The Midfield Master

"I refuse to move to Chelsea!"

A cold sentence came out of Xia Ze's mouth, but it was loud and firm.

The expressions of Felipe, Martins and Tenonio all changed. Everyone took a deep breath in their hearts. They all knew what this sentence meant. It should be necessary to reject the transfer invitation of the current Premier League leader. How much courage to do it.

And judging from Xia Ze's calm tone and expression, his decision was definitely not made in a whim.

"Mr. Felipe, I just hope that I can play in the team with peace of mind and compete for the team's Champions League seat next season."

Xia Ze looked at the old man with white hair on his temples, and said without doubt: "I hope you can understand, if there are other teams that come to discuss my transfer, I hope you can reject them. Maritimo plays."

After Xia Ze finished speaking, the three of Felipe showed expressions of appreciation on their faces. None of them expected Xia Ze to be so mature, and to be so serious and responsible for Maritimo, completely unshakable by Chelsea's high salary and status.

Felipe was stunned for a while, and then smiled brightly: "Okay, I have given you an environment to play football with peace of mind. I hope you can take Maritimo to a new level."

Xia Ze's answer this time made him very satisfied.

Martins and Tenonio in the office laughed from the bottom of their hearts.

"It's not the time yet. I don't have the ability to gain a foothold in the Premier League. I want to become stronger!" Looking at the smile on Felipe's old face, Xia Ze felt calm and firm in his heart.

...

"Roman, it's not that I don't want to sell that kid to you, it's just that he doesn't want to transfer at this time. He hopes to focus more on football. Let's talk about it after the season is over." Felipe called Abramovich, and some Said proudly.

"What? He doesn't want to join us?" Abramovich seemed very surprised. He hasn't met a few young players who don't want to join Chelsea.

"Yes, he said it himself, you can send someone to ask his agent Tenonio, but please don't bother him, he is still our player now."

After Xia Ze made it clear that he would not transfer before the summer, Felipe spoke with a lot more confidence.

"Uh... alright." Abu said helplessly.

Two days later, the phone in Felipe's office rang again. This time the voice from the other end of the phone was not Abu, but the voice of a middle-aged man.

"Hello, Mr. Felipe, I am the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur in England, Daniel Levy." The voice said politely.

The caller turned out to be Levy, the chairman of Tottenham who was famous all over the world because of Bell's transfer incident in the summer transfer window of 2013!

"Hello, Daniel, I don't know why you called me?" Felipe heard that it was the famous Levi, although he guessed the intention of the other party, he still pretended not to know.

"Mr. Felipe, I won't go around the corner. The coach of our team is very interested in the Chinese player Xia Ze in your team, and hopes to bring him to White Hart Lane." Levi was unequivocal and straightforward.

"Daniel, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. We don't plan to let Xia Ze go now, and he doesn't want to leave so soon. Let's talk after the end of the season." Felipe rejected Levi cleanly.

"Oh! He really said that?" Levi couldn't believe it.

"Yes, that's what he said." Felipe was quite cold.

"Okay, sorry to bother you." Levi hung up the arc after his face was ashamed.

Felipe closed the phone, leaned back on the chair, and muttered to himself:

"Arsenal, Manchester United, Porto, Dortmund, Tottenham, I turned down so many clubs for that kid in the past two days. It seems that this summer will not be able to keep him after all."

...

After rejecting Chelsea's invitation, Xia Ze was never bothered by transfer news again,

Although it was reported that some head coach had his eye on Xia Ze, Xia Ze had already initialed a transfer contract with a certain wealthy club...

But he himself knows that everything will happen after the season is over. The most important thing for me now is to help Maritimo climb to a higher position in the standings and go further in the Portuguese League Cup.

The 2014 winter transfer window closed without any surprise, and the giant clubs did not make any big moves. It seemed that everyone was secretly accumulating energy for the summer transfer.

Wang Xiaolin returned to China after watching the Porto game and brought back Quaresma's signed jersey to Wu Sheng.

In China, Nike's commercials for Xia Ze and Zhang Wei are already being broadcast, and Adidas' commercials for Ai Huang and Gao Bo are also being screened in mainland China at the same time. For a while, discussions between the four players from the two clubs Evergrande and R\u0026F became heated.

It is especially obvious in Guangzhou, the city where the football careers of these four players started. Billboards of the two can be seen everywhere on the street. It has become the biggest sports hotspot around the Spring Festival in Guangzhou.

Fans of R\u0026F and Evergrande have also fought a lot of verbal battles because of this. Every day in the folk stadiums in Guangzhou, fans wearing four-man jerseys will be seen playing wild football.

This kind of tit-for-tat topic made the products of two major sports brands, Nike and Adidas, sell well in Guangzhou, and made the agents of the two brands in China secretly happy.

Xia Ze and Zhang Wei, who were far away in Portugal, also learned about domestic discussions between themselves, Ai Huang and Gao Bo from the Internet, and they just shrugged their shoulders and had no way to intervene.

The time soon came to the end of February. For the first time, Xia Ze and Zhang Wei did not celebrate the New Year at home, but had a New Year's meal with Hua Yan's family of three, which did not make them feel too much sadness.

After defeating Porto, Maritimo's state continued to be hot. The league standings have left behind the national team and competed with Benfica, one of the top three in the Portuguese Super League, for the third place in the league standings.

The two teams often sit in that position alternately, no one can leave the other side, and the point difference is only one or two points away, or even the same points, and go hand in hand.

Maritimo, who was considered only to fight for relegation before the season, was able to achieve such a result, which surprised everyone who paid attention to the Portuguese Super League.

In the Portuguese League Cup, Maritimo also continued the good state of the league, eliminated opponents one after another, and entered the semi-finals of the League Cup. Their opponent will be the national team, which is also a very good performance this season. The other semi-final matchup is between Porto and Sporting Lisbon.

The second Madeira derby of this season is about to kick off again. The players of Maritimo have been holding back their anger for more than two months, and finally waited for the opportunity of revenge.

...

Monday, February 24, 2014. Maritimo training base, Martins is meditating in the office.

After their win at the weekend, they temporarily lead Benfica by 2 points and sit in the third place in the league standings. However, they are 8 points away from the second-ranked Sporting Lisbon, and there is basically no hope of climbing further.

However, the top priority for Martins is definitely not delusional to surpass Sporting Lisbon, but to maintain the status of Maritimo players in this tight schedule and keep the third position in the league until the end of the season.

Two days later, on the 26th, they will challenge the national team in an away game. This is the semi-final of the Portuguese League Cup.

This game is extremely critical. If they want to win the championship, they must cross the national team.

The national team rented several players one after another in the winter transfer window, which greatly improved their strength. They even eliminated Benfica and entered the semi-finals.

Let Martins embarrassment is that after the game with the national team, they will immediately usher in another tough battle, the league challenge to Braga away. Double matches for a week in a row made his players feel very tired.

Xia Ze has continued his outstanding performance in these few rounds of the league, constantly opening the door to victory for the team with goals and assists. His outstanding performance in so many consecutive games has made the Portuguese media list him as a member of the league. Top contender for Best Newcomer.

But at this moment, he was jogging on the sidelines, recovering his physical fitness. The one-week double match for a month in a row has pushed his body to its limit. If he does not recover as soon as possible, it may affect the semi-final of the League Cup two days later.

"It seems that my physical fitness is not good enough. I have to learn how to distribute my physical fitness during the game, so that I can maintain my state in the league." Xia Ze said to himself while jogging.

Zhang Wei, who also played almost the entire game as the main central defender, followed Xia Ze with heavy footsteps.

"Xia Ze, Zhang Wei, you two come here, the head coach has something to ask you." Assistant coach Jorge's voice sounded from the sidelines.

Xia Ze and Zhang Wei stopped and looked at Jorge who was waving to them. Although they were a little puzzled, they still walked over.

"Coach, do you have anything to do with us?" Xia Ze and Zhang Wei appeared in Martins' office and asked softly.

Martins was frowning and meditating, but now he saw Xia Ze and Zhang Wei appearing in front of him, and quickly smiled and said, "You guys are here, sit down first, I have good news for you."

Seeing the head coach who was frowning just now, Xia Ze smiled and said there was good news. He couldn't help being a little puzzled, but he still sat down at the desk with Zhang Wei.

Martins took out two letters from the folder on his desk, handed them to them, and said calmly:

"You have been selected for the Chinese national team."

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