[Football] Bad Boy Batty

Crazy times are always short-lived. On July 7, under the usual scorching sun in Las Vegas, the happy combination of Batistuta and Neymar was disbanded.

The transfer was basically a done deal, and Neymar returned to Paris to finish the work, but both Manchester City and Paris kept the news tightly blocked. That afternoon, Batistuta even saw a video clip on the official account of Paris Saint-Germain reporting that Neymar had returned to the club.

To the outside world, this summer's transfer market seems calm.

No, it should be said that apart from the explosive news of Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Juventus, there were no other major transfers. As early as a week before the World Cup final, the Portuguese superstar officially announced the fact that he was about to transfer. In comparison, Sane's confirmation of his transfer to Bayern only stayed in the headlines for a short 3 hours.

Batistuta did not attend Sane's farewell ceremony because he had other things to do in Los Angeles, such as attending Jimmy Kimmel's talk show at the arrangement of his godfather.

The World Cup has helped him gain nearly 1 million followers across the entire network, and even exceeded 1.2 million on Instagram, surpassing Kylie Jenner to rise to 7th place in the global fan base. The endless news (including gossip) in the past two days has kept his name on the homepage, so the growth is still continuing at a terrifying rate.

Of course, appearing on the talk show was not just because of his sudden global popularity, Edmundo had his considerations.

The vote that caused a collective climax among netizens during the World Cup is still to be resolved. Batistuta needs to clarify the issue of his sexual orientation on a public program, otherwise there will be more troubles in the future.

Moreover, Neymar's transfer involves a high amount of money and many commercial endorsements. In the Internet age, major brands will update these issues on social platforms in real time. If there is something that can attract the public's attention, it will make the whole thing much easier.

"…Our special guest tonight comes from a completely new field. In the past month, his news has been all over the major media. Applause to welcome Batista! Our BBB! ​​Welcome!"

Before Jimmy Kimmel finished his opening remarks, the entire studio was filled with screams. In the smoke created by the stage jets, Batty appeared with his signature flamboyant smile.

This was not his first time to participate in a talk show, but it was his first time to accept an invitation from an American channel. Jimmy Jimmy thoughtfully prepared simultaneous interpretation for him and checked all the scripts in advance. Before going on stage, almost every staff member teased Jimmy for his meticulous care for the boy.

Well, after all, he was Edmundo's man and thanks to Matt Damon, Ji Mao had the honor of greeting the great director at the party.

After asking some simple basic questions, such as which country Batistuta lives in and which team he plays for, Ji Mao started asking truly meaningful questions.

Jimao: "In the middle of last month, someone launched a poll on Twitter, speculating about your sexual orientation. Are you aware of this?"

As he said this, he took out an acrylic plate from under the table and handed it over, on which was printed a screenshot of the voting at that time.

Chicken Feather: "We are all curious about one thing, Batty. You are always photographed by the media going in and out of nightclubs, but you never talk about your girlfriend, nor do you have any scandals. How do you do it?"

The audience in the audience waited for Batistuta to answer the question without blinking. Everyone was waiting for his reaction. Whether he firmly denied that he was gay or used other excuses to avoid the topic, the gossip level would be maximized.

However, Batty did not go as people expected.

He shrugged and said, "Of course I date. This is normal. I'm 19, not 9. I go to nightclubs because I like the atmosphere, music and dancing. Of course, I like making friends there. As for why no one has ever taken a picture of my date-"

The boy dragged out the ending tone, and after a few seconds of pausing, he raised a somewhat playful smile, leaned back on the sofa very relaxedly, supported his chin with his hand and continued: "When your godfather is Edmundo, it is no longer difficult to cover up the date and the date location, right?"

audience:!
This was a very clever idea, and it was also the answer they had agreed upon in advance.

Admitting to dating, not denying sexual experience, blurring the other party's gender, and pushing everything onto Godfather Batty, people's label on Batty will change from "no love history - abnormal" to "confident in casual dating under the protection of Godfather."

With the guidance of Ji Mao's questions, most netizens will no longer worry about what Batty's orientation is, whether he likes boys or girls, or maybe he doesn't like anyone.

Jimmy asked a few more questions about his personal life, and Batistuta answered them according to the script. Soon the interview came to an end. Jimmy Jimmy chose a more serious question to end: "When the next World Cup starts, you will be 23 years old. In theory, you are at the peak of your career. So what do you expect from the World Cup four years later?"

Barty crossed his legs and thought about it.

"Brazil has always had the strength to win the championship. This year, they just lacked a little luck," he said. "We'll see. Four years from now, Brazil's strength will not decline. We will reach the top and put a sixth star on the team logo. I mean what I say."

……

On July 7, Batistuta returned to Manchester from Los Angeles and reported to the club that afternoon. Although Neymar rejected his apartment a few hours ago and said he would buy a villa outside Manchester, Batistuta was still in a good mood. He pulled Loach and hummed the whole time as he jumped into the gate of Manchester City.

We are about to play for the same club, and we spend more time training together every day than I do with my pillow at home. Who cares about the few dozen minutes’ drive?
Manchester City has been very low-key in the transfer market this summer. After Sane transferred to Bayern, there has been no movement until the fans began to worry about the vacancy on the left. Then they officially announced a transfer: Leicester City right winger Riyad Mahrez transferred to Manchester City for 4500 million pounds and signed a 5-year contract.

Many fans think that 4500 million pounds is too expensive for a substitute player, but many people also point out that the depth of the bench is key to continuing the glory of last season. Batistuta cannot play all the games, he needs an excellent substitute in the same position.

There was an endless debate online for a while, and the topic of the vacant left-wing position was temporarily put on hold.

"I thought you would rest for a few more days." Batty got off the treadmill and Alandes helped him take off the test patch on his body. "According to the original plan, we should meet in Abu Dhabi."

"Yes, if Brazil wins it will be like what you said." Batistuta shrugged nonchalantly, "Now the celebration is over, if I don't come back, am I going to stay paralyzed?"

Alandes didn't say anything. He never expected that Batistuta could remain so relaxed after losing the World Cup role.

"What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost." The boy raised an eyebrow and put on his training clothes. "I know what you want to say, but please, don't."

The scientific officer gave Batty a complicated look: "Battie you..."

"Stop it. Instead of this, you might as well study my physical condition. Dear Alan, I promise I'm not lighter this time than last season." Batty raised his lips, "Considering my indulgence in the past few days, maybe I need a weight loss package."

Okay okay, you ungrateful little bastard.

Alandes sighed. The machine had already shown Batistuta's basic physical condition, which, to be honest, was much better than expected.

"You don't need a damn weight loss plan. You're only one pound heavier than you were at the same time last season, and your body fat percentage is almost the same," he said. "You barely need to change your training. The coaches will love you, Battie."

Batty smiled, and just as he was about to say something, a long voice suddenly came from the door:
"Yooohooooo~ Barty dear, I—miss! you! so much!"

Before he could turn around completely, Lucas pounced on him and hit him in the face.

Batty: "Hey!"

The French defender stuck to him like an octopus. The huge impact made Batistuta lose his balance. He took a few steps back and sat back on the examination bed, almost destroying the entire machine.

Tsk, the dogs who run around excitedly when they see their owners come home are the most difficult to deal with.

"I miss you so much, Batistuta!" Lucas seemed to be indifferent to the current situation. He hugged Batistuta's neck and kissed him fiercely. "It's no exaggeration to say that when I was standing on the float with the World Cup in the parade, I was thinking of you!"

What is this word?

"Go away, you nasty Frenchman, I don't want to see you now." Batila said with a long face, stretching out his fingers to push Lucas' head to prevent his kiss from falling on his face.

"Hey - I came back early just for you." Lucas still didn't give up, and just hugged Batistuta with a playful smile, "Don't take it seriously, it's just a World Cup trophy, look, I brought it back for you!"

The French defender reached into his backpack, and for a moment Batistuta really believed that he had secretly brought the trophy here, but the next second he saw Lucas take out an exquisite World Cup keychain from the bag, which was about the size of a car key.

Batty: ...
Batty: Tsk.

"Get out of here." Batty rolled his eyes. "I can tolerate France winning the championship, but I can't tolerate fools showing off in front of me."

But despite saying so, the boy still stuffed the keychain into his pocket. Seeing this, Lucas finally let him go: "How can this be called showing off? I'm just sharing my joy with you!"

"No need, I'm happy now." Batty gave him a fake smile, "And you're overdoing it, friend."

Lucas smiled a little embarrassedly, then hooked his arm around Batty's neck: "I'm just... worried that you'll forget me."

"I want to forget you."

"No, I mean--" Lucas leaned close to his ear, "I heard Neymar is coming."

Batty took two steps back and raised his eyebrows: "You know?"

"Everyone knows about it. The internal group chat has spread." Lucas shrugged, and then switched to a heartbroken tone in a second: "If he comes, then I won't be your only baby."

Oh.

You weren't either.

Batty raised the corner of his mouth ambiguously and patted Lucas on the head: "Don't worry, although you are not my only baby, you will always be my only silly dog."

Lucas cooperated and leaned on Batty and acted shy: "Hmm~"

At this time, the door opened and the Belgian midfielder walked in. He looked like he had just finished targeted training. His breathing was uneven and his skin was pink all over, as if he had just finished exercising.

"Hey Kevin!" Batty pushed Lucas aside and walked over to him. "How are you doing lately? I haven't heard from you since we said goodbye in Russia."

(Lucas (incredulous): He pushed me away! Seriously?!
ARANDES (shrugs): Welcome to the 'Kevin shows up and gets ignored' team.)
De Bruyne acted very naturally, his smile was exactly the same as last season, as if he was not affected by the World Cup. He hugged Batistuta and kissed Batistuta on both cheeks.

"You should rest for a few more days," he said.

"Why, even you think my fragile heart needs mending?" Batty teased.

"I mean you have to be in top form," De Bruyne added with a smile. "I missed the game so much. I hope you remember that we still have a few finishing touches to do for the 17-18 season."

Barty blinked.

De Bruyne was referring to the competition. Last season they won all the championships they could, and the remaining ones can only be solved at the beginning of the new season.

For example, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

"I miss the game, too, Kevin." Batty hugged him again, "I especially miss the time we spent together on the court. After leaving the club, no one can pass the ball as accurately as you. Please continue to love me. I need you."

"I will." De Bruyne's smile was warmer than the sunshine in Manchester. "The club is different from the national team. They can't give you the midfield support. Here we have it all."

He grabbed Batistuta's shoulders and stepped back, then raised his fist: "It's a deal, we'll win more championship trophies together this season."

"Yeah!" Batty bumped fists with him, "Take the trophy!"

Lucas on the side narrowed his eyes.

Does Batistuta not realize how strange De Bruyne is?

This creepy smile, these disgusting words, and the fist bump.

Oh my god! When did he start fist-bumping with Batty?
Lucas also noticed a detail: De Bruyne did not mention Neymar at all when chatting with Batistuta. And it is certain that the other party definitely knows the news.

How scheming, the French defender thought secretly.

It doesn’t matter, scheming can never beat sincerity. No matter you are De Bruyne or Neymar, the position of Batistuta’s best friend and closest buddy will always belong to Luki!
……

Neymar's transfer was carried out quietly, and everyone in Manchester City was not idle either. After going to North America to participate in the International Champions Cup (a commercial competition), Guardiola took the players to Abu Dhabi for recovery training. In order to cater to various scattered competitions at the beginning of the season, the training was brought forward to the 23rd.

Of course, being in Abu Dhabi, commercial activities are inevitable. Every player was interviewed by the cooperating YouTuber and played a lot of interesting games.

For example, there is the team's game of recognizing people by looking at childhood photos, the "teammate tacit understanding challenge" of guessing words by blocking ears and watching lip movements, the small activity of looking at people drawing pictures, and the fairly serious one-on-one interview, answering the questions most frequently asked by netizens.

It is worth mentioning that Batty exposed his terrible geographical knowledge.

During a geography quiz, he mistakenly pointed to Abu Dhabi as Canada's location, with half the team present. After a few seconds of silence, the roof burst into laughter.

Walker fell on Stones with laughter, Sterling fell to the ground and B Silva, oh, he was still courting death as usual.

"So you've always had such a bad sense of direction." The Portuguese twitched his eyebrows. "That own goal was understandable."

Everyone:!
The result is predictable. Batistuta's face turned black and he rolled up his sleeves to give B Silva a beating.

B Silva screamed and ran away, but Batistuta did not intend to let him go, and so they staged a chase in the garden of the Emirates Palace Hotel. In the end, B Silva could not escape Batistuta's clutches. With the help of Ederson, the Portuguese midfielder was grabbed by his hands and feet and thrown into the swimming pool.

Lucas filmed the whole process and then posted the video on IG.

So Manchester City's Brazilian Rose won the title of "Team Overlord".

……

In early August, Neymar's transfer was about to be completed, and the official accounts of Manchester City and Paris began to post related content intentionally or unintentionally.

Just as the media began to realize that something was wrong and tried to make connections between the annual drama "Where is Neymar going" and Manchester City, Guardiola led the team back to the Etihad training ground to officially begin preparations for the upcoming season opener, the England Community Shield.

"I know it's hard, the World Cup has exhausted everyone, I understand." Guardiola said to everyone on the training ground, "But if we want to break the record and become the first Premier League team to win five, six or even seven titles, we have to go through it all, 'We are tired!' 'Go to hell!', do you hear me, cheer up!"

Normally, the two teams in the Community Shield would be the Premier League champion and the FA Cup champion, but since Manchester City won both the Premier League trophy and the FA Cup trophy last season, Manchester City's opponent in this Community Shield will be the team that ranked second in the Premier League last season.

That is their old rival and city rival - Manchester United.

Yes, the opening game of the 2018-19 season will be the most talked-about, most popular and most exciting game in the Premier League, the Manchester derby.

(End of this chapter)