Chapter 63 Punishment
Eggsy stood in Ranieri's office. He didn't expect that just going out with Modric and Ronaldo would cause such big trouble.
The club management saw this report in the tabloid and believed that Eggsy had violated the club's taboo and wanted to suspend him as a punishment.
In fact, these taboos are due to the concern that the club’s players and other clubs have too good a relationship, so they are prone to letting the players win and playing in tacit agreement during the game.
But the ones I went out with Eggsy yesterday were either Real Madrid or Barcelona. None of them played in the Premier League, all played in La Liga. How could we play in unison? It's impossible!
But the Leicester City management still wanted to punish Eggsy. Didn’t they know? Of course not!
Because this punishment is completely a backhanded attack, and it is entirely caused by the desire to gain control of some players from Mr. Ranieri.
What collective advertisements, what TV programs? Mr. Ranieri knew that this was the capitalists' idea of giving their players exposure, but he valued the club's performance more, so this obviously hurt the interests of the management.
Especially Eggsy, this kid has never been to any club activities. This disobedient behavior obviously made the management "angry!"
This kind of thing is very common in major clubs. After all, the clubs live on the interests of the players, and they take a cut of the players' advertising fees.
From the management's perspective, buying cheap players and head coaches and having the head coaches guarantee results is their goal, and then making money from the players is their cash flow.
The head coach spends money to buy players, train players, and then ensure his own results. So Ranieri doesn't want the players to be exposed to such programs and advertisements too much, so he helps to stop them from focusing on training.
What's more, some advertisements and programs are really not suitable for Eggsy. The kid is still a student!
Therefore, these two are contradictory from two different perspectives. Although the common point is academic performance, the contradiction still arises because of money.
But Eggsy had no idea about this power struggle and he thought it was really his fault.
At this moment, he felt ashamed and sad. He felt ashamed because he had caused trouble for Mr. Ranieri, and sad because he felt that he had not done anything, but was misunderstood like this.
"Eggsy." Mr. Ranieri had just taken off his glasses tiredly, pinched his eyes, and then put them back on before realizing it was Eggsy, so he sighed.
Perhaps because he didn't want Eggsy to know about the club's affairs, Mr. Ranieri quickly covered up the tabloid.
"Why don't you take a break after the exam?"
Mr. Ranieri tried his best to hide the fatigue on his face, and pretended to look at Eggsy as if nothing had happened. Little did he know that hiding the fatigue and taking on the responsibility alone made Eggsy even more sad.
Eggsy frowned at Mr. Ranieri, which made Mr. Ranieri even more worried. He even stood up and looked at Eggsy, asking anxiously, "What's wrong?"
"Sir," Eggsy lowered his head, slowly lowered his head and said very frustratedly: "I don't know, I really didn't know that playing with players from other teams would be like this!"
"I'm sorry, sir."
Such an Eggsy suddenly made Ranieri feel a little distressed. He touched Eggsy's hair and sighed with a bit of helplessness and distress.
"I didn't tell you that you should be careful when making friends with players from different clubs." Mr. Ranieri comforted Eggsy: "I know you just made friends with like-minded people, but some people above you always like to think about this matter with dirty thoughts. It's not your fault."
The more Mr. Ranieri said this, the more Eggsy felt that it was his fault that caused trouble for Mr. Ranieri. The feeling of shame and remorse almost drowned him!
"...But, sir, if the club wants to punish me, I'll just...accept it."
Mr. Ranieri was a little angry at this time: "It's obviously not your fault, and the players you know are all La Liga players. It's impossible to play tacitly with them, Eggsy! I taught you not to say sorry if it's obviously not your fault!"
"But I don't want to make things difficult for you, sir. I don't want to cause you trouble." Eggsy straightened up at this time, and Ranieri seemed a little happy despite being angry when he said this.
"It's okay. I have a way." This time Mr. Ranieri actually laughed and rubbed Eggsy again: "Don't worry, go back and have a rest. Your results should be out in a few days, right?"
"Ah?" Eggsy was so shocked by Mr. Ranieri's sudden change that he couldn't keep up. "Ah, it won't be out until next week..."
"That's good." Mr. Ranieri didn't know what he was thinking of, but he immediately went to the tactical board and started thinking. Eggsy instinctively felt that he should not disturb him at this time, so he thought about it and went out.
You know, after they went out, Eggsy just thought that Mr. Ranieri wanted to continue arguing with the other party and didn't want him to see it, so he felt even more uncomfortable.
The news had spread throughout the team in the afternoon, as the club issued a "bench" punishment to Eggsy.
This punishment caused an uproar within the team, because Leicester City’s next game will be against Manchester United!
With an incomplete lineup, especially without Eggsy, they want to play against an old and powerful team. Isn't this a joke?
The club management didn't really want to prevent Eggsy from playing. They probably just wanted Eggsy and Ranieri to give in or something. It's not that the issue cannot be discussed.
But he probably didn't expect that after the penalty was issued, Ranieri actually approved it and signed it. Now the penalty ticket has really become a penalty ticket.
Does it mean that Leicester City is really going to lose against Manchester United?
Will Ranieri really give up and not take the results seriously?
The news spread that night. Eggsy was punished by the club for hanging out with people from other clubs, so the fact that he was benched by the club was reported by all major media outlets.
The media even cited many tough head coaches in the football world as comparisons, and even ended the article with "kindness does not lead to the command of an army", which shows how low their evaluation of Ranieri, the "good old man" head coach, is.
Regarding this news, other teams were very puzzled by this arrangement and continued to watch the show.
The fans of Leicester City were simply furious. After all, such a self-defeating tactic was rare, and many media even felt that such a false accusation was a bit unreasonable, and they also felt that Ranieri was too weak as a head coach.
The management actually agreed to leave their best players on the bench. Are they planning to play the game with the mentality that they are bound to lose?
Although everyone knows that players from other clubs should be avoided, it is really a show of operation to avoid players from different leagues. Especially when they are about to play against Manchester United, Leicester City will lose a capable player, which is really a loss before they even meet the enemy.
So that night, the message board on Leicester City’s official website exploded. Not only was the server overwhelmed by messages and crashed, but the worst thing was that some people started making threatening calls to the front desk and customer service.
Of course the threat is to the "management" who has a bit of a flaw in their brains.
The team members did not understand this situation, but if they had any objections they could discuss it with the management. However, they were informed that the board of directors was currently studying it, so their request was rejected.
The saddest one was Eggsy. The little guy was still young, and he was very upset when he encountered such an infuriating and unfair thing. He made several mistakes in the afternoon training, and was taken out by Mr. Ranieri for a private talk before he could barely concentrate.
Just like that, Eggsy went back to his dorm without having dinner that night. It was obvious that he was in a bad mood.
Fortunately, he received calls from Modric and Ramos in the evening, and it was obvious that they also knew about this.
To be honest, they do know that players from different clubs need to avoid suspicion if they have a good relationship with each other, but that should be between Real Madrid and Barcelona, right? What does Leicester City have to do with it?
But in fact, they didn't expect that people from different leagues also had to avoid suspicion. This was simply a false accusation. Eggsy took the blame for them, and they had no choice but to face this result.
After all, this was an internal matter of Leicester City. At most, I could only comfort Eggsy and make new arrangements for their future meetings.
Afterwards, Mr. Ranieri did not protest, but he did not stop Eggsy from participating in the training. On the contrary, he continued Eggsy's training tasks and simulation matches as before, which was exactly the same as before. It can be said that Eggsy's mentality gradually calmed down.
The management also held an internal meeting to discuss this punishment, and after the board of directors agreed, this "management" was directly fired.
It was not because of his punishment of the players, but because of the fact that he took kickbacks from the advertisements and programs he had signed. So it was not just a simple dismissal, but also a lawsuit filed by Leicester City as the plaintiff, which was enough to make him suffer.
However, the punishment for Eggsy must be written down in black and white and must be implemented thoroughly.
So time came to this Saturday, Leicester City played away against Manchester United. For Manchester United fans, today is undoubtedly a big gift from Leicester City, and it was delivered directly to their doorstep. So today the main stand of Old Trafford Stadium is almost full.
On the other side, in the away stands, the enthusiasm of Leicester City fans dropped sharply. Although everyone was sitting far apart, the seats seemed sparse.
This also fully reflects the important position of No. 17 Eggsy in the hearts of fans. Most fans, knowing that Eggsy would be benched, simply decided not to come and watch the live broadcast at home.
As for Eggsy, he came to the rest area early with Mr. Ranieri in his sportswear and enjoyed his benching.
The little guy looked at the court with eager eyes, looking so pitiful...
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