When Mourinho spoke, the Inter players were still celebrating wildly in the dressing room, and no one paid attention to the press conference on live TV, so no one saw Mourinho's farewell announcement.

Moratti, who was drenched in champagne and beer, and the players waited for a long time to see that the press conference had ended on live TV, but Mourinho still did not return, and Moratti dialed Mourinho's mobile phone, which was on the phone.

After a while, Mourinho's phone finally rang and Moratti: "Jose, where are you? ”

Mourinho said: "Chairman, I can't go over, Mr. Mendes is here, he wants to have a drink with me, you guys go eat first." ”

"Okay, we'll get back to you. ”

Hung up the phone, the joy on Moratti's face slowly disappeared, he had a bad premonition, but now is the time for joy, Moratti didn't want the players to have other ideas, so he said: "Let's go, we don't have to wait for Mu Shuai, Mr. Mendes invited him to dinner with him, and he will go back to Milan with us after dinner." ”

Although it is not common for coaches not to drink celebration wine with the players, there are also coaches who are afraid that the players will not be able to let go, and there are also those who do not participate in the players' party, not to mention Mendes, who invited Mourinho, everyone did not think much about it, so they packed up their clothes and protective gear and left the locker room to go to the parking lot.

But Gao Xiaodong felt puzzled, if Mendes invited Mourinho to drink, how could he not call him, Quaresma is just a marginal player, it is normal for Mendes to ignore him, Gao Xiaodong is in full swing, it is by no means something that can be ignored casually, if what Moratti said is true, then either Mourinho is lying, or what Mendes and Mourinho want to say cannot let Gao Xiaodong know.

Inter Milan's bus was already waiting in the parking lot, and there was an Audi R8 parked not far from the bus, and when Moratti and Inter Milan players approached, they found Mourinho getting down from the studio building and walking towards the Audi.

Mourinho didn't expect to run into the players and Moratti, he hesitated, waved at Moratti and his teammates, and quickly got into the Audi car, and then the Audi started and quickly left the parking lot, disappearing into the vast night of Madrid.

Moratti didn't pay much attention to seeing Audi leave, but club manager Blanca quietly called him aside and whispered: "President, it's Florentino's car." ”

"What? are you sure?" Moratti frowned, if Mourinho went to dinner with Mendes, he wouldn't care, but if Mourinho didn't celebrate with the team after winning the championship, but ate with the president of another club, it would be a bit too unsophisticated, and even a little bit unkind to Moratti as the president.

Blanca said with an unhappy face: "Sure, because I have dealt with Florentino a few times, I remember this car and the license plate number very clearly, Mu Shuai is too unauthentic." ”

Moratti's face sank like water, and his facial muscles trembled uncontrollably, but he still barely controlled his emotions and said to Blanca in a low voice: "Leave him alone, let's go." With that, Moratti strode towards the bus.

Blanca glanced back in the direction the Audi had left, spat and with a relieved expression on his face, followed Moratti to the bus.

At the hotel's celebration dinner, Moratti and everyone at Inter Milan learned about Mourinho's farewell announcement at the press conference, much to the surprise of the players and the club's hierarchy.

In fact, since March, the news that Mourinho will coach Real Madrid next season has appeared in the newspapers from time to time, and Moratti also knows that Real Madrid has been in contact with Mendes and Mourinho through different channels, but for the sake of the team's championship-winning cause, Moratti pretended not to know.

Even this time Mourinho did not attend the celebration banquet and left with Florentino's car, Moratti wanted to pretend not to know, fool the past, and wait for the celebration to end before talking to Mourinho.

But Moratti did not expect Mourinho to publicly say at a press conference that he would leave Inter Milan and coach Real Madrid next season.

On this happy day, the head coach of the treble winner publicly said that he wanted to leave, which is simply too disrespectful to Inter Milan and too little to take Moratti as the chairman in his eyes.

After watching the video of the press conference, Moratti was so angry that he didn't even finish his meal, so he went directly outside the room to call Mourinho.

"José, why did you say that at the press conference? I need your explanation. Mourinho was a big contributor to Inter Milan after all, and Moratti tried to keep his tone as soft as possible, but his uncontrolled muscles made his words seem a little stiff.

Mourinho was sharing dinner with Mendes and Florentino, he already knew what Moratti was going to say to him when he received a call from Moratti, and since he said goodbye publicly at the press conference, he didn't want to hide it anymore, so he confessed: "Massimo, I won't coach Inter next season, I like Inter Milan very much, but I don't have a higher pursuit at Inter Milan, I need to find new goals." ”

Moratti said displeasedly: "Jose, I know you want to leave, but why can't you wait a few days before announcing it, isn't it just this day?

Mourinho smiled and said: "Chairman, does it make a difference if it's one day earlier and one day later? I've already celebrated, it's the same for three more days, for me, the moment the game is over, the joy is over, I need to find new happiness, like when I won my second league title in the Premier League, I threw the medal to the Chelsea fans because I already have one, I need a new title." ”

"......" Moratti was speechless, groaned slightly, and said:

"Jose, you can leave, but Gao Xiaodong can't go with you. "José, when are you coming over, everyone is still waiting for you to go back to Milan together?"

Mourinho said: "Chairman, don't wait for me, I still have something to do in Madrid, you can go back first." ”

"What? you're not going back?" Moratti said in surprise: "Jose, Milan has 100,000 fans waiting for you and the players to return. How can you not go back?"

Mourinho said lightly: "I'm sorry chairman, I can't get out, in a few days, I will go back to discuss the contract and liquidated damages with you in a few days." ”

"José, I want you to go back. Moratti repeated again.

"I'm sorry. Mourinho said firmly.

Moratti didn't expect Mourinho to be so resolute, he took a deep breath and said, "Okay, Mu Shuai, you can leave, but please don't take Gao Xiaodong away." ”

Mourinho didn't expect Moratti to mention Gao Xiaodong at this time, he thought about it and felt that there would be a showdown sooner or later anyway, so he simply confessed directly, "Chairman, I definitely hope that Xiaodong will go with me, but whether Xiaodong is willing to stay in Inter Milan is his freedom, and no one can force him." ”

"No, Xiaodong and Inter Milan still have two years on their contract, he is from Inter Milan, and I will never let him go. ”

For Moratti, Gao Xiaodong and Mourinho are equally important, with Gao Xiaodong as the core, plus the original team, even if the coach is changed, he can still continue the glory of the big international, since Mourinho can't stay, Moratti never wants to let go of Gao Xiaodong.

Mourinho said confidently: "Chairman, Xiao Dong's liquidated damages are 80 million euros, do you think he is not worth 80 million now? Therefore, Xiao Dong is willing to stay or leave, he can completely decide." ”

Moratti then remembered that there were liquidated damages in Gao Xiaodong's contract, and when he signed the liquidated damages, he didn't consider that Gao Xiaodong would be worth 80 million a year later, so he set such a low liquidated damages.

Now that I think about it, the rumors that Mourinho went to Real Madrid started at that time, and Mendes should have had the intention of letting Gao Xiaodong leave Inter Milan and go to Real Madrid at that time.

Moratti felt that he had been deceived by calculations, and he was so angry that he hated to call Mendes over and scold, but now the initiative is indeed no longer in the hands of Inter Milan, as long as Gao Xiaodong agrees, as long as other teams are willing to pay liquidated damages, Gao Xiaodong can leave Inter Milan at any time.

Moratti let out a sigh of relief and said to Mourinho: "Mu Shuai, I treat you well, you have also worked hard at Inter Milan, the result of the treble is enough to make you leave a heavy mark in the history of Inter Milan and Serie A, can you bear to let Inter Milan decline? This is also your hard work, I ask you to leave Inter Milan with a high winter." ”

Moratti's words are not false at all, and Mourinho is also a little emotional and moved, but thinking that Real Madrid's opponent is the terrifying Cosmos team Barcelona, Mourinho's heart immediately hardened, and he said lightly: "Chairman, I have already said that neither you nor I can decide where Xiaodong goes, only he can decide, if you want to do work, you should do Xiaodong's work." ”

Moratti said angrily: "Xiao Dong is here for you, and he grew up under you, he is still the same agent as you, if you want to poach him, how can I do his job?"

Mourinho sighed and said, "Chairman, doesn't Inter Milan still have a stand-in for Xiaodong?"

Moratti said: "Who? You say Sneijder, Sneijder is good, but he can have Xiaodong's scoring ability, he can have Xiaodong's defensive ability. ”

Mourinho spread his hands and said helplessly: "There is only one Xiaodong, let's let him decide for himself, goodbye." ”

"I won't let Xiaodong go to Real Madrid. Moratti said angrily.

"That's up to you. Goodbye President. After Mourinho finished speaking, he directly and decisively called.