After returning to England and having only rested for two days, Leeds United played their first league match of the year at home, defeating newly promoted Reading 1-0 amid the cheers of more than 50,000 fans.

After this match, Li Shiguang will have a long vacation, but the players will not be so lucky. Leeds United is not what it used to be, and with the arrival of the international break, most of the players will have to leave the team to report to their respective national teams.

"Sigh, I never thought I'd have this kind of trouble myself. May the Jade Emperor protect my players and make sure they don't get injured while playing for the national team!"

Li Shiguang stared blankly at the computer screen, while worrying about the players who had left the team.

Since last month, Twitter has become popular on the English internet. A few days ago, Alan, who knew that Li Shiguang liked to surf the Internet in his spare time, also downloaded it on his computer.

At this moment, Li Shiguang was refreshing Twitter again and again, trying to see if there was any good gossip to fill his boring vacation time.

A moment later, Li Shiguang, who was supporting his head with his hand, suddenly sat up straight, because just now, he had indeed discovered an amazing piece of gossip!

Right where his mouse hovered, a news headline caught Li Shiguang's attention.

Liverpool player Sebastian Deisler was spotted at a local mental health facility, suspected of experiencing a relapse of an old illness.

Clicking on the title, Li Shiguang saw that the author of the article described in detail his encounter with a person suspected to be Deisler at a mental health hospital in Liverpool a few days ago.

At the end of this article, the blogger also provided a detailed analysis of Deisler's mediocre performance and playing time in Liverpool's two recent Premier League matches.

The final conclusion was that Deisler's depression had likely relapsed!

Although the article did not include a picture of Deisler at the hospital, it still sparked widespread discussion among English netizens.

Both sides stuck to their own versions of events and argued fiercely.

Some believe that many players experience this post-World Cup syndrome. Deisler performed very well in the World Cup, and after the tournament, he didn't take a long break but immediately threw himself into intensive training. Therefore, fluctuations in form are quite normal. More importantly, Deisler has consistently delivered top-tier performances, both last year at Leeds United and this year at Liverpool, which strongly suggests that his depression has been completely cured!

Others, however, believe the blogger's statement has merit. Deisler was previously diagnosed with depression, which is almost impossible to cure with conventional methods; medication is the only way to manage it. For professional athletes, long-term medication use essentially ends their careers. Combined with Deisler's seemingly aimless strolling on the field in the last two games, it's hard not to suspect something!

Hehehe~

Li Shiguang became more and more engrossed in the viewing, and a lecherous smile appeared on his face.

Having been busy traveling all over the world recently, Li Shiguang had completely forgotten about his recovery card expiring until he just saw the news on Twitter.

Regarding Deisler's current situation, apart from his psychologist and agent, probably no one in the world understands it better than Li Shiguang.

Li Shiguang was certain that there was no need to discuss this matter at all; he had simply relapsed into depression!

After exiting the webpage, Li Shiguang shook his head. The image of Benitez and Morse, far away in Liverpool, appeared in his mind. He imagined that the two old guys must be very troubled by Deisler's situation.

"Ha! Serves you right for haggling with me back then! Serves you right for poaching my captain during the transfer window!"

Li Shiguang kept muttering these words to himself, then with a relieved smile, he turned off his computer and left the office.

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Just when Li Shiguang was feeling smug.

At the Melwood training ground in Liverpool.

Benitez sat on the sofa in his office with a gloomy expression, and sitting opposite him was Morse, whose expression was not much better.

Has it been diagnosed?

Morse's voice broke the silence in the office.

Benitez shook his head: "The results aren't out yet, but to be honest, I think it's a relapse."

"Bang"

Hearing Benitez say that, Morse slammed his hand heavily on the armrest of the sofa, his eyes glaring fiercely at Benitez: "Didn't the physical exam show no problems? I specifically instructed that his depression must be thoroughly checked to see if it was completely cured! What did you say?"

It's no wonder Morse was so angry; he had to trade Alonso plus 1.5 million euros to get Deisler.

This thing has only been in use for six months, and now you're telling me it's about to be scrapped?!

And even though he's beyond repair, is it reasonable for me to continue paying him a salary?!

But Benitez was also aggrieved.

I'm not a doctor, have you even looked at my medical report? Don't you know if there are any problems on it?

But as a head coach, Benitez dared not utter those words in response to Morse, who was already on the verge of exploding. He could only remain silent while looking at the documents in his hand.

After a while, Morse gradually calmed down and asked again, "Raphael, I want you to answer me honestly, can Sebastian still play?"

Benitez did not reply immediately; he began to recall Deisler's general behavior during this period.

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