Football: The immortal legend on the green field

Will Hallam Athletic take the initiative to trade Shen Bin?

Of course not. Would Shen Bin leave? Of course he would. He didn't want to stay in this place for even a day.

Considering his age and the speed of his improvement, he undoubtedly has the potential to be a superstar. How could Hallam Athletic trade him if they couldn't get a good price?

However, Shen Bin's second contract was signed under the supervision of Star Sports. It was impossible for Hallam Athletic to hide any traps in the contract. The 3000 million penalty was Shen Bin's last contribution to Hallam Athletic.

Now the initiative of the transfer is completely in the hands of Shen Bin and Star Sports. This sounds incredible. Shen Bin was the hottest young player in world football in the 2004-2005 season. His priority is even comparable to Rooney, who is now very popular in Manchester United. All European giants are always paying attention to Shen Bin's every move.

"I know what you are thinking, but you have to remember that behind all unreasonable things, there is an absolutely reasonable factor."

"Since they can't get better bargaining chips in the transfer market, you will definitely encounter crazy suppression from the Horst family during this period of time. They won't let you get what you want easily. This is the price you have to pay for refusing to cooperate with them." Agent Allen said like a prophet, "Believe me, this will definitely happen."

Everything went smoothly the next morning, but something went wrong when the 18-man roster for the away game was announced. Just as Allen had guessed, Shen Bin was not on the roster.

Since Shen Bin had been reminded by Allen in advance, he was not surprised by this incident. What surprised him was that a small earthquake also occurred in the club.

Shen Bin saw it on the Dutch TV 2 sports news early this morning without receiving any information in advance. Neeskens was removed from his position as head coach of Haarlem SC and replaced as the operations director of Haarlem SC, responsible for player transfers, youth training and all other work except business aspects.

Haarlem also announced that assistant coach Albert Martins will serve as interim head coach and will complete all of Haarlem's remaining games this season.

Shen Bin didn't care about these things, as they had nothing to do with him anymore, but out of courtesy he still called his old coach to congratulate him.

He tried to ask if he could take leave to return home early, but was rejected by the old coach. However, the old man still gave him an idea. Martins promised him that after the FA Cup, he would not have to participate in the remaining two games and could leave the team early.

It seems that the club is not crazy enough to go against money. As long as they can win the FA Cup, they will have the opportunity to participate in the Europa League next season, which is a considerable income.

At the start of the league between Haarlem and Utrecht, Shen Bin had been training alone at the park stadium for nearly an hour. In the past, whenever Shen Bin appeared in public, he would cause a commotion. Today, the situation was very different, because all Haarlem fans were watching in front of the TV, watching what they thought was the most crucial game of Haarlem this season.

As soon as the training content he had set was finished, he walked towards the shop next to the gate of Amsterdam Institute of Technology. He wanted to visit his old friend Sjanic for the last time. This shop was bought by Shen Bin. This young man who fled from the war-torn former Yugoslavia finally didn't have to bother Aunt Snonna anymore.

Shen Bin once spent a wonderful time with him, and he often thought of the simple and pure life of painters when they marked the lines on the shared playground together.

Shen Bin pushed open the door of the convenience store named "Fans' Home" by Sjanic, and saw Sjanic lying listlessly on the counter at a glance.

"Hello, boss!" Shen Bin greeted awkwardly.

"I'm not feeling well, Shen Bin..." Sijanic's answer was still weak.

"What's wrong? Did something unhappy happen?"

Sijanic was like a dead person, his eyes were lifeless, and his whole body had lost all color and turned gray.

"We have no chance of being promoted to Class A!" he said to Shen Bin.

Shen Bin remembered that when Haarlem lost to Roda JC, their team comforted him by saying that there were still ten league rounds left and maybe a miracle would happen.

But today it seems that the miracle that Sjanic expected did not happen.

Just a dozen minutes ago, Haarlem lost to Utrecht 1:5 cleanly, losing everything.

"We lost to Utrecht, we really have no chance this time!" Sjanic looked at Shen Bin. When he said this, Shen Bin could even see the reflection of tears in his eyes.

This time, there was no miracle and Hallam Athletic really lost the best chance of promotion in six years.

"Shen Bin, you know what? Sometimes I can't help but wonder - if Deng Zhuoxiang and you hadn't missed the last few games, would we still have a chance..."

Shen Bin waved his hands quickly: "You're overthinking it, Sjanic. Deng Zhuoxiang and I don't have that much energy. The results of a team are caused by many factors, including the opponent, the club, the coach, each player, and sometimes a little luck. Don't think about it. Since there is no chance, I hope they can strive for better results next season than this season!"

Sijanic seemed to have lost all faith. He just shook his head and murmured, "It's easy to say. This season is our best chance. From your tone, it really sounds like what the outside world says. Are you leaving?"

"Also, we all know that you, Deng Zhuoxiang, Tiote, Gular and Li Dongguo, young people with great prospects, have been targeted by those big clubs. We will lose a lot of players and the team's strength will be greatly reduced."

"If you all leave, I don't know if Horst is willing to use some funds to buy some talented players. This may be difficult. There is no reason to earn money and then spit it out."

Not bringing in high-level players... You know, Shen Bin, that's a nightmare for any team."

"I know, Boss. But a nightmare is better than a sweet dream."

Shen Bin’s words surprised Sijanic, and he looked at Shen Bin in surprise.

Under his gaze, Shen Bin spread his hands and said, "If it's just a nightmare, you'll be fine once you wake up. If it's a beautiful dream, you should cry when you wake up. This is my own conclusion. Do you think it makes sense?"

"Thank you for the joke..." But Sjanic didn't smile at all.

Then he silently put the fresh noodles into the bag and handed it to Shen Bin.

“Will you go to Manchester United?”

Shen Bin took the paper bag and said, "Nothing has been decided yet, but I will try my best to bring the FA Cup to Haarlem Athletic. This is my final reward to the fans who support me."

After saying goodbye to Sijanic, Shen Bin thought a lot on the way home. Was the fight with Neeskens really the right thing to do? In the end, it seemed that neither he nor Neeskens won or lost. It seemed that the only losers were the fans of Haarlem SC.

These ideas gave Shen Bin a deeper understanding of football.