"What good news? Stop sucking your appetite," Mark said with some dissatisfaction.

"Sorry, I'm going to tell you now, Mark, you've been nominated for Mr. World Football," Mendes told Mark that something surprised him.

Although Mark had a premonition in advance, Mark was just thinking about it after all, and Mark still didn't react for a while. That was the World Footballer, and it was the award that countless football players dreamed of throughout their lives.

How many people have never been nominated for their entire lives, but Mark was nominated for the first time of his career. How can this not make Mark excited?

"What the hell is going on? Tell me on the phone." Mark said excitedly.

"Haha, Mark, don't be so excited first, I'll talk to you." Mendes also smiled and said to Mark: "Let me introduce Mr. World Football first. I believe you must not know much."

After waiting for Mark's answer, Mendes continued: "The predecessor of the World Football Master was the World Best Player Selection jointly organized by FIFA and iffhs International Football History and Statistics Association. In 1991, the award was officially held independently and renamed the World Football Master Selection. In order to distinguish Mr. Fifa from the World Football magazine, the players selected by FIFA were gradually called the "World's Best Player". As the influence of "World's Football" magazine declined, FIFA's World Football Master deserved to become the authentic world number one. In 1990, the German Mattus was successfully elected the last iffhs and fifa world best player. In 1991, Mattus was successfully elected as the first FIFA World Football Master.

He also became the first player to combine FIFA and World Football. Ronaldo and Zidane were both elected three times as the star with the most winning numbers, while the Italian Cannavaro's election in 2006 was the first time he won the award. The selection of World Football relies on fan voting and can be regarded as a representative of public opinion, but since the magazine is limited to English readers, it is a little bit more

Strength. FIFA's selection relies on the votes of every national team coach and captain in the world. The biggest loophole is that the voters' levels are uneven. Voters in many small football countries have insufficient ability to grasp the dynamics of football, and the selection often emphasizes fame rather than strength. But this also reflects the characteristics of this selection. Fifa World Footballer is an affirmation of players' fame, achievements, career contribution and football status.

In recent years, the influence of this selection has exceeded the "World Football" selection of the long-standing British "World Football" and the elected person has also become the world-recognized "World Football Master".

"Mr. World Football" is voted by the coaches and captains of various national teams under FIFA. Each person can choose 3 people, but they cannot choose members of the national team they coach (for example, the head coach of the Dutch national team, Basten, can vote for you, but cannot choose Van der Fate). The first player can get 5 points, the second player can get 3 points, and the third player can get 1 point.

Although FIFA has not had any official statements, we can still see that. In the World Cup year, the selection of "Mr. World Football" mainly depends on the World Cup record of the national team where the player is located and the player's personal performance in the World Cup. In the non-World Cup year, the main criteria for the selection are the performance of the club where the player is located in the UEFA Champions League."

There are basically three points about the rules:

1. The head coaches of the national teams of each member association vote to select the top 3 candidates, but they cannot choose members of the national team they coach.

2. The player selected can score 5 points, the player selected second can score 3 points, and the player selected third can score 1 point, and then the total score is calculated based on the number of votes the player has won.

3. Since 2004, the selection of "Mr. World Football" has changed the rules, and the head coaches and captains of national teams in various countries account for 80% of the votes, while the international professional players' union accounts for 20%.

"I probably know what the situation is. It should be Basten's nomination to me so that I can be qualified to be selected, right?" Mark asked Mendes.

"Yes, Mark, you're very smart. Coach Basten nominated you," Mendes said in praise on the other end of the phone.

In fact, this is not because Mark is smart, but because Mark has known the rules of this nomination for a long time, because the list of candidates for Mr. World Football cannot be nominated for the head coach of his own national team. If he can really nominate his own players by his own head coach, it will be really messy, and basically no players from other countries are doing anything. Therefore, the head coach of other national teams has to be nominated, and China is not the first person to be nominated for Mr. World Football.

In 1993, Chinese player Gong Lei was nominated for the World Footballer that year.

From 1990 to 1997, Gong Lei played football in the French Tassi Island League, helping the team win the league, with a total of 8 cup championships; Gong Lei himself also won the titles of Best Player and Best Scorer 6 times.

In the 1993 season, Gong Lei won the best scorer of the French Tasiti Island League with 36 goals and was nominated as a candidate for World Football by the head coach of the Tasiti national team. Gong Lei is the only Chinese to nominate a candidate for World Football.

Mark can only be regarded as the second player to be nominated, but Mark is the Dutch Eredivisie Player of the Year, the winner of the Silver Boot Award, and the Best Newcomer.

Even Van der Fate did not have as many honors as Mark, so it was not difficult for Mark to be nominated.

But Mark felt that he still had to thank the head coach of the Dutch national team, Van Basten. If Basten hadn't promoted him, he would have really not achieved such a success. Basten also nominated Mark for a world football candidate. In Mark's impression, if Basten was not the coach of the Ajax youth team, he might not have nominated Mark. Ajax also has many outstanding players.

Just like Ibrahimovic has performed well in Ajax, no one can say anything even if I was nominated for Ibrahimovic or the top scorer of Eredivisie Kyrman.

"Coach, it seems that I owe you a favor," Mark thought silently in his heart.

"Mark, Mark" Mendes shouted on the phone. He didn't get a reply when he spoke to Mark just now. He didn't know what was going on with Mark, so the voice became louder.

"Sorry, I was distracted just now. Is there anything else?" Mark said to Mendes apologetically.

"It's okay, I just think this time you can get the nomination for Mr. World Footballer is a good opportunity, which should increase your value a little. Should we talk to Atletico Madrid about the contract?" Mendes asked Mark.

"Don't worry, let me think about it again, let's talk about it later." Mark did not agree to Mendes' request. In Mark's opinion, he had just joined Atletico Madrid, and Atletico Madrid paid him a lot of salary. Mark did not think about raising the contract with Atletico Madrid in such a short time.

"Sister Meng, I'll cook a few more delicious dishes at noon. I'm going to invite a few guests to eat at home." Mark said to Yu Meng, another person in the family besides him.

"Okay, Mark, I don't know what's so happy today." Yu Meng also saw Mark's brows and asked.

"Something good is good, haha," Mark said with a big laugh.

Mark immediately called Van der Fat and Torres and prepared to invite them to their homes. They were all Mark's neighbors, and the villas of the three families were close by, so Mark often invited them to their homes for dinner.

Although athletes need to control their diet, football players also have their own favorite mistakes, and Spanish clubs do not have strict requirements on players' diet.

If Mark had to eat the same kind of bread as firewood every day, it would be better to kill Mark. Although Mark loved food, he could still offset all the excess fat with exercise, and Mark didn't eat a lot, so it was not a problem to treat him occasionally.

However, while waiting for everyone to come, Mark has to do one thing, that is, tell his parents the good news, and Mark thinks that if his parents know that he was nominated for World Footballer, he would be very happy.

"Dad, how are you doing recently? How are you and mom's health?" Mark called his father Jack Ma to greet his parents' health first.

"Mark, your mother and I are both good, don't worry, how are you doing recently? I've watched your game and I've performed well in Udinese's game. Let's continue to maintain that state." Jack Ma first encouraged his son.

"Dad, I understand. I call you this time. I'm going to tell you a good news, you will never have any idea," Mark said pretending to be mysterious.

"Good news, what good news? Could it be that you have increased your salary?" Jack Ma asked inexplicably.

After hearing his father's confusing voice on the phone, Mark smiled and said, "Dad, you will definitely jump up all of a sudden after you know this news."

"You are not that unbearable yet. What can you do to scare me? Tell me quickly." Jack Ma was also urging Mark.

"Dad, I'm nominated for the World Footballer's List," Mark said excitedly.

"Oh, that's good," Jack Ma replied without thinking too much, but he immediately screamed: "What, what did you say, you have entered the shortlist of World Football Masters. It's amazing. I deserve to be my son. Good boy, you really give me a face. I can tell people around me that the number one person in Asian football is my son."

Mark smiled after hearing the incoherent father's words. Mark felt that his father was very happy, and Mark was also happy, because Mark played football so that he hoped to change the living environment at home, and at the same time, he gave his parents face and made them proud to have a son like him. Mark had achieved his small goal in advance.

After hanging up the phone, Mark was thinking in the room what kind of results he would get. Mark knew that he should get at least one vote, because Basten would definitely vote for him. Although Mark was not sure whether Basten would vote for him one point, three points or five points, Mark was sure that he would definitely not get a big zero egg.

"As long as it's not zero points, it's a shame, otherwise it's just a shame," Mark said to himself.

Soon Van der Fatt and Torres brought their respective women to Mark's home. They seemed to know that Mark was shortlisted for the World Footballer's shortlist. Although they did not have any chance to win the final championship, this should also be a proof of their strength.

"Mark, congratulations, you've been shortlisted for the World Footballer. This should be the first time you've been nominated. I didn't expect your career to be so smooth," Van der Fate said to Mark after sitting down.

"No way, Raphael, you are not a smoother career. You are the winner of the last European Golden Boy Award," Mark said with a smile, but there was some jealousy in his words.

"The European Golden Boy Award has not been announced yet, why are you so discouraged?" Van der Fatt heard what Mark said in his heart, and he also said to Mark comfortably.

In fact, Mark also knows that he has little chance of winning the European Golden Boy Award, because although Mark won the league championship with Ajax, the attention of the Eredivisie is still not very high. And Mark did not represent Ajax in the European game, so it is impossible for Mark to attract too many people's attention.

In addition, in the just-concluded European Championship, Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo were both shortlisted for the best team, among which Rooney was tied for the Silver Boot Award with Fanny.

Mark is essentially qualified to participate in the European Championship, so Mark is also behind in this regard. Even if Mark is talented, he will not be able to compete with these players.

"Mark, don't be discouraged? This is not impossible. Moreover, if you also participated in the League Cup in the second half of the season, you may not be able to get the chance." Van der Fate continued to comfort Mark.

"Haha, hope so," Mark said with a smile. He did not continue to discuss the issue with Van der Fate about the award.

In fact, Atletico Madrid players can't rest in Madrid for long, because they still have to play double games a week, which means they will go away to challenge Espanyol.

"Mark, you performed really well this season. I have not been nominated for the white shortlist for World Footballer." Torres also said to Mark with some envy.

Although Torres is the golden boy of Spain, he was not shortlisted for the last White roster of World Footballer, which may be due to Atletico Madrid's performance last season that Torres lost the election.

In fact, this is no wonder, because although Atletico Madrid was in La Liga last season, they were not qualified to participate in the European game at all, and Torres, like Mark, was unable to prove himself in the European game.

Moreover, Atletico Madrid's score was seventh last season. If it weren't for the International Toto Cup, Atletico Madrid would not have participated in the League Cup.

Although the World Footballer's evaluation was held across the year, their choices were basically the first half of the year, which means the honors received by the players at the end of last season. If a player can perform well in the first half of the year, there will be a great chance of being selected.

"It doesn't matter. If we can win a championship this season, I believe we will definitely achieve good results next year, which is for sure." Mark was complaining himself, but he didn't expect Torres to feel a little unbalanced, so Mark also comforted Torres.

For a player like Torres, he also has ambitions. His biggest wish is to lead Atletico Madrid to the league championship and then restore the previous glory of Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid was born to fight against Real Madrid, and Torres' family and friends are all fans of Atletico Madrid, so he also wants to prove his worth at Atletico Madrid.

However, what Torres did not expect was that Mark won such an award just after joining the team. Torres was one year older than Mark. He did not win such an award. His envy of Mark also comes from his heart.

However, Torres is not a slim person. Although he envies Mark, he also hopes to win people's respect through his performance on the court.

"Okay, everyone is hungry, let's have a meal first." Mark chatted with everyone for a while and then ordered the meal to start.

Everyone praised Meng's cooking skills. They all thought that Yu Meng's cooking skills were excellent, and even if he opened a restaurant by himself, there was no problem. Yu Meng was very satisfied with the praise from these people.

Although she is Mark's chef and housekeeper, she still hopes to be praised by others. A chef hopes that others can appreciate her cooking skills. In addition, Yu Meng seems that others' praise for her is equivalent to appreciating Mark, which is also very respectful for Mark.

"I really hope I can come to you for dinner every day," Torres's girlfriend Oraya Dominguez also said with some aftertaste.

"What's the problem with this? If you like it, you can come at any time. This is your cafeteria. Anyway, we often play games in other places, so you just treat it as your own home," Mark said generously.

Mark also knew that even if he said this, these people would not really regard this place as their home. The stars are all very identifiable people and will not be as unscrupulous as some bad friends.

"Mark is very hospitable, don't be polite in the future," Sylvia also said to Mark.

Sylvia has a special identity. She really treats Mark's house as her home because Mark is her younger brother and there is nothing to be polite to her.
Chapter completed!