1. Family matters

"Daddy, Daddy. Let's go, let's kick the ball and go. Hurry up, hurry up. The son's voice rang out outside the door.

Zhang Sheng walked to the door and hugged his son: "It's coming, it's coming." ”

"Wife, let's go. It was Zhang Sheng's turn to turn his head and urge Ye Ting, "My son is in a hurry." ”

"It's just that mom is the slowest. The son complained to his mother in a milky voice.

Ye Ting came over and pinched her son's face: "It's also to blame my mother for getting up." I'm preparing clothes for you, preparing a kettle. ”

In the conversation and laughter, and then Zhang Sheng's family of three drove to the football school, there is a football interest class specially prepared for children, as a coach, he still handed over his son to the most professional children's football coach in the enlightenment, who called his son also like football.

This is Zhang Sheng's rare leisure opportunity during this holiday.

The players and the coaching staff are on vacation, and Zhang Sheng can't completely put it aside. He has to think about the tactics of next season, and he needs to consider the allocation of personnel, because of the special status, there are still a lot of club things that he needs to communicate and manage, and of course, the most important thing in this time period is the transfer.

After Zhou Wei looked for Zhang Sheng, Kaisa's inquiry call came, and the offer of 70 million was very suitable for a former national gate, and the club did not do much bargaining and let him go directly.

Kaisa is still very happy, after all, there are very few clubs in China that can provide good players, and they can catch up with the relationship of the Longteng team.

With the first, there will be a second, and the local tyrants of the Chinese Super League also know: a season has passed, and it is time for the Longteng supermarket to open.

What is different from previous years is that the players of the Longteng team were bought more by domestic clubs, and now even a bunch of European, American and even Asian clubs have come, not only domestic players have been concerned, but several foreign aides have also become fragrant and sweet, and have been tempted by countless temptations.

Like Roque Gill, who is now clamoring to leave, he wants to go to a club that Zhang Sheng would never have expected - New York City FC from Major League Soccer.

The Big Apple (New York), a joint venture between the Yankees and the City Group behind Manchester City, has former world top stars such as Andrea Pirlo and Villa, as well as Argentine players such as Bravo and Martinez.

Roque Gill was introduced to the club by Bravo.

Regarding the transfer proposed by Roque Gill, Zhang Sheng did not think too much about it, and gave the answer. A foreign aid whose ability value has never broken through 100 and whose potential is only 104 is really meaningless. And he hopes to raise his salary from 1.5 million euros to 2.5 million euros, which is too outrageous, Zhang Sheng knows that 150w in the major leagues is already the pension level salary of first-class players in the past, and he will definitely reduce his salary if he wants to go to the major leagues.

But South Americans' natural yearning for the United States is really not something that Zhang Sheng can resist with words, there is a call from the lighthouse country, Roque Gill will leave unless he is given a high salary, but he is not worth the price.

What is more unpleasant is that the major league teams have always bought players at a low price, because of the existence of the salary cap, the club's annual spending is limited, and Roque Gill's level is like that, New York City is only willing to pay 2 million US dollars, which is cheaper than when he bought him (the purchase is 2 million euros).

Considering that Roque Gill still has less than a year to go before his contract, Zhang Sheng feels that it is no fun to dwell on it, once he does not renew the contract, he will not get a penny, and he will be blind. And in the two and a half seasons that Roque Gill has been in the team, he has helped the team win an AFC Champions League, two league titles, and an FA Cup title.

As a result, Roque Gill became the second player of the Longteng team to officially announce his transfer and departure.

In fact, not only Roque Gill, but also Chavez and De Paul have received a lot of offers, among which Asia's top giants, Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal have been seeking to buy Chavez, and they have been hoping to get involved in the AFC Champions League again, and they are very concerned about the striker who has performed well in the AFC Champions League final like Chavez and played a lot of AFC Champions League games in the past two seasons.

Fortunately, Chavez and de Paul are relatively satisfied with their current life, even if Argentines are homesick, they only go back to the American continent, and rarely go to the Middle East.

The clubs of the Chinese Super League also thought of the players of the Longteng team, but when some players still ran to the major leagues, they had to sigh at the diversity of the players of the Longteng team.

"It seems that the Dragons players are really going to be all over the top professional leagues in the future. Thinking about the anniversary of the founding of the team, it is quite exciting to have congratulatory letters from all over the world. "Dragons fans don't mind too much about Roque Gill's departure, the club has already sent a lot of foreign players to Europe, and it wouldn't be a big deal to send another one to the United States.

On the Internet, it is more about blessings to Roque Gill.

The Longteng team is here to make a small fuss and collect some pocket money, and the outside team is not so gentle and frugal, waving checks, shouting the loudest slogans, and fighting bayonets with red eyes for every good player in the transfer market is the norm.

For example, the Beijing Wanderers team just released Zhang Chenlin, SIPG took it first, and then Suning rushed out of the grass halfway, after a contest, SIPG just prepared to mention an excellent all-rounder home, was Evergrande with several tons of banknotes fell from the sky, in a state of vertigo SIPG did not react, Zhang Chenlin was robbed by Evergrande.

For this transfer, there are a variety of theories in the market, both 120 million transfer fee statement, and 80 million statement, Zhang Sheng knows that the latter should be more reliable, but the actual transfer fee should be less - later Evergrande's financial report is obviously his transfer fee is 65 million - after all, this is just a former international, Evergrande bought him mainly this year's left-back curse is too terrifying, buy a main left-back, can also play right fullback, center back, left forward player, too necessary.

If Zhang Chenlin's transfer fee is rumored to be a bit inflated, then the rumors of Yang Shanping's transfer to the super-promoted Ma tyrant Tianjin Quanjian of more than 100 million are the most outrageous, a central defender with extremely obvious weaknesses, it is really incomprehensible to be able to pass on to this price, and now he is worth more than 30 million at most, and it is estimated that it is less than 1 million ten years ago, and the blame can only be blamed on the real lack of experienced qualified players now.

Evergrande's transfer was very successful, and the purchase of a qualified substitute in the chaos was their proud work in the transfer market, without thinking about the club's general manager Liu Yongzhuo's strategic strategizing, but on December 24, when Zhang Sheng received Mei Fang's wedding invitation, he was still a little confused.

Mei Fang returned to China to get married after playing the Club World Cup on December 18.

In this year's Club World Cup, Evergrande played even better than last time, and the players who came back one after another gave them great support, and in the face of Mexico America, an old acquaintance of Chinese football, Scolari continued to change his moves on the field, Diego Costa and Paulinho showed the ability of world-class and even top stars.

In mid-November, Brazil beat Argentina 3:0 in the World Preliminary Tournament in South America, Paulinho performed extremely well, and now in the Club World Cup, he still shows a superior level of skills, and Diego Costa scored a goal to eliminate Mexico America 2:1.

Mexico America is also in a difficult situation, winning the CONCACAF Champions League for two consecutive years and is at its peak. In the 2015 Club World Cup, they met the Longteng team with Pato and Ben Alpha, and this year they met Guangzhou Evergrande with Paulinho and Diego Costa.

In the semi-finals, Guangzhou Evergrande met the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid, and they played extremely tenaciously, and Diego Costa, who had a lot of experience in playing his former city rival, made Real Madrid uncomfortable, and he scored a goal in the first half to give the team a lead over the world's supergiants.

It wasn't until near the end of the second half that Cristiano Ronaldo stepped up and scored from a free-kick to help Real Madrid equalise, his frenzied celebration as his equaliser in the national derby. After all, the overall strength of Real Madrid is still much stronger, and the gap in physical fitness between the minor league teams and the top teams in the five major leagues is slowly emerging.

In the third minute of stoppage time, before the end of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande, which had been defending for more than 20 minutes, was scored by Benzema, which made all the players of Real Madrid fall into a frenzy, and they didn't know that Real Madrid was killed in the Champions League final.

Although it was a pity to lose to Real Madrid, Guangzhou Evergrande's performance still won great respect, and after the game, Evergrande players exchanged jerseys with Real Madrid players, and the other party was very polite.

In the final of the next three or four places, Guangzhou Evergrande relied on Goulart's brace to draw 2:2 with the champion AtlΓ©tico Nacional of the Copa Libertadores, and defeated the opponent on penalties to win the third place in the Club World Cup, equaling the best result of the Chinese team in the Club World Cup created by the Longteng team last year.

Guangzhou Evergrande can now be said to be in full swing, how beautiful the Longteng team was last year, how beautiful they are now, Mei Fang chose to hold a wedding a week after the game to make this wedding star-studded, no matter what, everyone has to come over to give this face, after all, many executives of Evergrande have to come to participate.

Zhang Sheng must also give this face.

But before he came, Zhang Sheng knew that there was no good banquet.

Sure enough, Liu Yongzhuo had the same posture and the same smile as when he came to find Zhang Sheng last year, Zhang Sheng almost couldn't help touching his pocket, seeing that things were still there.

"Mr. Zhang, it's been a long time. Liu Yongzhuo took the initiative to come over, "Congratulations to the Longteng team for winning the triple crown." ”

"Mr. Liu, your AFC Champions League championship is only golden. Zhang Sheng quickly entered the commercial mutual blowing mode.

"Today, we have a big gathering of football talents in Jiangcheng. Liu Yongzhuo is unashamed to be a Jiangcheng person, "Chinese football can make progress now, and Jiangcheng has contributed a lot of talents." ”

"Among them, Mr. Liu, your contribution is not small. Zhang Sheng lifted the sedan chair and stretched out his hand to greet the acquaintances at the banquet.

"It's not as good as the excellent players trained by Mr. Zhang. Liu Yongzhuo always circled around the players, and then whispered, "There is something to discuss with Mr. Zhang, why don't we find a quiet place?"

"It's fine. Zhang Sheng knew that he couldn't escape this matter, and then under the guidance of Liu Yongzhuo, he found a private room and sat down.

After the two sides sat down, Liu Yongzhuo's words almost made Zhang Sheng jump: "I'm very sorry to trouble Mr. Zhang again." The main reason for coming here this time is to discuss the transfer of Du Zhenyu, a player, with you. ”

"Who?Du Zhenyu?Are you talking about Changchun Yatai's players?" Zhang Sheng thought he had heard it wrong, and subconsciously complained, "That has nothing to do with us?"

"......" Zhang Shengpi made Liu Yongzhuo really not know how to answer, and after Zhang Sheng digested the news for a while, he said, "Mr. Zhang." You know, Xiao Du is a good player. ”

After emphasizing the word "small", Liu Yongzhuo continued: "Actually, I think this can be the beginning of the strategic cooperation between our two companies. Recently, we are preparing a joint development project with Longteng Group in Shanghai, and we can take this as part of the project cooperation. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Sheng somewhat understood what Liu Yongzhuo meant, "but I'm only in charge of sports business, and I won't participate in anything else." ”

"I'll just mention it. Liu Yongzhuo obviously also knows that Du Zhenyu's affairs are not so easy to talk about, the current national team player, the current central defender of the national football team, one of the key players for Olympic medals, and the main central defender of the Longteng team in the past two seasons.

In the current situation of such a lack of Chinese football talents, born in 1996, he is only 21 years old in the new year, an excellent central defender, with rich experience, more than 70 league and AFC Champions League match experience, and his performance is still very good, if Yang Shanping can sell more than 100 million as rumored, then how much should Du Zhenyu be worth?

As long as such a player is bought, there are no major injuries, and the problem of central defenders for many years has been solved, the key is that you can't buy such a homegrown player even if you have money.

This kind of thing made Zhang Sheng tasteless about the exquisite dishes of the entire banquet, and after watching Mei Fang's wedding core, he hurried home.

Zhang Zhijun did not give the details of the cooperation with Evergrande, so it is completely unknown whether Liu Yongzhuo made his own initiative to find himself this time, or whether it was the meaning of Evergrande's higher-ups, so communicating with his father is something Zhang Sheng must do.

After listening to Zhang Sheng's words, seeing that Zhang Zhijun did not have any surprised expression, Zhang Sheng knew that it was obvious that things were not simple.

"This year, the development of the group is very fast, and the stalls are very large. Zhang Zhijun said slowly, "We are fine in Jiangcheng and Hubei Province, and the capital channels are relatively smooth, but there are some problems in Shanghai." You also know, on the 16th a few days ago this month, the central government proposed that the house is for living, not for frying, and the brakes are a little hard, I have received news before, but sometimes I run too fast, and I can't brake if I want to. ”

"Of course, don't worry, it's really not possible, you can borrow from other channels, and the credibility of Longteng Group is completely fine. At the beginning of the year, Zhang Sheng didn't ask the group for a penny, and he was able to get good results, and now he has to let the club compensate the group, and he is really sorry for him.