Chapter 672: Two Hot Spots
The Club World Cup is a three-in-a-row victory, replicating the 2016-18 record and setting new records for the lowest goals conceded and most total goals scored in the competition, and the advantage looks far greater than when Zizou led the team.
Spain's Copa del Rey is the fifth in a row, the second feat in history after Barcelona in 2015-19. Even more frighteningly, apart from losing one game in the second leg in the first year when they were playing a home-and-away system in every round, they have not lost in this competition since, setting a new unbeaten streak and winning streak.
La Liga has won four championships in five years, although it has appeared more often in the past, but it is also the first time in the past ten years. And what makes Spanish fans talk about the most is that the single-season total of 106 points from 34 wins, 4 draws is unprecedented in history, which breaks the La Liga record set by Real Madrid just three years ago and raises it to a level that is hard to imagine and could be rewritten, which is both exciting and terrifying.
The fourth consecutive Champions League victory, the second miracle in history, is second only to the invincibility of the great Real Madrid team at the beginning of the competition, which won the top five in a row. Considering that the "Galaxy Battleship Zero", which was composed of a number of world-class superstars such as Stefano, Puskas, Hento, Kopa, and Rial, was definitely crushing other European teams in terms of strength, and the fierce competition in today's football is far greater than that era when it was still a little desert, so in terms of gold content alone, most people still think that the honor won by Li Mudi is better.
Taken together, these achievements are enough to prove how well the title of Real Madrid's manager is the world's No. 1 coach and the greatest football coach of the new century. Not to mention the two Super Cups he won at the beginning of last summer's season, which helped him achieve the feat of winning all six trophies in a single season, and raised the historical status of this Western-born Celestial Empire who was already comparable to the sages of his ancestors.
After this Champions League final, all the media related to sports put reports similar to "Real Madrid rules the whole football" in the most prominent pages in the first issue of the paper publication that followed, and most of them also listed Li Mudi's name as the first major contributor to the team's brilliant achievements, believing that he changed the original world football pattern that still presented a group of champions, and let the La Liga giants stand on the top of the world, and they still can't leave.
And just when everyone was busy touting this super team without limits, a news report signed by José García suddenly appeared on the official website of Marca newspaper, and set it to the top, which attracted hundreds of thousands of hits in a very short period of time and was reprinted by many media outlets. Its headline reads: "Will next season be Coach Lee's last year at the Bernabeu?" Although a question mark is used at the end, the content of the article is described in a very positive tone, which naturally gives the reader the feeling that what is being said seems to be somewhat reliable.
Immediately, all the reporters who have some connections in the football circle began to frantically ask those who have insider lines for the truth, wanting to get a piece of the pie from this earth-shattering event.
Because Li Mudi set off to return to the Celestial Empire immediately after participating in the championship parade, so that all outsiders could not contact the person directly in a short time, so his agent Gines and Real Madrid President Raul, director Valero and other club executives became the target of public criticism, and the public mobile phone was almost blown up, and they would be surrounded by a group of reporters when they went out, which seriously affected their work and life. As a last resort, Valero was instructed to give a telephone interview to Thomas Roencello, deputy editor of the newspaper As, to reveal the true circumstances of the incident.
Two summers ago, Lee broke with his previous practice of never renewing his contract with the team he coached and signed his name on a new two-year contract, meaning that the manager would remain in the team until the end of the season unless terminated early. And considering that the world No. 1 coach has led the Galaxy to a series of dazzling results over the past five years, a new round of contract extension should have started early last offseason.
It's just for the reason of reducing the club's salary expenses (after all, if you re-sign a contract, you will definitely have to get a high signing fee with Li Mudi's status, and the agent's commission is also not a small number, these are all to be paid by the club), after negotiation (some sources say that Li Mudi took the initiative to ask), Real Madrid only activated the clause in the existing contract to extend it for one year, so that the expiration time became after the end of the 2019-20 season. Then according to the normal procedure, the next month or two should be the best period for the two sides to discuss a new contract, so the news that broke out before will be considered likely to be reliable, and Real Madrid and their own team coach have collapsed.
Although there is no conclusive evidence, such rumors have begun to spread in Spanish football and even throughout Europe, which is one of the main reasons why Valero had to stand up and refute the rumors as soon as possible.
In the afternoon of the same day, a special article appeared on the website of the newspaper As, which recorded in detail the Q&A between Ronzero and the director of Real Madrid, giving them a preliminary understanding of the process and inside story of the contract renewal incident.
It turned out that as José García, a reporter from the newspaper Marca, broke the news, Li Mudi did not sign the new contract for the time being. It's not that he's unhappy with the conditions proposed by the club, Real Madrid offer an annual salary of up to 31 million euros after tax, which is already the highest paid-up salary in the history of world football, and the final decision on the transfer granted to him has not changed, making this new contract very sincere.
It's just that due to personal reasons, it is difficult for Li Mudi's mind to focus on the team anymore. Fourteen months ago, Li's father, who already had a history of acute cerebral infarction, was admitted to the hospital again because of symptoms of insufficient cerebral blood supply, and the result was naturally a recurrence of the old disease. After the doctor's diagnosis and treatment and the injection of relevant drugs, the condition was well controlled, but this time there were no merit points to use, so that the old man could no longer recover to the extent that it was intact.
And although the illness was not very bad at that time, the dissuasive behavior of persuading Li's father to quit smoking and drinking ended in failure, and these two bad habits were simply the most effective catalyst for the deterioration of cerebral infarction, making the patient's physical condition worse and worse, making the family members around him both sad and helpless.
Just three days before the Champions League final, the Real Madrid coach, who was instructing his players to conduct tactical drills on the sidelines of the training ground, received a call from his mother from Mallorca, and his father suddenly felt numb in his legs, his head was also very dizzy, and he was suspected of being seriously blocked by cerebral blood vessels, and had been sent to Parma City Hospital for treatment.
That night, after finishing the training, Li Mudi immediately flew to the capital of the Balearic Islands Autonomous Region, visited Li's father and asked the doctor about his latest condition.
As a result, before returning to Madrid the next morning, he made a decision after consulting with his mother, and returned to the Celestial Empire as soon as his father's symptoms were alleviated. Another key reason for returning to the motherland is that he can mobilize his relatives there, especially a few surviving cousins and aunts, to forcibly get Li's father to quit smoking and drinking, otherwise it will be too late.
So in the evening of the next day, Lin Yun'er took her two children (the daughter who was already in elementary school asked for leave again, but as a killer weapon to persuade Li's father to return to China, he could only temporarily sacrifice the children's studies) and accompanied her mother to "escort" her father to return to the Celestial Empire by plane.
Because he had to lead the team to the Champions League final, and he had to explain the summer transfer window to Raul and Valero before leaving, Li Mudi waited until the parade was over before putting down his work and hurriedly left Europe, and before that, he also confirmed that he would not renew his contract with the club and enter a long vacation immediately after the end of next season.
Since taking over the Galaxy Battleship, the time he can spend with his family has shrunk significantly, and after a year, only those few short vacations can be used to filial piety to his parents and take care of his two children, and his care for his wife is even less enough. It is precisely because of the lack of his roles as a son, father and husband that indirectly affects the mood and state of the family, making Xiao Xiyin a little arrogant, making Li's father's bad habits gradually deepen, and making Li's mother and Lin Yun'er's daily life surrounded by too many family trivialities and have no time to plan their lives according to their preferences.
So after his father's illness worsened this time, Li Mudi quickly made a decision to temporarily withdraw from football after fulfilling his last year contract with Real Madrid, and postponed his comeback indefinitely.
For his decision, even though Raul had countless words to say in his heart, in the end he only showed that his friend in the United States knew a specialist in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and gave the contact information of this famous doctor to his close friend, using it to show his support for Li Mudi.
At the same time, the Real Madrid president also canceled his vacation plan at the short end because he had to take the place of the manager to know the status of every player in the team in order to deal with the various poaching operations that other teams were about to start at the outpost.
Everyone knows that if you want to dismantle the Real Madrid dynasty in the shortest possible time, the best option is to weaken the invincible team through player transfers, so many stars including Pellegregri, Riverola, and Bediachal will become the hottest topic in the transfer market this summer, and the Galacticos need to be prepared to prevent all kinds of tragedies from happening.
For example, Italian transfer expert Di Marzio broke the news on his personal website on June 14 that Pellegri, who has won the European Golden Boot twice in the past four years and has been widely regarded as the world's No. 1 striker, and his agent Giuseppe Riso appeared in Turin City in the afternoon of the same day to hold talks with Juventus director Paratic. Although the agent has more than a dozen first-class star clients in his hands, it is not difficult to conclude from the analysis of the old lady's current lineup that there is no other possibility for the two sides to sit together and discuss the object of discussion, except for Pellegri.
While everyone is recognising the Real Madrid No.9's ability and contribution to the team, it cannot deny the fact that his position in the club has always been suppressed by Mbappe, and he cannot be regarded as the best player in the galaxy and in world football today.
Pellegri is in almost the same situation as Neymar back then. The strength of the latter in the 2014-16 season is actually not much different from the two Melo, but because the absolute core of Barcelona must be Boss May, even if he has played the best performance, he is still ignored by everyone in various selections, and can only become the "third best player in the world", in good conscience, this is somewhat unfair.
So when PSG pulled out that crazy check, the Brazilian chose to leave Camp Nou and go to Ligue 1, where everything is unknown, to establish his place in football. As a result, it turned out that his step was still debatable, in France, where the competitiveness is too low, it is obviously not conducive to the competition for the world's number one star, and this transfer indirectly allowed the Mero duo to be broken for two or three years.
It's just that when re-analyzing Nebal's original choice many years later, it is still difficult to say that his choice was completely wrong, because if he stayed at Barcelona, he really had no chance of achieving his wish before Boss Mei left. Rodrygo, another Brazilian star, made the decision to move to Manchester United for similar reasons, and now, it is Pellegri's turn.
The 28-year-old, who is at the peak of his career, is always in the shadow of Mbappe, who is more than two years his senior, at the club, which has to be said to be an unacceptable reality. From his personal point of view, it is the wisest choice to switch to a Premier League powerhouse as soon as possible, or to join a traditional giant like Juventus who is willing to establish an absolute core.
So in the eyes of many people, the news that the world's top scorer bid farewell to the Bernabeu is still somewhat or even very reliable, so all kinds of "inside information" began to circulate in the market, and the news that Li Mudi would not renew his contract became one of the two hotspots that attracted the most attention this summer.
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