Chapter 698: Leicester City
The next day, Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in the final at the Maracanã Stadium thanks to Mario Gotze's extra-time volley to win their fourth World Cup title and reach the top of the world.
Although the Chinese team did not reach the final, Lu Wenbin still won two of the most important individual awards.
One is the Golden Boot of this World Cup.
Lu Wenbin took the World Cup Golden Boot with an efficiency of 11 goals in seven games, and it is quite close to the record of 13 goals set by French star Fontaine in a single World Cup, only two goals short.
Perhaps, Lu Wenbin will break Fontaine, a world record that has been in the dust for more than half a century, in a certain World Cup.
On the list of total scorers in the history of the World Cup, Lu Wenbin has also entered the top ten with one World Cup, ranking seventh.
In front of Lu Wenbin are Klinsmann and Kochis, who also have 11 goals, Pele with 12 goals, Fontaine with 13 goals, Gerd Muller with 14 goals, Ronaldo with 15 goals, and Klose with 16 goals.
Among them, Klose scored a goal in the semi-finals between Germany and China, surpassing Ronaldo and setting a record for total goals in World Cup history.
However, countless people believe that with Lu Wenbin's efficiency, Lu Wenbin may surpass Klose in the next World Cup, set a new record for total goals, and make it impossible to surpass.
In addition to the World Cup Golden Boot, Lu Wenbin also won the Golden Ball Award of this World Cup, that is, the best player award.
This means that FIFA and the tournament organizing committee have recognized Lu Wenbin as the best player in this World Cup.
Although Lu Wenbin did not lead the Chinese team to win the World Cup, he scored 11 goals in 7 games, defeated Chile and drew with Spain, eliminated Brazil and Colombia in a row, and made many key saves as a guest goalkeeper, leading the Chinese team to create a historic record in Chinese football, making Lu Wenbin deserve to win the Golden Ball Award.
The four-year football feast has come to an end, and German football has created another brilliant future, but the biggest topic of this World Cup is undoubtedly Lu Wenbin.
It is normal for Lu Wenbin to win the Golden Boot and lead the Chinese team to the semifinals, as the world's No. 1 superstar, Lu Wenbin has this strength and possibility.
But Lu Wenbin started to play a cameo as a goalkeeper in the match against Brazil and showed a goalkeeper-level performance, which made people feel shocked.
Especially in the third and fourth finals with the Dutch team, Lu Wenbin pounced left and right throughout the game, saving the Dutch team to score many times.
If it weren't for the Dutch team's final goal scored by Van Persie, I am afraid that the Chinese team would have really relied on Lu Wenbin to hold on until the end of extra time, and then defeated the Dutch team in the penalty shootout to win the third place in the World Cup.
Although Lu Wenbin has not played at the back yet, is there any doubt about his performance in the midfield position?
In other words, the entire football field, including the goalkeeper, has no position that Lu Wenbin will not play.
This is the true sense of offense and defense!
How can such Lu Wenbin not cause major giants to scramble for it?
Throughout Lu Wenbin's career, Hoffenheim, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, and Paris Saint-Germain have been to four of the five major leagues.
Although Lu Wenbin did not say it explicitly, everyone has already seen that Lu Wenbin wants to win the rhythm of the five major league championships and the treble.
Then, Lu Wenbin's next stop, the greatest probability is the Premier League.
The Premier League media and fans were excited to extend a warm welcome to the world's No. 1 superstar Lu Wenbin to the Premier League.
At that time, the name of the Premier League world number one league will be even louder. Even if the European points are not as good as La Liga, in terms of commercial influence, fans around the world have their own conclusions.
When Lu Wenbin left Brazil with the Chinese national team and returned to China, the major giants of the Premier League also spoke out, expressing their willingness to take Lu Wenbin away at the price of liquidated damages and offering him an annual salary of more than 30 million euros.
Chelsea and Manchester City offer annual salaries of more than 40 million euros.
Lu Wenbin's annual salary alone will top the salary of the whole team of a giant team.
However, what is surprising is that Lu Wenbin said in an interview after returning to China with the team that his next home has been determined, and it is indeed the Premier League, but the specific club has not been revealed.
The information revealed by Lu Wenbin surprised the media and fans around the world, why has the World Cup just ended, and Lu Wenbin's next home has been determined?
Could it be that before the World Cup, Lu Wenbin had already decided on his next home. But why do the giants in the Premier League say that they are not themselves?
Could it be that Lu Wenbin joined a team in the lower reaches of the Premier League, or even promoted to the next level?
No kidding.
In addition to the giants, which team can afford Lu Wenbin's transfer fee and annual salary?
At this moment, a reporter asked Paris Saint-Germain for confirmation, but came up with an even more surprising news, it turned out that Lu Wenbin had terminated his contract with Grand Paris freely after the season.
Therefore, when Lu Wenbin leaves the next club, he does not need to pay transfer fees or liquidated damages from the new club.
How could PSG agree to a free termination of the contract with Lu Wenbin?
The skull has a bag, right?
No one inquired about the more detailed content, and Paris kept silent, and Lu Wenbin did not disclose it.
Everyone guessed and guessed, but they couldn't guess what the reason was that Paris Saint-Germain would let go of Lu Wenbin's cash cow for free.
The World Cup Golden Boot, Golden Ball Award, guest goalkeepers, and heated discussions in the transfer market have made Lu Wenbin's popularity hotter than that of the new world champion Germany.
The giants of the Premier League have denied that Lu Wenbin signed with them, making Lu Wenbin's transfer confusing.
Even without the transfer fee, Lu Wenbin's annual salary is an astronomical amount that is not affordable for downstream teams.
Besides, even if he can afford it, with Lu Wenbin's identity, what is he doing in that kind of team?
Only a wealthy family is worthy of Lu Wenbin's identity.
While countless people were guessing but had no clue, Lu Wenbin had already participated in the celebrations at home and returned to Europe.
Then, a strong news suddenly came out: Premier League promotion Malecester City will hold a press conference on July 22 to release heavy news, and Lu Wenbin will attend the press conference at that time.
The major media outlets who received the news were first incredulous, and then they went crazy and inquired about the news while preparing to go to Leicester City.
As a result, no one heard any news, and the only gain was that someone said that Lu Wenbin's assistant team had been to Leicester City, proving that Lu Wenbin did have contact with Leicester City.
The news from Leicester City has left the media and fans around the world confused.
Is Lu Wenbin going to transfer to a promoted polo team?
Why is that?
Does Leicester City have the strength to offer Lu Wenbin an annual salary of 30 or 40 million euros? Even if it is opened, what is the benefit of Lu Wenbin going?
Everyone had a stomach full of questions.