For the restarted Serie A, the media generally said that this is the season when the Milan dynasty revives and regains the throne, but Inter Milan quits, they say that everything is the Milan dynasty Milan dynasty, and we Inter Milan will also establish our own dynasty.

So the supporters of both teams pinched, and the team began to pinch in the summer preparations. In the transfer market, it is common to see two teams pursuing a player at the same time, and it seems that the player that AC Milan wants, even if Inter Milan does not need it, has to be plugged in; And the players that Inter Milan desperately needs, AC Milan will definitely compete with them, and after raising the transfer fee, they will announce that they will abandon the acquisition, and let Inter Milan be the big one.

The battle between the two northern powers is in full swing, while Florence, which belongs to the center, is in full swing.

Just two weeks after Ren Yu announced that he was abandoning the Fiorentina club, and before the team was in the hands of the Fiorentina municipal axe, de la Valle appeared and he became the club's president again.

After making a statement of goodwill to Zhang Jun, saying that Zhang Jun was still the banner of Florence, was, was, and will be in the future, he began to sell people.

Montorivo was long gone, and because the player's will to leave was resolute, there was no way for De La Valle to ask for a lot of money in this regard. In the end, Inter Milan spent 4.78 million euros to bring him to Meazza.

England's young goalscorer Chris. Williams was bought back by Chelsea for €2.8 million.

Joaquín decided to return to La Liga to end his career with Real Betis, whose contract was just expiring, so Real Betis didn't spend a penny to bring back their former flag.

Lahm, on the other hand, was bought by Arsenal for eight million euros.

Mascherano went to Liverpool. The best way to get revenge for having the trophy snatched away by Fiorentina is to poach their champions...... Of course, Liverpool inevitably had to hemorrhage, and Fiorentina put a "sky-high price" of €27 million on the Argentine, and finally bargained for 15 million euros.

Zhang Jun came to training every day, but every time he came to the locker room, he always saw another name tag on the wardrobe torn off. There were fewer and fewer people participating in the training, and he felt lonely when he looked at the empty training ground.

AC Milan offered himself a transfer fee of 28 million euros and a contract with an annual salary of 4 million euros and 100% retention of image rights, but he refused without saying a word. He said that if he wanted to stay here, he would stay here, he had nothing to pursue, and he didn't need to start again in another place.

Real Madrid have asked Crewe for a transfer fee of up to 60 million euros, and Fiorentina boss Della Valle is tempted. Zhang Jun has not liked the president since the Malesani incident, and after he returned to Florence to express his kindness to himself, his reply was lukewarm. But now he has the urge to support De La Valle - Crewe is still young, only twenty-five, and going to Real Madrid can become a world-class superstar and can continue the glory of his career, so why not? Why stay in Florence, which is already in ruins?

He persuaded Crewe in this way, and in the same way that he rejected AC Milan, he simply rejected himself and Real Madrid. "I'm here to stay."

"Why?"

"Isabel she loves it here, I love playing with you."

It was this sentence that Zhang Jun never persuaded Crewe to leave, but he faintly felt sorry for him in his heart. He has a good age, but he has to bury himself and Fiorentina, and if he has been in this small team, his influence will become weaker and weaker. For example, Ronaldinho, if he does not resolutely transfer from Paris Saint-Germain to Barcelona at the beginning, even if his skills will not change anywhere, his influence will definitely not be as great as later. "Oxtail" is not the first time he has used it in Barcelona, he has performed this kind of performance in Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain, and more than once or twice, why is it so sensational in Barcelona? It is because of the status and influence of the team that determines the status and influence of the star......

Looking at the teammates who worked together in the past, some people packed their things before the holiday and never came back after the vacation. Some came back for a short few days, appearing absent-minded, and then left.

Halfway through the summer, de la Valle was only selling, not buying. Zhang Jun is even more optimistic about the new season, but he just muttered in his heart, but someone directly stabbed this dissatisfaction to the media.

Xiang Tao's big mouth vented his dissatisfaction with the new chairman in front of the news reporters, saying that he had sold so many people and had a lot of money in his hands, why didn't he buy excellent players? The person he was rumored to have his eye on was worthless in his own eyes. Then he started to miss the days when he was the boss of Ren, and every summer he would see one or two heavyweights come to Frankie, and they felt good together, and they won a lot of titles......

These words directly irritated De La Valle's fragile liver. Remembering the departing boss in front of a new boss is the greatest disrespect and provocation to the new boss...... Yes, provocation. De La Valle saw Xiang Tao's remarks as a provocation against him. He decided to let someone see who really had the final say on this team.

He very unceremoniously responded to Xiang Tao's "provocation" through the media, and said very seriously: "If anyone likes to miss the past and doesn't like to stay here, they can leave." Florence does not welcome those who do not want to come, nor does it force anyone to stay. Everyone has the freedom to leave. ”

The words are very clear, if you don't want to do it, get out.

And Xiang Tao is a tough guy, he eats soft and not hard, you de la Valle want to be hard with me, very good, I Xiang Tao will play with you to the end. The two fought in the team's internal war, Xiang Tao repeatedly expressed his disdain for him where there was De La Valle, and De La Valle never gave the Chinese defender a good look.

Zhang Jun is very troubled by the contradiction between the two people, and he tries to resolve the contradiction between the two, but later finds that they are completely irreconcilable. Kind of like he was originally with Malaisani...... He doesn't go, I go.

Sabato, who was already in charge of Liverpool, was still very concerned about his old players, and he was ecstatic when he heard the news: he had taken Mascherano from Fiorentina earlier, and he wanted to take Xiang Tao away. But Xiang Tao wanted to stay with Zhang Jun, and his persuasion was ineffective, so he could only feel a pity. Now that Xiang Tao and that fool de la Valle are at odds, this is the best chance. He immediately extended an invitation to Xiang Tao – Liverpool were obedient to the successful manager, letting him buy whoever he needed, vowing to build the most competitive team in the Premier League and in Europe as a whole. They are aiming for at least one title this season: the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions Cup, at least one.

Xiang Tao hesitated a little about this invitation, and finally decided to leave Florence and go to Liverpool to pursue his mentor. Of course, there is also the factor of his own feelings, when he was still playing in the Sichuan Youth Team, he had the opportunity to play in Liverpool, but because the coach in the team didn't like him, he gave the place to others. Now that he finally has the opportunity to play in his favourite team, and it is clear that he can't stay at Fiorentina, why should he give up this opportunity?

Zhang Jun was saddened by Xiang Tao's departure, the "Three Chinese Musketeers of the Purple Lily" who had been dubbed "Purple Lily" by the Western media, and went their separate ways with the collapse of the Florentine dynasty.

The scene of Zhang Jun and the Crewe family seeing off Xiang Tao was very dull, Crewe had few words, and Xiang Tao, who had always been cheerful, couldn't say anything funny at this time. In this terrible summer, they all seem to have lost their sense of looking forward to the future and joking.

Youyou was a little sad about leaving Florence, leaving Sophie, and leaving her friends, and her eyes were always red. Sophie likes this sister very much, but now she has to face separation, what else can they do but come forward and hug?

The women are together, and the men are on the other side.

Zhang Jun looked at Xiang Tao and opened his mouth several times without knowing what to say.

Persuade him to stay? Joke!

I can only say that I will behave well over there and strive to get out of prison as soon as possible...... Well? No, the lines are wrong.

In the end, Zhang Jun put his hand on Xiang Tao's shoulder and sighed heavily: "If I can call the shots here, I will say that if you are not happy over there, come back, you will always be welcome in Florence...... But I can't. Take care of yourself over there by yourself and pay attention to your health...... A lot of us have quit because of injuries and I don't like to see you end up like that. ”

Xiang Tao nodded vigorously: "You too, I'm not by your side anymore." If someone maliciously assaults you in the future, I won't be able to help......"

Zhang Jun smiled: "If you have a chance to play against Liverpool, please be merciful." ”

Xiang Tao smiled reluctantly, but smiled ugly: "If there is a chance...... But I don't want to be a rival to you. ”

"I don't want to, I don't want to be tackled by you with the ball, hoho...... Ahem! He laughed until the end of the laugh and coughed, and Crewe patted him on the back gently.

Xiang Tao turned to look at Crewe, "I'm gone, he'll hand it over to you." If you let ......"

Crewe interrupted him, "Well, it's not about arranging the aftermath. ”

Xiang Tao glared at Kru who ruined the atmosphere, and was so tossed by him that he couldn't say anything anymore.

Zhang Jun helped him out: "Okay, don't make the atmosphere so poignant. Let's go, or you'll have to run to England. ”

The two reluctantly said goodbye to their friends in Florence and embarked on a flight to Liverpool, England. Begin his journey to England.

In the future, no one knows what will happen, maybe the two will meet on the court again, maybe not......

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Xiang Tao's departure was a big blow to Zhang Jun, and his form was sluggish throughout the summer, and this sluggish form lasted until the start of the new season......

After Fiorentina sold a number of absolute main players, De La Valle did not spend much money to buy the people who could not satisfy the fans, and his position was also very embarrassing. Maybe it was because he spent a lot of money last time but almost let the team relegate him and scared him, but now after returning to the team, he decided to run a small business, steady and steady, step by step......

In short, the team is very careful and careful in terms of management, after all, he is not a shoemaker, and everyone is rich in black and white. As a result, Fiorentina, who were once glorious, looked like a promoted horse in the eyes of many, and the primary goal this season was relegation......

In fact, de la Valle has a lot of confidence and is aiming to qualify for next season's European Cup. But when Zhang Jun heard this, he looked at the current teammates who looked like they were detached, and he sighed in his heart that he didn't give the chairman face.

Many media also say that Fiorentina today is not the same team as Fiorentina a few years ago, in every way, so De La Valle's words are simply not enough.

Now this Fiorentina team has only one thing to be proud of: our owner is Italian, and our team is a truly pure Italian team.

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Many years later, Li Yan decided to write a biography of Zhang Jun, and he asked Zhang Jun to recall each season he experienced, and Zhang Jun could always remember a lot of things in other seasons, only in the 13/14 season, his mind was almost blank, there was nothing. He remembers a lot of people who left before the season, what happened after the season, and what happened during the season, he doesn't remember.

There really wasn't much to remember in terms of football that season, as Di Livio returned to the team as head coach, but his coaching skills were not as good as Sabato's. It's all a patchwork team, Sabato can get the players to work for the same goal, he can bring them all together, and Di Livio can't go to that, although everyone respects him, but respecting him and trusting his ability are two different things. Zhang Jun has been injured frequently this season, and he has barely played much in a full season, and all the time is on the court, injury, recovery, play-injury...... It's wasted in this cycle.

The only thing that Zhang Jun can recall is that he became a glorious father this season, and in the Spring Festival of 2014, his wife Sophie gave birth to a big fat boy for him. At that time, he was so excited that he called everywhere to report the good news, and almost everyone who was friends with him knew that he had been upgraded at the first time. Friends also sent "congratulatory messages" - text messages. In Italy, everyone rushed over to celebrate, and Anke, who was playing with his wife Lin Jia in Sichuan, excitedly said that he wanted to be the godfather of little Zhang Jun, but Zhang Jun told him that someone had already done it.

Yes, he discussed with Sophie a long time ago, if he had a child, let Ren Yudi, who can't find a trace now, be the godfather of the child.

Zhang Jun and Sophie named the boy who was born after four years of marriage: Zhang Jiarui. I hope that he can grow up peacefully and like his name, he will be happy and healthy all his life.

Although he had children, he did not bring any good luck to the team. Fiorentina did not qualify for the European Cup, Milan won the league as usual, but they lost to Sabato's Liverpool in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and it was Liverpool who won the Champions Cup, Xiang Tao and Mascherano became players who won the Champions League four times, and it was not so easy to get this award.

However, what happened next is still fresh in Zhang's memory, and he always thinks that it is not a shame to lose to someone else 0:40 on the court, or retire with an injured leg. But it was the only stain on his career – it had nothing to do with him, but it had to do with Fiorentina, who was the captain of the team.

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After this unimpressive season, Zhang Jun should have concentrated on preparing for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It was at this time that a shocking scandal broke out in Italy in which Juventus bribed the referee for profit. As the investigation continued, it was found that more and more teams were involved in recent times: Fiorentina, Lazio, Siena, Udinese...... (Note: This is based on the "phonegate" scandal that happened in reality, and it is impossible to completely ignore such a big thing, and it did give me a lot of touches, and it was the best event to move the plot forward, so I wrote it.) But for the sake of the championship plot, I removed AC Milan from the team suspected of scandal. This is entirely for plot reasons, and has nothing to do with reality. Please readers, please don't put the grievances in reality into the plot, thank you for your cooperation! The scope, number of people, degree of impact, and degree of heinousness of this scandal are all the largest in history.

When the scandal was first revealed by Sport Italia, the whole of Italy was shocked. The Italian investigation agency did not expect that they investigated Ren Yudi's assets for a year and did not find anything, it turned out that the biggest cancer of Italian football was within themselves! The discovery has made Italians shy about talking about football for some time – even though the World Cup is just around the corner – even though the World Cup is just around the corner – it's just around the corner – the world is about to begin.

When Zhang Jun heard the news, it was like a thunderbolt in his mind. He has always liked this team, and never thought that such a noble team as the Purple Lily would be associated with a match-fixing scandal. For a few days he was so depressed that he didn't know what he was doing to stay at Fiorentina in the first place, and the squalor of Italian football was far beyond his imagination, and he almost lost interest in playing.

Fortunately, Sophie was always by his side, comforting him, and explaining him, and he finally decided to fulfill the rest of his contract, but he no longer believed anything the shoe seller said.

Li Yan asked him about his future plans, and he said to Li Yan like this: "Even if Florence is relegated to the second or third division, I will stay, you just write like this." I'm not going anywhere but Fiorentina, I'm going to end my career here, whether it's a good or bad ending, I like this team, I don't change my beliefs easily because of what a certain president does, I think those fans are the same as me. ”

Li Yan sent a copy of Zhang Jun's words back to China, and Kaliani sent a copy there, so that the Chinese and Italians knew Zhang Jun's final choice.

While the investigation of the scandal in Italy continued, Zhang Jun left Italy and flew to Brazil to join the national team for the final training camp before the World Cup - he did not participate in other training camps, not even the Confederations Cup, just to ensure that his body was healthy at this time, and now he is back and not injured.

The only problem is that people are worried that Zhang Jun, a man of great affection, will be affected by Fiorentina's involvement in the Serie A match-fixing scandal, and his form is not easy to say......

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This summer for the Chinese, the match-fixing case in Italy is after all a people's business, far away from us. The real number one priority is the World Cup in Brazil. The Chinese team went out as the defending champions and was divided into seeded teams, which is the first time that such treatment has been received.

Although the Chinese team lacked several main players before the game, Zhang Jun's return still brought an influence to world football that cannot be ignored. Because the Chinese team snatched the championship from Brazil in South Africa, the Chinese team is not very popular in Brazil, and Advocaat also seems a little helpless in the face of these, and the Chinese team's preparation is always disturbed by this or that.

Hosts Brazil were placed in Group 1, while defending champions China were in the final group. If the two teams are to meet again this time, they will not have to wait for the final, they can meet in the quarter-finals – provided that Brazil and China do not both finish first in their respective groups, but must be first and one second.

Kaka called Zhang Jun before the start of the World Cup to talk about the place, and he laughed and said: "We Brazil can't finish second in the group, otherwise the nationals will kill us." Hold your feet high and get second in the group. ”

Zhang Junyi sternly refused: "No! If you want to take the second place in the group, you can take it. ”

Kaka pretended to sigh regretfully: "It's a pity...... That's only the semi-finals......"

"Kaka, do your best. We'll be waiting for you in the semi-finals in advance! Zhang Jun said as if they had reached the semi-finals, and he laughed, making Kaka laugh too: "Don't look at your smile now, be careful that you can't qualify for the group stage." That's a shame~"

Zhang Jun pouted: "It's not our turn to qualify, this group stands out from the Chinese team, Austria, South Africa, and the United States are not worth mentioning." ”

The two of them fought with each other, but they both knew that this was something that no one could convince anyone. In football, what can really prove yourself right is to play a competition.

"Let's not waste words here, let's see when the World Cup starts, Kaka! If you want a championship, grab it! ”

"Don't worry, I'm afraid I'll go home before I come to rob you, hehe!"

As a result, the two still didn't forget to argue.

(To be continued)