legendary midfielder

Chapter 84 Laco, long live!
After meeting with the head coach Jose Ortella, Zhang Xu has officially reported for duty. If he will cooperate with the club to attend a press conference tomorrow morning, Zhang Xu will officially join Deportivo.

"Zhang, don't forget, tomorrow morning at nine o'clock in the club's meeting room, we will hold a separate press conference for you, so don't be late!" Jose Ortella repeatedly explained when sending Zhang Xu out of the club.

It will be some time before it gets dark, and Nicola strongly recommends buying a car now, so the two went to the nearest Mercedes-Benz dealership.

Why go to a Mercedes-Benz dealership?This is because after Zhang Xu endorsed Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz specially applied for a VIP gold card for Zhang Xu, who can enjoy a [-]% discount.

After careful selection, Nicola immediately took a fancy to a red SLR convertible sports car (Mercedes-Benz changed its name in 2015, remember). However, Zhang Xu always felt that it was a bit too ostentatious for a player who had just joined the top league to drive a top-level Mercedes-Benz sports car immediately.

So, Zhang Xu persuaded Nicola, and settled on an unremarkable silver-white SLK sports car.

At [-]:[-] the next morning, Zhang Xu, who was used to getting up early and doing morning exercises, came to the locker room of the club's first team on time according to his daily routine.

Pushing open the door of the locker room, I found that the locker room was empty.Zhang Xu froze for a moment, then remembered that he was no longer in Sheffield United, but came to Spain and Deportivo.

He shook his head, turned away, and walked towards the office of the head coach Mr. Jose Ortera.

It's a pity that Mr. Jose Ortera was not there. Bored, he simply took out a football from his backpack and started training alone on the training ground.

Ten minutes later, a player finally came to the training ground. His jersey number was Zhang Xu's number 25 when he was at Sheffield United.

Zhang Xu had already known his name from the simulated training every night.His name is Nelson Oliveira. He was born on August 1991, 8. He is 8cm tall and weighs 186kg.

Seeing that there was someone who arrived earlier than him on the training ground, Oliveira froze for a moment, then walked up to him and found that it was a strange oriental youth.

"Hi, hello, I'm Nelson Oliveira. I'm the team's recently loaned striker. Are you a player who just transferred? Are you Japanese? Korean?" Oliveira greeted enthusiastically in Spanish naturally and familiarly.

"Yes, I'm also a newly transferred player. I just reported yesterday afternoon. My name is Zhangxu. Sorry, I'm neither Japanese nor Korean, but I'm Chinese!" Hearing that Oliveira guessed that he was Japanese and Korean, Zhang Xu frowned and answered very flatly.

"Wow, Chinese? That's a magical country! What a city wall, what a lake in the west, hehe, I'm so looking forward to it! Hey, buddy, how about taking me to visit your country someday?" Oliveira exclaimed, then hooked Zhang Xu's shoulder naturally, and said affectionately.

"Uh uh," Zhang Xu was a little unaccustomed to this guy's enthusiasm. He moved away without a trace, raised the football under his feet, hugged it with his hands, and said, "Oliviera, correct me, it's called 'The Great Wall' and 'West Lake'. If you are really interested, of course I welcome it!"

"Haha, that's great! It's settled!" Oliveira clapped his hands very excitedly: "I said Zhang, did you transfer from China?"

"Olivira, haven't you read the team's official website?" Seeing Oliveira shook his head seriously, Zhang Xu could only explain: "I was transferred from Sheffield United in League One. I am a midfielder and mainly play as a midfielder."

Then, Oliveira pulled Zhang Xu to ask questions, looking like a curious baby, making Zhang Xu miserable.

Fortunately, new teammates came to the training ground soon, which made Zhang Xu heave a sigh of relief.

The second person to come to the training ground is No. 16 Bruno Gama, a midfielder.The third is the team's captain No. 21 Juan Carlos Belleron.

When Gama and Belleron came to the training ground, they also expressed great interest in Zhang Xu. Fortunately, the training was about to start, so they didn't ask any more questions. After introducing themselves to each other and expressing their welcome to join, they didn't ask any more questions. Instead, they chatted and made preparations before training.

"Hi, Zhang, I didn't expect you to come here. Let's go, I'll take you to the locker room and finalize your wardrobe." At this time, the head coach Jose Ortella came to the training ground. After seeing Zhang Xu, he immediately greeted him.

Zhang Xu and the other three waved their hands, and followed Jose Ortera to the locker room.

At this time, there were already many players in the locker room, and they were changing their clothes nervously. Unexpectedly, the head coach Jose Ortella broke in suddenly, followed by a young man with an oriental face.

"This is Zhangxu from Sheffield United, a Chinese, and he will be your teammate in the future!" Oltra briefly introduced Zhang Xu.

"Wow! Chinese! Welcome, welcome!"

"I know you, I saw your news on the official website!"

"Welcome, Zhang, China!".
A group of teammates expressed a warm welcome to Zhang Xu's arrival. Of course, many players muttered in a low voice: "Can the Chinese play football?"

Zhang Xu directly filtered out those mutterings, then stood up generously, and said loudly: "Hi everyone, I am very happy to be your teammate!"

Alterra chose a relatively central wardrobe and said to Zhang Xu: "Zhang, let's just use this wardrobe. I remember that the one who used this wardrobe seems to be the legendary star of the team—Ma Kai. I hope you can become a legend like him!"

"I will! Boss!" Zhang Xu nodded and said confidently.

"Very good! There is still some time before the press conference, you change your clothes first, and then gather with the team, we have to let you know every member of the team!"

"Okay!" Zhang Xu nodded, quickly changed his jersey, and then walked out of the locker room with the head coach Oltra.

After all the team members gathered, Oltra brought Zhang Xu to the front of the team and introduced loudly: "His name is Zhangxu, he is from China, and he works as a defensive midfielder. I personally brought him here from Sheffield United in the British Championship."

"Zhang is a very good player with outstanding ability and great potential. Some people may think that my comment is a bit too much, so let me tell you an amazing fact: a year ago, that is, in July 2011, Zhang was just an amateur player who could not even play in the professional league. However, by May this year, Zhang has become the absolute main force of Sheffield United in the League One and helped Sheffield United to successfully advance to the Championship."

"Perhaps some people will think that Zhang's contribution to Sheffield United's promotion to the Championship is not necessarily the result. Then, I have a piece of data here: Zhang transferred to Sheffield United during the winter break. In half a season, he participated in a total of 21 games and contributed 14 goals and 7 assists for the team!"

"Moreover, more than half of these 14 goals and 7 assists have determined the direction of the game!"

"With such statistics, do you say that Sheffield United's promotion to the British Championship has little to do with him? No, I can say that he is the biggest contributor to Sheffield United's successful promotion!"

"I introduce him so grandly, because I don't want some players to look at him with a discriminatory eye, and don't despise him just because he is a Chinese player! To be honest, I was not very cold about Chinese players before, but Zhang subverted my view of Chinese players!"

"It's a great honor for me to invite Zhang to Deportivo, so I hope everyone can accept Zhang and work together with Zhang to rebuild the great 'Super Deportivo'! Long live Deportivo!"

All the players immediately raised their right fists and shouted loudly: "Lake, long live! Long live! Long live!"

"Okay, Zhang, can you tell me a few words?" Oltra gestured to Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu nodded and said loudly to the team: "First of all, I would like to thank the boss for complimenting me. In fact, I am really not that good!"

"Haha!" Everyone responded with a series of good-natured laughter to Zhang Xu's modesty.

After the laughter subsided, Zhang Xu continued: "However, I am confident that I will witness the rise of another 'Super Depor' with everyone! Because I have good brothers like you fighting side by side! I believe that we are the second 'Super Depco'! Laco, long live!"

"Lake, long live! Long live! Long live!" Under the leadership of Zhang Xu, Captain Belleron and his teammates roared again.

Oltra nodded in satisfaction, and said to Zhang Xu: "Zhang, it's almost time, let's go to the press conference!"

"Okay!" Zhang Xu followed Altera out of the training ground and went to the club's press conference.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Xu and Oltra walked into the press conference on time and sat down on the rostrum.

It was not the first time for Zhang Xu to participate in a press conference, so he naturally gave a slight hint to the reporters in the audience, showing an elegant and gentlemanly demeanor.

After Zhang Xu and Oltra took their seats, the press conference was announced.

First, the club's press releaser officially announced that Zhang Xu would join Deportivo, and then gave a detailed introduction to Zhang Xu's personal situation.

Next, it's time to show off the jersey.

Since Zhang Xu particularly likes the number 15, the number Alterat reserved for him is the number 15 home blue and white striped jersey with Zhang Xu's name on display today.

(End of this chapter)