Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 176: Walsh’s Real Madrid loan plan, Mahrez calls
The next day, after a day's rest, the Belgian players seemed to be in a good mood and once again formed a team to go out on the street.

Chen Yufeng also relaxed a little today and followed his teammates to wander the streets of Bordeaux.

This time, everyone didn't go to the coffee shop. They just walked around the street and chatted.

The victory over Ireland undoubtedly provided a layer of guarantee for their qualification and gave them some initiative.

As long as they can win Sweden in the final round, they will undoubtedly qualify from the group.

Even in a draw, with four points, they will most likely qualify with the No. 3 score advantage.

"How good is the Swedish team?"

Lukaku is a very nervous person. He rarely gets to know other teams and can only ask his teammates for help.

"Very strong." Azar could only say this.

"I know Ibrahimovic and Victor Lindelof, who else?" Lukaku asked.

"Forsberg, Marcus Berry, Martin Olsson, Ekdal, these are all good players." Hazard had obviously done some understanding and preparation, and he played out the numbers.

"In fact, the most deadly one is Ibrahimovic." Chen Yufeng added: "His mental attributes are too strong. Sometimes in this kind of competition, he will drive the little brothers to fight against you."

"This is Ibrahimovic's last European Cup, and he will definitely strive to qualify." De Bruyne said from the sidelines.

Chen Yufeng nodded and said in approval: "No one wants to leave too many regrets. The Swedish national team has always been his dissatisfaction."

"So, it's not easy to fight?" Lukaku has not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

"If you could waste less opportunities, it might be easier for us to fight." Hazard poked his heart again.

"Why did I waste so many opportunities?" Lukaku was dissatisfied and argued: "Didn't I come up with those opportunities myself? And I wasted the opportunity to wash my socks, didn't I wash them?"

"Is that what you call washing socks?"

Chen Yufeng was a little speechless and couldn't help but said: "The socks you washed are just a little bit dirtier."

"Hahaha." Hazard and De Bruyne laughed, secretly giving Chen Yufeng a thumbs up.

The Four Heavenly Kings walked on the street for a while, but found it boring and walked into an American pool hall.

Hazard is a little better. Needless to say, Chen Yufeng was influenced by Ding Junhui in his youth in his previous life, and he played Chinese eight-ball and snooker quite well.

At his level, hitting an American-style big pocket is basically a dimensionality-reducing strike, and he quickly silenced Hazard.

But as far as the experience of watching the game with De Bruyne and Lukaku nearby, it was still very interesting.

After a few games, likes seem to have become their exclusive action. Everyone likes to give a thumbs up when their teammates do not perform well as a sign of ridicule.

The meaning seems to have completely changed.

"Hazard, good shot, playing No. 3 and hitting the white ball! This is equivalent to a football kick. Hazard scored in the Internet cafe?" Lukaku laughed and applauded next to him, and quickly raised his big flag thumb.

Not long after, Hazard hit the ball with too much force in the high stick and hit Lukaku's face. Next to him, De Bruyne also smiled and gave a thumbs up, "The two white balls are called Kaku." .”

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Real Madrid B team Castilla training center in Madrid, Spain.

Leicester City sporting director Steve Walsh is here and has been here for a number of days.

On this day, he finally found Zidane, the French legend who was now the head coach of Real Madrid's first team.

The meeting between the two had long been agreed. Zidane promised Steve Walsh to select good players in Castilla and negotiate a loan with Leicester City.

As for transfer or loan + buyout?

That's impossible, absolutely impossible.

"Is there a result?"

Privately, Zidane is relatively gentle and speaks very softly. As he spoke, he poured a cup of coffee for Steve Walsh.

As the former head coach of Castilla, Zidane knows every player on this team very well and has the right to decide whether to leave or stay the personnel here.

"Honestly, there are three options."

Steve Walsh took out a list and said: "Odegaard has the highest priority, followed by Valverde, and we are also very interested in Achraf."

"Oh?" Zidane was a little surprised. The three Steve Walsh mentioned were indeed the most promising players within Real Madrid.

He was slightly startled, not expecting Steve Walsh to have such a good vision, then hesitated and said: "Valverde is not good, we have other plans for his training, I hope Mr. Walsh understands. "

"Odegaard and Ashraf can talk."

Hearing this, Steve Walsh was not disappointed at all. On the contrary, he was relieved. Among the three, if one could be rented out, it would be considered a success, and two would be considered a pure profit.

"What are the conditions in Madrid?" Steve Walsh asked.

"The players' playing time and the length of their loan are the two most important things to us."

After Zidane said this, he waved his hand and said: "You know, Mr. Walsh, Real Madrid does not lack any rental fees or salary budget. We just want to ensure the development of the players."

"Of course, we can completely understand this." Steve Walsh nodded and motioned for Zidane to continue.

"Odegaard and Ashraf have high potential. I can see that they need some training in games, especially high-level games." Zidane pinched his chin and then continued: "If Leicester City has I would like to let the two of them play in the Champions League and feel the atmosphere of the game, and everything will be easier."

"How long?" Steve Walsh asked.

"170 minutes? Nearly two full games." After Zidane said this, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Castilla's players are all future stars, and we must ensure the sincerity of the loanees."

"Especially Odegaard and Achraf, the two talented stars of tomorrow, we don't want them to waste time when they go out."

"170 minutes is too long." Steve Walsh shook his head. Both of them are talented, but if they agree to it now, they will be in trouble if they don't adapt at all by then.

He values ​​the aura of these two players more and hopes that after going to Leicester City for training, they can make some contributions to the team in the second half of the season and enhance their reserves for multi-line operations.

"How about [-] minutes? We also guarantee that they will have [-] minutes each in the Premier League." Steve Walsh suggested.

"If it lasts [-] minutes in the European war and [-] minutes in the Premier League..."

Zidane frowned and hesitated for a while, seeming to be thinking about something, then raised his head and said, "What about the domestic cup competition, what does Mr. Walsh think about it?"

"I guarantee that the two of them combined can get a quarter of Leicester City's playing time in all domestic cup matches." Steve Walsh has already thought about this.

He really wanted these two players, and the conditions he had given were already discussed with Ranieri.

As for why there are quarters in domestic cup competitions?

This is the point where Leicester City is not sure where their cup competition will go. If they kneel down in the first and second rounds and the commitment is fulfilled, wouldn’t that be a direct breach of contract?

We don't have to worry about this in the Champions League. No matter what, there are still six group matches to play.

This setting is undoubtedly more reasonable.

"If Leicester City is willing to compromise to 350 minutes in the Premier League, Real Madrid will agree."

Zidane stood up, made a last-ditch effort, and stretched out his hand towards Walsh, "If you agree, we will communicate and guide the players, or you can do it as well."

"No problem." Steve Walsh took a deep breath, stood up and shook hands with Zidane.

He has been observing these two players for a long time and can be said to be foolproof.

As a man who is making waves in the transfer market, he will definitely trust his instincts as long as he takes action.

First of all, Odegaard is definitely at the level of a regular substitute rotation player in the Premier League. If he adapts well, he may be able to improve his competitiveness.

As for Ashraf, he is mainly a potential player. If he performs well in the early stage, he will definitely be able to stand on a wing in the later stage.

Next, after agreeing on some specific salary structures with Zidane, Walsh left here.

After promising to play in the contract, Real Madrid will definitely not waste time on you in terms of money. The young player's salary itself is not high, so this is not the point.

Next, it depends on the wishes of Odegaard and Ashraf.

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On June 6, the third round of the European Cup continued, and the war started again. Countless teams began their own life-and-death battles to qualify.

Belgium's schedule is still relatively late. Their third round will start on June 6, which is the last game of the third round of the European Cup.

This gives the players more opportunities to observe their opponents and take a look at some of the opponents they may face after the group stage.

However, their first priority is definitely to ensure that they qualify from the group.

If you can't qualify from the group, what opponents should you monitor? Instead, you can observe the situation of air tickets home to see if it's easy to grab tickets during the recent peak period.

Chen Yufeng also received a call from Mahrez that day, which surprised him.

"God comes down to earth? I haven't seen you for a month and you are going to become a superstar? Stop making trouble, those media are so good at bragging."

The voice on the other end of the phone came quickly, and Mahrez got into a fight as soon as he came up.

Although the words were unpleasant, Chen Yufeng still laughed and felt warm in his heart.

We have been together for a season, and now we are suddenly separated. Not to mention, I am still a little uncomfortable.

"Okay, what's the matter?"

"Nothing's wrong, let's see if you're still alive." Mahrez's evil smile came, "How about it, when are you going to take Belgium home? I'm still waiting to watch the European Cup in the next few days."

"If I go home, it will definitely be after the closing ceremony. You know, I will be the champion." Chen Yufeng said these words without blushing. He was still relaxed when facing Mahrez and others.

"Hahahaha, are you the European Cup champion?" Mahrez's loud laughter rang out, "I really can't imagine that scene. After the new season started training, the old guy No. 66 in the team suddenly transformed into a... European Cup champion."

"What old guy? In my hometown, there is a saying called Lao Dang Yizhuang. Now I will give it to you."

Chen Yufeng replied, and then asked: "When are you coming? Come to Bordeaux to watch my performance."

"I don't know, just these two days, maybe I will go tomorrow to give you a surprise, maybe I will never come." Mahrez also gave it a try.

"Okay, let me know when you're here."

Chen Yufeng chatted for a few more words and then hung up the phone.

(End of this chapter)