Hearing Qin Xiong ask about Stekelenburg and Van Der Vaart, Snede's smile faded a little. He told Qin Xiong that the two were preparing for their wedding and did not have time to come out.
Hearing about the wedding, Qin Xiong immediately went straight to the point and said to Snede, "Actually, part of the reason I came to Amsterdam this time was because I received an invitation to Maarten and Rafael's wedding. But the problem is that their wedding is on the same day, but in different places. This has me stumped. I don't know whose wedding I should go to."
Snede wanted to say something but stopped. After a while, he sighed and said, "Let me put it this way. Our Ajax teammates, in addition to the players who were brought in for the new season, and the teammates from the Dutch national team, can go to the wedding. As far as I know, everyone should be going to Maarten's wedding."
Snede's words made Qin Xiong frown.
What the hell?!
No one from the national team or the club was willing to go to Van Der Vaart's wedding?
Van Der Vaart had transferred to Hamburger SV, but that had only happened this summer. In the past two years, Van Der Vaart had been Ajax's captain!
Why did it sound like from Snede's words that Van Der Vaart had lost the hearts of the people at Ajax last season?
Snede understood Qin Xiong's character. For Qin Xiong, Stekelenburg and Van Der Vaart were both friends. He always had to take care of his friends' feelings. Whether the other party cared or not, he would do it.
Snede told Qin Xiong everything that had happened in the past year.
Qin Xiong was the first important player to leave Ajax last summer. Originally, Ajax's transfer period was over, but the conflict between Van Der Vaart and Ibrahimovic caused internal strife in the locker room!
For example, Snede had previously expressed to Qin Xiong that he admired Ibrahimovic. Between Ibrahimovic and Van Der Vaart, although Ibrahimovic was sent to Juventus by the club in the end, in terms of emotions, Snede did not agree with Van Der Vaart's way of doing things.
After Qin Xiong and Ibrahimovic both left, Ajax's strength fell sharply, and Van Der Vaart was forced to withdraw from the forward line. From a competitive point of view, Van Der Vaart was not happy on the field. Coupled with the fact that Ajax had won the Champions League, they, who had always pursued an arrogant philosophy, only became even more arrogant!
As a result, the friction between the youngsters developed into a kind of locker room division. As the captain, Van Der Vaart was unable to convince the masses, but his temper was not small. This made many of his teammates unable to tolerate it. Even when Van Der Vaart left for Germany and left for a transfer, his old comrades in the locker room still had a deep grudge against him.
This time, Stekelenburg and Van Der Vaart held their weddings at the same time, not because they had a better relationship with Stekelenburg and did not attend Van Der Vaart's wedding.
If the two's weddings did not "clash," perhaps everyone would still not attend Van Der Vaart's wedding.
Qin Xiong more or less understood what was going on. Snede did not pressure Qin Xiong to also refuse to attend Van Der Vaart's wedding. After all, this was Qin Xiong's personal choice, and he had no reason to interfere.
However, he still said that he hoped that Qin Xiong could attend Stekelenburg's wedding. At the very least, Stekelenburg would definitely be very happy.
After seeing Sylvia yawn for the second time, Qin Xiong took the initiative to get up and leave with her. After saying goodbye to the Dutch players, he and Sylvia took a taxi and left.
Sitting in the taxi, Sylvia hugged Qin Xiong's arm and leaned on his shoulder. She closed her eyes and asked, "Have you thought about whose wedding you're going to attend?"
Qin Xiong was a person with strong opinions. He would not change his position because of Snede and the others' views on Van Der Vaart.
He and Stekelenburg were indeed friends, but in terms of the year he spent playing for Ajax, he and Van Der Vaart were not only friends in private. Perhaps they were not close, but they were indeed friends. On the field, they were also comrades! They had fought side by side together and left behind very good memories.
Originally, he was worried that he would not be able to take care of Stekelenburg's face, so he had some concerns. Now it seemed that the situation was completely different from what he had imagined. Instead, it was the more famous Van Der Vaart who was ignored by this circle of friends.
"Ask Yomar to come out for a meal tomorrow. I'll talk to him face to face."
Sylvia hugged Qin Xiong's arm tighter. She did not want Qin Xiong to worry too much about these trivial matters.
When they returned home, the two of them spent the night in Sylvia's room. The bed was small, but the two of them did not care. They even hugged each other more closely than before.
The next day, Qin Xiong called Stekelenburg and had dinner with Sylvia and Stekelenburg and his fiancée in the evening. He gave a wedding gift to Stekelenburg and then said that he was going to attend Van Der Vaart's wedding. Stekelenburg did not mind and said that Qin Xiong's coming to Amsterdam was a kind gesture.
Two days later, Qin Xiong, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, brought Sylvia, who was dressed in a gown, to attend the wedding of the Dutch golden boy, Van Der Vaart.
The wedding was very grand, and there were TV stations doing news reports. Van Der Vaart was marrying Mace, a well-known entertainment star in the Netherlands. The Dutch TV station BBS bought the broadcast rights of the wedding. There were more than 400 guests, most of whom were Mace's friends in the entertainment industry. Qin Xiong did not see a single Ajax player at the scene!
Van Der Vaart was very excited to welcome Qin Xiong's arrival. He specially arranged a good position for Qin Xiong to watch the ceremony and chatted with Qin Xiong for a long time.
Qin Xiong did not know if Van Der Vaart was too bored. In fact, other than the groom, Van Der Vaart himself, there were only Qin Xiong and Van Der Vaart's agent at the wedding. The scene was very lively. The German media also came to report on the wedding of Van Der Vaart and Mace. In their eyes, the golden boy and jade girl were comparable to Beckham and Victoria.
Sylvia was bored to death at the scene and introduced some guests to Qin Xiong in a low voice. Sylvia knew some of the celebrities in the entertainment industry.
For some reason, Qin Xiong felt that Van Der Vaart was a little lonely in this grand and lively wedding. It was a very strange feeling. Maybe his intuition was wrong. Van Der Vaart really wanted to develop in the entertainment industry and become a sports and entertainment double star, just like Beckham.
But on such an important day as the wedding, as Ajax's former captain, no one except Qin Xiong came to congratulate him. This situation was not so much awkward, but a little sad …
Qin Xiong had a private chat with Van Der Vaart before the end of the wedding and wished Van Der Vaart a success in Hamburg.
In fact, he intentionally or unintentionally reminded him in the hope that Van Der Vaart could make a better decision in his career.
Qin Xiong and Ibrahimovic, the most dazzling foursome of the young group that created the legend of Ajax's Youth Guards, joined the rich and powerful and had already made a name for themselves.
On the other hand, van der Vaart from the Netherlands joined Hamburg because of his wife's pillow talk, which caused Cruyff to be heartbroken. Sneijder was still in Ajax and didn't enter the top league. It could be said that their development was lagging behind.
Especially considering that Van Der Vaart was the winner of the first Golden Boy Award in Europe, and Qin Xiong was the winner of the second Golden Boy Award. Now, the trajectory of the two people's development was in sharp contrast.
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