Chapter 145 Invitations from the Champions League champions and Chinese Super League giants!

It was hard to refuse such a generous offer. Mansour had already said so, and Sofia had already quickly taken out the contract.

Lin Quan had no choice but to do it reluctantly.

He had his eyes on the manor house in the suburbs and chose this one.

Since it was Mansour who paid for the property, there was no discount or anything like that. The manor was sold to Lin Quan at the original price of 5.5 million.

In this way, Guardiola only spent 6.5 million euros to buy the luxury house in the city center.

Calculating both sides, it is equivalent to saving half of the money.

But the difference is that both houses originally belonged to Guardiola.

But now, the property rights of one of the houses are written in Lin Quan’s name.

Since it is your own manor, you have to clean it up well!

So, in the following week, Lin Quan and Guardiola were busy dealing with their own houses.

On May 25, after being busy for more than a week and having almost finished cleaning the house, the two could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

It just so happened that Bayern sent Guardiola tickets for the Champions League final, so the two of them flew directly to London to watch the Champions League final between Bayern and Dortmund.

The Champions League final was held at Wembley Stadium in London. This was the first time in the history of the Champions League final that a German national derby appeared.

The game was very intense, with Dortmund launching a fierce attack in the first 20 minutes.

However, Bayern goalkeeper Neuer blocked the opponent's shots several times in a row and kept the goal safe.

Bayern then launched a counterattack, Alaba made a wonderful pass in the frontcourt, creating a one-on-one opportunity for Robben.

When Robben received the ball, there was no one within ten meters around him, only him and the Dortmund goalkeeper.

But facing an almost certain chance to score, Robben missed the opportunity again.

This goal reminded people of the one-on-one opportunity he missed in the last World Cup final.

"This ball is hit..."

Guardiola was frowning as he watched. Robben had so much space when facing the goalkeeper and there were no defensive players around him. How could his shot be saved so easily by the goalkeeper?

If it was Messi who took this shot, he was sure that the probability of scoring would be over 90%!

"It would be better to dribble it. The goalkeeper's center of gravity has been pressed down, and it will be difficult to adjust the direction."

Lin Quan also felt that Robben's shot was terrible, perhaps because he was too impatient?

"Didn't Robben miss a penalty in last year's Champions League final?"

Lin Quan thought of something and asked.

"Well, his penalty was confiscated by Cech, who judged the direction correctly."

Guardiola has had a deep understanding of Bayern's games and was impressed by their loss to Chelsea in the last Champions League final.

"Missed great opportunities in three consecutive major tournament finals. This will probably have a huge impact on the players' psychology."

Lin Quan thought about it and wondered if he missed a key opportunity in the World Cup or the Champions League final, he would probably be scolded to death by the fans, right?

He remembered the one-on-one opportunity that Messi missed in the 2014 World Cup, and how much criticism Messi received after the game. Messi even thought about quitting the national team because of this.

Robben missed three such great opportunities.

If he were Robben, he would probably be left with psychological trauma by now.

But he underestimated Robben's psychological endurance.

Under tremendous pressure, Luo Laohan completed his self-redemption in the second half.

In the 58th minute, Robben attracted the goalkeeper's attention in the penalty area and passed the ball in front of the goal, assisting teammate Mandzukic to shoot into the empty goal.

Bayern 1:0 Dortmund.

Bayern's players and fans went crazy after the goal was scored. Such a big score rarely happens in the Champions League final.

This goal scored by Mandzukic may very well be the key goal to ensure they win the Champions League.

Dortmund fans obviously know this, and frustration is written all over their faces.

However, Royce stood up at the critical moment.

In the 66th minute of the second half, he dribbled into the penalty area and was kicked to the ground by Dante when he was about to pass the Bayern defender.

The referee awarded a penalty kick.

But the slow-motion footage from the scene showed that this goal should have been a red card plus a penalty.

Dante raised his foot too high and did not touch the ball, but instead kicked Reus down.

Royce was kicked in the abdomen. After falling to the ground, he covered his stomach with a painful expression and couldn't get up for a long time.

Because Lewandowski missed a penalty in the previous game against Bayern.

Reus was injured and received treatment on the sidelines, so the opportunity to take the penalty was given to Gundogan.

Gundogan deceived Neuer and shot the ball to the lower left corner of the goal, but Neuer dived in the wrong direction and the score became 1:1. After the score was tied, Dortmund's morale was boosted and they attacked Bayern's goal more actively.

But Bayern seized the opportunity and launched a quick counterattack. Thomas Muller held off Dortmund's defender in the frontcourt, dribbled past the goalkeeper and passed the ball across the goal.

This was a great opportunity, Dortmund's goal was empty.

However, Robben's starting speed was a little slow and was cleared by Subotic on the goal line.

As long as Robben can touch the ball, it will definitely be a goal.

Seeing his players' crucial clearance, Klopp, dressed in a suit, waved his fist excitedly on the sidelines.

This ball just now really scared him!

However, it was from this attack that Bayern gradually took the initiative on the field.

They continued to attack Dortmund's goal in the frontcourt, getting closer to scoring each time.

"Dortmund is in danger!"

Guardiola, who has a strong ability to read the game, made an accurate judgment.

As expected, in the 88th minute, Bayern's attack caused chaos in Dortmund's penalty area.

Robben broke out of the crowd, dodged the defensive player's tackle, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and got another one-on-one opportunity.

This time, Robben did not miss the opportunity.

Facing the goalkeeper who was rushing out, he calmly pushed the ball into the far corner.

The score on the field became 2:1, and Bayern took the lead again!

This is a decisive blow!

After scoring the goal, Robben was very excited. He ran towards the sidelines, shaking his arms and muttering to himself, as if he was saying something.

Three years! Three whole years! After three years of suffering after missing a one-on-one chance in the World Cup final, he finally got rid of the shadow brought by the previous defeats in the finals with this goal.

After the restart, Dortmund launched a frantic attack on Bayern in an attempt to equalize the score.

But Bayern held on to their attack.

After three minutes of injury time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

With goals from Robben and Mandzukic, Bayern defeated Dortmund 2-1 in the final and won the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League trophy.

The moment the whistle blew, Bayern players ran around the field celebrating like crazy.

The usually calm and composed coach Heynckes also waved his fist excitedly to celebrate this hard-earned championship.

On Dortmund's side, their players seemed to have lost all their strength, and some of them stood on the field with lifeless eyes.

Some of them rested their hands on their knees and looked down at the lawn.

Others collapsed to the ground exhausted, with looks of unwillingness on their faces.

As for Royce, he fell to his knees and threw himself on the grass, his shoulders shaking, and he was obviously crying secretly.

They were once so close to the championship, but now they are so far away.

Seeing Royce's sad look, Lin Quan sighed in his heart.

This is probably the closest Reus has ever been to winning the Champions League. As long as he continues to stay in Dortmund, he will probably never have another chance to reach the final.

This season's Dortmund is the last glory of Klopp's era.

If Reus could change teams, he might have a better chance.

But given his love for Dortmund, Lin Quan couldn't bring himself to persuade him to leave, and he would most likely not accept it.

Therefore, Lin Quan could only wish him in his heart to protect himself and get less injured.

…

After the Champions League final, Lin Quan did not return to Munich with Guardiola, but went directly to Berlin.

Getting ready for the German Cup final!

The German Cup matches are scheduled for June 1st at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

This game is the final battle of Werder Bremen this season and also Lin Quan’s last game for Werder Bremen.

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He hopes to put a perfect end to this season's journey.

After getting off the plane and taking a car to the team's scheduled gathering place, Lin Quan thought he had arrived early enough.

Unexpectedly, someone came earlier than him! "Lin, I thought you wouldn't come!"

Seeing Lin Quan coming, Arnautovic, who was training heading on the field, eyes lit up. He immediately ran over and gave Lin Quan a bear hug.

"Where are the others? Just you?"

Lin Quan glanced at the training ground and found that there were few people there.

"Hey, I came here after finishing my national team match. They are probably still playing in the World Cup qualifiers!"

After listening to this, Lin Quan suddenly understood.

Spain is in a group with only five teams, so they have a bye in this round and will not play any game.

The other groups are not so lucky, they all have six teams, so basically all of them have games in this round.

"Of course. You look so happy. Did you score a goal for the national team?"

"Hey, hey, it's just a goal, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"

Although Arnautovic had a smug expression on his face, he spoke modestly.

This complete sense of incongruity made Lin Quan too lazy to complain: If you are pretending, at least pretend to be more convincing!

"By the way, Lin, do you know the situation in the Chinese Super League?"

I saw Lin Quan taking off his coat, picking up a football from the ground and preparing to go into the field for training.

Arnautovic remembered something and immediately came over to ask.

Lin Quan was stunned for a moment. Did the news that a Chinese Super League team extended an olive branch to him leak so quickly?

After the Bundesliga ended, Perre received several invitations from the Chinese Super League.

Among them, Evergrande showed the highest sincerity. They offered an annual salary of 25 million US dollars and a signing fee of 50 million US dollars to invite Lin Quan to join.

Evergrande, which aims to build its corporate brand through capital-intensive football, is willing to spend money on football.

Two years ago, they successfully made a name for themselves by using the gimmick of introducing the Brazilian League MVP for US$1,000.

If we can use a higher amount of money to attract the best Chinese players in the world to join us, the advertising effect will be more than ten times higher than when we recruited Conca! Lin Quan asked calmly, "Well, I know a little bit. What's the matter? A Chinese Super League team has taken a fancy to you?"

He remembered that Arnautovic did transfer to the Chinese Super League to play football in another time and space.

But that was all in 2019, why is it so much earlier now?

"Hehe, you guessed it right. My brother said that I am very popular in China and my ability has been unanimously recognized by the Chinese Super League clubs. There are several clubs that want to recruit me!"

Hearing what Arnautovic said, Lin Quan breathed a sigh of relief.

Arnautovic's brother Daniel is his agent. Since he said so, it seems that a Chinese Super League team has indeed contacted him.

But why is Arnautovic so popular in the country?

What Lin Quan didn't know was that the attention Werder Bremen received in China this season was significantly higher than in previous seasons.

In addition to Werder Bremen's good record this season and gorgeous and beautiful playing style.

The more important reason is probably because there is a Chinese player like him in the team.

Although they cannot play for the national team, it is a very happy thing for many domestic fans to see Chinese players appear in European competitions, especially as the absolute core of the team leading the team to victory.

Just like Jeremy Lin, who shone like a meteor across the NBA arena last year, he is not a Chinese citizen.

However, when there are no domestic players in the NBA, seeing a Chinese player shine in the NBA, many domestic fans will choose to support him.

"Which team is interested in you?"

The Chinese Super League is very competitive and the level of competition is not high.

So under normal circumstances, Lin Quan does not recommend going here to make money.

Unless it is the end of your career, it is difficult to play in the top five leagues, or the salary offered by the other party is too high.

But then again, the Chinese Super League is still in the early stages of money-driven football.

It hasn't reached the stage of crazy military expansion and burning money yet. Who is so rich?

"A club located in Shanghai, I think it's called Shenhua?"

"Don't go!"

"ah?"

"Don't go to Shenhua, you will be owed wages!"

"Really?"

Arnautovic was shocked. If the club can't even pay the wages on time, then what's the point of playing football!

"Really? Drogba and Anelka were both screwed. Don't you watch the news?"

Arnautovic quickly ran to his phone and searched for relevant news on the Internet.

After reading it, he broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately I didn’t go. If I had really gone, I would have been screwed!

"There are indeed some teams in the Chinese Super League that are very generous and willing to pay, such as another team in Shanghai or the team in Guangzhou. If you want to make money, you can try these two clubs."

Lin Quan dug up the news about Argentine midfielder Conca's annual salary of 7 million US dollars in the Evergrande team and showed it to Arnautovic.

When Arnautovic saw Conca's salary, his eyes widened.

The other player, a Brazilian player who had never played in the top five leagues, received 7 million US dollars.

If he joins the team as a Bundesliga starter, wouldn't he be able to earn $10 million? This salary is five times higher than his salary at Werder Bremen ! Five times, playing for one year is equivalent to playing for five years in the Bundesliga!

"But I suggest you don't go there too early to make money. The level of the Chinese Super League is not high. If you go there, I'm afraid your position as a starter in the national team won't be guaranteed!"

Austria's football level is not weak, and there are many players playing in the five major leagues.

The reason why Arnautovic has been able to secure a starting position in the national team this season is mainly because of his good performance at the club.

But if he went to a lower-level league like the Chinese Super League, the head coach of the Austrian national team would probably question his condition and would not dare to recruit him easily.

"Okay, okay, I got it!"

When Arnautovic thought about the salary offered by the Chinese Super League, he could only swallow his saliva secretly.

In the following days, teammates who had participated in the national team competitions arrived at the training ground one after another.

But De Bruyne has not appeared yet.

(End of this chapter)