Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Even though the Ballon d'Or places more emphasis on a player's performance than the FIFA World Player of the Year award, the judging process still involves a lot of factors such as the player's personal reputation.

This is inevitable.

The fact that various star players spoke out in support of Deng Kai has accelerated his rise to fame.

With just Deng Kai, aside from his home base in the Portuguese league, he might only be able to garner support from Manchester City fans, plus Manchester United, or perhaps a few more Premier League teams.

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Even they might not be able to completely win over all Premier League fans.

Not to mention other leagues.

But now... AC Milan, Inter Milan, Lazio... even Barcelona fans have to grit their teeth and support their old rival, Deng Kai.

After all, Deng Kai is just annoying, but Barcelona and Real Madrid are sworn enemies. Are you going to support Ronaldo?

But things are already so lively and bustling.

Why hasn't Cristiano Ronaldo spoken out?

Deng Kai himself did not appear.

After some searching, someone discovered that these two world-class superstars had actually... joined the Portuguese Toulon Tournament training team!

The Toulon Tournament is an international football invitational tournament held in Toulon, France.

Players must be under 21 years of age to participate.

It has a considerable influence in youth player competitions.

Because players at this stage are in the transition from youth to maturity, the gap in strength and the improvement in strength are very large.

Most players are already capable of making it into the national team.

In 2007, the Chinese team achieved its best result in the competition, winning the runner-up title at the Toulon Tournament.

Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo are definitely of the right age for this competition.

But their rank...

Initially, Cristiano Ronaldo refused to participate in the competition.

But Deng Kai couldn't resist his provocation: "Are you sure? Then you'll have one less championship than me again, won't you?"

Cristiano Ronaldo had to give up his vacation and join the Portuguese U21 team with Deng Kai.

Here, they encountered their former youth team friend Lorenzo, and former rivals Hugo Almeida, Postiga, Bosingwa, Jorge Ribeiro, Ricardo Costa, and others.

They are still young stars, but Cristiano Ronaldo and Duncan are already on the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards.

This made them feel like they were in a dream.

Meanwhile, players like Quaresma and Viana, who were also on the youth team roster, did not participate in the Toulon Tournament.

Their status and ability mean they don't need to participate.

The key issue is that this kind of competition is relatively disadvantageous for young superstars.

If you win, people will take it for granted, and the football world's evaluation of you won't improve because of it.

But if you lose, you'll become someone else's stepping stone, and be targeted in all sorts of scams.

It's a thankless task.

Quaresma didn't even understand why Duncan and Ronaldo were participating in the tournament.

But during Deng Kai's training camp, a major event occurred in European football.

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has officially launched a takeover bid for Chelsea!

This sparked a huge discussion across Europe.

People exclaimed in surprise, "Golden coins have arrived!"

Although Manchester City had previously been acquired by Mansour.

But Mansour actually acquired Manchester City, a team in the second tier of English football.

Abramovich, however, acquired a Premier League-level team.

Last season, Chelsea finished fourth in the Premier League.

They even have a spot in the Champions League qualifiers!

Mansour initially acquired Manchester City for less than 100 million euros.

But the official figure for Abramovich's acquisition is likely to exceed £500 million!

Not to mention the many "unequal treaties" that will emerge behind this.

In short, this deal was so huge that it attracted everyone's attention.

So much so that when Manchester City started signing players secretly, hardly anyone paid attention.

It wasn't until Arsenal complained that Manchester City lacked sportsmanship that the situation came to a head.

People only then realized that Manchester City was working quietly.

Three million euros!

Manchester City impressed La Masia native François Solair, who is 1.78 meters tall, with the reason of "fighting on multiple fronts"!

Cesc Fabregas is the midfield maestro of Barcelona's youth team, and has had an amazing season with 30+ goals, but he has yet to be called up to Barcelona's first team.

Following the FA Cup defeat, Wenger quickly shifted his focus to player recruitment.

He got Arsenal to offer two million euros for Fabregas.

His final asking price for the deal is 3.5 million euros.

However, Barcelona did not hesitate to choose Manchester City for three million euros.

Meanwhile, Manchester City's Maxi personally communicated with Fabregas to ensure he would have ideal playing time next season, and even a significant number of starting opportunities.

Fabregas was immediately interested.

Wenger is good at helping young players.

Maksa is also a master of this skill.

Arsenal has a bigger reputation, but Manchester City also attracts a lot of attention.

Moreover, Arsenal is stronger, has more superstars, and plays in tougher matches. There's really no guarantee that Fabregas will become a key rotation player if he goes there.

But Manchester City have many more opportunities.

Without Manchester City, Fabregas would only choose Arsenal.

But with Manchester City on the team, Arsenal is no longer a good option.

So Fabregas completed this lightning-fast deal and joined Manchester City early!

Of course, Arsenal weren't angry, just disappointed.

Fabregas is not a necessity for them, but rather a talent reserve for a few years later.

Even without Fabregas, there are still many excellent young players.

Deng Kai himself took time out of his busy schedule to call Wenger, hoping that Wenger wouldn't mind.

What seems like a misfortune may actually be a blessing in disguise.

You might even wish you'd never had Fabregas!

This kind of rebellious brat definitely needs to be disciplined by Manchester City.

After all, Fabregas likes Barcelona, ​​but I, Kai, specialize in playing against Barcelona.

If all else fails, at least it can be sold for a high price.

This might not be a bad thing for Fabregas.

Joining Barcelona with a high transfer fee versus joining Barcelona out of one's own pocket might really lead to different outcomes.

June 5th.

The Toulon Tournament has begun.

The Portuguese and Argentinian teams happened to disembark at the same time.

The two walked out of the airport together.

Fans wearing the numbers 7 and 10 of the Portuguese national youth team surrounded the entire airport.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Duncan Duncan's reputations are a complete blow to the other players in the competition.

However, people noticed that Deng Kai actually walked over to the Argentine team, greeted one of the players with ramen noodle hair, and even hugged him.

This made the player with the ramen noodle hair the focus of attention.

Even on the Argentine youth team side, everyone is asking how Paomian Tou (a nickname) could know a superstar like Deng Kai?

"Javier, what's going on? Is the rumor about the team true?"

Finally, the ramen-haired player named Javier Alejandro Mascherano nodded: "Yes, I've transferred, and I'll be playing for Manchester City next season."

Many players on the Argentine youth team exclaimed in surprise, their expressions bordering on envy and jealousy.

The related news subsequently made headlines in South American and European football news.

I like playing football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him.