legendary midfielder

Chapter 34 The So-Called Outlier Effect
After Mag, there were some reporters who wanted to extract some valuable news from Zhang Xu, but everyone failed.

It was only then that they remembered that this Chinese Zhang was still a super-student at the Sixth University of Paris. To deal with this kind of question that tests the brain's IQ, isn't that Guan Gong's big knife in front of him?
Bring shame on yourself!The reporters looked at Zhang and sighed, feeling a sense of loss deep in their hearts.Fortunately, not every professional player has such a perverted brain as China Zhang, otherwise we journalists would have to report our resignation collectively!
The press conference didn't last long. The head coach of the SV Rosler team hurriedly left after a few words, but Zhang Xu missed his parents and didn't want to say more. Therefore, half an hour later, the press conference was declared over.

When Zhang Xu rushed to the coffee shop outside the stadium, his father was drinking coffee boredly, while his mother and Nicola were gesticulating and communicating with each other. Although neither side knew what the other was talking about, they seemed quite harmonious.

Seeing Zhang Xu arriving, the mother quickly waved her hand and pulled her son to sit down.

"I discussed it with your father just now. We plan to return to China tomorrow." The mother looked at the son in front of her kindly, and said slowly.

"What? I'm leaving tomorrow? So soon?" Zhang Xu became impatient when he heard this: "You and dad can stay for a few more days, and I'll accompany you to visit a few more scenic spots. There are still some good scenic spots nearby."

"Stay a few more days?" My father said with a smile and scolded, "Are you going to let the two of us accompany you for the New Year?"

"Hey, that would be the best!" Zhang Xu said shyly.

"You have a good idea!" The father patted his son on the head angrily: "There is no one to take care of the business at home, why don't you take care of it?"

"Hey, just the business at home? When I become a big football star, my salary will be enough to support you, then."

Before Zhang Xu finished speaking, his father slapped him on the head again: "You started to get complacent before you were promising, can't you keep your feet on the ground and take one step at a time?"

"Good son," the mother interjected, "Your salary is your life, and we are not old enough to let you support us. As long as we see you achieve something, we will be relieved!"

"I know, but I still want you to stay with Dad for a few more days!" Zhang Xu looked at his mother pleadingly.

My mother softened and was about to agree, when my father said: "Why don't we want to stay for a few more days? But I took a look at your team's upcoming schedule, and the upcoming schedule will be quite dense. This is an important reason why your mother and I decided to return to China tomorrow."

"In addition, after we leave, study hard. Don't let playing football affect your studies. This is the most important thing! Play football well and live up to the coach's expectations of you! During the Chinese New Year, if you can come back, come back. If you can't, it's fine. You don't have to worry about me and your mother at home, just take care of yourself."

"Okay! Then I'll take you to the plane with Nicola tomorrow!" Zhang Xu knew that there was nothing he could do when he heard his father's words, so he could only pick up his coffee and drink it down in one gulp.

The mother sighed, the circles of her eyes gradually turned red, and tears glistened.

The next day, Zhang Xu and Nicola came to the hotel room where their parents were staying, picked them up, had breakfast, and boarded the bus to the airport.

Along the way, Zhang Xu was relatively silent, and he was reluctant to part with his parents' departure.

And the mother kept talking, explaining this and that, paying attention to this and paying attention to that.When we got to the airport, my mother kept explaining the precautions to Zhang Xu.

Finally, when it was time to board the plane, the circles of mother's eyes turned red. She held Zhang Xu's hands tightly, but refused to let go. After tears swirled in her eye circles for a few times, she finally couldn't help but fell down.

"Okay, don't cry. It's not like you haven't seen your son for a long time. Maybe he will come back during the Chinese New Year? Let's go!" In fact, the father felt uncomfortable, but when he saw his mother crying, he still stepped forward to support his mother's shoulders and comforted her softly.

"Yes, Mom, don't worry, I'll take care of myself. Besides, isn't Nicola here?" Zhang Xu resisted the sadness in his heart, held his mother's rough hands tightly, and said in a warm voice: "During the Chinese New Year, if we have time, Nicola and I will definitely go back to see you, okay?"

"Okay, okay! If you come back, you must take Nicola with you!" Mother took Nicola's right hand and said with a smile: "Nicola, you are a good girl, I hope you can help me take good care of Zhang Xu. During the Chinese New Year, you must take time to go back to China with Zhang Xu, I am waiting for you!"

Zhang Xu looked at Nicola, and then translated.

Nicola quickly replied: "Auntie, don't worry, I will take good care of Zhang. I also hope to go to China to see you and uncle, but I am worried." Speaking of this, Nicola secretly glanced at Zhang Xu's face.

Zhang Xu looked at his mother, then at Nicola, and finally became cruel and nodded: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely take Nicola with me when I go back!"

With the support of my father, my mother walked to the boarding gate step by step, tears dripping down on the floor.

Standing outside the cordon, Zhang Xu and Nicola smiled and waved farewell to their parents vigorously.

Finally, the figures of his parents disappeared at the boarding gate. Zhang Xu's tears, which he had endured for a long time, finally couldn't hold back, and flowed down like spring water.

Nicola held Zhang Xu's hands in her arms and comforted him in a low voice.
After seeing off his parents, Zhang Xu adjusted his mentality and devoted himself to intense training and competitions. Due to academic problems, Nicola also returned to Paris VI University to continue taking film art courses.

As a result, Zhang Xu returned to the previous monotonous life of two points and one line. The only change is that he is no longer a U21 player, but frequently appears in various competitions as the core midfielder of the first team.

From the game against SV Roesler to the last game against Roeselare on December 2011, 12 before the start of the winter break, Zhang Xu participated in every game as the core of the midfielder.

In these five games, the White Star team has achieved an unbeaten record of three wins and two draws, rising to 5th in the standings.At the same time, Zhang Xu also contributed three goals and seven assists to the team in these five games.

Counting the situation for half a season, Zhang Xu was surprised to find that he came from behind and entered the top three of the team's scorer list, with 2 assists far ahead of No.[-] Dries.

At the same time, Zhang Xu's assists are also ranked No.2 in the second division, only one assist less than No.1 Pogba!For this reason, Pogba made a special call to congratulate Zhang Xu on his second place in the assist list, but in fact he challenged Zhang Xu to see who will be the league's assist leader at the end of the season!

During this period of time, two major events closely related to Zhang Xu also occurred.

The first thing actually started when my parents hadn't left Belgium, but it just intensified later.

事情的起因是2014年巴西世界杯预选赛亚洲20强预选赛中，中国对伊拉克的两场主客场的比赛都以0:1败北，几乎失去了晋级亚洲10强赛的资格。

When the domestic fans were crying and sighing, the news of Zhang Xu's dominance in the Belgian Second Division was published in major domestic media publications through the continuous special reports of reporter Dai Dong.

When the national football team fell into a trough, Zhang Xu's amazing and brilliant performance immediately attracted the attention of many fans in China.

At this time, some fans proposed the idea of ​​recruiting Zhang Xu into the national team, and soon, many fans agreed with this idea on the Internet.

With the passage of time, as Zhang Xu's performance got better and better, the influence of this kind of remarks became more and more powerful, and by the beginning of December, it had reached the point where it became very popular.

Under such circumstances, a certain domestic agency finally couldn't bear it anymore. They sent three observers to Belgium to closely observe Zhang Xu's performance.

In less than a week, the three observers came back and brought back a report, which claimed that the player was only of average level, but because of the low level of the Belgian Second Division, he had the effect of standing out from the crowd.

After a certain organization saw the report, it directly threw the report in the trash can. Before Zhang Xu's first close contact with the national team started, he stopped cooking.

The second thing is directly related to Zhang Xu. As Zhang Xu's performance is getting better and better, and his role as the core of the midfield is getting bigger and bigger, more and more clubs are beginning to show great attention and interest in him.

At this time, Zhang Xu's influence is not limited to Belgium and France next door. In the second or second-tier leagues in Germany and the United Kingdom, many club scouts have come to Belgium to observe Zhang Xu's performance up close.

Among these clubs are Frankfurt, Aachen, Munich 1860 and the well-known Crystal Palace team.

These professional scouts are not the three observers sent from China. After a month or even two months of observation, almost all the scouts who are interested in Zhang Xu sent back a similar report to their respective clubs:
The player already has considerable ability and can gain a foothold in the team.More importantly, the player has great potential and his progress is ridiculously fast. It is strongly recommended that the team discuss transfer matters with the White Stars as soon as possible!
As the reports of various scouts were transferred back to their respective clubs, various offers soon filled the desk of the head coach of the White Stars, Matsu.

The first transfer offer came from Sheffield United, which had been eyeing Zhang Xu all the time: 30 euros!
The second is the Crystal Palace team of the British Championship, the offer: 40 euros!
The third is the Frankfurt team of the Bundesliga: offer 20 euros!
The fourth is the Munich 1860 team of the Bundesliga: Offer: 25 euros!
The fifth is the Lille team in Ligue 20: an offer of [-] euros!
There are still many offers from clubs in the Belgian First Division and the French Second Division. Although the numbers are different, they all show a strong desire to negotiate a transfer.

Therefore, the winter break has not officially started, and the head coach Matsu has not had time to relax his tense mood for half a season, so he has to fall into a tangle!
(End of this chapter)