George Li parked his Aston Martin in front of his house while whistling, then opened the car door and prepared to go home.
It can be seen that George Li is relatively relaxed about the upcoming final round of the league.
After all, half of the opponent's main players might even have to sit on the toilet to watch the game, let alone play.
When George Li was studying tactics with his assistants just now, he felt that there was nothing more to arrange, so he briefly discussed a few precautions and ended the tactics meeting.
It's not that George Lee underestimated the enemy, but as a Premier League team, the absence of half of the main players has a huge impact.
Just like the current first-tier teams, even Chelsea. If you ask them to remove half of their main players and play against other mid- and lower-tier teams in the Premier League, they are not sure of winning, let alone Tottenham.
Therefore, after the tactical meeting, Li George asked the coaching staff to go home and rest early, because after the last round of the league, they would have a more important game to play, and then they could It's time to work overtime.
Players only need to train as required during training time, maintain their condition, and practice tactics. Even in the finals of such large competitions, some teams will reduce the amount of training to avoid player injuries and fatigue.
But the coaches are different. They have to do countless preparations for this final game, and they can't wait to divide every second into two seconds.
Just as George Li was about to enter the house, his cell phone rang.
When he saw the number, it was from Eddie Gray. George Li thought it was the transfer of Bowyer mentioned before. Did he have any new ideas?
"Hey, this is George..."
"George, there was an explosion, there was an explosion in Italy, did you watch the news?"
Before George Li could finish speaking, he was confused by Gray's "explosion" and didn't know what Gray wanted to express.
"Why did Italy explode? Bin Laden blew up the Leaning Tower of Pisa?"
"Go watch the news...I can't explain it on the phone."
After saying that, Gray hung up the phone.
Then immediately George Lee's cell phone rang again, this time it was Brian Kidd calling.
"Hey, this is George..."
"George, have you seen the report, Juventus..."
Now, George Li finally knew what was going on.
On May 4, the famous "Calciopoli" incident in Italian football broke out.
Because he has been preparing for the league and the UEFA Cup, George Li has almost forgotten about this matter.
Now being mentioned by Gray and Kidd, he also realized that the "Phonegate" broke out.
When George Li returned home, he quickly turned on his computer and found relevant reports.
Just now, "Gazzetta dello Sport" suddenly published the content of the phone call between Juventus Club General Manager Moggi and the Serie A referee designator in recent years. The recorded content mainly talks about Moggi and the Serie A referee designator for 6 seasons in 2004. A transcript of the phone call between Paireto.
This move has caused an uproar in Italian football.
George Li knew that this was only the beginning, and the whole incident would become more and more intense. Immediately, AC Milan, Lazio, Fiorentina, many referees and Football Association officials will be involved.
The image of Italian football has suffered a devastating blow. The market appeal of most clubs has dropped to freezing point. A large number of outstanding players have fled Serie A, causing the level of the Italian league to decline rapidly. It is logical that Serie A's European war points will be surpassed by the Bundesliga. In the future, it will The opportunities for Italian teams to participate in European competitions will be greatly reduced during the year, which in turn will lead to a vicious cycle of more outstanding players being unwilling to join Serie A.
George Li directly called several other members of the coaching staff and asked them to meet in the conference room at Elland Road Stadium. It is also to save time. After all, it is closer to the Elland Road Stadium in the city than to the Thorpe Arch training ground in the suburbs.
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An hour later, everyone came to the conference room at Elland Road Stadium.
Chris Casper, the last one to enter, closed the conference room door.
I saw that everyone was discussing the "Phone Gate" matter. Even some people who didn't know about it before coming here started talking after others told it.
Casper found his seat, looked around and saw that in addition to the coaching staff, there were also the director of football, the chief scout, the head of the transfer department, and even the team's general manager, Tony Wilson.
After seeing everyone arrive, George Li started the meeting directly.
"Everyone should know what happened, so I won't repeat it. Juventus is probably finished. Point deductions are inevitable and they may be relegated, so we have to grab people as early as possible."
The people below began to discuss in low voices, guessing which Juventus player George Li was interested in.
According to Li George, if Juventus is relegated, then the outstanding players in the team will definitely be robbed by other teams, and the price will not be very high.
It's like a new supermarket opening with a huge sale.
"No need to discuss any more, I may have to be dictatorial for a while today, and we must win the striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic."
The following discussions started again, especially those who were members of the coaching staff last season. They knew that George Li wanted to introduce this Swede when he first took over as head coach.
When Ibrahimovic was still at Ajax, Lee George made an offer to Ajax and got the agreement. However, the Swede at the time rejected Leeds United because Leeds United was a relegation team and could not participate in the Champions League. .
Now two years have passed, Leeds United is just around the corner to enter the Champions League next season, but Juventus, where Ibrahimovic plays, is facing the risk of relegation.
So this time, George Lee is bound to win against Ibrahimovic.
"How much transfer fee can we have in the summer." He asked Tony Wilson directly.
"You finally asked this, George." Wilson said with a smile, "You really haven't spent much money on the club in the past two years. Compared with the Russian tycoons next door, we at Leeds United are like rubes. The board of directors doesn't treat you very well." I’m quite complaining about spending money.”
"Don't talk nonsense, just tell me." Li George urgently wanted to know if he had enough money to buy Ibrahimovic.
"Mr. Chairman has explained that fourth place in the league is the starting price. Even if Arsenal wins the Champions League and we cannot enter the Champions League, it will still start at 40 million pounds. If we are third in the league, we will increase it. Second place in the league is still We can increase it. If we win the UEFA Cup, we can continue to increase it."
Wilson's words shocked others. They all wanted to know how much money they could spend this summer if Manchester United lost in the last round of the league and Leeds United finished second in the league and won the UEFA Cup.
But what Wilson said next surprised everyone in the conference room.
"These are based on the fact that you want to build a new stadium. If you can postpone the plan to build a new stadium, then there will be no cap on the transfer fee this summer."
"What!" The people inside once again heard the breaking news that the club was planning a new stadium.
"This money is actually nothing. Since Chelsea was acquired by Russia and Manchester United was acquired by Americans, more and more capital will enter the Premier League. As far as I know, there are Americans who want to buy Aston Villa, and then also There is an Icelandic consortium that is acquiring West Ham United. In the future, they may not even be able to buy a player for 50 million or 60 million. Of course, in contrast, the club's income will also increase."
Eddie Gray and Brian Kidd were about to cry. They didn't make it in time. When they were leading Leeds United, they only sold players to pay off their debts. How could they ever have the opportunity to buy players worth tens of millions.
"Let's settle the matter with Juventus first."
"OK."
"Eddie, can you fly directly to Italy and get this done?"
Li George handed over the task to Gray, because it was about to be the last round of the league, and after the league, the team would go to the Netherlands non-stop to participate in the UEFA Cup final, so Li could not leave at this time and could only let the ball go. The team's director of football took action.
Eddie Gray hesitated, then agreed.
Although he also wanted to go to the Netherlands to watch Leeds United's UEFA Cup final, he was willing to go to Italy for the sake of the club.
"Other departments are working closely together to put Ibrahimovic's transfer first this summer. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
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When George Li returned home again, it was already dark. Olson and Wallace, who had already had dinner at Mr. Black's house, had the rare opportunity to wait for Li back downstairs together.
"Dad, where have you been and why are you back so late?" Olson asked.
"There's a new supermarket on the road next door. Things are very cheap. I went to the supermarket."
"What about your things?" Wallace was relatively honest and asked George Li when he saw that he had gone to the supermarket but had nothing in his hands.
"Things are too cheap and others have bought them all."
