Chapter 365: Cologne Carnival
The Airbus A350 hovered over Cologne, and fans had gathered at the airport to await their hero's return.
The first to appear were Podolski and Tang Zhenglong, who appeared in front of the fans with the League Cup trophy in their hands.
"Don."
"Lucas."
"I love you."
A beautiful woman rushed towards Tang Zhenglong and was immediately held down by the airport security.
"Let her go, it's okay, she's our fan."
"No, we want to make sure the players are safe."
Tang Zhenglong could only walk over and hug the female fans.
"Don, I'm not trying to disturb the order of the airport, I'm too excited."
"I know."
Tang Zhenglong gave her a T-shirt.
"Oh my God, I got Tang Zhenglong's T-shirt." Female fans are crazy, it feels as sweet as first love.
FC Cologne decided to simply hold a championship parade today, with the players taking a bus from the airport to the Rheinenergy Arena.
The main thing is that the fans can't wait, the last time Cologne won a major tournament was a matter of the last century.
Players board a double-decker bus.
Each person lifts the League Cup Championship trophy once.
The bus was moving forward, and it was going well at first, when suddenly some extreme Cologne fans blocked the road.
"Don, don't leave."
"Don't leave."
Tang Zhenglong was dumbfounded, and these fans held signs and begged them to stay.
In this case, the security guard will definitely be dispatched immediately.
"If you must leave, then leave Germany."
"Leave Germany."
Die-hard Cologne fans don't want to see the day when Tang Zhenglong becomes Cologne's opponent and sets foot on the Rheinenergy Arena again.
Stevens received a reminder from the Cologne police that it was best to keep Tang Zhenglong and Lucas in the car to prevent extreme fans from making trouble again.
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Claudia.
She and her team came to the site to interview.
Suddenly, fans surrounded her.
"Claudia, can you please ask Tang Zhenglong to stay."
Claudia laughed dryly: "Why did Tang Zhenglong listen to me? ”
"We know that you are Tang Zhenglong's lover, and he will definitely listen to what you say."
Claudia was dumbfounded.
"When did I become Tang Zhenglong's lover?"
"Claudia, please, bring our letter to Tang Zhenglong."
"It's mine."
Claudia took dozens of letters, and she couldn't laugh or cry.
"Listen, I can help you forward these letters, but I'm not Tang Zhenglong's lover, we're ordinary friends."
"Okay, we know, please be sure to help, Tang Zhenglong is too important to this city."
Claudia almost died of sweat, she really couldn't believe her ears, maybe she had lived with Tang Zhenglong for a long time, and she was used to Tang Zhenglong's impropriety, and it was difficult to accept that Tang Zhenglong turned out to be a positive character?
It's like everyone has a stereotype about Stephen Chow's movie, it must be funny, if it's not funny, then it feels weird.
When the fans dispersed, the cameraman came over and whispered: "Claudia, are you really Tang Zhenglong's lover?" ”
"Get out! Believe it or not, I fired you. ”
*****
At Cologne, a party is underway to celebrate the championship, and this time the club has given out a prize of 300,000 euros per person for the first time.
300,000? It may be a drop in the bucket for a big club, but for Cologne it's a huge amount of money.
For example, Matip's annual salary after tax is only 230,000 euros, and the bonus is already higher than his annual salary.
The players cheered.
"Long live Cologne."
Then there is the farewell party, Podolski and Tang Zhenglong are definitely leaving, Tang Zhenglong's future has not been made public for the time being because the contract has not been negotiated, but Lucas's future was decided half a year ago, that is, to Bayern.
"Lucas, go back to Cologne next season and hope you don't score."
"I can't guarantee it, but I can guarantee that even if I score, I won't celebrate, Cologne will always be my home."
Podolsky's tone choked up, the children of Cologne were leaving home.
Everyone gave a round of applause.
"And our great manager, he's going to Bayern next season, we bless him."
Stevens didn't cry, he smiled.
He moved to Germany in 1996 and coached Schalke 04, Hertha Berlin and finally Cologne.
"I've been in Germany for 10 years and I've kind of forgotten that I'm Dutch."
"Haha."
"The Dutch invented the all-attacking and all-defensive tactics that changed the world of football, but Tang Zhenglong let me know that in fact, football can sometimes solve problems by one person."
"Hahaha."
"I hope that next season everyone in my team can obey my tactics, and I don't want to meet another Tang Zhenglong."
Everyone was amused.
Finally, there is Tang Zhenglong.
"I know that everyone is reluctant to give up on me, and you all want to kneel and beg me to leave it."
Booooooooooo。
There was boos from the audience.
And then there was laughter.
"Well, I promise you that I will come back later, and my last stop before I retire will be Cologne."
"Don't you get paid?" Someone asked.
"This ...... It's impossible, the salary is still a must. ”
"Hahaha."
"Cologne teammates, I love you."
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Cologne manager Achim has received a formal offer from Chelsea for £18 million, almost more than €20 million.
This value is already very good for Cologne, and Achim has informed Raiola that Chelsea can talk to Tang Zhenglong about personal treatment.
Tang Zhenglong told Raiola that the transfers were all in accordance with the rules, and he didn't want the club to think he had something to hide.
Of course, Raiola agreed, because there was no need, and Cologne had no possibility of forcing Tang Zhenglong to stay.
Raiola called Tang Zhenglong and asked him to fly to London to talk about personal treatment and take a look at the apartment by the way.
Many of Europe's biggest clubs offer a check-in service, such as AC Milan, where players don't have to worry about life.
However, Tang Zhenglong prefers to find a house on his own, and Raiola also has his own connections in London, which is very simple.
At dinner in the evening, Claudia was weird, she knew that Tang Zhenglong was leaving, but the specific content was covered by clouds and mountains, and the outside world didn't know at all.
Kaya walked over, "Don, I've booked your ticket to London." ”
"London?" Claudia immediately became alert.
"Don, you're going to London, is it a transfer?"
Tang Zhenglong looked at Claudia, "Want to know?" ”
Claudia nodded vigorously, this is big news, if "Express" can be the first to disclose the details of Tang Zhenglong's transfer, it can suppress "Bild".
"Call my husband first."
“……”
Claudia froze.
"Tang Zhenglong! Can you be serious! ”
"I'm serious, you want me to reveal information to you, so you have to give me some benefit."
"I'll go to Kaya."
"I don't know, I only know that Tang Zhenglong is going to London, but I don't know what he is doing."