Chapter 381: Martin’s Visit

"Champions champions we are champions."

"Long live Porto!"

"Long live the champion!"

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After the game, Porto fans cheered, some waved flag scarves, some set off fireworks, and some waved confetti to celebrate the team's 23rd league title.

"Winning the championship five rounds ahead of schedule, Porto created a new historical record. The previous highest record for Porto was Mourinho's 4 rounds of winning the championship ahead of schedule. What is also surprising is that Porto has not lost so far, although the next five rounds It is difficult for Porto, which has already won the championship, to continue to win, but they have now created an unbeaten championship record... At present, Benfica, who has won the most championships in the Portuguese Super League, is 31 times. Porto is still short of 8 times. These Porto players won the championship Many years ago, if they could keep this group of people, it would not be impossible for Porto to surpass Benfica, but unfortunately, it is impossible for Porto to keep rising stars like Gao Xiaodong, Hulk, and Falcao..."

At the moment Gao Xiaodong is exchanging jerseys with Coimbra striker Edel.

"Big man, congratulations, it's finally a peace." Gao Xiaodong smiled and took off the ordinary jersey he put on at halftime to Edel.

"Thank you for your encouragement. Congratulations on winning the league championship again." Edel also took off the sweat-soaked jersey and handed it to Gao Xiaodong with both hands.

"Big man, my talent is not as good as yours. If you work hard like me, you will have a chance to win the championship trophy."

Gao Xiaodong took Edel's jersey and put it on his shoulders, then poured a bowl of chicken soup for the big black guy without any shame.

The 22-year-old Edel watched Gao Xiaodong being interviewed by a group of reporters, excited and envious, thinking to himself, since Xiaodong Gao can succeed through hard work, why can't I?

After winning another championship, Gao Xiaodong was in a good mood, and the reporters who interviewed were also very relaxed. Reporters like Anna and Maia joked with Gao Xiaodong that he was the only Porto player to defend the Portuguese Super League title.

Porto's league is basically over, and the topic is naturally inseparable from the Champions League and transfers.

Ana asked: "This season has come to an end, will you stay in Porto next season?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "It's not my decision. Whether to go or stay depends on many factors."

Anna said, "What about your own wishes?"

Gao Xiaodong pretended to be confused and said, "I really haven't thought about this.

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Reporter Maia changed the angle and asked: "I heard that Manchester United, Inter Milan, Manchester City and other giants all want you?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "Your media like to catch rumors, why don't I know."

Ma Ya was speechless, Anna curled her lips, and the reporters around booed, completely disbelieving Gao Xiaodong's words.

Another reporter asked: "The opponent in the Champions League is Arsenal. You drew with Arsenal in the group stage. Do you have the confidence to advance to the Champions League final again?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "The group stage is completely different from the knockout stage. Arsenal's strength is much stronger than ours, but we also have hope."

Ana asked: "In what ways is Porto better than Arsenal?"

Gao Xiaodong pondered for a while, and said: "At home and psychological factors, the English team has not won a victory at the Dragon Stadium. As long as we remain unbeaten at the Emirates Stadium, we have the hope of reaching the final. In addition, we can score The semi-finals have already exceeded their goals and there is no pressure, but if Arsenal can't even pass us, they will definitely be under a lot of pressure. I think this is our advantage."

Another reporter asked: "Do you hope to repeat the miracle of reaching the top of the Champions League in 2004?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "No one wants to win the championship, but it may be difficult for a miracle to be staged twice."

Seeing that the awarding platform was set up, Gao Xiaodong apologized to the reporter and went to attend the awarding ceremony.

Since the championship was won in an away game, the celebration was relatively simple. After the chairman of the Portuguese Football Federation, Madair, presented the championship trophy to the players of Porto, the players and fans of Porto only had a brief celebration, and then returned to the Dragon Stadium in Porto by bus .

There were already 50,000 fans waiting at the Dragon Stadium. After the Porto players arrived, the crazy celebrations began. This time Gao Xiaodong wore an ordinary jersey to prevent being stripped by the fans again, but he did not expect that the Porto fans won the championship. It's commonplace, not as crazy as Rexos, the most fanatical fan just hugged Gao Xiaodong and kissed him.

After celebrating in the stadium, Porto's players paraded around the city in a float with the league championship trophy and the League Cup championship trophy.

Porto's performance this season is hot, and the fans are also enthusiastic. There were only 70,000 to 80,000 fans who just participated in the celebration, and it had reached 200,000 by 10 o'clock in the evening.

On the second day, the celebration continued, but all the fans participated in the celebration. The Porto players did not participate in the celebration. In order to prepare for the Portuguese Cup and the Champions League semi-finals, the head coach Ferreira gave the players a day off.

Played too late yesterday, the next day Gao Xiaodong slept until 10 o'clock before getting up, washed his face, brushed his teeth, shaved and ate, after eating, Gao Xiaodong was playing games, Chen Qiang called, he told Gao Xiaodong, Huaguo is running for the coach The farce was over and Gao Bo was elected, but because of the Football Association's opposition, Gao Bo couldn't recruit Gao Xiaodong into the team for the time being. He specially asked Chen Qiang to express his apology to Gao Xiaodong on his behalf.

Gao Xiaodong was not surprised by this. He knew that he had no hope of joining the national team after Vice Chairman Nan got upright last time. In fact, the national team can’t even play in the World Cup. Money, you want to be famous, and you have no interest in wading into this muddy water.

After talking on the phone with Chen Qiang, Gao Xiaodong had just played games for a while, Xiao Le knocked on the door of Gao Xiaodong's bedroom, and said, "Xiaodong, is someone looking for you?"

Gao Xiaodong pointed to his nose, "Is someone looking for me?"

Xiao Le said: "Well, an uninvited guest named Martin said he wanted to talk to you about something."

Since it was an uninvited guest, Gao Xiaodong didn't change his clothes, and came to the living room in home clothes with slippers on.

The uninvited guest was a middle-aged man with brown hair and a rosacea nose. When Gao Xiaodong came out, he stood up politely and introduced himself: "I am Martin Ferguson, the chief scout of Manchester United, and Alex Ferguson. younger brother."

Gao Xiaodong was taken aback. No wonder this person looked so familiar. He turned out to be Ferguson's younger brother. He hurriedly said, "Please sit down, Mr. Martin. Sister Xiaole pours a glass of water for Mr. Martin."

Xiao Le knew that Martin must have come here for a purpose, so he poured two glasses of water for the two of them, and then quietly went back to his bedroom.

Gao Xiaodong asked with a smile: "Mr. Martin, how is Sir Ferguson?"

Martin watched Xiao Le enter the room, then smiled and said, "My brother is in good health, but he was eliminated by you, so he's not in a good mood."

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "The Champions League is held every year, maybe Manchester United will make a comeback next year."

Martin sighed and said, "It's not that easy to make a comeback."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "It must be easier than Porto."

Martin chatted with Gao Xiaodong for a few words, and then directly explained the purpose of coming, saying: "Xiaodong Gao, to tell you the truth, Real Madrid is now chasing Ronaldo very closely, and Ronaldo is also quite moved. If Ronaldo leaves Manchester United, Alek Sir Si wants you to join Manchester United to replace Ronaldo."

Gao Xiaodong knows about Ronaldo's transfer. Facing the lure of Real Madrid's exorbitant annual salary, no one will be tempted. It is impossible for Manchester United's owner, Glazer, to give Ronaldo the annual salary that Real Madrid offered. Therefore, it is inevitable that Ronaldo will leave sooner or later. thing.

In fact, the same is true for Gao Xiaodong, his value has soared now, even if Porto doesn't want to sell for money, he can't give Gao Xiaodong that much annual salary.

Gao Xiaodong didn't expect people from Manchester United to come so quickly, and he was also Ferguson's younger brother. He pondered for a moment and smiled, "My transfer fee may be very high."

Last season, Porto offered Gao Xiaodong 30 million euros. Later, because Porto could not participate in the Champions League, Gao Xiaodong's transfer fee was reduced to 26 million euros. As a result, Manchester United, Arsenal and Inter Milan all wanted to continue to lower the price and did not make a move. Gao Xiaodong was very upset and took the initiative to renew the contract with Porto.

Martin also knows this stalk. He smiled and said bluntly: "Last year, you have not experienced any test of major competitions. Thirty million euros is a bit risky. Although Sir Alex has the right to buy which player, after all, you have to consider What the boss thinks, you have already proved yourself in the Champions League this year, and a higher transfer fee is worth it. When it came time, my brother said, as long as you are willing to come to Manchester United, everything can be discussed.”

Gao Xiaodong frowned and said, "If I go to Manchester United, will Sir Alex Ferguson guarantee that I will start for a season?"

Martin was stunned. He said that everything was negotiable, and that meant money. He didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to ask Manchester United to guarantee him a starting position for a season. This was beyond Martin's expectation, and he couldn't discuss it with Gao Xiaodong. He could only report the condition to Ferguson for Ferguson to consider, but based on Martin's understanding of his brother, Ferguson, who has always been tough, would not agree to this condition.

Martin calmed down for a while, and said: "Xiao Donggao, I dare not promise you this condition blindly. I will discuss it with Sir Alex later, and write back to you later."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said: "Okay, anyway, the league is not over yet, Sir Alex Ferguson can think about it slowly."

Martin felt that there was something in the Chinese boy's words, so he said quickly, "It won't be long, it won't be long, I'll go back and report to Sir."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "Mr. Martin, there's no need to be in such a hurry, eat here before leaving."

Martin got up and said, "No, I'll go back and report right away, and I'll disturb you next time."

"Then I won't force you to stay."

Martin came and left in a hurry, but left a huge problem for Gao Xiaodong. The season is coming to an end, and he is not far from the professional A level. He will definitely not stay in the Portuguese Super League next season. , but where exactly? Manchester City? Manchester United? Or Inter Milan?