Tim was right for most of the time, but for a few more. It's just that Lu Ling didn't really want to say her true thoughts on this matter, so she just asked, "What are you worried about?"

"Actually, if Ben just loves you as Hans does, I'm not worried. You see, Hans's affair has been a secret since Phil first shouted 'German guy peeking at boss's ass' in the dressing room. At first, the players only took Phil for what he said, but gradually, everyone assumed that it was true. What surprised me was Hans's reaction. He didn't admit it, he didn't argue it, and at most threatened Phil to shut up. Fortunately, there was no confusion. No one told the media about this - it's an unspoken rule in the locker room. Players have to be careful even if they are autobiographing after retiring, and a lot of things that happen in the locker room have to be left in the locker room, and if you go outside and talk nonsense, you won't be able to get along in this circle. Nobody likes a guy with a big mouth. However, we all know that Hans is a man who does not easily break the rules. And it wasn't. It's an exaggeration to say that he's from the guy who made the rules. Tim let out a long sigh of relief, "You asked me what I was worried about, and I didn't know because I didn't know what he wanted to do. ”

"Let's think differently. The manager smiled a little strangely, "If I were a 50-year-old Englishman, a young player of mine who often came to me, you wouldn't be so worried. ”

Tim jerked down his coffee cup, feeling that her words were unbelievable and full of logic. It wasn't like her at all. The assistant raised his voice, which he rarely does, "Benjamin Hamilton is a guy who thinks he's cool, and like Patrick, he's not going to be a sycophant or he's going to be a low-profile guy like Glenn. If you're just a 50-year-old Englishman, even if you've won more trophies than Jose Mourinho, he won't run to your office twice in three days. After he finished speaking, he reacted, unlike her, because she was trying to perfunctory him. Tim stared into her eyes, "Don't be perfunctory to me, Christine. You know it's big or small. ”

Lu Ling sighed in his heart, it was indeed not easy to perfunctory Tim. Maybe she should tell the truth. This matter is indeed big or small, and it all depends on her handling.

She breathed a sigh of relief and sat down behind her desk. She looked at the time again before she spoke. "I need to make it clear that my conjecture may not be correct, I don't know how to read minds. I'll try to keep it short, because we still have a game to prepare for in Paris. ”

Tim nodded and picked up his coffee again.

"This ......" Lu Ling said as he remembered the boy's gray and green eyes, which were always turning, but not Gonzalo's cleverness and liveliness, but thinking and exploring. "He doesn't mind if I think he's interested in me. Whether he's really interested in me or not becomes less important here. He showed this trait when he was outside her office after beating Everton that day, and he didn't mind that Alice thought he was interested in her, but there was no need to tell Tim about that, she continued, "He was watching me from the first time we met, and then he started to test my bottom line. More than once. Every time it has something to do with Pat. I can feel that he really admires and likes Pat, but in the process he also gave me the feeling that he is actually comparing himself to Pat. But, Tim, Benjamin is a young boy who can't be found in the whole of England. He wasn't jealous. Pat may make a lot of people jealous, but it won't be Ben. Football talent is out of his control, but for the rest, he thinks that what Pat can do, he can too. You're right, the rules are not binding on him. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Ling snorted, "However, you don't need to worry, you have also seen that he changes cars so often, and so does his girlfriend, he easily loses interest in things." He needs stimulation. After all, he was only twenty years old. A lot of paranoia has not yet formed. As long as I don't make him feel that this is a possibility, it won't be long before he loses interest in this matter. And you're right, he has too many options, and he does hate wasting time. ”

Tim blew a sigh, shook his head, and smiled, "I'm a little dizzy." But at least one thing I get the idea, that's why you don't talk to Pat about Ben. Good thing you didn't, our pretty boy may have grown up, but if you tell him that......"

"I was crazy to tell Pat. Lu Ling twitched his neck as he spoke, and heard the sound of his own bones. She was about to sigh that she was a little tired, and then thought of something else, she looked at Tim, "Hey, Benjamin didn't just test my bottom line. ”

Tim thought back to many moments. Then his eyes lit up, "Yes, he's done that to almost everyone." Phil, Pat, Alice, including me, even Julian, Hans......" Tim's voice grew quieter, "as if we were all the objects of his observation." And this is one of his games. ”

Lu Ling shrugged his shoulders and continued to relax his neck and shoulders. Then, she switched to a recent league video in Paris and decided to put an end to the topic. 'Anyway, Ben is great as a player, I like him a lot and it's been interesting to talk to him. Also, I know you weren't, and I won't, judge him. Basic kindness and upbringing are always good things, even if they are not pure. ”

Tim nodded at her and his gaze swept to the screen where Jose Mourinho walked past the touchline. He thought that since he didn't have to worry about Benjamin for the time being, he might as well focus on the Portuguese. But he stared at the screen for a moment and remembered something.

"Did something happen in Nyon? Did you quarrel with Nick again?" asked Tim as he thought, she wasn't in a good mood since she came back from Nyon, obviously, but he hadn't been able to find the right time to ask, and it wasn't long before the international break was over, and she had been worried about the team's "too relaxed state", and he couldn't remember to ask. And the mention of Benjamin and Jose today actually reminds him of Nick, which also seems a little weird.

Lu Ling's gaze drooped for a second, then immediately looked back at the screen and replied simply, "Yes." As ridiculous as she thought, Benjamin Hamilton would probably never know that he was playing an eccentric role in it. She hoped that she would not see Nicholas again for quite some time, and she thought he should have thought the same.

"There's another problem, in what you just described, Ben seems to be a very narcissistic person. ”

Lu Ling then turned his head to Tim, Tim's face was indifferent, but she knew what he was talking about. Well, there was one thing he needed to know. "Neither I nor Nick have any interest in misleading someone who isn't interested in me as interested. We think it's already a waste of time. ”

"You are very similar. Tim doesn't remember how many times he's said that.

"yes, so he or I, I'm going to have to drown one. ”

****

At the pre-match press conference, PSG coach Jose Mourinho leaned back in his chair and slowly spat out the words. Because it was a question from a British journalist, he also answered with yīng yǔ.

"Of course I wouldn't treat Christine like a little girl, that's disrespectful, but obviously I can't treat her like an old English man. José said, his eyes blinking, his expression unchanged. 'I'm more inclined to think that it's a good opponent but it doesn't make sense, what Champions League manager isn't good?'

"With superstars like Patrick Amber and Leon Ferreira in the QPR line-up, will Paris have a special arrangement for them?" asked another reporter, who also spoke with a British accent.

José looked over and felt that the reporter was familiar, but he couldn't think of anything else. He has coached England on and off for many years and has seen too many journalists. "Exceptionally furnished...... Maybe. Maybe. By the way, Patrick Amber would have been my player, if I also had a pū kè tattoo on my body. The Portuguese was serious, but the tense cheek muscles and the slight curvature of the corners of his mouth betrayed him.

****

The pre-match press conference for QPR took place a little later, and the QPR coach was wearing a tracksuit and looked like he had come straight from the training ground. And so it is. Lu Ling had been thinking about some of the details of the players' training when she came over, and it wasn't until Josh, the press officer, asked if he could talk to her before the press conference began, and she put those thoughts behind her for the time being.

So, Lu Ling knew what Jose Mourinho had just said. Perhaps, PSG and their manager are justifiably angry about Pyter's transfer. In the summer, in addition to offering a higher price, they were willing to give Pete Tí Gòng a higher salary, and even offered to increase the signing fee and give him a higher agent fee, but none of this impressed Patrick Amber or Steve Baker.

It's just that Jose Mourinho is really worried about this matter? Lu Ling thinks it may not be. The Portuguese have always been adept at taking advantage of everything at their disposal.

After answering a few questions about injuries and recent results, the QPR boss came up with the expected question.

"PSG boss Jose Mourinho mentioned that you are a good opponent and thinks Patrick Amber should have joined them......"

Lu Ling stared into the reporter's eyes and interrupted him. "But Patrick Amber is our player now. They have a lot of good attackers, Romelu Lukaku, Draxler and Edvardo who they bought this year...... Does Jose mean that these players are not good enough?"

The person who holds the press conference later always has an advantage, because the other party can't talk back, at least temporarily. When Lu Ling walked out of the press room, he thought with satisfaction.

Of course, this kind of verbal contention is meaningless in the final analysis. Everything that happens on the field tomorrow and the result will make sense, especially the latter. This is a crucial match, and she will be hoping that QPR can overtake Paris and gain an advantage in the race for top of the group. But she can't afford to expend too much energy, as Tuchel's Arsenal are still waiting for her in Sunday's league fixture. This is another reason why she worries that the players are too relaxed, and one hard battle after another will follow, and this is only September.