04/05 season, first round of the Premier League, Elland Road Stadium.
Before the game, the players are warming up on the court.
On the big screen on the sidelines, an exclusive interview with George Lee by Sky TV a few days ago was being played.
Sky TV's beautiful host Kirsty Gallacher, wearing a decent Gucci suit, was asking questions to George Lee.
"Coach Li, how was your first season in the off-season after officially becoming the head coach of Leeds United?"
"It was quite fulfilling. I went to Portugal to watch the European Cup and took the team to Glasgow, Scotland for pre-season training."
"I heard that you performed very well in the previous warm-up matches in Scotland and won the ball. So does it prove that your signings and transfers to Leeds United this summer were successful?"
"This still needs to be verified in the upcoming Premier League. If just a few warm-up matches can tell anything, then I will find 10 teams from the North and South Leagues to play warm-up matches next summer."
"Coach Li, you are so funny."
George Li did not answer, and just smiled slightly at Gallacher.
Gallacher continued to ask questions to George Li.
"Coach Li, we saw that your team played a warm-up match against Sheffield Wednesday after returning to England a few days ago. You lost to your opponent 1-2. Leeds United fans seemed a little dissatisfied. What do you think about this?"
"Well, just now, I received a text message from my assistant coach Chris Casper. He told me that while I was waiting for the interview, our warm-up match against Sheffield United at Thorpe Arch had just ended. , the score is 2 to 2.”
"Oh, George, what do you want to explain? Do you blame me for choosing a day when you have a game to conduct an exclusive interview with you?"
The beauty began to change the names she addressed to George Li.
"No, no, as a gentleman, I cannot refuse the invitation of a beautiful lady."
Gallacher stood up and made a gesture of thanks, showing an extremely perfect career line when possessed.
George Li glanced at it, and after Gallacher sat down, he continued to speak.
"Actually, I was not present during the game against Sheffield Wednesday. It was my assistant Jordi Cruyff who directed the game for me."
"So Mr. Cruyff is also conducting today?"
"No, Chris is in charge today."
"Is it because Mr. Cruyff's performance in the last game was not good enough?" Gallacher did not take it too seriously and started to sow discord.
"No, it was Chris who won the rock-paper-scissors game yesterday."
"..." The beauty was speechless.
"The last game was because Jordi got the ticked note and the others didn't."
"..." The beauty continued speechless.
"This can only be said that Chris's coaching level is slightly better than Jordi."
"Why didn't you show up in the last match against Sheffield Wednesday? Could it be that it was also an exclusive interview for another TV station? If so, she must be a beauty, because as a gentleman, you can't decide who is the best. It's an invitation from a beautiful lady, right?" Gallacher made a joke at George Li's expense, not only interrupting his nonsense, but also preparing to inquire about some of his recent movements.
"Oh, I went to London to scout a player and made some contacts. If it's late, we might sign him."
"Wow, is that so?" Gallacher exclaimed. After all, although Leeds United made a lot of transfers this summer, and the players they introduced were all quite capable, they didn't have big players worth tens of millions like Manchester United and Chelsea. Business.
George Li can tell that he went to London, so which team and which player it is, the scope has been narrowed a lot.
Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, West Ham.
It could also be Charlton, Watford, Fulham, Millwall, Crystal Palace.
The Arsenal coach and his assistants standing on the sidelines were also watching the interview on the big screen.
"So, which club did he inspect?" the assistant asked Wenger.
Wenger glanced at his assistant and did not answer.
The assistant continued: "It can't be our Arsenal."
"Haha, do you believe it?" Wenger crossed his arms and said, "He is the disciple of that old fox, and he is not an economical person."
On the other side of the field, the focus of Leeds United's players was not this.
"So, George didn't show up for the match against Sheffield United that day, so he went to be interviewed by a beautiful woman?" Gary Kelly asked Alan Smith next to him.
"That's right. The boss gave us a simple strategy and ran away in the morning. I didn't even see anyone else during lunch." Smith pressed his legs there.
Several people who came out of Leeds United's youth training were considered a small group. They were warming up and chatting together. Several people called Li George differently. Kelly was used to calling him by his first name because he and Li were teammates before. The younger ones like Smith all call George Lee "boss".
"The coach has a good rapport with women. I heard that the singer who will sing soon was also invited by the coach."
Smith and the others looked back and saw that it was Grenchar. Beside him were Romedal and Albucheson, and Gravesen kept shaking his hands and stretching not far away from them.
"Melanie Brown is a native of Leeds and is a die-hard Leeds United fan." Smith continued to introduce these outsiders.
"You guys, stop bragging and warm up your bodies." George Li shouted to them.
"George, don't make them too nervous. After all, the opponent is Arsenal." Cruyff Jr. said to Li.
"They are professional players. No matter who their opponent is, do you think they are just rookies like the rest of us?"
Kasper, McGee, Haaland, and Schmeichel on the coaching bench all looked towards George Lee.
Indeed, they are really all rookie coaches.
At this time, it was playing on the big screen, and Gallacher continued to ask questions to George Li.
"Coach George, your coaching staff has the lowest average age of all coaching staffs in the Premier League. Do you have anything to say about this?"
^^^
Inside the largest box at Elland Road.
Several old men inside were lighting cigars and puffing away smoke.
"I said, you guys should hurry up and smoke. Our Karl will come in soon, so you can't smoke anymore."
The speaker was Jim Lee, George Lee's father.
Although this eldest grandson is not his biological son, the old man still loves him very much.
"I said, if we bought Henry this summer, maybe we could win today's game." Jules Lee, who previously participated in the board of directors with George Lee, Gray and others, said.
"Idiot, even if you have money, you want to buy it, but they are still unwilling to buy it." The person who spoke this time was Nuh Lee, the uncle Nuh Lee who said that you can earn an extra percentage point by doing business with a big-name star.
Uncle Nuhe continued: "If you ask me, it's better to buy Bergkamp..."
Mike Li and the team's general manager Tony Wilson were sitting not far away. They really didn't want to communicate with this group of old men who didn't understand football. Anyway, as long as they didn't point fingers at the team, they could do whatever else they wanted. When Mike Li was planning to acquire Leeds United, he didn't plan to bring these old men with him. It was because they heard the news and insisted on adding a share together.
Jim Li asked Michael not to reject them, saying that it would be good for a few old men to get together more, which could enhance the harmony within the family.
"Where's Carl?" Wilson asked Mike Lee.
"Went to wait for his friends. It is said that they are the new neighbors who moved near George's house. George gave them some tickets to watch the game."
Wilson said directly to Mike Li: "Just ask them to come to the box together."
He knew that Mike Li still "doted" on his younger brother very much.
Michael looked back at the old men, shook his head and said, "If I hadn't been the team president, I would have wanted to go down and sit in the ordinary stands."
"Why don't you go? Next time we go down together, if the team president and team manager appear in the stands together, will they be photographed by reporters?" Wilson began to become obsessed.
"Before I entered the stadium just now, I saw a banner held by fans, and I gave up the idea."
"What banner?"
"Capitalists get out of Elland Road." Mike Lee said.
At this time, Jim Li’s precious grandson, Carl Olson, came in holding a box.
A group of old men quickly pinched their unfinished cigarettes and cigars.
"Carl, you're here." "Carl, why didn't you see Sean?" "Oh, kid, why are you here? You want a glass of whiskey...no, juice?"
"Sean is working as a caddy down there today, the kind who throws the ball to others from the sidelines." Olson told them.
"Then why didn't you come along?" Jules Lee asked Olson.
"Don't I just want to watch the game with all the old men?"
Sure enough, some people are born to be dog lickers. Otherwise, Jim Li wouldn't love his non-biological grandson so much.
That being said, Olson took his box and sat next to Mike Lee and Wilson.
"What's in the box?" Wilson asked curiously.
"Fish and chips."
Mike Lee took a look and saw "Charles Fish and Chips" written on the paper box, a very rustic name.
"It tastes good. Where did you buy it?" Wilson asked as he picked up a piece of fried fish and took a bite.
"It's delicious, Aunt Tony." It was obvious that Olson and Wilson were very familiar with each other.
"Boy, what did you say!" Wilson clamped Olsen's neck.
"Ahem, cough, let go..." Olson's face turned red, and Wilson finally let go.
"If you don't tell me where you bought this fried fish, I will ask your youth training director John Sheridan to give you extra training."
"It's from my friend's house. They live near my house."
^^^
"du~"
As the referee Mike Dean blew the whistle, Leeds United's home game against Arsenal in the first round of the 2004/05 Premier League season officially began.
