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Chapter 203 Two Choices
Summer, autumn, winter, unknowingly, Serie A has ended the first half of the game and entered the winter break.

For Naples fans, the performance of the team in the first half of the season after returning to Serie A is enough to satisfy them. Although the team is still gradually adapting to the atmosphere of Serie A, their results are quite good-after 23 rounds of the league, they have six wins, five draws and six losses, ranking eighth in the standings.

But for Long Bisheng, the first half of this season was not pleasant for him—after coming off the bench and scoring a goal in the fifth round of the league, his situation has not changed in any way, and he still only has the opportunity to play in garbage time, especially in the seventh round away game against Inter Milan.

After the [-]th round of the league, Long Bisheng didn't start a single game, and only came off the bench six times. Except for the second half of the fifth round, the rest of the time was basically garbage time, with one goal and no other statistics.

Long Bisheng is really depressed now. Although he is a person who can endure loneliness, he must have hope. What people fear most is not difficulty, but hopelessness. Besides, Long Bisheng is not Xu Sanduo and he does not want to join the old A. He cannot survive this period of time.

The most important thing is that he was the main force for half of the season last season, and the half of the game this season when he came off the bench proved that he has the ability to occupy a minimum main substitute position-but Rhea doesn't think so. What he wants is results, points, and stability.

With the Coppa Italia already eliminated, Long Bisheng seldom has the chance to play, and more often he can only play in the reserve team and the youth team.

Long Bisheng was very depressed during this period. Although he was still extremely diligent in training and hardworking in games, this did not change his status in the team. This made him and Dai Guangming feel at a low ebb in their gatherings after Christmas.

"Aaron, don't be discouraged. When the brothers first came to Europe, uncle didn't care for them and grandma didn't love them all the time?" A cup around them came over to persuade him: "It will get better later, come, have a drink, treat the unpleasant things as wine, and drink it."

"Have you watched too many Cantonese fragments? Can you still speak such ancient lines?" Li Jie pulled the surroundings aside, then turned to Long Bisheng and said, "Well, if you don't experience wind and rain, how can you see a rainbow..."

Before Li Jie finished speaking, he was suppressed by others with louder boos, Zhang Yi scolded with a smile: "Everything in the 60s that is said around you, you are talking about the 80s, they are all old antiques!"

"I don't think it's a big deal. After all, for us, the level of Serie A is still a bit higher...We are all playing in the second-tier league (the surroundings muttered: "My team is a team that plays the Champions League.") We have to work hard to not lose the main position, but we are young after all. As long as Aaron persists, there will always be a chance to play. At least in that half of the game, he has proved that he is capable of gaining a foothold in Serie A."

There will always be someone who disagrees with him—Hu Gandang immediately said: "That's not necessarily true. If you can't play the main team in Serie A, you can only play in the reserve team. It's better to play the main team in Serie B. That way you can train people. Players want to compete. Except for just starting to play, training basically can't make people stronger. It's not football manager and live football games. Training can increase ability value."

After hearing Hu Gandang's words, the others nodded their heads again and again, Long Bisheng sighed and lowered his head, both of them made sense, but they were all theoretical and had no practical significance to him.

Ning Xi, who was sitting next to Long Bisheng without speaking, said sadly, "If I had known this, I would have included the number of times you played in the terms of the contract when negotiating... lest you, Aaron, blame me for being like this this season."

"How can I blame you? I wanted to stay in Naples and let you run around. I haven't thanked you yet." Long Bisheng said hastily. He really didn't mean to blame Ning Xi at all. Back then, Ning Xi also proposed to transfer to the two Serie B teams that were interested in him.

"Ning Xi, if you had added such a clause back then, Aaron probably wouldn't have been able to go to Naples." Liu Lin laughed: "Very few teams would agree to add such a clause to the contract. After all, this is an interference with the most basic authority of the coach—except for a few hopeful stars who are loaned out by wealthy clubs. Position - anyway, there is no regulation on what position to play."

"Old Liu still thinks through." Zhang Yi praised, and then patted Long Bisheng: "Ask Lao Liu, he is already well-known among domestic brokers, and he is familiar in Europe."

Ning Xi said dissatisfied, "Then you're saying that my level is not good enough? But compared to Liu Lin, I'm still a little bit worse."

The others burst out laughing, Long Bisheng also laughed, and his mood became much brighter.

"Aaron, actually maybe it was a mistake for you to stay in Naples." Liu Lin smiled, and then adjusted his glasses: "Because Naples is a special club. Although they were still playing in Serie C last season, with their history and background, coupled with the capital investment of the boss Laurentiis, they will soon become a strong team. Results, from this point of view, this team is not suitable for young players, unless you are a special talent."

Long Bisheng nodded, he knew very well that he was not a genius—at least not a special genius—in terms of aptitude, he could only be considered mediocre, and his current achievements were only due to his hard work and physical condition.

"So a team like this has a clear goal, to win and get at least a decent ranking in the league. Didn't you hear Laurentiis announce that the club's goal is to be in the top ten of the league before the start of the season? It doesn't look good, but how many newly promoted horses dare to boast about such a high praise before the game? It's still a newly promoted horse that has tripled in two years—but few people think that they can't do this. Sick is an exception, but this midfielder has attracted the attention of many people last year, and he belongs to the kind of star of hope. I dare say that if Aaron stayed in other middle and lower Serie A clubs, he would not have many opportunities to play as he is now." Liu Lin continued: "Actually, you have two choices now. One is to continue to work hard at the club as Dai Guangming said, and slowly look for opportunities.

Long Bisheng nodded again. He also felt the same way. Although Sousa is in good form recently, he is often injured, and Sarajeta is also nearly [-] years old. He still has a chance.

"But there is a flaw in doing this." Liu Lin poured cold water on him: "Naples will always introduce new players... If you haven't got a stable chance to play after the end of this season, then in the next season, there will still be new players to compete with you. With the current momentum of Naples, after the end of this season, they will probably get a good ranking in Serie A. Then they will have more attractiveness to attract outstanding players. At that time, your competitors may not be center forwards who are over [-] years old, but in the current position. A top-notch center in his first years of play...the difficulty will probably be even greater at that time."

Long Bisheng was thinking in distress, and Dai Guangming interjected, "Then what is the other choice?"

"Another option is to ask for a transfer." Liu Lin said lightly.

"How to transfer the loan contract?" Hu Gandang asked.

"It's not too difficult to let Yunjia Tianyu Club terminate the loan contract. It's not too difficult to do it." Liu Lin laughed: "Then Aaron can still find a Serie B club to play in the remaining half of the season. Being able to play in the game is better than anything else."

"Both methods don't seem to be very good." Dai Guangming thought for a while, and proposed a compromise method: "In this way, after this season, if you can become the main player, you can stay in Naples next season.

Long Bisheng raised his head and said happily, "This method is good."

"But if you transfer now, Ning Xi can still find you a Serie B club to play. After all, your performance in Serie B last season was very eye-catching." Liu Lin sighed: "After this season is over, your performance may be forgotten by those Serie B clubs, and you may not be able to find a place by then."

(End of this chapter)