The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 130
130 Bring Him to Manchester United
Vermaelen stood in front of the Sunderland fans like a god of war. He was like a Buddha with a thousand arms, more like a ferocious Ksitigarbha. He had become a nightmare that Sunderland fans could not erase for a long time.
Come on, keep roaring!
See if this daddy doesn’t blow you to pieces!
Ah!
Vermaelen roared like a lion, roaring out the unyielding anger in his heart, the passion and pride in his heart!
I am Vermaelen!
Who else could refuse?
Please stand up!
The Sunderland fans in the stands were all frightened by Vermaelen. Their faces were deathly pale, and they didn’t even have the slightest hint of blood. It was as if they had seen a life-threatening ghost from hell, and their entire bodies were trembling!
Vermaelen was like a ferocious Zhang Fei at the end of the Dangyang Bridge, and he shouted loudly to retreat the tens of thousands of Sunderland troops!
“Vermaelen! Thomas Vermaelen! Remember this name, remember this young man who is still standing tall like a pine tree in all armies. I firmly believe that in the near future, his name will spread throughout the world of football!”
Mark Lauren roared excitedly, his voice long and powerful, and it could not be subdued for a long time!
Eddie Gray stared blankly at Vermaelen. He didn’t say anything, but his face was filled with shock!
The Leeds players rushed forward crazily. Ribery jumped up and jumped onto Vermaelen’s back. He fiercely waved his arms at the Sunderland fans and shouted, “Long live Vermaelen! Long live Leeds!”
Leeds United players rushed up and surrounded them, waving their fists at the Sunderland fans in the stands and shouting, “Long live Vermaelen! Long live Leeds United!”
At this moment, Zhong Cheng stood quietly by the side of the arena and looked at his disciples, pretending to be tough!
–Division Line–
Mick McCarthy came up to Zhong Cheng and stretched out his right hand in admiration. “Congratulations, boy, you’ve won again!” He said.
Yes, the game is over. It’s over at Virginia Mullen’s time to kill Sunderland!
Two to three.
Losing was dangerous, but he was also convinced!
Mick McCarthy was filled with curiosity and respect for the young man in front of him!
Zhong Cheng smiled and held Mick McCarthy’s right hand. “Thank you, Mr. Mick. Your congratulations are the best present. Thank you very much. Mr. Mick, is it alright if I call you that?”
Mick McCarthy smiled warmly and said: “Of course not, I am honoured! But you are really strong and I am very optimistic about you winning the Champions League!”
Zhong Cheng said seriously, “I am fighting endlessly for this!”
Mick McCarthy nodded slightly and said, “I’m very optimistic about you!”
Zhong Cheng once again sincerely said: “Thank you! I believe that I will not disappoint you!”
Mick McCarthy was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud, “Hahaha! As expected of Madman Loria, I miss your style of doing things. But why do I feel like I’m going to succeed? Am I going to be a lunatic, too?”
Zhong Cheng shook his head and said, “No, you’re not crazy. You just grasped the truth!”
Mick McCarthy laughed out loud again, looking very happy and happy, as if he hadn’t been affected at all by the loss.
“Hahaha! I didn’t expect you to be like me when you were shameless, madman Roja!” Mick McCarthy laughed.
Zhong Cheng also smiled and said, “Mutual!”
Mick McCarthy smiled as he pointed at Zhong Cheng with his right index finger and said, “You are indeed an interesting fellow! However, I would like to ask you something formally!”
Zhong Cheng nodded and said, “But there’s no harm in saying it!”
Mick McCarthy was an old fogey, but he didn’t mean to be pretentious. He said directly, “Peak and Ribery are not for sale, so I won’t say anything! Vermaelen, how much do you think I should take with me?”
Zhong Cheng was slightly stunned. He thought that McCarthy would poke fun at him face to face, but he didn’t expect that McCarthy would actually be interested in showing two extreme Vermaelen in this match. This was somewhat beyond Zhong Cheng’s expectations.
Zhong Cheng shook his head slightly and said, “Sorry, Mick! Thomas is also not for sale at our club!”
Mick McCarthy frowned and asked, “Is it really impossible?”
Zhong Cheng said: “Yes! He and Pique will be our Leeds United’s future central defensive team!”
Hearing this, Mick McCarthy took a deep look at Zhong Cheng and spread out his hands. “What a pity! Well, I don’t want Vermaelen anymore. Huntelaar, you should let me take him away, right?”
Zhong Cheng smiled bitterly at McCarthy and said unhappily, “Mr. Mick, that is the absolute main center of our Leeds United in the next ten years!”
Mick McCarthy smiled bitterly as he shook his head and said, “Oh, Madman Loria, you’re really a worthless man. I think you should change your name to Grandet now!”
Zhong Cheng shrugged his shoulders and remained silent!
Mick McCarthy finally stepped forward to give Zhong Cheng a hug and said sincerely, “Don’t let down your guard. We, Sunderland, will catch up soon!”
With that, Mick McCarthy turned around and left!
–Division Line–
That night, Zhong Cheng led the Leeds United players to Leeds!
On the way back, Zhong Cheng frowned. Mick McCarthy’s words caused Zhong Cheng to sink into deep thought. As Leeds United’s performance got better and better, this group of promising young players from Leeds United appeared before everyone’s eyes. Many people were eager to see them now.
Before the transfer window opened, a lot of clubs had already made offers to Leeds United, hoping to bring in their Leeds United players. They were frantically asking for Pique, Ribery, Huntelaar, Olich, Lennon, Milner, and even a bell card!
Looking at these requests, Zhong Cheng felt extremely annoyed.
Although most of the players are from League One and Champions League teams, Zhong believes that the Premier League teams will soon come looking for them.
The potential and talent of Zhong Cheng’s youngsters were indescribable. Although they were all very young, after more than half a season of training in the Champions League, they were definitely not comparable to the young players of ordinary rich clubs. They were all good seedlings with first-team experience in the Champions League.
At this moment, Zhong Cheng was really worried that a Premier League bid would come.
Although his loyalty will not sell these players, who can guarantee that those damned Premier League teams will not seduce his players in private? Especially those four big Premier League clubs, if they also participate, then it would be troublesome.
Zhong Cheng was very worried!
–Division Line–
In the dim room, the screen of a TV in front of him was flickering, and there was a football match playing on it. Occasionally, to be exact, it’s a football video collection!
Upon closer inspection, this was actually a video compilation of a person!
The person in the TV camera was very tall, and he could be seen at a glance in the competition. He really stood out from the rest of the crowd, especially eye-catching!
In this video, there are tall players wearing white and blue shirts playing games, and in these videos, especially the most defensive.
Although this fellow was tall and big, it didn’t look like his body was heavy. He seemed to be quite nimble and his speed wasn’t very slow. He was definitely an expert in frontal defense. He did a very good job in snatching the blocked ball from the card. The timing was very accurate, and he was also very fierce!
He had the advantage in the high-altitude ball, and his height and jump were enough to scare many people!
Although this defense still looked a little immature, it was already very impressive.
There were also offensive scenes in the video. This tall man always sneaked into the opponent’s forbidden area when he kicked a corner kick from a set-piece. He fought for the top of the forbidden area time and time again, and he was quite threatening. It could be seen that this was a defender who also had some talent on the offensive end.
Especially at the end of the video, this tall man actually headed three corner kicks under the tight defense of the opponent, his performance was very eye-catching.
Yes, that’s right! The tall man in this video is Leeds United’s young centre-back, Gerard Pique of Spain!
As soon as the video ended, the lights in the room turned on.
A slightly aged voice sounded, “Carlos, look at him. He’s completely different from half a year ago. Time is really a good thing!”
Queiroz looked at the baby-faced, red-nosed, white-haired old man in front of him and said, “Yes! His progress is truly astonishing. I never thought that he would grow to this level. This is much faster than we expected!”
The white-haired old man immediately said, “This means that the madman is very skilled!”
Queiroz’s eyes narrowed as he stared at the old man in front of him and said, “Alex, do you really think this is the work of that madman?”
Yes, the red-nosed, gray-haired old man is Manchester United’s current manager Alex Ferguson. Although Pique was taken away by Leeds United in the early summer, Manchester United have been keeping an eye on the Spanish centre-back.
To be honest, Ferguson is really optimistic about Pique. He was unwilling to let Leeds United snatch Peeker away like this. He hoped that one day he could snatch Peeker back from Leeds.
Sir Alex Ferguson would have thought that Pique would have to spend a season or two at Leeds United in order for their Manchester United team to be ready to snatch him away. However, Alex Ferguson couldn’t sit still after seeing the scouts’ reports, so he called his assistant, Queiroz, and the two of them looked at the video reports sent by the scouts.
Looking at the video, Alex Ferguson couldn’t sit still any longer. He had to snatch Pique back as soon as possible. Otherwise, if it was too late, Peeker would have been snatched away by someone else. Alex Ferguson doesn’t know about the rest of the squad, but Wenger is sure to be eyeing Pique as well and he can’t let him win.
Alex Ferguson looked at Queiroz and nodded, “Of course it was him. Without him, there would be no Leeds United!”
Queiroz nodded.
Queiroz immediately asked, “So what should we do now?”
Alex Ferguson waved his hand and said: “Quickly make an offer to Leeds United and send someone to contact Pique’s agent. Bring him to Manchester United for sure!”
