blogombal Chapter 199
Chapter 199
Galliani did not let Li Shiguang wait for long.
On the third day after returning to Leeds, Li Shiguang was still training with the players in the stadium in the morning when he received a call from him: "Mr. Li, Mr. Berlusconi asked me to bring him to say hello to you, and he also accepted your offer. We decided to choose the first option you proposed, and sell Kaka to Leeds United for 45 million euros after the end of this season."
Great!
Hearing Galliani's voice, Li Shiguang's right palm holding the phone subconsciously tightened.
45 million euros to get Kaka is almost a bloody profit!
After Kaka comes to Leeds United to practice for two years, Li Shiguang is confident that he can sell him for double the price after Fiorentino comes back to power!
After solving the club, the only thing left is the players themselves.
Li Shiguang replied in a relaxed tone: "Hahaha, thank you for your mediation, Mr. Galliani. Then I will let Allen come to Milan next week to sign a letter of intent with you?"
The two sides basically reached an agreement, and Galliani was also very happy.
The money from selling Kaka can ease AC Milan's tight finances, so he quickly replied to Li Shiguang: "Sure, Mr. Allen has my phone number, just ask him to contact me before he comes!"
After finishing the business, Galliani did not forget Benisconi's reminder, and said again with a little negotiation: "But there is a small problem that I have to ask you to cooperate with. We hope that you will not disclose this news before the end of this season! You know, we have performed well in the European arena this season, and ensuring the team's performance is also one of my jobs. And if it is spread, it will also have a significant impact on me personally. As for Kaka, we will not inform him for the time being!"
"Hahaha, no problem, these are all trivial matters. I still have this basic professional ethics!" Hearing Galliani's request, Li Shiguang almost laughed out loud, thinking that it was really a "phone gate" that almost made a century-old giant fall into a trough!
He knew why Galliani said that.
AC Milan is really in a mess in the league this season. They were penalized 8 points at the beginning. Now half a season has passed, and they are already 20 points behind Inter Milan, their city rivals. Not to mention the championship, Galliani doesn't even know whether he can get the Champions League quota for next season through Serie A. So he now pays special attention to Milan's performance in the Champions League. After all, if they can win the Champions League, they will not be under so much pressure to compete for the top four in the league.
However, Li Shiguang is not laughing at AC Milan's predicament. He is laughing at Galliani's words that if this matter is exposed, it will also affect him personally.
Also affected by the "phone gate", Galliani, the vice chairman of AC Milan, was ruled by the Roman Sports Court that he is not allowed to participate in football-related affairs within 9 months, and the time is not over yet! If someone knows that he personally participated in Kaka's transfer negotiations, then Galliani will have to go to court again.....
After dealing with the club, now it's only the attitude of the players themselves.
Li Shiguang was not in a hurry. There were still more than 4 months to the end of the season. He had saved 5 million euros and promised Galliani not to disturb the players in advance. So he let Kaka spend the rest of his wonderful time in Milan....
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In the remaining two days, Li Shiguang devoted himself to the team's training. What made him happy was that Sun Jihai, who was seriously injured at the beginning of the season, also resumed training with the team from this week.
Li Shiguang had already thought about it. If Sun Jihai recovered well, Li Shiguang would let him make his debut in Leeds United in the FA Cup against Manchester United at the end of the month!
This Saturday they will face Everton at home.
Li Shiguang wanted to try to get enough points in the league before the start of the Champions League round of 16. Not to mention surpassing Manchester United, but to maintain a certain threat to them, so that they can find a chance to overtake after Manchester United's schedule becomes tense!
Leeds United, which was short of players in the first half of the season, only took one player from Goodison Park. Everton's core player Arteta directed the team's two goals in that game.
This time back at home, Li Shiguang, who learned from Mourinho, directly strengthened the defense against Arteta in the lineup, and the unexpected deployment also caught David Moyes off guard.
Today, Li Shiguang put Leeds United's iron-clad main players Ribery and Bale on the bench and gave up the wing attack. Then he sent a combination of Toure, Alonso, Rivaldo and Modric in the midfield. As long as Arteta got the ball, Toure andAlonso would immediately rush up and press closely, which made the Spaniard a little at a loss, and at the same time, Everton's attack was slow to organize.
On the contrary, Leeds United's counterattack was very impressive. Less than 20 minutes after the start, Ibrahimovic and Torres had each completed three shots.
Moyes was jumping on the sidelines, constantly calling on other Everton players to go up to meet Arteta, but the Leeds United players who returned to their home court did not give Everton too much time to adapt.
In the 29th minute, Arteta was intercepted by Alonso in the middle, and the latter quickly sent a precise pass to Everton's left rib. Rivaldo took a few steps after receiving the pass and passed the ball to his right before the defender.
And Toure, who was inserted at high speed on the right, just poked the ball forward, and broke through Everton's defense line and broke into the penalty area with the ball.
Facing Rudy who had fallen to the ground and blocked his shooting angle, Toure did not take credit. He shook his left foot lightly and knocked the ball to the empty Everton goal. Ibrahimovic, who followed, just blocked it and scored the ball into Everton's goal.
1:0, Leeds United took the lead at home.
After the restart, Everton, who was behind, launched a counterattack, but Leeds United did not give them too many opportunities. In the end, the two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1:0.
After returning in the second half, Moyes also made timely adjustments and arranged other players around Arteta to protect him. But Li Shiguang was even more amazing. He directly replaced Toure and Rivaldo, sent Bale and Ribery up, and started to fly with both wings!
Looking at his two flanks full of holes, Moyes, who had played against Li Shiguang many times, began to envy Leeds United's changeable lineup.
In the 81st minute of the game, Bale switched to the right and made a breakthrough. Then he shot the ball near the penalty area and hit the upper left corner of Everton's goal. Rudy only had time to make a save and watched the ball go into his own goal from his fingers.
In the end, Leeds United defeated Everton 2:0 at home and secured 3 points.
This is not over yet. After the game, Li Shiguang just said hello to Moyes, Simeone came up from behind, patted Li Shiguang's shoulder with excitement, and handed the phone to Li Shiguang.
"Boss, Chelsea lost to Liverpool!!!"