"Luo Kai, do you want to go back to China together?"
Chen Xingyi asked Luo Kai, who also plays football in the Netherlands, on WeChat.
Luo Kai soon replied: "No, our season is not over yet."
"It's not over yet? Your second-tier league ended earlier than your first-tier league... Oh, the play-offs!"
"Well, Veronica still has to play in the promotion play-offs."
"Not bad, it seems that there is hope that we can return to Class A just one year after being relegated!"
"The play-offs haven't finished yet, we won't know until they finish."
"But even if you return to the First Division, you will definitely not be in the Eredivisie next season..."
"Well, I'm going back to Trafford."
"Hey, go back, go back, fall in love and kill Hu Lai!"
"..."
"Hahahaha! The Premier League next season will be exciting!"
"...I always feel like you are gloating."
"No, no, why should I be gloating? What's there to be gloating about? Don't make blind assumptions. You don't know how much I envy you. That's the Premier League!"
"You were pretty good at Sporting Amsterdam...the second one to win the league title."
In the just-concluded Eredivisie, Sporting Amsterdam finally won the league championship with a huge advantage of 16 points.
As a member of the team, Chen Xingyi naturally received his first team honor in his overseas career.
Now, like Hu Lai, he is a Chinese player who has won league championships in Europe.
"What's there to say about those who are just fooling around? Besides, can the Eredivisie champions compete with the Premier League champions?"
"Didn't you play a lot in the team in the second half of the season? How could you be a gangster?" Luo Kai asked.
"In the league, there are only five assists and three goals. What is this if you are not just messing around? Not to mention being like Hu Lai, you still have to play the main role in the team, right? I am just a rotation player until now..."
Faced with Chen Xingyi's words, Luo Kai didn't know what to say. Although he is the main player in Veronica, Veronica is an Eredivisie second team, and the competition within the team is as difficult as the top Eredivisie giants.
Atlético Amsterdam is completely incomparable.
Moreover, he will go to Tramed next season, and he doesn’t know what his fate will be.
So he could only say to Chen Xingyi: "Come on."
"Well, let's work together. We can't let that kid Hu Lai steal the show by himself!"
Chen Xingyi said something that made Luo Kai feel sad.
Yes, we can’t let Hu Lai take the limelight by himself anymore!
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Chen Hantang noticed that his son was somewhat silent after chatting with Luo Kai, so he asked: "Luo Kai said he won't return to China with us?"
"Well. Not only will he not return to China with us, he will also not return to the Netherlands with us when the time comes."
"Oh..." Chen Hantang suddenly realized, "He will definitely be recalled by Tramed next season."
Thinking of his son's silence, he asked again: "Do you feel lonely? Luo Kai is gone, and you are alone in the Netherlands..."
"That's not true." Chen Xingyi shook his head.
"Then why were you silent just now?"
"I just feel a little emotional... Everyone is working hard for their goals. Luo Kai is going to survive; Brother Huan has established a firm foothold in Sarria and is now the core of Sarria's midfield; Lao Wang is in Egypt
Eldrea became the main force. Even though Altobelli returned from injury, he did not take the main force back from Lao Wang. If this continues, Lao Wang should be able to completely become the main force in Eldrea next season; Xiaoyu
We also returned to the youth team from the first team... It has been a season since we came out, and we finally saw some light... It feels so slow."
Chen Hantang smiled: "It's only been one season to see the light of day. It's already a very lucky thing. It's better than coming for one season, finding that you can't adapt at all, and finally returning to the country in despair, right?"
Chen Xingyi was right. Although it took a season for everyone to touch the threshold of European football, at least after this season, all of us stayed. This is the biggest victory.
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The Volendam football stadium was filled with people and thunderous applause. Six thousand people seemed to have the momentum of 60,000 people.
Looking carefully, there was not a single fan sitting in the stands. They all stood in front of their seats and applauded the stadium.
Amidst the thunderous applause, Luo Kai slowly walked to the sidelines.
"With five minutes left in the game, Luo was substituted early. This was his last game in Veronica, so the coach gave him a chance to say goodbye to the home fans alone...
…Next season, Ronaldo will end his loan at Veronica and return to the Premier League giant Trafford…”
The TV camera panned around the stands, and almost all Veronica fans stood up and applauded Luo Kai.
"In fact, he could have returned to Trafford earlier. It was Luo himself who applied to continue loaning Veronica for another season. He once said in an interview that he was disappointed with his failure to help Veronica avoid relegation last season.
, has always been grudged against him. So he wanted to stay and help Veronica return to Class A... He did what he said!
"Veronica ranks third in the league this season, and Luo takes the lion's share of the credit. He scored a total of 17 goals and ten assists during the regular season of the league. He is the number one player in the Veronica team.
A striker. In the two rounds of promotion play-offs, he also had two goals and one assist..."
Behind Luo Kai walking off the court was the big screen of Volendam Stadium. The score was still vaguely visible on the blurred big screen:
1:0
Veronica, playing at home, leads Duttinghem.
This goal was scored by Luo Kai.
This is the last game of the second round of the play-offs. Veronica leads its opponents with a total score of 3:1.
At this moment, the game is about to enter stoppage time. It is really difficult for Dutinghem to make any waves.
"Veronica's fans will definitely be reluctant to part with this talented Chinese boy, but they also know that little Veronica cannot keep him. His future belongs to the Premier League and Tramed. Just
Like his national teammate Hu, that's the stage where top talents should go...
"Now the fans of Veronica use this kind of applause to express their reluctance for Ronaldo, and also send their blessings. I hope that Ronaldo can still fly like the wind in the Premier League like he is here!"
Luo Kai finally walked to the sidelines, high-fived and hugged his teammates who had been waiting there, and completed the handover.
Then he walked off the field and did not immediately return to the bench. Instead, he turned around and bowed to the fans in the stands from all four directions.
The applause was even louder.
After bowing, Luo Kai raised his head and looked at the stands.
Volendam Football Stadium is a small stadium, and the stands are very close to the playing field. He can easily see the expressions of the fans.
Everyone of them was laughing, laughing happily.
You must know that just a year ago, this same stadium was deathly silent.
At that time, Veronica was confirmed to be relegated one round early, and it seemed that there were more than 6,000 corpses sitting in the Volendam Stadium.
At that time, how many people could have imagined that after just one season, Veronica would return to the First Division?
Looking at the smiles on the faces of these fans, Luo Kai felt that his decision to stay here for one more season was the right one.
Although some people may still think that he wasted a season here and that playing in a low-level league will not bring him any benefits or progress, Luo Kai does not think so.
Football should bring people happiness.
He is here and brings happiness to Veronica fans. Isn't this the biggest meaning of playing football?
He turned around and walked to the bench. The head coach came up and hugged him hard, rubbed his hair vigorously, and said in his ear: "Thank you, Luo! Veronica will always remember you!"
"That's what I should do, sir..."
The coach stopped talking, but patted him hard on the back and pushed him to the bench.
There, his teammates had all stood up and were waiting for him.
Luo Kai walked up, hugged and high-fived each of them, and said goodbye to each other.
His 2026-2027 season is over.
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Luo Kai stood in the main stand of the red-top stadium, overlooking the entire stadium.
A green rectangular football field surrounded by red stands.
Directly opposite, there are white seats in the east stand spelling out the abbreviation of Trafford.
Turning to the left, you can see the famous red-roofed north stand of the stadium, which is the base camp of the most enthusiastic Tramed fans. Every home game, that stand will lead all the fans to fight for Tramed.
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As a Tramed player, it is an honor to be recognized by the fans of the North Stand.
"...If you can hear the fans in the North Stand singing your song during the game, it means that you are completely accepted by them."
Luo Kai turned around and saw first-team coach Kevin Locke appearing next to him.
He looked at each other in surprise.
"You did a good job in Veronica. Originally, we didn't agree to let you continue to play in Veronica for another season. But you told us that we were wrong. Staying in Veronica for one season was the right thing to do.
Where did you gain growth and confidence?"
"I...before I made a decision, I actually didn't know what I could get there, sir." Luo Kai said respectfully.
"If everyone had to know what they would gain before making a decision, then the world would be over." Locke laughed, then looked at Luo Kai carefully and nodded with satisfaction.
"You are much stronger than when you first came to Europe. I think this will make it easier for you to adapt to the Premier League."
Luo Kai's manager Sui Xin heard this and couldn't help but look happy on his face.
The head coach's words mean that the team will not loan out Luo Kai again in the new season, but will keep him in the Trafford first team to play in the Premier League!
After Luo Kai was stunned for a moment, he also realized what the head coach meant.
Then he showed an excited look.
Looking at the excited Luo Kai, Locke laughed and extended his hand to him: "Welcome back to Tramed."
Luo Kai held this hand with some restraint and shook it gently.
His 2027-2028 season has already begun from this moment on.