Fame with a ball

The FA Cup final not only became the headlines of British newspapers and magazines on the second day, but also became a carnival day for Chinese journalists.

In just one week, Lin Zhigao has been branded with two glorious marks: the personal honor of being the top scorer in the Premier League, and the team award of the FA Cup champion.

This is almost a higher honor that a rookie player can get. Of course, if Queens Park Rangers is a wealthy club, then Lin Zhigao should have something more to look at, such as the league championship, the Europa League and the Champions League. rankings and the like.But as we all know, Queens Park Rangers are just a newly promoted Premier League team. They are not giants, not even strong teams. The only proud club with a history of more than 100 years-oh forget it, almost every English football club has more than 100 years of history. [-] years of history.

Can you ask a 19-year-old player to do better because Queens Park Rangers are not well-known?

To be honest, the current British media have been very restrained.As we all know, the modeling ability of the British media industry can be called the number one in Europe. Beckham, Owen, Rooney, and other countries have stars with higher strength than them, but players of the same level as them are often not as famous as these three. Beckham's global popularity is inseparable from the crazy star-making ability of the British media. Until now, the commercial value created by Beckham is still not surpassed by a second star.

If Lin Zhigao was an Englishman, then he would definitely be famous all over the world by now, and he would be known as "the second Beckham".However, because he is Chinese, the British media did not report too much on him. However, Lin Zhigao is known to the world in the Premier League. Compared with players in other top leagues, the British media will of course prefer the Premier League Lin Zhigao, who made his debut, is a little bit higher, but this advantage is not obvious at present, and we will see the result in the future.

The British have always been proud of the development of their country's media industry, but they have forgotten that there is also a country on this earth. Maybe they have little influence in the world, but in their own country, the public opinion campaign is also unparalleled.

This country is China.

The Chinese media, as well as the domestic people, have always preferred all kinds of champions, Olympic champions, sports champions, even chess champions, as long as they can win glory for the country, they love...

Yao Ming, Liu Xiang, or Li Na are not very famous in the world, or they are forgotten after being heard of, but in China, everyone knows their names.As long as there is a Chinese who wins glory for the country in the world, the local media, sports media, and even CCTV will dig out the athlete's personal resume and glorious deeds, and then broadcast it in the news until you tell them The name is so familiar that it can't be more familiar.

Now Lin Zhigao also enjoys this kind of treatment.

CCTV is not lying.The FA Cup final was broadcast live in China at 5:17 pm on May 5th London time, that is, at 17:23 pm Beijing time on May 5th, and then at 18:19 pm on May 5th, this news was broadcast on the news network. It also aired for an unprecedented [-] minutes, briefly reviewing Lin Zhigao's famous journey in the Premier League.

Then, on May 5, national-level newspapers, provincial-level newspapers, and local media all published the news without exception. Countless media flocked to Lin Zhigao's home to interview his relatives. If it weren't for the community security More conscientious, Lin Changan and his wife couldn't even get a good night's sleep.

The leaders of Lin Changan's unit and the director of Qian Hongyan's hospital also kindly extended their condolences to them during working hours. Their smiles were kind and amiable, but this couple had never seen them in their entire lives.Even the local government, the mayor of Zhengzhou City, and the governor of the province all chose a time to visit Lin Zhigao's home—of course, accompanied by at least ten reporters and took at least a hundred photos before leaving.

Lin Chang'an later called Lin Zhigao to complain: "Those reporters block the gate of our community like flies every day, and other neighbors complain. And they always go to work to find me and your mother, arguing. I want to give an exclusive interview to the two of us, how did we cultivate you. Son, I used to talk about how happy the parents of those celebrities are, and they can still be famous if they have money. Now I know, It's not good to be famous!"

Later, Lin Zhigao had no choice but to ask Jiang Shupeng to say hello to some friends in China, and Lin Changan and his wife finally enjoyed the peace.

On the London side, because Queens Park Rangers have played all games this season, there are currently no other large-scale activities in the team except for necessary training.But the number of unknown people who appear outside the training ground every day has not decreased but increased. These people are scouts sent by major clubs and want to observe the players' status at close range.

Warnock and Lin Zhigao are well aware of all this. Lin Zhigao's departure in the next few months has become an established fact. In order to allow his lover to go to a good club, Warnock is still very serious about training. Lin Zhigao is allowed to participate in training games every day to maintain his physical condition.

Many players in the team complained about this. They all felt that the team has achieved the current results, and it is not an exaggeration to hold a week-long celebration banquet and then give everyone an early vacation. How can they ask to continue training?And it's so powerful.

Only Bosroyd, Campbell, and Yang, three friends of Lin Zhigao, knew the inside story, but either for Lin Zhigao or for themselves, they also worked very hard in training.

Meanwhile, yet another offer has landed on the desk of Queens Park Rangers transfer manager Mr Fox.

When he saw the quotation and name of this club, Mr. Fox raised his eyebrows heavily.

……

Pascual Sensibel stood outside the court, holding a SLR camera, and picked it up from time to time to shoot something on the court.

After Queens Park Rangers finished training and all the players returned to the locker room, he still did not leave the training ground, but took out a paper and a notebook from his pocket, combined with the thoughts of the previous few days, and combined some of the ideas he got today. The conclusion is recorded immediately: shot: 8 (full score: 10)

Passes: 5

Defense: 7

Steals: 8

Header: 6 (obtained after changing from the original 5)

Speed: 10 (obtained after changing from the original 9)

Field of view: 9

Current Capabilities (CA): 8

Future Potential (PA): 10

Verdict: This player has incredible talent and a lot of physical fitness, and he looks well-positioned for the future.

The speed is amazing, the way of scoring is full of spirituality and imagination, can shoot from any place and angle, and has good strength and accuracy.He likes to shoot, and he is happy to shoot. What is even more gratifying is that he has never complained about the heavy and hard training, and he can stand the test.

Has never had any conflicts with teammates on the training ground, handles interpersonal relationships well, and has a high EQ.

Defensively lacking, but since he is a striker, this requirement can be less demanding.Although the current header ability is relatively weak, given that the player still has room for physical growth, there may be breakthroughs in header skills in the future.

Serie A is more suitable for him. Although the unique defensive mode of Serie A may make him suffer a little at the beginning, he has a strong physical fitness, a low chance of injury, and he is easy to adapt to the atmosphere quickly.

Italian is a difficulty, it is said that he only knows English.

Suggested transfer amount: 1500 million - 2000 million euros.

After closing the notebook, Sensibel showed a satisfied smile.

Although he was a little dissatisfied when he was sent by the club manager Mr. Marotta to London to inspect a young rookie, because he had already submitted the club's best transfer list for the next season, but after coming to London The results he observed surprised him a little, and he almost missed another genius!

Judging from Sensibel's Juventus chief footballer, one of the most vicious eyes in Europe, this young Chinese player may not be another Neymar in the future... No, maybe he already is.

Moreover, he is one year younger than Neymar.

Neymar da Silva, another young football genius produced by Brazil's Santos Football Club, has won many awards in Brazil at the age of just 20 this year, including the Brazilian Golden Globe Award and the Brazilian Footballer of the Year.His style of play is very similar to the current AC Milan player Robinho, and he has assists or goals in almost every game. He is recognized by the world media as another future football superstar.

Since Neymar was still playing in Santos's second-tier team, there have been European clubs wanting to take him to top competitions. Until last year, even giant clubs like Real Madrid said in dialect that they would take Neymar away from Brazil. Santos In order to keep this player, the club did not hesitate to disband the women's football team and five-a-side football competition in the club, just to save money and offer Neymar an annual salary of 1500 million so that he can stay in Brazil.

Even though Neymar has renewed his contract with the Santos club for four years, some giants led by Real Madrid have not given up. They said that when the transfer season comes next year, they will continue to persuade Neymar.

Of course, Real Madrid is not the only club that is jealous of Neymar. In fact, Juventus threw a red line to Neymar as early as two years ago, but Neymar never picked it up.

A few months ago, not long after the winter break, Sensibel submitted a list of the best transfers of the season for the Juventus club, and Neymar was the first to bear the brunt. Ronaldo is about to retire and Neymar is the perfect candidate to replace him.

Secondly, Sensibel, who often flies all over the world all year round and chooses fresh blood for Juventus, has also taken a fancy to Cruzeiro's Collon for the club, Montenegro's midfielder Babvic, and Southampton's defender. Balla played for the Welsh national team, as well as Newcastle's Krul, Bordeaux's French midfielder Mavuba, Palermo defender Barzagli, Cagliari's Canini and other rookie players from various countries in the world.

Of course, Sensibel, who has informants all over the world, naturally knows that Lin Zhigao has been the biggest discovery of the Premier League this season by the media, but on the one hand, with Neymar in front of him, Sensibel should not add too much to his transfer list. Multiple forward candidates.Secondly, Sensibel couldn't understand the star-making ability of the British media. He felt that no matter how good a Chinese player is, there is no South American player. It's just a kick, so Sensibel didn't put Lin Zhigao in the consideration list.

When Sensibel submitted his evaluation list and was going to rest and give himself a vacation before the arrival of the transfer period, Juventus club manager Jupes Marotta contacted him suddenly and asked him to go to London In the club of Queens Park Rangers, a player named Lin Zhigao was investigated, and his detailed data was sorted out and sent back to the club as soon as possible.

When Sensibel received the call, he didn't take it seriously at first. He originally wanted to use the reasons he had prepared to refuse the job. For example, the player's physical fitness is not very good. Although his scoring ability is outstanding, But not necessarily suitable for Serie A and so on.But when Marotta told him that Mr. Elkann directly gave him the request to inspect the players, Sensibel was shocked, and then immediately agreed, hung up the phone and canceled the plane ticket to Hawaii, and changed the plan. Take the nearest direct flight to London.Although the chairman of Juventus is Mr. Andre Agnelli, as long as he is a staff member in the club, he knows that Mr. Agnelli’s favorite thing is to chase stars as the chairman and watch games in the chairman’s private room. For the club He was completely out of business, the real man in charge of the club was Giuseppe Marotta.

But everyone also knows that behind Marotta, there is still a person who really determines the life and death of the club, that is, Mr. John Elkann who settled in France and rarely returns to Turin several times a year.

Mr. Elkann is the real major shareholder of the Fiat Group and the speaker. The Agnelli family's superficial beauty is only superficial.

So Sensibel dared to offend anyone, even if it was Marotta's order, he dared to refuse, but he dared not go against John Elkann's words.

Just in time, news came from Brazil that Neymar had renewed his contract with Santos Club for four years. Sensibel also gave up on poaching this South American talent, so he flew to London decisively, wanting to see this Lian Er Mr. Erkan has heard how the Chinese players fell to the ground.

Who would have expected that this would bring a real surprise to themselves?Sensibel thought.

Generally speaking, the top five European leagues, Serie A, La Liga, Premier League, Bundesliga, and Ligue [-] are the places where players are most likely to become famous and the fastest to become famous. In these five leagues, scouts don’t need to pay more attention at all. The media naturally The best players of the season have been evaluated. There are capable and talented players who play in the five major leagues.

Therefore, the focus of scouting for every wealthy club is in the unpopular league or the South American league.Among them, the Eredivisie, Portuguese Super League, and Russian Super League are also relatively easy to produce good professional players, and South America, which has contributed many outstanding players, is a key base for scouts. Here, there are countless giants. As a scout, talented players are more likely to be scouted here than to be discovered by the media.

Perhaps it is because the scouts feel that Brazilian players are inherently more valuable than Chinese players, or it may be because they have already invested too much energy on Neymar. If the scouts hadn’t seen Lin Zhigao play Most of them think that Neymar will be better.

Sensibel has seen Neymar's game and training with his own eyes. Now, he has personally evaluated Lin Zhigao's data. If he had to make a comparison, Sensibel would say: Lin and Neymar have the same current ability value , The potential value is the same. In terms of physical fitness, Lin's physical data makes him look like an Asian, and Neymar is too light, and the two are tied again in terms of physical data.If you want to say exactly which of these two players is better, it's really hard to say now, and you need to observe it for another year or two. After all, they haven't reached their peak as professional players, have they?

Just out of the Queen's Park Rangers training ground, before driving the car out of the parking lot, Sensibel received a call from the club manager Marotta.

"Yes, I have already made a complete evaluation of him. All the data are stored in my mobile phone and can be sent to you now." Sensibel said to the phone.

After hearing the reply from the other end of the phone, he raised his eyebrows, muttered in his heart, "I'm really anxious", then opened his e-mail and sent all the things he recorded to Marotta.

"Queens Park Rangers want to meet and talk in person?" After a while, Sensibel said in surprise: "No, you don't have to come here in person, I will contact them first. But, I want to ask, can the club What is the bottom line for accepting transfers..."

"Oh, God! He's not Neymar! No, no, no, of course I don't mean to doubt my own vision. I just want to say that the price should be lower."

"This matter can be left to me, Mr. Marotta! I am the top scout in Europe! I can guarantee that Mr. Elkann will never be disappointed."

"Okay, I'll let you know as soon as I have news. Goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Sensibel was a little excited and a little annoyed.

The excitement is that he will once again participate in the club's core event - the transfer, and has a lot of rights.To my annoyance, since he is the club's scout, why did the club's shareholders and managers discover talented players earlier than him?

He is the chief football player, but he is really irresponsible!

……

Lin Zhigao ended the rent contract with Madame Rebecca Bovary, because it was originally agreed to rent until the end of this year, so Lin Zhigao had to pay Madame Bovary an extra three months of liquidated damages.

After receiving Lin Zhigao's money, Mrs. Bovary asked him: "Are you going to buy real estate in London, Lin? I think many players buy villas in the suburbs."

"No, Rebecca, I have no intention of buying a house in London."

Madame Bovary asked him kindly: "Actually, it doesn't matter if the house is vacant for a few months. I don't want to hire tenants. When you come back next season, you will still live here."

"I am leaving England, ma'am."

Madame Bovary was surprised: "Leaving England? Are you going to play football in other countries?"

"Yes, but I will stay here until the end of the month. This news is a secret. I hope you will not tell others."

"Don't worry, my mouth is very strict. But, Lin, where are you going next?"

Lin Zhigao shrugged: "Germany, France, Spain, or Italy, anywhere is possible. My agent is looking for me."

Madame Bovary said regretfully: "It is definitely a pity for your team to lose you."

Lin Zhigao curled his lips: "It's a pity they don't think so."

Leaving Madame Bovary's room, Lin Zhigao went back to his second floor. He had already packed part of his luggage and mailed it back to China. After confirming his destination for the next season in England, Lin Zhigao was going to return to China and study by himself. some other kinds of languages.

The language barrier is a big taboo of not being able to integrate into the team's locker room. Whether it is La Liga, Ligue [-], Serie A, or Bundesliga, the mainstream language is not English. Lin Zhigao must learn basic conversations within a few months, otherwise, wait for the real The transfer went to a new club, and he was the one who suffered.

While thinking wildly, the cell phone rang suddenly, and Lin Zhigao picked it up, it was Jiang Shupeng.

"Another club's transfer application has appeared." Jiang Shupeng's voice sounded very excited.

Lin Zhigao asked casually, "Where?"

"Juventus."