"Ding~"

In the Leeds United hotel's own bar, three beer bottles collided.

Sitting on the couch was Leeds United manager George Lee, as well as two of the team's players, Robin van Persie and Alan Smith.

Because the weather was too hot, the team's afternoon training ended early, and because there was a friendly match against Wallerwickels the next day, there was no training scheduled in the evening.

Lee, who was too bored in the room, was about to go out for a walk, but saw the Smith couple in the hallway preparing to go out.

originally thought that the two brothers were out to have fun, but these two people actually invited George Li to go to the hotel's small bar for two drinks together.

George asked Casper, who lived with him, if he would go with him, but Casper refused him.

Then the three of them went to the bar, ordered a few beers and chatted while drinking.

"You two didn't even go out to play, you can't have pretended to come and treat me to a drink because you saw me." George Lee took a sip of wine and started a joke between the two players.

"Coach, you are the one who can pretend the most, why don't you tell us in advance that the training camp is in the Netherlands." Smith didn't even drink any wine, so he began to speak.

"That's right, you're really bad, Alain and I have already played Amsterdam, and we want to go back to England." Van Persie also added.

"Otherwise, I'll arrange for you to go back early."

"It's okay, I'll train hard when I go back to the UK, coach." Smith followed George Lee's words and continued.

"Then don't think about your main force next season."

"Don't, don't, boss...... I love the Netherlands the most. ”

George Lee and Smith were rambling there, and Van Persie took another long sip before interrupting the conversation.

"Boss, I heard from Coach Kidd that I'm probably going to play on the right side next season, right?"

"Yes."

"Why, I remember last year we were ...... in the Netherlands"

George Li knows what Van Persie is going to say, and with Van Persie's rebellious character, it is not easy to take the initiative to speak to him.

When persuading Van Persie to join last year, George Lee promised Van Persie to be the main striker.

Last season, although Van Persie sometimes appeared on the right side, but it was when someone on the right side of the team was absent due to injury, and now it was brought up before the season, and Van Persie believes that this is a kind of distrust of the manager, to give the striker position to others, so that he can compete with Romedahl for the main team.

"Robin, I'm glad you asked me that, at least you didn't keep it in your heart."

George Lee picked up the bottle and prepared to touch Van Persie.

Van Persie looked at his manager, hesitated, but touched it anyway.

"Thank you, sir."

"Robin, who do you think will be the striker when I put you on the right?"

"Isn't it just ......" Van Persie didn't finish his words after he spoke, but looked at his best friend Alan Smith next to him.

And Smith, after seeing Van Persie's eyes, looked at George Lee, hoping to get an answer from Lee.

It's no wonder that Van Persie thinks so, Smith was the club's top scorer last year, so Van Persie thinks the manager will push Smith to the forward position and let himself give up his position.

Van Persie is a very proud man, he doesn't think he will be worse than others, and if it wasn't for the injury he suffered last year, he is convinced that he would not have scored fewer goals than Smith.

But Smith is his best friend, and he has been helping him integrate into the team since he came to the team, and now in the face of Smith and his own competition, he didn't know what to do for a while, so he took the opportunity of this drink to ask the head coach his own questions.

"He, no." George Lee dismissed Van Persie's view, "Alan will still be the team's main midfielder this season, and I need his impact in midfield. ”

"How did the team add so many midfielders?"

"One is that the team needs to play in the Europa League this season, and I want to win in the domestic league as well. And then there's Davis, oh, I'm talking about Edgar Davis, I almost forgot we had two Davis. He's getting older, and I want to be able to prepare in advance and find a successor. ”

"So if I play on the right wing, it's ...... to play as a striker"

"That's right, it's Kevin Davis."

"Wow~" was called out by Smith, and it was obvious that he knew what this Davis was doing.

"What the hell is your name?" George Lee scolded Smith, then turned his head and said to Van Persie, "So, the goal responsibility this season is still on you, not only will I not reduce your offensive weight, but even give you more tactical tilt." ”

"Wow~, boss, you're eccentric." Smith again.

But this time, George Lee didn't bother to pay attention to Smith, but told Van Persie again.

"I wanted to try it in the Ajax game, but now it seems that I can't dispel your doubts just by saying you, why don't I arrange for you to try your new style of play on the right side tomorrow in the second half, how about it?"

"Yes, I'm looking forward to it."

This time, it was Van Persie who took the initiative to clink glasses with George Lee.

"Robin, sometimes, I regret that I had you too soon, you know?"

"Coach, why, I think I'm very happy at Leeds, there are coaches who understand me, there are tactical styles that I like, there are teammates who can cooperate with strong players, there are good brothers who can take me out all the time, I never even thought about leaving, really."

"Now that's what you say, Robin. When we get there, in the Europa League, in the Champions League, you meet other better teams, you find better players to be your team-mates, you find better coaches to play better, will you stay at Leeds? ”

"This ......"

"If you hadn't come to Leeds, where would you go?"

"Arsenal, after all, that's the team my father loved."

"Do you still want to go now?"

"No, at least not right now."

"Yes, I think we will surpass Arsenal someday in the future, but when you become a good striker, then when Bayern, Milan, Juventus, even Real Madrid and Barcelona invite you, will you refuse them?"

"Uh~" Van Persie hesitated.

George Lee also waited for Van Persie's answer, but he forgot that there was another person beside him.

"I will, I just want to stay at Leeds United, whether I can play in the Europa League, the Champions League, even if it is relegation, I just want to stay at Leeds." Smith, who had been listening to the conversation between the two for a long time, spoke.

"Did Ferdinand and Woodgate say that?" Lee George asked Smith.

'They didn't say I don't know, but I did what I said and I'm sure I'm going to take Leeds to win, right?'

"I'll try my best, Alain." George Lee took the last sip of his wine and prepared to get up.

"Chief, where are you going, don't drink any more?"

George Lee waved his hand and signaled that he would not drink.

"Chris said I'm going to go out for a walk, I'm going to go back and get my room card, or neither of us can get in."

^^^

The next day, in the second half of a friendly match against Wallerwiecels.

Robin van Persie was substituted in the second half, playing 15 minutes up front before George Lee brought on Kevin Davies and brought on Van Persie on the right flank.

On 78 minutes, Robin van Persie received a pass from Davies in front of the right-hand penalty area, cut inside two steps and fired a long-range shot with his left foot, which went into the far corner of the goal to score his second goal of the game.

The score was 7-1.

Van Persie didn't celebrate much after the goal, just scratched his head, and didn't feel the tactical change or tactical tilt that the manager said last night. I don't know if the head coach lied to himself by drinking too much and talking nonsense, and I haven't heard that the head coach will get drunk with a bottle of beer.

George Lee waved his hands towards Jordi Cruyff in the distance.

said, brother, give me some strength, I can't practice anything with your team.

Cruyff Jr. also spread his hands at George Lee.

said, brother, I really can't help it, the strength of the team is this, do my best.

In the end, the score between the two sides was 9-1, and George Li could only put the idea of training into the next game against Ajax.