In the dead of the night, Qin Xiong sat next to the crib and watched his son, Qin Ye, sleeping soundly. His innocent face made him lost in thought for a long time, with a smile on his face.
The bedroom door was suddenly pushed open. Qin Xiong turned his head and saw Sylvia in her pajamas waving at him. Qin Xiong stood up and walked to the corridor outside.
Sylvia handed the phone to Qin Xiong and said, "Kyle called."
Qin Xiong took the phone and gently kissed Sylvia's cheek. He said softly, "You go to sleep first. I'll go back to my room to rest after the call."
Sylvia nodded and walked into the bedroom.
Qin Xiong went to the study to answer the phone.
"I'm sorry to disturb you so late."
"Kyle, how many times do I have to say it? Don't be a stranger."
"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point. The interim president of Real Madrid wants to talk to you."
"Talk about what?"
"What else can we talk about? Of course, it's about the contract renewal. "
"What do I have to talk about with him?"
"It's what I think. Then I'll reject him."
"Well, I won't talk about the contract renewal until summer."
"Okay, good night."
"Goodbye."
Qin Xiong shook his head slightly after hanging up the phone.
Even though he did not want to think about football politics, Boruda wanted to talk to him about the contract renewal at this time. It must be that Boruda wanted to use the merit of renewing his contract as a capital for possible participation in the election in the summer.
In any case, Boruda had to work hard to see how many chips he could accumulate. If it was enough to fight, then he would certainly not give up!
However, Qin Xiong was now a lot more mature. If he were to discuss a contract extension with an interim chairman, Boruda would have the power to finalize his contract extension. He would even give him a contract remuneration that was higher than Calderón's.
But what was at stake would be his career prospects for the next five years.
Qin Xiong would not make such a hasty decision.
Standing in front of the window of the study, Qin Xiong looked out at the night sky and fell into deep thought.
There were already voices in the outside world urging him to leave Real Madrid and go to a club that could provide long-term stability, which was more suitable for his development.
After all, in the European football world, many media outlets still had their own positions.
Not all the media thought that Real Madrid was the best club and the dream of the players!
The foundation of this club could not be ignored, but Real Madrid had not been stable for a long time in the past twenty years, or even longer!
There were always ups and downs between success and failure, but Real Madrid's strong foundation allowed them to have more resources to quickly launch a recovery plan when they were at their lowest point. Similarly, Barcelona was the same.
It was not Qin Xiong's style to make rash decisions. To this day, he still had not thought of leaving Real Madrid.
He would wait and see what would happen to Real Madrid this summer.
No one could guarantee what changes would happen in the future. Would it be good or bad?
And if he went to a club that the media called "long-term stability," who could guarantee that Qin Xiong's future would not change badly after he went there?
The future was uncertain. It was irrational to speculate or predict without authorization.
At present, Qin Xiong just did not want to be tied to the club too early.
He could frankly admit that he had no loyalty to the European club to speak of!
He played football for himself.
There was no need to hypocritically say that it was for the Ajax fans, for the Arsenal fans, and for the Real Madrid fans!
Maybe he did not have such a high consciousness. Maybe he was a very honest person. He had never received their favor when he needed it. How could he give everything for them?
Loyalty?
The only object he wanted to be loyal to was Arsenal. As a result, the failure of the negotiation led to him no longer having any loyalty!
He put himself in the same position as the club.
The club needed a superior Qin Xiong, so Qin Xiong also needed a club that could give him a satisfactory environment!
An exchange of similar needs!
Now Qin Xiong had to patiently wait for the club to change in the coming summer.
.....
March 21st.
The 28th round of the La Liga Championship began.
Real Madrid, at home, welcomed the challenge of Almería.
Real Madrid, at home, easily defeated their opponent with a score of 4: 0 and won a row of consecutive victories.
In the same round of the league, Barcelona massacred Malaga at home with a score of 6: 0!
The two heroes of La Liga seemed to have returned to the state of frenzied destruction in the league together!
After the end of the game, Qin Xiong boarded the plane back to China.
On the way back to Beijing, he sat in the first-class cabin and watched the video of the next world qualifier against the North Korean team.
The China team fell behind the North Korean team. The upcoming game was regarded as the first key battle whether the China team could advance to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa!
In the first game, Qin Xiong did not play. The China team was forced to a draw with the North Korean team at home. In the second round, the game was moved to the North Korean team's home ground. The China team had to win because there was still a game against the South Korean team in the next two games.
After Qin Xiong finished watching the North Korean team's video, he looked at the sea of clouds outside the window and was lost in thought.
He felt very curious. It was actually unfair to compare China with Japan and South Korea.
Because from an economic point of view, the players of South Korea and Japan were more "qualified" to pursue their football dreams!
This was determined by the comprehensive strength of a country, and it was not as simple as saying that China had hundreds of millions of people but could not produce 11 excellent football players.
South Korea and Japan could do a lot of football infrastructure construction, the people's participation was high, and sports competition was very widespread. China did not go to that step. In addition to the organizational management problems, economic reasons, the people's value of competitive sports, and the scale of the competitive sports industry were also inextricably linked.
Therefore, Qin Xiong did not think there was a problem with the comprehensive football level of South Korea and Japan being higher than China.
But what about North Korea?
It was difficult to say that a small country had developed a strong enough football level. But to be able to come to the world qualifier and beat the China team and the teams of other countries at this stage, this was not something that could be done purely by luck.
There might be no answer to this question, but Qin Xiong thought about it for a long time.
When the plane arrived in Beijing, Qin Xiong once again saw the spectacular scene of the fans receiving him at the airport.
He was used to it and dealt with it calmly.
He naturally waved to the fans, then signed autographs and photos for some people, signed his name on their clothes, hats, and even sports shoes. Then he left the airport and went straight to the Xianghe National Men's Football Training Base.
After resting for two days at the training base, Qin Xiong and the national team embarked on the journey to North Korea!
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