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Chapter 449 Renewal of Contract
After hanging up the phone, Li Rui rubbed his head. He felt a bit of a headache. The call was from Sun Jihai. Both of them were in Manchester, and they kept in touch with each other. But this time, Sun Jihai's call was not a simple reminiscence , He came here to help the Manchester City team poach talent. On the phone, Sun Jihai extended an invitation to Li Rui more tactfully, saying that the transfer fee and salary are not a problem.

During the phone call with Haishen yesterday, Haishen said that the Manchester City team would definitely recruit Sun Jihai as a lobbyist. Li Rui was dubious, but he didn't expect it to come true today.

Sun Jihai can be said to be a Chinese national player who has a good relationship with Li Rui. This can be traced back to Li Rui's school days. He was a fan of Sun Jihai. Later, Li Rui came to Manchester United to play football. There is a relationship.

Regarding this invitation call, Li Rui can only decline it politely. It is still the same sentence. Li Rui does not like Manchester City. Besides, he really has no intention of leaving Manchester United. Although Li Rui won the Triple Crown at Manchester United this season Wang, however, this does not mean that Li Rui has no desires in Manchester United. In fact, his road in Manchester United can only be said to have just started at this time.

The establishment of a dynasty is not just a few championships in a season.Li Rui has more dreams at Manchester United.

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Jessica's pregnancy reaction is severe, she can't travel far, and she really doesn't want to go out. For Jessica, enjoying the two-person world with Li Rui this summer is the best gift.

Naturally, Li Rui doesn't have any opinions. He has nothing to do this summer, except for a few commercial contracts to be signed, he is just idle. Although the summer of 2007 is the year of the Asian Cup, but now it has been compared with Li Rui has nothing to do with it.

On May 5 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Li Rui fulfilled the wish of the enlightenment coach Qiu Zuolin and won the "Big Ear Cup" as a Chinese player. Now, the matter of his application for a British passport is already in progress .

Therefore, Li Rui's daily life is very monotonous and indeed extremely fulfilling. He goes to the Carrington training base to train for a few hours every day. Rui cooks by himself, watches the soap opera at [-] o'clock in the evening, and attends prenatal education with Jessica. Although it is plain, it is also a rare happy time.

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While Li Rui was enjoying a quiet vacation, Manchester United coach Ferguson was also recruiting for the new season of Manchester United.

He first set his sights on Bayern Munich's English star Hargreaves. In fact, the old Scottish man has been eyeing Hargreaves for more than a day or two. Expressed his desire to buy Hargreaves, but the Bayern club refused to let him go.In January this year, Hargreaves also won the 2006 England Footballer of the Year award for his outstanding performance in the World Cup.

Because Bayern Munich refused to let him go, the deal was not reached in the end, so last summer, Carrick joined Manchester United as Hargreaves' replacement.

Since Carrick joined Manchester United this season, his performance has not been able to satisfy Ferguson, so the godfather of Manchester United has focused on Hargreaves again.

In the eyes of Ferguson, despite the introduction of Carrick, Hargreaves is still the primary candidate for Manchester United's defensive midfield position. In the eyes of the old Scottish man, Hargreaves has quick defense and abundant physical strength. , Active fighting and other characteristics are quite the style of Roy Keane back then.
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In Ferguson's view, now is a good time to introduce the England international.

As far as Bayern is concerned, Hargreaves has only played 9 Bundesliga games this season. Respect the wishes of the players and agree to let him go." Bayern Munich coach Hitzfeld only said in an interview with the media: "I don't rule out the possibility that he will stay at Bayern next season." Reeves has let go on the transfer issue. Now, as long as Manchester United's bid meets Bayern's requirements, the transfer is not a problem.

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"Bayern Munich's official website confirmed that Bayern has reached an agreement with Manchester United on the transfer of England midfielder Hargreaves. The chairman of the club's supervisory board Beckenbauer and the chairman of the board of directors Rummenigge have also confirmed the transfer news. "

The transfer of England midfielder Hargreaves, who has been making a lot of noise since last year, finally has a result a few days ago. The two clubs of Manchester United and Bayern have reached an agreement on the transfer of Hargreaves. The 26-year-old midfielder will leave his ten-year spell at the Bundesliga giants this summer to join the Red Devils.
After a long period of bargaining between the two clubs, the final transfer fee for Hargreaves will be 2500 million euros, which will also create a new record for the player's transfer value in the history of the Bundesliga.Hargreaves signed a four-year contract with Manchester United, and his annual salary will increase from 500 million euros at Bayern to 700 million euros.

"Owen (Hargreaves)'s departure is the wish of the players themselves. The negotiation was very good, and this is also a very good deal." Beckenbauer said.

On May 5th, after dinner, Jessica was busy listening to the music "prenatal education". Li Rui turned on the TV and saw the ESPN transfer news.

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Seeing this transfer news, Li Rui's first thought was to feel sorry for Carrick. In his opinion, Carrick is still very capable. The attendance rate is relatively low, and even if he plays, his performance is average.Everyone knows what buying Hargreaves is for.

However, Li Rui is just feeling emotional, he is not the head coach, he is just a player, who the boss buys, and how to use the players at that time, he has no control over him. Moreover, Li Rui is also troubled now, that is the renewal of the contract with Manchester United The negotiation was not smooth. The biggest disagreement between the two parties was on the issue of salary. Rodriguez proposed to Manchester United a weekly salary of 15 pounds. When the CEO of Manchester United heard the price, he shook his head in shock. means impossible.The answer he gave was an annual salary of 8 pounds, and the first contract renewal negotiations between the two parties broke up unhappy.

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"Robby, is the weekly salary of 15 too high?" Li Rui asked Rodriguez after drinking a sip of red wine.

"Not high, not high, not high at all." Rodriguez smiled confidently, "I received another call from the neighbor next door today. Guess what their weekly salary is?"

The neighbor next door refers to Manchester City, and 'Blue Moon' raised the price again. However, Manchester City does not know that no matter how much they pay, Li Rui will not be able to join Manchester City. This can be seen from Li Rui's attitude towards this matter. It came out, Manchester City made another bid, Rodriguez did not tell Li Rui immediately, but only used it as a bargaining chip with Manchester United, because Li Rui had clearly told Rodriguez that he could not go to Manchester City , There are some things that cannot be bought with money, such as honors, Li Rui is not arrogant to think that after he transfers to Manchester City, he can lead this team that strives for the UEFA Cup qualification every season to dominate in a short period of time Europe, and what's more, he really thinks that Manchester City is an upstart! !
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"15 pounds!" Rodriguez said, "Since Manchester City is willing to pay 15 pounds, then Manchester United should also pay a price that matches your current strength and status."

"Will this have any bad effects?" Li Rui was a little worried. He was afraid of conflicts with the club, especially because Li Rui didn't want to have any grievances with the head coach Ferguson.

"Don't worry, I'm an agent, I'll leave it to me. This is like working in a company. If you perform well, you have every reason to ask for a salary increase. This is in the interests of the employees, and the company will do everything possible for their interests. Squeeze wages, and finally reach a price acceptable to both parties." Rodriguez shrugged, "That's the reason, both parties are negotiating for their own rights and interests, there is nothing to blame."

"Anyway, I'll leave it to you. You can do it as you see fit." Li Rui shook his head slightly. He felt a headache when he mentioned these things. Of course, no one has a lot of spare money. 'Well.

However, Li Rui was dissatisfied with the reply of Manchester United's weekly salary of 8 pounds. His current weekly salary is 5 pounds, which has only increased by 3 pounds. The price offered, if converted into pounds, is about 10 pounds a week. Therefore, in Li Rui's view, the team did not show respect for itself. As Rodriguez said, how much do you get? Money is not only a question of the amount of money, but also a question of recognition, importance, identity, and status.

Manchester United's offensive core and future standard-bearer cannot be paid for with a weekly salary of 8 pounds!

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David Gill, CEO of Manchester United Club, has been really troubled recently. After the team offered to negotiate with Li Rui, the contract renewal negotiations fell into a trap because Li Rui's agent, Rodriguez, offered a weekly salary of 15 pounds. deadlock.

Perhaps, the dung beetle smelled the smell of poop, please forgive the indecent metaphor, but only in this way can it truly reflect how upset Mr. Jill is now, because, after Rodriguez proposed that Li Rui's After the salary was raised to a weekly salary of 15 pounds, the agents of other players in the team also approached the club and asked for a salary increase.

Jorge Mendes, this super agent who has caused headaches for many wealthy families, is the agent of Ronaldo. It is worth mentioning that he is also the agent of Chelsea coach Mourinho. Mendes I found the Manchester United club and proposed to increase Ronaldo's weekly salary to 15 pounds. Why do you say 'also'?Because Mendes clearly told the Manchester United club that since Li Rui's weekly salary may reach 15 pounds, why can't Cristiano Ronaldo?Is he worse than Li Rui?

In addition, Rooney's agent, Stretford, also jumped out. What he meant was that Fatty doesn't want the same weekly salary of 15 pounds as Li Rui, but 12 pounds is always okay, otherwise, Some teams are willing to pay the £12 for Rooney.

Well, this is already a relatively blatant blackmail.

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David Gill fed back this information to Manchester United coach Ferguson. The old Scottish man also had a headache. He promised to help the team persuade his players. However, Ferguson also raised his own bottom line, "Whether it is Li Rui or Ronaldo , or Rooney, one cannot be missing!"

Therefore, Jill knew that the team must be bleeding a lot this time.If you want to keep the three most important players in the team, you can't do it without paying a price.

In addition, the CEO of Manchester United has to consider, once the salaries of Li Rui, Ronaldo and Rooney have been greatly increased, what about the other players in the team?Ferdinand?Vidic?Fletcher?Wait, is it possible to favor one person over another? Obviously, it is not possible. Therefore, this is where David Gill pays special attention. A salary increase is inevitable, but it is more important to grasp this degree within the acceptable range of the club. .

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What gave Ferguson a headache was not the contract renewal of Li Rui, Ronaldo or Rooney. At least these three young people did not show any intention of leaving Manchester United. Their first choice was to stay with the team, but they only asked for a salary increase. , Ferguson believes that no matter what, the problem of contract renewal can be resolved in the end.

Now, the headache for the old Scottish man is that Cassano has already expressed his dissatisfaction. When the young Barry returned to Italy to accept an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, he complained a lot. The position of the third forward in the team expressed dissatisfaction. In a word, Cassano wants to start the position, that is to say, no matter whether it is Li Rui or Rooney, someone must give up the main position.

Li Rui?This is obviously impossible, among other things, Manchester United fans will not agree.

Rooney?The little fat man will not agree to give up his main position. Moreover, compared with Cassano, the little fat man takes advantage of being two years younger, which is more in line with the long-term planning of the Manchester United team. More importantly, Rooney is England. International, it is obvious who the fans will choose between Cassano and Rooney.

Therefore, as soon as Cassano's remarks came out, they were wildly hyped by the Italian media. In everyone's eyes, this is almost equivalent to Cassano's declaration that he is leaving Manchester United.

But what about the actual situation?

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Cassano really didn't think about leaving Manchester United, he just expressed his dissatisfaction through this way, and he really thought he should enjoy a starting position.

However, Cassano didn’t know that when he said these words to the media, he violated the taboo of that old Scottish man named Alex Ferguson. From Ferguson’s point of view, this was unforgivable. From the outside, it is easy to discuss, but this kind of behavior of exposing the "contradictions among the people" under the flashlight is the last thing Ferguson can tolerate. In a word, if Cassano has something to say, he can do it in private. Communicating with Ferguson, this kind of direct poking to the media is what annoys Ferguson the most.

Therefore, when the English media heard Cassano's words, they also asserted that Cassano's days at Old Trafford could be counted down. , is indeed only able to rank behind Li Rui and Rooney, and is the third striker.

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Cassano's performance in the past two seasons at Manchester United is obvious to all. Manchester United won the treble last season. Whether in the league, the FA Cup or the Champions League, Cassano has wonderful goals Shows, so to speak, Cassano has no shortage of buyers.

As if the cat smelled fish, many wealthy teams began to make offers for Cassano to Manchester United, among which the Serie A giants were the most active.

After the request to buy Li Rui was rejected, Juventus set their sights on Cassano. You must know that when Cassano was in Rome, Juventus once had the idea of ​​Cassano, but, Later, when Cassano betrayed his relatives in Rome, Juventus gave up the attempt to introduce Cassano.

In addition to Juventus' offer, Inter Milan also proposed the introduction of Cassano's intention.

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Ferguson looked at the two quotations in his hand. Juventus gave 1800 million euros, while Inter Milan gave 2000 million euros.

It should be said that although this price is much higher than when Manchester United introduced Cassano, it still cannot satisfy the Manchester United club. After all, before Cassano came to Manchester United, he was almost deserted in Rome, and now, Cassano has two Premier League championship trophies, one FA Cup, and one Champions League championship trophy on his head. This is the cost of negotiations.

Now that Cassano is about to transfer, in Ferguson's view, as long as whoever bids the highest, then he will be sold to whomever.

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When Li Rui heard what Cassano said to the media, he knew that things were bad. When Li Rui and Cassano talked on the phone, Cassano also told Li Rui very depressed that he was going to transfer. up.This is what Ferguson told him personally, as long as the price is right, Manchester United will not set up any obstacles for his transfer.

Hearing what Cassano said, Li Rui had no choice but to wish Cassano good luck. In Manchester United, no one can wrestle with Ferguson.

A few days later, one morning, when Li Rui was driving Jessica to shop in London's Chinatown, it was thousands of miles away in the northern Italian city of Milan.A press conference is being held.This is the first acquisition of Inter Milan this summer. At the press conference, Inter Milan coach Mancini 'introduced' Cassano to the Italian media with a smile.

"... very happy that Antonio chose Inter Milan, he is a champion-level player, we believe it will be a win-win."

Cassano also made a speech, expressing that he was very happy to be able to come to Inter Milan, and then the two of them held up a blue and black sword shirt from Inter Milan in front of many reporters. Nuo's name and his Inter Milan back number 18...

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Hargreaves came and Cassano left. However, immediately afterwards, Manchester United announced two signings, namely the introduction of young Portuguese midfielder Nani for 2200 million euros, and the cost of million euros to introduce the young Brazilian star Anderson.

The English media regarded Nani as the successor of Giggs, and, in this signing, Ronaldo also played a big role. He recommended Ferguson to his younger brother of the national team.

The joining of Anderson, to a certain extent, also eased the crisis of Manchester United's personnel on the front line after Cassano's departure, although Anderson is not a pure shooter.

At the same time, Li Rui's contract renewal issue has also been in difficult negotiations with Manchester United Club. When the contract renewal reached an impasse, the "Sun" was the first to report Chelsea's latest round of invitations to Li Rui, and said that To put it bluntly, because Li Rui and Manchester United have not reached an agreement on salary on the issue of contract extension, Manchester United No. 10 has considered the possibility of moving to Chelsea.

As soon as this report came out, it immediately became the focus of attention of the entire England or the entire European football world.

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When Chelsea was asked this question, their words flickered, "Li Rui? Of course, no team would reject a star like Li. We are indeed discussing the possibility of Li Rui playing at Stamford Bridge, but, You all know it's going to be very difficult, it's not going to be easy."

Chelsea's attitude suddenly made it confusing that Li Rui would stay at Manchester United without any suspense. Immediately afterwards, the "Daily Mirror" came up with an initial contract between Chelsea and Li Rui. The draft made it seem like Li Rui was about to leave Manchester United and join Chelsea! !

Immediately afterwards, reports that Real Madrid and AC Milan were also involved in Li Rui's transfer were also widely hyped, and now even the most optimistic Manchester United fans began to worry whether Li Rui would leave Old Trafford .

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Of course, Li Rui knew that many of these reports in the media were inspired by Rodriguez, or had Rodriguez's shadow behind them.

Rodriguez did this, of course, to put pressure on Manchester United to take more initiative in Li Rui's contract renewal.

Li Rui worriedly asked Rodriguez whether this would arouse the disgust of the Manchester United club. Rodriguez smiled and said that the disgust is certain. This is a very common method used by agents, but don’t worry that it will affect you club relationship.

Now that Rodriguez has said so, Li Rui will not ask anymore. Anyway, he has completely left the matter of contract renewal to his agent, and all he wants is a satisfactory result.

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On June 6, the news announced on Manchester United's official website made all Manchester United fans cheer and breathe a sigh of relief——

The club announced that the contract between Li Rui and Manchester United was extended from 2010 to 2012, with a four-year contract to guarantee the future of Manchester United's number 10 at Old Trafford.

Although Manchester United's official website did not disclose the amount of Li Rui's weekly salary after contract renewal, however, the 'magic' "Sun" still got this amount: a weekly salary of 13 pounds.

And Li Rui's contract renewal, as well as the weekly salary of 13 pounds, seems to be a signal, or a measure. Manchester United also quickly completed the contract renewal work for Ronaldo and Rooney——

After the renewal, Ronaldo's weekly salary reached 12 pounds, 1 pounds less than Li Rui, although Ronaldo and his agent insisted on enjoying the same treatment as Li Rui, and believed that Ronaldo was important to Manchester United. Sex is no less than Li Rui, but, objectively speaking, Li Rui's importance and performance in Manchester United is still better than that of Ronaldo. The extra 1 pounds is a proof.

After the contract renewal, the weekly salary of Little Fatty Rooney has also reached 10 pounds, which is almost double Rooney's previous weekly salary. Little Fatty is still satisfied with this result.

Not only Li Rui, Ronaldo and Rooney, the salaries of the important players of the Manchester United team have all increased in a large or small range. Manchester United's winning the Triple Crown this season is a legitimate request of the team The reason for the salary increase is that it is normal to ask for a salary increase after a good performance. Letcher, and then Li Rui's striker trident, have all been invited and favored by other giants. If Manchester United wants to keep these stars, bloodletting is a must.

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"cheers!"

The sound of clinking glasses sounded, and Li Rui first thanked Rodriguez for his efforts during his contract renewal negotiations.

Rodriguez is not humble, he also joked frankly that if Li Rui's salary increases, his bonus will also increase, which is the "motive force" for his hard work.

Li Rui is still very satisfied with Rodriguez. At least Rodriguez did not try his best to encourage him to frequently transfer between giants to get transfer dividends like some agents. It can be said that Rodriguez Driggs can be regarded as a more difficult agent to be reassuring.

After completing the contract renewal with Manchester United, Li Rui felt relieved. Although he didn't think there was anything unexpected about the contract renewal, Li Rui always felt uneasy before the contract renewal was actually completed. He was already used to life in Manchester. Yes, and his career at Manchester United has only had a very good start, and there is still a long way to go. Li Rui has ambitions at Old Trafford. He wants to become a legend in this stadium. In fact, many Everyone has this 'ambition', it depends on whether you can achieve it.

In addition, Jessica is pregnant now, and she is already familiar with the current living environment. At this time, if Li Rui transfers to another team, he will have to move and be busy with this and that. Jessica's physical and mental problems are not good, which is probably one of the reasons why Li Rui didn't consider transferring.

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Manchester United's official website also regards the renewal of the contracts of many players such as Li Rui, Ronaldo, and Rooney as a very important victory. Li Rui's contract extension made Manchester United fans and some Manchester United celebrities very happy.

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane said in an interview with the media, "I never doubted that Li Rui would leave Old Trafford. Obviously he belongs here, and there will be his story here, that's it."

Regarding the speculation that Ferguson trained Li Rui as the future standard-bearer of Manchester United, Roy Keane also rarely expressed his opinion, "This is a very wise decision. Although Li Rui and I have different (styles), but , he has a leader's heart, which is very important for wearing the captain's armband, of course, Li Rui is still very young, he needs time to adapt slowly, now Gary is the captain, he has done a good job!!"

Cantona, the king of Manchester United, joked that he should stop calling Li Rui the "new king" of Manchester United. He said, "When this kid retires, he will definitely have his title-but I can't think of anything more The king is even more domineering. Haha."

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"Congratulations, Wayne, Colleen." Li Rui sent his and Jessica's blessings to Rooney and Colleen.

This is the wedding ceremony of Wayne Rooney and Colleen. After winning the Champions League final, Rooney finally decided to marry Colleen this summer. All the Manchester United stars on vacation from all over the world came to send their best wishes.

Colleen, who looks baby fat, looks happy. She has been waiting for this day for a long time. She and Rooney have known each other for many years, and today they finally got married. Colleen heard that Rooney suddenly decided to get married instead of Waiting to get married after the 2008 European Cup next year is also the reason why Li Rui persuaded her from the sidelines, so Ke Lin is also very grateful to Li Rui.

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PS: I only have [-] words today. I don’t know the reason. It seems that my stomach hurts from eating. Sorry everyone.

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