Since taking charge of Sporting in the summer of 2015, Jorge Jesus has promoted nine young players from the academy, including Tan Xibi, who joined the academy in the summer of 2016 at the age of 17.

Gabriel Jesus is keen to give young players a chance, especially after Tan Xibi showed that he was stronger than his peers at the end of last year, and he sees him as the future core of the revitalization of the 'Green and White'.

Unexpectedly, this future core has not worn out the green and white striped shirt, and will soon be replaced with a red and white jersey.

Looking at the fax in his hand, Jesus looked at the sporting director Andre Géraldez, who looked ashamed.

The fax was sent by the Premier League giants Arsenal Club, which said that they were willing to pay 5 million euros to "redeem" Tan Xibi, and Jesus called Tan Xibi specifically to confirm that he was about to leave the team.

Jesus looked up to the sky and sighed, President Bunolu de Carvalho is good at everything, but his eyesight is not good, how can he sign such a ridiculous contract with Tan Xibi?

Géraldes bowed his head and was silent, he was behind the blame, he didn't dare to say that the chairman was not, and he was shameless to face the 63-year-old old handsome, after all, in the youth contract, he was on the chairman's side at that time.

In fact, this contract is legally invalid, but Sporting de Portugal does not dare to invalidate it, because it will make Tan Xibi a free agent immediately, let alone 5 million euros, even if you don't get a penny.

The people of the Arsenal club understand this, but Tan Xibi is a grateful person and insists on giving back to the team, so the Arsenal official is too lazy to take the illegal youth contract and make too many entanglements with Sporting de Portugal, and directly throw away 5 million euros.

In this way, Tan Xibi packed his bags and left Lisbon with the Arsenal staff, leaving a record of 14 appearances for the first team of Sporting Portugal.

These 14 appearances record, including 8 Portuguese Super League games, 4 Champions League games (two of which are Champions League qualifiers), 1 Portuguese League Cup game and 1 Portuguese Cup game, the overall record is 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, with a winning rate of 64.29%, including 6 wins and 2 draws in the league, ranking second in the standings, only two points away from the top of the table, Porto; 1 draw and 1 win in the Portuguese League Cup and Portuguese Cup, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the Champions League.

This is the first time Tan Xibi has participated in all competitions of the first team, and his performance is the most brilliant, with 4 games.

One was the second leg of the Champions League qualifying round, visiting Planet Bucharest, in the second half of the score of 1-1 to the 60th minute of the deadlock, Tan Xibi scored a shocking long-range shot from outside the penalty area to break the game, and the morale-boosting Sporting team then scored three goals in a row, defeated the Romanian giants 5-1 in one go, and advanced to the Champions League with their heads held high.

One was the first round of the Champions League group stage, going to the Kareskácz Stadium in Greece, where Sporting scored three goals in the first half to get off to a perfect start. Unexpectedly, in the last two minutes, Olympiacos scored two goals in a row, and if it weren't for Tan Xibi's last-minute flank to target Colombian winger Edgar Philippe Pardo, who scored twice in a row for the home team, Sporting de Portugal would have conceded three points that were very secure, and almost let the opponent perform the miracle of Istanbul night.

What made Tan Xibi attract the attention of the giants again was the second round of the Champions League group stage, the home match between Sporting Portugal and La Liga giants Barcelona.

In this game, Tan Xibi was assigned by coach Gabriel Jesus to target Barcelona superstar Leo Messi, and the 18-year-old Chinese teenager not only successfully completed the task, but also stared at Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, so that the two stars only had 5 shots on goal in the whole game, all of which were missed.

Unfortunately, shortly after the start of the second half, Suarez's national teammate and main central defender of Sporting de Portugal, Sebastien Coates, scored an own goal, and the Lions lost 0-1 at home.

Despite the loss, Tan Xibi, who mainly marked the defense in this game, stared at the two superstars in the front court of Barcelona without temper, and Suarez went off the field early, and his outstanding performance made Tan Xibi the fourth Chinese player to appear in the Champions League, and also became the first Chinese player to win the best player on the spot in the Champions League.

After the game, Messi deliberately took off his jersey and exchanged it with Tan Xibi, who was doing well, but what he didn't know was that Tan Xibi auctioned his jersey for money the next day.

After this battle, Tan Xibi once again entered the mainstream media's field of vision, and also attracted the attention of Barcelona and other giants from various countries, and the nickname of "Sigh" circulated in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, also began to flow abroad and enter the eyes of the majority of fans.

The highlight of the Portuguese Super League on the night of the National Day of China, Portugal Sporting home game Porto, if the lions win, they will surpass the dragons to dominate the top spot, draw or lose, can only be relegated to the list.

As a result, Tan Xibi was once again elected the best of the game, in the case of the team's captain William Carvalho's sluggish state, Tan Xibi was the most steals and interceptions in the game, and in addition to sparing no effort to defend, he used a burst shot to brush up the team's only shot on target in the whole game, forcing Porto's Spanish goalkeeper Igor Casillas to make a defying save to keep the goal from losing.

This strong dialogue exposed the gap in offensive firepower between Sporting and the top of the table, although the attack won the game, the defense won the championship, but only two goals were conceded in eight games, and if Sporting de Portugal, the first team in the defensive league, could not achieve an overwhelming advantage in the top three of the Portuguese Super League, the league title of Sporting Portugal is still far away.

Seeing that Tan Xibi was not only invincible in the European youth competition, but also played a performance far beyond his value in the official matches of the senior team, the European powers were ready to make a move, but unexpectedly, they were preempted by Arsenal.

"The Great Wall of Huaguo, which made Messi and Suarez sigh, joined the Premier League giants Arsenal as a free agent!" – The Guardian

"It is reported that the cost of Xibi Tan's termination is 5 million euros, and this money should be paid by Arsenal." -- The News

"In less than a year and a half, Sporting Portugal has lost its talent. I have to admire the speed of the Arsenal club, no matter what, I wish Tan Xibi a smooth development in the Premier League and prove the strength of our Portuguese youth players! - The Globe

"The Portuguese Cup is a swan song, and the away match against Oleros is Tan Xibi's last game in Portugal. Before leaving the field in the 65th minute of the second half, Sporting led 3-0, and after Tan Xibi left, the home team scored two goals, and although another academy player killed the game with a goal, it was clear to see how fragile Sporting's defense was without Tan Xibi in charge. —Documentary

"At the pre-Europa League press conference, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger swept away the sadness of last weekend's league defeat and announced with a smile that the talented midfielder Tan Xibi from China has joined the team as a free agent and signed a five-year contract with the team." - Sky Sports

After Sun Jihai, Li Jinfu, Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhiri, and Dong Yuanzhuo, Tan Xibi became the sixth Chinese player to log in to the Premier League, and he is also the youngest. Will Tan Xibi, who joined the Premier League giants midway through the season, feature in the Premier League this weekend? We'll see! - Master of the ball