Even after confirmation from both Barcelona and Henry himself, Arsenal initially made no comment regarding Henry's transfer.

But after Henry's interview was reported by L'Équipe, the escalating public opinion made Arsenal's management unable to sit still any longer.

First, Wenger responded, stating that he would not leave Arsenal and that he was now in the final stages of assessment with the club, and that a contract extension agreement would be reached soon.

Arsenal updated their official website with a touching video that lasted more than ten minutes to commemorate Thierry Henry, who spent eight years of his youth at Arsenal.

Li Shiguang watched the video very carefully.

However, the comments under the video were not so friendly!

It seems that even with the "professor" personally responding, fans still have many grievances about their meritorious captain leaving the team.

Just when everyone's attention was focused on Arsenal, who had kicked off the Premier League's top transfer activity.

It's Barcelona again; this Spanish giant has once again turned its guns on Leeds United fans.

On the morning of June 26, the official website of Barcelona was updated again.

The club announced the signings of Leeds United midfielder Yaya Touré and centre-back Gerard Piqué, with transfer fees of €25 million and €7 million respectively.

After failing to reach the Champions League quarterfinals and losing the league title at the last minute last season, the La Liga giants finally opened their purse strings in the summer, spending nearly 60 million euros to strengthen all three lines of the team.

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Thorpe Arch Training Base.

In Li Shiguang's office.

Allen, looking at his laptop with a worried expression, asked Li Shiguang, "Boss, when are we going to announce the signings of the new players? These past few days, all the comments from fans on the official website have been asking about this!"

"What's the rush? Has Wang Chu's matter been settled?" Li Shiguang didn't care about Allen's question at all, after all, the trump card always comes out last.

“It’s settled.” Allen nodded. “Mays initially wanted 1 million euros, but I didn’t agree. After a few days of back and forth, they gave up. After all, 800,000 euros is a sum that probably no other team besides us would spend that much to buy a Chinese youth player.”

"Okay, that works then." Li Shiguang nodded in satisfaction, and after a moment's thought, he said, "Here's what you do: first, update the official website with the names of the players promoted from the youth team to appease the fans. As for the media, just ignore them for now."

“Okay, I’ll arrange for someone to do it right away.” Allen quickly agreed, then added, “By the way, boss, there are two more things. One is that I received an email from Real Madrid yesterday; they want to buy back Garcia.”

Li Shiguang blinked, slightly surprised: "So early?"

In Li Shiguang's memory, Javi Garcia was not scheduled to be re-signed by Real Madrid until next year. His re-signing now is likely due to his own emergence changing history. However, it doesn't matter much. With Leeds United's midfield gradually stabilizing and improving, Garcia's playing time has significantly decreased, and he probably won't complain about returning to Spain.

"Huh? What? So early?" Allen clearly didn't quite understand what Li Shiguang meant by that.

Li Shiguang smiled and didn't answer Allen's question. He simply said calmly, "No problem, just follow the original repurchase agreement. Don't let Calderon get off easy."

“Okay.” Allen nodded and noted it down. “The second thing is West Ham United’s €4 million offer for Mills. Do you think we should accept it? Mills is almost 30 years old….”

Mills?

Li Shiguang frowned subconsciously.

Compared to Garcia, Li Shiguang has a deeper affection for this last remaining Leeds United veteran.

Actually, Allen hadn't finished speaking yet. Besides his age disadvantage, Mills' situation within the team should be even more difficult than Garcia's.

Garcia occasionally gets a chance to play, while Mills is kept on the bench by several young full-backs and often doesn't even make the matchday squad.

In terms of strength.

In Li Shiguang's mind, Mills was the third choice after Sun Jihai!

“Sigh… let’s not panic.” Li Shiguang temporarily rejected Allen’s suggestion. “You go ahead and do your work. I’ll call Mills and ask for his opinion. After all, he’s a player who went through the toughest times with us. We should respect his thoughts on transfers.”

"Okay, then I'll go and get busy."

Allen was not surprised by Li Shiguang's attitude.

My boss is just that weird!

When they're cold-blooded, they're colder than vampires, but when they act on emotion, they're unpredictable.

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Li Shiguang didn't delay. As soon as Allen closed the door, he took out his phone and dialed Mills.

"Good morning, boss!"

Soon, accompanied by the sound of waves, Mills' voice came through the phone.

"Danny, where are you on vacation?"

"I'm in Spain, the sun is shining brightly here. Boss, what's up with your call?"

"Well, there is something." Li Shiguang considered for a moment before explaining the purpose of his call. "Danny, the club has received an offer for you, and I'd like to hear your opinion."

“My offer? Who is it?” Mills’s voice was a little puzzled, clearly not expecting Li Shiguang to call him to talk about this.

West Ham United.

Where Li Shiguang couldn't see, Mills pouted, his face full of grievance: "Boss, are you trying to sell me out?"

"Hey, you bald guy, turn your voice up to normal! If I were planning to sell you out, why would I be calling you?!"

“Then I won’t go!” Upon hearing that Li Shiguang didn’t intend to sell him, Mills didn’t hesitate at all and immediately rejected the invitation from West Ham United.

Not going?

Now it was Li Shiguang's turn to be confused.

Before making the call, Li Shiguang had already pictured Mills with tears in his eyes, bidding him a reluctant farewell over the phone.

But what's with Mills's resolute attitude now?

Is Leeds United really that good?

"No, Danny, don't make a decision so quickly."

With a frown, Li Shiguang decided to have a serious talk with Mills from the perspective of his career: "You know your current situation in the team. To be honest, West Ham United is a strong team. If you go there, your playing time should increase a lot, which will be of great help to your career!"