Chapter 609 Ask Ferguson to drink
Chapter 609 Ask Ferguson to drink
The 07-08 Premier League season officially came to an end. Manchester United won the league championship with 83 points, No.2 was Arsenal with 82 points, and Chelsea returned to the third position with two consecutive draws at the last moment.
The top three positions are actually not surprising. The real surprise is that in the fourth position, one of the four traditional giants in the Premier League, Liverpool, which fans are familiar with, has been replaced for a while.
77 points, this is the last points of Leeds United this season, while Liverpool ranked fifth in the standings with 76 points, one point behind. The dominance of the traditional four giants of the Premier League has been completely broken this season.
As for the current ranking, Liverpool's side is obviously unacceptable, but unfortunately, whether they accept it or not can't change the result, because the league has come to an end.
"Guys I'm treating you tonight." Although Li Yi had a good relationship with the players, Li Yi didn't show up for the post-match celebration. After all, the head coach and the players were still an insurmountable obstacle.
Besides, Li Yi didn't have that much time, because Li Yi invited Ferguson to his office for a drink before the game, and after the game, Ferguson went straight to Li Yi.
"Your office is no different from when I was young." The office building at the training base has been renovated, and it's not bad, but Li Yi's office is a bit horrific, with stacks of documents scattered everywhere.
"That's really my honor." Li Yi actually didn't drink much, but he did have a few good bottles of wine in his office. He asked Bellucci to buy them, just to wait for this moment.
Speaking of which, the last time Li Yi won against Arsenal, he also invited Wenger, but the professor rejected Li Yi because he was not interested in being caught up by Manchester United after losing points.
"Does Sir smoke?" Li Yi even took out a box of cigars from the corner of the drawer, of course, just in case.
"Quit Even now I don't even drink much wine." Although the tone was helpless when he said this, his eyes never left the wine in Li Yi's hand.
When a person is old, his body will tell him what to pay attention to, especially for a head coach like Ferguson, it is impossible for him to have any physical problems, because now Manchester United cannot do without him. You know, Ferguson will be [-] in three years.
"I'll drink less." Although there was longing in his eyes, his mouth was quite self-conscious.
Seeing Ferguson like this, Li Yi suddenly felt that this was just an ordinary old man, even a rather cute old man.
But in fact, just over an hour later, the two men were still fighting each other for their respective teams' victory on the court, spitting at each other.
"This wine is not bad," Ferguson said with a sip.
In this regard, Li Yi obviously had no common topic with Ferguson, because Li Yi didn't care whether the wine was good or bad, but soon Ferguson changed the topic.
"Are you interested in coming to Manchester United to take over from me?" Ferguson was straightforward.
"Not interested?" Li Yi directly refused.
"Isn't Manchester United better than Leeds United?" Ferguson was obviously still a little bit unwilling.
"Of course, Leeds United is my team." Li Yi nodded.
"UhOkay, but you're not afraid of me telling the truth?" Although Ferguson had some guesses, he didn't expect that Li Yi was really the boss behind Leeds United.
"I believe in Jazz's character," Li Yi said.
"Besides, I rejected Manchester United for another reason besides being the actual owner of Leeds United," Li Yi said again.
"Huh?" Ferguson looked at Li Yi.
"Because Manchester United will always be the Jazz's Manchester United, even if you retire, this cannot be changed," Li Yi said.
"Of course, I have enough confidence in myself. The Jazz can lead Manchester United to where it is today, and I can also lead Leeds United to become a real giant. Maybe I will do the same thing as the Jazz," Li Yi said pointedly.
"Hahaha Then you have to hurry up, in a few years, I will really retire." Ferguson showed the demeanor of a top coach.
Ferguson's Manchester United pulled Liverpool off the throne and sat on the throne themselves, and now, Leeds United is about to challenge the throne that belongs to Manchester United.
"The young people in your team are good, how about it? How many can you sell to me?" Instead of entangled in this topic, Ferguson changed the topic again.
"Sorry They are not for sale," Li Yi refused.
"UhLittle guy, is what you said interesting?" In the world of football, there is no so-called non-sale item at all. It's okay for Li Yi to coax the fans with these words, but he is facing Ferguson now.
"Okay, I won't say it's not for sale. Even if I'm willing to sell it, Sir, how many do you think you can buy?" Li Yi looked at Ferguson provocatively.
Although the players in Leeds United's team were young, they were not cheap. If Manchester United wanted to buy someone, they had to expose the price enough to make Li Yi's heart flutter.
"Adler is good," Ferguson said tentatively.
"Rene is really not for sale. The club has already negotiated a contract with him, and we just wait until the end of the season to officially renew the contract," Li Yi refused.
"It doesn't matter even if you renew the contract, you make a price." Ferguson directly skipped the so-called "not for sale".
"To be honest, Sir, as a competitor, I can't be a rival. Even if there are no so-called not-for-sale products, Manchester United can't take people away from me," Li Yi said directly to death.
"What if the player wants to join?" Ferguson obviously won't give up so easily.
"It's fine for him to leave and join another team, but he can't join Manchester United." From the expression and tone of Li Yi's words, Ferguson knew that he was not joking, and thinking that Li Yi was still the owner of Leeds United, Ferguson finally realized that it is really difficult to buy someone from Leeds United.
"It's really not possible." Ferguson was still a little bit unwilling to give up.
"The Jazz should look at other teams." Li Yi raised his glass, obviously not wanting to get entangled in this topic.
"Why don't you recommend some people?" Ferguson changed the subject decisively, but Li Yi was speechless at this point.
"Sir, you're not afraid of my random recommendations," Li Yi said depressedly.
"Don't be afraid, Manchester United also has its own scouting system." Li Yi felt that he could no longer have a pleasant communication with Ferguson.
However, Ferguson seemed very interested in communicating with Li Yi. It had to be said that Li Yi was very experienced on the court, but outside of the court, Li Yi really couldn't compare with Ferguson.
In the end, Li Yi regretted inviting Ferguson. Because Leeds and Manchester were not far apart, Ferguson didn't go back with the team. Instead, he chatted with Li Yi for a long time, and even had a meal together before being picked up by his personal assistant.
And the result of this was that there were various speculations on the second day, saying that Li Yi would go to Manchester United to take over from Ferguson. You know, Ferguson has been looking for a successor for the past few years, and some media speculated that Ferguson is interested in Leeds United players, and there have always been such rumors.
(End of this chapter)