Invitation from Chelsea

  Remember in one second

  Wu Lei ran to the edge of the field, enjoying the applause from more than 50,000 fans in the stadium. He didn't expect his performance to win the applause of all the fans in the stadium, and even the fans of the opposing team Porto stood up and applauded sincerely.

  In his memory, only players like Ronaldo can conquer the fans of their opponents in the home stadium of a giant club.

  "This applause is truly wonderful." Wu Yu ran slowly, although his calf muscles still had a slight tightness and pain after cramping, and every breath seemed especially difficult after exhausting his physical strength, but he still enjoyed this applause.

  "Wu Yu, good job!" Head coach Martins came over to shake hands with him. Thanks to Wu Yu, they had the hope of beating Porto in this match.

  Wu Yu took the jacket from the assistant coach, sat back on the bench, and his excitement still couldn't calm down, so he could only take big gulps of cold water to use this piercing coolness to calm himself down.

  With stoppage time included, there were 5 minutes left in the match.

  Fonseca has already used up all three substitutions, sending on four forwards to attack Marítimo's defense.

  5 minutes were originally enough for a team to reverse the game, and in 1999 Manchester United took only 3 minutes to take the Champions League trophy from Bayern.

  Miracles don't happen many times, otherwise they wouldn't be called miracles.

  In 5 minutes, Porto failed to break Maritimo's goal and lost 1-2 at home.

  。

  Thanks to Wu Lei's outstanding performance in the second half, Maridimo miraculously reversed Porto 2-1 away from home and incredibly took three points from the Dragon Stadium!

  Wu Yu has become the hero of the team!

  The news of Wu Yong's conquest of the Giant Dragon Ball Court spread throughout Europe and even the whole world in just one day.

  Coaches and scouts from major European clubs who didn't pay much attention to Wu Lei before are now taking notice of this Chinese wonder boy.

  And Fei Ge used the phrase to describe Wu Yu's eyes like a fierce tiger, which later earned him the nickname "South China Tiger".

  ……

  In north London, at the Colney training base in Hertfordshire, a grey-haired, wrinkled-faced man in his sixties sat on a sofa staring at a massive TV screen mounted on the wall. The screen was showing a football match with players from two teams fiercely competing against each other.

  In front of this old man, a bald man in his 50s was also sitting on the sofa, watching the game on the screen, but he had a stack of documents in his hand.

  "Steve, is that the Chinese player you were talking about?" The sixty-year-old man paused the game recording and turned to the bald-headed man.

  "Yes, Arsene. This player's name has spread throughout Europe and many teams have started to take notice of him." Steve replied.

  "But we already have Mesut, Aaron and Jack in the midfield, there's no need to buy him. The priority is to strengthen our defense line, otherwise Chelsea will widen the gap." Arsene said with a frown.

  "But this player is so young, only 18 years old!" Steve sighed.

  "What?" Arsene's eyes suddenly lit up: "Then let's take a look at this Chinese kid."

  ……

  Similarly in North London, a middle-aged man in his 30s walked into a luxurious office.

  "Daniel, we need him."

  A middle-aged man put a document on the desk in front of him and sat down behind it, where a bald-headed man wearing glasses was sitting.

  "Villas, is he really that good?" Daniel said with some doubt as he looked at the files full of analysis data on the table.

  "Believe me, I think we'll get him in the summer, and by then, both our strength and influence will have risen to a new level," Villas said confidently.

  "Okay, I'll go and get in touch."

  Carrington Training Centre, Manchester, England

  "David, we must act quickly now, he has already attracted a lot of attention." Toni?o Cruz said to Moisés beside him.

  "I know, but we are a club with a long history and we have to follow the legal procedures." David Moyes said, frowning, as he couldn't put too much mind into this matter now, being already overwhelmed by the team's poor performance and pressure from fans.

  Iberian Peninsula, Madrid.

  "Carlo, do you need him? I can bring him back for you." A bald middle-aged man in his 40s said to a white-haired man in his 50s.

  "Zinedine, for now our team doesn't have his position, let's observe first. On the other hand, that Chinese forward in B team is performing well, I plan to promote him to the first team next season." Carlo responded.

  "Alright, I respect your opinion, but I really like him, he's like me when I was young," Zinedine said with a shrug.

  ……

  Back in London, England, a man in his 40s is sitting on the couch next to a slightly chubby middle-aged man and Jorge Mendes, who are talking into a phone.

  The two middle-aged men are Chelsea club boss Abramovich and CEO Gourlay, who are talking to the president of Maritimo in the company of Mendes.

  "Román, you mean you want to buy Wu Yong from our club?" The voice of Maridimo's chairman Felipe came over the phone.

  "Yes, I want to bring him to London now, is 20 million euros enough?" Abramovich didn't speak but the CEO Gulre spoke up beside him.

  。

  "This season is impossible, we can't let go of the midfield core at such a critical moment." Felipe refused without hesitation.

  "We can sign a contract with Wu Yun first and then loan him to you until the end of the season." Gulei also reacted quickly.

  On the other end of the phone came Felipe's hesitant voice, apparently he was considering it.

  "But your offer is really too low. With Wu Yu's current performance, we can't let him go." After a while, Felipe seemed to accept the transfer and loan method, and began to haggle over the price.

  "3 million euros." Gourlay raised his bid.

  "No way, it's still too low. Unless you can come up with an amount equal to the breach of contract penalty, we won't let him go." Felipe said with a big mouth open.

  "Ransom money!?" Gourlay said with some atmosphere. He completely dared not believe that this old Portuguese man would open his mouth so big, and for a player who had only been in the second-tier European league for half a year, he actually opened up a ransom price, which was simply a bit outrageous.

  "What's his breach of promise?" Abu, who had been silent all along, spoke up in a flat tone without any ups and downs.

  Gulray and Mendes on the scene were immediately stunned by Abu's words, Felipe on the other end of the phone was also shocked to be speechless, he did not expect Abu to really pay a breach of contract for Wu Yu.

  "8 million euros!" After a while, Felipe finally reacted and reported the number.

  "Alright, deal. I'll send someone to discuss the contract with Wu Yun." Abu agreed readily, without any hesitation, as if 80 million euros were nothing but dirt in his eyes, completely worthless.

  On the other end of the phone, Felipe is now somewhat regretful. He regrets not setting Wu Yu's liquidated damages higher at first. He didn't expect Abu to agree so readily. Although 80 million euros are a huge fortune for Maridimo, Felipe still feels some heartache, after all, Wu Yu seems to be worth more money!

  After hanging up the phone, Felipe sat back on the sofa, closed his eyes and thought quietly for a few minutes, letting his mind clear up from the confusion earlier.

  After a while, he opened his eyes and dialed a phone number.

  。

  15 minutes later, Martínez and Tenorio, accompanied by Wu Yu, appeared in Felipe's office.

  "I have some news to tell you, Chelsea is willing to pay 80 million euros to buy out Wu Yun's contract, the deal will be done in these few days, but they are willing to let Wu Yun stay on loan for the second half of the season. I have no way to refuse this offer." Felipe said calmly, looking at the three people sitting in front of him.

  "What!?" The three of them exclaimed in unison.

  They thought Felipe would have some instructions, but unexpectedly he had already agreed to Chelsea's offer and sold Wu Lei to the opponent.

  "Mr. Felipe, are you sure you've thought this through?" Martens asked with some concern.

  "I didn't have any room for consideration, because the other party had already offered a large amount of liquidated damages. As long as Wu Yu and the other party reached an agreement, we wouldn't be able to stop this deal." Felipe said with some regret, looking at Wu Yu.

  Actually, in his heart, he also knew that Wu Yu would never stay at Maridimo, but didn't want him to leave so soon. Because in the past six months, Wu Yu has brought too many surprises and honors to the club, and too much joy to the fans, but now it seems like it's time to part ways.

  "Wu Yu, what's your take on this?" Martens turned his face around and asked Wu Yu.

  Felipe and Tenonio were both looking at Wu Yun with eager eyes, waiting for his response. The three people present did not want Wu Yun to transfer to Chelsea.

  Felipe hopes that Wu Lei can stay for one or two more seasons to win more honors for the team; Martins, as the head coach of the team, only cares about the team's performance on the field and naturally does not want to lose a powerful general like Wu Lei; while Tenoio, as Wu Lei's agent, is worried that going to Chelsea will not give Wu Lei the opportunity to play, which would hinder his career.

  When Wu Yu heard Felipe say that Chelsea wanted him, he was also shocked in his heart. Following this was the joy of being favored by a giant club and definite affirmation, as well as complex emotions such as feelings for Marítimo, his career and dreams.

  This left him facing the gaze of three people, but he remained frowning and did not make a statement for a long time.

  Half a minute later, Wu Yu's gaze gradually firmed up, he slowly lifted his head and looked at Felipe.

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