"Robben's transfer can be completed, it's ......"

A few days later, Eddie Gray came to George Lee's office.

"What's wrong again?"

He was also helpless, and he was heartbroken for this transfer. Halfway through last season, I have been preparing for this transfer, all the way to now. The transfer of Gareth Barry with Aston Villa a few days ago is almost complete, and the transfer of Arjen Robben is still delayed.

I thought that Mourinho had passed the last hurdle, and it would be fine. But listening to what Gray said just now, it seems that there is something wrong again.

"Arjen Robben wants to get our number 10 or number 11 shirt." Gray told the truth.

After listening to this, George Li kept tapping his two fingers on the table and began to think.

In fact, Robben's request is not too much, as the standard king of the Premier League this season, he should wear some key numbers to represent the club.

But now Leeds United, some of the numbers Robben wants here are famous.

Like No. 10, he wore it on Kuyt, who joined last season, because No. 10 had not been worn by Leeds United for two seasons, and Kuyt, as an important reinforcement last season, naturally wore the free No. 10 shirt.

The number 11, originally on Romedahl, was handed to Lee Bowyer after the Dane left last season. Because Bowyer wore the number 11 shirt when he played for Leeds United before, and now it is just right to wear the number 11 again after returning to Leeds United.

Neither of the two numbers that Robben wants now seem to be able to give.

You can't sell Kuyt or Bowyer to meet Robben's demands.

He continued to bang on the table, thinking about what he could do to solve the problem.

"Can you talk to Robben again and try other numbers?"

"It seems that the other numbers are also manned." Gray said.

Also, the other number that can be suitable for wingers is No. 7, and now the No. 7 shirt is on Milner's body, although George Lee is confident that he can convince Milner to hand over the No. 7 shirt, but it is a little unfair to Milner.

Since the start of last season, Milner has been Leeds' first or second choice on the right. After Mills left this season, George Lee has decided to make Milner the team's main right-back, and now to strip him of his shirt number will inevitably have a psychological impact on Milner.

The only small shirt numbers vacated by Leeds United are the No. 2 of the retired Kelly, the No. 3 of Thatcher, and the No. 8 of Frenkie de Jong, who has moved away.

The number 9 after Van Persie's departure was also not worn.

The No. 8 shirt has already been decided and will be handed to Sneijder.

George Lee thought twice and finally gave advice.

"Why don't you ask Milner if he'd like to wear No. 2 so we can leave No. 7 free for Robben."

But Gray shook his head and gave another opinion.

"You did this, not only did you ask two people, but Robben didn't get the 10 and 11 that he wanted."

"Shall we persuade Bowyer to keep No. 11? I think I'm going to get beaten up by him, because this guy isn't very good-tempered. ”

"Oh, that's not it, he's changed a lot since he came back to Leeds. He even spoke to me last time and said he wanted to be a head coach when he retired. ”

"Then we'll give Robben the 11th?" George Lee felt that there was only one way.

But Gray still shook his head.

"We can get Kuyt to wear the number 9 left by Van Persie so we can save the number 10 for Robben."

"Can Kuyt agree?"

"No problem, after all, he's the team's main center for next season, isn't he?"

"Yes." George Lee is certain that with the departure of Robben and the arrival of Robben, Kuyt will be the team's first choice at centre-forward with no injuries or other changes.

"Are you going to talk to Kuyt, or am I going to talk to Kuyt?"

"I'll go." George Li took the initiative to take on this task, after all, it is more appropriate for the head coach to speak about this kind of thing.

Gray left the office after listening.

Now that all the resistance to Robben joining Leeds United has disappeared, the deal is nearing completion.

^^^

A few days later, Leeds United's official website announced that the team's Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt would wear the team's number 9 shirt next season, and the new shirt will be available in Leeds United stores next week.

When the news broke, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Leeds United were vacating the number 10 shirt and waiting for a star with the status to join.

And that star should be Chelsea's Dutch winger, Arjan Robben.

The previous news has come out, Leeds United and Robben signing work has been carried out to the final step, and now the action of the No. 10 shirt, it is not difficult to guess that the signing work has been completed, just waiting for the official announcement.

^^^

Charlotte Black was in a large department store in Leeds with his two youth team juniors, Carl Olsen and Sean Wallace, in a large department store in Leeds, along with Leeds United new signing and Charlotte's best friend, Gareth Bale.

At the end of the season, Bale arrived at Leeds, looking for a place to live. He turned down his agent's offer because here he had his former friend and now teammate, Charlotte Black.

The matter of finding a place to live is not solved in a day or two, and with Charlotte's help, Bale is not very satisfied with several places, so he has been living in Charlotte's house for some time.

At Charlotte's house, he ate Welsh cuisine from his hometown, met two young men from the youth team, and met the team's head coach, George Lee, at Charlotte's home.

Later, I found out that the head coach lived diagonally opposite.

"Gareth, what number did the team give you?" Charlotte asked Bale and the two lads next to him joined in, curious to see what number shirt the newcomer would wear in the Leeds United squad next season.

After all, they can guess Bale's status and playing time next season from the jersey number, and they are curious to see if the newcomer will be better than Charlotte.

After all, the so-called "fastest player in Wales" is Bale, not Charlotte.

"No. 3, it just happened that this number was vacant, and the boss asked me if I wanted to wear it, and I agreed." Although the words are modest, the tone still reveals pride.

After all, it's still a young man, and it's not necessarily a mistake to love vanity.

"That's good." Charlotte was unfazed, just congratulating her friend.

Olsen and Wallace, on the other hand, were surprised, lamenting that Wales were the fastest players, and the team valued them differently than Charlotte.

At this time, Charlotte's cell phone rang, and it was a text message.

He opened it and saw that it was from the manager.

"Next season, you're wearing the team's No. 2 shirt."

When Charlotte finished reading, she looked up at her friend, then puffed out her chest.

No matter how old Charlotte Black is in training and games, but after all, he is an 18-year-old and still has a heart for comparison.

"Gareth, I won't lose to you either."

That's the only thing Charlotte thinks at the moment.