One week later.
The 17th round of the Premier League has begun.
In this week's league match, Leeds United were not the darlings of fans and the media, as their opponent was only Blackburn Rovers, who were in the middle of the table.
But on the other two courts, the other four teams in the BIG5 will face off against each other.
The FA's match schedule is also very well done, basically meeting the needs of fans around the world who follow the Premier League.
The English Premier League has a total of twenty teams.
There are fourteen teams playing on Saturday.
The three matches scheduled for Sunday will not start at the same time.
To satisfy the fans.
Liverpool's home game against Manchester United will kick off first, followed by Arsenal's home game against Chelsea.
Besides the fans and media, Li Shiguang was also paying close attention to these two matches closely related to Leeds United. In his mind, it would be best if both matches ended in a draw! If a winner had to be decided, it would be best if Liverpool and Chelsea won!
However, Li Shiguang had already left England before the two matches even started.
Yesterday, Leeds United thrashed Blackburn 5-2 at Elland Road.
I had a good long sleep.
This afternoon, Li Shiguang boarded a plane with Allen, Kaka, Kroos, and Ibrahimovic to Switzerland to attend tomorrow's FIFA awards ceremony.
By the time they arrived at their hotel in Zurich, returned to their room, and turned on the TV, the Arsenal vs. Chelsea match had already ended.
Unfortunately.
Li Shiguang's wish was not fulfilled.
Manchester United beat Liverpool 1-0 away from home, while Arsenal also beat Chelsea 1-0 at home.
Both teams remain a strong threat to Leeds United in the standings.
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The next day, when Li Shiguang led everyone to the party venue.
Without a doubt, their small group of four became the most dazzling people at the scene.
Everyone knows that tonight's focus is undoubtedly on Kaká, who will lift the FIFA World Player of the Year trophy without any suspense.
So when they entered the venue, some people came up to congratulate Kaka. These people were mostly media reporters and players who came to attend the party.
Li Shiguang was also busy.
Before I even reached my seat, two familiar voices rang out behind me.
Hey! Li!
"Li! Over here!"
Turning his head, Li Shiguang saw Moratti and Florentino's smiling faces.
The two bigwigs were sitting in chairs to the side and behind Li Shiguang, smiling and waving at him.
After letting Ibrahimovic find a seat among the players in front, Li Shiguang quickly led Allen over, hugged the two of them, and then sat down next to Moratti.
"Li." As soon as he sat down, Moratti leaned close to Li Shiguang's ear, lowered his voice, and got straight to the point, "We've already discussed it internally, 15 million euros! Are you selling or not?"
Li Shiguang had assumed Moratti was just chatting casually, but then he suddenly blurted out 15 million euros, which left him momentarily stunned. He instinctively replied, "What? 15 million euros?"
"Sneijder!" Moratti's eyes widened, thinking Li Shiguang was about to go back on his word. "Didn't you already agree to José's request last time?"
Moratti mentioned it.
Li Shiguang then remembered the time Mourinho called him last time.
Inter Milan has not sent an offer email yet, and Li Shiguang has been busy preparing for the match against Arsenal recently, so he has long put this matter out of his mind.
After realizing what had happened...
Li Shiguang glanced furtively at Florentino Perez, who was sitting to Moratti's right. Seeing that the old man wasn't paying attention to their conversation, he covered his mouth and whispered, "No, Massimo, you could have had your men send a formal offer email, or even just give me a call. I never expected you'd talk to me about player transfers in a situation like this!"
"Hehe, all I wanted was to talk to you face to face. If you don't agree, I won't let you go back to the hotel after the party tonight!" Moratti grinned, a wicked smile playing on his lips. "Besides, the Serie A winter break starts in a week, and then we'll officially announce Mancini's departure and José's move to Inter Milan. If we reach an agreement tonight, I can take advantage of the announcement of José's signing to also bring in Sneijder, a major signing. For Inter Milan, this isn't just a simple matter of one plus one equals two."
"Damn it!" Li Shiguang rolled his eyes. "Too low!"
"Too low!? 15 million euros is too low!?" Moratti hissed, his voice barely a whisper in Li Shiguang's ear, "Sneijder is just a substitute for you! You're selling a substitute for 15 million euros, what more do you want!?"
Li Shiguang shrugged, completely ignoring Moratti's shouts: "Balotelli is still a substitute among substitutes for you! You still sold him to me for 9.5 million euros! And do you think I'm willing to leave just because I agreed to Sneijder? To be honest, I still have to do some persuasion for you, otherwise your money is useless!"
Having spent a long time with Li Shiguang, Moratti also understood Li Shiguang's personality.
Although the two of them now mostly treat each other as friends.
But once it involves buying and selling players...
Li Shiguang is truly a ruthless and unscrupulous business owner who turns his back on everyone.
So Moratti didn't bother to continue haggling with him, since Mourinho kept saying he wanted to win the Champions League, and Sneijder was an indispensable part of that.
For that Champions League dream.
Moratti took a deep breath, looked at Li Shiguang with hostility, and said, word by word, "How much do you want? Give me a straight answer!"
Seeing Moratti's expression, Li Shiguang chuckled inwardly.
If I remember correctly, when Sneijder transferred from Real Madrid to Inter Milan, his transfer fee was 15 million euros. So asking for a few million more euros shouldn't be too much of a problem!
So he rolled his eyes, secretly made a "two" gesture with his left hand right under Moratti's nose, and replied: "One price, 20 million euros!"
"Alright!" Moratti nodded subtly. "But you have to promise me you can convince Sneijder to join Inter Milan willingly. Don't let him come and then not put in the effort, leaving me with nothing!"
"Don't worry, what do you take Leeds United for!" Seeing Moratti nod, Li Shiguang's lips curled into a smile. "Have you ever seen anyone from Leeds United with such a lack of professionalism?"
"Of course I've seen them! Tevez is homesick, and Adebayor is always asking for a raise. I've seen these news reports in the newspapers!"
Li Shiguang: ? ? ? ?
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