Now that he's back in Leeds, Li Shiguang, despite his constant complaints, has actually been throwing himself into his work on time.

In the days that followed, new offers appeared in Allen's inbox almost every day.

Manchester City loan Edin Dzeko for €2 million.

Newly promoted Reading have loaned Jamie Vardy for €1.5 million.

Real Madrid are reportedly offering €27 million to acquire Lahm.

For the two loan offers mentioned above, Li Shiguang immediately consulted the players' opinions and, without haggling, chose to release them directly.

As for Lahm, his outstanding performance in this World Cup attracted the attention of Real Madrid's new head of the club, Calderon, who then made an offer to Leeds United.

Li Shiguang didn't rush to tell Lahm about the offer; he waited until after the German team finished their semi-final match before calling Lahm.

Because the German team lost 0-2 to Italy in the semi-finals and was eliminated in the top four, Li Shiguang could tell that Lahm's voice was low and his mood was not good on the phone. After comforting him, Li Shiguang told him directly about Real Madrid's desire to sign him.

Lahm's reaction surprised Li Shiguang. He directly rejected Real Madrid's invitation, saying that he still wanted to stay at Leeds United and that returning to Germany to play football would be his first choice if given the opportunity in the future.

After receiving Ram's affirmative reply, Li Shiguang said no more and had Allen send an email to reject Calderon.

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As soon as he arrived at work today, Allen appeared in Li Shiguang's office, chewing his breakfast while mumbling, "Boss, the prize money for winning the Champions League must be huge, right?"

Li Shiguang raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean?"

Allen handed the paper in his hand to Li Shiguang with a blank expression: "Barcelona's offer, they really have money, they raised it by 5 million right away."

After receiving the quotation, Li Shiguang did not immediately respond, but instead closed his eyes and began to think.

After a while, he opened his eyes and looked at Allen: "What about Atletico Madrid? Any new offers?"

Allen shook his head: "No, it seems they gave up after learning that Barcelona was also competing for Falcao."

Allen's answer was exactly what Li Shiguang expected.

The current Atlético Madrid team is mainly supported by their youth academy players. Since returning to La Liga in 2002, they have been stuck in the middle of the table. In the last two years, they haven't even managed to qualify for the Europa League. This mediocre situation has kept Atlético Madrid's finances from becoming wealthy, so it's understandable that they gave up on competing with Barcelona.

However, thinking about Atlético Madrid's youth academy, one person suddenly popped into Li Shiguang's mind: if he could buy him, selling Falcao to Barcelona wouldn't be a bad idea.

Once he came to his senses, Li Shiguang immediately opened a search engine on his computer and typed in the name Fernando Torres with lightning speed.

A moment later, Torres's photo appeared on the computer screen, and the instant Li Shiguang saw the photo, Torres's attribute panel also appeared before his eyes.

Fernando Torres

Age: 22

[Offensive Threat]: 91

[Defensive Strength]: 39

[Body Balance]: 90

[Long-range transmission accuracy]: 85

[Short pass accuracy]: 88

[Shooting Accuracy]: 93

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[Speed/Top Speed]: 93/95

[Talent]: S

Overall Assessment: A

[Player Evaluation]: Atletico Madrid's hope, a natural striker, currently on a rapid rise and poised to reach his peak in the near future. The only regret is that his peak period seems a bit short!

In Li Shiguang's memory, Liverpool will buy Torres next year. The years he spent at Liverpool were also Torres' peak. Later, Abramovich spent a lot of money to bring him to Chelsea, but Torres only gave him a reward of one goal in half a season.

After reviewing Torres's stats, Li Shiguang suddenly felt that this deal might be worthwhile. Liverpool had snatched away their captain, so it wouldn't be unreasonable for him to take away a future starting striker!

Although his peak period was short, it didn't matter! All we had to do was sell him before his peak ended!

After making up his mind, Li Shiguang instructed Allen to immediately send an offer email to Atletico Madrid, while also rejecting Barcelona's offer again. In any case, he was not short of money and could afford to buy Torres.

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While waiting for a response, this World Cup has finally come to an end.

Li Shiguang traveled to Germany again on the day of the final to watch the match with the Chen family.

Just like in the previous life, Materazzi and Zidane became the main characters in this match.

Just five minutes into the game, Materazzi made a rash foul in the penalty area and was awarded a penalty. Zidane's Panenka penalty was spectacular, giving the French team a wonderful start.

But the French didn't lead for long. In the 18th minute, Pirlo took a corner kick, and Materazzi redeemed himself by heading the ball into the French goal, helping Italy equalize.

The two sides traded attacks in the remainder of the match, but neither managed to score again, and the score remained 1-1 until the 90th minute, after which the game went into extra time.

A dramatic scene unfolded in the second half of extra time. In the 108th minute, the match, which was proceeding normally, was stopped by the referee's whistle. The camera panned to Materazzi clutching his chest and collapsing to the ground in pain, while Buffon rushed to the sidelines, shouting something at the assistant referee.

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