Fox in the Penalty Area

"... In the just-concluded quarter-finals of the Europa League, Leeds City made a good start at home. They defeated the invading Royal Carterjon 2:0 in the first round... Although Leeds City took the opponent lightly at home, However, in an interview after the game, the head coach Tony Clark still said that this does not mean that they will be able to advance to the quarter-finals of the Europa League. It won't be easy to fight..."

"Real Catjon's head coach Jean Osvaldo also said that losing two away goals in the first leg does not mean that they have been eliminated from the Europa League... He is confident that he will lead the team to comeback when they return home .'This is football, anything can happen,' said Osvaldo...”

"Hu Lai scored twice again in this game, and his personal goals in the Europa League quickly climbed to five goals, which has approached Valentia, who is currently the top scorer in the Europa League. Forward Nuno Alvarez, the Mexican striker has now scored seven goals in the Europa League... He scored seven goals in nine games, while Houlai scored in only three games Five balls..."

"Hu Lai's super high efficiency in the Europa League almost shocked the whole of Europe. Although the attention of the Europa League is not as high as that of the Champions League, after the game, the major European media still rushed to report on Hu Lai's 'feat'. Some media Said that if he hadn't played in the Champions League first, but had played in the Europa League from the beginning, then now he should be far ahead of everyone in the scorer list..."

"... Someone analyzed Hu Lai's performance in these three Europa League games and found that he didn't get many chances, because his opponents still valued him very much. But even so, he always Being able to seize the few opportunities and complete the fatal blow...It is said that Hu Lai's outstanding performance has attracted the attention of other European teams, including some of those giants..."

"As Hou Lai continued to contribute wonderful performances in the European war, the name of the King of Madrid was frequently mentioned... After all, they almost got Hou Lai. At the beginning, Hou Lai rejected the King of Madrid and chose a Premier League relegation team. It has also been bad-mouthed by many people. It is believed that giving up such a high-quality platform as the King of Madrid and choosing Leeds City is a gamble that is bound to fail. Xavi Sanchez, the football director of the King of Madrid, also said that the King of Madrid will not miss Hu Lai And regret it...then I don't know if he still holds this view..."

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"I think the media just doesn't have a topic to hype up the topic, just for the traffic and popularity..."

"Yeah, it's not just our King of Madrid family who missed Hu. Didn't Catalan also miss it? Why don't you ask Catalan if you don't regret it?"

"Besides, we already have Melly, why do we need a Hu? The two of them are in complete conflict..."

When Meli walked into the first team locker room at the training ground,

What I heard was that several teammates were discussing the latest news.

The recent news is of course that the media have once again "fried cold rice"-about the grievances between Hou Lai and the King of Madrid.

Since the media knew that it was Hou Lai who rejected the King of Madrid, it was like a treasure.

As long as Hu Lai performed well, he would almost be picked up by the media to return the blame.

The Kings of Madrid are the top giants in football. While enjoying countless glory, in fact, many people don't like them and take pleasure in blackening them.

So after tireless media hype again and again, everyone has now closely linked the King of Madrid and Hou Lai together-but this connection may not be what the King of Madrid wants to see...

Every time Hu Lai performs well, there will be many netizens and fans on the Internet playing tricks on the news related to the King of Madrid, asking if the King of Madrid club has any regrets.

To be honest, this approach is actually quite annoying. After all, even if the King of Madrid missed Hu Lai before, it is not polite to expose people's scars. Besides, over time, those King Madrid fans or some passers-by will have a bad impression of Hu Lai.

Although Hu Lai never said this, but what the fans do, in the end, the idol will always be responsible for it...

Therefore, this topic is often discussed. At the beginning, many people thought that the King of Madrid was a clown in this matter, but now fewer and fewer people think so.

And there are still some passers-by and fans of the King of Madrid who think that Hu Lai's fans continue to do this, which is actually tantamount to cutting off Hu Lai's way to join the King of Madrid. After all, is it good for Hou Lai to disgust the King of Madrid fans?

Does he want to play in Leeds City for the rest of his life?

As a professional player, whoever is ambitious, how could he not want to join a top club like the King of Madrid? What's more, he himself has a fate with the King of Madrid. At first, he rejected the King of Madrid because the King of Madrid could not give him a stable chance to play.

But when he becomes a talent, the King of Madrid will definitely have a place for him. At that time, if he loses the opportunity to join the King of Madrid because of the current fans' hilarity... How regrettable is that?

In today's football, which team can compare with the King of Madrid, who has won ten Champions League titles?

Now that King Madrid fans hate Hu Lai, do you still want to let your idol join the greatest club on the planet?

Judging from the performance of some players in the King Madrid's internal locker room, it seems that the thoughts of those King Madrid fans can be confirmed-the King Madrid players are somewhat resistant to Hu Lai because of the media's repeated speculation.

If he really transfers to this team in the future, he must face a harsher environment than ordinary new players. Because neither the players nor the fans here... don't like him very much.

Unless he doesn't come to the King of Madrid, then naturally there will be no such troubles.

Meli hoped that Hou Lai would not come to the King of Madrid.

It's not a "conflict" as the teammates said.

He and Hu Lai don't actually conflict. Although both are offensive players, their characteristics are completely different.

Hou Lai is not the kind of player who needs to occupy the ball, so he and Meli can actually coexist.

However, Melly never refuted this statement, and he hoped that everyone would think that he and Hou Lai could not coexist.

Because he didn't want to be teammates with Hu Lai, he wanted to be an opponent with Hu Lai and beat him.

Seeing Hu Lai's performance in Leeds City, Meli strengthened his inner thoughts-such a good opponent, using him as a teammate...how boring!

So now seeing the media hype that the King of Madrid regrets missing Hou Lai, the happier Meli will be.

This is tantamount to completely blocking the way for Hou Lai to join the King of Madrid in the future.

I believe that with Mr. Sanchez's temper, being ridiculed by the media like this, it must be even less likely to regret missing Hu Lai, right? Not only that, in order to show that he has no regrets, he will even resolutely deny all attempts to introduce Hu Lai.

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Xavi Sanchez is sitting in his office, facing the club's image ambassador, retired celebrity, midfielder, legend, and one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" Louis Francis.

The former legendary player has now retired. However, after retiring, Louis Francis did not leave the club. He was hired as the club's global image ambassador and was responsible for promoting the King of Madrid club.

At the same time, he is also responsible for some things that are not convenient for the club to come forward...

Just like what Sanchez wants Francis to do now.

"Louis, what do you think of the rhetoric in the media?" Sanchez watched Francis and asked this sentence, trying to guess his real thoughts through the changes in Francis' expression. "Do you think we should regret missing Hu?"

Francis grinned at the old friend who signed him: "When you asked me that question, I knew the answer, Harvey."

Sanchez frowned: "Is it so obvious?"

"Of course. You refused to mention the Chinese boy before."

"Okay..." Sanchez nodded, "Let me ask another question: Do you think... do we need Hu?"

"Not very much right now. But in the long run...we need him. Because Celadus will not always be the sword of the king-he will be thirty-three years old this year." Francis finished the sentence After speaking, after a little thought, he added:

"Although we have Melli, we also need an efficient scorer. In fact, Hu and Melli are not in conflict, because Hu doesn't need the ball, and he doesn't need someone to constantly feed him the ball. He is very rare. Players who can still perform well next to Meli and will not disappoint. Having both of them at the same time can upgrade our offensive firepower to the strongest in Europe."

Sanchez nodded as Francis said.

Sanchez seems to attach great importance to the opinions of the club's meritorious legend and once the number one football star in the world.

"...But there is a very fatal problem." Francis wanted to laugh when he saw Sanchez like this, but he held back and raised a finger with a straight face.

When Sanchez heard him say this, Sanchez had a solemn expression on his face: "What's the problem?"

"A matter of face."

Sanchez looked at Francis suspiciously.

"It's been rumored that we regretted missing Hu. If we did bring him in, it would confirm those rumors - we really regretted it. And you, Xavi, as the club's head of signings, once expressed 'The King of Madrid doesn't regret not signing someone'. By signing Hu, you're admitting your past mistakes. That's a big problem, Xavi."

Sanchez laughed after hearing Francis' serious words: "I thought what a serious problem you were talking about, but it turned out to be this...Compared with the interests of the club, what is my face? You think I am In this position, haven't you been 'slapped in the face'?"

Hearing what he said, Francis was also speechless, and it was really the same as what Sanchez said.

Even a football director who is as good at knowing people as Xavi Sanchez, there are always times when he is wrong. He became famous for unearthing super-talents like Meli Banega for the club.

But it doesn't mean that every transfer transaction of his is a success.

The King of Madrid introduces so many people every year and sells so many people. There are always some people who perform poorly after coming to the King of Madrid and become "parallel imports". There are always people who suddenly improve after leaving the King of Madrid.

To exaggerate a bit, these can all be blamed on the vision of director of football Xavi Sanchez.

But in fact, how can there be so many so-called "slaps in the face"?

Players are a special kind of "commodity" with no qualified label and no instruction manual for correct use.

There are too many factors that can affect a player's performance after coming to the team. For example, the tactical style of the team, the personalities of the players themselves, the cultural and dietary differences in different regions, or even pure luck... The eyes of the transfer decision-maker may be the least important one.

But both the media and fans are used to simplifying complicated things, after all, it is easier to spread hype. If you analyze so many fans why this player is not performing well, it is far less interesting than saying "Famous transfer trader Xavi Sanchez is wrong" on the headline.

Therefore, if a new aid performs poorly, everyone will habitually think that there is a problem with the club's transfer and signing, rather than other problems.

Let's take the case of Hu Lai as an example.

Although Hou Lai has played now, Francis also supports Sanchez's original decision-for the King of Madrid, Hou Lai is a very talented young player, but it is impossible for him to play in the first team when he comes to the King of Madrid. So even if the King of Madrid signs it, it will be rented out.

As for whether Hu Lai's growth trajectory will be the same as it is now after being rented out, it is completely unknown.

It is even very possible that Hou Lai's growth after transferring to the King of Madrid did not meet everyone's expectations of him, and was far less dazzling than it is now.

So use the performance of Hu Lai now to prove that the King of Madrid's choice to give up Hu Lai was wrong, and then ask the King of Madrid whether he will regret it...

"Grand Commander" Louis Francis believes that it is completely a gimmick of media hype.

There is of course no need for King Madrid to feel the slightest bit of regret for not signing Houlai in the first place.

"Actually, I have something I want to ask you for a favor, Louis," Sanchez said.

Francis was surprised: "Help?"

"Yes, to help. To help the club in a personal capacity."

Francis was even more surprised.

He has an employment relationship with the club. If the club is doing business, why should he help in a private capacity?

"I hope you can find an opportunity to contact Hu in private."

Under Francis' puzzled eyes, Harvey Sanchez revealed his true purpose for coming to him.