"You really don't have to come to Birmingham with me." Helen sat in George Lee's passenger seat and said to her boyfriend.

After her trip to Denmark, Helen returned to China and began to prepare for her studies.

Helen has decided that she will continue to study for a doctorate after completing her master's degree, and George Li is also with her, after all, her own task is also very heavy now. At the same time, his three sons don't need to be taken care of, so George Li is not in a hurry to talk about marriage with Helen, so it's not bad to come out for a date when both of them are free.

Today it was because Helen wanted to come to see the medical school of the University of Birmingham, so George Lee came with her.

"It's okay, I really happened to be in Birmingham for some business."

"Really?" Helen was skeptical, "I'll just go in by myself when I get to the door, and you'll pick me up when you're done." ”

“OK！” George Lee didn't get too tired and agreed to Helen's suggestion.

He actually came to Birmingham for a purpose.

After dropping Helen at the gate of the University of Birmingham, he took out his phone and sent a text message.

After a while, there will be news that it will come, and it is an address.

George Lee found a nearby police uncle and asked about a café a few blocks away.

"Buzz~"

As soon as the Aston Martin engine went off, the car went out in smoke.

After about half an hour, after asking the third police officer's uncle, George Li finally parked the car in front of the coffee shop on his mobile phone text message.

Walking into the store, he took off his sunglasses and carefully looked at his target.

A middle-aged man with glasses beckoned to George Li and signaled that he was here.

George Li came to the middle-aged man, pulled out a stool and sat down.

"Hello, Coach Lee."

"Hello, Coach O'Neal."

Lee George's appointment is none other than Martin O'Neill, the current manager of Aston Villa, who met him in Scotland before.

"Coach Li asked me out this time, he didn't want to dig into the corner of my team."

"A pot of black tea." George Li said to the waiter, and then transferred to O'Neill's direction, "That's right, I originally planned to send a fax directly, but today my girlfriend happened to come to Birmingham, so I came directly to you, so it's more convenient." ”

"Who's your favorite? Is it Abang Lajo or Ashley Young? Martin O'Neill picked up his coffee and took a sip.

"Am I so absent from the front court?"

'As you can see from last season, without Robin van Persie, your Leeds attack has really gone awry, so I think you want to add a little bit of manpower up front. Martin O'Neill said:

George Lee stared at O'Neill for half a minute, and then both of them laughed.

"Coach O'Neill, it wasn't like that when you were in Scotland, I always thought you were a good person."

"Good guys? How can good guys get a foothold in the Premier League? ”

"I don't want Abonlaho, I don't want Ashley Young, I want ......",

"Gareth Barry." Martin O'Neill guessed his intentions when he came this time and said the answer directly.

"That's right...... Thank you. At this time, the black tea ordered by George Li was also brought up by the waiter.

"You've strengthened Arjen Robben, Sneijder, and the Welsh kid who was snatched from Tottenham this summer, and the squad up front should be enough, and even a bit more personnel need to be cleaned up...... Thank you. O'Neill saw that George Li also poured himself a cup of black tea, and hurriedly thanked him, "But I heard that Manchester City has done something to you, Mills and De Jong are the key figures of your Leeds United, especially after Graveson went to Real Madrid, De Jong will be hurt if you go to your midfield." ”

"Since Coach O'Neill has guessed it and is willing to come out for coffee with me, let's have a good time."

"Coach Li, no one has ever told you, are you very good at talking about business?"

"I'm really not good at talking about business, my main job is football coaching, and leading the team to victory is what I do best."

'Happy, Gareth Barry I can give it to you, but I also want to bring in a player from Leeds.'

George Lee couldn't help but sigh when he saw Martin O'Neill's triumphant smile.

The old fox was waiting here.

As soon as Leeds United's coaching staff confirmed that Mills and Frenkie de Jong would be leaving, they began looking for replacements for the two.

Mills' problem is easy to solve, if a suitable right-back cannot be found in the transfer market, then Milner can be used as a right-back, and with Charlotte Black's backup combination, he can cope with next season's game. George Li didn't even feel that he needed to look for it, so he directly implemented it according to this method.

After Robben's transfer is confirmed, "Peter Pan" will definitely appear on the right side of Leeds United next season, and only a fool would let Robben play as a left winger. Arjen Robben will use a lot of in-cut movement to move to the middle on the right side, so the right-back will need to be inserted on a large scale, and it can even be said that he will play in the right midfield position, so it is really appropriate to have Milner and Charlotte play at right-back.

The problem of right-back is easy to solve, but the problem of midfield is more difficult, and internal digestion is impossible, so it can only rely on transfer reinforcements.

In Steve Walsh's list of recommendations, Leeds United's coaching staff unanimously looked at Aston Villa's midfielder, Gareth Barry.

One is that the technical characteristics meet his tactical needs, such as defending, being able to pass the ball, being able to cut back and attack, and having a very high attendance rate.

Another is Barry's versatility, as a left-footed player, in addition to the central midfielder and midfielder, Barry can also play left-back. After Thatcher's retirement, Danny Rose was too young to be promoted to the first team, so the actual left-back was only Baines. If Barry can be brought in, then there is an additional option at left-back.

'A substitute player, he should not be relevant at Leeds United.

O'Neill said a name, and George Li nodded after hearing it.

The two of them toasted each other with black tea, and then drank it all.

^^^

The next day, as soon as George Lee arrived at the club, he found Steve Lee in the transfer department.

"Give Aston Villa an offer, just the price we agreed last time, and if they refuse we'll raise it a little bit and make sure we get Gareth Barry before the pre-season training camp."

"Okay."

"By the way, Aston Villa will also propose a transfer to our Scott Carson at that time, and the price will be approved directly, without going through me."

"Okay."

His own people are good at talking, George Li only needs to arrange it, and the rest will be handed over to the transfer department.

Unlike the current Mourinho, who is now waiting for Leeds United to complete the transfer of Robben here before he can take the money to buy French winger Malouda.

This summer, Abou barely gave Mourinho a penny in the transfer fee, and the boldness of the previous two seasons is no longer visible.

The media predicted that this was a harbinger of the breakup between Abu and Mourinho.

George Lee had just returned to his office when he saw the club's director of football, Eddie Gray, come in with the team's medical director.

"What's wrong?" Seeing the two men coming to the office, he asked.

"Originally, after the medical examination, the transfer of the Arsenal midfielder could have been completed."

"Did you have any problems during the check-up?" George Lee motioned for the two of them to sit down, ready to make them a cup of coffee.

But Gray went on to stop him.

"We found out that there may be a little bit of a problem with his heart, whether to cancel the transfer or ......"

George Li took the report handed over by the medical director and was stunned.