Chapter 829 What Happened at the Christmas Party

December 25th, Christmas.

Although it is a holiday, Manchester United still trained at the Carrington base in the morning, and they will face Newcastle United at home tomorrow.

However, that night, the team held a Christmas party at the Manchester Place Apartment Hotel, where the stars and their wives appeared one after another.

Many players also arrived in strange and weird costumes, such as Lukaku who played the Hulk, Lingard who wore a Santa hat and a white beard, and Sun Wu and Christian who were wearing robes and holding magic wands...

In fact, Sun Wu was quite helpless. This was Sun Fei's idea, and Kristen also came up with random ideas.

This year's Christmas party is relatively dull. On the one hand, it is because we were drawn to Real Madrid in the top 16 knockout yesterday, and on the other hand, it is also because all the old people in the team have left.

Usually at Christmas, captain Rio Ferdinand or Ryan Giggs would organize an unofficial party to liven up the atmosphere, but now that Ryan Giggs has joined the coaching staff, Sun Wu obviously will not do this... In his words, I want to You can organize a party, but it will have to wait until February 18 next year.

However, this year's Christmas, Manchester United officially sent greeting cards to every loan player, along with a small gift. This was Sun Wu's idea.

Although Vardy is shining brightly, he still cannot cover up the brilliance of Harry Kane. This forward, who is considered mediocre by industry insiders, has finally begun to bloom in the top league. Although he only scored 7 goals in this half season, he has become a Leicester City's main force.

What attracts more attention from industry insiders than Harry Kane is Kante. He currently ranks first in the league's steals list, averaging 3.9 steals per game, leaving Chelsea midfielder Matic in second place far behind.

Michael Keane, who was loaned to Cardiff City, was also well received.

The most important thing is that both Leicester City and Cardiff City intend to buy them out, and in the game between the club and the players, it is difficult to say who has the initiative, and they...especially the first two are Sun Wu An indispensable core figure in the plan.

"Hey, Best, go sing a song!" Miguel shouted: "Don't be shy!"

Sun Wu is famous for being tone-deaf, at least his teammates know it.

"Maybe perform a magic trick... No, magic will work too!" Lingard jumped up and down and laughed: "Of course, you can't use the Unforgivable Curse..."

Sun Wupi hummed with a smile, "Miki,

Do you want to give you a forgetting spell... Lingard, I should give you a leg freeze..."

Pochettino, who was sitting next to Sun Wu, glanced at Griezmann who was singing on the stage and said, "The microphone is broken... Best, give him a loud voice..."

Sun Wu has always been a very unique presence in Manchester United, not only because he is also an assistant coach, but also because of his nicknames of "Prophet" and "Oriental Wizard".

Last season, Sun Wu insisted that Liverpool would lose points against mid-to-lower teams in the last few months. Others thought this was a tough talk, but the facts proved that Sun Wu was right.

During the summer training camp, Sun Wu reminded Luke Xiao to be careful not to get injured. Once you are injured, it will be very troublesome to recover... Now, Luke Xiao was injured and planned to return at the end of October, but it was postponed twice in a row. Now Dr. Swale no longer dares to give a clear time for his return.

In the previous game against Southampton, Sun Wu loudly warned Prowse's free kick from the sidelines, and then he equalized with a free kick, extinguishing Manchester United's 14-game winning streak dream.

All in all, the nickname "The Wizard of the East" took on a broader meaning when his teammates were injured while on the bench.

At this moment, Cliff Batty, the club's financial director, hurried over and looked unhappy.

Three minutes later, Batty, Sun Wu and Pochettino sat down in the corner, all three of them a little downcast.

Half an hour ago, Fiorentina informed Manchester United that they unilaterally closed the trade negotiations between the two parties on Savic.

"The price has been raised, 13.5 million euros, and there are 2 million euros in additional terms." Batty spread his hands, "But Florence's attitude is very firm."

Pochettino and Sun Wu looked at each other and asked: "Have you been in contact with the young player from Sporting Lisbon?"

"Ekel Dell." Batty nodded, "The report from the scouts has been approved and has been faxed, but Sporting Lisbon is a bit open."

"How much?" Sun Wu raised his eyebrows. Although he was not impressed, Dell's net worth is not very high. It should be about 4 million euros.

"9 million pounds, and there will be a 10% dividend on the second transaction amount." Batty said expressionlessly: "I strongly recommend not to trade during the winter transfer period in the future. Even if you trade, it will take a long time. contact period... like Shaqiri."

The negotiations with Shaqiri went very smoothly. He is worth 8 million pounds and has a weekly salary of 65,000 pounds. It will be officially announced on January 1 next year. Shaqiri will leave for Manchester the day after tomorrow to prepare for a medical examination.

Pochettino smacked his lips. After hearing the name Dell, he went back and searched for information. He was very interested in this tall young player. Although Dell has been selected for England's national youth teams of all ages, he did not mention the 10% bonus. , the net worth of just 9 million pounds is outrageous.

Batty glanced at Sun Wu. He felt that such an outrageous worth might have something to do with this Chinese player. After all, Dell was not well-known in England, not even in the Portuguese league. Sun Wu was already famous for discovering unknown talented players. Europe.

Sun Wu suddenly got up and ran to Dr. Swale, who told him that Alderweireld's injury would take at least the end of February to recover.

Once Smalling completes the transfer, the central defender can only rely on Phil Jones and Rojo. McNair and Blackett are too inexperienced. It is really better to buy Maguire with them. At least they Have experience in the Championship.

In fact, Maguire is now in Hull City in the Premier League, but he has basically no chance to play. However, he has accumulated a lot of experience playing in the British Championship with Sheffield United in the previous two seasons.

Sudden changes made the atmosphere of this Christmas party a bit dull.

Early the next morning, both Pochettino and Sun Wu knew why Fiorentina was so determined.

Spain's "Marca" revealed that Uruguayan midfielder Suarez will leave the club. Although the transfer target and transfer fee were not disclosed, Manchester United certainly knew that Simeone used Suarez as a bargaining chip to make Florence relent, in terms of attracting players. In terms of strength, last season's Champions League champion Atletico Madrid is not much worse than Manchester United.

This deal should take place next summer, but Manchester United's pursuit of Savic made Simeone take action early. Faced with two offers that were not much different, Florence naturally chose Atletico Madrid, which was willing to send Suarez.