If you were to ask who Yang Yang found hardest to refuse in European football, who would it be?
Real Madrid president Florentino would definitely rank first.
This was a bond he found very hard to sever. It was not only because Yang Yang had played for Real Madrid for nine years, but more importantly because during those nine years, Florentino and Real Madrid had given him the greatest support possible. In the end, they had even allowed Yang Yang to leave on a free transfer.
Yang Yang felt he had lived up to Real Madrid's respect and salary, but emotionally, he still felt somewhat guilty.
He knew how much Florentino respected and valued him, and he had always kept it in his heart. He clearly remembered how Real Madrid's fans had tried to persuade him to stay. Even more clearly, he remembered the years he had spent shoulder to shoulder with everyone at Real Madrid, and the matches they had fought side by side.
Those had been the most glorious peak of his life, something he could never forget!
Precisely because of all these reasons, Yang Yang was filled with respect for Real Madrid and Florentino. So when Florentino personally invited him to return to Madrid, Yang Yang was truly at a loss.
Even after he had taken his seat in the front row of the guests' section, even after the ceremony had begun, Yang Yang's mind was still filled with his conversation with Florentino and the Real Madrid president's aged appearance.
He no longer possessed the same high spirits he had shown a year ago. It was clear how much pressure he had endured over the past six months.
"We were all wrong, Yang!"
"Jorge, I, and everyone else once thought you could be replaced. Especially since