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Chapter 251 Swap clubs?

Before training, in the waiting room.

"Hey, Li, are you really going to transfer?" Alan Lennon asked Li Rui in the lounge.

It was a question that immediately caught everyone's attention, and it's a question that teammates are deliberately avoiding these days.But, now, it seems that Li Rui's transfer is inevitable.

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Li Rui tied his shoelaces and smiled wryly, "It should be, Alan, I'm not sure either."

Aaron Lennon snorted, and wanted to ask something. At this time, assistant coach Gustavo Poyet walked in, "Okay, gentlemen, it's training time, hurry up."

Li Rui stood up, pulled the Leeds United jersey on his body, and walked out first. Behind him, other players filed out.

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Outside Leeds United's training ground, it looked a bit messy due to the swarming of the media.

However, on this day, until the end of the training, there was no news, and no press officer from Leeds United came out to announce that a press conference would be held.

On the contrary, Li Rui showed a good competitive state during the training. In fact, as long as Li Rui touched the ball, the Leeds United fans who watched the training outside the field would applaud enthusiastically. Retain Li Rui.

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The teammates seemed to cooperate deliberately. After Li Rui got the ball, sometimes he would play a little bit fancy. At this time, the teammates who defended him tried not to tackle the ball as much as possible. Li Rui danced to his heart's content, and it was indeed the case. Amid the applause of the Leeds United fans, Li Rui also performed hard, because even he himself didn't know where his future was.

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After the training was over, Li Rui walked towards the parking lot. At this moment, he calmed down and thought about the call he received in the morning. The call was from Rodriguez, talking about the latest progress of his transfer. .

"Manchester United officially made an offer to Leeds United!" This was the first sentence Rodriguez said.

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Ferguson Ferguson, who has been making no secret of his love for Li Rui in public, has finally started to make a move. However, as the media expected, Manchester United, which was just acquired by the Glazer family, does not have sufficient funds in terms of transfer budget. .

3000 million pounds is really an unacceptable price for the Glazer family, which has just acquired debt.

However, Manchester United proposed a new plan ---
Ruud van Nistelrooy plus 500 million pounds in exchange for Li Rui!
Now, although the Dutch performed poorly last season, Van Nistelrooy, as the main scorer of the Dutch national team and the absolute killer of Manchester United in recent seasons, is worth about 2500 million pounds, so this price It's also close to 3000 million pounds.

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Ruud van Nistelrooy may leave Manchester United this summer, which is not news in the eyes of the media. However, no media will link the Dutchman's whereabouts with Leeds United. At most, there will be bold media. It is speculated that Manchester United will choose to sell the Dutchman to Real Madrid, and then use the exchanged funds to join the competition for Leeds United's No. 11.

You know, it is no secret that the Galacticos is chasing Van Nistelrooy for a long time.

And Ruud van Nistelrooy did have reasons to leave Old Trafford.

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In the summer of 2003, the Dutchman's best friend Beckham at Old Trafford left, which made the Dutchman very disappointed. You know, in Manchester United, Beckham passed the ball and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored. It has become part of the classic memories of this course.

The departure of his good friend Beckham made Ruud van Nistelrooy feel lost, but it has not given the Dutchman the idea of ​​leaving Old Trafford, because no matter who is the successor of Beckham's No. 7 jersey, Inevitably have to serve his goals.

However, it happened to be a Portuguese boy named Cristiano Ronaldo. This young Portuguese boy, in the description of the media, has become the nemesis of the Dutch, and in fact, it is true!

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If Solskjaer hadn't been seriously injured in an accident, and he would lie down for two years, Ruud van Nistelrooy might be a little more tolerant of the appearance of Cristiano Ronaldo.However, because of Solskjaer's injury, the young Cristiano Ronaldo was pushed onto the stage by Ferguson ahead of schedule, and Ruud van Nistelrooy also started conflicts with this young man.

Cristiano Ronaldo's almost paranoid personal performance made Van Nistelrooy develop from frowning at the beginning to unhappiness, resentment and even disgust.

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In the Champions League group stage of the 2003-04 season, when Manchester United lost away to Stuttgart, Cristiano Ronaldo played up on the court, trying to get past Stuttgart's defense over and over again. Ball, turn a blind eye.

Finally, the Dutchman shouted at Cristiano Ronaldo on the pitch: "Why not pass?!"

Cristiano Ronaldo looked aggrieved. He neither understood nor was he used to why the protagonist was not him. In the subconscious of the Portuguese boy, he should be the protagonist and everyone should serve him.

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Due to the lack of strong support from the midfield, Van Nistelrooy's goals have been severely reduced this season, which has also caused the Dutch to face media doubts over and over again. The impatient remark of "don't blame me if you don't score a goal" immediately intensified the conflict between Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Entering the 2004-05 season, the conflict between Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo intensified. The Dutchman also expressed his attitude on many occasions that Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be controlled by him. The conflict in the dressing room of Manchester United was once again exposed to the media. In front of him, at the beginning, Ruud van Nistelrooy thought that Ferguson would drive Cristiano Ronaldo away, but in the end, especially after entering the transfer market this summer, the Dutchman began to realize that he had to go It was precisely himself, Ferguson chose to keep the young Portuguese!

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"Red and white roses swap shooters, Li Rui is about to join Manchester United"

The latest issue of "Sports Weekly" has attracted the attention of fans with such a prominent title!
And in fact it is!
Ferguson made no secret of his love for Li Rui, and compared Li Rui with Cantona over and over again. This not only stung the nerves of Leeds United fans, but also made the outside world more suspicious of the future of Leeds United's No. 11. Old Trafford!
The reason why the outside world is not very optimistic about Manchester United's acquisition of Li Rui is mainly because they are skeptical about whether Manchester United can come up with a transfer budget of 3000 million pounds. After all, the financial resources of the Glazer family have already been pocketed in this acquisition. I'm shy, and I just bought Rooney for 2700 million pounds last season. According to the early tradition of Manchester United, it is difficult to sell at such a high price for two consecutive seasons, let alone the striker position——
Li Rui has gone, what about Van Nistelrooy?
Now, the Manchester United team has put forward this plan to exchange clubs. In the eyes of everyone, the biggest obstacle for Li Rui to join Manchester United no longer exists. Now, it depends on whether the Leeds United are willing to accept this Ruud van Nistelrooy. The money was exchanged for Li Rui's plan. After all, compared to the checkbooks wielded by the Chelsea people, Manchester United is indeed a bit shabby, and they all have the taste of buying people by selling iron.

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If you want to say which Premier League team has the most fans in China, there is only one answer, and that is Manchester United, the Red Devils Manchester United. Although Arsenal won the championship with an unbeaten record in the 2003-2004 season, let the Arsenal fans in China. However, in terms of number and momentum, Manchester United fans still occupy a large proportion in China. As for other Asian countries, Manchester United has many fans.

Therefore, the news that Li Rui may exchange clubs with Ruud van Nistelrooy made Chinese Manchester United fans ecstatic.The team I like can have the most popular star in China, which makes Manchester United fans ecstatic, almost catching up with the Chinese New Year.

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Manchester United fans are ecstatic, but fans of other European giants are naturally a little unbalanced. Chelsea won the Premier League last season, and naturally they also have a lot of fans in China. Chelsea fans ridicule Manchester United fans. Let's get mixed up, Ruud van Nistelrooy is also a hero of Manchester United, so he just got swept away, a little human, okay?

First, there was a debate between Manchester United fans and Chelsea fans, and then fans of other giants also joined in, posting on the Internet, arguing fiercely.

However, in any case, the hearts of the fans are also happy. Think about it, who is Ruud van Nistelrooy?That is the world's top star. Now, Ruud van Nistelrooy added money to exchange for Li Rui, which shows how expensive Li Rui is. When did Chinese players become so awesome... relieved!

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The fans in China are still hyped up, and Li Rui in Leeds has a deep understanding.

After the "Sun" first broke the news that Manchester United intends to exchange Ruud van Nistelrooy for Li Rui, other media in England, such as "Daily Mirror" and "The Times", also reported on the front page reported the news.

Now, the Leeds United fans are angry. According to the visual observation of the reporters waiting at the entrance of the Leeds United Club, the number of fans protesting at the entrance of the club has suddenly increased several times.

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Such a scene appeared once three years ago, when Manchester United paid 3 million pounds, the price that created a transfer record for defenders, and brought Leeds United's defenseman Ferdinand from Elland Road to the old club. Trafford Stadium, this caused strong dissatisfaction among Leeds United fans!
The most unacceptable thing for Leeds United fans is that the club sells players to their rivals Manchester United. Anyway, in one sentence, "No one can sell to Manchester United!"

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The media also flocked to Leeds United's training base, asking Li Rui if it was true that he and Ruud van Nistelrooy had swapped clubs?
"No, these are rumors. I am still a player of Leeds United. My contract with the team will expire in 3 years! My current jersey is still white."

Of course, Li Rui denied it. Li Rui really didn't know where the future lies, but the transfer is certain. He just met with the club chairman Paul Stubbs this morning. It was a family dinner. Nature, at the banquet, Paul Stubbs thanked Li Rui for his contribution to Leeds United... This is almost equivalent to a farewell speech.

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In addition, Li Rui also knows that if he transfers to Manchester United, it may cause commotion among Leeds United fans.

In fact, commotion has already occurred. Some fans left messages on the official website forum and criticized Li Rui. Will go to Manchester United.

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Leeds United rejected Manchester United's offer!
In Rodriguez's view, Leeds United does not intend to accept the player plus cash exchange plan.

"Right now, what Mr Stubbs needs is cash. If it wasn't for cash, a 29-year-old Dutchman would exchange the most charismatic star in the team. Mr Stubbs would be sent away by the Leeds United fans. Go to the gallows." Rodriguez analyzed to Li Rui.

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Li Rui nodded. His meeting with the club chairman, Mr. Paul Stubbs, was quite frank and pleasant. The chairman admitted that it was because of the financial crisis that he was pushed to the transfer market, and he said that he would not send Li Rui to the transfer market. Rui described it as a greedy player and blamed the transfer on the player himself.

This also made Li Rui heave a sigh of relief, because similar things did not happen before. Back then, when Fiorentina sold Rui Costa and Batistuta, they described the players as greedy for money and wanted to transfer. The image, although most fans do not believe it, will still cause trouble for the player himself.

Therefore, Paul Stubbs' frank statement also made Li Rui grateful.

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In fact, Paul Stubbs, a high-achieving student at Yale University, also sees it very clearly. Since the transfer is inevitable due to financial problems, there is no need to have any trouble with the player himself. Broken face, in the future, it is easy to talk when you meet, this kind of truth is universal.

Although, describing Li Rui as a money-greedy image and pushing the transfer matter to Li Rui may temporarily divert the anger of the fans to a certain extent, but paper cannot contain the fire, and sooner or later the fans will return. Spreading anger on the club, and having a bad relationship with the players, will inevitably have a bad impression and impression in the hearts of the remaining players.

In a word, Mr. Paul Stubbs is a wise man.

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Leeds United rejected Manchester United's bid, which made domestic Chelsea fans happy. From the perspective of Chelsea fans, Li Rui now seems to have only one choice left to go to Chelsea, and in fact, it seems to be the same.

"3200 million pounds!The Ruble Legion is officially launched! "

Mourinho once again publicly expressed his appreciation for Li Rui, and expressed his rhetoric, "Chelsea's current lineup is strong enough...but if they want to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, they still need to improve their offensive ability." make a difference...'

After Mourinho said this, the real owner of Chelsea, the Russian oil tycoon Abramovich, had a meeting with the head coach. After this meeting, Chelsea’s official quotation came to the chairman of the Leeds United Club, Paul S. Tubbs' desk!
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"Chelsea is now on the front line, with Gudjohnsen, Drogba, and Crespo. With Mourinho's style of play, Drogba will definitely occupy a main position..." Leeds United Club received a message from Chelsea After the offer, Rodriguez also received a call from Chelsea coach Mourinho. During the call, Mourinho formally invited Li Rui.Now, Rodriguez is helping Li Rui to analyze the situation that Li Rui will face if he transfers to Chelsea.

Rodriguez is well aware that his "Qiantu" is closely integrated with Li Rui, so Rodriguez is not the kind of shallow agent who has no foresight. It will damage the interests of the players and encourage the players to go to an unfamiliar environment.

Rodriguez also needs to analyze whether this team is suitable for Li Rui. Although this analysis is not necessarily correct, the transfer itself is a gamble, and no one can guarantee that he can perform better in the new team. The purpose of doing this is to minimize the risk as much as possible.

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Li Rui frowned, he is not afraid of competition, but in Mourinho's tactics, there is only one real center forward, which poses a problem for Li Rui, Drogba's current position is almost impossible Shocking, so, what will happen after Li Rui goes?Change position, play midfielder, or winger?

Obviously, this is not in Li Rui's interest. For a player to try a new position rashly, it is not a joke. Besides, Li Rui is not willing to retreat. He is a shooter and likes that kind of The feeling of scoring a goal!
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"Maybe, Mr. Mourinho will change his style of play." Li Rui said, he felt it was necessary for him to have an exchange with the Chelsea coach.

"Change the style of play? I think it's hard. This is a coach with a very strong personality." Rodriguez smiled wryly. "Besides, Chelsea is not Leeds United! They will not change their style of play around any player."

Li Rui was silent. He found that he hadn't really realized the big difference between the rich teams and the small and medium teams.

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"Let me arrange it. I need a meeting." Rodriguez said, and he also thought that Li Rui needed to communicate with Mourinho himself.

"Can I only go to Chelsea?" Li Rui suddenly asked Rodriguez.

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PS: Spoiler alert: In the next chapter, the answer will be revealed.

(End of this chapter)