Mubarak finally realized that Chen Hero wasn't complaining about him not contacting Chen Hero in the first place. He just didn't want to come to Manchester City. He had misunderstood!
He had truly brought this humiliation upon himself…
As a shrewd and intelligent investor, Mubarak finally regained his composure and woke up from that obsession.
He also understood that Chen Hero really was unsellable for Liverpool. This was not an "unsellable" with quotation marks. Liverpool really had no intention of selling their star player.
Dracula was right, money is useless for things that have no value. And for Liverpool Football Club, Chen Hero is priceless.
It's like you can't imagine Barcelona selling Messi…
At this time, he remembered his conversation with owner Mansour in the chairman's box at the Etihad Stadium. At that time, he also felt that Liverpool would not let Chen Hero go so easily, but he still felt that the final result would definitely be that they would let him go, as long as he offered enough money.
Now it seems that he and his boss Mansour were both naive.
No matter how much money you offer, it's useless!
He took out his phone to report the final result to his boss, Mansour.
This matter was proposed by Mansour, and since he didn't complete it, he should let Mansour know.
"Hello, boss, yes... you know?"
Mansour on the other end of the phone said calmly: "The whole world's media is broadcasting this, of course I know."
"I'm sorry, boss... I wasn't able to complete the task." Mubarak quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake.
"It's okay, Al. You've done a great job, this isn't your problem. It's their problem." Mansour's tone was very calm, and he didn't seem annoyed.
Of course not, because through the reports these days, he also knew that Liverpool would definitely not sell Chen Hero. The initiative of the transfer is not in Liverpool's hands, nor in Manchester City's hands, but in Chen Hero's hands.
Although for other players, they have no say in whether to transfer or not, this rule does not work for those particularly outstanding superstars. When Cristiano Ronaldo was desperately making a fuss about transferring to Real Madrid, Ferguson kept him for two seasons but failed to keep him, and the Portuguese still went to Real Madrid.
So as long as Chen Hero doesn't want to leave Liverpool, Liverpool can't drive him away, and as long as Chen Hero doesn't want to come to Manchester City, Manchester City can't get him.
And obviously, Chen Hero doesn't want to come to Manchester City…
"Okay, Al. Don't think about Hero or Liverpool anymore. Let's end this matter here!"
Mubarak breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these words.
Although this was Mansour's temporary idea, it was, after all, his responsibility. Mansour had entrusted him with many investments and asked him to handle them, and he had done them very well. This was the first time he had screwed up something Mansour had entrusted to him…
He really didn't expect that his first time would be on a professional player named Chen Hero…
Although the boss didn't pursue it and didn't care, the fans cared! So now Mubarak has to start worrying about how to deal with those angry fans. What excuse should he find?
Although he didn't take the fans seriously from the bottom of his heart, he still had to do the superficial work. He couldn't really say to the media and the public: "You fans are nothing! This is the property of the Al Nahyan family of the Abu Dhabi United Group!"
If he did, even if he had a good relationship with his boss Mansour, he would only be dismissed.
He really wanted to announce aggressively that this was Chen Hero's self-promotion, and that Manchester City had never pursued Hero at all. But when he thought of Chen Hero's well-known simple-mindedness, if more inside information were exposed, he was afraid that he would lose even more face.
So after thinking about it, he could only be a coward.
But the reporters were unwilling to let him go so easily. The phone calls came one after another, and some people even blocked him outside his office.
He remained silent on this question. If he was really pushed, he would just say: "No comment!"
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As the team's coach, Mancini was also besieged by many reporters, but he really didn't know. He was completely kept in the dark.
Mubarak was not responsible to him, so he naturally would not inform him of the latest progress.
So in the face of the reporters' siege, he could only repeat: "I don't know," "I'm not sure," "I really don't know," "I really don't know…"
In the end, he got annoyed and blew up at the press conference: "Anyone who asks any more questions about Chen Hero and Manchester City, I'll leave!"
What a refined coach!
If it were Chen Hero, he would probably overturn the table and go berserk, scold the reporters, and then announce a ban on them…
But even so, it was still very effective.
After his outburst, no one really asked this question anymore.
But Mancini can't control these media from discussing this issue in their newspapers.
Everyone said that Mancini was showing his frustration after the team failed to acquire Chen Hero. He had been so hoping that Chen Hero would come, but he didn't expect it to be all for nothing. How could he be in a good mood?
He was in a bad mood, so he had to vent his anger on the reporters. That's normal…
And at this time, there must be a lot of things waiting for him to deal with in Manchester City's locker room.
What the reporters said was right. In Manchester City's locker room, Mancini was really having a headache now.
Aguero and Lavezzi were dissatisfied; Tevez was still the same, always clamoring for a transfer, but it wasn't that the club wouldn't let him go, but that his salary was too high and no team was willing to accept him; Balotelli broke Mancini's heart, and Mancini was planning to sell him back to Italy…
There were also many players who were dissatisfied because the team was said to be buying Chen Hero, and these emotions had to be soothed slowly.
But what made Mancini the most unhappy was that the locker room had rebelled, and in the end, all he got was Chen Hero slapping him in the face and not coming.
How could he not be angry?
This is a typical case of "trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice used to lure it."
If Chen Hero could really come, he wouldn't be afraid even if he offended some players in the locker room. Those who were unhappy could just get lost. As long as he had Chen Hero, the team's performance would be guaranteed. As long as the team's performance was guaranteed, his position would be secure. The boss would definitely stand with him then.
For a while, he was even thinking about how to get along with Chen Hero when he came… After all, everyone had spat at each other before, and no one had been merciful.
It's just that he didn't expect that all of this would now be in vain.
Chen Hero didn't come, and the locker room was still in a mess. He especially hated the guy who leaked the news that Manchester City was trying to buy Chen Hero to the media. The Manchester City club had done a very good job of keeping it secret, and even he, the coach, didn't know about it. Even if it didn't succeed in the end, no one would know that this had happened, and the locker room would naturally be peaceful. Now it was all over. He had just complained that the team didn't have Chen Hero as the reason for losing the game, and then the club was exposed for asking Liverpool to buy Chen Hero. What would those players think? They would definitely think that he was brewing a major purge, so everyone would be on tenterhooks. What kind of combat power would they have?
Manchester City Chairman Mubarak and Mansour, who came up with this idea, probably didn't expect that they hoped to improve Manchester City's combat power, but they damaged the team's combat power by doing so.
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Chen Hero doesn't care about the mess in Manchester City's locker room, and he doesn't care what Manchester City thinks of him because of this incident.
He said he was busy, and it wasn't really an affectation, but he was really busy.
Only three days after the game against Manchester City, Liverpool welcomed Blackburn at home. The opponent in this game was not strong, but Chen Hero still started. His goal and assist helped Liverpool beat Blackburn 2-0 at home.
During this period, Liverpool and Manchester City were engaged in private battles over Chen Hero's transfer.
Chen Hero's performance at the time strengthened Mubarak's determination to bring Chen Hero to the Etihad Stadium.
But later, all of this became irrelevant.
After the game against Blackburn, the next game was Liverpool's away game against Bayern Munich.
How could Chen Hero have time to hold a press conference to specifically clarify this issue?
Therefore, he directly dismissed Manchester City on the Internet.
Then he concentrated on preparing for the game against Bayern Munich.
He was full of fighting spirit and determination to win this game.
Because less than a year ago, Liverpool was eliminated from this stadium by Bayern Munich. At that time, he tried his best, but he couldn't get the team into the final.
He still remembers the feeling at that time.
He had never played such a difficult game.
Gerrard was injured, Suarez was suspended, and very few people could help him. Most of the time, he had to fight against at least three strong Bayern Munich defenders.
Even the voices of the fans could not be heard. Liverpool was isolated and helpless at the Allianz Arena.
In the end, they lost the game helplessly and painfully.
Liverpool said goodbye to last season's Champions League like this.
But this season, Liverpool met Bayern Munich in the first round of the knockout stage. This was the best chance for revenge, and Chen Hero would never allow himself and the team to fall at the feet of their opponents again!
He had always stepped on the corpses of others to lift the championship trophy, and he would never allow others to use him as a stepping stone!
Bayern Munich, now it's time for you to pay your blood debt!
So what if you're the defending champion? He's going to kill you, the defending champion!
With a strong murderous aura, Chen Hero boarded the flight to Munich with Liverpool. He was going to bring destruction to the defending champion.