green star

Chapter 685 Showdown
Manchester United lost 1:3 away to Bayern Munich. The total score of the two sides was 5:5. However, Bayern Munich scored one more goal than Manchester United. Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League by the Bundesliga giants.

In the post-match press conference, Ferguson continued to criticize the actions of the Swiss referee Hagler in the first leg of the match between the two sides as the culprit for Manchester United's elimination.

However, an episode at the press conference, which was actually a reporter's trick, caused an uproar afterwards.

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A reporter from the British "Daily Mirror" stood up and asked Ferguson, "Sir Ferguson, as far as I know, at the time when Manchester United was eliminated, Li Rui was in Paris to participate in Armani's business activities. What do you want to say about this?" Did you say that?"

"Armani's business activities?" Ferguson glanced at the "Daily Mirror" reporter, and Ferguson nodded immediately, "I approved it."

The reporter of "Daily Mirror" suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and then asked, "Sir, I heard you right. Are you saying that you approved Li Rui to go to Paris to participate in Armani's business activities?"

"That's right." Ferguson nodded again. In his heart, the old Scottish man was already furious. He actually didn't know about Li Rui's business activities, because no one told him about it.

The reporter of "Daily Mirror" nodded with a smile and stopped asking questions. His mind was already turbulent.

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The team was eliminated by Bayern Munich, and Li Rui was not in a good mood. The Manchester United team was looking forward to winning the European Champions Cup for the third consecutive year and creating a great achievement of three consecutive championships. Being eliminated by Bayern Munich, for the team The morale of the team is not small.

The next morning, Li Rui arrived at the Carrington training base very early.

"Li, the boss asked you to come here."

When Li Rui appeared in Ferguson's office, he saw the old Scotchman's expression was unkind, "It seems that the boss has a lot of resentment for being eliminated by Bayern Munich."

"What are you going to Paris for?" Ferguson said in a bad tone, "Why didn't you ask me for leave?"

"I'm on leave." Li Rui was a little puzzled by Ferguson's reprimand, and he was stunned for a few seconds before realizing what Ferguson was talking about. If you lose, vent your grievances on yourself.

"Ask for leave?" Ferguson looked very annoyed. In his opinion, if Li Rui went to Paris to attend a business event privately, it made him angry, then Li Rui refused to admit his mistake and made excuses, which made Ferguson angry." Do you think that you are successful and famous now, you can have no discipline, you can do whatever you want, don't forget, who let you have all this, it is me, it is the team, without Manchester United, without the support of teammates, you are one Shit." Ferguson's words were so serious that Li Rui couldn't accept it. When the old man scolded people, he didn't care about anything.

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Li Rui was a little confused by Ferguson's scolding. He felt that he was wronged. There was nothing wrong with this matter, but now he was scolded by Ferguson like this.

Especially the sentence that Ferguson cursed out of anger, "Without the support of your teammates, you are a piece of shit", which made Li Rui unacceptable.Li Rui was hurt.

"Sir, I think I need to clarify one more point. I did ask for leave. Mr. Phil Gartson found me with a fax from Lancôme. This is a normal channel. He told me that the club agreed that I would go to Paris to participate in the activity, so, I thought you knew about it." Li Rui said word by word, he was wronged, this was the first time Li Rui called Ferguson 'Mr' instead of 'Boss'.

Although Ferguson was still angry, the old Scottish man was an old fox after all, and he immediately grasped one point of this matter, "You mean, the club agreed with you to go, and it was the French Lancome company, not Armani or others. ?”

"It's Lancome." Li Rui was surprised. "This is the brand endorsed by Jessica. I didn't participate in the commercial shooting, but just attended the endorsement press conference."

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Ferguson was silent, he felt that he had been tricked in this matter.

"Sir, there's nothing else. I'm leaving first. I have to train later." Li Rui glanced at Ferguson and saw the old man waving his hand. In Rui's eyes at this moment, the feeling is so bad, as if he is picking up garbage, letting himself go away casually.

Ferguson didn't notice Li Rui's emotions at this time. The old man even forgot how he scolded Li Rui. It's normal for Ferguson to scold people. What he's thinking about now is what happened in the club process. I made a mistake and didn't notify myself, or it was a trap, which caused a misunderstanding between myself and Li Rui.

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A quarter of an hour later, Gartson, head of the Manchester United club's public relations department, appeared in Ferguson's office, holding a "Daily Mirror" in his hand.

This gentleman first admitted his mistake to Ferguson, and did not communicate with Ferguson that Li Rui was going to France to participate in business activities. His explanation was that Li Rui was currently suspended. He thought it was not a big deal, so he did not communicate in time. Tell Ferguson.

For Gartson to take the initiative to explain this matter, Ferguson did not buy it. In Ferguson's view, Manchester United Club, he is the real boss, and he must control every move of his players. This is a matter of principle. It is unforgivable, what's more, the wily Ferguson wondered if this incident was really caused by mistakes?

"Sir, I think you should read this report." Gartson, who was reprimanded by Ferguson as if he was a grandson, showed no dissatisfaction, and handed the "Daily Mirror" to Ferguson.

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"Who's Lying?" "

Here's the headline of this front-page story in the Daily Mirror:
Manchester United lost 1:3 to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, and the defending champion was eliminated. On this day, Li Rui appeared in Paris and participated in Lancôme's endorsement event with his wife. Manchester United No. 10 said his Commercial activities were approved, but at the press conference after the game, our reporter Matri noticed that Mr. Alex Ferguson had absolutely nothing about Li Rui's trip to Paris. Know.Let's review the conversation at that time——

The profile picture of reporter Matri appeared below, followed by a sentence: "Sir Ferguson, as far as I know, at the time when Manchester United was eliminated, Li Rui was in Paris to participate in Armani's business activities. What do you have to say about this?" Anything to say?"

Ferguson's headshot: "Armani business? I approve."

Matri: "Sir, if I heard you right, you are saying that you approved Li Rui to go to Paris to participate in Armani's business activities?"

Ferguson: "Exactly."

Obviously, a fool can also see that Mr. Ferguson knows nothing about Li Rui's trip to Paris this time. He is lying and covering up something. Can we draw such a conclusion that Li Rui's trip to Paris The trip to Paris was not approved by Ferguson at all. He went to Paris to make money when the team needed him most. This is really disappointing. As a Manchester United fan, I am very hurt...”

After reading this report, Ferguson recalled the scene of the press conference and understood why the reporter said it was Armani. This was for a purpose.

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The "Daily Mirror" report caused an uproar.Fans are very sensitive and easily excited. When the team was eliminated, Li Rui was not with the team but attended a business event in Paris. This made the fans unacceptable for a while. On the official website, some fans began to accuse Li Rui of posts.

At this time, Li Rui was still participating in Manchester United's training and knew nothing about it.On the contrary, Haishen and Jessica, who have been paying attention to this matter, quickly paid attention to this matter. They read the report of "Daily Mirror" and the posts of fans.

"Hai Shen, what do you think about this?" Jessica asked Hai Shen.

"There are three possibilities." Haishen said with a wry smile. Seeing Jessica motioning him to continue, he continued, "The first possibility is that this is just a misunderstanding, because Ferguson didn't Knowing that Li Rui went to France, this is a misunderstanding; the second possibility is that this is a misunderstanding, but the subsequent development of the matter is controlled by someone with a heart; the last possibility is that this misunderstanding is caused by man .”

I have to admire Haishen, there is no difference between his analysis and the facts.

"Then which one do you think is more likely?"

"It stands to reason that Ferguson would not be ignorant of Xiao Rui's going to Paris to participate in Lancome's activities, and that Lancome sent a letter directly to Manchester United, but the old Scottish guy really didn't know. This is the crux of the problem. I don't know if some people deliberately caused misunderstanding between Xiao Rui and Ferguson, or it was just an accident."

Speaking of this, neither of them believed that this was an accident. Obviously, this was a misunderstanding made by the people, and the godfather of Manchester United was also a trickster.

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After the training, Li Rui got rid of the entanglement of the reporters and returned home.

After dinner, Li Rui, Jessica, Haishen, and Rodriguez who rushed over were discussing things.After listening to Li Rui talking about Ferguson's anger, and Jessica telling Li Rui about the "Daily Mirror" report, Li Rui finally understood why there were so many reporters jammed there after training today.Of course, he also understood the reason why the Scottish old man got angry, and knew that it was a misunderstanding. However, thinking of those angry words Ferguson said, Li Rui couldn't feel relieved, and he was still angry now.

Things are obvious, this 'accident' undoubtedly caused the first conflict between Li Rui and Ferguson.

"Could it be something deliberately created by the Glazer family?" Rodriguez asked.

When he said this, everyone felt that it was still possible. Now, in the Manchester United club, the biggest obstacle for the Glazer family to sell Li Rui is Ferguson's opposition. If there is a rift between Li Rui and Ferguson, Naturally, the Glazer family is happy to see it.

"Probably not." Li Rui didn't believe it. He didn't think that the owner of the club would use such indecent means, and if it was really what Rodriguez said, Ferguson wasn't a vegetarian either. If he sees that this matter is tricky, he will not let it go.

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"I want to leave Manchester United and go to another team!" Li Rui thought for a while and said suddenly.

"Hehe, my brother, even if you don't want to leave now, it's impossible!" Hai Shen said with a wry smile. The rift between Li Rui and Ferguson, but the biggest significance of this matter is that in this situation, you will not choose to stay at Manchester United.

Li Rui nodded. Hai Shen was right. He understood that as long as the Glazers were still the owners of the Manchester United team, it was impossible for him to stay in the Manchester United team. The Yankees really chilled him.In the eyes of the American owners, there is no football at all. When they bought Manchester United, they also took a fancy to the commercial value of Manchester United and wanted to make money.Now it seems that Li Rui is a big deal for the Glazer family. It only cost 3300 million pounds to buy Li Rui. Let's see what Li Rui brought to Manchester United, two European Champions Cup trophies, two The Premier League championship trophy, one FA Cup championship, two European Super Cups, two Club World Cups, the profit chain behind these trophies is at least [-] million pounds.Moreover, Li Rui is now very popular, and his worth is at least [-] million pounds. After selling it, he can just make another fortune.

"It's time for me to contact those clubs." Rodriguez didn't expect that Li Rui would have such troubles with the clubs. However, this is what Rodriguez is happy to see. Player transfers are the agents that make money. It was a good time, before he finished speaking, the phone rang, and Rodriguez looked at the number, "Peter Kenyon, the CEO of Chelsea."

Li Rui didn't speak any more, just nodded silently, signaling him to answer the phone, Li Rui is still brooding over the club's attitude towards him, but, thinking of the possibility of leaving Manchester United, Li Rui felt sad again , he really wanted to retire at Manchester United, he regarded it as the home of his career, because Manchester United did play the most important role in Li Rui's growth, but no one thought that, The stench of copper from the American boss changed all that.

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Although he has decided to transfer, Li Rui still has a problem in his heart, that is, he doesn't know how to speak to Ferguson. Although Ferguson scolded Li Rui indiscriminately today, and what he said was ugly, Very angry, but anyway, the Scottish old man is really good to Li Rui, and Li Rui also knows that the old man scolds people like that, so although Li Rui is angry, it can't be said that it is because of this incident Just got into a stalemate with Ferguson.

On the second day, the "Daily Mirror" broke another explosive news.

"Li Rui's private meeting with Real Madrid"

Accompanied by a photo of Florentino and Li Rui's manager Rodriguez dining together and talking happily.

The "Daily Mirror" didn't say much, but the title, coupled with the photo, as well as the time and place of the photo, seemed to explain everything.

Immediately, the news in the "Daily Mirror" detonated the media in England and even Europe.

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"Li Rui meets other clubs privately"

"Not just Real Madrid"

"Li Rui escaped from Old Trafford"

"The Bernabéu tempts the world footballer"

"Florentino's exorbitant annual salary tempts Mr. Golden Globe!"

Some media even began to assign the title of "traitor" to Li Rui.So much so that a 'radical fan' left a message on the forum. "For this kind of player who betrayed the club, betrayed the team, and betrayed the fans, leave immediately."

However, the vast majority of fans still believe in Li Rui. Li Rui's diehard fans firmly support him. They think that Li Rui is definitely not the kind of person who would choose to leave Manchester United for money. There must be something inside.

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After the training, the reporters waiting outside the Carrington training base did not wait for Li Rui. At this moment, Li Rui was practicing on the No. 3 court of the Carrington training base.

"Li, the boss is here!" Solskjaer, the assistant coach of the youth team, watched Ferguson walking towards their training ground from outside the door and said to Li Rui, who was practicing shooting.

Li Rui looked back, did not speak, and continued training. He did not communicate with Ferguson during training today. On the one hand, Li Rui was still angry. On the other hand, he did not know how to face Ferguson. He decided to leave Manchester United, and Li Rui felt uncomfortable for a while.

"Hey! Boss, why are you here?" Solskjaer greeted Ferguson. After retiring, Solskjaer became the assistant coach of the Manchester United youth team. However, he still used to call Ferguson the boss. Inner respect for Ferguson.

"I'm here to look for Li, and I knew he would be here." Ferguson yelled at Li Rui, "Boy, stop pretending, come with me, I'll find a place to talk to you."

For some reason, Li Rui suddenly felt like crying when he heard Ferguson yelling.

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Li Rui followed Ferguson silently. Looking at the guy beside him, Ferguson felt very emotional. That young boy back then has grown into the best shooter in the world.There are two things that Ferguson is most proud of in his life. One thing is that he bought Cantona from Leeds United for only 100 million pounds, and he became the king of Manchester United. The other thing is that four years ago, He decisively bought the 3300-year-old Li Rui from Leeds United at the price of 20 million pounds, a Premier League transfer record. As a result, Li Rui brought Manchester United two Champions League titles, two Premier League titles, two Club World Cups, two European Super Cups and one FA Cup.

"Boss, I never thought of leaving Manchester United on my own initiative." Li Rui broke the silence and said, Li Rui didn't dare to look Ferguson in the eyes when he said this. It's not that Li Rui was lying, but that he didn't Know how to face this old man.

"I won't coach for more than three years. This is the longest plan. I can assure you." Ferguson seemed to be talking to himself. The old Scottish man looked at the sunset and said, "My body does not allow me to Continuing with this overload, I think my wife absolutely deserves more of my time. The older you get, the more guilty you are about it, my wife Cathy, she's been telling me to retire."

Li Rui stared at Ferguson with wide eyes, he didn't understand why Ferguson suddenly started to say this.

Sensing Ferguson's surprise, the old man patted Li Rui on the shoulder, and the two sat on the bench.

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"If I were 10 years younger, no, 5 years younger, I would not let you leave Manchester United. I would tell everyone that I want to take Li Rui away unless I die. I thought I would When you retire, you can still watch the game at home and watch you lead the Manchester United team."

"Boss, I'm not leaving. I'll wait for you to retire before leaving." Li Rui felt panicked in his heart. He knew that the old man must have seen his decision, that's why he said these words, and the old man didn't blame himself. This made Li Rui feel even more uncomfortable.

Those who are familiar with Ferguson will be surprised by this scene. The Scottish old man has never been so nice to a person who is leaving Manchester United, whether it is Beckham or someone else.Perhaps, Ferguson also knew that it wasn't really Li Rui who wanted to leave Manchester United. What's more, what the Glazer family did made this stubborn old man angry and a little disheartened.Started to really think about retiring.

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What Li Rui didn't know was that just yesterday, Ferguson had a big fight with the club's owner, George Glazer. The angry Scottish old man even overturned the table. For Li Rui, Ferguson almost fell out with the club.

After that, Ferguson and Jill, CEO of the club that mainly sold Li Rui, glared at each other.

"Li Rui is worth [-] million pounds. Now it's a financial crisis. If you were the chairman of the club, would you be able to resist the temptation?" Jill asked Ferguson.

"He's my player, not a pile of money," Ferguson said.

"There is no big transfer fee, where did you get the players." Jill said bluntly, and he also knew that this matter would hurt Ferguson, so he lowered his tone and said, "Alex, the Yankees have already decided. The club agrees." , Selling half of Li Rui's transfer fee can be invested in the transfer market."

"But there is only one Li Rui." The old man was almost growling.

"The question is, in this situation, do you think Li Rui will choose to stay at Manchester United?" Jill said the crux of the problem. Now, it's not Ferguson's single act of desperately trying to stop the Glazer family's betrayal. Li Rui, who was heartbroken by the incident, would choose to stay?
The answer is obvious, no!

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To be honest, what really keeps Li Rui at Manchester United now is his relationship with Ferguson.The Scottish old man can be said to be Li Rui's father on the football road.

Li Rui and Ferguson didn't talk for long. The two chatted like a father and son, and occasionally greeted the staff of the Carrington training base.

Back home, Li Rui told Jessica that he had a discussion with Ferguson.

"You're looking for him?" Jessica asked.

"No, the boss was looking for me. He could see that I wanted to leave. He didn't get angry at me." Li Rui looked at Jessica's surprised eyes, and he smiled wryly, "Surprised, I am also very surprised. Surprised, I even thought I would be beaten up by the old man. But he didn't, if the old man scolded me, I would feel better."

"He guessed that you are a person who values ​​feelings." Jessica said helplessly, "You must have promised Ferguson that you would stay."

"How do you know?" Li Rui asked.

"In front of this old fox like Ferguson, how could you win." Jessica sighed.

Li Rui thought about it for a while, and the old man's appearance was completely based on the feeling of "soft fingers", how can he not be soft-hearted.

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Li Rui and Jessica talked in detail, and then they understood what was going on. Ferguson was really reluctant to let Li Rui leave. If the old man thought about it, as long as he could let Li Rui let go of leaving, he would try his best to stop it. The club sold Li Rui. After stabilizing Li Rui with an emotional offensive, Ferguson negotiated with the club again. The old man threatened to resign immediately, forcing the Glazer family to agree, unless there was a club that could offer 5000 million. GBP break the contract, otherwise Li Rui will stay at Manchester United for at least 3 years.Why 3 years?Because Ferguson has decided to retire after three years, that is, after the end of the 2010-2011 season.

Li Rui didn't think that someone would offer 5000 million pounds to buy him, so he told Jessica that he would stay at Manchester United.If he stays at Manchester United, as for three years later, Li Rui will leave Manchester United no matter what. He is very disappointed with the Glazer family. Now he chooses to stay because of Ferguson's persuasion.

If Ferguson scolded Li Rui as soon as he came up, and reprimanded him for thinking of leaving, Li Rui might really have a falling out with the old man, but Ferguson, an old fox, seems to have already determined that Li Rui is soft Stop eating hard ones.He said that he would retire in three years, and all these words have been said, if Li Rui insists on leaving, is he still human?

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PS: I don't know what I ate, and I was vomiting and diarrhea. I have worked so hard in this chapter, and my mind is a little groggy.Xiao Qi has been thinking about whether Li Rui wants to transfer.

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