207, Hala, Madrid
January 8th.
Dawn breaks.
A white sedan drove past the familiar white sentry box, with the words Real Madrid Sports City shining in the background.
Revisit.
The people are the same, the scenery is still the same, and the young man is fresh and angry.
Every time he returned here, Chu Ge's mood seemed to be a little different.
Passing by La Fabrica.
He rolled down the window and looked back.
Chu Ge's destination today is not Lafabrica, but the training base of the first team.
The scene of the first team, familiar and unfamiliar.
Glancing at the training ground, Chu Ge walked to the head coach's office with ease.
In the past, when he came here, the head coach was the bushy Italian Ancelotti.
Now a year has passed.
Looking in from the corridor, there is a bald head in the office, which has a unique style.
Zidane sat in his office, still busy.
This office, he is not so unfamiliar. Zidane used the office a few years ago, when he was a technical assistant to Jose Mourinho and later as assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti.
However, this is the first time as the head coach of the team.
Chu Ge stood at the door and smiled when he saw that his teacher was still a little in a hurry.
He knocked on the door.
Zidane looked up.
"Coming?"
"Hmm."
The dialogue between the master and the apprentice after changing their identities is as simple, plain,
"Then come in. By the way, there's a jersey on the table, and from today, it's yours. Zidane looked at Chu Ge and smiled.
Chu Ge walked into the office and picked up the jersey.
It's a white Real Madrid home shirt with Chu Ge's nickname, Chu Goal.
"What a No. 5 jersey, I thought it was No. 7!"
Chu Ge touched the team uniform and said very "dissatisfied".
There was some complaint in his tone, but there was a clear smile on his face.
A year ago, when he was promoted to Real Madrid for the first time, he was given the number 23 shirt.
This year, this number was given to Danilo by Benitez.
At the moment, in the middle of the season, most of the numbers are already famous.
The owner before the 5th was the Portuguese Coentrão.
"Golden Retriever" Coentrão has struggled with Real Madrid. At left-back, Marcelo is the team's main force. As a result, Coentrão was sent out on loan and his shirt number was vacant.
At the same time, the number 5 is still the number worn by Zidane when he was a player.
As Zidane's personal disciple and inheriting the number of his mentor, how could Chu Ge not be satisfied?
No. 5 is also a legend at the Bernabeu, and Chu Ge is just skinning himself with his teacher.
Zidane smiled, "If you want No. 7, you can go and talk to Cristiano." He agrees to give it to you, I have no opinion. ”
"Then Cristiano is afraid that he is not going to fight me."
Chu Ge also smiled.
It's been a while since he's seen Cristiano Ronaldo, and he's missing some of the friends he met during his time in Real Madrid's first team.
"By the way, I heard that the pressure on you from the media during this period is quite high."
Chu Ge said with a smile.
Zidane touched his bald head, "Well, it's a little bigger than I thought." ”
"Don't talk about me, your pressure is no less than mine. Ha ha! He glanced at Chu Ge narrowly.
"The rookie coach with the rookie apprentice who played as a substitute for the superstar, the passerby of Real Madrid, can't last half a season of master and apprentice."
Chu Ge laughed.
He picked up a random newspaper and could easily find the voice of the doubter.
"By the way, in order to come back and help you, I turned down the fat offer of Grand Paris. How are you going to compensate me? ”
"You don't come. When you come to Real Madrid, your salary may be less, but the advertisers who ask you for sponsorship are a lot more, right? After a year, not to mention the actual income, as long as the performance is good, the fame will grow faster, why don't you say this? ”
"Hah...... I can't hide anything from you......"
"I'm Zidane, what do you think?"
……
The laughter faded into silence.
The master and apprentice walked out of the office side by side.
The medical examination was completed quickly and smoothly.
Then came the joining ceremony.
Players who usually transfer in the winter rarely have a special joining ceremony at the Bernabeu.
But Chu Ge's situation is different.
First of all, he is the return of the Castilla player, who has a natural affinity for Real Madrid fans.
Secondly, in the past six months at Inter Milan, Chu Ge has grown from a rookie to the winner of the European Golden Boy Award, and his reputation is rising.
In addition, his transfer value has reached 50 million euros, and if you include the bonus floating clause, it could even reach 55 million euros.
In the current Real Madrid first team, there are only three players who are higher than Chu Ge's transfer value, Ronaldo, Bale and Hames.
Comparing the value in today's transfer market with the figures of the past, there is a bit of a taste of Guan Gong and Qin Qiong.
However, the data can tell us a lot.
In the ranking of single transfer fees in world football, the transfer fee of Chu Ge from Inter Milan to Real Madrid is only lower than that of Ronaldo, Bale, Neymar, Suarez, Di Maria (Real Madrid transferred to Manchester United), James James, De Bruyne, Zidane, Ibrahimovic, Kaka, Sterling.
His transfer value is roughly the same as that of Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria (Manchester United moved to Paris Saint-Germain).
In this year's winter transfer period, it is not surprising that Chu Ge is the transfer target of the entire world football.
Moreover, not only is Chu Ge, who is quite famous in the football field and endorses fashion brands such as Armani and Burberry, but also has many fans on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Weibo, and his personal influence cannot be ignored.
What's more, as the most valuable star in Asia, backed by the vast Chinese market, he came to the Bernabeu to join Real Madrid, and his influence is almost comparable to that of Colombian rising star James Rodriguez, who joined with the Golden Ball in the World Cup.
Such a transfer has naturally attracted the attention of the world.
Whether it is optimistic or bearish, at least the attention is very high.
Therefore, in order to welcome Chu Ge to join, Florentino, who is quite business-minded, specially arranged a joining ceremony.
Real Madrid's home stadium, the Bernabeu, and many media reporters from all over the world have flocked to the stadium. At the same time, there are more than 20,000 Real Madrid fans, as well as thousands of Chu Ge fans who traveled from China to witness the historical moment.
In the eyes of everyone in the audience.
Chu Ge officially took over Real Madrid's No. 5 white jersey from Zidane and stood side by side with Real Madrid president Florentino.
"Hala, Madrid!"
Chu Ge smiled into the microphone and chanted with the audience.
The flash is constantly shining.
History tells the story.