Chapter 1 Manchester City's Invitation

Liverpool Football Club's General Manager, Niang, suddenly received a fax from Manchester City Football Club.

He glanced at it and couldn't help but chuckle.

Manchester City was actually inquiring about Chen Hero's price from Liverpool!

He looked at the header of the fax. It was indeed Manchester City's team emblem and club name, with not a single letter misspelled. It was indeed Manchester City Football Club.

Are they trying to make fun of me?

That was Niang's first thought.

Manchester City should be well aware of the relationship between them and Liverpool, and they should also know Chen Hero's opinion of them. How could they make such an inquiry?

Niang couldn't figure it out.

Eventually, he simply became convinced that Manchester City was trying to make fun of him and ignored the fax from Manchester City.

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Mubarak wasn't surprised that the fax sent by Manchester City Club hadn't received any response. This was perfectly normal.

After all, Chen Hero was still a very important player for Liverpool, and they wouldn't let him go so easily.

Of course, if they sold Chen Hero too easily, it wouldn't be challenging enough for Mubarak, and even if he succeeded, he wouldn't feel a sense of accomplishment.

If a problem can be solved with money, it's not a problem. That was the motto Mubarak believed in.

In Chen Hero's case, he felt that he couldn't just use money; he had to use something else as well.

However, he wouldn't reveal his trump card too early.

Liverpool's reaction didn't disappoint him; on the contrary, it excited him even more.

This showed that it would be very difficult, extremely difficult, not just generally difficult, to snatch Chen Hero from Liverpool's hands. But once he completed this impossible task and successfully brought Chen Hero to the Etihad Stadium, he could imagine the storm that the entire football world would stir up because of his actions.

With Chen Hero's fame and status in today's football world, if he could successfully bring him to Manchester City, the entire football world would probably bow down to his methods. At that time, he would let everyone in the football world know how powerful he, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, was!

Perhaps in the eyes of others, taking Chen Hero away from Liverpool was an impossible task, but he, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, wanted to be able to do what others couldn't, to do what no one else could do!

What others can't do, I can do, and only I can do!

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Two days later, Niang received another fax from Manchester City Club. But this time, it wasn't an inquiry; it was a direct offer.

Manchester City Club offered 50 million pounds to buy Chen Hero!

Niang let out a sneering sound from his nose as he held the offer.

He increasingly felt that the people in Manchester City's transfer department were just bored and full. Did they think they could take Chen Hero away from Liverpool for 50 million pounds? Were they out of their minds?

When Chen Hero transferred to Liverpool, his value was 70 million pounds. Although he hadn't won the Champions League since transferring to Liverpool, he had helped Liverpool win the English Premier League title that they hadn't been able to touch for twenty-two years, and he had also broken many records and scored goals like crazy. It was also at Liverpool that he completely became one of the world's top players.

Did these performances and achievements result in a 20 million pound drop in Chen Hero's value?!

What else could this be but a problem with their brains?

Wasn't this deliberately making fun of Liverpool?

Niang suddenly felt very uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.

Was it because we lost to them in the league that they were retaliating against us with such malicious means?

How childish! Did Manchester City really think they were three-year-old children?

Being humiliated by Manchester City in this way made Niang very uncomfortable. He couldn't swallow this anger and decided to retaliate.

So he made a phone call to a friend who worked in the media…

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A day later, two media outlets reported the news that Manchester City was pursuing Chen Hero. It was newsworthy for such news to appear after Liverpool had just defeated Manchester City.

In addition, the two parties involved in this news were both very famous. Chen Hero and Manchester City were not unknown nobodies.

Manchester City was the biggest sucker and the richest master in today's football world.

And Chen Hero was the best center forward in today's football world.

This was the first time Manchester City wanted to buy Chen Hero.

Yes, although Chen Hero's performance had been excellent before, and his reputation was very high, and he had been rumored to be linked with many teams, Manchester City's name had never appeared on this rumor list.

Was it that Manchester City couldn't afford it? Many people wouldn't think so. What Manchester City lacked the least was money.

Did Manchester City look down on him? Would Manchester City look down on a player like Chen Hero?

Many people felt that it was related to Chen Hero's falling out with Manchester City as soon as he arrived in the Premier League.

But this news really subverted everyone's perception. Unexpectedly, Manchester City would take the initiative to pursue Chen Hero…

At first, some people thought it was fake news.

You have to know that Chen Hero couldn't stand Manchester City very much, and the relationship between Manchester City's fans and players and him was very bad. Many people couldn't wait for him to die. With such a deadly enemy relationship, how could Manchester City go back to beg for Chen Hero? Besides, how could Chen Hero agree to go to Manchester City?

What's more, Manchester City only offered 50 million pounds?

Fifty million!

For other players, a value of 50 million was already a sky-high price, but when this price appeared on Chen Hero, everyone felt that this price was too low! For Chen Hero, how dare Manchester City offer 50 million pounds?

Manchester City wasn't poor; they had always been very generous.

And Chen Hero could never be worth only 50 million pounds. He was worth 70 million pounds when he transferred to Liverpool!

Seeing that even the fans knew about it, but Manchester City offered 50 million pounds, it was no wonder that Niang thought Manchester City was maliciously retaliating against Liverpool.

But when the *Liverpool Echo* reported it, many people were surprised to find out—it was true!

The *Liverpool Echo* had always been a loyal mouthpiece for Liverpool Football Club. Among them, their star reporter, Chris Bascombe, had a very good personal relationship with many players and coaches at Liverpool. The news he provided was generally not false.

Since the *Liverpool Echo* said there was such a thing, then there must be such a thing!

So in the next half day, the news that Manchester City had offered 50 million pounds to buy Chen Hero spread throughout the UK. A day later, the whole world knew about it.

For a time, this matter became the focus of everyone's heated discussion.

What was Manchester City's mentality in offering this price to buy Chen Hero was what everyone was most concerned about.

"Latest news, Manchester City offered 50 million pounds to buy Chen Hero… I think this is just a joke! Is Chen Hero a player worth only 50 million pounds? I believe that even if Liverpool were given 100 million now, they might not sell!"

"I can't understand Manchester City Club's approach. It is said that after this news spread, Manchester City fans quickly went to the gate of Manchester City Club with banners to protest, saying that even if Chen Hero was more powerful, they wouldn't welcome him!"

"So far, neither Liverpool nor Manchester City Club has come out to admit this matter. We called Mr. Dekura, Chen Hero's agent, and he said that he hadn't received any news about Manchester City's offer…"

"We can't contact Chen Hero, so we don't know what Chen Hero thinks about this…"

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Mubarak was almost harassed to death by those reporters' phone calls that night. At this time, he realized that what should have been a very secret matter had become known to the world, which immediately put him in a passive position.

He was very clear about Manchester City fans' feelings for Chen Hero, so he had to secretly contact Liverpool and Chen Hero. He wasn't afraid of being snatched away by others. When Manchester City Club really wanted to sign a certain player, no one could snatch them away! He just didn't want the fans to know about this matter, so as to avoid unnecessary complications.

But now it was too late to keep it a secret.

It must have been leaked by Liverpool! Damn it!

Mubarak only believed that it was leaked by Liverpool, but he didn't expect that it was Liverpool's General Manager Niang who leaked the secret…

It was absolutely impossible for Manchester City to leak the secret, because only he knew about this matter at Manchester City Club. Mancini? He probably hadn't guessed it.

But now he probably knew it too, right?

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Mancini did know. He learned about the news on the television news. At that time, he was having dinner with his family at home. The sports news was playing on the television, and he occasionally glanced at it, focusing mainly on chatting with his wife.

Then he heard the host's surprised voice from the television: "Now we will interrupt with a piece of news we just received. Manchester City Club has offered Liverpool Club 50 million pounds to formally buy their Chen Hero…"

Mancini almost spat out the juice in his mouth, but the price of forcibly holding it back was that he choked violently, scaring his wife opposite him, who quickly came over to pat him on the back to help him breathe.

Mancini didn't thank his wife, his eyes staring fixedly at the television screen, which showed the headlines of many newspapers, including the *Liverpool Echo*, which was the most authoritative in reporting various trends of Liverpool Club. Seeing that this newspaper had also participated in the report, Mancini knew that this wasn't a joke made by the television station, but it was real!

Then he was stunned, because he thought of the time when Club Chairman Mubarak had called him to his office and asked him, out of the blue, what he would do if Chen Hero was given to him…

So, from that time on, Mubarak had been planning to acquire Chen Hero!

And looking at the way the club chairman was acting, he was serious!

What's wrong with this world?

The previous complaint turned out to have made reality gallop toward the goal of realization. Mancini wasn't overwhelmed by excitement, but was instead stunned and speechless by reality.