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Attentive friends might have already noticed that Deng Kai was rather inactive in this summer's transfer window.
But early signs had already hinted at his whereabouts.
This summer, Deng Kai and Ronaldo heeded the call of the Portuguese Football Federation and led Portugal's U16 to participate in the Trinidad and Tobago Youth Tournament.
There was even a special training camp before the competition.
Most of the U16 players were old friends of Deng Kai and Ronaldo, it was also where legends began.
This led to an explosion in attention for this edition of the Youth Tournament.
After all, these were two living legends of European "top-tier players"!
Quite a few Sporting Lisbon fans were actually against Deng Kai and Ronaldo participating in what they considered a "meaningless" match.
Yes, for the typical fifteen or sixteen-year-old players, the European Youth and World Youth Tournaments are indeed the best stages.
