I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

Chapter 391 The nightmare has just begun for Sheffield United!The Civil War of White Roses!
I really don’t know if Jane is coming, but Taylor really means it.

Taylor wore a hazy black gauze pajamas on her upper body and pink diamond briefs on her lower body. She walked up to Gu Ran with her 2.4 million long legs.

Gu Ran didn't know whether to look up or down for a moment...

This shit, who can stand it?

That's me!
Gu Ran took a deep breath and tried to stay calm, but his heart was already in a state of turmoil.

Taylor bit her lip, "I don't know what's wrong. It's the first time you're so bold...does it look good?"

Gu Ran said: "...Just average."

The picture quality is a bit worse than last night.

Taylor said coquettishly: "Gu, you are so annoying! You are obviously bad and dirty, but you are so talented. By the way, do you want to hear me sing? I still owe you three songs, you Click, I’ll sing.”

Want to earn me 70 pounds?
no way!Not even if you dress like this!
Gu Ran immediately said: "Then let's sing "We are never getting back together"."

Taylor was shocked again and again, "What... is this song again?"

This is your 2013 Billboard No. [-] single!
Gu Ran started singing a cappella directly.

The backhand earned Taylor another £50.

Taylor's chest rose and fell with excitement, "Oh, Gu, you are so great!"

Gu Ran smiled faintly, "Actually, I can be even better..."

Taylor said eagerly: "Can you show me?"

Gu Ran said: "It's too shocking to be displayed casually."

Taylor came up and shook Gu Ran's arm, saying coquettishly: "Oh, show it to me!"

"Don't, don't shake it..."

The atmosphere in the living room has become more and more ambiguous, and the slightest spark can explode.

The two young hearts were stirring uneasily, and their laughter was also coming and going, without any taboos.

However, both of them maintained restraint in the end, and neither one took the lead in breaking through.

The layer of window paper between the two of them was still barely broken.

And Gu Ran was not in a hurry.

After all, the EFL Cup knockout round will be played the day after tomorrow.

If we rush to break it tonight... I'm afraid we will have to fight until dawn.

So, after laughing and joking for a while, the two of them went back to their respective rooms. Gu Ran calculated calculus in his mind, while Taylor recorded Gu Ran's new song and hummed it repeatedly along with the guitar.

That night, Gu Ran had a dream all night amid Taylor's beautiful singing.

In the dream, Taylor pushed in the door with a resentful face, holding up his shiny pink diamond pants and saying that he couldn't sleep at night because of this...

Early the next morning.

Gu Ran woke up earlier than usual.

The negative effects of 83 points of physical fitness are really almost unbearable.

After finishing his extra practice in the morning, Gu Ran returned to the Staplewood training base in high spirits and started comprehensive training with his teammates for Sheffield United.

Lallana is still recovering from injury, and Gu Ran has taken more responsibility for breakthroughs in the middle during training.

Head coach Adkins is very satisfied with Gu Ran's performance in multiple positions.

When the lunch break was approaching, personal affairs assistant Rick appeared in front of Gu Ran with two panda eyes and a look of grievance on his face.

Gu Ran said before Rick could speak: "Rick, you tricked me to death last night!"

Rick said in shock: "Huh? I..."

Gu Ran patted Rick on the shoulder, "But I forgive you."

"Thank you Gu..." Rick's face was full of gratitude, and he suddenly came back to his senses, "Wait, that's not right, Gu, I was the one who was tricked! Look at me, don't you see that I have something different from before? Is it different?"

Gu Ran ignored Rick's question, changed the subject and asked, "By the way, have you bought the VIP box ticket I want you to buy?"

"Oh, I bought it. I'll do the work, so don't worry." Rick quickly took out a VIP box ticket.

"Well, the money will be paid to you in half a month."

"Gu, please be a human being, my wife will really beat me to death."

"It doesn't matter, you are so fat, she can't beat you to death."

Rick said with a cry: "Gu, you may not know that my wife weighs 260 pounds. She used to practice women's boxing. Here, I must explain that the reason why she weighs 260 pounds is because the upper limit of our family's scale is 260 pounds!”

"Oh..." Gu Ran sighed, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"So, can you reimburse me for this small ticket now?"

"Not yet, but I can give you a set of signed jerseys, with a written note to give them to your wife."

Rick was anxious, "How can one set of signed jerseys work? My wife weighs 260 pounds! At least... two sets!"

Damn it?Sew it up and wear it?

Forget it, this is not a problem I should worry about...

Gu Ran immediately said: "Deal!"

Rick seemed to have suffered a big loss, "Should I have three sets?"

After settling Rick's matter, Gu Ran continued to devote himself to training.

By the end of today's training, Gu Ran had accumulated 7 talent points in his hand, and had increased "Enhanced Reasonable Collision" from +5 to +6, "Interception and Stealing" from +4 to +5, and "Personal Defense" It has also been increased from +4 to +5.

Moreover, after taking a break from a game, Gu Ran's physical fitness and competitive condition were both satisfactory.

After returning to the Dune Villa that night, Gu Ran easily picked up two talent point bubbles from Queen Swift, and the number of talent points in his hand reached 9.

It’s so cool to have a queen-level fingering artifact.

Gu Ran thought for a while, and then raised the technical category "Corner Kick" from 66 points to 70 points, and "Short Pass" and "Vision" from 69 points to 70 points respectively.

Almost all of the sub-attributes of the technical category have shortcomings.

Before facing off against Premier League opponents in the EFL Cup, you must improve your technical attributes as much as possible.

Gu Ran weighed the remaining three talent points, and then allocated them all to the "strength" attribute, raising the strength attribute from 3 points to 85 points.

This is mainly to target the "Blade Legion" Sheffield United.

Before "Godfather" Wilder took over Sheffield United, Sheffield United's playing style was the traditional English playing style, and the confrontation was very intense.

It stands to reason that one should strengthen one's physique and try to avoid getting injured in confrontations. However, physique is a double-edged sword. The little diva Taylor Swift is wearing black gauze pajamas and pink diamond pants at home. If she could really improve her physique by 3 points in one go, I'm afraid something might really happen tonight.

Therefore, Gu Ran chose to increase his strength first so that he could confront the Blade Legion head-on.

After adding more points, Gu Ran felt that the muscles all over his body had become much stronger.

Before going to bed at night, Gu Ran gave Taylor the VIP box ticket for tomorrow's game and invited Taylor to watch his game.

——If you want to pierce the window paper, you have to let Taylor see his true strength, hardness, and speed.

Taylor naturally agreed happily.

Taylor also took the initiative to give Gu Ran a full hug to express his gratitude.

Gu Ran... really couldn't stand it any longer.

That night, Gu Ran calculated calculus in his mind again, listened to Taylor's playing and singing downstairs, and finally fell asleep.

On Tuesday, September 9st, Gu Ran got up early, and after a brief extra practice, he drove to the Staplewood training base to gather.

Although today's League Cup knockout match starts at 7:45 pm, as an away team, Coach Adkins requires all players on the roster to have breakfast before 9:[-], and then take the team bus to Playing place in South Yorkshire, northern England. .

Southampton is far away from South Yorkshire. It takes at least three and a half hours by bus. The team members also took advantage of this time to rest and catch up on their sleep.

There are two professional football clubs in South Yorkshire, one is Sheffield United and the other is Sheffield Wednesday.

Sheffield United's nickname is Blades (Blades), but in fact, the earliest nickname was Sheffield Wednesday, and Sheffield United's earliest nickname was - Blades, but later, with the famous football hooligan organization Blades With the rise of the business gang, a nickname like "The Blade" naturally belongs to Sheffield United. Sheffield Wednesday can't reason with the blade business gang.Sheffield United is one of the earliest clubs in the UK. Sheffield United is very strong and has been a Premier League team for most of the time. It is also the first team with the word "United" in its name.

The word "Lian" is also very particular. Not just any team can be called Lian.

Sheffield United started out not as a football club, but as a cricket club, and they were two different cricket clubs.

Cricket was born in the 16th century. At that time, it was a sport for British aristocrats and gentlemen. After the 18th and 19th centuries, it gradually became popular among the people.

And cricket also had an 11-man lineup. Cricket was a spring and summer game, while football at that time was an autumn and winter game.

So after the cricket team finished playing the spring and summer seasons, they basically had nothing to do.

Later, the two Yorkshire cricket clubs came together and decided, let's stop using sticks. We were so bad at cricket that we might as well play football. The lineups were all ready-made.

Thus, Sheffield United Football Club was established.

Lian means union and integration.

Although the Newcastle United club is not an integrated cricket team, football clubs in the north of England are sparse and have poor results, so Newcastle took the lead and integrated several small clubs in the north, so it was called Newcastle United.

Of course, Manchester United is not the same as Sheffield United and Newcastle United.

Manchester United was originally called Newton Heath Club. The team emblem was a locomotive with yellow and green background colors. Later, Manchester United was renamed Manchester United because of a dog.

At that time, Harry Stafford, the captain of Newton Heath, lost his dog and was found by a local brewery owner in Manchester. As the two chatted, the brewery owner learned that Newton Heath Club was planning to sell or sell it. After disbanding, the owner of the brewery immediately paid for the club and changed its name to Manchester United - but wait, Manchester City already had a Manchester United team at that time, so they imitated Sheffield United and Newcastle United and named it Manchester United. , referred to as Manchester United.

Having said that - the community where Sheffield United is located is a typical steel industrial area, famous for making knives. The team emblem of Sheffield United is also a white rose and two crossed pirate knives. Here, the white rose is not It represents romance, but represents the white rose aristocratic emblem of the York family during the War of the Roses from 1455 to 1485.

There are many teams in England with roses on their team emblems, such as Sheffield United, Southampton, Leeds United, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United.

Manchester United's current team emblem is the trident Red Devil "Fred", which was decided by Manchester United's legendary coach Sir Matt Busby. It means that we are the red devil who can eat our enemies alive, but in the beginning , Manchester United uses the red rose of Lancashire as its team emblem, the team emblem of Manchester City in the same city also uses the red rose of Lancashire, while Leeds United uses the white rose of York.

Just like the two factions of nobles in the War of the Roses, the red rose symbolizes the Lancaster family and the minor nobles who support the Lancaster family, and the white rose symbolizes the York family and the minor nobles who support the York family. .

Just from the color of the rose on the team emblem, it is not difficult to see why Manchester United and Leeds United are traditional rivals. Although Manchester United and Manchester City are rivals in the same city, they cannot be called true rivals.

Although the War of the Roses in England lasted only 30 years, its impact lasted for more than 300 years.

There is also a rose on the Southampton team emblem, and this rose is white - Southampton belongs to the York aristocratic faction from its roots.

Therefore, Southampton and Sheffield United are not mortal enemies.

However, today is the knockout round. Even if they are not mortal enemies in the traditional sense, both sides will try their best to prove themselves.

Another point is that after Sheffield United fell from the Premier League to the English Championship, they are currently hiring former "Fox City" Leicester City head coach Mitch Adams.

Mitch Adams was Southampton's meritorious left back during his playing days and was also a member of the Saints Hall of Fame.

Therefore, this game, from a large level, is a civil war between the York faction, and from a small level, it is also a dialogue between the new and old players/coaches of the Southampton team.

What's more, Gu Ran had just made a splash at the environmental protection charity dinner, and the media and newspapers were all crazy about Gu Ran's news. A game with Gu Ran in it would definitely attract a lot of attention.

Speaking of Sheffield United, this is also a rather magical club.

The first is the relationship between Sheffield United and Chinese football that must be mentioned.

As early as 1996, Wuniu Club in Sichuan Province was established and became a Chinese League Two team. In the following year, 1997, it was successfully promoted to the Chinese League One - there was no Chinese Super League at that time.

In 2001, the Wuniu Club played a score of 11:2 against the Mianyang Club of this province, which became the match-fixing case of the A-B and B-Wu Rats that shocked China and foreign countries that year. The Wuniu Club was severely punished by the Football Association, and its vitality was severely damaged.

In 2005, the dying Wanniu team ushered in a turning point - Kevin McCabe, the owner of the Premier League Sheffield United club, invested 1.9 million to buy the equity of the Wuniu club, and the Wuniu club immediately changed its name to "Sheffield United". United” club.

Sheffield United owner Kevin McCabe is a very smart businessman.

Kevin McCabe is a native of Yorkshire. He has been crazy about Sheffield United since he was a child. After he made a lot of money in the real estate and hotel business, the first thing he did was to buy the Sheffield United club that was still in the Premier League at the time. Sheffield United has also renovated the stadium, upgraded youth training facilities, etc. Sheffield United has also ushered in a wave of development and is playing well in the Premier League.

McCabe is not willing to develop Sheffield United only in England. He has taken a fancy to the extremely vast Chinese football market.

The UK only has a population of 6500 million, while China has 13 billion!
McCabe believes that Chinese football is not good because it does not have an advanced British management model. He believes that as long as a Chinese club is built according to the template of Sheffield United, he will make money.

Buying Wuniu Club and setting up a satellite club of Hotfield United in China was his first step - what's more, Wuniu Club was really cheap at the time, just over 1000 million in pounds, which was worse than a second-rate player. The transfer fees for stars are high.

Everything was great at first, and the newly renamed Sheffield United played well and entered the Chinese Super League. However, with the financial crisis in 2008, McCabe's real estate and hotel business also failed. The Philippine United's investment has also been significantly reduced.

So, in 2009, in order to earn 50 yuan (actually only 30 yuan, and the other 20 yuan was falsely invoiced and eaten by the middleman), Sheffield United played match-fixing again, and then again Caught by the Football Association.

The reason why Sheffield United was caught by the Football Association was not because the Football Association didn't like it, but because a brother club gave enough money...

In short, by 2010, the Sheffield United club had no funds. The big boss McCabe simply sold 50% of Sheffield United's shares for free, and only required the local acquirer to jointly bear Sheffield United's debts and daily expenses. .

As a result... no one wanted it.

So, in 2013, Sheffield United, who was waiting to die, transferred all its shares at a minimum price of 6000 million yuan and changed its name to Tiancheng Club.

By 2015, Tiancheng was relegated to the Chinese Second Division, and a vigorous club was disbanded.

In any case, this is the closest a Chinese football club has come to an English Premier League club. Kevin McCabe, who was so ambitious about playing in the Chinese football market, suffered a heavy loss.

But that wasn't McCabe's worst investment.

For now, Sheffield United owner McCabe's nightmare has just begun.

Due to the financial tsunami in 08 and the huge losses at Sheffield United, Sheffield United's investment has dropped sharply in the past two years, and its results have been unstable. It has been two years since Sheffield United fell from the Premier League to the English Championship, and now it is still struggling in the lower reaches of the English Championship. With.

McCabe truly loves his club, but he is reluctant to cut off his arms to survive, and he is reluctant to cut off his land and hotels at low prices to feed Sheffield United.

McCabe came up with a "clever" way to bring in money, but not completely.

McCabe saw the strength of the Middle Eastern Prince from Manchester City, but he did not want the Middle Eastern Prince to gain control of the club.

McCabe found a Middle Eastern prince who was interested in the British football market and played a "roulette clause" bet with him.

In simple terms, this gambling agreement is: If there is a disagreement, I can buy back your shares at a price of 500 million pounds, or you have to buy all my shares at once. If you cannot buy back my shares, If all the shares are bought, then you have to return the shares to me.

There was no trap in this agreement, and the Middle Eastern prince happily signed the gambling agreement.

McCabe thought he was so smart.

Who knew... not just any Middle Eastern prince, but a prince like Mansour.

There are more Middle Eastern princes with this title than they have oil wells.

Of course, the king's son is called a prince. A son born to a prince is also called a prince. A son born to a prince's son is also called a prince. When the princess born to a prince marries, the prince's consort automatically gets the title of prince. All princes are called princes. , the son of the consort is also called a prince, and the consort can still marry 4 wives, because the consort already has the title of prince, so every son he has can be called a prince...

In short, the prince named "Abdullah" is not stupid at all. Before buying Sheffield United Club, Prince Abdullah was already one of the owners of Riyadh Crescent in Saudi Arabia. He is well versed in the club's equity. According to a set of tactics, after he signed an agreement with McCabe, he obtained 50% of the shares of Sheffield United Club at a very low price, but did not invest a penny in the club.

McCabe endured it year after year, scolding all the eighteen generations of His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah in his heart. Finally, McCabe couldn't bear it anymore and asked Abdullah to return the shares or buy all the shares in his hand. .

McCabe is certainly not afraid of Prince Abdullah buying his shares, because when McCabe signed the agreement, he had already bundled the remaining 50% of the club's shares with his real estate and hotel companies. In other words, if Prince Abdullah wants to buy the remaining 50%, he must first buy his Scarborough Group.

Scarborough Group valued at billions of pounds!

McCabe was certain that Abdullah would not be able to force the prince to come up with billions of pounds.

As a result... Prince Abdullah quietly acquired Sheffield United Club's low-priced shares in the secondary market through an intermediary. He actually controlled 75% of the shares and directly became the absolute controlling shareholder of Sheffield United Club. The gambling agreement was bypassed in a way that was close to cheating.

By the time McCabe reacted, it was already too late.

Although McCabe cried in court and said how much he loved Sheffield United, the judge ruled that Sheffield United belonged to Prince Abdullah.

This lawsuit took a long time and was finally settled in 2019.

In the end, McCabe had to divest the remaining club shares and sell them to Prince Abdullah for 500 million pounds. In 2019, the Sheffield United club had come out of the trough and returned to the Premier League. Valued at £2 million.

This is also a very famous football club equity case.

McCabe played hawk all his life, but was bitten by a hawk...

At this current period, although McCabe is still the boss of Sheffield United and Prince Abdullah has just purchased 50% of the shares, the club is already full of impetuous people and the team's management is also very poor.

However, this does not mean that Sheffield United is a weak team that can be manipulated at will.

Sheffield United is the earliest English team, and their current playing style is also a typical British style, rough and direct.

Southampton is also fully mentally prepared for this.

Near noon, Southampton’s bus arrived at Bramall Lane Stadium, the home ground of Sheffield United.

Outside the stadium, many members of the Blades business gang wearing red and white jerseys had been waiting there early. When they saw the Southampton team bus, they booed and jeered.

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(End of this chapter)