After playing Cologne away, February quietly came to the side. It is often said that February is the time of spring, but Zhuo Yang never sees it that way. Because the wind in February is still as fast and cold as ever, and the rain in February is still as cold and unforgiving as winter.

Zhuo Yang complained to the ocean on the phone: Where does the spring breeze come from in February? And how is it like scissors? It's like a razor, and it hurts to shave people's faces.

The ocean said: Stupid, like scissors in February, talking about the lunar calendar.

No matter what the knife looks like, even if it's a machete, the clock is inexorably coming to February, and Madiburg has risen to third place in the league standings, with only Hamburg losing in the top four, and the other three continuing to triumphant.

Match after game, not giving people much respite, but in the middle of the week, the German national team announced the latest squad, a full 36 players. German national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann explained that this is the final squad and that the 23 players who will go to the World Cup on home soil will be selected from this list, and that players who are not included in the squad will not be considered unless there are special circumstances.

Four players have been selected in the squad and musketeer Gomez is already a regular in the national team, with tickets ready for his World Cup trip if nothing else. Khedira and Zepek took part in the national team's training camp during the winter break and performed well and are expected to catch the last train to the World Cup. Centre-back Westerman was a surprise, but he didn't expect to escape the spare tyre.

There is no Zhuo Yang in the list!

Zhuo Yang was not surprised by this, although it showed that he could not participate in this year's World Cup, but he said to himself: that's all.

After winning the European Ballon d'Or and Mr. World Asia last month, the German media began to pay attention to the topic of Zhuo Yang's entry into the national team. It wasn't until Beckenbauer asked about it privately that Klinsmann said: Zhuo Yang is still a Chinese.

Beckenbauer held the phone speechless for a long time, stunned for a long time. Perhaps Pei Huang only really realized at this time that Zhuo Yang is not yet German, and he is still a non-EU player in the Bundesliga.

If you don't have a passport, you don't have German citizenship, and if you don't have citizenship, you can't be selected for the national team? Of course! This is a FIFA regulation and it is also a regulation of most sports organizations.

In the past four years, Zhuo Yang has been deeply integrated into German society, his German is more standard than that of Berliners, and he is more proficient in using German slang than ordinary Germans. Zhuo Yang has real estate, assets, entities, and jobs in Germany, with a driver's license number, insurance number, and tax number, except that he cannot participate in political elections in Germany, he is no different from Germans. Most of the time, others don't realize that Zhuo Yang is still a foreigner. Germany is a multi-immigrant country, and the streets are full of Germans of all colors and colors. In the eyes of his German acquaintances, Zhuo Yang is no different from these people, he is a member of the ethnic minority in Germany.

Missing only a German passport, Zhuo Yang is a long-term green card.

But now it is not difficult for Zhuo Yang to obtain German citizenship and become a real German, whether it is an investment immigrant - he has two enterprises and institutions registered in Germany under his name, "Six Musketeers Left Bank Restaurant" and "Zhuo Yang Fund No. 18", or as a work immigrant - he has been working in Madiburg for the fourth year, and there is a five-year work contract in the future; Or as an outstanding talent technical immigrant, his two identities, whether it is football or piano, Zhuo Yang's qualifications are more than enough.

As long as Zhuo Yang prepares the information to apply, with his popularity and the efficiency of the German government agencies, it will be done within a week. It's just that Zhuo Yang hasn't made any further moves, because he needs a reason.

As the most developed country in Europe, the standard of living of ordinary people in Germany is higher than that of other European countries, and there has always been a sense of pride in the hearts of Germans. Combined with his outstanding performance in his field and the stubbornness of the Germanic blood, the Germans have a strong identification with their country.

The biggest dream of many German players is to play for Bayern Munich, not for giants such as Real Ba Youmimann in other leagues, although the Bundesliga is very weak compared to Italy and Spain, but the pride of traditional German football has not dissipated, and there is this mentality in the hesitation of Grandpa Mo when he transferred to Manchester United two years ago. Compared to the Germanic ethnic group, the second generation of immigrants do not have this stubbornness, and they have almost no psychological barriers to playing abroad. German fans focus almost exclusively on their home leagues, with the Kicker magazine, which is published every Monday, for example, having less than 10 pages of more than 100 pages about other countries, and the remaining 90 pages being all about the German leagues.

The German football world is full of pride, and the head coach of the national team, Jurgen Klinsmann, is such an iconic figure.

Klinsmann knows very well the significance of Zhuo Yang to the German national team, he began to pay attention to Zhuo Yang very early, in his opinion, the German team composed of Zhuo Yang, Ballack, Schweinsteiger, Deisler, Schneider will be the strongest in the world, complement each other almost without flaws, and the advantage of the age structure will ensure that it dominates for ten years. But without Zhuo Yang, the most critical element of the connection between the midfield and the front court has become the biggest shortcoming of the German team. It's easy to talk about playing a weak team, but it's not optimistic to meet a 'nemesis' team like Italy.

Klinsmann was eager to recruit Zhuoyang, but the proud Germanic bomber would never possess and beg.

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After the dust settled on the European Golden Ball Awards, Zhuo Yang also seriously considered this issue, no one wanted to participate in the most high-end event like the World Cup, and he did not have the slightest sense of distance from the German national team, and it was naturally a happy thing for everyone to enter.

It's just that, compared to Klinsmann's pride, Zhuo Yang is even more arrogant. During the winter break, Patrick Steele, the leader of his agency, took the initiative to lobby and was willing to communicate with the national team privately as his pawn. Zhuo Yang pondered for a long time before acquiescing to his actions.

"Patrick, there are some things I won't give into, you know my bottom line. Don't take matters into your own hands, or you know the consequences. ”

“…… Got it. ”

Avoiding the media, Steele met Klinsmann in an extremely secret location, and in this informal meeting, the two men exchanged ideas openly and honestly. As a result, the gap between Zhuo Yang and Klinsmann was too deep, and the gap between the two sides was very large, and they finally broke up.