The eastern suburbs of Lille, France, south of the Woodbridge Academy of Lille University.
A new low-rise apartment complex is located on the north side of Roger Salengro Street.
The area of this community is not large. Two rows of apartment buildings form two C's back to back. There is a straight road in the middle, and there are community shops on both sides of the road.
At this moment, in front of one of the real estate agency's shops, a young man and woman were carefully studying the leasing information.
"I think it's better to be bigger. It's spacious and you won't be bored at home on weekdays." The boy pointed at one of the rental information and said, "If you like it, you can even go to the university in the north. It's very close."
The girl held the boy's arm affectionately and shook her head affectionately: "It's better to be smaller, the rent is quite expensive."
"Don't worry about money, Natasha. I just signed a new contract with the club. The rent is not a problem for me." The boy said with a generous smile.
There is a saying that money is a man's courage, and this statement seems to be extremely true for boys.
His slightly childish face looked unusually confident, as if he could conquer the world.
Especially when he felt the admiration in the girl's eyes.
Four years ago, he and she met, and after a first glance, they fell in love at first sight.
The boy is shy and introverted, and will become short of breath if he speaks more than two words to a girl, let alone holding hands and confessing his love.
But they eventually confided their feelings for each other.
Many people don't believe in love at first sight, especially love at first sight in long-distance relationships.
Yes, just after they expressed their love, the boy was spotted by the French team in Lille and came to France to play football, while the girl stayed in her hometown to continue her studies.
Long-distance love is painful, but it is also sweet.
This God-given test has tortured them for four years. Until now, the girl has finally finished her studies, and the boy has also made his mark in the Ligue 1. He won the Rookie of the Season award and signed a new contract with the club.
He felt that the time was right, so he took the girl to him.
According to the plan, he would rent an apartment in Salengro Street and start living together with her without shame.
He had been waiting for this day for four years.
"Listen to me, this is all. I said, I will give you the best." The boy insisted stubbornly.
The girl was no longer stubborn and nodded gently, listening to his words.
Just as the boy held the girl's hand and was about to enter the real estate agency's store, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Caller ID: Jean-Michel Van Damme.
…
Gao Shen, Lucas and Brian Kidd were sitting in a cafe near the Mauroy stadium on the eastern outskirts of Lille.
He wore sunglasses, making it difficult for outsiders to recognize him.
The other two people don't have big names and don't need to make any disguise.
The three of them came to France from the UK specifically for a young player from Lille, Eden Hazard.
This is a genius!
No matter now or in the future, everyone who has seen Hazard play will feel this way, because his talent for playing football can be seen at a glance, so when he was very young, Arsenal, Chelsea, Lyon Teams such as Sevilla and Sevilla were all eyeing him, and he was almost taken away by Celtic in the Scottish Premier League.
Lille is a club with excellent youth training. Before Hazard, they trained players like Franck Ribery.
In fact, Gao Shen has always felt that Hazard is very similar to Ribery.
Neymar and his father are demanding high prices. It is impossible for Gao Shen to agree to such conditions. This is not only his personal problem, but also the interests of Manchester City. Gao Shen cannot do such a thing.
To a certain extent, Gao Shen cherishes his feathers and the reputation he has worked so hard to accumulate more than ever before.
Therefore, he chose to give up Neymar and fight for Hazard.
This 18-year-old Belgian winger has just won the Ligue 1 Rookie of the Year award. He is famous, but his reputation is not very famous.
Mainly because the team he plays for is Lille, not Lyon.
Sometimes I have to admit that the platform is really crucial to players.
Of course, the 21-year-old Benzema has already won more honors and achievements than the 18-year-old Hazard.
"This player is indeed being watched by many people, but can he really gain a foothold in the Premier League?" Brian Kidd was somewhat worried.
After all, Hazard is only eighteen years old.
Gao Shen smiled and said, "Don't worry, it will be no problem."
Before Hazard crossed over, before joining Real Madrid, Hazard had a very good body and was not tall. But even in the Premier League, he had no fear when facing Premier League defenders, and he was not hindered by physical confrontation.
But after joining Real Madrid, he began to suffer more and more injuries, which even began to seriously affect his condition.
Regarding this, Gao Shen feels that the reasons are still very complicated.
On the one hand, playing for a team like Real Madrid is extremely stressful. It is a kind of pressure that people who have never experienced it can't even imagine. Many people even collapsed directly.
For example, Spanish midfielder Yin Liarramendi said more than once that playing for Real Madrid made him collapse.
Under heavy pressure, players are more likely to get injured, and the more they want to perform well, the easier it is to screw up, thus forming a vicious cycle.
There is another aspect, which is the technical and tactical level, but this is a long story.
As Gao Shen said before, the Premier League advocates physical confrontation, that is, the upper body, but the referees in La Liga are stricter about physical confrontation, so La Liga defenders generally focus on grabbing the ball, that is, the feet.
Of course, going from La Liga to the Premier League requires some adaptation, and going from the Premier League to La Liga also takes some time.
It happened to be during this critical adaptation period, coupled with Real Madrid's overall environment at the time, and Hazard's own overwhelming pressure, many factors led to the Belgian winger's tragedy at Real Madrid.
Gao Shen didn't know whether Hazard was kicked out of Real Madrid after he traveled through time.
But no matter what, Hazard is a world-class star.
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Azar brought his girlfriend Natasha to the coffee shop.
As soon as he received a call from Lille's sports director Van Damme, he ran over immediately without even renting the house.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Gao Shen and three others.
The breathless Belgian slowly walked up to Gao Shen, a little nervous, a little apprehensive, and his pace was a little slow.
Gao Shen had his back to the entrance and did not see Hazard, but Brian Kidd and Lucas sitting opposite saw it and reminded Gao Shen, so he turned his head and stood up.
"Nice to meet you, Eden, I'm Gao Shen!" Gao Shen took off his sunglasses, smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Hello...Hello, Mr. Gao, nice to meet you." Azar looked a little nervous and his breathing was short.
This expression and reaction made Gao Shen very happy and greatly satisfied his vanity.
Azar became nervous when he saw him!
Brian Kidd and Lucas looked at each other and smiled. Sometimes they couldn't understand the messy thoughts in Gao Shen's mind, and they always felt that he behaved strangely.
Perhaps, magical people always do magical things, so that they can accomplish miracles that others cannot do!
Azar quickly calmed down and introduced his girlfriend Natasha to Gao Shen and others.
He said that he is a die-hard fan of Zidane and also highly appreciates Gao Shen's coaching in recent years.
"Whether coaching Real Madrid or Naples, we are all amazed." Hazard said sincerely.
Although it was their first meeting, Gao Shen could feel that Azar was not a talkative person.
In fact, he didn't actually talk much, but when we first met, he felt very fresh.
Gao Shen also got straight to the point, saying directly that he had watched Hazard's games and videos in Ligue 1, and also expressed that he admired Hazard's talent and talent very much.
He was able to obtain Hazard's contact information, which in itself proves that Lille has agreed to Manchester City's contact with Hazard. Currently, Lille's asking price for the Belgian winger is around 15 million euros, which is very important to Manchester City.
As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't really matter.
Sometimes, Gao Shen also feels very emotional, after all, having money is a pleasure.
When he was coaching Naples, he would care about hundreds of thousands, one or two million euros, but now that he is coaching Manchester City, the situation is completely different. He doesn't even pay attention to the amount of one to twenty million euros.
Of course, Brian Kidd is responsible for the specific contact with Lille. Gao Shen does not participate in the specific transfer operations. He is only responsible for hand-picking players. After Brian Kidd contacts, the management will
For example, Gary Cook went to be in charge of negotiation operations.
Gao Shen is well-known, especially good at cultivating young players. During his time in Naples, he trained a famous young guard in European football, with an average age of only about 20 years old. Sanchez even started playing for Gao Shen at the age of 18 and is now
Now he is a world-class winger.
There is also Di Maria, who is also a world-class winger and has played with Gao Shen since he was a child.
For young players like Hazard, Gao Shen is like a thunderous legend, more magical and incredible than Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, and at the same time closer to their legend.
Because, in the past three years, the deeds of Gao Shen and the young players of Naples have been spread all over the world one by one through the media and the Internet, and have become a hot topic among countless players, fans and reporters.
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But now, Gao Shen is sitting in front of Hazard alive, which makes the Belgian extremely excited.
"Mr. Gao, I am very happy to hear that you are interested in me, but I want to say that my parents and agent need to be involved in the transfer." Hazard reminded kindly.
"I know." Gao Shen nodded and smiled, "But I'm not here today to talk about a transfer with you."
"Not a transfer?" Hazard was shocked.
Could it be that I am just being sentimental and have misunderstood?
"Eden, I came here specifically to see you today because I want to ask you a question." Gao Shen looked at Azar and said with a smile.
"You said." Azar was very humble.
"I believe that from the time you emerged until now, you must have thought that you wanted to be the best player in the world, right?"
Azar nodded.
Even if he hadn't thought about it before, he must have thought about it after being valued by wealthy teams such as Arsenal and Chelsea.
"You know, in this world, there are many stars with outstanding talents, but not everyone can become the best player, because talent can only make you higher than others. If you want to be the best player,
We still need to put in more efforts and sweat that ordinary people cannot imagine."
"I want to ask, are you ready?" Gao Shen stared at Azar and asked solemnly.
