Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1605 The Decision to Retire
Prior to this, Chen Yingxiong had never said anything about his retirement in public.When he was 32 years old, he renewed his contract with the club for four years. At that time, many media swore that this was Chen Yingxiong's last professional contract.Because Chen Yingxiong will be 36 years old after the contract expires, and it will be almost time to retire at that time.

As a result, when Chen Yingxiong was 34 years old, he re-signed a four-year contract with the club, and the previous contract was invalidated.Chen Yingxiong's contract will expire at the age of 38.

This time the media continued to swear that Chen Yingxiong will retire after the contract expires, and there is no intention to learn from the experience and lessons from the last time.

They think that the last time his contract expired at 36 years old, and now he is not retiring at 36 years old, and there are many players who continue to work hard, so it is not inconceivable that Chen Yingxiong will not retire at 36 years old.

But this time it was completely different.The contract expires, I am 38 years old, and I will be 40 years old in two years. At this time, many players will choose to retire, and even if they do not retire, there are very few.And it depends on your playing style.

For example, Inzaghi didn't retire until he was 39 years old.

But Inzaghi is a striker who does not rely on his body to play football. He mainly relies on his sense of smell to score goals. His running range on the court is not large, and the distance is not long. Man, he just needs to be in the most critical place at the most critical time and score the goal.This has very low demands on his body and is not a big burden.

So he can play until the age of 39.If it weren't for AC Milan not planning to renew his contract, he would even be able to continue playing.

But Chen Yingxiong is different. He is a player who relies on his body to conquer the world.When he was young, his goals were full of unreasonable sense of power. He used his body to forcibly smash three defenders away, flew headers under layers of obstacles, and constantly fought with defenders...

These are his magic weapons, but can these magic weapons still be used when he is 38 years old?
Everyone thought it was impossible.

Chen Yingxiong's physical fitness will inevitably decline with age.

In fact, this is also the case. After the age of 36, Chen Yingxiong's physical fitness has declined significantly.

This can be seen from the number of times he fell to the ground due to the opponent's violation on the court.

Therefore, the media has become more determined that Chen Yingxiong will retire when the contract expires, and some media will even think that Chen Yingxiong will announce his retirement in advance without waiting until he is 38 years old.

Because when a player who relies on his body to conquer the world suddenly finds that one day, his best ability is gone, he will lose the courage and strength to continue fighting.

But this time, everyone was wrong again.

When Chen Yingxiong was 37 years old, the Liverpool club announced again that they had reached an agreement with Chen Yingxiong's agent Dracula to renew the contract with Chen Yingxiong for three years, extending the expiration date of Chen Yingxiong's contract to 40 years old!
This time, the whole world was shocked.

At that time, some media criticized Liverpool for doing a very irrational thing, giving a 37-year-old guy a three-year contract, which was simply crazy and risky.

You must know that this three-year contract is not the harsh contract of Arsenal. Liverpool Club still gave their captain the team's first-grade salary.Liverpool's investment in Chen Yingxiong is not insignificant.

The media questioned whether Liverpool could recoup their money by doing so. If Chen Yingxiong was injured frequently, all their money would be wasted.

But Liverpool fell on deaf ears.

They once again demonstrated their unconditional and unrestricted trust in Chen Yingxiong.

And their trust has been rewarded.

Until this season, Chen Yingxiong was the top scorer in the Premier League. Until last season, Liverpool benefited from Chen Yingxiong's goals and won consecutive league titles.

Chen Yingxiong proved to the world his super power of immortality.

He made a gorgeous turn in front of fans and media all over the world.

He has transformed from a heavy tank relying on his body to rush forward to an opportunist relying on his sense of smell in front of the goal.

In this way, his decline in physical fitness will not affect his goals.

After analysis, everyone thinks that according to this trend, as long as Liverpool is willing to continue to give Chen Yingxiong a contract, Chen Yingxiong may really be able to play.

At this time, Chen Yingxiong encountered a ban.

At this time, sure enough, Liverpool proposed a new contract.However, the contract period has dropped from the previous four and three years to two years.

Maybe it's a signal.

But no one thought that Chen Yingxiong would make the decision to retire so early.He refused to accept a new contract from Liverpool and decided to retire after fulfilling his current contract.

This decision was made so suddenly that it caught fans and the media all over the world by surprise.

Before, everyone was thinking "Should you retire this time?", but when Chen Yingxiong really announced his retirement, the first reaction was all astonishment-"Is this person really going to retire?" It feels real, as if they are still in a dream, or Chen Yingxiong is teasing them.

Because it was Chen Yingxiong's spokesperson, Ms. Vera, who released the news, the reporters were still suspicious.They had to get Chen Yingxiong's personal acknowledgment before they could be sure.

And some people can really rest assured.

So the media from all over the world flocked to Liverpool, to the Liverpool club, and to Chen Yingxiong's home.

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In fact, before Vera announced the news, the Liverpool club had already received Chen Yingxiong's answer.He refused to renew the contract, not because he was dissatisfied with Liverpool only giving him a two-year contract. In fact, the Liverpool club said that the length of the contract extension depends entirely on Chen Yingxiong. no problem.

He refused to renew the contract simply because there was no need to renew the contract.

As he said to Gerrard, the reason why he kept breaking the glasses of the experts, renewing his contract with Liverpool again and again, and not retiring until the age of 40, the only purpose is to help Liverpool surpass Manchester United in the Premier League championship record.

Manchester United's record is 14 championships. Liverpool started from scratch and chased them one by one, catching up to No. [-], tying Manchester United's record.Then as long as they win another championship, they can surpass Manchester United and become unique.

Unexpectedly, it was ruined because of a suspension in the end.

Fifteen consecutive championships can not only break Manchester United's record, but also create an unprecedented record of consecutive world football championships.

Now there is one championship short of breaking the record, Chen Yingxiong is confident that even if he misses half a season next season, he can lead the team to the championship.

Of course, there is no need to renew the contract.

If the record was broken this season, he planned to just play around in the last season.

The Liverpool club has tried to retain Chen Yingxiong, but Chen Yingxiong's attitude is very firm.His career spanned 2006 years from 2029 to 23, which is already very long.

He has also won all the championships he can win, and he really can't think of any need for him to continue playing.

Today, he has already surpassed Messi, who retired at the age of 36, in terms of personal honor, and has become the player who has won the most awards in the history of world football.

The most tragic thing about Messi is that since Chen Yingxiong started to work hard, he can only win prizes in La Liga, and he has no place in Europe...

But he is still Chen Yingxiong's most important opponent, and the only one.

After Messi, who was one year older than Chen Yingxiong, retired, Chen Yingxiong suddenly fell into the situation of "drawing his sword and looking around at a loss", because he had no opponent.The only motivation to support him to continue playing is the contest with Manchester United.

Under his leadership, Liverpool has completely suppressed Manchester United for more than ten years. Even if Manchester United invited Mourinho as the team's head coach, there is no way to break Liverpool's monopoly. Liverpool have won.So after four seasons, Mourinho also left Manchester United.

Since then, the Premier League has completely become Liverpool's world.

Thinking that Chen Yingxiong has indeed won so many championships and personal honors, and has dedicated 17 years to Liverpool, whether it is Chen Xing or Niang, it is difficult to ask him to stay.

They had no choice but to agree to Chen Yingxiong's request.

Instead of renewing his contract, he agreed to let him retire.

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Niang faced many reporters, all of whom came to ask him a question.

That is whether Chen Yingxiong really intends to retire.

There is nothing that cannot be said about this question. Niang nodded: "Of course we want to renew his contract, but we also respect his personal wishes. For him, he has nothing to pursue and struggle, so he plans to renew the contract with him." Retire after expiration."

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At the same time, Chen Yingxiong was blocked by reporters at the door of his house.

They asked the same question.

Chen Yingxiong's answer was no different from Niang's.

Since I had nothing to pursue, I decided to retire.

He's not talking about retiring because he's old, but because he has nothing to pursue.

This was not an unintentional move, it showed Chen Yingxiong's own self-confidence.The subtext is "If I hadn't had nothing to pursue, I wouldn't have retired!"

But someone in the media still caught on to a problem.

"I remember you once said that you want to break Manchester United's Premier League championship record. Now you are just tying. You are about to announce your retirement. Isn't this a goal to pursue?"

Chen Yingxiong glanced at the reporter who asked the question.

"Don't I still have one more season in my contract?"

"But next season you're suspended for half the season..."

"Half a season is enough." Chen Yingxiong directly interrupted the reporter and replied domineeringly.

When he said that, many reporters saw an aura of "a sword that never grows old" from him.

Even at the age of 40, his self-confidence is the same as when he was young!
The reporters even gave birth to the illusion that "this person can continue to play, right? As long as he wants, he can continue to play like this."

A player, at the age of 40, can still make people feel like this. Is such a person really old?
(End of this chapter)