Chapter 1261: Zhao Wenkang retires

The championship of Serie A still has a lot of weight, but for Zhang Shujie alone, he really doesn't value it so much. It's not that he thinks it's dispensable, it's just that the 33-year-old has reached this age, has won too many league titles, and at club level, only the Champions League is attractive to him.

AC Milan beat Juventus 1-0 in the Coppa Italia to claim their second trophy of the season and the Rossoneri's last trophy of the season.

In the remaining three league rounds, Zhang Shuming played two games and scored three goals, improving the league goal tally by 34 goals and successfully winning the top scorer. In the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain lost 1:2 to Real Madrid and failed to win the Champions League and league double.

Another season is over, Milan officially made an offer to Mbappe, and Brother Li offered a sky-high price of 180 million euros, but Paris responded: 250 million euros!

This price is unacceptable to AC Milan, 250 million is not a small amount, Li Yonghong must consider it. In order to prevent Mbappe from being poached by other teams, AC Milan needs to do some ideological work with him first, in fact, Milan does not need to be so nervous, Mbappe said that he is willing to go to AC Milan, and said that it doesn't matter if he assists Zhang Shujie for a year or two.

From these words, it is not difficult to see that Mbappe's emotional intelligence is very high, he knows that the current boss of AC Milan is still Zhang Shujie, if he accidentally offends Zhang Shujie, then his idea of going to Milan will be in vain.

Manchester City's Chinese goalkeeper Ma Junqiang recently announced that he had reached an agreement with Manchester City to leave the Etihad Stadium to play in the Major League Soccer, even though he still has a year left on his contract.

When the news broke, all Chinese fans and media could be said to be both expected and unexpected, because at the beginning of the season, Ma Junqiang was no longer the team's main goalkeeper, and he and Manchester City did not have any news about the renewal of his contract, many people have already guessed that he may leave Manchester City, and now, this speculation has come true.

Ma Junqiang became Manchester City's vice-captain at the age of 29 and turned regular at the age of 30, handing over the captain's armband last season due to instability in his position. The 35-year-old goalkeeper dedicated his golden years to Manchester City, who won five league titles in 12 years, but he failed to help the team lift the Champions League trophy, and he and his Manchester City reached the Champions League final in the 2015/2016 season, but lost to AC Milan, which is also the only time in Ma Junqiang's career to appear in the Champions League final, which has to be said, this is a great regret.

In fact, with his ability, he can transfer to other clubs. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have expressed interest in him more than once, but he has not left and chose to stay at Manchester City. Now, he is finally leaving here, and he and Manchester City have parted peacefully without any conflict.

"It's a pleasure to be here for 12 years, from 23 to 35. I'm lucky that it was Manchester City who accepted me in my most difficult time, but after that, I can't contribute anything to this team anymore, and hopefully my former team-mates and those fans who love it will always support City. ”

Ma Dashuai's farewell speech was not long, and then he changed his words and said to Huang Yu in New York FC: "I am also going to play in the United States now, I am about to join the Los Angeles Galaxy, Huang Yu, wait to be my opponent." ”

It can be seen that although Ma Junqiang is a little reluctant to leave Manchester City, it is also a pleasure to be able to go to the United States to play health football. Manchester City have thanked him for his dedication to the team over the years, and the fans, club team-mates and national team team-mates have blessed him.

Compared to Ma Junqiang, another Chinese player is even more sad, because Ma Junqiang can continue to stand in front of the goal, but in a different league. And Zhao Wenkang is different, his contract with Juventus expires this summer, Juventus originally planned to give the 35-year-old veteran a new contract for the last year, after all, it is difficult to find a midfield dispatcher like Zhao Wenkang with distinctive characteristics and can break the dense formation in the whole of Europe, Juventus treats him as the second Pirlo, so even if Zhao Wenkang will turn 36 next year, Juventus is still willing to renew his contract for another year.

However, Zhao Wenkang turned down Juventus' new contract. According to his original intention, he was willing to play at Juventus for another year, but after thinking about it again, he called Marotta the night before he signed, saying that he did not plan to play again, and he wanted to announce his retirement directly!

Thirty-five-year-old Zhao Wenkang announced his retirement!

From the perspective of today's medical methods, there is absolutely no problem for professional players to play until they are about 37 years old, but why did Zhao Wenkang announce his retirement at the age of 35? You must know that the United States, the Chinese Super League and other teams are looking forward to his joining. In Zhao's own words: "I thought about it for a long time and decided to end my career this year, it was a very difficult decision, I have been injured repeatedly in the past two years, my physical condition has not recovered as well as expected, and I am very satisfied with the fact that I have played in professional football for so many years. That's why I chose to end my career this year, at Juventus. ”

Zhao Wenkang was the first member of the Chinese championship to retire, and when he retired, there were many reporters at the press conference, and the Chinese team was the most, followed by Italy. In fact, Zhao Wenkang himself does not like the crowded environment very much, he is a quiet and low-key person, and he even rejected the idea of Juventus holding a farewell match for him. The reason he gave was: "Come quietly, go quietly." ”

His teammates on the Chinese national team were very surprised that he suddenly announced his retirement, and Ma Junqiang and Huang Yu, who were far away in the United States, also called him and asked him to come back to play in the United States quickly, but Zhao Wenkang refused with a smile.

Zhang Shujie, Xu Ziyi and other players all publicly said that they didn't expect him to retire so soon. Zhang Shujie said: "I hope he can come back, Juventus wants to renew his contract for another year, then I also want him to come back to play on the pitch for another year." ”

Zhao Wenkang replied to Zhang Shujie through the reporter's microphone: "Thank you for your kindness, but I really decided, we are professional players, and there will always be a day when we leave, it's just early and late." ”

Indeed, Zhao Wenkang is right, as long as he is a professional player, he will retire sooner or later, but he chose to go one step earlier.

Zhao Wenkang played for Juventus for ten years, scored 86 goals and provided a full 100 assists, and won three league titles, which is a very brilliant statistic. He scored 153 goals and provided 187 assists throughout his career, of which 20 goals and 31 assists were dedicated to the national team.

Zhao Wenkang wants to prepare to return to China, and his future life has nothing to do with football, he just wants to accompany his wife and children. He wrote his last words on his face: "Goodbye, my friends!"

(End of chapter)