Fox in the Penalty Area

“I told my dad!”

Hu Lai received the new news from Li Qingqing on WeChat. He was refreshed and quickly replied: “What did he say?”

“He said I like it!”

Hu Lai stared at the words, looked at it, and then typed it carefully and asked: “The coach is not in the yin and yang, right?”

“Of course not!” Li Qingqing said with certainty, “My dad is not that kind of person. In short, he promised us to be together!”

Seeing these words, Hu Lai clenched his fists and waved vigorously.

Good!

The biggest stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Since receiving news from Li Qingqing yesterday that she is going to a showdown with the coach, Hu Lai has been restless.

From time to time, some random thoughts popped up in my mind.

Now that the biggest obstacle does not exist, he can finally be with Li Qingqing in an open and honest manner.

He asked on WeChat: “Should we make an official announcement? Just like those celebrities, post a photo on Weibo…”

“Don’t do it? We are not in the entertainment industry, and everything goes with the flow.” Li Qingqing quickly replied to him.

“Okay, listen to you.”

“So good night, Hu Lai. I’m going to sleep.”

“Good night.”

Hu Lai thought for a while, and added another sentence: “Good dream.”

Li Qingqing returned with a flushed smiley face.

Hu Lai put down his phone contentedly, put on his backpack, and prepared to ask Junpei Morikawa to go together.

At this moment, Matt Dawn knocked on the door, poked his head in, and laughed after seeing Hu Lai: “You haven’t left yet, Hu, that’s great. Tony asked me to come to you, he thought Talk to you.”

Those Leeds City players who had not left in the locker room heard these words and raised their ears, holding their breath, and turned to look at Hu Lai.

The locker room, which was still very lively, suddenly fell into a strange silence.

Hu Lai didn’t care about the changes in the locker room, he could guess why the boss was looking for him.

But he didn’t refuse the conversation, so he nodded and said: “Okay, let’s go.”

Then he said to Morikawa Junpei: “You are here to wait for me.”

Morikawa Junpei nodded: “Okay.”

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After Hulai left with Matt, the voice regained in the locker room.

Charlie Porter asked: “Is Hu really going to leave? I heard that his agency refused to negotiate a contract renewal with the club…”

“It’s normal to refuse to renew the contract. After all, there is still a three-year contract. The new contract was only signed last summer, and it will be renewed this year. What’s that…It doesn’t mean that he is leaving.” Jay Adams shook his head.

“Jay, do you want to go?” Charlie asked.

Adams frowned: “Who wants? Are you willing?”

Charlie shook his head vigorously: “Of course I don’t want to. I just don’t understand, if Hu wants to go, why does he have to go. We can win the championship here, and we can eat the red pepper once every season… the fans here Love him too, why are you leaving?”

“It’s normal to walk,” Camara said suddenly. “Maybe other teams have higher salaries, maybe they can go to the Champions League.”

Charlie Potter turned to ask Morikawa Junpei again: “Morikawa, you have the best relationship with Hu, what do you think?”

Morikawa Junpei shook his head and said in Japanese English: “I don’t know if Hu will leave or why he is leaving. But if he wants to leave, I will support him.”

Charlie spread his hands and shrugged: “Okay, I know that asking you is for nothing…”

In the end, Captain Lorenzo stepped forward: “Okay, Charlie, don’t do a questionnaire in the locker room. This matter is now a rumor. Whether it will go or not has yet to be determined. Why should we be here? Guess it? There will always be a result anyway.”

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Hu Lai followed Matt to the head coach’s office, Clark was already waiting for him inside, and when he saw Hu Lai, he motioned to sit by himself.

After bringing Hu Lai there, Matt did not leave, but went straight to sit down on the sofa, and at the same time poured himself a cup of black tea skillfully.

“Hu, I noticed that you seemed to be a little… absent-minded during training today. Is it because of the recent transfer rumors?” Clark said straight to the point.

Hu Lai was stunned for a moment, and then after thinking about it, he understood that the boss had misunderstood…

He shook his head quickly: “Uh, no, boss, it has nothing to do with the transfer. It’s just a personal matter of mine. I’m sorry for affecting the training…”

Upon seeing this, Clark did not continue to ask what was the private matter, but just nodded: “I know you are a very professional player, Hu. That’s why I was surprised. After all, this is the first time you have been a little absent-minded in training… I am glad that it has nothing to do with the transfer. But I think we should talk about the transfer. What do you think?”

Hu Lai nodded: “Of course, no problem. Actually I want to talk to you too, boss.”

“Very good. Let me hear your views on the transfer, and of course I will tell you my views. Let’s just say it directly, no matter what the rumors are, I hope you can stay. You know, You are the most important one in my tactics. And we cooperate happily, don’t you?” Clark went straight ahead.

Hu Lai nodded: “Yes, boss. As my first coach in Europe, you are great. I can adapt to European football so quickly. You have helped me a lot. And Matt…”

Matt Dawn sitting next to him heard Hu Lai call his name and cast his eyes to Hu Lai.

“I still remember when Matt came to Jincheng to meet with me and showed me the things that surprised me… It is also because of what Matt did that made me determined to join Leeds. I am. I am glad I made the right choice…”

“But.” Clark raised his hand. “Hu, you just say ‘but’.”

Hu Lai smiled: “It’s not that early, boss. My feelings for you and Leeds are sincere. Whether it’s the club or the team, everyone treats me very well. I am here every day. Happy. Sometimes I think, maybe I can keep playing here until I retire. But…”

He finally said “but”.

Clark didn’t change his expression, he just looked at him quietly.

“But more often, when I think of playing in a team for the rest of my life, I feel unwilling…” Having said that, Hu Lai turned to look at Matt again and asked: “Matt In “The Godfather of Champions”, this should be considered too low loyalty, right?”

Matt put down the teacup he had just picked up and shook his head: “No. It’s’ambition’ is too high.”

Clark nodded: “I see, you want to leave.”

Hu Lai smiled: “The world is so big, I want to see it. Boss.”

Clark heard Hu Lai’s words and aftertastes for a while, then he said: “Let’s stay for another season? After playing this season, we will leave.”

“If this is the hope of the boss, you and the club, I will respect it. But for me personally, when the opportunity appears in front of me, I don’t want to miss it.” Hu Lai chose to tell the truth. “No one knows what will happen after one season.”

Of course, he can say something good to cheer them up, and then go back and put pressure on the club through the agency. Let the agency and the agent be bad guys while hiding behind him, pretending to be an innocent person who doesn’t know anything about it, and maintaining a bright and beautiful image in front of the media and fans.

But he didn’t do this. Since he is here, of course he has to be open and honest with his boss, otherwise the meaning of communication and dialogue will be lost.

“All right…” Clark sighed, so frank Hu Lai made him speechless. “We know what you think, and the club will know.”

Hu Lai nodded, “Is there anything else, boss?”

“No, you can go.” Clark waved his hand.

Hu Lai turned to bid farewell.

But just as he was about to go out, Clark stopped him: “No matter what the final result is, I only represent myself, thank you, Hu.”

Matt also said, “Me too.”

“I also need to thank you, you guys brought me to Europe.” Hu Lai bowed to the two coaches.

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After Hulai left, Clark and Matt looked at each other.

“It’s really a Hu who is good at seizing opportunities…” Clark said with emotion. “He knows what he wants and what to do.”

He aimed at Hu Lai’s phrase “When the opportunity appears in front of me~www.wuxiax.com~I don’t want to miss it.”

“The world is so big, I also want to see…” Matt sighed with another sentence Hu Lai said.

Clark glanced at him: “What are you doing? Do you want to leave, too?”

“How is that possible? I must also go with you when I want to go, where do you go and where do I go…” Matt laughed. “Speaking of, Tony, will you coach for the rest of your life in Leeds?”

Clark shook his head: “First, I don’t want to coach in a team forever. Second, in today’s football, it is difficult to have a coach who can coach a team for more than ten years. So I actually understand Hu very well. Why do you want to leave? In modern football, the “one-to-one” is a very costly and unnecessary thing. After all, after staying in one place for a long time and getting used to it, in fact, you enter the comfort zone and you will lose it slowly. Motivation for struggle…”

“So you will tell the club truthfully, Hu wants to leave?”

“Well, yes. The next thing will give Eric and the others a headache.”

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