Chapter 14: Under the shadow

"Hu actually rejected the King of Madrid!"
Leeds City Football Director Nevin Ball was very excited when he knew the result.
"Does this mean that he changed his mind and wants to stay?!"
This kind of "backlash" in the football world is actually quite normal, after all, no one knows what will happen tomorrow.
Sometimes the players and the club are quarreling, and the media is noisy. Everyone thinks it must be a quarrel, and the players have to leave. If the next home is not settled, the player still has to pinch his nose and return to the original club to continue playing.
Saying a couple of things like "What happened before was all misunderstandings caused by poor communication, I will always love the club", on the surface, everyone can assume that nothing has happened. And as long as the player has the strength, he doesn't have to worry about losing his position when he returns to the team.
The relationship between Hulay and Leeds is of course not so.
But the Leeds City Club must also be very happy to see Hu Lai go back and stay.
And they will not think that this is Hu Lai "being beaten in the face".
"Although I hope what you said is true, I still think you are wishful thinking." The club's commercial director Harry Bradley ruthlessly burst Ball's "fantasy bubble."
"Okay..." Bauer looked at the transfer offer email from the Madrid Pirates and sighed, knowing that he was just daydreaming.
Hu Lai never lacks suitors.
There is one missing Madrid king, Catalonia, blue and white Munich, Turin Bulls, and now this Madrid pirate...
Speaking of the Madrid pirates, Nevin Bauer initially thought that this was to make trouble for the rivals of the same city, the King of Madrid. It was out of hatred for the rivals of the same city, and wanted to disturb the good things of the King of Madrid, or cause the other party to bleed, and then followed the offer. of.
In the beginning, there were many clubs bidding for Hulay, and the Madrid pirates were among them, inconspicuous. After all, everyone is rich.
But later as the offer increased, fewer and fewer clubs were still willing to bid.
Leeds is firmly holding the bottom line of 90 million euros, but they don't necessarily sell it for more than 90 million. Of course, they hope to sell Hulai at the higher the price.
But no matter how rich other giant clubs are, they are not triumphant. They will give out as much as Leeds wants.
Because of the principle of fiscal fairness, they also want to use as little money as possible to accomplish great things.
Under such circumstances, the Madrid pirates are highlighted because they have been biting the King of Madrid from the offer.
If the King of Madrid bid 70 million, they would give 75 million, the King of Madrid would give 80 million, they would give 85 million, and the King of Madrid would give 90 million, they would give 100 million-yes, Madrid The Pirates were the first club to offer Hulai a price of 100 million euros.
Then the King of Madrid bid 110 million, and the Madrid Pirates also matched 110 million.
It was not until the King of Madrid reported a transfer fee of 120 million euros that the Madrid pirates did not continue to follow.
At that time, Leeds City also waited for an extra day to see if the Madrid pirates would continue to bid.
As a result, the other party did not show up.
It seems that this offer has exceeded their budget.
Now they don't know from which channel they knew that Hulai and the King of Madrid had broken up. They quoted the price immediately, and the price was 120 million, and they didn't raise it little by little like before.
It can be seen that they really want to get Hulai, not to make trouble for their enemies in the same city...
"Should you agree to the offer from the Madrid Pirates?" Bradley asked Bauer.
Nevin Ball is solely responsible for the transfer of the team, so he has to ask Ball for his opinion.
Bauer shook his head: "Wait, wait for the media to spread the news that the Madrid King was rejected by Hu, and see if there are other teams participating in the offer..."
Since Hu Lai can't keep it anymore, Bauer still hopes to bring some income to the club as much as possible.
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Hu Lai met his Chinese national teammate Zhou Zijing at the Leeds training camp in Frankfurt.
"Should I be an interpreter for you, elbow fine?" Hu Lai enthusiastically showed his big brother's demeanor.
But Zhou Zijing rejected his kindness: "No, I have been learning English all the time."
Hu Lai nodded: "Okay."
Then he stepped aside and let the team captain Lorenzo come up to welcome Zhou Zijing.
"Hello, I'm Lorenzo Esposito, an Italian, and the captain of this team. You see, an Italian can be the captain of an English team, so you don't have to worry about it. Integration problem, even though you are the only one in our team... Uh, no, the second Chinese... We are a small team in Leeds City. The small team has the advantage of a small team, that is, it is more tolerant. Everyone gets along better too. I will introduce them to you one by one... We have English, Scots, Dutch, Spaniards, Italians, Cameroonians, Chinese, French... Now there are more. A Chinese. This is good, world peace..."
Zhou Zijing heard the other party speak very fast and had a strong Italian accent in English. And sometimes his attention will be attracted by Lorenzo's hand that quickly throws out the afterimage, completely forgetting what the Italian said...
However, he glanced at Hu Lai who was watching the play next to him, and was stunned that he did not ask for help from the off-site audience.
On the first day of coming to Leeds, if he surrendered to Hu Lai, what qualifications did he have to say to defeat him?
Besides, even the basic communication has to rely on Hu Lai as an interpreter, so after waiting for Hu Lai to leave in a few days, how should I deal with myself?
So Zhou Zijing smiled, pretending to understand, and nodded repeatedly.
Lorenzo didn't know that Zhou Zijing actually didn't understand how well, he took Zhou Zijing and greeted his teammates one by one.
When it was Hu Lai's turn, the other party asked him in Mandarin: "I don't actually understand it, right?"
Zhou Zijing hummed: "How is it possible? Of course I understand!"
"Awesome." Hu Lai gave him a thumbs up, but did not reveal his lie. "Welcome to Leeds City!"
Zhou Zijing shook hands with him, turned around and walked to the next teammate.
Leeds City players see Zhou Zijing, the mood is actually mixed.
Because this means that it is not long before Hu Lai left the team.
The reason why the club signed another Chinese player so quickly is of course to continue Leeds City’s influence in the Chinese market and the eyes of Chinese fans.
If Hu Lai is in the team, why is it necessary to sign Zhou Zijing?
"Hello, this is Zhou Zijing!" Zhou Zijing reached out to Charlie Potter.
The latter just touched Zhou Zijing lightly, and said perfunctorily: "Charlie Potter."
Camara next to him also seemed colder.
After squeezing his hands in a lap, Zhou Zijing already felt the attitude of these teammates.
If you want to say it's not friendly, definitely not.
But to be friendly...no.
As for why this is the case, he is not stupid, he can guess it naturally.
It must still be related to Hu Lai.
He is very popular in this team and everyone likes him. Now that my own arrival means Hu Lai is leaving, how many people can become enthusiastic about him again?
Although he has just arrived on the first day of this team, Zhou Zijing has already felt the ubiquitous shadow in this team...
He didn't feel frustrated by this, on the contrary he was more excited.
Sure enough... the match between me and Hu Lai has already begun!
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"Although today is the first training session of the week, his performance is okay, exceeding our expectations..."
After a day of training, Leeds coaches gathered in the head coach Clark’s room again, drinking tea and summing up exchanges.
"His body is stronger than we imagined. This makes me optimistic about his prospects for adapting to the Premier League and joining the team. When Hu joined, he also devoted almost a month to physical strength training. But Zhou doesn’t use it at all. He just needs to understand and adapt to our tactics..."
Sam Randyll sighed: "To be honest, after watching today's training, I am even more reluctant to go away... If Zhou and Hu are partnered on the front line, the power will be stronger than before... Then Camara Playing on the wing with Laski, with Hu and Zhou in the middle, will definitely push our offensive firepower to a new peak... What a pity!"
He said a lot of the coach’s aspirations.
such a pity!
Although it was only a day's training, Zhou Zijing's role in the offensive fulcrum of the frontcourt was fully demonstrated during the team's confrontational exercises, and Hu Lai surrounded him to capture opportunities, making the defensive side miserable and overwhelming.
This is the first training, and only Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing have the best coordination.
If more training and running-in ~EbookFREE.me~ allows Zhou Zijing to integrate into the team's offensive tactics, the offensive firepower will only be stronger.
But the fact is obvious that Hu Lai will not stay.
This super powerful offensive combination can only stay in training and everyone's imagination.
"Don't think about it now," Matt said. "The club has agreed to the offers of the Madrid Pirates, Catalonia and Torino Bulls. I think this time it should decide where Hu will go..."
When Matt said so, the room suddenly fell silent.
Because everyone realizes that Hu Lai's departure has begun the countdown.
See you again in the future, perhaps in the arena, as opponents.
And the thought of being an opponent with such a person makes everyone feel a headache.
They have turned their attention to the person who has the most headache.
Tony Clark waved his hand: "First consider how to integrate Zhou into our tactics..."