Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 123 Reporting to the National Team

The celebration parade in Rome was very grand.

However, it didn't attract much attention. With the most important Champions League final to play this season, plus the World Cup later, it's hard for Roma, the mini-treble winner, to generate sustained and intense attention.

Negotiations between Roma and Manchester City are still ongoing. The basic terms between the two sides have been largely agreed upon, and the most important issue now is Shan Yongzhuo's personal contract.

Dan Yongzhuo then abandoned the matter and handed it over to Kroos to handle.

However, the deep-pocketed Manchester City quickly finalized the deal. They wanted to sign Shan Yongzhuo as soon as possible, otherwise, if other big clubs got involved, they might lose their chance.

Ultimately, the transfer fee for Shan Yongzhuo was settled at 5500 million euros. The two sides also agreed on a time for the announcement, and Manchester City and Shan Yongzhuo also agreed on a time for Shan to come to the club to sign the contract and undergo a medical examination.

Shan Yongzhuo's personal contract negotiations went smoothly, and he retained control of his image rights, something Manchester City didn't seem to care about at all.

The two parties signed a four-year contract, and Shan Yongzhuo's salary was finalized at £4 million per year after tax, a salary that Shan Yongzhuo was extremely satisfied with.

This transfer is now essentially complete.

The two clubs have also agreed on an announcement time, which is of course the sooner the better.

Manchester City wants to give their fans confidence, after all, Shan Yongzhuo is the European Golden Boot winner this season and will undoubtedly become the most expensive signing this summer, and his performance has already been recognized by the European football world.

As for Roma, Rosella seemed to be adopting a "better to die than live" mentality, almost to the point of no return. The club had been placed under the trusteeship of UniCredit Bank to find a buyer, and although she was entrusted with continuing as Roma's president, the team was no longer owned by the Sensi family.

Shan Yongzhuo didn't care whether it was announced sooner or later, but he still wanted to wait until he left Rome to make the announcement.

Neither club had any objections.

After finalizing the transfer, Shan Yongzhuo packed his bags and prepared to return to China.

However, before leaving, he still had to have a get-together with his friends in Rome. Totti, De Rossi, Mexes, Vucinic, and others came along.

This can be considered a farewell party.

Shan Yongzhuo went straight back to China, and when he returned to Europe, he went directly to Manchester, making it difficult for them to reunite.

The atmosphere at the party was quite lively, but Elena and Emily seemed rather melancholy. The two of them kept drinking, as if they wanted to get drunk and end it all.

When Shan Yongzhuo went to the bathroom to vomit and came out again, he ran into Elena who was walking by.

Dan Yongzhuo cried out, not expecting to be attacked so suddenly. Elena grabbed him and pressed him against the wall, her soft breasts sealing his body.

"This……"

Elena kissed him as her other hand moved downwards until it finally touched the most crucial spot.

"Damn it, no, I can't let her find out!"

Dan Yongzhuo immediately sensed something was wrong and tried to push Elena away, but to his surprise, she let go of him herself, her face showing an expression of utter disappointment.

“You didn’t react at all.” Elena said with a mournful face. “I know, you really don’t have any feelings for me. Well, have a good time in Manchester.”

After Elena finished speaking, she walked up and kissed Shan Yongzhuo on the cheek, then gave a bitter smile and turned to leave.

Shan Yongzhuo felt like he had survived a disaster and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

"Damn it, we have to be careful, this is no joke!"

On May 20th, Shan Yongzhuo boarded a plane back to China.

He was traveling alone, which made the trip relatively easy. He planned to go home first and then report to the Xianghe training base, where the national football team was preparing for the match.

Before the World Cup, the Chinese national football team will play two warm-up matches. It was only then that Shan Yongzhuo learned about the opponents.

One is the French team, and the other is Tajikistan.

This prompted Shan Yongzhuo to complain, "Why did I have to choose France? Why not choose Tajikistan? Let me score a few goals, and everyone can win happily. Wouldn't that be better?"

However, once the schedule was set, there was nothing he could do about it.

Back home, life was a bit easier. My mom kept nagging me about how thin I'd lost, while my dad continued to subtly suggest that Shan Yongzhuo retire.

But when Shan Benfu heard that Shan Yongzhuo's annual salary was over 100 million, he fell silent.

After staying at home for a few days, Shan Yongzhuo went straight to the capital and went to the training base.

Led by staff, we turned past a two-story building and saw several people in the distance. Upon closer inspection, we found it was Gao Hongbo, the head coach of the national team, accompanied by several other people.

"Xiao Dan, welcome!" Gao Hongbo was quite happy and very enthusiastic. "With you here, our strength will definitely rise to a whole new level."

Upon hearing this, Shan Yongzhuo smiled wryly and said, "Coach Gao, are you trying to shift the blame onto me right from the start?"

"Uh..." Gao Hongbo rubbed his forehead and smiled.

The introductions continued, but Shan Yongzhuo didn't listen carefully; he didn't want to remember the names of these officials.

The national team's arrangement was to first have someone accompany Shan Yongzhuo to familiarize himself with the training base. After a tour, he went to his assigned room to rest.

The next day, Shan Yong got up in a daze and went outside, only to find an old acquaintance.

Sun Xiang.

"Xiao Dan, I heard you came yesterday."

Sun Xiang was very enthusiastic. The two were not actually close, having only spoken a few words in Austria, but they were acquaintances.

"Brother Sun, it's been a long time." Shan Yongzhuo smiled.

"Come on, let's go have breakfast."

"I'll wash up."

After quickly washing up, Shan Yongzhuo went with Sun Xiang.

In the morning, Shan Yongzhuo participated in the national team's training. The training content was quite extensive, including things like ball handling and turning back, and ball handling through cones.

To be honest, Shan Yongzhuo was actually a little afraid of losing face.

As a player who has gained great fame in Europe and is undoubtedly the biggest star in the country, his teammates look at him differently; he is the focus of attention on the training field.

Since taking office, Gao Hongbo has given many young players important roles, especially the 08 Olympic team members led by Zhou Haibin. Many of them have been given important positions, and many veteran players were not called up for this training camp.

However, therefore, no one present combined had the same prestige as Shan Yongzhuo, and he received the greatest amount of attention.

In this environment, Shan Yongzhuo was also a little nervous.

Fortunately, his skills have improved a lot after two years of honing. Although he can't compare to the stars, he's definitely not worse than the national team players.

However, Shan Yongzhuo was too lazy to listen to what Gao Hongbo had to say about tactics.

In Shan Yongzhuo's view, the national football team's level is such that they don't need to worry about any other tactics. They should just stick to the defensive counter-attacking strategy.

As for himself, Shan Yongzhuo only said one sentence: "Anyway, you don't need to worry about me. If I raise my hand, my teammates will just pass the ball to me."

"..."

Gao Hongbo was speechless, but facing a big name like Shan Yongzhuo, he couldn't say anything and could only observe him further.

(End of this chapter)