On December 3, after a 3-0 home win over Swansea, opponent in the 13th round of the league, Lin Quan took a day off from the team to go to the headquarters of Torino Sport newspaper to receive the award.

Pellegrini did not stop this, but gave Lin Quan an extra day of leave, so that he would not be in such a hurry.

Lin Quan naturally accepted it gladly.

Turin is located in the north of Italy, about 1400 kilometers from Manchester.

The city is the third largest city in Italy, and the city has a very long history, with a large number of classical buildings preserved in the city.

Like Milan, Turin is also Italy's football mecca.

There are two top teams in Serie A – Juventus and Torino.

Lin Quan's arrival coincided with the fact that there was a Serie A match between Old Lady and Udinese that afternoon.

Considering that the time to receive the award was set for tomorrow morning, Lin Quan felt that he was idle anyway, so he simply went to buy a ticket, planning to go to the scene to feel the atmosphere of the Serie A game.

Juventus' home stadium is not huge, but the stadium is new.

With a total capacity of 41,000 people, Juventus Arena is a dedicated football stadium built by Juventus at its own expense, and it is also the only football stadium in Serie A that belongs to the team.

The stadium was only in use the year before, so everything looks new, and it's a great feeling to watch the game live.

The only downside is probably that it's a little smaller.

Compared with Barcelona's home stadium of Real Madrid, the old lady's home stadium is indeed not big enough.

However, small also has small benefits, at least it is closer to the stadium when watching the game, and the viewing experience is better.

Juventus was in a slump a few years ago because of the phonegate.

However, after the introduction of meritorious captain Antonio Conte, Juventus' form began to gradually improve.

In the 11-12 season, they won their first title back in Serie A.

In the 12-13 season, the Old Lady continued the stellar record of the previous season, successfully defending the championship and achieving a 49-game unbeaten unbeaten streak across the season.

This is currently the third-longest unbeaten run in the league, topping out AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten run in 1990-1992 and Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten run in 2002-2004.

Juventus was third because of the late delay.

With this result, Old Lady fans are full of confidence in the team and expect them to go one step further in the Champions League.

Since the 95-96 season, the Old Lady has not reached the top of the Champions League for 18 years.

The whole team is hungry for the Champions League!

However, to their disappointment, the Old Lady had a very poor performance in the Champions League group stage.

It is reluctantly acceptable to be defeated and drawn by the powerful Real Madrid, but it is a bit unacceptable for the fans of Old Lady to be drawn by weak teams such as Copenhagen and Galatasaray one after another.

At present, Juventus, who have six points, are still struggling for the right to qualify.

With their points, they can qualify for the next game with a draw.

However, at Galatasaray's home stadium, even the Juventus themselves are not confident that they will be able to secure a draw in their current form.

This mentality has obviously affected their league performance as well.

In this round, they will face the challenge of Udinese, who are ranked 12th in Serie A.

Juventus continued to struggle, with neither team scoring in the first 90 minutes of the game, while Juventus had 26 shots on goal, but only five were on target and none were scored.

Seeing that it would be a draw, in the 91st minute, Lin Quan's national team team-mate, Fernando Llorente of Spain, completed the stunner and finally helped the old lady win the three points before the home whistle blew.

Seeing the Juventus players on the field excitedly hugging and celebrating together, Lin Quan shook his head.

Although he hasn't watched Galatasaray's game, according to his intuition, Juventus' state is likely to lose away.

A team that can create a 49-game unbeaten league record will definitely not be like this.

Juventus' problem now is not in terms of quality, but in the mentality and morale of the team.

And this kind of problem is difficult to adjust in a short period of time.

Because Lin Quan did not hide his whereabouts, nor did he wear sunglasses or an exaggerated black trench coat to watch the game, the camera at the scene quickly captured him.

After the game, the Italian media reported the news with an exaggerated headline "The new European golden boy appears at the home of Juventus, Lin Quan may join the old woman!" 》

In order to prove that they are not grandstanding, they also specially published the photos of Lin Quan watching the game at the scene.

This made some Juventus fans who didn't know the truth believe it after watching it:

"Really? Emperor Lin is coming to our Juventus? ”

"If this is true, then the old woman will not take off directly!"

"Compared with Pogba, Lin Huang is simply leading in all aspects, if he really joins Juventus, the old woman's combat effectiveness can immediately be raised to a higher level!"

"Woo woo, Emperor Lin hurry up and come to the old woman, in this case, our old woman will also have a superstar of the same level as Mero!"

In addition to the fans who don't really believe it, more fans have questioned the report:

"Lin Huang stayed well in Manchester City, there is no reason to leave, right?"

"That's right, the old woman's financial situation, what to buy Emperor Lin, even if she buys it, with Emperor Lin's salary, the old woman can't afford it!"

"Okay, okay, don't guess, I'll announce the correct answer, Lin Huang came to Turin to get the Golden Boy trophy, and went to Juventus's home stadium to watch the game, probably just to pass the time, and there is no particularly profound intention."

In fact, this is a very simple truth, so except for some tabloids that like to make lace news, the mainstream big newspapers have not come to join in the fun.

Obviously, they thought of this possibility in the first place.

Sure enough, at half past nine in the morning of the next day, Lin Quan came to the headquarters of the Torino Sports Newspaper on time to receive the trophy.

Before Lin Quan arrived, there were already many reporters at the scene, and the mainstream media with heads and faces in Europe basically came.

This made the Torino Sports newspaper, which was responsible for presenting Lin Quan's award, very surprised.

They have given awards to a number of players, and it has never been seen before that an award-winning player has received such a high level of attention.

Looking at the number of media present and their influence in the press circles, those who don't know think that today's Golden Globe Awards are being awarded!

Of course, they would not be naïve enough to think that the influence of the Golden Boy Award had increased, and the only reason for this situation was obviously the young man who came to receive the award!

is worthy of being known as the first person under Melo, this kind of influence, I'm afraid even many top stars don't have, right?

"Lin, congratulations, you deserve this trophy!"

The editor-in-chief in charge of awarding the award shook hands with Lin Quan very warmly and whispered in his ear.

"Thank you, Monsieur Pierre!"

With a polite smile on his face, Lin Quan shook hands with the other party and turned around to accept a group photo of the reporters at the scene.

I believe that his award-winning photo will be published on the front page of major media in a short time!

Originally, the influence of the Golden Boy Award would not be so great, especially when it was too close to the Golden Globe Awards, people naturally paid more attention to the Golden Globe Awards with higher gold content and wider influence.

But this year's Golden Globe Awards have been postponed for some reason.

This makes Lin Quan, who won the Golden Boy Award, the focus of attention and discussion in football in the next few days.

After receiving the award, the next step is to give an acceptance speech and be interviewed by the reporters on the spot.

"This year is a lucky year for me, to get such a gold award, is an affirmation of my efforts in the past year, thank you for the support and love of the major selection media, thank you for voting for me, I will use my practical actions to prove that you are not wrong!"

The reporters laughed, in previous years, there may still be some difficulties in the selection, in some years, the strength of the top players is about the same, it is very difficult to choose one of them, no matter how you choose, there will be controversy.

But this year there is no such situation at all, Lin Quan's faulty lead, so that all his competitive opponents have become a foil, even the second-place Pogba, in terms of honor and personal strength The gap with Lin Quan is still very obvious.

In this case, their vote becomes very simple - just vote for Lin Quan!

And there will be no controversy at all about such a vote!

"Lin, what are your expectations for this year's league results?"

The first to ask questions was a reporter from the Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom.

The Guardian is based in Manchester, and while they are not the mouthpiece of Manchester City or Manchester United, they are generally friendly to Manchester teams.

"Hehe, with Manchester City's current league record, if I say that our goal is not to win the championship, you will probably call me hypocritical."

Although the reporters did not admit it directly, looking at their appearance, it is estimated that they are not far from ten.

"We haven't even reached half of the season, but our goal this year is clear, which is to win the championship!

We want to challenge the club's second league championship trophy and use the championship trophy to thank the fans for their support and love! ”

If Lin Quan had made this declaration at the beginning of the season, these reporters on the scene would definitely have sprayed him with no one in his eyes and arrogance.

But now, anyone who looks at the Premier League standings has to admit that Manchester City has a high probability of winning the title this year.

A horrific record of all home wins, with only one draw away from Chelsea, and 12 wins in 13 league games, the best start in Premier League history.

With such a result, who will win if they don't win the championship?

Barring a serious collapse in the second half of the season, City will be the favourites to win the Premier League this season.

"So may I ask you, do you have any clear goals for Manchester City in this year's Champions League?"

The Bild reporter opened his mouth to ask that because Manchester City were going to play Bayern Munich away in the next game, the German media took this opponent very seriously.

Judging by the current results, all four teams in the Bundesliga are likely to qualify second in the group.

This means that once Manchester City finish first in the group, they have a good chance of drawing a team from the Bundesliga.

"In the Champions League, we are just a new team, we still need to learn from the big clubs, we need to accumulate more game experience, so we will try to play every game well and go as far as possible!"

Lin Quan's answer made the reporter of the Bild newspaper nod slightly, the other party did not say Manchester City's clear goal, but also expressed Manchester City's positive and enterprising attitude, which can not only satisfy Manchester City's fans, but also avoid the possibility of being liquidated by fans if they fail to complete their goals in the future.

This kid is still as sleek as he was in the Bundesliga.

"Lin, as we all know, you came through the La Masia Academy, so is it possible for you to return to Barcelona in the future and play for Barcelona in the red and blue shirts?"

The question was asked by Barça's mouthpiece, a journalist from Le Monde Sport.

For Lin Quan, the feelings in the hearts of Barcelona fans are very complicated.

On the one hand, they are proud and proud that the La Masia Academy has produced such a good player.

On the other hand, because of Lin Quan's departure from Camp Nou, many Barcelona fans regarded him as a traitor and thought that he had betrayed the Red and Blue Army.

Especially after Lin Quan transferred to Manchester City, Barcelona fans once hated Lin Quan very much, thinking that he was Judas who was bought by money.

However, as Rusell's scandal at the club continued to be exposed, some insider stories began to be revealed, which changed the impression of Barcelona fans on Lin Quan.

This question from World Sports is actually a temptation from Barcelona's top management.

They want to see if Lin Quan still has feelings for Barcelona and whether there is any possibility of returning to Camp Nou?

After Lin Quan heard the question of World Sports News, he was silent for a moment.

Then he spoke:

"Barcelona is a great team, La Masia is the cradle of countless stars, and I am honoured to be able to start my professional football training here.

I wish Barcelona better results in the future and hope that they will achieve more honours in the league and the Champions League.

As for myself, I'm doing well at Manchester City and have no intention of leaving for the time being. ”

Lin Quan didn't say it too much, but just politely refused the other party's invitation.

This made the reporter of the World Sports newspaper slightly disappointed.

Alas, people's hearts are not ancient!

Back then, when Fabregas was called by Barcelona, he did not hesitate to take the initiative to reduce his salary, and even subsidized the transfer fee out of his own pocket, and returned to Camp Nou to play for Barcelona.

However, the La Masia players of Lin Quan's generation do not seem to have much interest in wearing Barcelona's red and blue jerseys.

After hearing Lin Quan's statement, the mouthpieces of other teams couldn't say anything more.

However, Lin Quan's words were not too dead, he just said that he would not leave Manchester City for the time being, which does not mean that he will not leave in the future.

His contract with Manchester City is only five years, and at his current age, Lin Quan will only enter his prime when this contract ends.

At that time, he may have won all the accolades at Manchester City, and there was not much interest in staying at Manchester City anymore.

So other teams are not without opportunities, and even after Lin Quan completes his three-year contract, they can pay to help the player buy out the contract and poach him two years in advance.

It's just that Manchester City's salary for Lin Quan is very high, and if the contract is bought out two years in advance, the club is afraid that it will bleed.

……

Just when Lin Quan was receiving the Golden Boy Award in Turin, on the same day, a group of uninvited guests broke into the office of the president of the Catalan Barcelona club.

After showing the club's staff proof of work and search warrants, the group conducted a very careful investigation of the documents in Russell's office, including all the materials on his computer.

The scene caused unease within the Barcelona team, and many people realized what might have happened.

Their former president, Laporta, was sent to prison by Russell, could it be said that Russell wants to follow in the footsteps of the previous president?

A week later, the District Court of Catalonia issued a summons against Russell.

At least €40 million is rumoured to be missing, and the district court suspects Rusell of embezzling the huge sum.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately shocked the entire football world, and people turned their eyes to Catalonia and the La Liga giants Barcelona.

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