In a dining room overlooking Faton Park, two long pine tables with golden tablecloths are stolen, and the waiter stands at the table, on which a variety of dishes are set out, and the chef beckons his men to prepare for the evening's dinner, and his favorite team, Portsmouth, is about to have dinner.

The players and coaching staff were not in the same box, and Campbell had prepared two rooms, while he was on the players' side for the time being.

And on the other side...

Sensibile arrived a little late, having been arguing with Ward all afternoon, and his mouth was dry, especially for the player's retirement dinner, which was one of the best restaurants in Portsmouth. He walked towards Ward, the argument with the manager was particularly draining, and Hydward supported his plan on the surface, but in fact the guy was on the side of the players in his heart, so Sensibile was going to get drunk tonight. It's dusk, Fayton Park is dyed golden, the smell of grass in the air seems to come to life, and everyone can imagine next year's Premier League time.

Just now, the waiter was serving the main course of the night, grilled golden and crispy, and sprinkled with various seasonings, and when he smelled the fragrance, many people drooled water. "Sorry, I'm late," he said, taking a seat under the head of the manager.

"Sensibile, I think you'd better go to Arsenal." "If you buy players as slowly as you go to the table, by the time you come, it's already Christmas in the Premier League." ”

There was a laugh at the dinner table, "Hey, Ward, leave a Gibbs or two for me to deal with?" Sensibile replied, "I have never been greedy. He poured himself a full glass of wine, and watched as the waiter cut the lamb chops, the crunchy skin crackling under the knife and the hot grease running down, he hadn't enjoyed such a beautiful sight for a long, long time. The other dishes were much lighter, and Hydward and the others just watched, but no one moved, and Sensibile looked around and bit more deliciously.

"There's an email from Spain from Frank, Navas' agent, Ricardo, who went to Levante yesterday," Heidward said, loading a whole lamb chop into his plate, "Levante and he are negotiating a new contract, and I think it's going to be in the next day or two." ”

"Your good course, my instructor," said Sensibile, "I'm about to start eating." ”

"We don't have that much time to delay, it's all over the moment we sign it," Hydward said. Keylor Navas is a fantastic goalkeeper, 25 years old, experienced and inexpensive, and this would be a beautiful signing like Icardi. I think you can't wait to make a splash. ”

"I'd rather be a big fan of this chop, Navas isn't so tender or so fragrant."

Ward didn't eat a bite, he wasn't interested in lamb chops at all, "I didn't call you here to just appreciate the food. ”

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The atmosphere at the table was momentarily awkward.

Sensibilai was stabbing a piece of meat with a knife and was about to send it to his mouth, when he heard the words and stopped, "It's just a trivial matter, I promise to help you, and I will do what I say." He pulled a document from the backpack he was carrying and shoved it in front of Ward.

Hydward was surprised by a signed contract.

"You've already done it?"

Not only Ward, but many people looked at the team's second-in-command with surprised eyes, especially Saul. Campbell, they just went head-to-head a few hours ago.

Sensibilai's cunning has left many of the team unaccustomed to it, and today's case shows that players are nothing more than a deal, signed and a bunch of numbers, and if Ward agrees to release him, he will sell all the players on the transfer list for a good price. For a small club with unsatisfactory financial situation, the way to survive must be to buy low and sell high, there is no long-term goal, only the present! The starting line-up this season and next season will be very different, with batches of high-quality seeds or semi-finished products for the giants, so Sensibile understands that Portsmouth has no non-sale and should not have non-sale.

That's the divergence! In Campbell's eyes, players are brothers, comrades-in-arms, the future, and achievements, if you want to make a difference in the Premier League, it is necessary to maintain a certain degree of stability in the lineup, the main framework remains the same, and it is the way to win by strengthening or adding three or two substitutes in a specific position.

Of course, Ward's unclear attitude was also a key factor in the previous quarrel in the office.

Hydward opened the last page of the contract, and he saw Navas's signature, "Maybe I shouldn't have distrusted you...... Well done. Ward couldn't hide his excitement, who would have thought that the future Real Madrid's first god is still a cabbage price at this moment, Navas, who is only 185cm tall but has a very fast second reaction, made a league-high 160 successful saves in the entire 13/14 La Liga season a year later, with a save success rate of 80%. In the 37 league games he has played, he has just had his goal penetrated 39 times, keeping 17 clean sheets. It should be noted that at that time he was still playing for Levante, a team that has been mixed in the middle and lower reaches all year round. Aside from his explosion that season, he really didn't have much to accomplish in his previous career. Prior to that season, he was only a backup goalkeeper for Levante and even relegated from La Liga to La Liga with Albacete in his first season in Spain in 2010.

Keylor Navas's ownership is still in Albacete at the moment, with Levante on loan, so Heidward is hoping to bring the wall uncle to Fayton Park for the price of a buyout deal.

Sensibile looked at Hydward and just smiled, he reached out his thumb and forefinger into the salt shaker and sprinkled some on the meat, "Ward, the most correct thing you did was to fight that you didn't trust me from the beginning. ”

He took the contract and flipped a few pages to show Hydward, "You're going to apply for a special genius clause for a 25-year-old goalkeeper worth 22,000 euros, okay, whatever" Sensibile put the meat into his mouth, his nose smelled a smell of garlic, spicy and delicious, "You always have a way to get people to follow loyally, even at the cost of gambling on the future, I don't have the ability, I exchange money for loyalty, and honor to bring people to their knees." ”

Hydward poured himself a glass of wine and said, "If you don't have the skills, then the position of director is obviously not for you, but, there is no doubt about it. ”

"How much? Navas? ”

"It's cheap, it's very cheap." Sensibile chewed another piece and pulled the topic away: "Ward, maybe you can guess, how much money is left in the team's account?" ”

For a few seconds, he looked at his director, "M or K?" ”

"No difference"

"The last dollar in Portsmouth was buried under the corner flagpole two months ago."

Sensibile took another bite of the lamb chop, but this time he chewed it twice, and then spit it out, "I find that I don't like lamb at all," he said as he left the stool with his backpack, "Gentlemen, have a good meal, I'll take my leave first." ”

Ward raised his glass of farewell, still expressionless, turned to put on his glasses in his pocket, and did not say goodbye to the players next door, nor did he look back, but secretly prayed that they would better choke to death by the lamb chops.