Chinese players in Europe

Chapter 312 He Is Our Core

Van der Vaart feels he has had bad luck.

His performances at La Liga giants Real Madrid were not bad, and certainly not particularly good.In fact, he has tried his best to show his best side in Real Madrid for more than two seasons, but it seems that these coaches look down on him. They are more keen to introduce those superstars at high prices, such as C . Luo, Kaka...

In fact, even if these superstars come, he is not afraid, he believes that he has the ability to compete with the opponent for the main position.But unfortunately, it is not up to him whether he can be the main player or not, the decision is in the hands of the head coach.No one denies his football talent, but he is not favored by the head coach, and he can only play in some unimportant games or garbage time, just looking familiar.

This is unbearable for a player who is extremely confident in himself and also has great ambitions. It is impossible for him to let his most precious football years go to waste.The Portuguese head coach "Madman" Mourinho, who took over Real Madrid last season, clearly told him this summer that he was not in the opponent's plan.As smart as he was, how could he fail to guess what the club meant, so he decided to transfer.

Tottenham's pursuit of him started a season ago, but at that time he was still struggling to prove himself in the giants, but the reality now told him that no matter how hard he tried, it was futile, so he finally chose to give up .He decided to go to Tottenham.His father and agent, Ramon van der Vaart, has privately agreed an agreement on his behalf and is just waiting for a formal offer to Real Madrid.

Real Madrid did not block too much, but "sold" him to Tottenham Hotspur for 800 million pounds like a burden. 800 million pounds converted into euros equals approximately 950 million euros.For van der Vaart, who has proven his strength in the European arena long ago and is recognized as a world-class midfielder, the worth of less than 1000 million euros is a complete insult to his identity.

But at that time, he did not show any anger or annoyance, his mind was very calm, for him after two years of nightmare, now he just wants to leave the bottomless giants, and start a new life Journey to lead his new team to his glory.This is the most powerful counterattack to all those who once looked down on him.

To be honest, he is full of expectations for the new team.He knows that Tottenham may not be a very strong team, but they are definitely not lacking in competitiveness. This can be seen from their ability to reach the top four in the league last season and qualify for the Champions League.This is what attracted him to finally decide to join Tottenham.There are many clubs chasing him, but they are both willing to spend money and have certain strength. The most important thing is that there are not many teams that can participate in the UEFA Champions League.

He believes that he will be able to have a new starting point in this new team.But just when he was full of ambition and ready to go to the team to participate in pre-season training, he was caught up in family affairs. His wife Sylvia's mother, also his mother-in-law, passed away. Of course he had to go home to take care of everything... …

When he took care of his family affairs and came to the UK, the team's pre-season training had come to an end, and the Premier League was about to kick off.This is not good news for him - no matter how good or talented a player is, he is just an individual, football is a team sport, and he can't integrate into the team without getting used to it, and he can't gain a foothold in the team at all. Let alone display his lofty ambitions.

That's not to mention, when he hurried to the training base early this morning according to the time agreed with the team coach Redknapp, who knew that such a thing would happen.An unreliable driver was fine, but he was stopped by several policemen for speeding.How can he not be depressed!Originally, he felt uncomfortable because of the bad career path before, and he missed the best time to get in touch with the team, and now he was late even to meet his teammates for the first time. The annoyance in his heart could not be added. Unfavorable year.

Of course, now Van der Vaart does not want to think about those unsatisfactory troubles, but gallops forward quickly.He had already asked the direction of Tottenham's training base, and he could find it by running straight ahead, so he didn't worry about getting lost.

When it was sweating profusely and ran to the gate of the training ground, he looked at his watch. Fortunately, it was not nine o'clock, which meant that he was not late.

Van der Vaart breathed a sigh of relief, and when he was about to collect his mind and walk towards the stadium, he suddenly spotted a familiar figure from the corner of his eyes, the young man who had just run past the taxi he was sitting in was Slowly jogging towards the court.

"Is he also a Tottenham player?"

Van der Vaart was a little surprised, and muttered in a low voice in doubt.He is not an idiot, the only players who can directly enter the training ground without being blocked are the staff of the club?But judging from the other party's age, he was about eighteen or nine years old, so to say he is a staff member, isn't he too young?

"Maybe it's a player from Tottenham's second team or the youth team." Van der Vaart was soon relieved. According to his inertial thinking, he thought that the opponent was just a youth team player.He didn't even think that the opponent was his first-team teammate, after all, the age of the opponent seemed much younger than him.Younger than when he became famous.

"Go up and say hello? After all, we belong to the same team, maybe we will meet again in the future. What's more, we just met each other just now." Van der Vaart chuckled, then sprinted two steps, and shouted loudly , "Hey man! Are you a player here too?"

It's no wonder that he would move forward so hastily. After all, in this unfamiliar place, although the other party has only met him once, at least it can be regarded as a "familiar face". He can also have a talking partner. .

"Are you calling me?" Hearing someone calling himself behind him, could it be that he turned his head strangely, and then saw Van der Vaart dripping with sweat.He quickly recognized the young man in front of him as the passenger who was sitting in the car just now, and he asked in surprise, "It's you?"

"Yeah, it's really fate, I didn't expect that we would meet here again? Ha, so you are also a Tottenham player, what a coincidence!" Van der Vaart wiped the sweat from his face, revealing a mouthful of pearly white the teeth of.The warm sunlight shone on his body, and those beads of sweat glistened like pearls, with a layer of strange brilliance.

"Well, yes. I'm a player here." Mofei nodded, and then looked at the sweat beads the size of soybeans that were still falling from the opponent with a strange face, and asked doubtfully, "Did you fall into the river?" ?”

"Haha, I came here by running, um, run with all my strength!" Van der Vaart laughed out loud at Mo Fei's joke, and then he made a running motion while explaining.

"Oh, so that's how it is..." Mo Fei nodded in relief. Also, if the other party didn't run all the way, it was obviously impossible to catch up with him.He didn't believe that the other party came by car. Has anyone ever seen someone sweating profusely in a car...

"Haha, get to know me, I'm Raphael Van der Vaart, you can call me Raphael. By the way, I'm also a player here!" Van der Vaart smiled cheerfully, and stretched out his right hand to Mo Fei .

"Van der Vaart..." Mo Fei muttered to himself, and then suddenly realized, he finally remembered who the opponent was. It turned out that he was the world-class midfielder Van der Vaart who he had never met and transferred from Real Madrid!No wonder I feel that his appearance is familiar. I dare to say that I have watched the opponent's game on TV. Damn it, I can forget it...

"Oh, nice to meet you, I like watching you play football very much, you play very well! I am..." Mo Fei held the other party's right hand, praised the other party, and prepared to introduce himself.

"I know, you're a Tottenham youth team player! Ha, that's great, you've been relegated to the reserve team at such a young age, your future is boundless! I think I didn't know where I was going when I was your age! Play hard , has a future..." Van der Vaart let go of Mo Fei's hand as if he was "familiar", with a passionate expression on his face.This can't be blamed on him, he has been really depressed recently, the young man in front of him is very appetizing to him, chatting with him, his mood is naturally relaxed, so the cheerful and talkative side of his character is completely " Exploded", and my mouth started to chatter...

"I……"

Could it be that he was speechless, he wanted to explain, but he couldn't begin at all, seeing the eloquence of the other party, he suspected that the other party was not a football player, but a salesman, pestering him to sell his products... ...He never thought that this "new teammate" who looked mature and steady on the TV broadcast turned out to be a full-fledged "nonsense person", he was really good at talking...

Fortunately, at this time, someone rescued Mo Fei.

"Hey, Mo, today's weather is really good. It's really a beautiful day." The guard came out from the small room next to the gate, and greeted Mo Fei with a smile, "I wish you a happy day today."

The doorman is an old man in his 60s. His name is Klein Berg. He has worked here for more than 30 years. He is considered an "old courtier" of the club. Klein is very respectful of his work. Even Daniel Levy, the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, would stop and greet each other warmly every time he walked by.This is enough to prove the invisible "status" of the old outsider in the club.

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Klein. I hope you have a good day too." Mo Fei politely nodded and smiled back.

"Hey, I feel very satisfied just watching you guys play football!" Klein said with a smile, "Young man, what are you waiting for? Hurry up, many of your partners are here."

Mo Fei nodded yes, and then walked into the training ground with Van der Vaart.Of course, Klein also greeted Van der Vaart with a smile, and Van der Vaart naturally responded politely.

"Hey, buddy, I didn't expect you to be very popular here, even the old doorman is so friendly to you..." Van der Vaart smiled.

"You can call him Mr. Klein. In fact, if you call him old man and other people overhear, I believe they will give you a surprise 'meeting gift'..." Mo Fei was really speechless when the other party called him brother so quickly.However, he straightened his face, and told the new teammate in front of him of the doorman's "status" so that he wouldn't get caught. Then the fun would be great, and he might be slapped behind the back by his teammate. beat up...

"It's terrible! Then I'd better call him Mr.!" After hearing Mo Fei's explanation, Van der Vaart couldn't help but shuddered, and patted his chest with some fear.In fact, it's not that he disrespects the other party, it's just that he didn't know how to address the other party for a while, so he just called the other party "old man".

(End of this chapter)