While Wu Lei was silent, Xu Genbao picked up the chopsticks to eat vegetables. He was not in a hurry or urged him. He knew that Wu Lei would definitely open his heart to him. This was the tacit understanding of his master and apprentice for many years. No matter what happened, he could enlighten Wu Lei and help Wu Lei get in touch with his heart.

But he never expected that Wu Lei's first words were to be sorry for him!

He chewed halfway through his mouth before he hurriedly swallowed it, and then asked, "Why are you sorry for me?"

He thought Wu Lei had done something wrong, young impulsively made something wrong, such as gambling, etc.... His mind had already started to rotate at high speed, and he was trying to solve specific problems.

At this moment, Wu Lei lowered his head and said, "I, I promised you, Coach Xu. I must win a Chinese Super League championship for our team. Before that, I will never consider going out to play football..."

Xu Genbao nodded. There was indeed such an agreement between them.

This has actually been a few years, it was in 2013.

At the beginning of 2013, Wu Lei trained with the club in Spain. Because he performed well with Norwegian team Molde, he was spotted by Manchester United legend Solskjaer, who coached Molde at the time. At that time, Solskjaer said: "If I were to take him for a year, he would have the ability to play in the Premier League."

With Gao Zheng already playing in Sampdoria, China was very excited about Wu Lei's ability to go abroad. After all, this was the "Temini" they were yy back then.

So Solskjaer's words made many Chinese fans climax.

Later, there was rumors that there were Dutch Eredivisie teams looking for Wu Lei and offered a price of 3 million euros and 4 million euros, but Xu Genbao refused.

Because at that time, an agency wanted to pay for Wu Lei and then run him to study abroad in Europe. This model is the same as many players in South America. The ownership of the player does not belong to the club they play for, but to the third-party agency company. Xu Genbao thought this method was unreliable, so he refused.

Later, Copenhagen, Denmark was interested in Wu Lei, and they were also very sincere because their head coach Solbaken was very optimistic about Wu Lei. They were willing to pay a certain loan fee to rent Wu Lei first, and then buy it out. At the same time, Copenhagen also promised to give Wu Lei the main position.

As a Danish giant who has been able to participate in the Champions League for many years, if he can play as the main player in this team, it will be a very important growth opportunity for Wu Lei.

Wu Lei was also moved at the time and said this in an interview publicly: "...The situation in Copenhagen is ideal from all aspects of feedback. If you miss this opportunity, there will be many unknowns in the future. From my own perspective, I also want to go to Europe to try to see if I can do it..."

But what is the final result?

Xu Genbao rejected Copenhagen and did not release anyone.

After that incident, Xu Genbao and Wu Lei had a long talk. The result of the long talk was that Wu Lei and Xu Genbao reached an agreement. As long as Wu Lei can help the team win the league championship, the club will not have any obstacles in letting him play abroad.

After that, Wu Lei performed well in the league and attracted the attention of other teams, but they were all rejected by Xu Genbao. Wu Lei was really not affected by whether he played football abroad or not.

Now, when Wu Lei saw Xu Genbao mention this matter directly, Xu Genbao had a rough guess in his mind - would it be related to studying abroad?

Sure enough, Wu Lei continued: "...I know I have made such an agreement with you. But this period of time, this period of time..."

Speaking of this, Wu Lei hesitated a little. He mustered up the courage to continue saying: "I still want to play football abroad during this period, and I really want to think about it. I know that this is wrong, because I promised Xu Guidance to help the team win the championship and then consider things. But I just can't help thinking about it... So I'm sorry, Xu Guidance, because these random thoughts have affected my training performance in the team and have brought bad effects on the team. You criticize me!"

Wu Lei kept his head down when he said this, not daring to look directly at his mentor. Now that he finished speaking, he buried his head lower.

Xu Genbao suddenly felt a little heartbroken when he looked at Wu Lei like this.

Playing football abroad has always been Wu Lei’s dream. As his teacher, how could he not know?

Among Chinese players, Wu Lei is actually very good at going abroad. Many European teams have shown interest in him. As long as the club nods, it will take him a minute to play football abroad.

How many Chinese players are proud of being able to play abroad? If there is a European team looking for them, even if it is just a rumor, press releases will probably be flying all over the sky.

So even though it was such a glorious thing, Wu Lei said it so humbly and cautiously.

Why is this?

Of course it's because of myself.

Because Wu Lei feels sorry for him.

Xu Genbao knew why Wu Lei had this idea because this child was kind.

When the team was still in the First Division, they failed to make consecutive Premier League games. Some players in the team were making transfers, earning big contracts, and playing in the Chinese Super League. Xu Genbao couldn't stand it anymore and had already begun to plan to disband this team that had devoted all his efforts.

As for Wu Lei's performance at that time, he was the most popular player in the team. As long as he nodded, he could go to the wealthy team to get a big contract, enjoy the delicious and spicy food, and be able to play in the Chinese Super League in one step.

But Wu Lei didn't do this. He even wrote a letter to Xu Genbao to express his determination. In the letter, Wu Lei, who was 20 years old, said: "...My idea is that no major players this year will be sold. Everyone has finally cooperated and understood well. If one or two more times, they will have to work together again. We people will definitely not take the initiative to propose transfers. After all, you have always cared about me since childhood. I will listen to you completely in this regard. I still hope that our group of people will work together... Everyone still has feelings."

Wu Lei, who was still 20 years old at the time, could say such words. He really thought about things from the club's standpoint.

This touched Xu Genbao at that time very much.

And this team was united in the second year and successfully promoted to the Super League, Wu Lei was right.

Xu Genbao knew that as long as he did not allow Wu Lei to study abroad, the child would definitely not listen to him and would never take the initiative to study abroad.

He is so well-behaved and obedient.

But because of this, Xu Genbao feels even more heartbroken now.

He looked at Wu Lei, who was lowered his head and suddenly asked, "Did you look at the Madrid derby?"

Wu Lei was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and honestly replied to his mentor: "Yes, I saw it."

"What do you think?"

"I……"

Seeing that Wu Lei was hesitant, Xu Genbao said, "Tell the truth."

"The level is very high." Wu Lei said honestly, "It's much higher than our Shanghai derby."

Xu Genbao was happy: "I didn't let you tell the truth. Are you fascinated when you watch Gao Zheng compete with Ronaldo in that game?"

Wu Lei gritted his teeth and nodded.

He did yearn for it at that time - it would be great if he could appear in such a high-level competition!

He watched the live broadcast of that game. It was 11:00 pm on February 7th, Beijing time, and it was almost 1:00 AM after watching the game.

As a professional player, it is logical that he shouldn't sleep so late, and it is indeed difficult for Wu Lei to sleep so late.

As a result, after watching the game, he was excited and excited, and he was completely unwilling to sleep, and almost stayed up all night.

His poor performance on the training ground has a lot to do with his staying up all night, but the bigger thing is the impact he suffered in this game.

During the Asian Cup, he trained and played football next to Gao Zheng, so he naturally knew how powerful Gao Zheng was.

But even so, he didn't dare to think that Gao Zheng could fight with a superstar of Cristiano Ronaldo, and finally beat the other party...

The mental impact that Gao Zheng's performance in this Madrid derby brought to Wu Lei was indeed too great.

There are many jokes praising Gao Zheng on the Internet, but these jokes are not needed at all, so Wu Lei was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

At the beginning, they were "Temini" who were tied with domestic fans and media. As a result, after so many years of experience in European football, Gao Zheng made such great progress that he had long left him far behind.

On the one hand, Wu Lei is full of yearning for the football stage that represents the highest level in the world, and on the other hand, he has a sense of urgency, wanting to try his best to catch up with Gao Zheng's back and not be pulled further and further by him.

"It's right to be fascinated." Xu Genbao put down his chopsticks and leaned back on the back of the chair. "The fascination shows that you still have a pursuit of football. Football is not a simple skill to make money and support your family."

When Wu Lei heard Xu Genbao say this, he didn't say anything.

Xu Genbao continued: "Don't worry about this issue, concentrate on playing the next season. Let's wait for the season to end. If there is really a suitable team who wants you, you still want to go out, so you can also not win the league."

Xu Genbao waved his hand.

Wu Lei looked at his mentor in amazement, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

"Why are you doing this expression? Don't you believe what I said?"

"No, no, Xu Guidance..."

Xu Genbao chuckled: "I used to think that you were not mature enough, your wings were not strong enough, and you still had to exercise. But now it seems that in my eyes, no matter how old you grow up, you will still be the same when you first came to Chongming Island... If you don't do this, you should go out and make a breakthrough. Don't be afraid of failure, I will provide you with the bottom line. If you really can't make it, you will still have your place in the team when you come back."
Chapter completed!