"The contract has been re-signed, and the biggest thing in Manchester is over. Do you want to play in Europe for a few days, or go home directly?"
In the hotel room, Sui Xin asked Luo Kai.
They came to Manchester this time not just to visit the Red Roof Stadium, they had serious business.
The main business is to renew the contract with Tramed.
Although there are still three years until the contract expires, with Luo Kai's outstanding performance in Veronica, both parties are willing to re-sign a contract.
Roquet's outstanding performance in the Dutch second league has attracted interest from other teams.
Tramed naturally does not want his players to be poached by other teams.
At the same time, in order to express to Luo Kai the importance and confidence that the club has in him, it is natural to use a new contract to stabilize Luo Kai's heart. Luo Kai used his actual performance to prove that he deserves to be treated like this by the club.
Agent Sui Xin believes that the original contract no longer matches Luo Kai in terms of benefits and various conditions. The contract needs to be re-signed.
The two sides hit it off immediately and started contract renewal negotiations before the Eredivisie League ended.
After more than a month of back-and-forth negotiations, an agreement was finally reached.
This time they came back just to sign the contract.
Now that he has signed, everything will be fine, so Sui Xin asked Luo Kai what his plans were next.
It stands to reason that Luo Kai's European season is over. There will be no World Cup or Asian Cup this summer. As a professional player, Luo Kai will also have a rare long vacation.
It's normal to play wherever you go.
But Luo Kai gave a different answer: "Uncle Sui, can you help me book tickets for the Europa League final?"
Sui Xin was a little surprised: "European Cup? You want to watch the Europa League?"
"Well, I want to take a look." Luo Kai nodded.
"Go and see... Hu Lai?" Sui Xin asked uncertainly.
"Go watch his game." Luo Kai said generously.
"Okay." Sui Xin glanced at Luo Kai and nodded in agreement.
He didn't ask Luo Kai why he suddenly wanted to watch Hu Lai's game. Logically speaking, his relationship with Hu Lai wasn't that good. But since Luo Kai wanted to go, he must have a reason.
As his agent, it would be extremely incompetent if he couldn't satisfy even such small things.
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"Guys! Look who this is?!"
In the "White Rose" bar, when Leeds City fans gathered for a heated discussion, John Falkingham walked in with a man.
Everyone followed the sound, and soon someone exclaimed: "Neil Mullin?!"
The person brought in by John was none other than Neil Mullin, the lucky truck driver who became a millionaire after buying two lottery tickets.
Because of this incident, he became a celebrity among Leeds City fans.
"Hi guys."
Neil Mullin raised his hand and greeted everyone generously.
"I heard about your plan, I'm very interested and want to get involved."
John further explained next to him: "After we posted the idea of forming a team to go to Paris to watch football on the Internet, Neil saw it and he was willing to be our driver."
David Miller stood up after hearing this and walked towards Mullin: "That's great! With your joining, the appeal will be even greater. We can definitely form a mighty motorcade from Leeds to Paris!"
It turns out that David Miller and his "White Rose" partners came up with an idea on how to participate in Leeds City's first European final in a more meaningful way.
It is definitely impossible to watch the Europa League final at home or in a bar live on TV. You have to go there and cheer for your team in the stands of the Paris World Cup Stadium. Only then can you be considered a true Leeds City fan.
What should be done.
But how to get to the Paris World Cup Stadium?
Just get on a plane and fly from Leeds to Paris like you normally would if you were going to an away game?
They felt that this was a bit too ordinary and could not well reflect the importance of this game.
Finally, David Miller's son, Matthew, came up with an idea - why not drive to Paris to watch football? Instead of driving your own car, you can drive a bus, and you can also wear the Leeds City team logo
The slogans they want to cheer for the team are printed on the car body.
When the bus appears on the streets of Paris, doesn't it highlight the existence of Leeds City?
In this way, the media who come from all over the world to report and broadcast the Europa League final can see them.
After this idea was proposed, everyone quickly agreed.
At the same time, they also upgraded this idea on this basis:
Not just one or two buses, they hope to organize more buses to form a convoy and drive from Leeds to Paris.
After all, a team is more eye-catching than a car.
However, it is not easy to implement this plan.
On the one hand, it is not easy to find enough buses, and on the other hand, it is not easy to persuade enough Leeds City fans to accept their plan to watch away games.
After all, taking a bus to Paris is more difficult, time-consuming and expensive than flying.
So John and the others posted this idea to the online community of Leeds City fans, hoping to recruit enough fans to join them and build momentum.
And Neil Mullin was attracted here.
The joining of this "legendary fan" will be a great help to the "White Rose" and their plans.
With his endorsement, I believe the operation of gathering fans and finding the bus will go more smoothly.
After all, Neil Mullin's famous name has spread throughout the Leeds City fan circle.
Countless people talked about the fact that he spent 400 pounds last season to buy Leeds City to win the championship and Hu Lai to win the Premier League Golden Boot respectively, which ultimately brought him more than 1 million pounds in return.
His appearance made the fans in the "White Rose" bar particularly excited. They raised their glasses and toasted with Mullin.
After drinking the beer in the glass, Levin asked curiously: "Hey, Neil. I really want to ask you a question... Of course, if you don't want to answer, you don't have to say..."
Mullin smiled and nodded: "It's okay, just ask."
"I just want to ask, did you place a bet before the start of this season?"
The bar became quiet, and everyone turned to look at Mullin.
The latter nodded and said: "Of course. I still bought Leeds City to win the championship and Hu to win the Golden Boot. Oh, I also bought Leeds City to win the Champions League..."
"Ah..." There was a sigh in the bar.
Everyone knows that Leeds City has neither won the Premier League nor the Champions League this season, and Hu Lai has not successfully defended the Premier League Golden Boot...
"That's how gambling is, you lose and you win." Mullin himself is very open-minded. "I just want to support Leeds City, and I don't expect to make much money from this."
If it were someone else, such as John or Levin, then everyone present would think they were faking it.
But if Mullin, a "legendary fan", said this, no one would think that he was pretending.
After all, when Leeds City's odds of winning the championship were 5,000 to one, how many people dared to actually bet two hundred pounds? That was destined to be in vain.
Mullin said in interviews more than once that the reason why he placed the bet was not because he thought Leeds City could win the championship, but simply because he wanted to express his support for the team in this way.
"Or two hundred pounds each?" someone in the crowd asked loudly.
"Well, two hundred for each kind."
Mullin said it lightly. For a millionaire, losing six hundred pounds is nothing at all.
Levin suddenly remembered and asked again: "Neal, did you buy us to win the Europa League?"
Mullin nodded: "I bought it too, two hundred."
Everyone was stunned.
Levin asked: "At the very beginning? When the odds were 650 to 1?"
"Yes, at the beginning."
The bar was buzzing.
A group of old men stared wide-eyed, yelled, and some even stepped on the chairs.
When Leeds City just fell from the Champions League to the Europa League, each team also had odds of winning the championship. The favorite was of course the Europa League hegemon Sevilla Navigators, and Leeds City ranked among the 32 participating teams.
The team is not dominant.
On the one hand, this is because it is their first time participating in the Europa League. They have no relevant experience and no performance in the Europa League, which makes analysts unable to accurately analyze the prospects of this team in the Europa League.
On the other hand, due to Leeds City's poor performance in the league at that time, there was already news that Tony Clark was going to be sacked. The betting company believes that Leeds City will put all their energy into the league's relegation in the second half of the season.
If you put too much energy into the Europa League, your chances of winning the championship will naturally be low.
So at that time, Leeds City's odds of winning the championship were 650 to 1.
Of course, as the Europa League progressed, Leeds City's winning odds also increased.
Before the semi-finals, Leeds City's winning odds had become 7 to 2, which was quite high.
The most promising team is still Sevilla Navigator. Their winning odds are three to four, very close to 1:1...
Those fans who only started betting that Leeds City would win the championship after Leeds City reached the semi-finals, if Leeds City really won the championship, they really wouldn't make much money.
But he said it was not to make money, but to support Neil Mullin of Leeds City, but he could make a lot of money.
Maybe this is "pure people have better luck"?
Someone complained: "Damn it! Why didn't I think of buying Leeds City and winning the Europa League?"
The people next to him comforted him: "Hey, how many people could have imagined that we would reach the Europa League final?"
“Next season I will definitely be betting on Leeds City to win the Premier League at the beginning of the season!”
"The odds won't be as high as they were last season..."
"It doesn't matter whether it's money or not. It's not about making money, I just want to support our own team!"