Li Shiguang was sitting in the press conference interview area, answering questions with a smile on his face. Facing these reporters, his inherent arrogance was completely unrestrained.

"How do you view the pre-match comments that Leeds United would lose? I'm sorry, I only care about what my players and fans think about Leeds United. As for other people's opinions, I never look at them, and even if I do, I will selectively ignore them."

"...Of course I'm very happy to win the game. It's the result of the players' hard work on the field, and we deserve this victory!"

"...How do you view the schedule? Hmm...Although I don't care about the fine, I'll just have to look at it with my own eyes! Hahahaha, the schedule is indeed very difficult for us, especially when we're facing the strongest teams in the league one after another, while also having to compete in the Champions League and the League Cup. Fortunately, we've pulled through, and some of my players will be able to get a relatively long vacation, which is my reward for them."

"...Cristiano Ronaldo? He's fantastic! Honestly, he's really fantastic! Especially the first goal for Manchester United, I witnessed the whole thing from the sidelines. Cristiano single-handedly ripped through our flank defense, and without him, I don't think we would have won so hard today. Sometimes I really envy Alex, I don't know where he found such a talent!"

I don't know if it was intentional or not.

Li Shiguang, who had already stood up to end the interview, sat down again when a reporter asked him what he thought of Ronaldo's performance in today's game.

And he answered the question very seriously, but with ambiguous language.

So much so that as soon as Ferguson sat down at the press conference following Li Shiguang's, a reporter relayed Li Shiguang's remarks to him.

Upon hearing these words, Ferguson's brow furrowed, and a faint sense of crisis suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.

Damn, it used to be Real Madrid.

Now even Li Shiguang has jumped out.

This made Ferguson distracted during subsequent interviews, his mind preoccupied with whether he should contact Ronaldo's agent upon returning home to extend the Portuguese player's contract for a few more years...

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It can only be said that Ferguson's concerns were justified.

Because Li Shiguang, who returned to Leeds the next day, unusually did not choose to take a vacation, but went to the Thorpe Arch training ground after lunch.

After carefully brewing the tea and placing it in front of Li Shiguang, Allen walked over and sat down beside him, saying with a smile, "Boss, if there's anything you need, you can just call me to your office. Why did you have to come all the way here in person?"

"Don't be ridiculous." Li Shiguang took a sip of tea. "I'm on vacation right now. If I go to my own office, wouldn't I be back at work?"

Allen was taken aback.

He then smiled and accepted Li Shiguang's self-hypnosis, sat up straight and asked Li Shiguang, "Boss, did you come all the way to the base today for something important?"

"It's quite important." Li Shiguang smiled mischievously. "Allen, have you read today's newspaper?"

Allen nodded: "Huh? I've seen it before, what's wrong?"

Li Shiguang chuckled: "I talked about my views on Ronaldo at yesterday's post-match press conference. This morning I looked at today's reports and found that many media outlets embellished my words."

After Li Shiguang said that, Allen suddenly realized what was going on, and the contents of today's newspapers immediately came to mind.

Besides praising Leeds United's victory yesterday, the conversation did touch on the topic of Lee Shih-shih's apparent interest in Cristiano Ronaldo.

“Uh… boss.” Allen carefully considered his words before asking, “So you’re really interested in Cristiano Ronaldo!?”

Hearing Allen ask that question.

Li Shiguang's eyes widened, his face serious: "Definitely. Yesterday's game gave me a new perspective on him. It seems Ferguson's coaching is very effective. This kid is playing much more pragmatically now, not as flashy as before."

"So... you want to pick the peaches?" Allen blinked and asked his question.

"How can this be called picking peaches? It's not like I'm not paying."

Seeing Li Shiguang's righteous expression, Allen couldn't help but smile and ask again, "Then should I go and make a quote?"

"No!" Li Shiguang shook his head. "If you make an offer now, there's a 99% chance Ferguson will reject it outright. It might even alert Manchester United and get them to offer Ronaldo a huge contract. If we want to buy him then, it'll cost us a lot more."

In fact, Li Shiguang was worried about more than just this.

To successfully acquire Cristiano Ronaldo, it's not enough to just get past Ferguson.

Cristiano Ronaldo himself, including his family, at least at this moment, only has Real Madrid on their minds!

In fact, at the beginning of this year, Real Madrid had already contacted Ronaldo's agent, Mendes, and confirmed with Mendes that Ronaldo had the idea of ​​leaving Manchester United. The most outrageous thing is that Ronaldo even said in public that he knew Real Madrid was interested in him, but he could not say it because Ferguson and assistant coach Queiroz knew about it, but Ferguson forbade him to talk about Real Madrid.

"Allen, are you familiar with Cristiano Ronaldo's agent?" Li Shiguang suddenly steered the conversation towards Rafael Ronaldo.

Allen shook his head: "We just know each other, we're not exactly close."

“Then what do you say…” Li Shiguang frowned and pondered, “Let’s invite Mendes out, and we can give him some high-quality young talents, and have him whisper in Ronaldo’s ear for us, how about that?”

"Whispering in someone's ear?" Allen clearly didn't quite understand what Li Shiguang meant.

“Yeah, right!” Li Shiguang glared at Allen. “Didn’t Cristiano Ronaldo clearly state in an interview that he was interested in Real Madrid? Didn’t you know that?”

“Oh! I know about this!” Allen slapped his thigh, immediately understanding what Li Shiguang meant, but he immediately frowned and said, “But if this happens, what will Raiola think of us if he finds out? After all, he was the one who signed the agency contracts for the better youth players in the team before.”

“No way.” Li Shiguang leaned back comfortably, his face full of confidence. “Raiola is a smart man. He knows who to be on good terms with to get the most benefits. If he falls out with us over this, then I can only say that I misjudged him before.”

"Okay, boss, I'll call Mendes right away and see what he says."

“Okay.” Li Shiguang nodded. “You don’t need to be too explicit on the phone. Just say I want to meet him. I happen to have some free time right now, so let’s go on a trip!”