Chapter 599 Are You Sure?

The air in Manchester is really bad!

Kevin Stroman walked out of his home in south Manchester, raised his head, glanced at the gray sky, and thought with a sigh in his heart.

At this moment, for some reason, he thought of the blue sea and blue sky in Southampton.

And the fresh air that blows in your face every morning when you open the door.

Compared with an old industrial city like Manchester, Southampton is indeed too livable.

But what can be done?

As a professional player, he can only follow the club's transfer arrangements, and Manchester City has offered him a generous salary.

With his outstanding performance in Manchester City this season, the team has begun to prepare to negotiate with him for a contract extension and salary increase.

Once the new contract is negotiated, I am afraid that the Saints will not be able to tolerate him when he returns to Southampton.

Unless, he is willing to cut his salary to join!

Thinking of this, Kevin Stroman couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, full of regret.

Recalling that two years ago, I was just a little-known figure in the Dutch second division. Who would have thought that two years later, I would have become one of the most famous midfielders in European football?

All of this depends on Southampton and the Premier League!

Just yesterday, his team had just finished the thirty-eighth round of the Premier League.

There is no hope of winning the championship, and there is no need to worry about losing the top four in the league, so Manchester City lost 2-3 at home to Norwich very cleanly, and Strowman, who has been in a hot state recently, scored twice and swept Manchester City. Two goals.

Now, Manchester City has no games.

I'm afraid today, that is, to go to the training base, the team will start to disband!

Stroman thought to himself, bowed his head and walked towards the garage.

But just as he opened the door of the garage with the remote control and was about to walk in, he heard the sound of a car outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, I heard someone outside shouting at him, "Excuse me,

Is that Kevin Stroman? "

Stroman turned around and found that it was a British man in his thirties, wearing the uniform of a courier company, holding a blue courier document bag in his hand.

The meaning is very obvious, have your own courier!

"Yes!" Strowman immediately walked over quickly, opened the door, and walked out.

"Last night's express mail, please sign for it!"

The courier pointed to one of the spots on the package for Strowman to sign.

Stroman readily took the pen and signed his name in a swish.

"Uh, Mr. Strowman, can I trouble you again?" the courier asked Strowman with a smile.

It seemed a little apprehensive, as if afraid of being rejected.

"Um?"

"Our whole family are fans of Manchester City!" As if afraid that Strowman would not believe it, the courier even opened the hole in his uniform, revealing the sky blue Manchester City jersey inside.

"My son likes you very much. His birthday is coming soon. Can you please take a photo with me and sign your name. I plan to give it to him as a birthday present?"

Strowman was taken aback, then nodded with a smile, "Of course, no problem!"

The courier was immediately overjoyed, hurriedly took out his mobile phone, and walked to Strowman's side.

"It's okay, you can get closer, just like a good friend!" Strowman encouraged with a smile.

The courier immediately went over flattered, almost hugged Strowman, and then turned on the selfie mode.

"Uh, Mr. Stroman, can I trouble you again, with an eggplant gesture?"

"Eggplant?" Strowman smiled wryly, but he still fulfilled the wish of this good father.

A selfie is quickly completed.

Then the courier took out the signature book and handed it to Strowman.

The Dutchman picked up the pen and thought for a while, "By the way, what's your son's name?"

"Billy! Billy Jones!"

"oh!"

Stroman immediately wrote three lines on it.

"Happy birthday Billy! Kevin Stroman!"

The courier immediately took it as if he had found a treasure, thanked him non-stop, and left after being very polite.

Stroman shook his head with a smile, turned and walked back home.

While walking, I looked at the courier bag, and it turned out to be from St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton.

This time, Stroman took it very seriously, and quickly opened the courier bag, only to find that there were two tickets and a piece of white paper with a few lines written on it.

"Thank you for your service to Southampton, Kevin!"

"May 22nd is a special day. We sincerely invite you to come to St. Mary's Stadium and witness this legendary and great moment with us!"

"Thank you forever!"

"Yang Huan!"

I don't know why, but after reading this letter, Kevin Stroman's eye sockets were wet.

Master Huan wrote to him?

And it looks like it was written by hand, which shows sincerity!

Even he knew about a new girlfriend, amazing!

All the things in Southampton in the past came to Kevin Strowman's mind in an instant.

Although he has already left Southampton, it does not prevent him from going to St. Mary's Stadium in person to cheer for Southampton in such a crucial battle!

In the thirty-eighth round of the Premier League, Southampton defeated Sunderland 2-0 away.

The league leader Manchester United defeated West Bromwich Albion in an away game and continued to maintain a two-point advantage over Southampton.

But the tables have turned completely!

Although Southampton lost two points, they missed a game.

In other words, as long as Southampton beats Stoke City at home in the last match, which is the 37th round of the Premier League, they will be able to complete the reversal against Manchester United and win by one point. The next Premier League trophy!

This will be the first top league championship trophy in Southampton's more than 100-year history!

That's why Master Huan said in his letter that this is a legendary and great moment!

However, in this battle, Southampton's opponent is the difficult Stoke City team, are you sure?

But no matter what, Strowman decided to go south to watch the battle!

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"Ma Dexi, have you received the courier?"

As soon as he walked into Chelsea's Kearney training base, Adam Lallana ran into his old teammate Benatia head-on.

The captain of the former saint immediately caught up and asked with concern.

"Well, I got it!"

Benatia doesn't talk much, he belongs to the kind of character that talks less and does more.

But this kind of personality is also at a disadvantage, especially in the current Chelsea, Benatia's performance is up and down, more because of the partners around him and his own injuries, but Benatia has never Justify yourself.

This caused Chelsea to doubt him from top to bottom.

There are even rumors that after Benitez dismisses get out of class and Mourinho takes over the Blues, he will sell Benatia for cash.

A large part of this is because of Benatia's character.

If he had been able to talk more and justify himself, maybe the situation would have been different.

Adam Lallana sympathized with Benatia's situation in his heart, but he didn't say anything on the surface.

"Then are you going to go?"

Benatia didn't think much, nodded and said: "Well, after the dissolution, we may live in London for a few more days, so..."

Adam Lallana gets it.

"What about you?" the Moroccan star asked.

Adam Lallana chuckled, "I'm definitely going. I heard that Master Huan's seven-star underwater hotel is about to open. I'm going to take a look and take a rest."

The construction of the seven-star submarine hotel has been going on for three years, and the cost is astonishing, but it has also caused huge repercussions.

Especially in conjunction with the old city renovation project of Southampton, Southampton has completely become a bright pearl on the south coast of England, attracting the attention of countless people.

At least, it's one of England's most livable cities.

In the past, the old city was dilapidated and could not attract many people, but now it is different. Once the renovation project started, the seven-star submarine hotel project and Southampton's new stadium project have entered the final stage.

The two landmark buildings and the huge renovation project of the old city are proving to everyone that Southampton will be built into a livable seaport tourist city emerging in the UK.

Faced with such a city, anyone with a little foresight and a little money knows that they want to buy a house.

"Then do you think the team can be confident?"

Benatia asked worriedly.

Although the Stoke City team is currently ranked thirteenth, you must know that this team definitely has the strength of the top ten.

Tony Pulis is also considered a wonderful flower in English football.

He got his English coaching license at the age of 19, and his European coaching license at the age of 21. He is one of the oldest head coaches. Since then, he has been coaching in low-level leagues, accumulating more than 20 years of rich coaching experience experience.

From 2002 to 2005, and from 2006 to now, he coached Stoke City twice.

When he entered the palace for the second time, he brought Stoke City from the relegation team of the English Championship to the Premier League and gained a firm foothold.

Tony Pulis is known as the best defensive coach in English football, but every team he has coached has a very solid defense.

When the entire Premier League is gradually pursuing the continentalization of tactics, and when teams with ball possession and offensive football styles such as Southampton, Arsenal, Swansea, and Liverpool began to appear, Tony Pulis completely abandoned ball possession tactics.

What he is best at is defeating opponents with very little ball possession, and what he believes in is Capello's one-to-zero doctrine.

But this more or less has a lot to do with his inability to train offense.

Just like the Stoke City team this season, the number of goals conceded ranks seventh in the Premier League, but the number of goals scored is the last in the Premier League, only four goals more than the Queens Park Rangers who have been relegated in advance.

Therefore, Tony Pulis has the ability, and the advantages and disadvantages are equally obvious.

Good at defense, but not good at offense, such a head coach can only bow down in the middle and lower teams, and it is difficult to be valued by the middle and upper reaches of the team, because the top teams are more about attacking.

At the very least, you have to balance offense and defense!

There is even news that Tony Pulis will be dismissed after this season.

The Stoke City team, which has gained a firm foothold in the Premier League for several consecutive seasons, has also begun to be dissatisfied with its meritorious coach. The management hopes that the team can play more beautifully and be more offensive.

There is no doubt that Tony Pulis is not good at these.

Therefore, the final battle against Southampton will undoubtedly be Tony Pulis's battle of self-salvation.

If he wins, even if he can't keep the Stoke City coaching position, at least he has shown his coaching ability to the world.

By that time, the fame will be so loud, are you afraid that no team will come to you?

As for Southampton, they advocate offensive football and are known for their crazy and passionate attacks.

Such a team is often what Tony Pulis is best at dealing with.

Because if you hold it, the counterattack will be very deadly!

Therefore, the outside world is full of worries and suspense about this game.

After a season of fighting, especially in the last six months of hard pursuit, Southampton finally caught up with Manchester United.

The success or failure of the league championship is no longer controlled by Manchester United, but is firmly in their own hands.

It depends on whether the saints can grasp it, and grasp it firmly!

Although Adam Lallana knows that the Stoke City team is difficult to deal with, he appears very confident.

"Never underestimate the Saints' hunger for a league title!"

The former Saints captain looked at the blue sky in the distance, as if immersed in some kind of sacred and inviolable memory.

"We have been waiting for more than a hundred years for it!"

"This time, I will definitely not pass by it again!" r1148

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