Green Journey

Chapter 158 They don't seem to welcome you very much!
Leicester City, formerly known as Leicester Foss Club, was founded in the spring of 1884 by a group of devout religious believers.

In 1890, Leicester City joined the English Football Association and began to participate in the English Football League Two in 1894.

It was not until the end of the First World War in 1919 that it was renamed the current Leicester City Club.

Over the past 100 years, Leicester City have also won many honors.

For example, in the history of their team, they have won the English third-level League B championship 6 times, the second-level English League Championship once, and the English Football League Cup and the Community Shield Cup 1 times.

In the 2013-14 season, Leicester City won the first English Football Champions League in the history of the club.

After 10 years, Leicester City broke into the English Premier League again.

While the fans of Leicester City were delighted, they didn't have too many expectations and ideas.

They only hope that the team can gain a firm foothold in the Premier League. As for winning the Premier League championship or something, that is simply not realistic.

But in the first five league rounds of the season, the performance of the newly promoted Leicester City exceeded the expectations of Leicester City fans and countless media.

It turned out to be surprisingly good, with the potential and trend of transforming from a newly promoted horse to a dark horse.

In the first Premier League game, they drew 2-2 at home with Everton, one of the five Premier League giants.

Although they lost 2-2 away to Chelsea in the second round, the players of Leicester City played quite well.

In the third round, they drew 3-1 with Arsenal at home.

It was not until the fourth round that Leicester City defeated Stoke City 4-1 away.

The ensuing fifth round of the Premier League directly sent Leicester City to the top of public opinion, making them a topical team in England and even Europe.

In the game against Manchester United, Leicester City once fell behind Manchester United 1-3 at the King Power Stadium.

As a result, in the last 30 minutes of the game, Leicester City scored 4 goals in a row, rewritten the score to 5-3, and reversed to win.

This game not only made England boil, but also made Leicester City become the first team in the history of the Premier League to be 2 goals behind Manchester United in the game and finally turn defeat into victory.

After this game, Leicester City did not continue to pass the game as the fans hoped, but directly fell into the abyss, and opened the bottom of the Premier League standings for more than 140 days.

From the dark horse of the Premier League to the relegation favourite, it is like going from heaven to hell.

I thought Leicester City's Premier League tour would end after the season.

As a result, Leicester City swollen the faces of countless fans and media.

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Although the 37th round was flattened by Sunderland at home, Leicester City defeated Queens Park Rangers 5-1 in the last round, and used 7 victories to stage a realistic version of the thrilling victory escape for the Premier League and European fans and media.

On the plane, after reading the information on Leicester City on the tablet, Chu Zheng was quite moved.

No wonder Leicester City can create a mythical miracle this year, defeating a group of Premier League giants to win the Premier League championship.

It turned out that this was already foreshadowed.

More than ten hours later, the plane landed at London Heathrow Airport.

After Chu Zheng took his luggage, he walked out from the exit passage, and saw De Bruyne wearing black sunglasses and a casual suit from a distance.

"Hey buddy!"

When Chu Zheng came up to him, De Bruyne immediately gave Chu Zheng a warm hug.

More than ten minutes later, the two appeared in a western restaurant near the airport.

Chu Zheng cut a piece of steak and stuffed it into his mouth, and asked with a slurred smile, "Are you still used to being in Manchester?"

"It's a bit bad!" De Bruyne swallowed the beef in his mouth, put down his knife and fork and wiped his mouth, showing a troubled expression, and began to talk about his experience after returning to the Premier League.

De Bruyne's situation in the Manchester City team and the outside world during this time has been a bit bad.

He has just arrived, and he bears the halo of a huge transfer fee of 8000 million combined in annual salary and net worth, so he is isolated and rejected by some veteran players in the Manchester City team in a very subtle way.

And the attitude of the outside world towards him is also very unfriendly.

Not only did the media openly criticize De Bruyne, who returned to the Premier League, as a parallel import and a defective product abandoned by Chelsea, even Manchester City fans thought so.

In fact, before the end of the Bundesliga, De Bruyne had three choices.

Bayern, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, these three clubs all want him.

But he finally chose Manchester City in the Premier League.

Because where you fall, you have to stand up.

Before he came back, he knew that his situation might not be good, but when it happened, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

After listening to De Bruyne's account of what happened during this period, Chu Zheng raised his red wine glass and said with a smile: "Kevin, calm down and conquer them with strength like in Germany. I believe that when they see your After the fatal pass, they will collectively shut their stinking mouths!"

"Thank you!" De Bruyne nodded and smiled after changing the depression on his face.

"Chu! Can you tell me why you chose Leicester City?" De Bruyne brought the topic to Chu Zheng's transfer.

Knowing that Chu Zheng is also coming to the Premier League, De Bruy is very happy to be able to play in the same league as his friends.

But he really didn't understand Chu Zheng's choice.

In addition to the giants in the Premier League, there are obviously strong teams such as Tottenham and Everton. Why did Chu Zheng choose Leicester City, a team that looks mediocre?

De Bruyne was really worried about Chu Zheng.

Professional players sometimes make a wrong move that will trigger a chain reaction. Once the transfer fails, they will leave in despair at least, and at worst affect the player's entire career.

"Kevin, I actually have no choice. Wolfsburg managed to scare away many clubs that were interested in me with 6000 million." Chu Zheng said with a smile.

Originally, Chu Zheng planned to stay in Wolfsburg to play in the Champions League, but unexpectedly, Leicester City suddenly appeared.

He can only say that this is his fate with Leicester City.

The two chatted in the restaurant for nearly an hour, and they were forced to end the meeting until Mario hurried over.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Zheng and Mario came to Leicester City.

The Leicester City Club rented a townhouse for Chu Zheng a few kilometers away from the training base.

It is said to be a small villa, but Chu Zheng thinks it is already very big, half bigger than the villa he rented in Germany.

There are 3 rooms upstairs and downstairs. What makes Chu Zheng most satisfied is that the villa has a small gym, which can meet his daily basic training.

After resting in the villa for one night, Chuzheng went to the British Perform Medical Examination Center for a physical examination the next day, led by Mario and Leicester City Club Sports Director Steve Walsh.

After working for several hours, all of Chu Zheng's physical examination reports came out. The report showed that he was as strong as a calf, not only in good health, but also without any hidden dangers of injury.

Especially when checking the muscle items of the whole body, the doctors were so surprised by Chu Zheng's almost perfect distribution of red and white muscles that they couldn't close their mouths from ear to ear.

Both Mario and Steve Walsh breathed a sigh of relief.

In the history of football transfers, there are many examples where everything was negotiated, but the transfer failed due to problems in the medical examination.

In the afternoon, Chu Zheng appeared at the King Power Stadium wearing the blue No. 6 jersey of Leicester City.

Leicester City prepared very carefully for this signing and debut ceremony. The King Power Stadium, which can accommodate more than 3 fans, was packed to the brim, and all the media could be invited.

Lin Fan was among the journalists in China.

Seeing Chu Zheng, who was wearing a Leicester City jersey and juggling the ball on the field, he held up his camera to take pictures while feeling a little regretful.

Lin Fan is a Manchester City fan.

When Manchester City wanted to pack De Bruyne and Chu Zheng, he was really happy.

However, in the end, Chu Zheng went to Leicester City, a small club that wanted strength but no strength, and no financial resources.

He really couldn't guess what Chu Zhengtu was.

"Dude! Look at the physique of this guy, I can't believe he's playing centre-back!"

"4000 million, unbelievable, I bet he will definitely be knocked away by those savage guys during the game!"

"That Thai guy is crazy!"

"I already have a hunch that this Chinese will probably be the biggest parallel import in the Premier League this season!"

"..."

Leicester City fans in the stands were also pointing fingers at Chu Zheng on the pitch.

The vast majority of Leicester City fans actually don't know Chu Zheng.

Although some fans have some understanding of Chu Zheng, they are also worried about whether Chu Zheng can adapt to the Premier League.

Many Leicester City fans expressed dissatisfaction with Leicester City spending 4000 million to sign Chu Zheng.

They feel that the club should spend the limited money where it should be spent, instead of buying this kind of young players who have only played one professional season and may be big parallel imports.

But they cannot interfere with the club's decision.

Not long after, Chu Zheng accidentally flipped the ball, which immediately drew boos from fans around the stands.

Chu Zheng didn't care at all.

After the appearance and signing ceremony, on the way back, Mario frowned and said, "Chu, the fans of Leicester City don't seem to welcome you very much!"

"I believe they will fall in love with me soon!" Chu Zheng sat in the back row, looked at the familiar British-style buildings outside the car window, and said without looking back, with a faint smile on his face all the time .

(End of this chapter)