Football: Rebirth 04, I Create a Black Shop in Football

In fact, Li Shiguang's expectations were completely unnecessary.

With Leeds United's performance this season, the major European giants are eager to divide Leeds United into pieces before the World Cup starts.

Alan has almost blown up Li Shiguang's phone these days. He receives price inquiry emails from major clubs almost every day, but Li Shiguang asked Alan to reject them all and wait until the World Cup starts next month. By then, as long as his players perform well in the World Cup, wouldn't there be more room for price increases?

May 17th.

After staying at home for more than a week, Li Shiguang arrived in Paris, France in the morning. Florentino invited him to dinner, and after dinner, he had to go to the Stade de France to watch the Champions League final between Arsenal and Barcelona.

Li Shiguang has maintained a friendly relationship with Florentino for more than a year.

Because Real Madrid's performance this season was really bad, after losing to Arsenal in the Champions League round of 16, when Florentino resigned from Real Madrid in February this year, Li Shiguang made a special call to care about the temporarily frustrated old man.

Before the game started, the two played a game in the box with a 100 euro bet on the final championship.

After Florentino struggled for a while, the pure Madrid blood finally prevailed and chose to support Arsenal, which eliminated Real Madrid in the round of 16.

The kind-hearted Li Shiguang could only choose Barcelona with tears.

But then the game had just been going on for less than 20 minutes, and Florentino felt that this year, Li Shiguang, the little fox, would win the 100 euros again.

In the 18th minute, Eto'o received a wonderful pass from Ronaldinho outside the penalty area, and before Lehmann, who was falling to the ground, touched the ball, he pushed it over. As a result, Lehmann had no choice but to pull Eto'o's ankle and knock him down. Although Giuly's shot was later ruled invalid by the referee, Lehmann was also sent off the court with a red card.

Wenger had no choice but to replace Pires with Almunia. Less than 20 minutes after the start, Arsenal faced the dilemma of playing with one less player.

But just when Florentino thought that Arsenal should have no chance, in the 37th minute, it was Arsenal, who was playing with one less player, who took the lead! Henry took a free kick from the right and sent it to Barcelona, ​​and Campbell beat Ogle to head the ball into the dead corner at the far end of Barcelona's goal!

During the halftime break, Florentino couldn't hide his excitement and kept talking to Li Shiguang. It seems that Li Shiguang will return the 100 euros to him this year!

Florentino's thoughts lasted until the 76th minute of the game, when Rijkaard's magical substitution helped Barcelona equalize the score!

Iniesta, who came on in the second half, passed the ball straight from the left side of the court. Larsson, who received the ball, pushed the ball lightly to Eto'o who was inserted on the left side of the Arsenal penalty area. The latter shot from a small angle in front of the goal to help Barcelona equalize the score.

Just 5 minutes later, Larsson knocked the ball across the middle from the right, and Belletti, who inserted from the backcourt, took the ball into the Arsenal penalty area. In the end, he also shot from a small angle in front of the goal and scored a goal to overtake!

Although Arsenal launched a large-scale counterattack later, it did not change the score of 1:2 in the end. It was regretful to watch Barcelona climb to the top of Europe!

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The next day after returning to Leeds, Li Shiguang finally cured his laziness during this period and went to work at the club.

But just after sitting down in the office and before turning on the computer, Milner appeared in his office.

When Milner first walked in, Li Shiguang was a little puzzled. If I remember correctly, he had received a notice from the English Football Association some time ago that Milner was called up by Eriksson to the national team list for the expedition to Germany.

So after handing Milner a glass of water, Li Shiguang asked first: "James, has the national team notified you yet?"

Milner looked a little shy: "I'll go soon, boss, and I'll leave for Germany the day after tomorrow."

"So what do you want to do with me today?"

"Uh~~Yes, yes, I have something to communicate with you, boss." Milner seemed a little hesitant to speak, and as soon as he finished speaking, he lowered his head to avoid Li Shiguang's sight.

Li Shiguang understands the character of his captain.

Milner is a typical English tough guy. He runs actively on the court, has a tough style, and has full mental attributes. Although he is not good at private

He is a man of few words, but he always speaks his mind, and it is rare to see him so shy as he is now.

A guess suddenly emerged from Li Shiguang's mind.

Could it be that a club has contacted Milner privately?

Just as he was about to ask, Milner took a deep breath, as if he had made a very important decision, sat up straight, and looked up at Li Shiguang: "Boss, a club has contacted my agent."

Li Shiguang raised his eyebrows slightly, and a look of "as expected" appeared on his face.

To be honest, although Li Shiguang has never forgotten his original intention of running a black shop, he really doesn't want to sell Milner!

From a personal emotional point of view, Milner is the player who has worked with him the longest in the team, and Li Shiguang also likes his professionalism and good character.

From the perspective of team tactics, Milner is an excellent firefighter. In addition to forwards, goalkeepers and central defenders, he can play almost any position, so even after introducing Alonso and Rivaldo in the winter window, Li Shiguang still put Milner in his plan.

But now, it seems that the mentality of young Milner has not grown to the point where he will have no complaints when sitting on the bench in a few years...

Nodding slightly, Li Shiguang calmly looked at Milner who seemed very nervous after he finished speaking: "James, what do you think? Now I can only tell you that you have always been in my plan, but I respect your own opinion!"

Seeing that Li Shiguang's reaction was not intense, Milner, who had already spoken, gradually relaxed his mood and sorted out his thoughts a little. Milner showed a bitter smile on his face: "Boss, I was actually very entangled before coming here. I didn't want to leave Leeds United, but I wanted more playing time. But after I just said it, I think I should be more inclined to leave the team..."

Li Shiguang knew Milner's feelings. As he said, from the second half of the season, Milner spent more time on the bench and did not start many times.

As a player who just turned 20, he needs to play in the game to improve his strength, so it is understandable that he wants more playing time. Li Shiguang understands Milner's statement.

Seeing that Milner was determined to leave, Li Shiguang did not try to persuade him to stay, but after all, it was a real deal, and he had to know who wanted to buy his players.

So he asked, "But you have to tell me first, which club wants to buy you?"

Milner nodded, "It's Liverpool."

Hearing the word Liverpool, Li Shiguang's expression became exciting...