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Lafayette's temptation turmoil was calmed down before it even started.

The outside media were very curious about Li Mo's sudden speech on social media, but Li Mo and the Sheffield United Club were very tight-lipped, and the reporters found nothing after searching around.

However, in the face of Mendes' inquiry, Li Mo thought about it and told the truth about the contact with Real Madrid.

This matter is nothing at all, if he keeps it secret, it will make Mendes wonder if he has reached an agreement with Real Madrid's top management in private, it is better to say it generously.

How Mendes communicates with Real Madrid afterwards is a matter between them, but Li Mo still mentioned that it is best not to involve him and Ronaldo in this matter.

The last time I went to the FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony, Li Mo and Ronaldo had a pleasant exchange, and both of them belonged to Mendes, so it is unnecessary if the relationship is stymied because of this contact incident.

Mendes obviously knew that the matter was big or small, and it depended on his handling methods. In the end, he just told Li Mo not to worry, and hung up the phone in a hurry, presumably to confirm it with Real Madrid first.

Li Mo thought for a while, then called Speed ​​and briefly explained what happened.

His frankness made Speed ​​very satisfied, and his attitude reassured Speed ​​a lot.

After all, Li Mo is the direct disciple of the old handsome guy, and the communication between the two is also tacit. They didn't talk about the matter after talking about it. The two talked more about the match arrangement in late January.

The No.20 three rounds of the Premier League will start on January 1, when Sheffield United will go to an away game to challenge Newcastle.

After this round of matches, the Premier League will be suspended for about ten days. During these ten days, Sheffield United will usher in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Li Mo should be on the bench with the team at that time, but his game tasks will not be heavy. As long as there are no mistakes in the FA Cup game, he will just sit on the bench and rest. Basically, he can take a good rest after playing the No.20 league for three rounds a bit.

The master and apprentice chatted casually for a few more words before ending the call. At this time, Li Mo's door was knocked. He went out and saw that Maguire and Stones had already packed their luggage and were waiting for him Come out to do coolies.

"It means that it will be done tomorrow, you two must know how to move here."

Li Mo scratched his head, put on his coat while complaining, and accompanied the two of them into the small cargo box with their luggage.

After Vardy and the others moved out of the small villa one after another, Maguire and Stones also arrived on this day.

The main reason is that Stones' family moved to Sheffield some time ago. Stones must have to live with his family in the past. When Maguire saw this, he planned to move out to live a two-person world with his little girlfriend.

After all, it's not time for everyone to be promoted to the first team. Once the new contract is signed, there is no shortage of money, and they have never been in a relationship before. It is convenient to live together when their families are far away.

But this time I talked about my girlfriend and my family moved to Sheffield, so it must be more comfortable to live with my girlfriend's family.

That is to say, Li Mo is still "lonely" now, and it seems that he has not talked about his girlfriend, so he can only return to the state of living alone again.

"Come over to play more in the future. My parents will go back to Sheffield in a few days, so come over for dinner."

Before Maguire left, he made a joke with Li Mo. The house he bought was in the neighborhood where Medel was located, not far from Li Mo's small villa. It was indeed very convenient for Li Mo to go there for a meal.

Stones lived a little further away, so the kid was a little bit reluctant.

Li Mo and Maguire usually like to tease him, but they take good care of him. If his parents hadn't moved to Sheffield, he really wanted to continue living with Li Mo and the others.

"Okay, I meet and eat at the training base every day, it's not like I can't see each other anymore, I'm tired of staying with you two every day, and it's quiet to live alone, don't pout your mouth, get out of here. "

Li Mo laughed and cursed to dilute the reluctance in Stones and Maguire's hearts. After getting two middle fingers, the small cargo box started, and Li Mo also stood aside and waved to them.

It has been two years since he took Maguire to live in the small villa. Whether it is long or short, he suddenly returned to the state of living alone, with no one around him making noise , Li Mo actually needs to re-adapt.

Fortunately, everyone has been preparing for the league for the past few days, and when they met at the training base the next day, they lost all reluctance.

Especially after the confrontation training was over, Stones, who had been tortured enough, returned to the state of arguing with Li Mo, so he didn't look like the dead child with his mouth shut last night.

Sheffield United is preparing for the game in full swing, and English football has become more and more lively after the winter window opens.

As the leader of the league, the current Sheffield United team does not have a large-scale injury wave, and the bench is thick enough, so Speed ​​has no plans to sign reinforcements in the winter window.

However, the following Manchester City duo, Tottenham Chelsea and other teams are not as calm as Sheffield United.

After the winter window opened, these tycoons began to search for targets in the transfer market. Chelsea's Mancini wanted to take Silva from Manchester City, while Manchester City's Master Bei wanted to find a first-class midfielder from La Liga.

It is said that Manchester City has now talked to Real Madrid about Master Bei's old player Harvey Alonso, but they just don't know if the news is true or not.

These are not short of money. When Chelsea talked about Silva, they also dropped Newcastle striker Demba Ba at the same time, as if they were going to do a big job after the winter window.

However, Sheffield United directly rejected Big Brother's idea of ​​taking back De Bruyne here.

Speed ​​even expressed his gratitude to Chelsea, saying that Sheffield United has prepared a check and will buy out De Bruyne after the end of this season.

The old handsome guy kept sending emails to thank Chelsea for reluctantly giving up. He signed a loan clause with a buyout with Sheffield United, but the person in charge of Chelsea's transfer department was very depressed.

The condition of adding a 2000 million buyout fee at the beginning was purely to let Sheffield United help them cultivate talents, but no one expected that Speed ​​really trained De Bruyne.

In the limited playing time this season, De Bruyne has handed over a total of three goals and seven assists in the league and cup games.

Look, this season is only halfway through, and De Bruyne is rushing to reach double figures in assists in a single season. A newcomer in the Premier League, with such results in his rookie season, let alone 2000 million, even if you are 3000 million, Chelsea don’t want to sell it now what.

It's a pity that the initiative is now entirely with Sheffield United, and De Bruyne personally prefers to stay at Sheffield United. Chelsea suffered another big loss after Matic.

The key person, Sheffield United, is not taking advantage of the fire. Matic was not wanted by Chelsea, and he took over and changed his position to train him.

De Bruyne is also what you Di Matteo didn't want to spend time cultivating, and Speed ​​took over and fed it game after game.

Besides, the transfers were all formal procedures, the transfer fee was generous enough from Sheffield United, and it was paid in cash in one lump sum, so there was no thorn in the side.

It can only be said that Chelsea's two head coaches lacked a little patience, and it is also to blame for the pressure from the higher-ups to achieve results.

After all, the growth of young players is to sacrifice certain results. Your goal every year is to win the league, so naturally there is no way to give young players more room for trial and error.

But the reason is so, but Xie Feilian's success in picking up leaks has also aroused the vigilance and attention of the major powerful teams.

In the future, it will not be as easy for Sheffield United to buy some young players from other teams.

After all, the examples of Barnsley and Chelsea are all in front of us, plus the playmaker and main right back dug from the Manchester City duo, good guy, Sheffield United has almost half a championship lineup for nothing.

The players who may have cost more than 2000 million to buy before and after, Sheffield United finally got it for [-] million, which is too jealous.

Even Sheffield United's own fans are ridiculing that the coaching staff has saved the club at least [-] million in transfer fees by relying on their talent selection and training skills.

Many fans also joked that the club's executives would take out the winter window transfer fee prepared this year and give it to the coaching staff as a bonus.

Speed ​​was also very happy to hear such news in an interview before the game, saying that he would talk to the club's senior management about the bonus after this round of the game.

The game against Newcastle came in such a relatively relaxed atmosphere.

On the afternoon of January 1, the main players of the Sheffield United team arrived at St. James' Park Stadium.

Compared with Sheffield United, where all members are relaxed, the atmosphere in Newcastle's team today is much more dignified.

After the first 22 rounds of the league, Newcastle has dropped to No. 16 in the league, only three points away from the relegation zone, and has been completely reduced to a relegation team.

Before the start of this season, it was hard for Premier League fans to imagine that the Magpies, which once reached the Champions League last season, would fall so quickly.

Xia Chuang left the midfielder Cabaye, and Dong Chuang left Demba Ba. Newcastle, which had only risen for two seasons, was dismantled by the powerful.

Looking at today's Newcastle team, Li Mo and the old players of Sheffield United are full of embarrassment.

If Sheffield United hadn't received a large capital injection last summer, it might not be any better than Newcastle today.

If Drinkwater is poached back by Manchester United, Li Mo and Maguire leave again, Sheffield United will lose their central axis, and they can only become a relegation team.

It can only be said that Sheffield United had better luck at an important juncture of development, relying on the mountains, while Newcastle did not win the favor of capital, so the two teams with similar results last season embarked on a completely different path of development this season. road.

Newcastle's current top priority is to get enough points to stay in the Premier League first, but this season's Sheffield United has lost half of the characteristics of last season's "robbing the rich and helping the poor".

Sheffield United, who don't need to sacrifice their performance to play against weak teams, is in control, and today's game is no exception.

Speed ​​formed Sheffield United's best [-] formation.

The offensive foursome of Bell, Li Mo, and Valdiga Joaquin all started.

The combination of Drinkwater and Matic's double midfielder is also safe enough, plus the defense that is currently dubbed the No. 1 head of the Premier League.

Newcastle's home fans looked at Sheffield United's starting lineup and felt very worried.

The game that started in the afternoon was just as the fans of both sides thought before the game, and Sheffield United took the initiative almost from the beginning.

Newcastle, who took the lead in kick-off, was forced to lose possession of the ball by Sheffield United's pressure and counter-grab. They could only throw it out of the midfield early and set up a bus.

Alan Pardew's coaching level is there. Last season, he was able to bring out such a defensively tough and offensively distinctive Newcastle, which won him the love and support of many Magpies fans.

But it’s hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Once Tiot and Cabaye left, the midfielder lost both the barrier and the playmaker. Dong Chuang left Demba Ba again, and the offensive arrow was gone.

As far as the remaining people in the Newcastle team are concerned, even if you let Mourinho and Guardiola come, you may not be able to knead them into a powerful team.

This season, Alan Pardew will lead Newcastle to relegation at most, and it will definitely not work if he wants to go further.

Because of the two midfielders in a row, the midfield defense line collapsed, and the defense line could not be strengthened. In the previous rounds against strong teams, Newcastle's defense performed very badly.

Today, Li Mo was not polite at all. He came up to Newcastle's central defender Coloccini to play a 1V1 men's battle. Another Newcastle central defender Williamson next to him had to put most of his attention on Li Mo.

Li Mo directly pulled away the defensive energy of Newcastle's two central defenders. As you can imagine, Vardy and Bell had a great time.

Newcastle's midfield was one hit and one pass, leaking everywhere, and Sheffield United almost always pressed on Newcastle's defense line to organize the ball.

Bell on the left rushed so hard that Derbyg couldn't take care of himself, and Joaquin on the right saw the opportunity and kept sending shells to Newcastle's penalty area.

After only half an hour in the first half, Bell and Vardy scored successively, helping Sheffield United establish a two-goal lead.

Li Mo easily got an assist, except that his jersey was a little dirty, he didn't seem to exert much effort.

With such a one-sided situation, the Newcastle fans at home were completely silent.

After all, their team can be regarded as one of the traditional powerhouses of the Premier League, and the fans have a strong sense of pride and self-esteem.

The desolate and powerful are powerful after all, and it may take some time for Newcastle fans to accept the reality that their team has been reduced to a relegation team.

Speed ​​looked at the familiar St. James' Park stadium, and it was also rare that he did not show too much excitement about Sheffield United's lead.

After all, it was the place where he fought back then, and the final peak of his career was also spent on this stadium, so he has feelings after all.

After halftime, Speed ​​led his disciples back to the locker room with a calm expression, while Alan Pardew was thinking about the tactics of the second half with a sad face. The facial expressions of the two formed a sharp contrast, just like the two teams. The current situation of the team is average.

Only one season has passed, and many things have changed, which also reflects the "fairness" of the Premier League.

If you want to achieve results, you need to increase your investment. If you don’t invest, you will sell people. If you don’t fall behind, who will fall behind?
Newcastle's current experience can be regarded as a wake-up call to Sheffield United.

If you want to remain strong in the Premier League, you must maintain a large amount of capital investment all year round.

If one day Sheffield United's economic situation becomes tight, many players in the current team may have to reconsider their future in the team.

This is very realistic, but for aspiring players, it is a very reasonable choice.

They can accept that Sheffield United does not have a glorious history. Under the premise that they can see the hope of competing for the championship and their material needs are guaranteed, everyone has the motivation to stay at Sheffield United to fight for honor and the championship.

But they will never accept the behavior of drawing big cakes.

Rejecting the recruitment of other giants is because Li Mo and his core players chose to stay, and the strength of Sheffield United is not weak. The second is because Sheffield United is now very generous and the treatment they give is very generous.

Otherwise, you will give 80 a year, who will kill you.

To put it bluntly, these days, playing in the top leagues can only be afforded by burning money. If you want to win the league championship from the old giants, do you have the confidence not to burn [-] to [-] million?

It cost Sheffield United more than 8000 million to smash Bell in the summer window. In addition to the new contracts provided to the players, the salary expenditure easily exceeded [-] million. In the next few years, the contract with Li Mo will be renewed. It takes [-] million to make a base.

It was this kind of handwriting that allowed Xie Feilian to retain the main frame in Xia Chuang.

Talk about feelings on the premise of material guarantee, that is true love, otherwise it will only embarrass both sides.

Fortunately, the players of Speed ​​and Sheffield United are also very strong now. As long as the league champion is won this year and the big players above are happy, the transfer fee of [-] to [-] million pounds is just like playing.

Even if Bell is going to leave after winning the championship this year, with Wang Mu's guarantee, Speed ​​will have the confidence to hit another superstar on the left.

For example, Neymar, the new generation of Brazilian winger superstar Neymar who is now associated with Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​at worst, Sheffield United will spend [-] million to set a record. He does not believe that the Brazilians who love money will not be tempted.

Money is such a fun thing. Speed ​​didn't realize it when he was playing football before, but he has a deep understanding of it after coaching.

Anyway, he really doesn't want to live the days when he had no money. The experience of going to the low-level league for gold is still vivid in his memory. Bell's feeling is still more enjoyable.

Thinking of this, Speed ​​subconsciously looked at Li Mo who was changing his jersey.

Sheffield United can have today's situation, really thanks to Li Mo's smooth growth.

Without Li Mo, in the last season of the British Championship, Sheffield United will not talk about relegation, at least there will be no hope of promotion, and one more year will be wasted.

Without Li Mo, it would be even more impossible for Huaguo's capital to see the existence of Xie Feilian, and there would be no big acquisition last summer.

It can be said that Li Mo is the most important turning point in Sheffield United's fate, and even with Speed, he has the opportunity to coach a Premier League championship team.

"Coach, what do I do? It wasn't that I didn't want to score in the first half. It was because Jamie was too independent. He shot all four goals. In the second half, you asked him to give me more chances to shoot. I promise you Get in a nice one."

Li Mo's teasing sound woke up Speed, who was a little distracted, and looked at Vardy who was blushing and began to refute Li Mo's teasing, Speed ​​also shook his head with a smile.

"Okay, no kidding, everyone, come here, let's arrange the tactics for the second half."

Speed ​​restrained his mind, and still told the players not to be careless in the second half. The earlier they scored the third goal, the earlier they would shrink their formation to control the field.

After this round of the league, the second round of the League Cup semi-finals and the fourth round of the FA Cup will come, and the players in the team will still be sent to the field in rotation.

Today's main players in the league will basically serve as the starters for the second round of the League Cup semi-finals, so it is necessary to save some energy.

The Sheffield United players naturally nodded in agreement. After the halftime break, with the mentality and fighting spirit to solve the game early, Sheffield United launched a fierce offensive at the beginning of the second half.

Alan Pardew's tactics during the intermission obviously wanted to stabilize the situation first, but Newcastle's interception ability and organizational ability in the middle had dropped too much, and his tactical intentions could not be fulfilled at all.

Newcastle only resisted for ten minutes. When Li Mo received Bell's cross and overwhelmed Coloccini with a header, Newcastle's defensive players lost their will to resist.

The 3-0 score and only about half an hour left disappointed the Newcastle fans.

Therefore, when the Sheffield United players were celebrating, many home fans had already exited the field to express their serious dissatisfaction with the team's performance and the club's top management.

But for thousands of Sheffield United fans, it is indeed a meaningful moment of celebration to witness Li Mo's No.30 league goal this season.

The commentary of Sky Sports kept exclaiming that Li Mo only spent 23 league rounds to score the number of goals that other shooters may take two seasons to get.

After the end of today's league round, there are still [-] rounds left in the Premier League for Li Mo to create more miracles. Now no fans doubt Li Mo's ability to break the [-]-goal mark in the league.

The only thing they are curious about is which step Li Mo can go this season.

If Li Mo finally defeats Messi and successfully wins the European Golden Boot, then this will undoubtedly bring more heat and attention to the Premier League.

However, Li Mo is still the same as before, maintaining a sufficient "low profile".

After the 3-0 victory over Newcastle, in the face of reporters' questions about the ownership of the European Golden Boot this season, Li Mo just laughed and said nothing.

Compared with the uncertain future, Li Mo, like other Sheffield United players, obviously pays more attention to the upcoming League Cup.

On the evening of January 1, at the Bramall Lane Stadium, Sheffield United ushered in the challenge of the League One team Brentford.

The big victory in the first round gave Sheffield United an absolute psychological advantage, and the main players of Sheffield United who started the second round obviously did not want to disappoint the home fans.

Another crisp 4-0, Li Mo's halftime hat-trick performance helped the team break into the League Cup final stage of this season!
At the end of February, they will be at Wembley Stadium, aiming at their first championship this year!