legendary midfielder

Chapter 18 Are you going to sell me?
Zhang Xu is on fire!

It's not a small fire, it's a big fire!
On the day of the game, he and James, who were still in a state of excitement, celebrated wildly at home until 9:[-], and then fell on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Zhang Xu habitually climbed out of bed, put on his sports clothes, and went for a routine morning run along the street as usual.

There were not many pedestrians and morning exercisers in the early morning, but Zhang Xu was surprised to find that almost every passerby who saw Zhang Xu looked surprised and greeted him warmly and excitedly.

"Hi, China Zhang!"

"Hello, Zhang, you really did a great job yesterday!"

"Zhang, you are a great guy, we support you!"

"I swear, I will watch every game of yours in the future, because I have become your loyal fan!"

Zhang Xu stroked his bare chin with a smug smile on his face.

It seems that this is Fight to Fame!Wahaha, it feels really cool!Oh my god!Is there any?There is wood!

Excited, he accidentally forgot the time, and finally realized after running more than 3000 meters. When he got home, it was almost 7:[-].

Zhang Xu didn't want to see the gloomy expressions of Philip or Mr. Mazu, so he simply washed up, changed his clothes, stuffed the supplies needed for training into the bag, stepped on and rushed out of the door. When he left, he grabbed a piece of bread, said hello to James and his wife in a hurry, and left the house quickly.

Fortunately, the distance between the club and home is not very far. When Zhang Xu came to the gate, it was only 5 minutes before 8 o'clock.

After seeing Zhang Xu, old doorman Rutherford immediately stood up and waved the newspaper in his hand: "Hi! Our handsome boy, Mr. 'Iron Gate' of our White Star team! Your performance yesterday was really wonderful!"

Zhang Xu, who was in a hurry, didn't hear what Rutherford said clearly, he just smiled and waved, and rushed into the gate.

When he came to the dressing room, most of the first-team teammates had already changed their clothes and were ready to go out to start a new day of training.

When Zhang Xu pushed the door and entered, everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed.

"Haha, it seems that our 'Iron Gate' Mr. Zhang was a little too excited last night, and today he is actually slower than us for the first time, haha!"

"Long live the understanding! If it were me, I might not be able to get up today!"

"You must not be able to get up, because you don't know where you are lying, haha!"

"Zhang won't be like you, don't teach children badly!"

Captain Dries patted Zhang Xu, who was laughing silly at the door, and cursed with a smile: "Stinky boy, don't be so complacent! You still have 2 minutes to change your clothes and shoes, otherwise, you, Mr. Iron Gate, will be in trouble today!"

"Ah!" Zhang Xu came to his senses suddenly and screamed. He frantically opened the closet, changed into clothes, and followed his teammates to the training ground.

Seeing that Zhang Xu was the last one to arrive at the court, Philip laughed and smiled understandingly, before starting today's pre-training lecture.

"Well, congratulations, today's training task is very easy! The reason is also simple, because with your efforts, we successfully killed the annoying Tynion team yesterday!"

"Wow! That's awesome!"

"Thanks Uncle Philip!".
Philip smiled: "You don't need to thank me, if you want to thank, you can thank yourself, if you can win the game every time, I will be very happy to make you feel at ease.

Alright, Dries, let's lead them to warm up! "

"Yes, Mr. Philip!".
The whole morning training ended quickly in a relaxed atmosphere of squabbling. In the restaurant, Philip took a stack of newspapers and put them on Zhang Xu's dining table, then said with a smile, "This is a newspaper for you. Take a good look, Mr. Iron Gate! Haha!"

He was just about to leave when he suddenly remembered something, turned around and said, "Oh, by the way, come to my office after you read it, I have a few words to say to you."

"Yes, Mr. Phillips"

After Philip left, Zhang Xu spread out the newspaper.

This is a local newspaper, and it is also the sports newspaper "Wolluwe Gossip Watching Football" in the Woluwe district that once interviewed him at the Bergs Stadium.

What came into view was a huge photo. In the photo, Zhang Xu was very fiercely tackling the football at the feet of the opponent's striker.The title is "The 19-year-old Chinese "Iron Gate" stepped in and was ordered to turn the situation around to help the team successfully reverse"!
The article wrote: In the seventh round of the Second Division yesterday, our team challenged the undefeated Tynion away.

In the early stage of the game, the team did not perform well enough and was conceded two goals by the Tynion team. The situation was extremely serious.At this time, China Zhang, who had joined the team for less than three months, came on as a substitute.

When China Zhang came on the field, he immediately resolved the team's dangerous situation with his tenacious defense and active running, and with an assist like a flying fairy, he sounded the clarion call for the team's counterattack.

In the end, our White Star team successfully reversed with 3:2, scored three points, and rose to 15th in the standings!
At the same time, it broke the mythical record of the unbeaten home team of Tynion!
In addition to this article, there are several other articles that focus on Zhang Xu.

"The super academic master of Paris VI University, turned into a midfield iron waist to help the team reverse and win! "

"Who Says Chinese Can't Play Football?The Chinese zhang tells you what a steel midfielder is! "

"19 successful steals, one assist, and a running distance of more than 63 meters in 8300 minutes, China Zhang's success is not accidental! "

"The trial training failed in the past year, and a perfect answer was handed in after three months of training. The success of the Chinese zhang shows the achievements of the youth training!" "

These reports all praised Zhang Xu's performance in yesterday's game, which made Zhang Xu feel a little ecstatic. At this time, he finally understood why Rutherford and his teammates, including Mr. Philip, called him "Mr. Iron Gate" with a joke.

Philip gave Zhang Xu several newspapers, and the last few were from the neighboring Brussels and some from Tenion.

When Zhang Xu opened the "Tenion Football Daily", his good mood was immediately destroyed.

"The lucky Chinese government clamored: I will break all records!" "

"Try 74 clubs, fail 74 times!The Chinese government has proved with practical actions that Chinese people are not suitable for playing football! "

Seeing these reports, Zhang Xu was indeed very angry at the beginning, especially the one who said that Chinese people are not suitable for playing football, which gave him an urge to tear the newspaper into pieces.

However, later he thought, isn't it because the enemy is so sarcastic and attacks you because they are afraid of you?So he smiled, solemnly folded all the newspapers, put them in his backpack, and walked towards Philip's office.

"come in!"

Zhang Xu pushed open the door, and was immediately taken aback, because there were more than one person in Philip's office, and there was an old man in his sixties sitting on the sofa.

"Mr. Philip, what do you want from me?" Zhang Xu sat down on the chair opposite Philip.

"Have you read the newspaper?" Philip asked casually without introducing who the old man was.

"seen it already."

"How do you feel? You can tell the good or the bad."

"Happy! No matter what anyone says, it means that my strength has been recognized by them. Of course, I will work harder to improve myself!"

"Oh?" Before Philip had time to say anything, the old man on the sofa oh in surprise.

The old man had been watching Zhang Xu with interest since Zhang Xu opened the door, and when he heard Zhang Xu's mature answer, he couldn't help but make a sound.

"Haha! Old Jill, you lost!" Philippe pointed at the old man and laughed loudly: "Our Chinese Zhang is extremely mature, and you will never worry about any abnormal fluctuations in his mentality. You know, this guy is a top student at the Sixth University of Paris!"

After finishing speaking, Philip couldn't help laughing, and explained to the confused Zhang Xu: "Before you came, I made a bet with this Mr. Jill to see if you could treat the positive and negative news reports correctly. Mr. Jill thought that you were only 19 years old, and it was impossible to control your emotions. It turned out that he lost. Haha, Zhang, you let me win him a hundred euros!"

The old man named Jill turned around and asked Zhang Xu: "Aren't you angry when you see those reports scolding you?"

"Mr. Jill, hello!" Zhang Xu first stood up and saluted very politely, and then sat down and replied: "I was really angry at the beginning, but I thought about it later, isn't it because I pose a great threat to them when my opponents scold me and beat me? This shows that I am very powerful! Thinking about it this way, I think I should be happy."

"Haha! Old Jill, can't think of it! What is this called? Oh, oh, IQ is worrying! Haha!" Philip laughed, completely ignoring Jill's completely darkened face.

When Jill was about to explode, Philip finally stopped laughing, and he solemnly introduced to Zhang Xu: "Zhang, this Mr. Jill is my friend, and he has another identity, that is, he is also a full-time scout for the League One team Sheffield United!"

"League One? Sheffield United? A scout?" Zhang Xu looked surprised: "Oh, I remembered, Sheffield United, you also have an affiliated team in Sichuan, our country. It seems to be called Chengdu Sheffield United, right? But, it seems that you were relegated from the British Championship last year, right?"

"Ahem," Jill coughed awkwardly: "Yes, but we were also a Premier League team, so I believe we will return to the English Championship soon."

Philip saw that Jill was embarrassed, so he took over the conversation: "Our White Star team is a satellite club of Sheffield United. Mr. Jill is the liaison between our club and Sheffield United. He is also responsible for the important task of discovering and delivering outstanding young players for Sheffield United."

"Not bad!" Jill took over the topic: "Through the last game, I think you have great potential, so I want to get in touch with you and see if you are interested in going to England and Sheffield United to develop."

"To Sheffield United? Mr. Philip, are you going to sell me?" Zhang Xu stood up and asked loudly.

(End of this chapter)