[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-football-at-16-let-me-retire-and-come-back":3,"chapter-football-at-16-let-me-retire-and-come-back-football-at-16-let-me-retire-and-come-back-chapter-892":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Football: At 16, Let Me Retire and Come Back?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2300862,4499,"Chapter 892: Uncle Kane Finally Wins the Title, Chinese Football League","football-at-16-let-me-retire-and-come-back-chapter-892",892,"\u003Cp>‘Beep, beeeep—!!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The match is over!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Guys, 6-2! Manchester United have won the FIFA Club World Cup this year—this is United’s first trophy of the season!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘By the way, hehe, it’s also our Tang King’s first Club World Cup title.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was simply too great a gap in strength; for Al-Hilal, defeating Manchester United head-on was nearly an impossible task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re facing Manchester United—this team is full of players from last World Cup’s top four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clap! Clap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Vamostom!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Vamos!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the noise, Tang Ye stood up from the bench, raised his right fist into the air, and excitedly waved to the fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ye’s attention had been fixed on Kane all along—even the match director had kept the camera on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘How are you feeling now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kane was too busy responding to the fans to hear what Tang Ye had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Hah!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ye nudged Mata beside him and pointed at Kane: ‘He’s stunned!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Hey, what did you say?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Kane turn his head to ask Tang Ye what he’d just asked—but Tang Ye stayed silent, pretending he hadn’t said a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Eme! (Please!)’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing he’d been played by his captain, Kane felt uneasy: ‘Don’t do that, Tom.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Don’t treat me like a rookie—I could be your uncle.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, rookies get teased by veteran teammates; Kane worried Tang Ye was treating him like one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I really didn’t say anything—Osman can vouch for me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Kane’s stare, Dembélé raised both hands in innocence: ‘I know nothing.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{‘raw_term’: ‘Amazing, amazing!!’, ‘original_term’: ‘Amazing, amazing!!’}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{‘raw_term’: ‘Kane’s curse isn’t that strong; it doesn’t even compare to France’s defending champion curse, which was broken so easily’, ‘original_term’: ‘Kane’s curse isn’t that strong; it doesn’t even compare to France’s defending champion curse, which was broken so easily’}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{‘raw_term’: ‘ggbond got armor-piercing, you thought’, ‘original_term’: ‘ggbond got armor-piercing, you thought’}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{‘raw_term’: ‘How many trophies can Manchester United win this season? Could it be five?’, ‘original_term’: ‘How many trophies can Manchester United win this season? Could it be five?’}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runner-up award ceremony was underway, but the music playing over the speakers was drowned out by Manchester United fans’ cheers, leaving the Al-Hilal players on the podium feeling awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This perfectly proved the saying: since Ten Hag joined, Manchester United has become increasingly bandit-like—both the players on the pitch and the fans off it behave exactly like bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Now, the championship award ceremony begins.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The champion team of this FIFA Club World Cup—the European representative, Manchester United!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Ten Hag and Tang Ye, the United players stepped onto the podium one by one; Tang Ye met Infantino again, after their last encounter at the World Cup third-place ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Mr. President.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ye shook hands and embraced Infantino.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘You’ve done a lot.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Huh?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh, I mean Chinese football—you’ve done a lot for your country’s football.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infantino smiled at Tang Ye: ‘You’ve got guts. You know China is huge—some things are not easy to fix.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But I feel we can’t get any worse. The gap between our league level—Super League, China League One, etc.—and the national team is too wide; there’s no future unless we do something.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Well, it’s a good idea—and if it succeeds, you could make a fortune.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infantino’s eyes narrowed into slits, giving the impression he was about to drool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FIFA has some oversight over the Chinese Football Association, but not enough to let Infantino do anything—even to open up the Chinese market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by Tang Ye’s recent moves… this guy seems to want to make a massive play here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Making money is secondary.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ye’s words stunned Infantino: ‘If this can really take off, I’m willing to lose some money.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wow!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infantino nodded, unsure whether he believed Tang Ye: ‘Good luck.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infantino didn’t offer any help—he knew FIFA couldn’t do much anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they could possibly offer was financial support, but before confirming success, Infantino wouldn’t lift a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ye’s strength is playing football, not running the Chinese league—so the odds of losing money here are extremely high. Until he understands Tang Ye’s plan, FIFA must wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wish me luck.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ye and Infantino shook hands again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Here.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten Hag handed the trophy to Tang Ye, standing in the center of the team; Tang Ye kissed the trophy, then turned to Kane beside him: ‘Want you to hold it?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘You hold it first.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘No, I mean—let you hold it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wow? Huh…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kane took a sharp breath: ‘I think that might not be right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Huh?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kane’s English was muddled, like his tongue and lips were stuck together—Tang Ye didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t matter. Tang Ye didn’t argue with teammates—he just shoved the trophy into Kane’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wow!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kane’s smile spread across his face immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Then I’ll take it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Phew…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly set-up podium shook up and down as players jumped around, waiting for Kane’s countdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘3!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘2!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘1!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wow!!!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden confetti shot into the sky as Kane raised the trophy above his head, his expression terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Fuck!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mua!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kane kissed the trophy: ‘Hah, fuck!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is just the beginning!’\u003C\u002Fp>",846,"2026-06-20T06:50:12.695Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","eb044c7f2faec39e2e390faa21565c27e9a2f7da52d6c8f99a9842f5908f4dd1","football-at-16-let-me-retire-and-come-back-chapter-893","football-at-16-let-me-retire-and-come-back-chapter-891",918,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffootball-at-16-let-me-retire-and-come-back-cover.jpg"]