Harrington.

The sun shone on Lu Ling's desk, and she had half a cup of coffee in her hand. There wasn't much on the table, and she didn't like it being too messy, even though she wasn't much of a tidying freak. The most conspicuous, in fact, is a pot of narcissus, which has not yet bloomed. This is what she received earlier today.

The person who delivered the flowers attached a card:

Miss ll, tell me when it blooms. I know it's not the same color as yours.

Miss ll, he can figure it out. She later called him and he was on the treadmill and didn't say much. But he was proud. It seems that she feels that she has a good code name.

After that, Lu Ling returned to work.

Throughout the morning, her sense of urgency grew, from last season's game footage, to scouting reports to analysts' reports.

Manchester United legend Gary Neville once said that when the season was over and everyone went on holiday, he saw the lights on in Ferguson's office in the early hours of the next morning.

Lu Ling knows that she is not as "dedicated" as the sir, but she definitely does not want to be a "lazy" head coach. As far as she knows, there is not a single manager in the Premier League who is currently on holiday and all of them are preparing for next season.

QPR is indeed only close to qualifying for the Champions League this season, but that doesn't mean that they will easily finish in the top four next season. All opponents are making themselves stronger. What's more, next season, they have Europa League to play. It's going to be a big challenge for a team like QPR. Moreover, she has never played against a continental team.

She had sent Rice and Simon a list of the people she wanted to bring in, and she had been told that Simon was in talks with Munich 1860 and Raiola.

With the intensification of the Italian's tweet last night, she thought, the negotiation process should be accelerated.

If it drags on for too long, she is not optimistic about competing with Pep Guardiola.

Plus, she's going to clean some people.

As many of my peers have mentioned, this is one of the most brutal parts of a manager's job. Lu Ling agrees. She needs to look the player in the eye and tell him that you are not needed here anymore.

The door rang and it was Australian international Massimo Rwango who entered. She looked at him. Massimo was one of the key members of the squad in their quest for promotion to the Premier League, but he hasn't been given many chances this past Premier League season. He had a bit of an injury and recently lived in London, coming to the club every day for rehabilitation.

Lu Ling looked at him and remembered that a few days ago, Massimo also posted a photo of himself and the FA Cup trophy with a smile on his face on Instagram.

She spoke, with some difficulty. All the players, whether they are the main force or not, have worked together for so long and have feelings.

"Massimo, I want to thank you for your past efforts in the team. But, I'm very sorry, next season, you won't be in my plans. ”

Australians weren't unexpected, but they still looked a little sad. The corners of his mouth moved, and he didn't speak for a moment. Afterwards he said: "Thank you very much for your honesty, boss, I will let my agent go and look for a new club." ”

Lu Ling stood up and shook hands with him, "Thank you, I can guarantee that the club will not put too many obstacles in your transfer." ”

After Massimo left, Lu Ling called winger Junire Hoylett again, who was not in the UK and had gone on holiday. After the phone hung up, there was another sullen player in the world.

There are also some people who will be notified one after another.

However, there are a few players that she will not release for the time being until a better replacement is introduced. In addition, she is interested in promoting some of her reserve squad players to the first team.

As for the two souls of the locker room, captain Nedham Onuoha, and vice-captain Robert Green, she won't let go. Although these two veterans have limited abilities, they are quite loyal to the team and have leadership skills. After some troubles in the early days, she now has a good relationship with both of them. Especially Nedham. Therefore, as long as they are willing to accept the positioning of the non-main force, Lu Ling will renew the contract with them.

Next, there are her two biggest headaches.

One is Zixiang and the other is Mensa.

There is no news from Zixiang's side, no news. She didn't have to ask Pat, she didn't call, she chose to trust Zixiang and trust her instincts. However, there seems to be no movement on Nick's side. This may be good news.

And the question of Timothy Fosu Mensa. His contract with Manchester United runs until 2020. During her one-and-a-half-season loan spell at Loftus Road, Mensah had a good relationship with her and many of the players in the squad. However, judging by her brief communication with him before, the young Dutch boy still cannot give up the prospect of returning to the Red Devils.

Lu Ling dialed Mensah's agent, Jonathan Barnett. They talked for a long time.

After hanging up, Lu Ling felt that Jonathan had wasted her time for more than ten minutes.

Jonathan thinks it's good for Mensah to stay at QPR and feels good to be back at Manchester United. QPR has a future, the player is guaranteed to play, and if he transfers, he can also get a good agent fee, Manchester United has a huge influence, and if the player can become a regular for the Red Devils, the future is limitless, both commercial and athletic.

Isn't this nonsense?

She thought about it for a moment and decided to call the manager's office directly at the Carrington training base (Manchester United's training base).

Jose Mourinho answered the phone.

"Hi José, it's me, Christine, how are you doing?"

"Oh hi, Christine. I didn't expect it to be you. I'm not having a bad time, how are you? I can always see your name in the newspapers lately. ”

Lu Ling laughed dryly, she didn't quite know whether Jose was referring to Lu Yungui's matter or those rumors that she had reconciled with Nick, or Hans's transfer.

"Hopefully those things didn't affect your mood. The Portuguese added.

"Thank you for your concern. Lu Ling continued, "Actually, Jose, I called to talk to you about Timothy Fosu Mensa. I knew it should have been approached by the two clubs first, but I didn't want to waste time. I just asked, would you like to sell us this player?"

Mourinho said: "Timothy...... There's no buyout clause in his loan deal, right? I think he'll come back to us after his vacation. ”

The meaning of his sentence was not clear, and he did not answer her question directly. It's really his usual style. Lu Ling then asked again: "Jose, please, as far as you are concerned, whether to sell or not to sell, this is a very simple question." ”

Mourinho didn't speak for two seconds.

Then he spoke, "No, I can't sell it to you." ”

Lu Ling didn't rush to speak, she knew that there would be a but. She knew what it was, she just needed to hear it from the Portuguese.

Really.

"But we have to trade Ian Parker for that. ”

"Oh...... I thought I'd have to trade Patrick. She sarcastically said.

Jose Mourinho laughed at the other end: "Oh, everybody knows he's yours, unless you don't want him, I don't think any team can buy him." Think about it, I mean Timothy and Ian's deal. ”

Lu Ling dealt with two sentences vaguely and hung up the phone.

She thought back to the Portuguese phrase over and over again.

He's yours, unless you don't want him, I don't think any team can buy him.

This is undoubtedly a joke. But she was very weak-hearted.

She glanced at the pot of daffodils and turned her attention back to thinking about Mensah's deal with Ian.

****

In the evening, Lu Ling left Harrington. Anna had asked her to dinner, which is why she left work so early. Patrick goes to a friend's party in the evening. That's what he told her yesterday.

When she got home, she called Anna, who quickly answered. She told her that she was at Pat's house. You can go to her after she gets dressed.

When Lu Ling arrived at Patrick's house, she didn't expect him to leave yet.

Anna was dressed very beautifully, and after they hugged, Anna pretended to be aggrieved and said, "Pat looks very worried about me." ”

Patrick was handsome in dark jeans and a white T-shirt with an equally dark jacket. His dressing style is not as riotous as Zixiang's, but it is not as casual as Ian, and Lu Ling has always liked his taste.

He listened to Anna's words and glanced at his sister, "Oh Anna, I didn't say a word. ”

Lu Ling laughed for a long time, these two people have been like this since childhood. Anna likes to run on Pat, who always doesn't care much about her. But when Anna is really in trouble, Pat will definitely stand up for her. For example, Anna had a jerk boyfriend, and Pat quietly went to teach that guy a lesson. The guy who later became the ex-boyfriend of the bastard would walk around when he saw Anna.

"Take it easy, Pat, your Tina won't abandon you just for a night out with me, okay?" Anna continued to mumble.

Patrick happened to have a phone call, ignored her, and walked two steps to the pool to answer.

Lu Ling chatted with Anna. After Anna returned to London, she dated several men, but she did not have a boyfriend yet.

Patrick hung up the phone and called, "Tina, can you come over for a moment?"

Lu Ling walked over, Anna was snickering behind her, she turned her head, Anna turned her face with a smile. She was slightly embarrassed.

Patrick ignored Anna and took two steps to take Tina into his arms and asked, "How was your day?"

"Not bad, a bit busy. I love the flowers you sent. ”

"Youdo?" he looked down at her, she was wearing a somewhat low-cut skirt and a beautiful necklace around her neck, and he couldn't look away.

"Of course. Isn't it time for you to go? Anna and I are leaving. ”

"Yes, I have to go. You're so beautiful, Tina, I really want to take you out. But he knew she couldn't go out on a date with him, at least not on that romantic date.

Then he kissed her, but it was short-lived because Anna was there.

"Call me when you get home?"

She smiled and agreed.

He still hugged her. They looked each other in the eye. He felt she had something to say. He read it through her eyes.

"What do you want to say?" he asked.

She shook her head, lowered her eyes, and raised her eyes again, with a smile, "I miss you today." 166 Reading Network