One million! And in Euros?
Michael Carter's face suddenly turned grim.
Jason Smith seemed not to notice the change in Michael's expression. Instead, he began to persuade him with emotion and reason.
"The three naturalization quotas are for the highest bidder!" Jason explained. "Because I am optimistic about your strength, I gave you one quota. One million euros is really not expensive! You should know that in this era, it is not enough to rely on strength alone! Besides, there is also money to introduce you to the club and resist public opinion for you!"
Michael spoke up coldly, "If I don't give this money, can I still be naturalized?"
With this, Jason Smith's smile faded, and his demeanor turned cold. His look towards Michael became more unfriendly.
"Are you being ungrateful?" Jason questioned. "We think highly of you, so we gave you this place! Don't take yourself so seriously; you're just a discarded player fired by Barcelona. No club in Europe will want you! Giving you this opportunity is also your only way out! If you don't want to pay, then don't even think about playing in Daxia!"
By the end of his words, Jason Smith almost began to threaten arrogantly. He seemed to have Michael in his grasp, sure that Michael would agree. In his opinion, a young player fired by Barcelona for hitting someone—even if he was a product of La Masia youth training—would not be wanted by European clubs with such a black history. Naturalizing into the national football team and returning to Dragon Country to play football was Michael's only way out.
"Who said I want to play in Daxia?" Michael sneered. "One million euros! You really think you are too proud! Don't you think you deserve it?"
Bang... Jason Smith slapped the table. "What the hell do you mean? You don't want to make it in the domestic football world, right? I'll tell you today! One million euros is not enough. If you don't come up with three million euros, I'll ban you! Remember! This is the national football team! If you want to make it here, you have to abide by the rules!"
Looking at the arrogant Jason Smith in front of him, Michael was furious and responded bluntly, "Ban me if you want! I won't serve you anymore!" No matter how angry Jason Smith was, Michael turned around and left the training base without any regrets. As for what Jason Smith would do next, he didn't care at all!
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On the way back to the hotel, Michael leaned on the car seat, looking like he was resting his eyes. But in fact, he had already opened the system.
[Negative emotion value: 20,021 points]
Seeing this amount, his bad mood was swept away. It seems that this bad naturalization trial was not completely useless. The negative emotion value triggered from those trial players was small, but it couldn't withstand those guys breaking the defense and going in large quantities.
"System! I want to draw a lottery!" Michael couldn't wait to summon the system.
[Start the lottery! ]
[Negative emotion value 20,000 points! You can draw four times! Does the host confirm the lottery? ]
Listening to the voice of the system, Michael couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh. 5,000 points for one lottery! It's really too expensive! Is it easy for him to earn negative emotion points?
"Confirm the lottery!" As Michael confirmed, the system's iconic big turntable appeared in his mind.
[Congratulations to the host for winning a silver treasure chest × 1]
[Congratulations to the host for winning a bronze treasure chest × 1]
[Congratulations to the host for winning a bronze treasure chest × 1]
[Congratulations to the host for winning a legendary treasure chest × 1]
Seeing two consecutive bronze treasure chests, Michael was almost desperate. Who knew... Legendary treasure chest!?
Michael was instantly excited.
[May I ask if the host wants to open all of them? ]
"Open... Open..."
[Open the silver treasure chest to get Wu Lei's shooting template]
[Open the bronze treasure chest to get stamina recovery potion × 1]
[Open the bronze treasure chest to get injury recovery potion × 1]
[Open the legendary treasure chest to get the steal king template]
[All rewards are placed in the system warehouse! ]
[Please choose to merge by yourself! ]
Michael quickly opened the system warehouse and found the steal king template from a group of garbage templates. He quickly chose to merge.
[Congratulations to the host! Successfully merged the steal king template! ]
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Jason Smith's work efficiency was very fast. Banned as soon as he said. Michael left the training base less than half an hour ago, and the Football Association issued a notice immediately.
"Statement on the naturalization of player Michael Carter"
Player Michael Carter does not meet the naturalization conditions. Insufficient ability! And he was forced to terminate his contract and was expelled by Barcelona for hitting someone in Barcelona. During the naturalization trial, he refused to obey the discipline, contradicted the team leader, and bullied his teammates, which had a very serious impact. After research and decision, the punishment results are as follows:
Michael Carter will be put on the blacklist of the Dragon Football Association and his naturalization qualification will be permanently revoked. Michael Carter is prohibited from playing in the Dragon Football Club and participating in sports events at all levels!
As soon as the announcement was released, some hawkish media of the Football Association followed suit and published articles.
"Can naturalized players really help the national football team?"
"In-depth analysis of player Michael Carter! La Masia thug, Barcelona abandoned player!"
There was an uproar on the Internet. Originally, Michael Carter was transferred to the first team by Barcelona, which attracted the attention of many Dragon Barcelona fans. As a result, he was forced to terminate the contract within a few days. The reason was that Michael beat someone in Barcelona and refused to apologize. Such a thing happened again when participating in naturalization. Some fans began to denounce Michael.
"After being fired by Barcelona, I knew this guy was not a good guy!"
"We shouldn't have given him a chance to naturalize from the beginning. Such a black sheep must not be accepted!"
"Support the Football Association!"
"It's right to ban him permanently! The rubbish that was fired by Barcelona dared to act like a big shot when he came back!"
"Support the ban!"
"It's useless to naturalize such a black sheep!"
"I've said naturalization won't work!"
"Your own players are not good, so just naturalize them! It's a mess, the Football Association is more likely to cause trouble than help!"
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Michael himself didn't pay attention to the situation on the Internet. He didn't pay attention to the announcement of the Football Association. Even if he saw it, he would only think that he was really blind! He actually thought that Dragon Country football could be saved!
After returning to the hotel, he began to pack up and prepare to book a ticket to Europe. But at this time, his agent called him.
"Michael, how is the naturalization trial going on over there?"
Hearing this question, Michael relayed the situation here truthfully.
"What? A million euros in bribes? Is the Dragon Football Association crazy?" It was obvious that the Football Association's actions shocked the agent who works in Europe.
"Just refuse! I didn't agree with you going back to participate in the naturalization trial from the beginning! There is no way out for you in Dragon Football!"
Michael smiled bitterly.
"Okay! Let's not talk about this! I called to bring you good news! Liverpool in the Premier League has agreed to sign you! I have booked your flight! Come directly to England! I'll wait for you here!"