Facing the upcoming 2003-04 season, the main players of Manchester City Club are training very hard.
This year is the first season since Manchester City returned to the Premier League. The whole team is holding back their energy, hoping to make another turnaround in the Premier League.
Head coach Kevin Keegan is also going all out to lead the training of all players and actively prepare for the technical and tactical arrangements for the new season. Since this year, Kevin Keegan will be present at every training session of the first team, even for simple training. He will be present to supervise indoor physical training.
However, what puzzled the team members was that this afternoon, head coach Kevin Keegan suddenly disappeared. He had never missed training in the past, but he did not appear on the sidelines of the training field. He only told the assistant coach to lead everyone to do something. Daily training.
Players usually like to gossip, so while training, everyone secretly speculated on the whereabouts of Kevin Keegan, and the results of the speculation became increasingly outrageous.
Just when everyone was speculating whether Kevin Keegan went to pick up girls in the city, Kevin Keegan suddenly appeared on the sidelines and said to all the first-team players who were training: "Everyone, stop training and follow me to the main building of the base. , no communication equipment is allowed, especially mobile phones with camera functions."
The sudden appearance of Kevin Keegan left everyone confused, and what he said made people even more confused.
Stop training and go to the main building of the base. You are not allowed to bring any communication equipment. What are you doing
Everyone was doubtful, so they immediately stopped training, wore training clothes soaked with sweat, 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 talk to everyone about the skills and tactics of the entire team, or analyze the strengths and weaknesses of other teams, everyone will gather here. , but, in the past, when meeting here, everyone would not come wearing training uniforms, so this feeling is a bit strange.
As soon as the door opened and the players came in, they were surprised to find that the club's CEO was also here, and there were several unfamiliar faces.
Just when everyone was wondering about the origins of these strange faces, one player suddenly exclaimed: "Li Mu... Oh my god, it's really Li Mu!"
The Manchester United players all recognized Li Mu himself under this exclamation.
Just when they were shocked, Li Mu stood up and said with a smile: "Hello everyone, I am Li Mu and I am also the new owner of Manchester City Club."
As soon as these words came out, 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-rate football club that had just returned to the Premier League? Isn't this incredible? It was as if the richest man in the country suddenly paid for the small brick kiln in his village, and he had no idea why.
When everyone was confused, Li Mu explained to everyone that the reason why he bought Manchester City Club was entirely because he loved football and hoped to make a club the best in the world.
If anyone else had said such words, no one would believe it at all, but when these words came out of Li Mu's mouth, no one among the team members doubted them.
Later, Li Mu gave a brief summary of his investment plan for the Manchester City Club. In short, it was in one sentence: Manchester City in the future will need money and resources, and even future advertising sponsorships will be taken care of by Makino Technology. This means that Li Mu will not only continue to invest in the club personally, but also let his company provide the club with more abundant cash flow through a cooperation model.
Moreover, Li Mu also promised everyone that he will not make active adjustments to any staff of the club before the end of this season. In other words, the coaching staff will not be changed, the medical staff will not be changed, and the management staff will not be changed. , in order to promise them that the environment they are familiar with will not undergo drastic changes and cause them trouble.
However, Li Mu did not promise that the team lineup and the issue of player retention would not change. This was also a message he wanted to send to the players. He could give them all kinds of support, or he could follow their habits in everything. Come, but the premise is that their abilities must pass the test, otherwise, I will never be lenient.
Head coach Kevin Keegan then introduced the team members to Li Mu one by one. When he introduced Sun Jihai, before Kevin Keegan could speak, Li Mu looked at the familiar and heroic man in front of him. Face, took the initiative to take a step forward, stretched out his hand to him, and at the same time said in Chinese: "Mr. Sun, I have heard about your name for a long time."
Sun Jihai didn't expect that since Li Mu knew him, he was flattered and said, "Mr. Li is too polite. I don't have any reputation. 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 person to enter the Premier League. You are the role model and pride of domestic players. Isn't this a famous name?"
Sun Jihai laughed a few times and said: "Actually, there are many domestic players who are better than me, but I have better luck. When I joined Manchester City, Manchester City was still in the First Division. Last season, everyone performed very well. Not bad, so I got into the Premier League in a daze..."
Li Mu laughed: "Mr. Sun, there is no need 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 recognition of me. I will definitely continue to work hard in the future 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 said hurriedly: "It doesn't matter, you can call me whatever you want."
Li Mu then asked him: "By the way, Lao Sun, do you know about Dong Fanzhuo's situation? I heard that he seems to be negotiating a contract with Manchester United?"
When chatting with Jorge Mendez just now, Li Mu did not mention Dong Fanzhuo to him. The reason was because he knew that Sun Jihai and Dong Fanzhuo were fellow villagers and they were from the same city. When asking about Dong Fanzhuo, Sun Jihai must be better than Jorge Mendez. Mendes knows better.
When Sun Jihai heard Li Mu ask about Dong Fanzhuo, he immediately nodded and said: "Xiao Dong is my fellow countryman. I know his situation relatively well. Manchester United is indeed interested in him and is currently negotiating with his agent. His agent It's from China, and we've already negotiated about it, but we still haven't negotiated the price yet, and the Shide team still hopes to get a higher transfer fee."
Li Mu nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Since we haven't reached an agreement yet, it will be easier. Old Sun, can I ask you a favor?"
Sun Jihai said hurriedly: "Mr. Li, please speak."
Li Mu said: "You can help me contact Dong Fanzhuo's agent later and tell him about my acquisition of the Manchester City club. Then tell him that I am very interested in Dong Fanzhuo and hope that he can join the Manchester City team. At the same time, let him help me." Ask, what is Shide's offer, and ask them to give me an offer as soon as possible, and if it is suitable, complete the contract as soon as possible, I want to get him to Manchester City before the transfer window closes."
With that said, Li Mu added: "By the way, please help me tell them that I will do my best to train Dong Fangzhuo, provide him with sufficient learning and improvement opportunities, and solve his labor certificate problem. Let him play directly at Manchester City."
Sun Jihai asked in surprise: "Mr. Li, can the labor certification problem really be solved? The labor certification system in the UK is quite troublesome. If domestic players come, they usually have to be loaned 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 repeatedly and said, "Then I will call Xiao Dong later. I believe he will be very excited if he knows the news."
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When Ronaldo returned to Manchester United, training was almost over.
Usually the team trains later, but since there is a football match tomorrow, head coach Sir Alex Ferguson has halved today's training volume so that everyone can recharge their batteries for tomorrow's game.
Seeing Ronaldo coming back, Ferguson patted him on the shoulder and said with a kind expression: "Cristiano, you must have a good rest today. Tomorrow I am going to let you go on the court to experience the rhythm of the Premier League game."
Cristiano Ronaldo's eyes were a little dodgeful towards Ferguson. He felt somewhat guilty and guilty at this time. After all, Ferguson was still very good to him, but he chose to join Manchester City by breaking the contract. If Ferguson knew all this, I'm afraid he would Very disappointed.
However, Ronaldo also understands that although Ferguson is good, Li Mu is too powerful. Everyone hopes to be able to sit behind such a superstar, and Ronaldo also hopes to join Li Mu's team.
Ferguson didn't see anything wrong with Ronaldo. As soon as he let Ronaldo come on for the last ten minutes of confrontation, the Nokia phone in his pocket rang.
The caller was the CEO of Manchester United.
The first thing the other party said was: "Sir Ferguson, please come to my office. There is an emergency."
Ferguson hurriedly took the Dianping test back to the main building and came to the CEO's office. When he opened the door, he found that Jorge Mendez was already sitting here.
Ferguson looked at the two of them in surprise, and asked in confusion: "Mr. Gill, what's the emergency that brought you to me?"
David Gill just became the CEO of Manchester United not long ago. This was due to the Russian tycoon Abramovich poaching the previous CEO to Chelsea. He had just taken over the team and he always wanted to make some big moves when he took office. He sent He hopes that the team can win the championship this season. This is not a foolish dream, because Ferguson has always told him that the newly signed Cristiano Ronaldo is extraordinary. If he is given a chance to grow, he will quickly become the future of Manchester United. hope.
However, such a player who was highly valued by Ferguson was suddenly about to be snatched away by others!
David Gill pointed at Jorge Mendes and said angrily: "Mendes just told me that someone is willing to trigger the liquidated damages mechanism in Cristiano Ronaldo's contract to force him away from Manchester United! "
Ferguson suddenly became anxious and blurted out: "What? Want to forcefully poach Cristiano Ronaldo?! I will never agree!"
(End of chapter)