After the 2-0 home win over Farmam Town, everyone saw the legendary Paul. Parker, former England international, Manchester United's right-back. He's chatting with Russell and boss Eames, and the topic must be related to Russell.

At this point, everyone was sure that Russell was going to leave the team.

For a while, no one shouted anything like "Russell is really a lucky guy", and although they had just won, everyone was a little silent.

They know that parting is inevitable, and perhaps as their results improve, as their fame grows, there will be more other teams to poach them, so Russell's parting is inevitable...... They were all brought together just because they loved Wimbledon football, but if there were better opportunities for development, how many people would not be tempted? After all, they also all have a heart that wants to succeed.

※※※“…… Even though we're only a semi-professional team, Russell signed us to a contract. I hope you will show a little sincerity. Eames said to Parker.

The two managers have already started talks over Russell's "transfer fee".

It must be noted that many lower leagues have such a characteristic: because many players do not actually sign contracts with the team, they can leave at any time if they want, and there is no binding force. Even if you sign a contract, as long as there is a professional team in the first four leagues, that is, the "league league", wants to buy players, the players can leave at any time, and there is generally no transfer fee, and the relationship is good to play a friendly match next year, or send some training equipment or something, which is very good, most of them do not have a penny.

Wimbledon Athletic and Welling United are not close to each other, and they have not crossed paths before. Eames doesn't want this kind of thing where his team sends a core player out but can't get a penny, whether it's money or things, he always has to earn some money back.

Russell also said: "I also hope to be able to make some amends to Wimbledon, Mr. Parker." ”

Parker nodded, "If I'm going to take Russell with me at no cost, then I won't come to you, Mr. Eames." ”

He makes sense to say this, if he really doesn't want to pay, and he doesn't want to pay any other price, he just needs to say yes to Russell in private, and then Russell will propose to leave the team, Eames won't even know where Russell is going, Russell has many reasons. But it's too unorthodox to do so.

Eames nodded, everyone is a celebrity, and "famous" people don't do dark things. "Then I'll be honest, Mr. Parker. Our team had just rented out the Kings Ranch for £20,000 and other expenses, and we were a team made up entirely of fans and not financially well-off. I want you to pay a sum of money to get Russell......"

After all, the situation of signing a contract but being able to leave freely is only for teams in the top four leagues, and Welling United are unfortunately in the fifth tier for the time being, so they always have to pay a little price.

Paul. Parker was clearly prepared: "Of course, it's not a problem. Russell is at the heart of you and has also trained in the ranks of professional football club at Wimbledon. We had fifty thousand pounds for him. ”

£50,000 is not enough for a week's salary for most professional players in the professional league, but it is a lot of money in such a low league. The total salary budget of the first team and the coaching staff of Wimbledon this season is only 120,000 pounds, which can basically cover the salary expenses of the team for half a season.

From the point of view of the ratio of income to expenditure, the £50,000 is an out-and-out "huge sum".

Eames didn't seem to have much reason to refuse, and he looked at Russell.

Russell didn't speak.

"Of course, we can also arrange a friendly with you next summer, on your home turf. At that time, if we succeed in upgrading, I believe it will attract more audiences for you. ”

Eames and Russell still didn't say anything.

"In addition, we provide fifty more soccer balls, twenty-five red and twenty-five yellow training vests, and twenty corner cones."

Eames nodded, "I sincerely wish you all success in your upgrade." He held out his hand to the other party, and the deal was closed. Fifty soccer balls are very needed, the stands of the King's Ranch are very low, and it is not a completely enclosed court, if someone shoots and kicks too hard, they will kick the football directly out of the field and fall into the dense forest behind the field, although you can organize people to find it after the game, but you can't wait for people to find the football before continuing to play during the game, right? Therefore, the home team often has to prepare a lot of football to cope with such a situation. The average game uses seven or eight footballs and is a feature of the lower leagues.

"I wish you all the best of luck in next season's eighth tier. Ten years ago, Welling United played there. I'm sorry I can't provide you with any information, the information from ten years ago is outdated, ha! "Paul. Parker was also happy to reach out and successfully acquire a key player at Wimbledon, and he is confident in the team's goals for his second season.

He wasn't worried about Russell's inability to adapt to the fifth division, and in his opinion, Russell's level had already surpassed that of the entire ninth division. It would be a waste of Russell's talent and talent to keep him here.

The two men held hands together and according to their agreement, Russell would move to Welling United in the fifth division at the end of the season.

In this way, Wimbledon completed the first transfer-out trade in their team's history. Russell will also be remembered as the first transfer to leave in the club's history, along with a record transfer fee of £50,000 in club history.

Although this record may not last long...... The two men let go of their hands, Paul. Parker extended his hand to Russell again: "I hope we have good memories together next season." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Parker."

Then Parker waved to the two men: "Then I'll take my leave." I'm very grateful to our two clubs for coming to an agreement, goodbye, Russell, goodbye, Mr. Eames. ”

After watching him leave, Eames looked back at Russell.

"If you can successfully upgrade in the future, of course, it will be good. Even if you can't be promoted, it's nothing, but if you perform well, you can get such an opportunity. He said to Russell.

Russell nodded.

"It's finally over." He touched his chin and said, "Let's finish this season first." ”

"I'm going to help the team get promoted!" Russell nodded vigorously.

"It's not up to you to upgrade." Eames pointed to Russell in the direction of the pitch, "Come back, they must have a lot to say to you." ”

Russell said goodbye to Eames before turning and running towards the pitch.

Sure enough, when his teammates saw him coming, they couldn't wait to ask, "What is the outcome of the matter, Alai?" ”

Looking at these teammates, Russell felt that this sentence was quite heavy to say...... "I will be with everyone and work hard for promotion, and then I will go to Welling United next season." ”

Some people envy, some people are lost.

No one was unhappy with Russell's decision, which was normal for them.

"Hopefully you'll be on the professional pitch, Alai." Borger went up and hugged Russell. His move alerted his teammates who had a good relationship with Russell, and they stepped forward.

"Alright, guys. Even if you want to say goodbye, wait until May. Eames' voice rang out behind the crowd. I'm not like you guys who have no fighting spirit because of this. If you do say goodbye to Russell, make a gift with upgrades! ”

His words were met with an enthusiastic response.

A group of people raised their arms and shouted, "Upgrade!!" ”

"I'm going to do my best in the final game!" Russell shouted to the group, his voice shaking, and he felt like he couldn't control his emotions.

Luckily, Eames saved him: "Now let's all go home, don't keep your family waiting too long." ”

After the players dispersed, Borger said to Chu Zhongtian, Russell, Schilling, and Sullivan: "I propose that we find a place to have a drink, for the sake of Alai......"

Russell waved his hand and rejected the offer: "Let's wait until the season is over, I'll quit drinking before I get promoted." ”

"Wow!" Borger exclaimed in surprise.

Schilling agrees with Russell, "Wait until the season is over." ”

Borger looked at Sullivan, then quickly turned away: "I know you're in the same league as the dead jeep......"

So he turned his gaze to Chu Zhongtian as if asking for help.

"I have to go to work......"

"Well, you guys won! I'll go alone! Borger exclaimed, and then turned away.

"What's wrong with him?" Shirin looked at the angry back suspiciously, not figuring out what was going on.

Bolger had always been happy about Russell's affairs before, and he showed an excited demeanor, no one expected him to be angry...... "It's because I think my good friend is leaving me, so I'm disappointed." Sullivan said.

Chu Zhongtian slapped Russell the back: "No matter what, you have to go and have a drink with him first." ”

After listening to Sullivan's words, Schilling also nodded and said, "We won't go, we can't mix the friendship between you." ”

Russell touched the back that was hurt by Chu Zhongtian, looked at the three people in front of him, and turned his head to look at Borger, who was getting farther and farther away. The two have known each other since the day they joined Wimbledon at the age of 11 and have been together from the Under-12s to the Under-19s, both in midfield, with him in charge of the middle and Borger attacking on the right, receiving his pass and then passing the ball down the middle. If it weren't for his poor fitness and Bolger's physical weakness, they would have played in the professional team's reserve team by now, and then began to dream of teaming up to reach the first team and surprise the world in a crucial match! After the agreement, they will be partners wherever they go...... He suddenly forgot about it. In Paul. When Parker came to him, he looked at Borger who was more excited than him, and he suddenly forgot the phrase "no matter where he goes, he is a partner".

Russell waved at the three men, then sprinted at Bolger's pace.

Chu Zhongtian and the others saw Russell catching up with Borger, and then put his hand on his shoulder, waving his other arm, as if to say something. Then the two of them kidnapped out of Jack. Goodchild Lane.

"That's great!" Schilling clapped his hands and said to Sullivan, "Let's go find a place to have a drink?" ”

Sullivan shrugged: "I have to accompany Lina ......"

"Hell!" Schilling scolded. "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"I wanted to say it just now, but the blog didn't let me speak." Sullivan looked aggrieved.

Chu Zhongtian laughed happily on the side.

"If you're bored, you can come to the Duns Bar, Dead Jeep." After laughing, Chu Zhongtian said to Xi Lin.

"Forget it, go home!" Schilling was distracted by Sullivan, and he waved. "Let's go, guys."

※※※ Russell's matter is over, the team seems to have returned to calm, no one mentions the matter of leaving a teammate again, but Russell has worked harder in the already small training on weekdays, and it seems that he is even harder than Chu Zhongtian, who is the hardest-working-of course, it just seems that he still can't surpass Chu Zhongtian. Because Chu Zhongtian's physical fitness is better than him, he can withstand more intense training.

On Wednesday, March 18, Chu Zhongtian still didn't go, even though the final sprint of the team's promotion had begun. For him now, going to school is still the most important thing, because it is directly related to how much money he can find a job after graduating from the second class. Playing football obviously doesn't give him that kind of future. Although Russell is only one league gap from professional players, he did not impress Chu Zhongtian, he knows very well that the gap between himself and Russell is not in technology, nor in experience, but in identity - Russell is British, and he is Chinese, it's as simple as that.

The British follow this league system all the way up, as long as they have the ability, they can rush out of their own world. But what about the Chinese? A few levels further up, the trouble about "labor certification" comes in.

A person who loves football is blessed to be born English. But there's more to life than football.

Chu Zhongtian still runs to school every day, with a soccer ball at his feet, then runs to work in a bar, runs to send orders to Mike China, and carries a soccer ball under his feet, even if he is chased by a dog, he can barely control the lively soccer ball...... It's all because of Russell, although he will quarrel with Russell on his mouth, but in his heart, Chu Zhongtian regards Russell as a friend. Friends want to travel far away, according to the Chinese tradition, they have to give a gift.

Speaking of gift-giving, what better gift could be than a successful upgrade?

In the midweek game, Russell and Borger skipped class to compete again, and their teachers probably already knew about the two men.

It was a rare occasion for Russell to score two goals in a game and almost finish a hat-trick, but his shot hit the post at the end of the day. And those two goals were all the goals of Wimbledon in that game.

With Russell's two goals, Wimbledon narrowly beat Bedfont 2-1 away. Why do you say narrowly win? Russell's second goal didn't come until the 86th minute, giving the team the lead.

They came close to missing the first fourteen-game winning streak in the club's history.

Wimbledon, who won the game, finished ahead of second-placed AFC Wallingford in the table, and were just five points shy of league leaders Westdine 2000. Judging from this result, Russell's performance in this game is really worthy of a value of 50,000 pounds.

After this game, there are a full ten rounds left in the league.

These 10 rounds of the league will be directly related to who goes to the eighth season of the league after the end of the match, and who succeeds.

Chu Zhongtian didn't want to be a loser, just like he said to Yang Yang at the beginning, he played to win, not lose. He doesn't want to work hard for a season and end up with nothing to lose.

The date of Russell's departure has been confirmed, but Emily's return date has not been confirmed.

That night, while he was reading a book at Dons Wine - if he was not too busy with work, the boss John allowed him to take time to read the book, after all, Chu Zhongtian was still a student and needed to study - he received a phone call.

The first person to answer the phone was John. Colin, he picked it up and said, "Hello...... Yes, this is Dons Bar and I'm Colin. John...... Who are you? After listening for a while, his face changed, as if he was about to shout, but in the end he closed his mouth again and said nothing. Chu Zhongtian glanced at the boss strangely, and saw that he was waving to him: "Chu, your phone." ”

Chu Zhongtian felt strange, he had never told anyone else the phone number of the bar, so no one he knew would come to him by calling the bar.

"Who's it, boss?" He asked as he walked around the bar to answer the phone.

Boss John smiled: "Don't you know if you come to listen?" He stuffed the microphone into Chu Zhongtian's hand and went to busy with his business.

"Hey, I'm Chu, who are you looking for?" Chu Zhongtian picked up the microphone and asked.

"Guess who I am?" A familiar voice came out of the phone. Although the sound was somewhat distorted in the current propagation, he could still hear it.

"Emily?" He was a little surprised.

"I'm disappointed...... Emily pouted, not surprised. Why would you guess so easily? Uncle John didn't hear it at first. ”

"I've heard your voice I don't know how many times, if I can't hear it...... We don't deserve to be friends anymore, do we? Chu Zhongtian asked rhetorically.

Emily was very satisfied with Chu Zhongtian's answer, and she laughed again.

"There's good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear first, Chu?" After laughing, Emily said.

Chu Zhongtian thought it was quite strange, what good news and bad news could Emily have for him? The choice seemed to be the same, and he casually said, "Bad news." ”

"It's strange, many people like to hear good news first, why would you choose bad news?" Emily didn't say what the news was first, but asked.

In fact, Chu Zhongtian just said nonsense, but just like when he was blind, the probability of the correct answer was relatively large, and the answer he said nonsense often represented the more correct option. It's just that Chu Zhongtian didn't think so much when he said it, and only after being asked by Emily did he start thinking about yes, why did he choose bad news? "Uh...... Well, I think if I knew the bad news in the first place, no matter how bad it was, I would think -- at least it won't get worse than this, because that's good news. ”

After hearing Chu Zhongtian's answer, Emily laughed loudly: "You are so optimistic, Chu! Well, it's not bad news, I'm just telling you that due to the slow pace of filming, I may have to delay my return to England for a few days. ”

"Ah...... That's really bad......" Chu Zhongtian's tone was full of regret, but what he was thinking in his mind was "This is just right, when she comes back, the league is over, we are promoted, and this gift will be given nine times out of ten."

Emily didn't know what Chu Zhongtian was thinking, her tone was low, it was obvious that she was worried about not being able to return to England for a long time.

Chu Zhongtian sensed the depression in Emily's tone, and he comforted, "Let's talk about something else, Emily." Is filming fun? ”

"It was fun at first, but then it wasn't fun......"

"Why?"

"Tired. I'm so tired! I'm tired and I'm going to have a nervous breakdown...... You know there are times when I can't control my ......," Emily suddenly screamed like crazy, "sound-volume-!! ”

Faced with this sudden scream, Chu Zhongtian had to take the microphone away a little and tilt his head to avoid damage to his eardrum. It seems that the work is really stressful...... Emily, who has always been lively and cheerful, is driven crazy...... After the voice disappeared, Chu Zhongcai leaned his ear back on: "How do you feel now, Emily?" ”

"Whew—it's much more comfortable." Emily exhaled, "Just vent, did it scare you?" ”

"It's a little, but it's okay. Say something happy, what do you mean by good news? Chu Zhongtian found that it was self-defeating to shift the topic to the movie...... "Hehe." Emily laughed, and her mood seemed to return to normal. "Well, ahem." She cleared her throat with some solemnity. "The day after tomorrow is my birthday, Chu!"

"Huh?" Chu Zhongtian was stunned for a moment, Emily had the day after tomorrow's birthday, but why would it be good news for him? But he didn't ask, because his instinct told him that if he did, he might anger his friend on the other end of the phone.

"Ahh Ha! Happy birthday! Emily! In order to cover up his distraction just now, Chu Zhongtian hurriedly raised his voice and said into the phone.

His loud voice attracted the attention of the drinkers around him. A few people raised their drunken eyes and tilted their heads for a moment before slapping the table.

"The day after tomorrow is Emily's birthday!"

His voice caused more repercussions: "Her Royal Highness the Princess's birthday? Oh, I've got to say hello! ”

Many people got up from their seats and walked towards Chu Zhongtian crookedly.

Chu Zhongtian looked back at them and said to Emily, "It seems that many people want to wish you a happy birthday, Emily......"

The group of drunkards lay beside Chu Zhongtian, opened their mouths, hiccuped, and yelled through the microphone: "Life-day-fast-happy!" My Royal Highness, Princess...... Hiccup! ”

"Get out of here!" Another drunkard behind him ripped off the head of the guy in front of him, "Don't spray all your wine in the princess's face!" Your Highness, ......"

Chu Zhongtian saw that the person suddenly began to shrug his shoulders suddenly, and knew that he was going to burp, but the next second the other party slapped him in the face, and the burp was strangled by him...... Chu Zhongtian secretly wiped his sweat, it turned out that he could stop the hiccups like this, and next time if Philip ate too much and hiccups, he would have a reason to slap him...... "Happy birthday, Emily!" ”

"Happy birthday, the longer the more beautiful! Our Highness the Princess! ”

"Oooh oh - is Emily a year older again? Or is it cuter to be forever twelve years old...... "Someone burst into tears.,This must be Lolita...... Chu Zhongtian picked up the microphone again and smiled at Emily amid the shouts of the drunkards: "Your popularity is really high, Emily." ”

"That's, hehe!" Emily smirked. "But I still think it's a pity......"

"What a pity?"

"It was Saturday and Wimbledon had another game, right?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

"It's a pity that I can't go to the field to watch the game, and there are basically not a few decent games here in the United States, except for basketball, baseball, ice hockey, rugby...... It's boring! ”

"It's a shame indeed. It would be nice if Wimbledon were a Premier League team, at least you could watch her games on TV. ”

"Telecast? Yes! Emily snapped her fingers suddenly, "Help me call Uncle John, Chu." ”

Chu Zhongtian covered the microphone and shouted loudly: "Boss, Emily is looking for you!" ”

The arrival of Boss John finally helped him drive away the drunkards around him - he glared at the group of drunkards: "I want to talk to my princess, you all be quiet!" The elderly are hard of hearing! ”

A group of people immediately honestly retracted their positions and continued to drink.

Chu Zhongtian took over the boss and returned to the bar, but his eyes glanced at the phone.

There were other people in the tavern chatting with Dasheng, he couldn't hear what the boss said to Emily, he only saw the boss nodding his head, and after a while he looked at himself, Chu Zhongtian hurriedly thought that Emily was looking for him again, but the boss hung up the phone directly.

So Chu Zhongtian also took his gaze back.

"Emily asked me for a birthday present." Soon the boss's voice sounded in front of him. "She asked me to record the game the day after tomorrow on DVD and send it to her, ha! It's a shame that she can figure it out......"

Chu Zhongtian's eyes lit up, this is a good idea, although it is not a "live broadcast", but it can also be regarded as a "classic replay...... Boss John put his fat hand on Chu Zhongtian's shoulder: "So, Chu." You're going to have to do well on Saturday! ”

Chu Zhongtian raised his head and looked at the boss with a smile on his face.

"I think Emily must want her friends to play well in the game, and that's a good birthday present."

(To be continued)