai have not stopped this summer.

During the China Women's World Cup, rumors about Hu Lai's transfer could steal the limelight from the Women's World Cup and Li Qingqing from time to time.

"Well." Zhou Shenghai nodded, "They want you to be Hu Lai's successor. But it also means that you will be compared with Hu Lai by everyone, which is not a good thing. If you go to Leeds, it means Trying to play in the shadow of Hu Lai..."

Zhou Zijing himself laughed: "Hey, what am I supposed to do. It turns out that this is what you are thinking about, Dad..."

"What nonsense! This is the future you have to face!"

"Isn't that nice, Dad?"

"What good?"

"Dad, have you forgotten what my goal has always been?"

Zhou Shenghai turned his head to look at his son with a confused look on his face.

"Tsk, you really forgot!" Zhou Zijing sighed, "From high school to now, I have always wanted to beat Hu Lai! What's wrong with going to Leeds? Let me tell you, it couldn't be better! No What better way to win than to make Leeds fans forget about him... I heard that Leeds fans painted Holly on the outside wall of their house to express their love for Holly. Then I hope that in the future They're going to replace the person in that painting with me!"

After talking, Zhou Zijing looked at his father, only to realize that his father was looking at him with hellish eyes.

He was dissatisfied and said, "Dad, what's your expression?"

"Uh..." Zhou Shenghai hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and laughed, "It's nothing. But it's good, and it's good like this. Just run towards this goal and work hard, ah!"

"Of course I will work hard, and it will be a 200% effort!"

"Okay, you know it yourself. Let's go." Zhou Shenghai turned around and walked towards the parking lot first.

Zhou Zijing followed.

Behind the two of them, on the training ground of the first team, the staff began to leave one after another.

As twilight deepens, the training base of Shanhai sailors will also fall into silence.

Zhou Zijing looked back at the training base.

Before he knew it, he had played here for five years.

In the past five years, he has changed from a high school player to a qualified professional player and international football player.

He also participated in the World Cup.

From now on, he will start a new journey.

He suddenly recalled the time when he heard that Hu Lai was going to play in the Premier League.

At that time, he was lying on the bed in frustration, feeling that he was being thrown further and further away, and he didn't know when he could catch up with Hu Lai, and then he was qualified to stand in front of him and challenge him.

As a result, today, two years later, he has the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

Europe, which I thought was not so easy to go to, is getting closer to me little by little...

He felt that his father must have thought in his heart that he was going crazy again.

But he really thought so.

Compared with the despair and powerlessness of two years ago, now that he has the opportunity to go to Leeds City, even if he plays in the shadows, it is the closest to that guy...

I'll catch up to you eventually, Holly!

If you have the guts, don't run away, wait for me, Zhou Zijing, to defeat you!