Fox in the Penalty Area

“Good job, Hu! I really underestimated you before!” Charlie Potter showed Hu Lai with his mobile phone.

And Hu Lai knew what was on it without even looking at it.

Because he has heard the familiar singing:

“…Kiss without rest, no breathing air, no street spectators staying away!”

“…In the light rain, vehicles flew by, people passed by in the street, traffic lights urged, and I and you were the only ones left—”

“I know what you did when you didn’t come for dinner last night. Isn’t this your girlfriend? Tsk tsk! I really didn’t expect you Chinese to have such a wild side. I thought it was only French people like this…”

Hu Lai listened to Charlie Potter’s jealous voice of the separation of the masses. Before he could speak, Camara next to him retorted: “Can it be considered wild if it’s just kissing in the street? Charlie? Insult the French!”

“Hahahaha!” Everyone laughed.

Charlie Porter was a little embarrassed.

Pete Williams asked Hu Lai with laughter: “Hu, is this the girl we saw at the airport when we went to the awards presentation?”

Hu Lai nodded: “Yeah.”

“Ha!” Pete smiled. “So, Delphine is right.”

Hu Lai asked curiously: “What did she say?”

“She said that she always feels that the two of you are very close, not like ordinary friends.”

Hu Lai was speechless-at that time he had not confirmed the relationship with Li Qingqing, nor did he realize what he meant to Li Qingqing. But why, whether it is domestic fans or netizens, or Pete’s girlfriend, they still feel that they are already a pair with Li Qingqing?

Is it so obvious?

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“It turns out that Hu and the Chinese female football player are lovers… So, I feel that the probability of Hu going to the Madrid Kings in the end is increasing.”

“Damn it! I had known that I should have bet to go to the Madrid Kings, but now that the odds of going to the Madrid Kings are getting lower and lower, there is no more money to buy…”

“Eh, Neil, did you buy Hu to go to the King of Madrid?”

In the truck company’s lounge, everyone was enjoying a cold drink while chatting about recent hot topics. Someone asked Neil Mullin loudly.

Neil Mullin is now a legend in the company.

He has made a fortune in gambling for two consecutive seasons.

The first is to bet that Hu Lai will win the Premier League Golden Boot in the 2025-2026 season and Leeds City will win the league title that season, making him a millionaire overnight (before tax).

Then last season he bet on Leeds to win the Europa League and also won tens of thousands of pounds.

With all eyes in sight, Neil Mullin shook his head: “No, I didn’t buy this.”

“Then what did you buy?”

“I bought Hu and won’t leave Leeds.”

Everyone was stunned: “Is it really possible for Hu to stay?”

Mullin waved his hand: “I don’t believe it myself. I just don’t want Hu to leave Leeds, so I placed this bet. You don’t follow to buy, otherwise don’t find me if you lose money.”

Think about it, everyone, Neil Mullin is such a man who uses real money to support his team in gambling. Although he made a fortune through Leeds City winning the Europa League last season, he also bet on Leeds City to win the Premier League title and the Champions League at the beginning of the season, and eventually lost.

So it cannot be said that as long as you buy with Neil Mullin, you will definitely win.

Thinking about this, someone murmured: “I’ll take Hulai to the King of Madrid…Although I don’t make a lot of money, at least I won’t lose…”

Mullin suddenly said: “If I were you, I wouldn’t do it.”

“Why?”

“In other words, if I want to make a big bet, I will definitely choose to bet with a higher odds. The odds of the Madrid Kings are too low, and there is no need to bet.”

Some people expressed dissatisfaction: “But if you choose other than the Madrid Kings, you will not be guaranteed, but you will definitely lose. Because it is impossible for Hu to get rid of other teams besides the Madrid Kings.”

“Why?” Neil Mullin asked back.

“Why? Because his girlfriend has gone to the King of Madrid! I now even wonder why Hu must leave Leeds because his girlfriend has gone to Madrid, and he doesn’t want to endure the life of a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend. …”

When he said this, everyone else in the lounge nodded in agreement.

But Mullin smiled slightly: “If he can’t bear the fact that he is separated from his girlfriend, he must go to reunite with his girlfriend, then why is the Madrid King? Madrid is not only one team. Do you look down on the Madrid Pirates? Although not the top giants, they are also famous La Liga giants! He can choose to be a pirate so that he can live in the same city with his girlfriend, and being together does not mean that even playing football must be together. As long as they can live in the same room and wake up from the same bed every day, isn’t it all right?”

The lounge was quiet, because everyone discovered that Neil Mullin was right!

Although the name of the Madrid Pirates is not as big as the Madrid King, but the Madrid King is the richest of the rich. If it must be compared with the Madrid King, there are few clubs in Europe that can match it.

In England, perhaps only the Stan Park Rangers and the former Tramed can be compared to the King of Madrid, but this statement may not be recognized…

Putting aside the words of the King of Madrid, Madrid pirates are not impossible.

The Spanish giants, the mortal enemy of the King of Madrid.

Twenty times in history, he won La Liga championships and 15 Copa del Rey championships. In terms of European honour, they are also better than most of the Premier League BIG6. They have two Champions League titles, three UEFA Cup titles, five UEFA Cup titles, one UEFA Super Cup title, one Intercontinental Cup title…

Their room of honor is not like Leeds, with only two pitiful trophies, but a dazzling array of silver lights.

Hulay’s journey from Leeds to Madrid’s pirates is definitely not “a person walking downhill”.

Someone was moved by Mullin’s words: “Then I should buy Hu and go to the Madrid Pirates… What about Neil? You must have bought it too, right?”

Mullin shook his head and said, “No, I didn’t buy it.”

Everyone joked: “Can’t you believe your own analysis results?”

Mullin said seriously: “No. I just don’t want Hu to leave Leeds, so I won’t bet any options for him to leave Leeds. I said, I bet only to support my team, and Not to make money.”

Everyone was silent for a moment.

For these people, Hu Lai’s departure will not only make the team they support a lot less stressful, it may also allow them to make a small profit without any harm.

But for Neil Mullin, a **** Leeds City fan, it is extremely sad.

The hero of Leeds is about to become the hero of someone else’s house…

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“In the latest news, the Madrid Kings Club raised the offer to 120 million euros. The club intends to agree…”

Even when training in the field, Clark also maintained the habit of having the coaching staff meet and discuss regularly.

Now everyone is gathered in his room, drinking tea and talking.

Hu Lai’s staying or leaving is naturally the topic that everyone cares about most.

Although his departure is almost a certainty, there are always people who have illusions…

But now this latest news has shattered all the fluke in their hearts.

“One hundred and twenty million…Duffy and the others can’t stand it, and it’s normal. The King of Madrid is sure to win…”

Matt joked: “I think what Dufy and the others regret most now is why they haven’t developed Leeds’s women’s football well before. If our women’s football has the strength to impact the Champions League and can attract Li Qingqing, how can we worry about Hu leaving? ”

“So… Hu must go to the Madrid Kings?” Assistant coach Sam Landier asked rhetorically.

“If nothing else, it should be like this…” Matt remembered the archive he had in “The Godfather of Champions.”

In the end, the game and reality are still blended.

Whether in the game or in reality, Hulay of Leeds failed to escape the “devil’s claws” of the King of Madrid.

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“Louis, have you watched the news? Hu’s love affair is open, and his girlfriend turned out to be the Li we just signed!”

After Harvey Sanchez saw Louis Francis, he couldn’t help but give him a big hug.

Only from this hug action, Francis can feel how good the team’s football director is in the mood.

“I saw it, I saw it.” He nodded repeatedly.

“Ha! It is true that God is on our side! With this, we will defeat all competitors and win Hu!” Sanchez danced happily. “And there is good news, Louis. Leeds City has agreed to our offer, and now we can talk about personal contracts with nonsense!”

Francis was also very happy: “That’s great! Hurry up and take him down. The sooner he enters the team, the better Jimmy’s training plan will be arranged.”

Jimmy Rovi is the head coach of the first team of the Madrid Kings.

“After all, how to deal with the relationship between Celardos and Hu is enough for him to have a headache for a while.”

Harvey Sanchez waved his hand nonchalantly: “This is not difficult. If Hu can prove his ability in the new season, then next season we can let Cerrados replace Hu on the bench.”

Francis frowned: “But Cerrados probably won’t agree…”

“Then I’m very sorry, he can only leave.”

Francis was speechless.

This is the “rich among the rich”, the King of Madrid…

Sanchez was still immersed in the excitement of the upcoming successful victory over Hu: “Hu and you took a photo, with this foreshadowing, plus his girlfriend is in our club’s women’s football… I don’t know why he has any reason to say to the Madrid Kings. ‘Do not’!”