i am a football star

Chapter 71 The UEFA Cup final is coming

The 02 World Cup belonged to Bangzi. They blacked out Spain and Italy in the quarter-finals and quarter-finals. Italy was the World Cup champion four years later, and Spain was the World Cup champion eight years later. The Koreans were really good at defeating them.

In the warm-up match with the French team before the World Cup, Bangzi sent a guy named Jin Nanyi to shovel Zidane, which caused Zidane to withdraw from the World Cup that year due to injury.

After Zidane withdrew, the French team was still regarded as the top three favorites to win the championship. The team had Henry, Trezeguet and Cisse on the front line.

There are Vieira, Makelele, and Micoud in the midfield, and Lizarazu, Thuram, Desailly, and Sarriol in the defense. Except for Micoud, they are all the absolute main players of the giants.

Such a French team was eliminated at the bottom of the group stage without a win, and it was still assigned to a not-too-difficult group with Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark.

Because at that time everyone thought that the boss Zidane was gone, and it was time for me to take over. Henry, Trezeguet, and Vieira all thought so, and they each recruited a group of people to form the mountain.

So Liu Ting doesn't plan to go to the muddy water of the French team.

Wagner knew what Liu Ting meant and said, "Okay, I understand."

Regarding the French Football Association's overtures, Liu Ting has never responded. Even if asked by reporters, he simply said: "What I have to do now is to prepare for the UEFA Cup final, and I will talk about other things later."

In the next few days, Bordeaux will prepare for the UEFA Cup final under the leadership of Blanco. On May 5, the Bordeaux team will fly to England two days in advance to adapt to the venue weather.

On the day Bordeaux arrived in Manchester, the Glasgow Rangers also arrived. Bordeaux contacted the Manchester City club as a temporary training ground, and the Glasgow Rangers were at Manchester United's training ground.

The French fans who came to watch the away game have not yet arrived, and many Scottish fans have already arrived. When the Bordeaux team got off the plane, they were surrounded and scolded.

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The City Stadium, where the Europa League final is about to take place, is the home of Manchester City. Now that the Premier League has just ended, Manchester City still has many players on the team.

At the end of the Premier League, the top four are still occupied by the four giants. Liverpool only won the fourth place. This season is fruitless. Liverpool has not yet announced who the head coach of the new season will be. There are still fans protesting every day.

Manchester United won the Premier League title, and a week later Manchester United will compete with Chelsea for the Champions League title.

Manchester City was acquired by former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin last summer. Thaksin asked Liverpool for too high a price and then bought Manchester City. He invited former England national team coach Eriksson to coach Manchester City. However, Manchester City only won the ninth place in the Premier League in the past season. Eriksson was fired by Thaksin yesterday.

Most people don't know that Thaksin is in contact with a Middle Eastern consortium, and Manchester City will become an upstart in the Premier League in the coming summer.

Thaksin will also get acquainted with people from the Middle East because of this, and he will live in the UAE for a long time in the future, and even his family members in Thailand will flee to the UAE after being packed up by the Thai government.

When Thaksin attended the United Nations meeting two years ago, an armed coup was launched in Thailand to oust him from power, and he has been in exile in Europe since then. Buying Manchester City is also to increase his influence, so that those who want to persecute him in Thailand have scruples.

Unexpectedly, the Manchester City he bought became an opportunity for him to get acquainted with people from the Middle East, and later won the protection of the United Arab Emirates.

Thaksin is currently in the UK, and this UEFA Cup final is naturally an opportunity for him to show his face.

Thaksin personally went to the training base to watch the training in Bordeaux, and brought a Chinese with him.

Liu Ting also knew the two of them, and said in the past, "Mr. Thaksin, hello! Brother Sun, hello!"

It is the Chinese player Sun Jihai who is currently playing for Manchester City who came with Thaksin.

"Hello, Liu Ting! Sure enough, a hero is born in a teenager, and he is already a big star at a young age. Are you interested in coming to Manchester City to play next season?"

Thaksin speaks Chinese, but with a distinct accent.

Thaksin is also of Chinese descent. His grandparents immigrated to Thailand, and even said that his blood is purer than that of Liu Ting. His parents are both of Chinese descent, but they were later changed to Thai surnames in order to enter politics.

Because of his Chinese ancestry, even though he has made great achievements during his tenure as the Prime Minister of Thailand, many people still want to oust him from office.

"Uh, this matter will have to wait until the end of the season. I haven't decided yet."

Thaksin was just asking casually, and Liu Ting also knew that he was going to sell the club soon, and even said shit to go to his Manchester City.

Thaksin went to talk to Bordeaux chairman and coach, while Liu Ting stayed to talk to Sun Jihai.

Liu Ting asked: "Brother Sun, how does it feel to play in England?"

Sun Jihai: "It's okay, but the weather is definitely not as good as that in France."

"Is it really close to Manchester United? Can you kick the ball with a big foot?"

"You can try it, but don't blame me when you go to Manchester United to pick up the ball."

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The training bases of Manchester City and Manchester United are next to each other, with only a forest and barbed wire separating them. It is said that a big football will fly to the other side during training.

In the evening, Liu Ting and Sun Jihai went out to eat something and exchanged feelings. We are all Chinese.

On the second day, Blanco arranged for easy training, and now the extra training is just getting ready for the battle and it won't have much effect. It's better to let everyone relax and prepare for the final.

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Zhang Qiming got off the plane, seeing the gringos coming and going, he didn't know where to go for a moment.

When Bordeaux passed Bayern and entered the final, he decided to come to Europe to watch the game, even if it cost a lot of money, it was worth it.

Although he often works overtime at work, he can also take a vacation every three months. He deliberately adjusted the vacation time to the time of the UEFA Cup final. He went to England today, watched the game tomorrow night, and returned the day after tomorrow.

The main reason is that I am afraid of spending too much money if I stay for a long time.

Zhang Qiming remembered the person he contacted when he remembered, picked up the phone and dialed the number.

"Hey, are you outside the airport? Okay, okay, I'll be right out..."

Zhang Qiming stepped out of the airport, and soon saw a sign in Chinese "Zhang Qiming".

Zhang Qiming walked over, but was stunned when he saw the person next to the sign.

"Liu Ting??" Zhang Qiming asked uncertainly.

"Hi, Zhang Qiming, I'm Liu Ting, we chatted online." Liu Ting naturally went over to shake his hand.

Zhang Qiming shook his head, isn't this true?
Is Liu Ting the 'French student' I've been talking about online?He made a special trip to pick him up now?
Zhang Qiming and Liu Ting got into the car where he came and found that there was another person in the car.

"Sun Jihai??" Zhang Qiming was taken aback again, feeling that there were too many surprises today.

Sun Jihai didn't say anything, and asked directly: "Are you all seated? I'm going to drive!"

Then the car beeped and went out, Liu Ting hurriedly said: "Brother Hai, slow down, I have never been in a car as fast as yours."

Sun Jihai likes sports cars and drives fast.When he was still playing football in China, the security guard in the community he lived in said: "Although Sun Jihai lives in our community, I have never seen him, and every day he goes out with a 'swish' of the car, and there is no one in sight."

Sun Jihai said to Liu Ting on his own: "This car depends on the engine, what speed and torque? That's all nonsense, the most direct benefit is to look at the engine."

Liu Ting used these two days to get closer to Sun Jihai. Sun Jihai is always the No. 1 Chinese studying abroad. It is good to have a good relationship with him. He can leave a good impression on the fans by saying a few good words for him in China.

Picking up Zhang Qiming today, Liu Ting didn't have a car in England, so he asked Sun Jihai, who was free, to drive over. Looking at the eloquent Sun Jihai, he said that the car had obviously scratched his itch.

Sun Jihai was not very interested in Zhang Qiming as a fan, so Liu Ting sent him to find a hotel to stay.

Liu Ting went to Sun Jihai's house, met his wife and two daughters, and then went back to the team for training.

Sun Jihai is 31 years old this year. Thaksin bought Manchester City. He believes that his identity as a Chinese will help Thaksin expand his influence in Asia and he can play in Manchester City for two years.

In fact, Liu Ting knew that people from the Middle East bought Manchester City immediately, and many players who were not strong like him were directly released from the contract.In fact, this result is not bad, so that he can join other teams for free for another two years.

In the evening, Liu Ting invited Zhang Qiming, Lin Yigang and others to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. It was more comfortable to talk about things at a Chinese dinner table.

"Qiming, this is Lin Yigang, and this is his girlfriend Chen Lin. They are the real French students. They all came to Manchester to watch the football."

"This is Zhang Qiming, who came here from China to watch the football."

"This is my agent, Schiller Wagner, from the German Mondial Brokerage Company."

This meal is mainly Liu Ting and Wagner, Zhang Qiming, Lin Yigang and Chen Lin, a total of five people.

After Liu Ting finished the introduction one by one, he started to talk about the business: "This is the case. My agent plans to form a management team to serve me. I plan to invite you to join. I will mainly be responsible for domestic and fan communication. Of course, this will be paid. This is actually a job."

In fact, Liu Ting had tested them with words before, and knew that there was a high possibility that they would agree.

Liu Ting and the others spoke in English, but Zhang Qiming didn't quite understand it, so Liu Ting had to repeat it to him in Chinese.

"Okay, I agree to join." Zhang Qiming was the first to agree to join. Lin Yigang and Chen Lin discussed in a low voice and agreed: "I have no problem with Chen Lin."

"Tomorrow is the final and you can't drink alcohol. Let's replace wine with tea. Cheers!!"

In this way, Liu Ting's small management team was established.

Liu Ting wanted to go back early, the coaching staff were not allowed to eat a lot of things on the dinner table, so Liu Ting went back to the hotel to rest soon, leaving them to discuss together.

(End of this chapter)