Chapter 19 Number 10

Real Antwerp has seven training grounds of various sizes that surround the Bosur Stadium.

After listening to King Dong's introduction to the club, Yu Liang and his entourage went directly to the office of head coach Van Ake.

"Hello, very welcome! I'm Van Ack. ”

After seeing Yu Liang, a smile immediately appeared on Van Ake's face.

Since their relegation in 03/04, their goal is to return to the top flight. After last season's defeat, Real Antwerp, determined to rebuild, has given the team a major refresh. Although a number of players have been brought in in in the transfer market, due to the injuries of the team's two major midfielders, Suleimani and Di Gregorio, Van Ake is in dire need of a midfielder to strengthen the squad.

So when Manchester United proposed to loan Yu Liang over, they watched Yu Liang's performance in the World Youth Championships for the first time, and after watching it, Van Ake contacted Manchester United as soon as possible, hoping to loan Yu Liang. Since the two clubs have been working together for many years, an agreement was quickly reached on the payment of Yu Liang's salary, Yu Liang's basic salary will be paid by Manchester United, and Yu Liang's bonus part will be paid by Antwerp. As for the bonus part, Yu Liang's current agent, Mr. Wang Qi, is in charge of negotiation.

"Hello, sir, nice to meet you!"

Van Ake's enthusiasm made Yu Liang a little flattered.

This strengthened Yu Liang's idea of making a name for himself here.

After a brief greeting, Yu Liang visited the club's honor room under the guidance of the staff, the number of trophies is pitiful compared to Manchester United's, but this represents the glorious history of a club.

Standing in the Bosul Stadium, which can accommodate more than 16,000 fans, Yu Liang has a sense of impatience to appear here.

But the league is still almost a month away.

Back in Van Ake's office, Wang Qi has already reached an agreement with the team's general manager, Mr. Paul Bisdoks, about Yu Liang's appearance fee and winnings.

Looking at the series of numbers on the contract, Yu Liang frowned slightly.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

Wang Qi asked Yu Liang with some concern. He has basically regarded Yu Liang as his big financier now, although he has not signed any agency contract with Yu Liang so far.

"Why is there only such a small appearance fee?"

Looking at the appearance fee of only 300 euros, as well as the assist bonus and goal bonus of less than 80 euros, Yu Liang asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Hehe, Ryoko, this is already the highest standard in Antwerp! Their core player Di Gregorio's appearance fee is only more than 370 euros! Xiao Dong's bonus is similar to yours. Besides, your future is not here, your first goal now is to get your labour permit as soon as possible and return to Manchester United! ”

Wang Qi's words made Yu Liang come to his senses.

"Yes, my future is at Manchester United! But before I go back to Manchester United, I'll let Antwerp rush to the first division! ”

After setting a goal for himself, Yu Liang wrote his name on the contract.

After signing the contract, Yu Liang and Wang Qi followed head coach Van Ake to the team's press room.

Compared to the signing press conference at Manchester United, there are several times more reporters today. However, most of the journalists are still from China. Perhaps because last time, they didn't expect Yu Liang to sign with Manchester United quickly, so they missed the big news. You can't make the same mistake twice. For journalists, first-hand information can be called news, and they have been following King Dong here, so they can't miss the press conference of Yu Liang's loan to Antwerp.

From the moment Yu Liang entered the press conference hall, the flashing lights in the venue kept flashing. Such a posture made Yu Liang fully feel the feeling of a big star.

"Yu Liang, hello, I'm a reporter from Southern Sports Daily, my name is Lu Bing!"

As soon as a few people were seated, the reporters raised their hands and wanted to ask questions.

The Antwerp press officer specifically named a Chinese journalist.

'After becoming the second player to join Manchester United, you have received attention from all sides and your actions have been worrying to the fans at home. Now on loan at Antwerp, with less than a month to go before the start of the new season, can you talk about your goals in Belgium? ”

"Well, first of all, thank you for your attention, I will repay you with hard training and excellent performance!"

Listening to reporters asking questions in Chinese in Antwerp, Yu Liang had a strange feeling in his heart, but while hearing Mandarin, his heart was very relaxed.

"As for the goals for this season, Antwerp is a club with a long history, I don't think we should continue to struggle in the second division, I hope to be able to help the team more in the new season and help the team achieve better results!"

"So Yu, do you mean to help the team upgrade?"

Listening to the translator's words, Yu Liang turned his head and found a very thin foreign reporter. His figure is not very tall, but his eyes are bright, as if he wants to penetrate Yu Liang's heart.

"yes, I think we should go back to the top flight!"

"Ahem!"

Van Ake looked at the reporter and coughed as if he wanted to continue to make things difficult for Yu Liang.

"That's right, our goal is promotion, and as the first football club in Belgium, we shouldn't disappear into the top flight! We'll be back in the top flight at the end of the season. ”

Van Ack's words made the news hall immediately become noisy.

You must know that Antwerp was almost relegated to the third division last season, and if it weren't for the two points penalty for the violation of the Dragons, then Antwerp would have struggled in the third division this season.

After the head coach's words fell, Yu Liang could clearly feel that the reporter's breathing became short, and his eyes were full of longing.

Looking at the changes in that reporter, it is not difficult for Yu Liang to imagine that this reporter must be a diehard Antwerp loyalist.

But just as reporters were shocked by Van Ack's words, there was a burst of contemptuous laughter in the venue.

"Upgrade? Mr. Van Acker, are you sure you're not joking? I remember last season, you said the same thing, but as we saw it, you almost made it two in a row! So how can you say that you can help the team get promoted this season? Is it just two Manchester United youngsters from China? ”

A fat bald man stood up.

"Excuse me, this player from Manchester United, how do you help the team get promoted?"

Yu Liang glanced at the head coach Van Ake sitting next to him and found that his face was a little gloomy. Looking at the obese reporter, Yu Liang raised his eyebrows, this guy must be Antwerp's rival, but does Antwerp have a rival? Yu Liang didn't know.

The main reason why we know Antwerp is because of King Dong.

"Are you going to use your botched offense to help the team? Or with your emaciated body? ”

Rub!

Yu Liang felt as if his heart was on fire.

He didn't expect to be despised by a journalist. What's more, this reporter must have come for them, otherwise he wouldn't have done so much homework and actually knew that his attack was not good.

"Yes! My clumsy offense may not help the team win, but your mouth full of will definitely disgrace your newspaper because of you! ”

"Good!"

Many Chinese reporters in the venue looked at the bald fat man with righteous indignation, eager to put this fat guy in the oil pot immediately.

After hearing Yu Liang's response, they immediately clapped their hands!

The fat man, of course, did not know Chinese, he sat in his seat with a smile on his face and listened to the translator translate there, and when he listened to the first half of the sentence, he was like a victorious clown, showing off his power there. When the second half of the sentence was translated, his fat and ruddy face immediately turned purple.

Van Ake glanced at the fat reporter's expression, and a smile appeared on his face. Then he turned his head and said a few words to the staff around him, and after a while, the security personnel came in and directly invited the fat reporter out.

Without the interference of the fat reporter, the press conference continued happily.

In the final part of the press conference, a staff member took out a jersey.

"This is your shirt for the new season in Antwerp, let's show it to everyone!"

After coming to Antwerp from Manchester United in a hurry, Yu Liang did not have the time to communicate with the manager, nor did he know the number he wanted in front of them at all. So when he took the red and white home shirt from the head coach, he went out of his way to look at the numbers on the back.

"Uh...... Sir, are you sure you are not mistaken? ”

Looking at the big number and the name printed on it, Yu Liang looked at Van Ake beside him in surprise.

"Of course, he's yours for the rest of the season!"

Although on the football field, the numbers are chosen according to personal preference. But over time, individual numbers have also become special codes for a certain location. For example, the number nine generally represents the center. In the midfield, players in the middle will generally choose even numbers, such as eight and six. Players on the flanks tend to choose the number seven and the eleven.

Similarly, the jersey number on the field also symbolizes a player's status within the team. Often, the higher the number, the smaller the status of a player.

"Come on, kid, let them see the new season's jerseys!"

Van Ake patted Yu Liang on the shoulder and motioned for Yu Liang to show everyone the new jersey.

Glancing at the reporters in the venue, Yu Liang turned to face them and unfolded the back of the printed name and number towards them.

Number 10!

The huge Arabic numerals shone all over the audience at this moment.

Although it is just a simple number, on the football field, it often symbolizes that its owner is the heart and soul of a team!