Chapter 1033 The Most Special One
Since Belgium failed to enter the European Cup, Eden Hazard was very idle throughout June, traveling between Belgium and Spain, mainly looking for properties in Madrid.
In the next few years, he will live and play in Madrid, and finding a house is a top priority.
Real Madrid specially arranged for a staff member to accompany him to look around for properties, but they are mainly concentrated in two wealthy areas, La Finca and La Moraleja. This is the most expensive housing price in Madrid and even Spain, but it is also the area with the best security and supporting facilities.
In the affluent area of Madrid where land is very expensive, housing prices are ridiculously high. Hazard could choose to rent a house, but he prefers to have a sense of security, so he chose to buy, and finally he took a fancy to a detached villa in La Moraleja.
An important reason that prompted him to choose La Moraleja was that he passed a luxury house during his property search.
No. 11, the core area of La Moraleja.
Although I didn't go in, the quaint gate showed an unusual style. I couldn't see the houses and scenery inside, but I could guess it just through the gate. The real estate agent also said that this is the top mansion in La Moraleja, unrivaled.
"The owner of this mansion is Yang Yang!"
Yang Yang, this is a name that cannot be avoided in Real Madrid no matter what.
Real Madrid staff gave advice on buying a house in La Moraleja, not only because of the security and facilities here, not only because it is very close to Valdebebas, but more importantly, Yang Yang lives here, and many Real Madrid stars live here.
This is a kind of guidance that is not forced, but subtle.
Originally, La Moraleja was not popular with Real Madrid players. Although Figo and Beckham stayed here successively, more foreign Real Madrid players chose La Finca because it is more modern and has more advanced facilities, which is more suitable for young players.
But since 2009, after Yang Yang moved into La Moraleja, Real Madrid players including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kaka, Maicon, Mascherano, Vermaelen and other Real Madrid players who joined in the same period have settled in La Moraleja one after another. Later, even Real Madrid players who originally lived elsewhere, including Robben and Marcelo, are now living in La Moraleja.
Today's La Moraleja has almost become the most enthusiastic residence of Real Madrid players. Not only Yang Yang, Iker Casillas and Ramos all live here, but David Silva, Di Maria, Modric, Harvey Martinez, Varane and other subsequent players also live in this community.
Azpilicueta, who joined this summer, also chose to live in La Moraleja.
Hazard finally chose La Moraleja, not because he particularly likes it here, but because he hopes to send a signal through this move that he is actively integrating into the big family of Real Madrid.
Buying the house still needs to be redecorated. During this period of time, Hazard will temporarily live in the Hilton Hotel near the airport. Real Madrid staff will pick him up and down every day.
On the morning of July 16, Hazard got ready early, boarded the reception car, and headed for Valdebebas.
...
Although I have been to Valdebebas several times before, this time the feeling is obviously different.
The training camp for the new season has started. This is the first day Hazard joined Real Madrid, the first training session.
He was familiar with Zidane before and talked with Ancelotti on the phone, but he wondered if the Italians would be strict with him?
He doesn't know that his teammates in the Real Madrid dressing room are not easy to get along with?
Will they be less friendly because they are newcomers?
I heard that Robben will stay in the team. The Dutchman was originally going to be sent to the transfer market. It is said that Bayern Munich is very interested in him, but Yang Yang persuaded Florentino to let Robben stay in the team. This has led to three players in the Real Madrid team, Hazard, Robben and Di Maria, who can compete for the other two positions in the trident.
Among the youth team players, Vazquez was loaned out. He performed well last season and was favored by many La Liga teams, but the talented player Jesse was promoted to the first team. This is Real Madrid's youth training.
More importantly, Yang Yang, he supports Robben to stay in the team, so what is his attitude towards his joining?
Although he supported himself on Twitter, it was a virtual network after all, would he still have such an attitude in reality?
However, Hazard was not too worried, because according to the news he got from the Real Madrid staff, Yang Yang will not return to the team until the end of July. It is said that he took his wife and children for their honeymoon. I believe that he will already be familiar with everything about Real Madrid.
Zidane promised to help.
Thinking of this, Hazard felt a lot more relaxed.
But just as Audi turned into the gate of the first-team training area of the Valdebebas training base and entered the parking lot, the driver sitting in the driving seat let out a surprised "Huh".
"What's wrong?" Azar wondered.
Looking along the driver's line of sight, you can see that the parking lot dedicated to the first team of Real Madrid is all Audis, and the entire row of past cars has four circles on the front logo, but only the front of the front car is more domineering. The logo is not an Audi, but a Porsche.
"This is..." Hazard wondered. Audi is the car sponsor of Real Madrid. All Real Madrid players and coaches must drive an Audi when they enter Real Madrid. This is something that Real Madrid mentioned before signing him.
But how can there be a Porsche parked in the dedicated parking space for Real Madrid players?
"He actually returned to the team early." The driver smiled.
"Him?" Hazard asked, but he was full of doubts who "returned" to the team early and drove the Porsche into the player parking lot?
"Yang." The driver smiled back, "This is his car. Only he can drive a Porsche into Valdebebas, because his sponsor is Porsche. I heard that he gets more sponsorship fees from Porsche than Real Madrid from Audi, so when Real Madrid signed with him, they couldn't negotiate his car sponsorship contract."
Azar was a little stunned when he heard it. He vaguely remembered such a piece of news, but he was still young at the time and didn't pay attention to it. But in retrospect, it was too outrageous.
What is the concept that the commercial value of a player exceeds that of the entire Real Madrid team?
"Does he often return early?" Hazard asked again.
"Well, it's been ahead of schedule every year for the past three years. Originally, he got married this year. We thought he would come back later, but we didn't expect it to be earlier." The driver shook his head helplessly and smiled.
Hazard once again felt Yang Yang's weight in the Real Madrid club, especially in the minds of the staff.
Of course, the Belgians don’t know yet that Yang Yang’s status is not only earned by his performance on the court, but also that he gives gifts to everyone in the club during the Chinese New Year and invites everyone to dinner from time to time.
For such a person, who is also the most influential number one star in the team, who doesn't love him?
What Azar is more worried about now is Yang Yang, what kind of person is he?
...
After getting out of the car, Hazard carried his luggage and walked towards the training building of the first team full of apprehension and longing.
He was looking forward to seeing Yang Yang, but also worried.
Just after turning the corner, he vaguely heard movement from the gate.
"Hey, Alvaro, come closer, yes, yes, and you, Jesse, come closer, Daniel, can you stop smiling so stiffly, be more natural, yes, yes."
Hearing the sound all the way, Hazard saw outside the gate of the training building, several young players from the Real Madrid youth team were surrounding a person in casual clothes. The speaker was facing away from him, holding up his mobile phone to take pictures of the opposite person and adjust their positions.
This is Yang Yang?
Azar looked at the man in casual clothes, he stopped and looked over carefully.
But soon, he realized that he was wrong, it was not Yang Yang, but Raul.
The former captain and banner of Real Madrid, the eternal No. 7, Raul.
That Yang Yang...
Hazard immediately looked at the person taking pictures with his mobile phone, and only saw that he took a few consecutive pictures before putting down his mobile phone, showing his true face, and joked with a smile, "Nacho, you are just like Morata, you are really unphotogenic."
"Oh, come on, I'm much more handsome than you, okay?"
"Hey, Yang, you must have made me look ugly on purpose."
The two young players from the youth academy looked very casual, and they were not polite to Yang Yang. It felt like friends were teasing each other.
Yang Yang didn't mind either. He walked over with his mobile phone, shaking his head and said, "Hesse, what have you been doing this holiday? You said you wanted to gain muscle, why do you still look like this?"
"Yang, I've always been like this, and you know, I'm a technical player, too muscular will affect my flexibility."
"Fuck off, why haven't I been affected by my muscles?" Yang Yang retorted, "No, I will definitely tell the boss later and ask them to make a muscle strengthening training plan for you, and you will practice with me every day later."
"Oh my God, you are killing me." Hesse cried out in agony.
Raul hugged Hesse's neck hard, and pressed him down firmly, "Don't be wronged, Yang is doing it for your own good, don't even think about it, can your small body withstand the collision of defenders in La Liga? If you don't build up your muscles properly, once you get more injuries in the past few years, you won't even think about playing in the first team."
"Okay, I know, I know, Raul, don't try so hard, I know Yang is doing it for my own good, why don't I agree?" Hesse immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
Only then did Raul let go of his hand, patted Hesse on the back forcefully, and pushed him in front of Yang Yang.
"Yang, I'm not here, this kid will be handed over to you to supervise in the future, don't be polite."
Everyone laughed for a while.
Both Jesse and Morata are the best players in Real Madrid's youth academy. Among them, Jesse has the highest talent and is the most favored by everyone. Not only Raul and Guti, but also Yang Yang, Zidane and Ancelotti are all very optimistic about Jesse.
But this kid, like all professional players, is terrified of the gym.
It was at this time that Yang Yang noticed Hazard at the corner, his eyes lit up and he laughed.