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Wu Yu had originally planned to go on vacation with his mother and grandfather, but Wu Jinhua's physical condition was getting worse and worse, and he couldn't withstand the rigors of long-distance travel. Li Chunhua stayed behind to take care of him.
Under no choice, Wu Yu had to bring Wu Sheng, Wang Peijun and Gao Wei away from Guangzhou, the place of contention. Li Chunhua was just an ordinary woman, believing that those fans would not do anything rash even if they were excited.
On a sunny beach abroad, Wu Yuduo spent his first summer vacation as a professional player and also celebrated his 19th birthday there.
During his vacation, the World Cup was being held in Brazil, far away in the Southern Hemisphere. Argentina's team, which had lost its soul with Messi, unexpectedly dropped out of the group stage with Portugal, South Korea and Nigeria, making people feel regretful, and also made Wu Yu's name reappear in the newspapers.
But this time it was quickly covered up because other teams' performances in the World Cup immediately occupied the headlines of major newspapers.
Belgium unexpectedly became the biggest dark horse in this World Cup, and the team led by Hazard advanced to the quarterfinals, only to be stopped by the host Brazil, who had the advantage of time and place.
The four semi-finalists were Brazil, Germany, Netherlands and England. The most unexpected of these was the English team, who topped their group and then defeated Mexico and Italy in the knockout stages to reach the semi-finals.
Instead, it was the Spanish team, which had won the previous three championships, that was eliminated by Germany after core players Xabi Alonso and Xavi grew old.
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The Portuguese team led by C-Ro, although they eliminated Argentina together with Nigeria in the group stage, were eliminated by the Netherlands in the quarterfinals after Van Persie scored a hat-trick.
In the semifinals, Brazil defeated Germany and Netherlands eliminated England, with both teams advancing to the final.
The third place was contested by Germany defeating England.
In the final match, Brazil, who had the advantage of time, place and people, won a hard-fought victory over the Netherlands with a score of 3-2, winning the World Cup on home soil and their sixth World Cup title.
The Netherlands continued the uncrowned king's tragic color, losing in two consecutive World Cup finals. Van Persie scored 6 goals and won the best shooter, while Neymar won the best player with Brazil's championship.
The World Cup ended in a flurry of activity, and the players who participated in the World Cup also began their own vacation.
As July approaches, Wu Yu and Gao Wei will both return to Portugal's Marítimo to prepare for the Europa League qualifying matches.
Funchal, Madeira training ground, the office of club president Felipe, a wise old man with white hair, is talking to a middle-aged man.
The man was dressed in a crisp suit, his sparse hair combed back into a ponytail, and a hint of a smile always played on his round face.
"Eddie, nice to see you, what brings you here this time?" Felipe said somewhat casually.
"Mr. Felipe, I am here representing Manchester United to make an offer for your team's players." The man named Ed is the current CEO of Manchester United, Ed Woodward.
"Oh? I don't know which player on our team you're planning to make an offer to?" Felipe asked with a hint of pretence.
"Mr. Felipe, during the season we have already asked you about the price, this time it's the same, we hope to get Wu Yu."
"Oh, Wu Yun is a very important player in our team. If you don't have a satisfactory offer, we are absolutely unwilling to let him go." Felipe looked at the other party wisely.
"That's right, we also know he is an excellent player, so we are willing to pay 30 million euros"
"Woodward said with a smile."
"Hum! Joking! Wu Yu was the best young player in the Portuguese Super League last season, 30 million euros?" Felipe heard Woodward's surprisingly low offer and his face changed immediately, saying disdainfully.
"That €40 million, that's already a very high price for this Chinese player." Woodward was taken aback by Felipe's sudden outburst and slightly raised the price.
"If we don't get a bid at the price of Wu Yu's breach of contract, we will absolutely not let him go!" Felipe said firmly.
Woodward saw that he had said his piece and knew there was no way of discussing the price further at this time, so he bid him farewell.
"Hello, David? Maridimo wants us to pay a compensation of 80 million euros for Wu Yu's transfer." Woodward called Moyes immediately after leaving Felipe's office.
"Like that?" Moyes was somewhat unexpected on the phone, and he hesitated for a moment before continuing: "In that case, let's give up. This kid is not worth the price, and we also have Adnan and Nick in our team. Wen Yinghua can also help us with promotion in the Chinese market."
Moyes gave up on Wu Lei for a price difference of 40 million euros.
"I'll come back now then."
"No, you go on a trip to Lisbon, Rio is off the team, we need to supplement the back line."
"Oh, right, okay then, wait for my message."
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Ivan Gazidis, CEO of Arsenal and Wenger are sitting in an office in London talking.
"Arsenal, we offered 30 million euros, Maridimo thinks it's too little," Ivan Gazidis said to the old man in front of him.
"That was an excellent young man, and indeed more than that price." Wing thought with a frown.
"Shall we add one pound and try?" Gazidis asked seriously.
"No need, we have a bit too many midfielders in our team, let's talk about it later"
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Also in North London, this is the training base of Arsenal's arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur, where Boas is talking to club chairman Levy. Levy is in charge of Tottenham's transfer dealings and last season he brought Ajax's Eriksen to White Hart Lane at a very low price. But what made him famous was selling Bale to Real Madrid for ￡100m.
"Daniel, how are the negotiations with MaridiMO going?" Boas asked anxiously. He had been trying to bring Wu Yu to White Deer Lane Stadium since January this year.
"Phillip still won't budge, insisting that we pay the full liquidated damages. I'll try to negotiate with him again." Levi said on the phone, sounding a bit frustrated.
"Alright then, thanks for your hard work."
West London, Chelsea boss Abramovich was sitting in the office, a middle-aged man walked in, he is Chelsea club's CEO Gourlay.
"Boss, is there something you want me for?"
"I heard that Wu Yu is back, you go to Portugal and bring him back, Jose has already agreed." Abu said casually: "If Felipe wants 80 million euros in liquidated damages, just give it to him, no matter what, we must get Wu Yu."
"Understood, I'll go now." Gulei said briskly and turned around to leave.
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In Funchal, Madeira, at the training base of Marítimo, after Felipe hung up his fourth call today, a handsome middle-aged man in his 40s appeared in his office, Martins, the head coach of Marítimo.
"Mr. Felipe, we have a Europa League qualifier in 10 days and we can't let Wu Yu leave." Martens said anxiously: "Ricardo is still on vacation after participating in the World Cup, and the team now needs Wu Yu to lead everyone forward."
The World Cup ended on July 14, and on the 15th, Marítimo's players were already back at the club for pre-season training. Ten days later, they will play a Europa League qualifying match, which they must win to advance to the main tournament. Quaresma was given an extra two weeks of rest by the club because he was re-selected for the Portuguese national team and participated in the World Cup.
"I know that the next game is crucial, but we can't keep him because Da Costa has already offered me 80 million euros to buy out Wu Lei's contract"
"Philip said calmly, without revealing his inner feelings of happiness, doubt and worry."
"Porto? They don't have small ambitions." Martínez was somewhat surprised.
"Let's see what Wu Yu thinks first. We might be able to drag it out and let him help the team advance to the regular season before transferring." Felipe suggested.
"It seems like it's come to this after all. Is there really no way to keep Wu Yu behind?" Martens still didn't want to give up.
"He's a dragon, he can't stay in our small pond forever, helping us win a championship is enough of a contribution. Felipe's calm face also had a hint of melancholy: "Apart from Porto, you know Chelsea wanted to buy out his contract in January this year, today Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham all asked me about the price, we can't keep him anymore."
"But this year he also refused Chelsea's invitation." Martins still holds a glimmer of hope that Wu Lei wants to stay with the team.
"He declined Chelsea's invitation, I guess he wants to go to another team." Felipe said somewhat uncertainly.
"But a club like Chelsea doesn't want to go, what team is more attractive than them? Manchester United? Real Madrid? Or Barcelona?"
"I don't know about that. Unless someone offers a price to buy out Wu Yu's contract, I wouldn't want to let go of such a player," Felipe said with a shake of his head.
For a moment, the office fell into silence.
Ding ding ding......
The phone on Felipe's desk rang again, and the old man shook his head helplessly, picking up the receiver for the fifth time today.
"Hello, is Mr. Felipe there? I'm Quico Flores." A middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone, Benfica's head coach Flores.
"Hello, Quirk. What's up?" Felipe had already roughly guessed the other party's intention and asked with a pretentious tone of ignorance.
"It's like this, I want one of your players, don't know if you can sell him to me, he is..." Flores said over the phone.
"What? You want him?" Felipe was extremely surprised after hearing it.
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