The team will have a holiday the next day, and there will be a day off after the game, which is nothing strange. However, if the team loses continuously and is in a sluggish state, the holiday will be cancelled for punitive training. However, today they successfully relegated in advance and completed the most important task of the season, so head coach Fernandez was particularly merciless and took two days off.

Chu Zhongtian returned to the apartment very quietly. There was no one in the building. He did not see the scene of a welcoming in the corridor. He did not meet the old man Legov and his daughter, but he saw a bottle of champagne at the door.

The champagne with a ribbon tied to the wall was placed outside the door, and the ribbon floated up with the wind he walked around.

He leaned over and picked up the wine bottle, looking at the two lines of words written in claustrophobia on the ribbon:

On February 21, 2005, the 37th round of the league, against PSG, the best in the game.

He won the best of the game in yesterday's game, which is his second best of the game this season. This bottle of champagne is the reward for the best player.

During this period of time... Old man Legov should be sleeping and resting... Chu Zhongtian smiled at Champagne.

In fact, he has already realized the biggest difference between professional players and amateur players - professional players and fans are not as much as amateur players and fans, just like the training ground of a professional team is surrounded by a wall of wire. His fans at Metz do not have much contact, and he will not spend time with fans when he is not training, and he can intuitively experience their joys, anger, sorrow, and happiness. However, it is different for Metz. He trains more time than in amateur team, so he will have less time to not train. Then he has his own affairs and does not have the opportunity to let him get together with fans all day long. The fans of this team are naturally a little distant.

But old man Legov and "Broken Mouth" Belmont still let him understand the feelings of these fans.

Chu Zhongtian, who opened the door and entered the room, opened the glass cabinet and put the champagne in. Looking at the four bottles of champagne inside, he laughed.

※※※A successful relegation will make people feel that the league is over, but in fact there is still the last round - on May 28, we will challenge Nantes away.

Chu Zhongtian's outstanding performance in the game against Paris Saint-Germain once again attracted large-scale attention from the French media.

On the second day of the game, large photos of Chu Zhongtian's goal appeared in many French newspapers. Any newspaper with national influence introduced Chu Zhongtian. Although Chu Zhongtian had scored a goal to equalize the score in the game with Lyon before, in terms of importance alone, that ball is obviously not as good as this ball. That ball is worth at most one point, but yesterday's goal is not only worth three points, but also means that Metz can continue to stay in the top league next season. From a money perspective, Metz's fiscal budget revenue throughout the season was affected by Chu Zhongtian's goal.

Under such circumstances, it is not an exaggeration for the media to praise Chu Zhongtian.

Especially the local media of Metz, who compared him to "Yao Ming" in Metz. Yao Ming is now the most world-renowned Chinese athlete. A little inferior to him is Liu Xiang, who just won the men's 110-meter hurdle championship at the Athens Olympics last year.

French media collectively paid attention to Chu Zhongtian, and Chinese media were naturally excited.

They only need to translate the French media articles and modify them, and add some more exaggerated and sensational passages to attract the attention of a large number of readers.

That "Mes Yao Ming" is naturally also a "concept" that Chinese media have been hotly hyped.

But Chu Zhongtian himself hates this title very much... He plays football, while Yao Ming plays basketball. The two are incompatible. Although they are both big balls, there is a big difference. How can they be compared together? What's more, his current influence is not on the same level as Yao Ming. Forcibly elevating himself will only make others feel that he is overestimating himself, and it will also make him bear a lot of unnecessary pressure. If he loses a game, someone will angrily scold: "You are the 'Yao Ming' of our Chinese football world, representing the image of China. How can you lose!"

He doesn't want to be scolded like this one day.

He is not afraid of taking responsibility, he is disgusted with taking on some inexplicable responsibilities that he does not want to be imposed on himself.

He knows what kind of person he is, and he never shifts the responsibilities he should bear, such as leading the team to victory on the court, or succeeding in relegation. But he has to take other messy responsibilities on him, please forgive him for thanking him.

For the sake of this title, he first told the French media: "I don't like the name of 'Mes Yao Ming', please change it. If I don't change it, I will not accept your interview again."

He said more directly to the Chinese media: "Yao Ming is Yao Ming, I am me, I can't become him, and I don't want to become him. A basketball and a football are all different sports. French media talk nonsense, and you can also hype it up? Anyway, I'm very disgusted with this kind of footwork, so you can change it. I don't even call me "Lin Danda" and I just don't call me "Mayce's Yao Ming" and "Football's Liu Xiang". I can't bear it."

This is the first time that the media have seen Chu Zhongtian get angry. In the past, Chu Zhongtian always accepted interviews politely, and tried to answer any questions that could be answered, and those who are inconvenient to answer will also tell the interviewers very tactfully. Everyone thought he was a good-tempered person, but they only saw Chu Zhongtian's stubbornness in this matter.

The incident of "Mess Yao Ming" is just a small episode and has not affected people's mood. Anyway, it was not a big deal. If Chu Zhongtian didn't let him call him, then don't call him. Anyway, many Chinese fans think that the nickname hyped by the media is really disgusting... What is "Mess Yao Ming"? Does Chu Zhongtian and Yao Ming have any similarities? No, at all, this far-fetchedness can only make people more disgusted.

Metz's local media gave me a nickname "Lion", which was taken from the famous saying by Napoleon. It means that Chu Zhongtian's style of playing football is as brave and aggressive as a lion.

Chu Zhongtian did not object to this nickname, so he was called out.

※※※ Before the competition against Nantes, Chu Zhongtian had another German class to attend. In fact, he learned German with Mathilde, and did not intend to learn much. He would not be able to study hard like he had learned French. He just found a reason to continue with Mathilde. Despite this, he still learned a little.

After class, Mathilde suddenly remembered something: "Chu, I heard you came on loan from a British team."

Chu Zhongtian didn't understand why Mathilde asked this, so he nodded.

"So that means you will leave Metz after the game the day after tomorrow?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "I want to go back to China for vacation."

"Then will you come back in the future?" Mathilde was waiting for Chu Zhongtian's answer nervously.

"I don't know." Chu Zhongtian shook his head honestly. When he saw a look of disappointment on Madir's face, he laughed again: "But I will try my best to get it back."

"Try to fight? What does that mean?" Mathilde asked in confusion.

"It is to strive for a permanent transfer, leave the UK and come to Metz."

After hearing Chu Zhongtian say this, Mathilde breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face again.

Seeing the smiling German teacher, Chu Zhongtian was a little distracted.

Now when Delphin Mathilde comes to teach Chu Zhongtian, she no longer dresses up like that kind of rustic appearance. She looks like a normal French girl, pursuing beauty.

This made Chu Zhongtian feel that the weekly German class gave him an opportunity to appreciate beautiful women unscrupulously.

"What made you think like this, Chu?"

"What's the reason... the teammates, coaches and fans here. This place is very suitable for me, I like it. Of course... and you, Maty. I haven't learned German yet, how could I leave and never come again?"

Mathilde's mood went through the process from disappointment to happiness to regret during Chu Zhongtian's words.

But when those expressions appeared on her face, she always lowered her head, and Chu Zhongtian couldn't see it at all.

※※※After finishing the German class and sending Mathilde downstairs, Chu Zhongtian turned back, and Mr. Merry also came out of his room and was sitting on the sofa watching TV.

When Meili was here, when Chu Zhongtian was in class, he would consciously enter his bedroom and would not disturb them outside.

"The last class of this season?" Meili asked Chu Zhongtian.

"Well. The team will be on holiday the day after playing the game, and I will also go back to China. All the air tickets have been booked."

Chu Zhongtian sat in front of the computer and began to browse the personal website that Kang Jianbo built for him.

"I just called Chelsea and asked about the possibility of transfer. Do you know who you are talking to me?" Merry said to Chu Zhongtian while watching TV.

When talking about his future, Chu Zhongtian moved his attention from the computer screen. He looked at Meili and asked, "Who?"

"Jose Mourinho."

"Head coach?" Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised.

"Well..." Merry nodded, "He doesn't want you to transfer and leave. He has watched videos of your game with Paris Saint-Germain. He said you have potential, but you need to continue training. He is willing to continue to loan you to Metz next season, but he doesn't agree to transfer and leave. Chu, I have thought about this before. You performed well in Metz, and Chelsea must know. You asked Coach Fernandez to value you, and Mourinho is not blind either."

Chu Zhongtian thought about it. Mourinho was optimistic about his potential? He was not happy about it at all, because he did have potential and no one needed to be optimistic about it. If Mourinho said this a year ago, he would have been very happy. He was a little naive at that time. After a season, he had experienced many things and had matured a lot. He also learned to calmly think about how his future should go. He no longer believed in fame and wealthy families.

"What if I insist on leaving?" he asked.

"It depends on what he is in positioning you. If you treat you as a player that Chelsea can rely on in the next ten years, I think they will definitely not let go easily. If you are just a promising young man, you should not make things too difficult for you on this issue. I can hear from Mourinho's tone that he is optimistic about your future, but he does not think you are the core player that Chelsea can rely on in the future, that is,..."

"That is to say, it is actually dispensable. If you can stay, it will be better. There is no regret for staying, right?"

Merry nodded: "If you insist on leaving, I don't think Chelsea will stop you. As long as Metz can see a suitable price for you, I think it's not a problem... What we need to worry about is that Metz's offer is not high, but other clubs compete with them and offer higher prices, so that Chelsea only accepts high quotations, but rejects Metz's quotations."

This possibility does exist.

Chu Zhongtian thought for a while and said, "I will talk to Mr. Fernandez tomorrow. After the conversation, I will tell you what the head coach thinks, and then you will go and talk to Mets Club."

Meili nodded. This is the only way to go for now.

※※※After the training the next day, Chu Zhongtian took the initiative to find coach Jean Fernandez. When he told the head coach about his purpose, the old French man laughed: "I am also planning to find you about this matter, Chu. I have already talked with the club chairman Mr. Molinari. I hope the club can buy you from Chelsea club because I think you are a very important part of my future plans."

Chu Zhongtian was no longer surprised by the coach's attention to him, because Coach Fernandez proved this to him with practical actions.

"I want to hear your thoughts now, are you willing to transfer to us?"

As soon as Fernandez finished asking, Chu Zhongtian nodded and replied, "I do, Mr. Fernandez. Actually, I came to you just to tell you that I decided to leave Chelsea and transfer to Mess. I hope that an agreement can be reached between Mess Club and Chelsea Club."

"I think there should be no problem with this, Chu. We will negotiate with Chelsea Club as soon as possible." Fernandez nodded. Chu Zhongtian's words made the stone in his heart fall. Since the players themselves hope to transfer to Mets, what reason does Chelsea Club have to stop him?

In fact, he now regrets that he did not sign a "rental first and buy" agreement with Chelsea, otherwise there would be no such problems now. Metz club only needs to pay a small sum of money to take Chu Zhongtian away from Chelsea. At that time, Chelsea didn't care about a small Chu Zhongtian at all.

Chu Zhongtian is now performing well in Metz. Although Fernandez is very happy, he also gives Chelsea an excuse to raise the price.

"You don't think about anything in the last game, just play well. I believe the transfer will be done soon." Fernandez relaxed Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian was still a little worried. He could not completely let go before the final result came to an end.

When he went back, he told his agent Mr. James Merry about the words between himself and Fernandez.

After knowing the coach's attitude, Meri talked with Mes's chairman again. Molinari also showed interest in Chu Zhongtian and affirmed Chu Zhongtian's ability and potential. He also expressed his determination to buy Chu Zhongtian as much as possible, hoping that Chu Zhongtian's agent, Mr. Meri, can also put some pressure on Chelsea.

Meri had a clear mind. Since both the players and the club wanted to transfer, the only thing left was to deal with that Jose Mourinho.

He analyzed from Mourinho's tone that although Mourinho is optimistic about Chu Zhongtian's talent, he actually doesn't care too much. After all, there is a labor certificate issue between the two - who knows whether Chu Zhongtian can obtain a labor certificate before the expiration of the contract? If he is delayed and refused to renew the contract with the club, then once the contract expires, he cannot play for Chelsea. Chu Zhongtian is free and can do whatever he wants, and Chelsea will not make a penny.

For Chelsea, it is wise to sell Chu Zhongtian while someone wants him. Anyway, they didn't spend a pound to buy Chu Zhongtian, but they paid half a season's salary - the other half of the season was paid by Mets Club - now they make money no matter how much they sell.

※※ On May 28, the last round of the 2004-2005 French Football League kicked off at 8 pm. Metz challenged Nantes away.

Nantes currently has 40, ranking second to last in the league. They must defeat Metz in this game, and it depends on the results of their competitors before they can know whether they can stay in the League One.

Chu Zhongtian experienced the feeling of the Paris Saint-Germain players a week ago. Nantes's team burst out with huge energy and made a last try to Metz amid the clamor of home fans.

Maybe Metz's players all relaxed after relegation in advance, maybe they couldn't bear to see their opponents really relegated to Class B. Anyway, Metz played very slack in this game and did not have the same fighting spirit when they fought with Paris Saint-Germain in the last game.

Only Chu Zhongtian is still working very hard, but when even Ribery is not attentive, what's the use of no matter how good he performs alone?

In the end, Nantes relied on striker Mamadou Diallo to defeat Messe in the 40th minute, 1:0.

After the game, Nantes home court, Marsel Sopan, can accommodate 38,000 people, became a sea of ​​joy, and fans flocked to the stadium to celebrate the team's victory, as they had already achieved the results of several other games that ended at the same time.

The two Caen and Bastia, who were ranked first in Nantes, both lost to their opponents. Among them, Easter, who had been relegated, did not give up the game. In their last Ligue 1 game of the season, they defeated Caen 3:2 at home, which was both a relegation and a team of funerals.

Nantes fans chanted "Thank you Met" and "Thank you East" to celebrate their victory.

Chu Zhongtian is not unfamiliar with this scene, because he had experienced similar scenes just a week ago.

Looking at the happy smiles of Nantes fans, although he lost the ball, he was also successful in relegation and was not depressed because he could feel the mood of Nantes players and fans...

In this way, his first season in Ligue 1 ended.
Chapter completed!