It was not until 8 o'clock in the evening that Sister NO reluctantly left the Pan Pacific Hotel at Gu Ran's urging.

This was not because Gu Ran wanted to save on room fees, nor was it because he was tired of playing overtime, but because he wanted Sister NO to go back early to arrange Mikel's loan.

After all, there are only two days left before the winter transfer window ends.

Sister NO was very efficient. After leaving the hotel, she called the chief scout/assistant coach Emenalo in the car.

"Hi, Marina! You called me so late, is there anything you need?" Emenalo's respectful voice came from the other end of the phone.

As a member of the club's management, Emenalo really didn't like handling official business in his private time after get off work, but calls from Sister NO were an exception. He had to answer the call no matter what, because Sister NO never talked nonsense, and when she called, it was definitely something very important.

Sister NO cleared her throat and said in a hoarse voice, "Sorry to bother you, Michael."

"Oh, it's okay! Marina, why did your voice become like this? Are you sick?" Emenalo asked with concern.

Sister NO quickly said, "Oh, no, I'm fine."

Emenalo said, "Oh my God, it's so hard to listen to you. It's like my throat is being stabbed repeatedly with red-hot iron pliers."

NO: ...

"Hello? Marina? Are you still there?"

"I'm..." Sister NO tried her best to control her voice, which was made very rough by friction. "Michael, I called to tell you something important. We have to rent a player."

Emenalo immediately asked: "Loan!? Loan at this time? You called in person? Oh! God! Did Gu Ran agree to loan to us Chelsea? I'm so happy! When can we see Gu Ran wearing Chelsea's jersey?! Tomorrow? We have to hold a welcome party! We have to make Gu Ran feel at home! We have to..."

"Wait, wait, wait!" Sister NO yelled hoarsely, "Michael, shut up!"

Emenalo immediately shut his mouth.

Sister NO took a few breaths before continuing in a hoarse voice, "It's not us who are renting Gu Ran, but Southampton who wants to rent one of our players."

Emenalo on the other end of the phone was shocked. "No way? Marina, if you don't make money from Gu Ran, why are you still paying for Southampton?"

Sister NO said, "Listen to me first. My plan is this. Gu Ran will definitely not transfer this season. We will send a partner over to build a good tacit understanding with Gu Ran first. When the time is right, we will withdraw the partner. Then, won't Gu Ran naturally come to Chelsea?"

Emenalo immediately gasped, "Marina... this is a good idea! How did you come up with it?"

Sister NO cleared her hoarse throat and said, "Don't ask me about this. Anyway, the partner that Gu Ran wants is Mikel, and you have the best relationship with Mikel. You are Mikel's good brother, so you should talk to Mikel about this matter."

"Ah? This..." Emenalo hesitated for a moment. "When I recruited Mikel, my promise was to make him a substitute player for the first team. Now I'm loaning him out. This, this is not good, right?"

Sister NO immediately said, "This is for the overall benefit of Chelsea! In addition, Gu Ran also said that if you can accomplish this, he will give you a few signed jerseys and even invite your whole family to dinner."

Emenalo immediately said, "Since it's for Chelsea, I'll do it! Marina, just wait for my good news!"

After hanging up the phone, Emenalo immediately called his younger brother Mikel.

Both of them are Nigerians, and a big part of the reason Mikel came to Chelsea was to join Emenalo.

He thought that with Emenalo as a strong support, he would get more playing opportunities in the first team. However, Essien is too strong and basically never gets injured. In addition, the current head coach Ancelotti likes to use the same lineup until death. So Mikel has a lot of skills but does not have many opportunities to play in Chelsea.

Emenalo started by saying he had good news for Mikel.

Mikkel asked what was good news.

Emenalo said, you know Gu Ran.

Mikel said, of course I know him. Now in the whole of England, who doesn’t know that Gu Ran single-handedly tore apart Essien’s defense and eliminated our Chelsea?

Emenalo said, "Stop being so sarcastic. The good news is that you can start in the future and your partner will be Gu Ran. Are you happy?" Mikel said he was very happy and questioned if he was really dreaming.

Emenalo said, of course it’s not a dream, it will be real as long as you want it to be.

Mikel said he was willing to do so.

Emenalo said, that's it, you will be loaned to Southampton tomorrow and play football with Gu Ran.

Mikel said, "Brother, you can't play with your brothers like this! You said you would be a starter at Chelsea, why did you end up at a League One team? No, no, no!"

Emenalo said, you are stupid! This is called putting a long line to catch a big fish! This is a partner with Gu Ran! Haven't you read the serialization of The Sun? Gu Ran has a great chance to join our Chelsea in the future! You are now partnering with Gu Ran in Southampton, isn't that equivalent to accompanying the prince to study? When Gu Ran takes over Chelsea, how do you imagine the head coach will arrange the main force around Gu Ran? It must be to find the player who cooperates best with Gu Ran! What's more, although Southampton is an English League One team, their ancestors have always been in the Premier League! If you go and can help Southampton beat our mortal enemy Tottenham, you can play in the Europa League with Southampton! What a great opportunity! This is an opportunity that I finally asked for you after I said my voice was hoarse! If you don't want it, then I will give it to Sturridge, don't regret it then.

Mikel suddenly realized what was going on, and quickly agreed with gratitude, and said that he would find a chance to treat Emenalo to a meal.

So the lease was finalized privately.

That night, Gu Ran called Coach Adkins and he was stunned! Coach Adkins was about to give up, but he never expected that Gu Ran would take only one day to deal with a Chelsea star like Mikel.

Adkins said excitedly: "Gu! You've worked hard!"

Gu Ran yawned, "It's really a bit tiring. Coach, I have to go get some good sleep. You guys take care of the rest."

"Okay! Okay! Hard work! Hard work!"

Coach Adkins asked the club to prepare the loan contract overnight.

The next day, January 31, Southampton Club formally proposed a loan agreement to Chelsea Club.

(End of this chapter)