hotmtlnovel Chapter 466
Chapter 466
Late at night.
Mendes was driving his Bentley Flying Spur on the highway from Nyon to Geneva International Airport. In addition to Mendes, Li Shiguang, Rivaldo and Allen, who met them at the end, were all in the car.
It was different from when they came.
At this time, there was no sound in the luxury car, and the silence was a little scary.
Li Shiguang had been in the car for nearly ten minutes, but he just closed his eyes and leaned on the backrest of the comfortable back seat of the car without saying a word.
Seeing that he didn't speak.
The other three also tacitly didn't make any sound.
Suddenly.
Li Shiguang opened his tightly closed eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked at Mendes who was driving seriously in front, and said: "Jorge, you personally sent us, aren't you afraid of meeting Alex at the airport?"
This voice broke the silence in the car.
Li Shiguang's slightly relaxed tone when speaking also made Allen and Mendes feel relieved.
The main reason was that they were not at the scene where Li Shiguang and Ronaldo were chatting, so they didn't know how Li Shiguang and Ronaldo were chatting. Rivaldo was a taciturn person, and he didn't even make eye contact since they met. In addition, Li Shiguang hadn't spoken since he got in the car.
This situation made Mendes and Allen think that Li Shiguang didn't get any good results from today's conversation and was sulking.
"Hahaha, not really, Mr. Li." Mendes chuckled and explained, "I asked a long time ago. Alex and Cristiano's plane took off at ten o'clock. When we arrived at the airport, they were probably close to the English Channel."
After these two sentences, the atmosphere in the car was much more relaxed.
After Mendes finished speaking, Allen immediately turned his head and looked at Li Shiguang: "Boss, Frank and I talked for a long time. I can see that he is really interested in the position of sports director you offered."
"Oh? When you two were chatting, he was basically the one who asked?" Li Shiguang was a little curious.
"Yes." Allen nodded.
"Frank? Frank Rijkaard?" Mendes next to him suddenly interrupted, with a surprised tone, "He's leaving Barcelona?"
Alan is not a person who doesn't know the importance of things.
Since he can talk about this topic in front of Mendes, it means that Li Shiguang must have explained it in advance, and there is no need to avoid the Portuguese agent.
So after hearing Mendes' question, Alan also patiently explained: "Well, I talked to Frank for a long time at the banquet before. He said that Barcelona did give him an ultimatum. If he can't enter the Champions League semi-finals, he will be fired immediately. But at the same time, he also said that after this season, no matter whether he can finally achieve the goals set by Barcelona for him, he will resign to Laporta. It's just that before the boss invited him to join Leeds United, he hadn't decided whether to rest or look for a new club after resigning."
"Hahaha, I asked him if Laporta had already He still didn't admit it when we talked to him. "Li Shiguang laughed and complained about Rijkaard, who wanted to save face, and then looked at Mendes, "Jorge, I remind you to hurry up and build a good relationship with my future sports director. Maybe the first time he sits at the negotiation table after taking office, his opponent will be you!"
"Mr. Li, Frank and I have a good relationship, but I really don't know Barcelona..." Mendes was halfway through his words when he suddenly realized that Li Shiguang had something to say. A surprised smile appeared on his face, and even his foot on the accelerator unconsciously relaxed, "No ! Mr. Li! I heard what you said just now..... Have you already reached an agreement with Cristiano! ? "
"That's not the case." Li Shiguang smiled slightly, recalling Ronaldo's absent-minded look when he left the villa, and said, "But at the end of our conversation, Cristiano at least did not resist joining Leeds United. Jorge, if nothing unexpected happens, he is tempted."
"Then I'll find time to ask him!" Mendes understood the meaning of Li Shiguang's last sentence and quickly responded, "Mr. Li, when are you going to make an offer to Manchester United? I'm fine. I will arrange some interviews with you. "
"I'm not in a hurry. I promised Cristiano that I would not let this matter affect his remaining games this season." Li Shiguang shook his head first, with a sly smile on his face, "As for you, you can make some noise in the media tomorrow, but don't reveal that it is Leeds who wants to buy Cristiano. If you do this, even if Alex sees it, he will only think that you are putting pressure on Manchester United."
Mendes nodded gently: "Okay, I understand what you mean, Mr. Li."
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The next day.
With the answer to the Champions League quarter-finals revealed, the wholeAcross the European continent, there have been various discussions in both traditional media and the Internet.
As for English fans, their focus is naturally on the four Premier League teams.
Manchester United, needless to say, was in good form this season, but the luck in the quarterfinal draw was also very good, and they drew the same opponent Roma as last season.
You should know that Manchester United's overall form last season was not as good as this season.
But they still slaughtered Roma with a total score of 8:3 in two rounds in the quarterfinals.
This season, the two teams met again in the quarterfinals. Although the revenge script does look very passionate, in the eyes of Premier League fans, especially Manchester United fans, Manchester United has already stepped half a foot into the semifinals.
Not to mention Chelsea.
Although there are no weak teams in the Champions League quarterfinals, in comparison, people still rank Fenerbahce and Schalke 04 as the last two of the eight teams. Before the draw ceremony, most people still believed that these two teams would hardly pose too much threat to the Premier League, Serie A, and La Liga giants.
Chelsea's Champions League journey this season was indeed smooth. The draws in the round of 16 and the quarter-finals were extremely good. They drew Fenerbahce, and everyone basically thought that they had been guaranteed to enter the semi-finals.
As for the remaining two Premier League teams.
It has to be said.
The battle between Arsenal and Leeds United is undoubtedly the most anticipated of the eight teams in this Champions League.
Although the two teams have never had a direct confrontation in the Champions League, just three days ago, Leeds United just defeated Arsenal 2:0 at Elland Road, basically erasing Arsenal's hope of winning the Premier League championship this season.
I thought Wenger wanted to take revenge, but he had to wait until next season at least.
But who knew that just one day later, the gears of fate rolled, and the two teams met again in the Champions League.
People are very curious.
Half a month later.
In the end, did Wenger succeed in revenge and help himself and Arsenal retain the hope of competing for the Champions League title.
Or did Li Shiguang continue his unbeaten record against Wenger this season and lead Leeds United to the triple crown!