Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 783 Eric Wants a New Center Forward, Tang Ye's Ballon d'Or Celebration Ceremony

Pinned Post: No chance left? After drawing Manchester United, Inter Milan's odds of winning the Champions League plummeted to 14th place, ranking last among teams in the top five leagues.

The statement that "if you draw Manchester United, you have no chance" is clearly wrong, and very wrong.

After all, Inzaghi also said that Manchester United is not completely invincible.

With two months to go before the official match, Inzaghi has plenty of time to make adjustments to the team and prepare for the game against Manchester United!
The Sun reports that Inzaghi inquired about the release clause at an Inter Milan management meeting, seemingly worried about being sacked.

Although the Champions League is still a long way off, Inter Milan fans are visibly panicked, to the point that the club's management was forced to hold a press conference.

"The management meeting was not convened because the team fears Manchester United. Inter Milan has a habit of holding club management meetings in December. It's just that the secrecy has been well maintained in the past, so many reporters and fans are unaware of it."

The person being interviewed is Inter Milan president Zhang Kangyang, who is the youngest president in the club's history.

"So what were the topics discussed in your meeting?"

"Well... I can't disclose that. But what I can say for sure is that we are studying how to deal with Manchester United. The Champions League is a very, very important competition, so we will not give up even if our opponent is Manchester United. I have faith in my players."

"If we are eliminated from the Champions League and fail to win the league title, would you fire Inzaghi?"

"of course not."

Zhang Kangyang answered quickly, seemingly knowing what questions the reporter would ask: "If the team's poor performance is due to some uncontrollable factors, then the coach should not bear all the responsibility. In addition, I think what you said is a low-probability event. We always have to choose between the Champions League and the league."

Inter Milan had a chance to acquire TY in 2017. What are your thoughts on that?

"..."

This question left Zhang Kangyang speechless.

These European journalists are always like this: whenever a player grows into a superstar with a market value of hundreds of millions of dollars, all the teams that were previously linked to him will be revealed.

Just like Cristiano Ronaldo in the past, Wenger became the target of ridicule because of his rumored connection with Arsenal. There are countless examples like this.

Reporters and fans seemed to thoroughly enjoy criticizing the club's management, as these clubs had missed a tremendous opportunity.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, and even Tang Ye are all subjects of discussion.

However, most of these topics are meaningless. When Tang Ye was about to leave Utrecht, there were at least 10 rumored romantic partners, and most of them were just empty talk.

They made a careless remark, only to suffer a terrible backlash 3-5 years later. It's fair to say that Inter Milan's management was truly innocent.

"Everyone will encounter many opportunities, but only a few people are able to seize them."

"Perhaps we are not so lucky."

……

You have received a new mission.

[Champions League Knockout Stage Challenges: Phase One]

[Mission Objective: Advance to the Champions League semi-finals or advance to the quarter-finals with a perfect record of two wins on both legs]

[Task Reward: Talent Optimizer (Excellent)]

Current progress: --
With the Champions League knockout stage draw complete, Tang Ye has taken on a new mission.

Just like I remembered, the higher my stats, the fewer tasks I get from the system, and the more difficult they become.

Tang Ye received almost no reward in the Champions League group stage this season; now it seems that all the rewards are concentrated in the knockout stage.

This is very interesting because the knockout stage is the same as the group stage. The number of matches in the knockout stage is not fixed. If you play poorly and are eliminated, your number of matches will naturally decrease.

The mission rewards are concentrated in the Champions League knockout stage, which greatly increases the challenge of this season's Champions League and even gives people a feeling of gambling.

In the past, Tang Ye would naturally have been terrified.

Especially during his loan spell at Dortmund, Tang Ye felt a sense of dread in every knockout match.

But it's different now.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
They've all come back to Manchester United, how can we not do something ruthless!
In addition...

Speaking of missions, Tang Ye remembered that he still had a super mission called "Nine Lords Unite" attached to him.

The mission reward was an item. Although he didn't know what the item was for, Tang Ye knew how ruthless it was without the system's explanation.

The problem is that, to complete this task, Tang Ye needs to have nine eligible underlings.

Tang Ye is just one Cristiano Ronaldo away, but he has never been able to take that step.

Turn Ronaldo into a subordinate?
That's absolutely impossible!
"Tom."

A sound came from the door of the physiotherapy room. Tang Ye turned around and saw Cristiano Ronaldo walk in, taking off the coat he was wearing.

"Hmm? Cristiano, what's wrong?"

Eric wants to see you about something.

"Okay, thanks."

Tang Ye took a sip of water, got up and left the physiotherapy room.

He stepped halfway out, then pulled his foot back.

Turning to look at Ronaldo behind him, he asked, "What happened?"

"What? What happened?"

Cristiano Ronaldo looked at Tang Ye with a puzzled expression.

"You didn't seem to be in a good mood just now, so something must have happened?"

Tang Ye could tell that Ronaldo had just come out of Ten Hag's office.

"Oh, um, it's nothing."

Ronaldo shook his head: "It's just some bad stuff, I can handle it myself. You go ahead, otherwise Eric will scold me again."

Tang Ye shrugged.

He always felt that Ronaldo was a bit strange.

Something must have happened between the Portuguese and Ten Hag, but Tang Ye just couldn't guess it.

dong dong!

After knocking on the door and entering, Tang Ye greeted Teng Hahe.

Unexpectedly, Van der Gahr was also there, the Manchester United assistant coach lounging on his favorite sofa.

"Tom!"

Van der Gach and Tang Ye bumped fists: "Let's record a short Christmas greeting video together!"

"Haha, no problem!"

Approaching Ten Hach, Tang Ye sat down in the chair quite naturally: "Cristiano sent me to see you, sir. What's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing big. I just looked at your contract with the club, and it should end in July 2024, right? June or July... Well, it doesn't make much difference in just one month."

Ten Hagh flipped through the documents: "They told me they approached you about renewing your contract, but you didn't agree immediately."

"..."

Tenhach looked at Tang Ye: "Do you want a raise or something? If you have a need, I think it's better to just say it directly."

Ten Hah's point is that Tang Ye's personality makes him unlikely to proactively ask for a raise, which will put the contract renewal process at a standstill.

Of course, this is actually a very unnecessary thing. Given Tang Ye's current situation, he should just raise his needs with the club. The ones who should be considering how to proceed are Manchester United and Tang Ye's agent, not Tang Ye himself.

"There are still more than two years left, I think it's still early and it doesn't matter."

Tang Ye shook his head: "The main problem is that I can't raise my salary much further now. If I go any higher, it will exceed 50 pounds, which would disrupt the wage structure."

"I don't care."

Ten Hach shrugged and gave Tang Ye a hint: "You can raise it a little, 80 pounds, 90 pounds, and what happens after that is up to us."

"Haha! We'll talk about that later. Anyway, there's still plenty of time. We can make a decision when the contract ends in a year." "That's true."

After finishing his discussion about the contract with Ten Hah, Tang Ye got up to leave.

Looking somewhat hesitant, Tang Ye sat back down in his seat: "Um... Mr. Eric..."

"Hey, come on, just call me Eric! No need for a suffix!"

Ten Hach was somewhat displeased with Tang Ye's constant use of respectful address.

"Yes, you don't actually need to call me 'sir'."

A quote from Van der Gach.

They've known Tang Ye for almost seven years, so there's really no need for them to be so polite in their conversations.

"Haha, okay, okay."

Tang Ye bumped fists with Van der Gach, then looked at Ten Hach: "I just wanted to ask about Cristiano. Did you talk to him just now?"

"..."

The office suddenly fell silent, and even the usually jovial Van der Gahr stopped talking.

"Um... strictly speaking, he should have been the one to contact me. When he went out, I asked him to call you over as well."

"Oh, he doesn't seem to be in a good mood. Did you two talk about something?"

Tang Ye took a piece of chewing gum out of his pocket, put it in his mouth and chewed it: "Do you need my help?"

"Of course not!"

Ten Hach replied quickly: "He wants me to change tactics, but I can't make changes. You know, we only need a mediator when both sides need to negotiate, but we don't need any negotiation right now because it's obvious that I'm right and he's wrong!"

"It's not me who needs to change, it's him!"

"..."

Ok.

Now Tang Ye knew why Ronaldo had been wearing a long face.

Another conflict arose between him and Ten Hag over tactical issues.

"He changed so much at Juventus."

Tang Ye said, "If he had come directly to Manchester United after leaving Real Madrid, I feel it would have been much better. His playing style completely changed after he went to Juventus."

"That means he was wrong. He took the wrong step when he turned the corner, and now he can't get back!"

Ten Hag gritted his teeth; he wouldn't miss any opportunity to criticize Ronaldo.

"besides."

Suddenly, as if struck by a thought, Tenhah stretched out his neck, closing the distance between himself and Tang Ye.

“I see that you two are getting along better and better, which is fine.”

"But Tom! You must remember, never let him mislead you, many of the things he does are wrong!"

"...Okay, okay."

……

December 25th is Christmas Day, and right after Christmas Eve, Manchester United's official media released a video that was about three minutes long.

Tang Ye, wearing a down jacket and a red Christmas scarf, slowly walked from the entrance of the Carrington training base, encountering Rodri, Dembele, Rashford, Mata, Varane, and others along the way.

As Tang Ye walked, more and more followers appeared behind him.

When they finally arrived at the base's office building, Tang Ye hung the scarf around his neck on the Christmas tree, then took off his down jacket, revealing a short-sleeved Manchester United jersey underneath.

After chatting briefly with his teammates, Ronaldo arrived and hung his scarf on the Christmas tree as well.

More than 30 Manchester United players, both male and female, stood together. Tang Ye held a banner in one hand and extended the other hand to give Ronaldo a fist bump: "Hey Ronaldo!"

"Ha ha!"

Tang Ye handed one side of the banner to Cristiano Ronaldo, and the two of them worked together, walking to the side at the same time and suddenly pulling the banner open.

Manchester United wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!

[Can we replace Tang Ye with Ten Hag? I want to see Ten Hag and Ronaldo holding up banners.]

[If you want to see a fight, go to the UFC next door. This is football.]

Why does Tang Ye always give me the feeling that he's slowly coaching Cristiano Ronaldo? This has been the case since the Ballon d'Or ceremony.

Forget Merry Christmas, can we just start a game already? It's been almost two weeks since the last match, don't force me to watch the A-League!

Do you think Manchester United can remain unbeaten in the Premier League this season?

[It's difficult. The Premier League is now a three-way competition. Unless I, Tang, can really train Ronaldo well, it's impossible to go 38 games unbeaten. Manchester City and Liverpool are not bad.]

The Daily Mail reports that Ten Hag is interested in Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen and hopes to complete the transfer in the winter transfer window, with Napoli asking for no less than €8000 million.

"Given the team's limited funds in the winter transfer window, it will be very difficult for Ten Hag to complete the transfer of Osimhen. However, according to relevant reporters, if he cannot get Osimhen, Ten Hag may lower his target to Weghorst."

The range between a €6500 million center forward and a center forward worth less than €3000 million is quite significant for Erik ten Hag.

It's clear that Ten Hag really wants to find a new center forward for the team.

Why is this?

"From this perspective, TY is indeed only good at playing football, because his judgment this time is wrong again. The conflict between Ten Hag and Ronaldo will continue for a long time, rather than ending quickly," the Daily Mail reporter said. "Manchester United already has three center forwards. If Ten Hag really makes a center forward signing in the winter transfer window, it will be disrespectful to the Portuguese."

……

12月27日，在客场和纽卡打出3:3平手后，曼联迎来了他们本赛季英超第20轮的比赛。

Manchester United will host Burnley on December 30th!

Although the two matches were only three days apart, and Burnley was much less popular than Newcastle, the match still attracted a lot of attention from fans, especially those planning to attend in person.

This is Tang Ye's first home game after winning the Ballon d'Or.

As planned, Manchester United will hold a Ballon d'Or celebration ceremony for Tang Ye before the start of today's match.

Match Preview: Manchester United host newly promoted Burnley in the final match of 2021; Tang Ye's Ballon d'Or celebration ceremony.

Not one, not two

Even ont three

Not 1, not 2, not even 3 – that's the theme of Manchester United's pre-match announcement today.

I'm not talking about points, of course, but rather Tang Ye's Ballon d'Or.

I won a Globe this year.

wrong!

I got two this year.
Did you get two in total?
No, I got 3 in total.

So, he won a total of 3 Ballon d'Or awards in his career?
This is even more suspicious. How could someone only have three Ballon d'Or awards in their career?
……

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium. The match is about to kick off in half an hour..."

"TangYe!"

"TangYe!"

"TangYe!"

……

(End of this chapter)