i want to be king

Chapter 353 European Golden Globe Awards

"Dear Su, on behalf of France Football Magazine, I announce that you have officially become the fifth Barcelona player, the first Chinese player, the first Asian player, and the second Sporting Lisbon player to win the Ballon d'Or. Congratulations!"

At the awards ceremony, when Erno, the editor-in-chief of French Football Magazine, solemnly handed over the Golden Globe to Su Dong, even though Su Dong had experienced it once before, he was still full of excitement.

Received this award, his career will undergo earth-shaking changes.

From now on, he is no longer an ordinary professional player, no longer an ordinary superstar.

He is a Golden Globe winner!
After receiving the award, Su Dong sat down and accepted an interview with De Nisso, head of the sports department of Canal+ TV station.

From landing in Portugal, to joining Sporting Lisbon, then to Valencia, and now to Barcelona, ​​Su Dong's career has been drifting, changing teams almost every year.

Regarding this point, Su Dong joked that he couldn't help himself.

Erno explained for him, saying that from another perspective, Su Dong's progress is too fast, one step a year, almost rushing into the ranks of Golden Globe superstars at a rocket-like speed.

Su Dong expressed his gratitude to the several teams and several head coaches he had played for before, except Boloni.

Everyone knows that his relationship with Boloni is so bad that some media broke the news that when Sudong joined Barcelona with a record transfer fee of 8000 million euros, Boloni vowed in an interview with the Romanian media that this was a very bad deal and Barcelona would definitely regret it.

In addition to the head coach and the team, Su Dong also thanked his teammates in Barcelona and Valencia, saying that he was able to achieve this result, which is inseparable from their help.

Since Barcelona chairman Laporta was sitting in the live broadcast room, Su Dong also specially thanked the management of Barcelona and Valencia. He mentioned Laporta emphatically, and believed that the trust of the Barcelona chairman in him was the key factor for him to join Barcelona.

Sure enough, Su Dong's thanks were quickly praised by Laporta.

The chairman of Barcelona said that he was sure at the first sight of Su Dong, "He is the player that Barcelona needs, and he will become a unparalleled superstar in the world! I am very glad that he has fulfilled our original expectations for him."

Laporta also said that, including Cruyff and Rijkaard, they all recommended Su Dong to him in turn, which is the reason why he decided to pay 8000 million euros for the transfer fee.

"I know that such a huge transfer fee seemed unbelievable at the time, but looking back now, we have to be proud because we made a very wise deal!"

The TV station also specially created an accident, that is, they specially invited Luis Suarez, a Spanish celebrity, consultant to the chairman of Inter Milan, and Golden Globe winner, to the scene.

Seeing his old friend, Su Dong couldn't hide the surprise and surprise in his heart. He immediately jumped up from his seat, strode over, hugged Luis Suarez, and kept saying that he really helped him a lot.

Luis Suarez also talked about the whole process of getting to know Su Dong. He said that he was very surprised by Su Dong's progress and being able to become the youngest winner of the Golden Globe Award in history.

"But I also feel that this is justified, because he is really the hardest-working and most capable player I have ever seen. I believe he will be the most dominant superstar in European football in the next ten years!"

When the host De Nisso threw these words to Barcelona chairman Laporta, the Barcelona chairman smiled and agreed.

Laporta revealed that a team contacted Barcelona not long ago. He could not disclose who it was, but the other party offered twice the transfer fee, hoping to take Su Dong away.

"But I said no without hesitation because he is our best player at Barcelona and we have no reason to let him go."

Laporta said that as long as he is the chairman of Barcelona, ​​he will never let Sudong leave Barcelona.

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After the live broadcast, Golden Globe winner Su Dong, host De Nisso and French football magazine editor-in-chief Erno were immediately surrounded by media reporters, and they held a press conference on the spot.

Media reporters from all over the world are scrambling to interview Su Dong, but most of the questions are repetitive. Su Dong has answered many times before, but he still patiently answers all the questions with a smile on his face.

Anyone could tell that he was in a great mood at this moment!

The half-hour press conference was overtime, so that the fans waiting outside were already impatient. They rushed past the blocking security guards and broke into the reception site, which ended the press conference.

Afterwards, Su Dong satisfied the group of fans who came specially for him one by one, whether it was autographs or group photos, he agreed to them all.

This also caused the routine cocktail party originally planned to be held at 21 o'clock to be delayed for half an hour. In the end, the organizer arranged for security intervention, which separated Su Dong from the fanatical fans.

At the reception, Barcelona chairman Laporta was sitting next to Su Dong, and he revealed a news to Su Dong.

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"Next, the club will have two big moves."

Laporta moved closer to Su Dong's side and said softly.

"One is to renew the contract with head coach Frank Rijkaard. We signed a two-plus-two contract with him. From the perspective of the club, we still hope to implement the contract renewal as soon as possible to be safer."

The so-called two-plus-two contract is that Barcelona signed Rijkaard for two years. After the two-year contract expires, the contract can be automatically renewed for two years, but a supplementary procedure is required, which requires Rijkaard's consent, otherwise the contract will be automatically terminated.

This is very common in the head coach contracts of many wealthy teams, because coaching performance must be taken into account.

Maybe many people don't believe it. Being a head coach in the four major leagues is really a high-risk job. You can be fired every minute, so the pressure is extremely high.

Rijkaard was almost fired during the winter break of last season. He was finally able to stay and his coaching performance has improved. This season has kicked off the best start in Barcelona's history. Renewing his contract has become the club's primary option. After all, at this time, stability overwhelms everything.

And Su Dong vaguely noticed something strange from Laporta's words, so he listened silently.

Sure enough, after Laporta finished speaking, he sighed.

"We have contacted Frank, and he wants to renew his contract with us, but the problem is that he feels that he can no longer continue to work with Russell, so he needs to seriously consider it."

Sure enough, Su Dong secretly thought.

Although Rijkaard is always gentle and personable, if you really think he is a soft-hearted, good guy, then you are wrong. Who can play football at his level, which one will be a simple person?
Besides, if Rijkaard is simple, Cruyff will support him?

For example, during the captain election at the beginning of the season, he voted for Ronaldinho with a precious vote, so as to win the hearts of Brazilian players and keep them from causing trouble this season.

Also, in some of his daily dealings, he seems to be doing nothing, but in fact someone has stepped forward for him.

For example, when disciplining Ronaldinho and the Brazilian gang, it is Ten Carter who is doing bad things.

And there was the event that Tenkat bombarded Roselle, which was full of troubles in the city. Could it be that Rijkaard really didn't know about it?

Is there really no agreement between him and Ten Carter?

If so, wouldn't he be a stranger to his chief assistant coach?

For a long time, Su Dong believed that even if Rijkaard did not instruct Rijkaard to bombard Roselle, he must have known about it.

Su Dong really admires his senior and head coach.

Rijkaard is completely different from Benitez. Benitez does the dirty work and offends others by himself, but Rijkaard can always clean himself up.

Now that he has chips and confidence, he will start a showdown with Russell.

Needless to say, there was only one reason why Laporta told him the news at this time, Su Dong was regarded as one of his own by him.

This is not something Su Dong can deny.

From the moment he was signed by Laporta, he was regarded by Russell as Laporta's man.

"This is the second thing I want to say. Next, I will discuss this matter with the board of directors and other parties. If the team can continue the performance of the first half of this season, it is believed that Rijkaard's retention will be a high probability event."

Laporta is unwilling to say more on Russell's issue.

Smart people talk, stop at the point.

"Su, your performance this season is indeed very good. I have also discussed it with the club's management. I hope you can continue to perform well in the second half of the season, and try to help the team win the La Liga championship after six years, and then go as far as possible in the Champions League, and even win the championship."

Laporta obviously has high hopes for Su Dong, and now this Barcelona team.

"As long as the team performs well, we will start a contract extension with you after the end of the season, and I promise to make you a veritable brother of the team!" Laporta made a very serious promise.

Today's Su Dong is not the same as when he first joined the team half a year ago. He has a good influence among Barcelona fans.

The so-called renewal of the contract and the veritable first brother are to raise Su Dong's salary, and at the same time further establish his core position in the Barcelona locker room. From then on, Su Dong will receive the full support of the club no matter on or off the court!

"Don't worry, Joan, even without your promise, I will definitely do my best to perform well and help Barcelona win more championships and honors. This is the purpose of my coming to Barcelona!"

He didn't come to fight for the first brother, nor did he come to be gilded, he came to establish his own status.

Get the Golden Globe and it's over?
No, this is not the end.

On the contrary, getting the Ballon d'Or is just a starting point.

Su Dong wants more!
　There is one more chapter, I continue.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)