The strongest blade in football

Chapter 62
With the advent of Christmas, the team put two days off.

Wang Nuo's life returned to peace.

Christmas is the most important holiday in the West, but Wang Nuo has never felt that way.

Because Wang Zhongshi told Wang Nuo since he was a child that the Chinese New Year is a Chinese holiday.

Wang Nuo still remembers when he was in primary school, at this time his grandfather had already started stuffing sausages and cured bacon for the New Year.

When it’s Chinese New Year, the whole family will stay together happily and have a New Year’s Eve dinner when they ring the bell, burn incense, set off firecrackers, go to temple fairs, and visit the god’s party.

What a wonderful memory.

I haven't been back home for many years.

But Wang Nuo is not alone in Liege. He has many friends. The day before Christmas, Zoe also came back.

Zoe is a lot fatter than in the summer, and it can no longer be seen that she used to be a football player.

Zoe invited Wang Nuo and his teammates from the U19 echelon to have a big meal in his restaurant, and a bunch of boys made a fuss all afternoon.

After the dinner, Wang Nuo stayed. He and Zooey hadn't seen each other for a long time and had a lot to talk about.

It's a pity that Issel returned to France during the holidays, otherwise the three of them could still get together.

Wang Nuo and Zooey chatted from afternoon to night in his restaurant, and once again received warm hospitality from Zooey's father.

They chatted a lot, and Zoe told Wang Nuo that he had applied for another school transfer, and that he might go to Cologne tomorrow spring.

There he can learn more professional football courses, so that he can do youth training-related work after graduating from university.

During the chat between the two, Zoe praised Wang Nuo for a while, saying that Wang Nuo's two goals were of the level of a top striker.

And joked, "Are you ready to become famous? Even my dad is your fan now, didn't you find that today's sausage is extra delicious?"

Wang Nuo had a much thicker skin than before, and he could readily accept such compliments without feeling uncomfortable.

He also told Zooey about Yovanovich and Yoksimovich, and wanted to hear Zooey's opinion.

Zooey thought for a while, and gave his answer.

"Yovanovic and Yoksimovic's motives are not pure, but De Sutter may not be sincerely helping you."

"Everyone has a different position and will say different things. They all have their own core interests."

"As the sports director of Standard Liege, De Sart's purpose is to let you stay in the team and play football honestly. In the future, he will operate the transfer and bring considerable benefits to the club."

Zooey asked again how much the club paid Wang Nuo.

Regarding his good friend, Wang Nuo confessed frankly.

"Only 42000 euros?"

Zoe frowned and shook her head after hearing this, and said, "This is almost the basic salary of the first team. Although it is not too much for a rookie who just signed from the youth team, but, believe me, you should get more!"

Wang Nuo was not short of money, and he didn't have much idea about salary, but he still couldn't help asking how much more it should be.

Because as far as he knew, Gosibi, who came half a year earlier than him, paid 48000 euros a year, which seemed to be not much worse.

Zoe thought for a while and said, "I dare not say too much, but if you can continue to perform like this and score more than 8 goals by the end of the season, the club will at least increase your salary by 10 times!"

10 times!
Wang Nuo took a deep breath, that's 42 euros a year, which translates to a weekly salary of 8000 euros.

Can earn that much?
Seeing that Wang Nuo was a little surprised, Zoe said: "There is nothing surprising about this. Although the income of League One players is not as high as that of the top leagues, nor the Russian Super League, Portuguese Super League, and Eredivisie League, but the annual salary of 42 is really high." A piece of cake."

"What's more, you are only under 19 years old, and you are in a powerful team like Standard Liege!"

"It can only be said that when you signed the contract, you only signed it according to the most common standards for young players, so this further confirms my thoughts."

Zoe wanted to speak as tactfully as possible, but she still couldn't control it, "De Sartre is not necessarily better than the Yoksimovich in your mouth."

"Ratchet of the same feather."

Wang Nuo murmured.

The image that De Sutter built up in Wang Nuo's heart that night quickly collapsed.

"Don't be sad, this is also the team's routine operation for young players. You will definitely be able to exchange for a big contract in the second year." Zoe comforted.

Next, the two chatted about a lot of recent events. Zoe promised that after the winter break next month, he would definitely watch the national derby between Standard Liege and Anderlecht live.

"If you can score in that game, I will be your fan too! A real fan!" Zoe promised with a smile.

"A word is settled!"

Of course, Wang Nuo hopes to perform well in that kind of game, but he is not too ambitious. The two games before that are what deserves more attention now.

Christmas is over in the blink of an eye, and the team is back in the league preparations.

Before the winter break, they have to play against Lokeren and Segra Brugge in four consecutive days.

Boloni's goal in these two games is to take all six points.

In the last training session before the start of the game, Boloni rehearsed the new tactical style of play again, and after the training ended, Wang Nuo, Dalma, and Jovanovic were left behind.

"Listen, I don't care what happens between you guys. In the next game, I don't want to see anything that goes against the tactical arrangement."

Boloni glanced over their faces, and then fixed his gaze on Dalma, "Especially you, be smart!"

Dalma had a sullen face, but he didn't refute anything.

Boloni asked Wang Nuo to shake hands with the other two before sending them away.

On the way back, Yovanovitch took the initiative to speak.

As Wang Nuo's performance is getting better and better, he is no longer a rookie who has no sense of existence in the team.

In addition, his position on the court has also changed, which means that Jovanovic may need to appear on the court at the same time as Wang Nuo and often cooperate on the court.

He didn't want his on-court statistics to be affected by the conflict between them.

That is more important than anything.

"and many more!"

Yovanovich stopped Wang Nuo who was walking in front of him, and then chased after him.

"I admit that it was De Young's idea at first, that he let me approach you."

"But the choice of agent is yours, isn't it?"

"You can choose to accept it or not, it's that simple, it's not too much, you're making too much of a fuss."

Wang Nuo turned his head and looked into Yovanovitch's eyes seriously, "Really, I don't think so."

After speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, but Yovanovic grabbed him.

"Hey! What do you want, what do you want to be satisfied with?"

Wang Nuo shook his head, "I'm not dissatisfied, you think too much, I just don't want to talk to you."

Wang Nuo went on to say: "I'm a professional player. When I'm on the court, I can play as I like. But off the court, please stay away from me in the future."

After finishing speaking, Wang Nuo didn't care what they thought, and left on his own.

On December 12th, just in time for the weekend, Liege people who were still in the Christmas holiday came to Dufrasen in groups to watch the team's game, which was also one of their favorite events.

The game kicks off at six in the afternoon, which means just enough time for them to have a couple of beers after the game.

And Loughren's poor record this season undoubtedly indicates that the home team will usher in a big victory.

Dufrasen was full again.

The club thoughtfully placed small Christmas flags on all the seats, and distributed a red Christmas hat to everyone when they entered the stadium. The stadium was full of cheerful atmosphere.

The on-site DJ led everyone to sing Christmas carols before the game, and held a lucky draw to get signed jerseys, which was full of festive atmosphere.

In such a lively festive atmosphere, Wang Nuo ushered in his first match debut.

(End of this chapter)