Although he failed to find Mourinho, Mourinho promised to introduce Xiao Yu to Azevedo the next day, which made the Benfica chairman happy, because he had heard of Xiao Yu's name, not only because he had defected from Manchester United and established the Red Rebels, but also because of his fame, status and wealth in the United States.

Football never rejects the rich!

Before leaving, Palames took advantage of Azevedo's first few steps to pull Mourinho from an angle he didn't see, obviously annoyed that his good friend had missed the opportunity in vain, he really felt that it was a waste to stay at the new United with Mourinho's talent, and he should have a wider stage to show his talent as much as possible.

But Mourinho was unmoved, just gratefully shook Palames' hand, and then said, "Come to Manchester another day, I'll treat you to dinner, good buddy!" ”

After hearing this, Palames could say anything, shook his head and sighed and left.

Only Mourinho and Lourenzo remained, the latter with a smile on his face.

"What's funny, Louis?" Mourinho found it strange.

Lorenzo shook his head, "No, it's nothing funny, it's just that I think, José, you've changed a lot!" ”

After hearing this, Mourinho withdrew his smile and nodded: "Indeed, Luis, do you know? In my time as the new Manchester United manager, I feel like I've really changed a lot, I've learned a lot, I've felt a lot and I've understood a lot at the same time. ”

As someone who knows Mourinho, Lorenço can naturally see that his good friend has something to talk to him.

"The first thing I used to think about every day was, I'm still a fucking assistant coach, when the fuck am I going to make it?" Mourinho himself thinks back to the past with amusement: "Then I started a busy day, I worked hard to do my job well, I was very careful to learn something that I thought I needed to learn. ”

"But when I came to the new Manchester United, I realised that it wasn't enough, I just learned a few scratches, I couldn't learn something deeper, and without that, I would never want to be a manager like Alex Ferguson!"

Lourenço was a little surprised by Mourinho's transformation, and he suddenly thought of a person, a person he would inadvertently and respectfully refer to when he was talking to Mourinho on the phone.

"Did Xiao Yu make you understand these truths?"

Mourinho thought for a moment and nodded: "He inspired me, and then I figured it out myself!" ”

"He's a really interesting guy, then."

"Yes, that's right, even though he doesn't know a lot about football, even though he doesn't know much about how the tactical system is built, even though I think he's too kind to the players, I have to admit that he's a very relatable, very amazing guy and I even suspect he's the only indispensable person in this club."

"More important than you?" Lorenzo was a little surprised.

"Of course, Luiz, sometimes I feel like I'm the guy who manages the team, and even without me, his team can continue to win, and his players will continue to work hard, but I don't know what the team will be like without him."

Lorenzo was a little surprised when he heard this, "This is not like you, José!" ”

In the past, Mourinho's surname was the eldest of heaven, my second, and the team must have the final say on his own, and no one can interfere, but now he can endure Xiao Yu's prestige above him, which has to be said to surprise Lorenzo.

"You don't understand, Luiz, he didn't interfere with my work, on the contrary, he gave me the most freedom, and at the same time, he helped me a lot when I was at my worst, he helped me out of the quagmire, and I am very grateful to him, and at the same time I am very happy and willing to stay in the new Manchester United coach, I swear, definitely not because of gratitude, not because of the contract."

"Why is that?" Lourenço suddenly felt that Mourinho had changed, and he seemed to have more tenderness in his heart as the hero of an idol drama, although he was still so cold and arrogant on the surface.

"To put it simply, every time I go to the training ground, every time I see the youth team training, whenever I see the club moving forward step by step, my heart will spring up with satisfaction and expectation, I believe that when Ferguson first arrived at Manchester United, when he saw Beckham, Ryan Giggs and other players of the 92 generation, he should be the same as me now, and then he succeeded, became one of the most successful managers in England's history, I believe, I will succeed, I will!"

Lourenço didn't know what to say about him, because he realized that Mourinho had always been a very sensible person, he was rarely as emotional as he is now, but you can't say he's wrong, because it's not in his position, it's hard to understand what he's thinking.

The only thing that makes Lorenço sure is that Mourinho can't be poached!

He's crazy, infected by the mad Red Rebels, and he's gone mad with him!

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After receiving a call from Scarlett that night, Xiao Yu did not call Mourinho, because he knew that if he did, he would be suspicious, so he wisely chose to remain silent.

The next morning, he arrived at Newton Heath early, as usual, but he was surprised to find that Mourinho had already preserved him, which made him a little worried.

A year ago, Bruce also came to the Newton Heath training base so early on such a morning, and it was almost at that place that he told himself that he would not renew his contract with the club in half a year, hoping that Xiao Yu could find a successor as soon as possible.

Could it be that what happened a year ago is going to be repeated now?

Xiao Yu was a little apprehensive in his heart, but he still walked up, he pretended not to know about last night's events and greeted Mourinho, and then the two of them stood on the edge of the training ground, looking at the muddy training ground, Xiao Yu talked about the club's intention to improve the training facilities after the season, and Mourinho agreed.

In addition, the two talked about a lot of things, Xiao Yu mentioned the gains from his trip to South America and Africa, he mentioned John Obi Mikel, who has entered the club's academy, and also mentioned Senna in Sao Paulo.

But the only thing that hasn't been mentioned is the replacement of the departing Distin and Stanson, as well as the meeting between Mourinho and Azevedo last night.

Jose Mourinho looked at the time, it was almost training time, the members of the coaching staff had already started to set up equipment and props on the training ground, the kit keepers were preparing training clothes for the players, and the whole club was getting busy.

"Boss, are you free at noon today?" Mourinho asked suddenly.

Xiao Yu secretly took a deep breath in his heart, nodded and said, "Yes, is there something wrong, Jose?" ”

Mourinho smiled, "Last night the president of the Benfica club asked me to meet, right in Manchester, I thought it was a good friend of mine who worked at Benfica asked me out, so I went, who knew that Mr. Azevedo obviously wanted me to coach Benfica." ”

Xiao Yu didn't make a sound, just listened quietly.

After Mourinho saw it, Xiao Yu, who thought he would be a little surprised, was not surprised, but he himself was surprised, "Did you already know?" ”

"Yes, José, a friend ran into me in the restaurant and she called me to tell me about it."

"Then why don't you call me?" Mourinho is a little strange.

Xiao Yu smiled, "I knew you would tell me, no matter what your decision was, and before you told me, Jose, I absolutely absolutely believed you, so I didn't call you, because I knew that it meant distrust!" ”

Mourinho suddenly felt a wave of emotion, and being able to say this represents how much Xiao Yu has invested in him and how much he trusts and supports him, fortunately he has not lived up to Xiao Yu's expectations, otherwise, he will definitely feel guilty.

"And you want to know my answer?" Mourinho said with a smile that he would not allow his inner emotions to be easily revealed.

Xiao Yu nodded, he felt that things might not be so bad.

"I pushed Mr. Azevedo's invitation and I would stay at the new Manchester United, but Mr. Azevedo wants to get to know you, so he wants me to be an intermediary and ask you to have a meal with him."

Xiao Yu deliberately frowned, looking embarrassed, which made Mourinho panic, could it be that he said something wrong?

Who knows, Xiao Yu suddenly laughed, "Of course it's no problem, Jose, you decide the time and place, I also want to know Mr. Azevedo, he is also a famous football celebrity in Grape Leaf, maybe one day, our new Manchester United will be able to cooperate with Benfica!" ”

In football, it will definitely be more beneficial to know more people, at least it can prove that your relationship is good, on the contrary, if you complain everywhere, it is not a good thing to recruit the team.

After talking about this matter, Mourinho talked to Xiao Yu about the transfer of Distin and Stanson, and he felt that since the player wanted to leave, it was not interesting to reluctantly stay, so it was better to just let go.

Due to the recent minor injuries sustained by Garay Turner and Hangrande in training, he may not be able to make time for the game against Brighton, so Mourinho said he will use Abidal and John Terry as central defenders, then return Patrice Evra to the starting line-up, and then promote Curtis Davies from the reserve team to the first team as a substitute at centre-back.

After hearing Mourinho's words, Xiao Yu knew that he must have a way to solve this matter, so he didn't entangle, but whether it is Newcastle or Birmingham, if you want to take away players from the new Manchester United, you must at least leave a lot of silver, Xiao Yu just wants everyone to know that the new Manchester United may not be able to keep the players, but any club that wants to take away the new Manchester United players must be prepared for heavy bleeding.

However, despite Mourinho's calculations, he actually miscalculated.

The day before the game against Brighton, Abidal suddenly sprained his foot in training, which suddenly caused the new Manchester United with plenty of central defenders to fall into a central defender shortage, and Mourinho had to boldly use Curtis in training.

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