Chapter 482: The World Cup is coming

The same is the outstanding youth of the Celestial Empire who realizes their own value in the Italian football circle (although the May Fourth Youth Day cannot be celebrated in China above 28, but according to the division of the World Health Organization, anyone under the age of 44 can be classified as a youth, so the Turin coach is still some distance from middle age), Li Mudi and Zhang Kangyang's personal relationship is still good, although because of the busy work, there are not many opportunities to meet on weekdays, but they can always get together to play six or seven times a year. In addition, the two have similar temperaments, so they soon became close friends.

The engagement ceremony held in Mallorca this time was naturally impossible not to invite this compatriot, and for polite reasons, Li Mudi even sent the invitation to the two big owners of Milan Football Club symbolically. It's just that Inter's Mr. Zhang is going to return to China for a meeting, and AC Milan's Brother Li is now even more of a lawsuit, and the two bigwigs unsurprisingly declined to attend after sending gifts and verbal blessings. The chairman of Parma, Jiang Lizhang, has just met and is inconvenient to participate in private events, making Zhang Kangyang the only representative of the Celestial Dynasty in the Italian football world to attend the ceremony.

For this reason, while participating in various important decision-making meetings related to the club, the prince of Inter Milan also spent a lot of effort to find a very meaningful gift for the Torino manager. He made this call a little suddenly this time, so he borrowed this stalk and made a joke with Li Mudi.

"Brother Li, I tried a lot of hard work and didn't find a gift that was too much to my heart, so I asked for a contract from my old man, inviting you to coach Inter Milan with an annual salary of 4 million after tax. How's that, brother, it's interesting! ”

This figure has surpassed Ancelotti, who has just joined Napoli, and is the second highest salary in Serie A after the Juventus manager, which is a lot of premium for Li Mudi, who has only been in charge for three years. It's just that the latter knows that it's just a joke after all.

Despite missing out on a place in next season's Champions League, Spalletti's first year for the Nerazzurri was a worthy reminder, and despite not investing much in last summer's transfer window, the Italian coach led a previously underdogged side to an impressive start to the season, even climbing to the top of the Serie A table. It's a pity that the team's lineup is too thin and lacks stamina in the face of a difficult schedule, which led to the collapse of the middle and late stages.

However, the fifth place in the league is enough to satisfy the club's hierarchy, especially after spending more than $200 million against their city rivals, and the Nerazzurri really have no reason to make the decision to change managers at this time.

Zhang Kangyang called this time, but in fact, he came to communicate with the Torino coach about the transfer of Nainggolan. Although this is a 100 percent official matter, whether it is the East, which emphasizes personal relations, or the Western society, which is known for its legal democracy, human affection is unavoidable. In many transactions, in order to make more profits, although both parties will send a large group of professionals to negotiate the baht, the opening and completion of the project are often determined by a few bigwigs in private communication.

For the Belgian midfielder, in terms of ability, Li Mudi is still very recognized, with all-round skills plus super long-range shots and strong mental attributes, even in the world's top giants such as Real Madrid and Barcelona have the opportunity to enter the regular rotation lineup. It's just that Nainggolan's thorny personality is really a headache, just like Las Diarra back then, a typical double-edged sword, while being able to help the team a lot, it is impossible to say when he will turn around and stab himself.

However, seeing players of this level flow into the transfer market, as long as the team in need of reinforcements in the midfield position will inevitably be tempted, the chairman of the Red Bulls, Urbano Cairo, and director Pantario Longo, who expressed his optimism about the player's quality in an interview with the media, which led to speculation that the Torino team may bring in the Belgian.

Although it was a good personal relationship, Li Mudi did not betray the interests of the club, and he took advantage of Inter's impatience to get Nainggolan in exchange for some benefits for the Torino team. As a result, after urgent negotiations between the two clubs, Torino withdrew from the competition for the Belgian midfielder, which was not likely to be joined, and Inter agreed not to implement Dimarco's buy-back clause, giving the Italian left-wing star to the Red Bulls completely.

The private deal looked like a big advantage for Torino, but it didn't hurt the Nerazzurri much. As they are under UEFA's Financial Fair Play review, they must raise enough money to replenish their finances by 30 June, forcing Inter to drop all buy-out clauses and clauses related to the sale of players on loan for the 2017/18 season. As a result, Raphinha, who was originally favored to stay, and Portuguese full-back Joao Cancelo, who is on loan from Valencia, have to return to their original clubs.

As for Dimarco, when he joined the Red Bulls last season, the two teams set a buyback clause, but it is valid until June 30, although 12.5 million is not a big number, but it is still difficult for the current Inter to come up with.

However, the temporary austerity measures will not prevent the Nerazzurri from upgrading their squad for next season, as the players they are trying to buy now will not be paid until the transfer window opens on July 1 at the earliest, at which point they will already count towards the next season's investment and will not be counted towards the 2017-18 season. As a result, the Inter club on the one hand could not afford to pay a penny to keep the players on loan last season, and on the other hand, it showed that it would carry out a major adjustment in the transfer market, and the two seemed to be somewhat contradictory, but in fact they did not interfere with each other.

According to previous revelations from foreign media, Inter is likely to be punished for failing to meet the financial fairness requirements set by UEFA. However, as the circumstances are not too serious, the sentence is likely to be lighter, at least not in terms of European qualification and transfer bans.

Their city rivals are not in a good position right now, with AC Milan under the control of "Brother Li" on the cusp of European football in recent months. Because the club's new owners borrowed a large amount of money when they accepted the shares, and their ability to repay the debt was extremely questionable, UEFA has decided to impose severe penalties on the world-renowned football club after a lengthy investigation.

Last December, the Rossoneri submitted a settlement in the hope of replacing other forms of punishment with a fine of around 20 million to 30 million euros, but was rejected. According to the latest news, AC Milan has become a target for UEFA to set an example for the monkey and is likely to receive a ticket that will make other local teams tremble when they see it. In addition to paying a hefty fine, they are also likely to be barred from signings and even deprived of their hard-fought qualification for next season's Europa League.

In order to avoid this worst-case scenario, AC Milan's management has been thinking about a solution, and the best option is undoubtedly to convince the owner of the Celestial Empire, Li Yonghong, to sell most or even all of his shares, and let the new owner solve the club's financial deficit.

So the closer to the time point when UEFA is about to announce the results of the investigation and punishment, the more the news of the Rossoneri changing hands again in Italian football is flying all over the sky, and today it is rumored that the Elliott Group, which lent a high loan to "Brother Li", will stand up and take over the club, and tomorrow there will be news that the Italian media giant Rico Comiso is willing to take over, which makes the personal image of "Brother Li" plummet, and it has caused some negative effects on the businessmen of the Celestial Empire who are developing in Europe.

However, fortunately, the owners of the Celestial Empire in other European football circles are relatively powerful, and the European teams such as Inter, Aston Villa, Espanyol, Sochaux, Slavia Prague, The Hague, and Parma controlled by domestic enterprises or individuals have performed more ideally in the just-concluded 2017-18 season, which makes the arrogant Europeans realize that the Celestial Empire people are not only rich, but also have excellent knowledge in managing the football industry, which has a very positive effect on Li Mudi taking over a club in the future.

Let's move our attention back to the protagonist, Li Mudi's return to Mallorca's farm this time is naturally mainly to prepare for the engagement ceremony that will be held on the 13th. Because this time it was a fully Western process, it was not very tiring as a client, which was the most satisfying thing for the Torino manager.

Moreover, the Li family does not believe in any religion, so they simply did not invite the pastor, and directly regarded this event as a big dinner to announce the engagement of the two, and still handed over the planning and decoration of the event to professionals, which was very relaxed. It's just that because the man's contacts accumulated in the past few years are still relatively extensive, there will be more people who come to congratulate him, so Li Mudi will come back a few days in advance to see if there are any important matters that he needs to deal with, so as not to make mistakes and not respect the guests enough.

However, in fact, he only stayed here for one night, and on Saturday afternoon, Li Mudi took his fiancée Lin Yun'er to Paris on an Air France plane. The next day, June 10, at 3pm sharp, the men's singles final of the 2018 French Open will be held on time at the Philippe Chartier Stadium, and clay king Nadal will make his 11th French Open final tour, having failed in his previous 10 appearances. Only this time, his title defense was the most frowned upon before the tournament, as he faced 1993-born Austrian rookie Dominic Thiem, the man who ended Natto's unbeaten clay run at the Madrid Masters a month earlier.

Although he won an unprecedented 11th title in a single event in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, and his eighth title in the Rome Masters, Nadal's physical condition this year is clearly showing a significant decline from a year ago. Once, once hailed as the strongest running in tennis history, he has repeatedly stumbled, and the wrinkles on his face and the receding hairline are a reminder that the Iron Warrior, who just celebrated his 32nd birthday last Sunday, has reached the stage where he needs to be more maintained.

So according to the plan of the coaching team, Natto will give up all grass court events before Wimbledon for the second consecutive year after the French Open, and give himself a good vacation to give himself a chance to recover from injuries.

In this year's French Open, Fei Tianwang is still absent, and famous players such as Djokovic and Murray also did not play well and were eliminated early, making tennis fans around the world feel that the Big Four model that has dominated the tennis world for several years has finally come to the brink of collapse. Fortunately, Rafa has been gritting his teeth and holding the last camp for the older generation of players.

However, his competitive form has not returned to the level of his peak, and although he won 3-0 sets in the first few rounds, he has made a noticeable increase in mistakes compared to previous years. In the quarterfinals, facing Argentina's "Bantam" Schwarzerman, Natto's record of not losing a set in this French Open was ended, and if it wasn't for a sudden rain that postponed the rest of the match to the next day, many people thought after the match that a shocking upset was likely to be staged.

However, after stepping onto the final court, the King of Clay finally regained his dominance, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2, and Thiem, who was considered to be his bitter master in straight sets, had no temper at all, and successfully lifted the Musketeer Cup for the eleventh time, making a new history.

Seeing his friend smile again after overcoming all kinds of hardships, Li Mudi and Zidane, who came to help, felt that their hearts had been sublimated. Zizou, who had just resigned from Real Madrid, came to watch the game with his wife and sons, and in order to facilitate communication, the Torino coach did not sit in Nadal's box, but also bought high-priced tickets for the front stands.

At the simple celebration banquet after the game, the three of them got together, drank a small half glass of champagne each, and exchanged ideas about football, tennis and charity for a short time, until it was close to 11 o'clock in the evening.

After breakfast the next day, Natto and Li Mudi flew back to Mallorca on the same flight, the former returning home to take care of personal matters, and the latter preparing for the early arrival. Then Zizou left Paris with his family, they had to go back to their hometown of Marseille to pack their bags, and then they would also rush to Mallorca, so naturally they would not be absent from the celebration of good friends.

On the 13th, Li Mudi's farm ushered in an extremely lively private banquet, and with the blessing of more than 200 relatives and friends from both sides, Li Mudi and Lin Yuna once again experienced the happiest feeling in the world.

But happiness didn't fade with the end of the engagement ceremony, because the next day was the opening day of the World Cup in Russia. For football fans, their event will turn the world into paradise in the coming month. And for Li Mudi, one of his part-time jobs will officially begin.