Qin Xiong's meeting with Manchester United's CEO was in a business conference room at another hotel.

Manchester United sent their chief executive to treat the transfer talks with a grand welcome.

However, during the meeting, Qin Xiong was puzzled by what he knew.

David Gill introduced him to the city of Manchester, Manchester United's top facilities and global influence, invited Qin Xiong to visit Old Trafford in person before making a decision, and also talked about Ferguson's appreciation of Qin Xiong, and finally, said that Manchester United welcomes Chinese players to join, and if Qin Xiong decides to transfer to Manchester United, he will be the second Chinese player in the club's history.

The first is Dong Fangzhuo, who transferred to Manchester United half a year ago, as for what happened to Dong Fangzhuo, because he could not get a labor certificate, he could only be loaned by Manchester United to a satellite club to "stock", David Gil said that with Qin Xiong's excellent performance in the Eredivisie and in the Champions League, they are absolutely sure that Guò will propose a special talent clause to the FA to solve this problem.

It is obvious that the biggest problem preventing Qin Xiong from landing in the Premier League is no longer there, with his Champions League final MVP and the performance of Ajax on the way to the championship, the FA will not refuse Qin Xiong to enter English football, especially for the Premier League in the context of actively developing the Asian market.

The negotiations lasted until the afternoon, and Qin Xiong never expressed his position.

He didn't hear the message he wanted at all.

Manchester United is great, Manchester United is very good, Manchester United has a strong squad, a long historical tradition, and a godfather-level coach, but how can Qin Xiong be sure that he is acquired by Manchester United and will not be another commercial transfer?

Will it be reused by Ferguson?

Admire?

Is it true that when a club brings in a signing, the manager will say that he does not appreciate the target?

But not every player who is brought in will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility and will get the competitive treatment that the player himself wants.

David Gill saw Qin Xiong's interest, he walked out of the conference room at three o'clock in the afternoon, and when he came back, he handed his mobile phone to Qin Xiong, and said with a smile: "Sir Alex wants to communicate with you personally." ”

Obviously, it was not Ferguson's initiative to call, but David Gill saw that the negotiations were in difficulty and hoped that Ferguson's departure could impress Qin Xiong.

Qin Xiong took the phone as usual, he walked to the corner of the conference room, and said into the phone with a calm face: "Hello, Sir Alex. ”

Ferguson's English with a thick Scottish accent made Qin Xiong often unable to hear his complete sentence, so he would apologize first, and then ask Ferguson to slow down and repeat it.

Ferguson praised Qin Xiong's performance in the Champions League last season, and also said that he wanted him to go to Manchester United, claiming that Manchester United had Qin Xiong's place.

But Qin Xiong asked bluntly: "If I decide to move to Manchester United, what role will I play in your team?" Position on the field? How much playing time will I get in the new season when I'm healthy? ”

Qin Xiong didn't get a sticker because the other party was Ferguson, he was able to play for the famous coach, Qin Xiong felt that it was a good thing for his career, but many conditions needed to be confirmed in person, at least he felt that it was right, Manchester United was just making a normal recruitment, if it failed, it would be nothing more than an economic and athletic loss, just like Veron, they could quickly adjust in the short term, get back on track, and forget about the failed recruitment.

But what Qin Xiong gambled on was his own future and the future of his career!

So he had to be very cautious.

As for what Manchester United is building the next generation of Red Devils in the team, Qin Xiong will work hard with his peers like Cristiano Ronaldo, which sounds very enthusiastic, but Qin Xiong has a deep question.

'I studied Manchester United's games last season and most of the time it was Phil Neville, Roy Keane in midfield and Paul Scholes in front of the two, as a midfielder, who of those three can I replace next season?'

Qin Xiong's bluntness silenced Ferguson.

Keane will be 33 next season, Paul Scholes will be 30 by the end of the year, and Phil Neville will be in the prime of life.

Assuming that United do not change last season's squad system in the new season, Qin Xiong will have to replace one of the three if he wants to stabilize his playing time.

But won't Manchester United change?

Last season, Manchester United could only look to Arsenal, who won the title unbeaten, to reach the top of the Premier League, with Chelsea ahead of them in the league.

Unsuccessful teams, of course, have to change.

The reason why Ferguson couldn't answer was simple.

He wants to reinvent the squad back to the 442 they used to be, with United's summer recruitment focused on strikers, and Scholes wouldn't have returned to the shadow striker role if it weren't for Diego Forlan's inability to adapt to the Premier League.

Okay, then here's the problem.

What position does Manchester United want Qin Xiong to play?

Manchester United themselves have paid more attention to flying on both wings, and the flanks are more brilliant than the middle, which is the norm since Alex Ferguson took charge of Old Trafford.

Therefore, the main transfer target in the summer is not Qin Xiong, but Ferguson to bring a strong striker to Manchester United!

They have poached homegrown striker Alan Smith from relegation rivals Leeds United.

The king of the penalty area, Ruud van Nistelrooy, is still in the unshakable position.

The midfielder will be reduced, so Ferguson can't answer Qin Xiong's question.

He hopes that Qin Xiong will come to Old Trafford to adapt to the Premier League, slowly integrate into Manchester United, and in another two or three years, see how he grows, and finally build him into the midfield backbone of the next generation of Red Devils.

Although when he came to Ajax, Qin Xiong said that he was a midfielder all-rounder, but after a season of high-level campaigning, he understood a fact: his offense is obviously stronger than defense, and the reason why he used to think that he was good at defense is very simple, he has not experienced the challenge of too high-level players in defense, and in terms of defense alone, he has not seen how outstanding his peers are, and the defense like De Jong is actually better than him, which makes him re-examine himself, he can only carry forward his own strengths, Unswervingly embark on the path of the offensive.

Qin Xiong and Ferguson's phone exchange did not reach an agreement, but the two sides ended the call amicably.

Manchester United were unable to meet Qin's demands on the sport, and they announced that Qin Xiong would not go to Old Trafford without even negotiating a personal package.

After David Gill shook hands with Freddie and Qin Xiong, he left with the negotiating team in a word.

"If we change our minds, we can sit back at the table."

The meeting room was silent.

Qin Xiong sat on a chair and looked up at the ceiling.

It seems that he has a lot of options, and many teams are willing to get him, but when combined with the actual situation, he finds that the options are actually getting a little bit less.

In the final analysis, his value in the eyes of European giants is not special, he is just "Chinese Zidane", not the real French Zidane.

A Champions League title seems to be a great glory, but to put it bluntly, it is only a few games of excellent performance, plus the team won the championship is not his own credit, Sneijder, Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart, Galasek, Maxwell and other players also contribute to it.

He's a new star, not a superstar.

Superstars have to prove themselves to be superstars through consistent performances and results.

And there are more or less superstars in the giant teams, and the new stars want to directly replace the superstars in one step, the ambition is too big, right?

He seems to be a Chinese player who doesn't know the sky, and he thinks a little more highly of himself, but Qin Xiong stubbornly thinks that he is right.

He needs regular playing time and a commitment to the role of the team, rather than a vague and uncertain team positioning, it's as simple as that.

Even if he can't go to a wealthy family, he won't change this standard.

There was silence in the conference room for a long time, and Qin Xiong suddenly said to Freddy: "Let's join the previous teams in the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 into the negotiations, and go to a team that is not a giant but has Champions League qualifications, in short, I can't lower my requirements, whether it's a giant or not, I don't care, but I need to have a sense of existence in the new team!" ”

Freddie nodded, the helplessness of reality gave him a bit of a headache.

If he is a mercenary agent, he will definitely encourage Qin Xiong to go to the world's top wealthy family, even if the positioning is vague, just make money.

But he is not, he has great respect and agreement with Qin Xiong's thoughts.

Just then his phone rang.

He answered the phone, said a few words lightly, and then turned his head and said a word to Qin Xiong.

The news didn't excite Qin Xiong, who felt that it might be similar to the outcome of the negotiations with Manchester United.

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