Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

On August 8, the Beijing Organizing Committee released promotional materials on its official website to mark the one-year countdown to the Olympic Games.

Among these, the theme song "Beijing Welcomes You" was a key promotional element.

This song attracted a lot of attention as soon as it was released.

The public's interest was immediately piqued when they discovered that Lin Feng was among the performers.

"Can Lin Feng sing? Isn't he a soccer player?"

"In these kinds of group songs, each person usually only gets one or two lines of lyrics, so whether they sing well or not doesn't really affect the overall effect!"

"That's true, but if someone sings terribly, it will still drag down the overall level!"

While some people were still discussing whether Lin Feng sang well or not, others couldn't wait to open the Olympic Organizing Committee's official website, find the song, and listen to it.

"I've listened to it all. Lin Feng's singing not only didn't drag the whole thing down, but it was actually quite good!"

"Really? Bro, you're not a Lin Feng fan pretending to be a shill, are you?"

“I listened to it too, and I can vouch for what he said; Lin Feng really does sing very well!”

As more and more people listened to the song, online support for Lin Feng grew louder.

This made even those who initially had some doubts about him waver:

Is it really as good as they say?

So, they couldn't resist listening to the song, and then...

One more Lin Feng fan!

"It's a pity this is a duet song; I really want to hear Lin Feng's solo version!"

"With such a great voice, it's a shame he's not pursuing a singing career!"

"Ten thousand people have written a petition for Lin Feng to debut as a singer!"

"Add 1!"

"Add 2!"

"Add 10086!"

……

I don't know if they genuinely like listening to Lin Feng's songs or are just joining in the commotion.

Suddenly, there were many calls online for Lin Feng to release an album and enter the music scene.

Before Lin Feng could even respond to this wave of discussion, the vast majority of fans were already getting restless:

"Absolutely not! Chinese football has finally produced such a talent. If he neglects his duties and goes off to sing, who will carry the flag for the national team?"

"That's right, the music industry has no shortage of talents like Lin Feng, but the football world needs him!"

"How can singing be considered neglecting his studies? Besides, recording a song doesn't take much time at all, it doesn't interfere with his soccer playing at all!"

"I think singing can be developed as a hobby without affecting normal training and competitions. After all, Lin Feng sings so well, which means he must really enjoy singing in his spare time. Besides work, there should be something else to relax and unwind in life!"

……

The song "Beijing Welcomes You" has received a very positive response since its release. It has not only gained a lot of popularity and discussion in China, but has also attracted a lot of attention abroad due to the appearances of international superstars such as Lin Feng and Chen Long.

This delighted Wang Jiuping. He went to the foreign website to look at the comments under the song and found that most of the comments were about Lin Feng.

This shocked Wang Jiuping, because he didn't watch football much and was unaware of Lin Feng's influence in the football world.

Judging from the comments, Lin Feng's international influence seems to be on par with Brother Chen Long.
His feeling was correct, because on a global scale, the influence of sports superstars is indeed greater than that of movie stars.

In Brazil, which star can compare to Pelé?
In Argentina, which star can compare to Maradona and Messi?

Even if Cristiano Ronaldo's achievements are not as great as theirs, he is still the undisputed number one superstar in Portugal.

Even in the United States, Hollywood stars often try to ride the coattails of the NBA and the Super Bowl.

China also has sports stars of this caliber, namely Liu Xiang and Yao Ming.

Unfortunately, both of them had very short peak periods. After being injured and retiring, their popularity quickly faded and didn't last long!
However, at their peak, their influence in China was at the national level, truly appealing to all ages, which is something that movie stars and singers cannot match.

After leading his team to victory in the Asian Cup, Lin Feng's influence in China has surpassed Yao Ming's, is catching up with Liu Xiang, and even shows signs of overtaking him.

Globally, Lin Feng, regarded as a leading figure in the next generation of football, is gaining increasing influence.

Even compared to Ronaldinho, who is currently considered the best player in the world, he is not far behind.

Realizing Lin Feng's terrifying influence, Wang Pingjiu regretted it so much he wanted to slap his own thigh in frustration.

"We were too hasty! If we had known he had such a big influence overseas, we should have had him record more songs!"

One song for the year countdown, one song for the six months countdown, and another song for the 100-day countdown—wouldn't that be wonderful?

Xiao Ke, who was in charge of composing, almost vomited blood when he heard his words:

Do you think creating a song is easy?

I've been racking my brains for months just on this song, and now you want me to do two more?
You might as well just kill me!

……

Just as netizens were hotly debating whether Lin Feng should debut, and the Olympic Organizing Committee was trying to squeeze money out of him.

Lin Feng has already left China by plane and is flying to Europe.

It's already August, and there's not much time left before the league starts.

The new season training camps of the teams in the top five European leagues have begun one after another, and Lin Feng has to rush back to his team to report for duty.

Because he was busy participating in the Asian Cup, Lin Feng hadn't paid much attention to the news about the top five European leagues, especially the summer transfer market.

So before boarding the plane, Lin Feng specifically bought some news reports to check the latest transfer situation in the football world.

Upon opening the newspaper to the first page, Lin Feng saw a bombshell transfer news – former Arsenal captain, all-time top scorer, and French star Thierry Henry had transferred to La Liga giants Barcelona for €2400 million.

This news shocked the entire football world, especially English football. Henry's departure marked the end of an era for Arsenal; most of the original key players had now left.

The rest of the team consists of young players promoted by Professor Wenger. Expecting these young players to replicate the unbeaten legend of yesteryear is probably not very hopeful.

In fact, there were signs of Henry's departure. After the Champions League defeat last season, there were rumors in the Premier League that Henry wanted to leave.

He stayed at Arsenal for another year only to take care of the team and out of respect for Wenger.

In exchange, Wenger allowed him to leave this summer, and Arsenal did not ask for an excessive transfer fee so that he could have the upper hand in negotiations with his new club regarding salary and playing time.

€2400 million is clearly not a fair price for a star of Henry's caliber.

Professor Wenger is stingy when it comes to buying players and renewing contracts, but he can also be very generous at times.

Upon seeing this transfer news, Lin Feng couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Henry joined Barcelona in pursuit of championships, but joining Barcelona at this time doesn't necessarily guarantee a title.

Barcelona is currently facing a major headache due to the Ronaldinho issue. If Henry joins Barcelona one day and then news breaks that Barcelona is selling Ronaldinho off the table the next, I wonder what the Emperor will think!
However, Barcelona is still actively recruiting players.

They first bought Monaco's versatile midfielder Yaya Toure for €1000 million, and then brought Lyon's key left-back Abidal away for €1500 million.

In addition, Barcelona has made a €2500 million offer for Dani Alves, the key right-back who helped Sevilla defend their Europa League title, hoping to bring him to Camp Nou.

However, Sevilla rejected the price, demanding 4000 million euros, which Barcelona considered too expensive, and the two sides have not yet reached an agreement.

As for the rumors about Ronaldinho's transfer, they are only being discussed among the public, and Barcelona has never made an official statement on the matter.

Barcelona's moves are significant, and Real Madrid next door is naturally not idle either.

Real Madrid first signed Portuguese center-back Pepe from Porto for 3000 million euros, and then spent 2700 million euros to bring in young midfielder Sneijder from Ajax.

Finally, they spared no expense, spending 3500 million euros to poach Arjen Robben, Chelsea's right winger.

Real Madrid spent nearly 100 million euros on the transfers of just these three players, making them the biggest spender in the top five European leagues during this summer's transfer window.

As a member of the Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Bayern Munich group, Bayern Munich naturally did not want to lag behind when both Barcelona and Real Madrid were spending heavily to strengthen their teams.

This summer, Bayern Munich acquired several key strikers, including Ribery, Klose, and Toni, spending over 5000 million euros just to strengthen their attacking lineup.

In the Premier League, among the Big Four, Arsenal and Liverpool haven't made any major moves.

As for Chelsea, Abramovich seems to have lost interest in football after his falling out with Mourinho.

This summer, Chelsea did nothing more than buy Malouda.

In the end, Chelsea not only didn't spend any money during this summer transfer window, but actually made a profit of 2000 million euros.

However, with Mourinho's resignation and the loss of some key players, Chelsea's performance next season is unlikely to be ideal.

Abramovich's top priority is to find a qualified coach for Chelsea as soon as possible to fill the void left by Mourinho's departure.

While the other three top clubs have all cut back on spending, Manchester United has not chosen to tank.

Perhaps it was because he was spurred on by Inter Milan's double defeat in the Champions League last season, or perhaps, as rumored, Ronaldo strongly demanded that the team strengthen the squad, otherwise he would threaten to transfer to Real Madrid.

This summer, Manchester United also joined the arms race.

After persuading the board of directors and the stingy boss, Sir Alex Ferguson finally had a substantial budget and could roll up his sleeves and embark on a spending spree.

Given Manchester United's weaknesses in midfield last season, Ferguson brought Bayern Munich's young midfielder, Hargreaves, who is an English native, to the club for €2500 million.

Having tasted success with Cristiano Ronaldo, he felt that Portugal's young talents were worth investing in.

So they then signed Anderson and Nani, two young talents from the Portuguese league, for 4800 million euros.

Given that the attacking firepower was not strong enough, Ferguson also loaned Argentine striker Carlos Tevez from West Ham United for €1200 million.

Manchester United have already spent €8500 million in the summer transfer window, closing in on Real Madrid, who have spent the most.

But that's not all. It's said that they also made an offer to Inter Milan, wanting to sign Inter's midfield maestro, Lin Feng!
Manchester United isn't the only club that wants to take Lin Feng away.
Although Lin Feng is not in Europe, he has become the focus of attention in the entire European football world this summer.

After witnessing Lin Feng's amazing performance in the Champions League final and his achievements leading the national team, major European clubs have become eager to acquire him.

He is young, strong, has a great appearance and temperament, and his character and sportsmanship are impeccable!
Such a player would be a dream come true for any team!

Every team with ambition wants to recruit Lin Feng and build a championship-contending team around him!
The number of clubs that have privately contacted Lin Feng's agent is countless. Even Juventus, which has a history of conflict with Inter Milan and Lin Feng, sent an intermediary to contact Lin Feng's agent to try and gauge his opinion and see if it was possible to poach him from Inter Milan.

As for Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Bayern Munich, teams that were already very interested in Lin Feng, they have made even more frequent moves this time.

In addition to contacting Lin Feng's agent privately, they also sent an offer fax to Inter Milan, trying to gauge the club's reaction.

Rumors suggest that Manchester United and Real Madrid have both raised their offers for Lin Feng to €7000 million!

If this price can be achieved, he will break the record for the highest transfer fee in football, set six years ago when Zidane transferred to Real Madrid, and become the most valuable player in football!

Transfermarkt's market value is just a reference figure. In the real world, the money that clubs actually spend to buy players is the true market value of a player!

The news caused an uproar throughout the football world.

[Spending 7000 million on a 19-year-old player—am I crazy, or is the world crazy?]

[Zidane was worth €6700 million six years ago, so why isn't Lin Feng worth €7000 million six years later? I think Lin Feng is fully deserving of that price, and even more!]

[For only 7000 million, they bought a top-class midfielder and a goal-scoring machine, solving all their midfield and attacking problems at once. That was a worthwhile investment!]

[Hehe, believe it or not, if Inter Milan agrees to this offer, the top clubs from all the major leagues will be lining up at Inter's door!]

Inter Milan has not responded to the offers from outside sources.

They neither agreed nor refused, giving the impression that they hadn't received the offer.

This ambiguous attitude has left many wealthy families confused about the situation.

They had long been prepared, and as long as the other party's attitude softened even slightly, they would do everything in their power to take Lin Feng away from Inter Milan.

money is not a problem!
If you think 7000 million is too cheap, then we'll raise it to 8000 million or even 9000 million euros!

As long as the price isn't too outrageous, these wealthy and powerful families can definitely afford it! (End of Chapter)