Chapter 1564 It Is Impossible to Agree

In the face of the upcoming 2003-04 season, the main players of Manchester City Club are training very hard one by one.

This year is Manchester City's first season after returning to the Premier League. The whole team is holding back their strength, hoping to fight another turnaround in the Premier League.

Head coach Kevin Keegan is also going all out to lead all players in training, and actively preparing for the technical and tactical arrangements for the new season. Since this year, Kevin Keegan will be present in every training session of the first team, even for pure indoor physical fitness. Training, he will be there to supervise.

However, what puzzled the players was that this afternoon, the head coach Kevin Keegan suddenly disappeared. He, who would never miss training in the past, did not appear on the sidelines of the training field, but only told the assistant coach to lead everyone in the daily routine train.

The players like some gossip on weekdays, so while training, they quietly guessed where Kevin Keegan was going, and the guessing results became more and more outrageous.

Just when everyone was speculating whether Kevin Keegan was going to pick up girls in the city, Kevin Keegan suddenly appeared on the sidelines and said to all the players of the first team who were training: "Everyone, stop training, follow me to the main building of the base, and don't allow it. Bring any communication equipment, especially a camera-capable mobile phone."

Kevin Keegan's sudden appearance made everyone confused, and what he said made people even more confused.

Stop training, go to the main building of the base, and can't bring any communication equipment, what is this for?

Everyone was puzzled, and immediately stopped training, wearing sweat-soaked training uniforms, and followed Kevin Keegan to the large conference room in the main building of the base.

For the players, they are very familiar with the large conference room in the main building. Every time Kevin Keegan wants to tell everyone the technical and tactical skills of the entire team, or analyze the strengths and weaknesses of other teams, everyone will gather here. It's just that, in the past, people would not come here wearing training uniforms for meetings, so this feeling is a bit weird.

As soon as the door opened and the players came in, they were surprised to find that the CEO of the club was also here, and there were several unfamiliar faces.

Just when everyone was surprised at the origin of these unfamiliar faces, a player suddenly exclaimed: "Li Mu...My God, it's really Li Mu!"

The players of Manchester United, with this exclamation, all recognized Li Mu himself.

Just when they were shocked, Li Mu stood up and said with a smile, "Hello everyone, I'm Li Mu and the new owner of Manchester City Club."

As soon as this is said,

All the players were stunned.

Li Mu becomes the new owner of Manchester City Club? The most famous businessman in the world bought this second-tier football club that had just returned to the Premier League? This is too incredible, right? It's as if the richest man in China suddenly bought a small brick kiln at the head of his village, and he doesn't understand why.

When everyone was puzzled, Li Mu explained to everyone that the reason why he bought Manchester City Club was entirely because he liked football and hoped that he could make a club the strongest in the world with his own hands.

If someone else said this, everyone would probably not believe it at all, but when Li Mu said this, none of the team members doubted it.

Afterwards, Li Mu briefly talked about his investment plan for Manchester City Club. In a word, it was one sentence: In the future, Manchester City will need money and resources, and even future advertising sponsorships will be covered by Muye Technology. This also means that Li Mu will not only continue to invest in the club personally, but will also allow his own business to provide the club with more cash flow through a cooperative model.

Moreover, Li Mu also promised everyone that before the end of the season, he will not make active adjustments to any staff of the club, that is to say, the coaching staff will not change, the medical team will not change, and the management staff will not change. , as a promise to them that the environment they are familiar with will not change dramatically and cause them distress.

However, Li Mugo did not promise that the team lineup and the issue of whether the players would go or stay would not change. This is also a message he wants to send to the players. He can give them all kinds of support, or he can follow their habits. Come, but the premise is that their abilities must pass the test, otherwise, they will never be soft-hearted.

Head coach Kevin Keegan then introduced the team members to Li Mu one by one. When introducing Sun Jihai, before Kevin Keegan could speak, Li Mu looked at the familiar and heroic face in front of him. He took the initiative to step forward, reached out to him, and said in Chinese at the same time, "Mr. Sun, I've heard the name for a long time."

Sun Jihai did not expect that since Li Mu knew him, he was flattered and said, "Mr. Li is too polite. I don't have a big name, I'm just an ordinary player."

Li Mu smiled and said, "There are not many domestic players who can play in the five major leagues. You are one of them, and you are the first player to enter the Premier League. You are the role model and pride of domestic players. Isn't that a big name?"

Sun Jihai laughed a few times and said: "Actually, there are many domestic players who are stronger than me, but I'm a little bit luckier. When I joined Manchester City, the Manchester City team was still in the first division. Last season, everyone played very well. Yes, so I just got into the Premier League in a daze..."

Li Mu laughed: "Mr. Sun doesn't have to be so modest. In my eyes, you are one of the top players in Chinese football."

Sun Jihai said humbly: "Thank you, Mr. Li, for your affirmation. In the future, I will definitely continue to work hard to live up to the club's trust in me."

Li Mu nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Brother Sun, you are older than me, so I will call you Lao Sun."

Sun Jihai hurriedly said, "It's fine, you can call it whatever you want."

Li Mu immediately asked him: "By the way, Lao Sun, do you know Dong Fangzhuo's situation? I heard that he seems to be negotiating a contract with Manchester United?"

When I was chatting with Jorge Mendes just now, Li Mu didn't mention Dong Fangzhuo to him. The reason was because he knew that Sun Jihai and Dong Fangzhuo were fellow villagers. s is clearer.

Hearing Li Mu ask about Dong Fangzhuo, Sun Jihai nodded immediately and said, "Xiao Dong is my hometown, I know his situation well, Manchester United are indeed interested in him, and he is currently negotiating with his agent. It’s domestic, we’ve already talked about it, and the price has not yet been negotiated, Shide still hopes to ask for a higher transfer fee.”

Li Mu nodded lightly and said with a smile, "Since we haven't discussed it yet, it's easy to handle, Lao Sun, can I ask you one thing?"

Sun Jihai hurriedly said, "Mr. Li, please speak."

Li Mudao: "You can help me contact Dong Fangzhuo's agent later, tell him about my acquisition of Manchester City Club, and then tell him that I am very interested in Dong Fangzhuo, hope he can join Manchester City, and let him help me at the same time. Ask Shide what the offer is, and ask them to give me an offer as soon as possible, if it is appropriate, to complete the contract as soon as possible, I want to get him to Manchester City before the transfer window closes."

After speaking, Li Mu added: "By the way, you can help me tell them that I will try my best to train Dong Fangzhuo, and provide him with enough opportunities to learn and improve, and also solve his labor certificate problem. Let him play directly at Manchester City."

Sun Jihai asked in surprise: "Mr. Li, can the problem of labor certification really be solved? The labor certification system in the UK is rather annoying. If domestic players come here, they usually have to rent to other leagues first."

Li Mu smiled and said, "The labor certificate is not a problem. As long as he accepts my proposal, the labor certificate can be solved at any time."

Sun Jihai nodded again and again and said, "Then I'll call Xiao Dong later. I believe he would be very excited if he knew the news."

...

When Ronaldo returned to Manchester United, training was almost over.

Usually the team will train a little later, but because there is a game tomorrow, the head coach Sir Alex Ferguson halved the amount of training today, so that everyone can recharge and prepare for tomorrow's game.

Seeing Ronaldo's return, Ferguson patted him on the shoulder and said kindly: "Cristiano, you must have a good rest today, and I'm going to let you play tomorrow to experience the rhythm of the Premier League."

Ronaldo's eyes were dodging towards Ferguson. He felt a little guilty and guilty at this time. After all, Ferguson was very good to him, but he chose to join Manchester City by default. If Ferguson knew all this, I am afraid he would Very disappointed.

However, Ronaldo also understands in his heart that although Ferguson is good, Li Mu is too powerful. Everyone hopes to enjoy the shade behind such a superstar, and Ronaldo also hopes to join Li Mu's team.

Ferguson didn't see what was wrong with Ronaldo. He just let Ronaldo play in the last ten minutes of confrontation when the Nokia mobile phone in his pocket rang.

It was the ceo of Manchester United who called.

The first sentence the other party said was: "Sir Ferguson, please come to my office, there is an emergency."

Ferguson hurried back to the main building by the point of evaluation, came to the CEO's office, pushed the door, and found that Jorge Mendes was already sitting here.

Ferguson looked at the two in amazement, and asked inexplicably, "Mr. Jill, what is the emergency that you came to me with?"

David Gill just became the ceo of Manchester United not long ago. This is due to the fact that the Russian local tyrant Abu poached the previous ceo from Chelsea. He has just taken over the team. He has always wanted to make a big move when he took office. He hopes It is not a dream that the team can win the championship this year, because Ferguson has always told him that the newly signed Cristiano Ronaldo is very strong. If he is given the opportunity to grow, he will quickly become Manchester United's future hope. .

However, it is such a player that Ferguson is very optimistic about, and suddenly he will be taken away by others!

David Gill pointed to Jorge Mendes and said angrily: "Mendez just told me that someone is willing to trigger the liquidated damage mechanism in Cristiano Ronaldo's contract to forcibly poach him from Manchester United!"

Ferguson immediately became anxious and blurted out: "What? To forcibly poach Cristiano Ronaldo?! I can never agree!"