At this moment, William, who was far away across the ocean, successfully arrived in Manchester after driving for several hours.
His motorcade went straight to the Manchester City Club's training center, where all the club's executives and the entire coaching staff had been waiting here for a long time.
In this old imperialist country, most people still have a very deep affection for the royal family, so the visit of important members of the royal family is a very important event for any British club or even company, and , there are too few Premier League clubs that can enjoy this honor.
Because of this, everyone at Manchester City is very excited about William's arrival.
William brought a team of royal photographers with him this time, because this visit was not a secret visit, but was to be made public to the media and the outside world. However, in order to create a time lag, he adopted the same strategy as Li Mu's visit to Buckingham Palace. , come here in a low-key manner first, and then publicize it in a high-profile manner after leaving.
As soon as the motorcade stopped under the Manchester City club office building, several photographers sitting in the first car quickly got out of the car and set up their photography equipment. Then, William, who was sitting in the third car, opened the door when the driver opened the door. Finally, he stepped out of the car.
When William came out of the car, CEO Alister immediately stepped forward to greet him, shook hands with William enthusiastically and nervously, and said sincerely: "Your Highness, welcome to visit! I am Ali, CEO of Manchester City Club. Ste, it's an honor to meet you."
William smiled modestly and said: "Hello, Mr. Alister, I have heard of your name for a long time. I finally have the opportunity to meet you today. I am very honored."
Alister said hurriedly: "Your Highness, you are too kind. I heard that you are coming. All our players and staff have been waiting since the morning."
With that said, Alister introduced the executives, including the head coach, to William one by one.
After William shook hands with everyone one by one, he said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work. I didn't want to cause trouble to everyone, but I am a die-hard Manchester City fan and have never had the opportunity to visit. I really hope to be here this time." Before you go out to play the third game of this season, I came over to meet you."
Manchester City Club has been established for more than 100 years, and no member of the royal family has ever come to visit. Moreover, Prince William not only claims to be a die-hard fan, but even drove several hours from such a far away place, which really gave Manchester City enough Club face.
At this time, William said again: "By the way, Mr. Alister, there is one more thing I want to trouble you and the Manchester City Club."
Alister said hurriedly: "Your Highness, please speak."
William said: "I want to go to Blackburn tomorrow and watch your away game against Blackburn. I hope I can go to the players' locker room to say hello to everyone. If possible, please help me make arrangements."
Alister didn't expect that Prince William would go to Blackburn Rovers to watch the team's game. He was so excited that he couldn't help but wonder, what is Prince William doing? Why did you suddenly become a die-hard fan of the team? Coming to the club to offer condolences is not enough, he also has to watch the team's games. Home games are better, so he can just stay here and watch them. But the key point is that the next game is an away game, which means that he came from London today and will still be there tomorrow. Going to Blackburn.
However, in the next second, Alister figured out the reason.
He suddenly thought of his boss Li Mu, and then thought of Prince William's actions on education issues during this period, and he immediately had an epiphany!
The reason why Prince William suddenly became a die-hard fan of Manchester City Club must be to repay Li Mu's favor.
After thinking through this level, all of Prince William's actions immediately became reasonable in Alister's eyes.
Afterwards, Alister hurriedly said to William: "Your Highness, if you go to Blackburn tomorrow, I will arrange a VIP box for you. Say hello in advance. You can enter and exit the players at will before the kick-off and midfield." lounge."
William hurriedly asked him: "Is this too much trouble for you? I don't need a VIP box, as long as I can enter the lounge."
Alister explained: "We are an away team, and the home team will provide us with two VIP boxes. This is customary in football matches."
William nodded, thanked him, and said, "Mr. Alister, if it is convenient now, please take me to meet the players."
Alister said hurriedly: "No problem, let's go to the training base first, and then I will accompany you to visit our club's exhibition hall."
William smiled slightly: "Okay."
In fact, William's main purpose of coming here this time is to help Manchester City Club support the scene. It can also be regarded as reciprocating Li Mu's kindness before going to China.
His father, Prince Charles, was more scheming than him. He guessed Li Mu’s true intention of purchasing Manchester City Club, so he specially reminded William that when he came to Manchester City Club this time, he must focus on having more contact with the two Chinese players. Give them more encouragement and recognition, and also express your desire to see more Chinese players play in the Premier League. This will cater to Li Mu's psychology to a great extent.
Charles analyzed Li Mu and felt that Li Mu, as an out-and-out nationalist, must be more inclined to the Chinese nation in this kind of matter. Therefore, based on his hunch, Li Mu should value these two Chinese people the most. Player development in the UK.
William was convinced by his father's observations and analysis, so on the way here, he kept contacting the Chinese pronunciations of the names of Sun Jihai and Dong Fangzhuo.
At the Manchester City training ground at this time, the home team players knew that Prince William was coming and had been waiting for a long time.
When Prince William came to the training ground accompanied by Alister and others, the players were all very excited, especially the British players. Before shaking hands with Prince William, they had to give a gentlemanly courtesy and every gesture was correct. Royal respect and affection.
Although Sun Jihai and Dong Fanzhuo were not that excited, they were somewhat trepidated. They had not seen the British royal family before, and they must have been a little nervous when they came up as the second-in-line heir to such an important new generation prince.
Prince William shook hands with all the players one by one, and when he came to Ronaldo, he specifically praised him: "You are Cristiano Ronaldo, right? I once heard your club owner, Mr. Li Muli, mention you, but did he praise you? Absolutely, and your first show in the last game was so exciting, Mr. Li Mu’s vision is indeed very accurate!"
Cristiano Ronaldo smiled shyly and said: "Your Highness, you have praised me. I haven't done well enough. I will try my best to perform better in the future."
William smiled and said: "With such talent and humility, Mr. Ronaldo, I am very optimistic about your future career and hope that you can work together with the Manchester City team to work together and grow together."
Cristiano Ronaldo nodded repeatedly and said seriously: "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will do it!"
William nodded slightly and came to the Chinese players beside him with a smile.
He was the first to arrive in front of Sun Jihai, glanced at the jersey number in front of Sun Jihai, and said three less than standard Chinese words from memory: "Ni Shishun-Chicken-Hai?"
Although Prince William's pronunciation and pronunciation were not standard enough, Sun Jihai quickly understood what he said, and asked in English with a look of surprise and surprise: "How does Your Highness know my name..."
Prince William smiled slightly and said in English: "I am a die-hard Manchester City fan. How could I not know you, the iron defender of Manchester City? Your performance in the team is very outstanding, and you have also let the British audience see Chinese football. With the excellence of your athletes, I hope you can continue your efforts and become an example for the development of Chinese football players in the Premier League, thereby attracting more Chinese football players to develop in the UK and Europe."
Sun Jihai was suddenly moved. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Thank you for your compliment, Your Highness. I will definitely do my best!"
Prince William shook hands with him cordially again and said with a smile: "I will go to Blackburn to watch your game tomorrow. I wish you a good performance in advance."
Sun Jihai said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Then, Prince William came to Dong Fanzhuo again and said with a smile: "You should be Dong Fang Table, right?"
Dong Fangzhuo understood Prince William's poor Chinese, but his English was poor and his personality was shy. He was a little overly nervous and stammered: "Yeah-yeah, eh... eh Em..."
Seeing that he was very nervous, Prince William smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Don't be so nervous. I heard that you are one of the most promising young players in China. I also welcome you to the UK and to Manchester City." , and I hope you can perform well here."
Dong Fangzhuo couldn't understand a lot of what he said in English. Fortunately, there was a Chinese translator specially assigned to him by a club. The other party directly translated this sentence into Chinese and told him.
After hearing this, Dong Fanzhuo nodded repeatedly and said stutteringly: "Thank-you."
Prince William smiled slightly and said: "You're welcome, come on, I hope to see you play on behalf of Manchester City as soon as possible."
Head coach Kevin Keegan said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, against Blackburn tomorrow, we plan to let Dong Fangzhuo come on as a substitute in the second half."
"Oh?" Prince William asked in surprise: "Is there a chance to appear tomorrow?"
Kevin Keegan nodded and said with a smile: "We will try our best to arrange for Dong Fangzhuo to come on stage and experience it."
Prince William said approvingly: "This is good. Only by playing games can you integrate into the team as quickly as possible."
Afterwards, William shook hands with other Manchester City players one by one and said hello, and the entire process was captured frame by frame by the royal photographer's camera.
In a few hours, the footage will be roughly edited and sent to major British media outlets. News of his visit to Manchester City will also be broadcast on the evening news.
Manchester City Club has been on the headlines of the major mainstream media in the UK several times because of Li Mu and Li Mu's recent incident as Manchester United shareholder and head coach. This time, I am afraid that the popularity will not be inferior to the previous ones. Second-rate…
CEO Alister has a hunch that Manchester City may become the most watched team in the Premier League this season.
I'm really sorry, but my physical condition has not been very good recently. I have been working hard to adjust recently and strive to return to normal updates as soon as possible...
(End of chapter)