After the Manchester City club sent the complaint to the English Football Association, it was like a stone sinking into the sea.
The English Football Association was a political organ in the eyes of British fans and even fans around the world. They liked to link football and politics together, and there were all kinds of under-the-table operations and even corruption. The most embarrassing thing was that the organization's ability was really limited, but it held the lifeline of the entire domestic football industry in its hands, so no British club dared to offend them.
The connections that Manchester City could find in the English Football Association were very weak. If their connections could be rated as 1 point, Manchester United's was almost 9.5 points, so on the English Football Association's side, Manchester United had the advantage.
Moreover, the English Football Association was a very interesting group of people. They were relatively short-sighted and only worked with the people who had the closest ties to their interests, such as Manchester City and Manchester United. They would only stand on Manchester United's side without considering what kind of giant was hiding behind Manchester City, because they felt that it had nothing to do with them, at least not in their interests.
Therefore, when the Manchester United club greeted the English Football Association, they immediately followed Manchester United's request and prepared to first suppress the contract issue of Cristiano Ronaldo and the Manchester City club through this summer's transfer window, and then hold an internal hearing. At the hearing, Manchester United would appeal to the English Football Association that the liquidated damages clause in Cristiano Ronaldo's contract was invalid. The English Football Association only needed to get a few people to sit together and talk for a while, and then come up with a resolution to pass the appeal.
As for Li Mu's influence, they did not care at all.
They felt that they were like a privileged institution independent of the world. Even the British Prime Minister was not qualified to criticize the English Football Association's work. Although Li Mu was rich and famous, he had to obey the English Football Association's management after buying a Premier League club. This was the English Football Association's innate sense of superiority.
However, they did not understand the Internet, so they did not understand Li Mu. They did not know Li Mu's routine of doing things, and they knew nothing about his fighting power.
Manchester City's CEO, Alister, knew that things were not looking good when he saw that the English Football Association did not give him any reply. He was well aware that the summer transfer window was closing soon. If the English Football Association played along with Manchester United, they would be the ones who would be hurt in the end, because as long as they held on until the window closed, Manchester City would not be able to turn the situation around this season.
The Football Association made a lot of very interesting rules, such as requiring foreign players to have a work permit to play in the English Premier League, and the criteria behind the issuance of a work permit were very nonsensical. They also made a rule that once the transfer window closed, English Premier League teams could not buy players, which was even more ridiculous.
In other words, starting on September 1st, players from any English Premier League team could only be transferred out and not in. Because of this rule, players could not be transferred to English Premier League teams after the transfer window closed. They could only be transferred to other foreign league teams.
Once September 1st arrived, Manchester City would not have any chance to optimize their lineup this year.
At that time, Cristiano Ronaldo would naturally not be able to join Manchester City again.
Alister called several leaders of the English Football Association, but all he got were completely vague. Some said that they did not have time to deal with such a complaint, and some said that Manchester City's operation itself was already in violation of the rules, but no one was willing to say exactly what rules they had violated.
Alister immediately rushed to London with his men and arrived at the English Football Association at three o 'clock in the afternoon. He did not expect to run into a wall everywhere. A few of the highest officials were coincidentally not there, and a few middle and senior leaders passed the buck to each other. According to what they said, they were not qualified to deal with this matter.
The English Football Association's attitude made Alister very angry. A governing body openly provided convenience to some individual clubs under their rule, and could even be said to be willfully trampling on the rules. This behavior was a little too unsightly.
He waited at the English Football Association until it was almost time to get off work. Alister said angrily to a receptionist, "If I don't get a clear explanation today, then I refuse to leave the English Football Association! Until one of you stands up and tells me exactly what is going on! "
The United Kingdom, which was known for its gentlemanly demeanor, rarely saw such a public "unreasonable behavior", and it was a man who did it. The staff could only persuade, "Gentlemen, please don't be impulsive. We are in charge of all football affairs in England, and there are many matters to deal with on a large scale. We really do not have the energy to provide a quick customized service for a team in a short period of time. We have received the complaint you sent. According to the rules, we will review the complaint you sent within three to five working days. After the review is passed, it will line up with the complaint documents of other clubs for a hearing. So I hope you can keep your cool and not be anxious."
Alistair felt like cursing. Wasn't he anxious? Damn it, there were only a few days left until the summer transfer window closed. If the review of the complaint documents took many days, then the summer transfer window would close before the hearing began!
The angry Alister asked a friend from the London City Council, and after a few inquiries, he found out that Manchester United had filed a complaint about their contract with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Before Manchester United's complaint was resolved, Manchester City's complaint could not be resolved.
In other words, if Manchester City wanted Cristiano Ronaldo, they had to wait until Manchester United's complaint failed. If Manchester United's complaint was successful, their contract with Cristiano Ronaldo would abolish the liquidated damages clause. At that time, Manchester City would naturally have no way to poach Cristiano Ronaldo by triggering the liquidated damages clause.
Alister knew very well that this was a trap set up by the Football Association and Manchester United. They added a prerequisite complaint in front of Manchester City's complaint, which gave Manchester United the absolute initiative.
However, this was also because the Football Association was too shameless. Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo's contract itself had a liquidated damages clause. There was no doubt that Manchester City would trigger this clause. Manchester United also had no reason to appeal. Even if they appealed with a straight face, the Football Association should not accept it under normal circumstances. Wouldn't it be over if such an unreasonable appeal was rejected?
In the end, the shameless English Football Association insisted on holding a hearing with a straight face with a completely unreasonable complaint. It was clear that they were using their power to help Manchester United sneakily.
Alister indignantly told Li Mu about his encounter in London. He knew that his ability was completely unable to solve this problem, and it was time to call for help.
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Li Mu sometimes liked to engage in dark humor.
He asked Kong Lingyu to open an official account of the Manchester City Football Club and made it seem as if the club was going to publish a song on YYtunes. Then he uploaded the recording to YYtunes and gave it the name "The Great Manchester United".
YYtunes was currently the world's most popular music listening software, and it perfectly supported Twitter, so its audience was very large. It was very easy for a global hit to have tens of millions of views a day. If this special song was published on YYtunes and unhidden, then netizens all over the world could hear it.
Moreover, Li Mu also prepared the best way to promote this special song, and that was his own Twitter.
With more than 20 million followers, Li Mu was the celebrity with the most followers on Twitter. Therefore, he could not help but look forward to how his fans would feel when he used his own Twitter to repost the song "The Great Manchester United".
How would his friends in England feel when they heard the song "The Great Manchester United"?
As for how Manchester United's friends would feel when they heard the song "The Great Manchester United", Li Mu could basically guess.
Therefore, after receiving Alister's call, he directly told Kong Lingyu: "Release" The Great Manchester United ". It's time to close the door and release the dogs."
Subsequently, Li Mu opened his Twitter and shared the link to "The Great Manchester United" with a line of words: "Highest respect to the Great Manchester United."
After entering both Chinese and English into the content box, Li Mu gently clicked on the publish button with the mouse. A floating window notification popped up on Twitter: "Publication successful!"
At this time, Manchester United's top brass, including George McMillan, were all beaming with joy after hearing the news that Alister had hit a wall at the English Football Association.
It seemed that the old guys at the English Football Association were still very powerful. No matter how capable Li Mu was, he could not penetrate his influence into the English Football Association.
George McMillan said proudly, "Li Mu thinks he can do whatever he wants in England by building a good relationship with the royal family? Today, I'll teach him a good lesson and let him know that the Queen is useless in front of the pound sterling! "
Ferguson did not have a feud with Li Mu, so he could not experience George McMillan's pleasure of revenge. He was just completely relieved. From the current situation, he had finally protected Cristiano Ronaldo and protected his future superstar.
So, Ferguson said to the CEO and George McMillan, "Both of you, the team has a game in the evening. I have to get ready and lead the team to the stadium. Today is the first game of the season. It means a lot to the fans and spectators."
George McMillan nodded and said, "Sir, play well tonight. Kick them three nil!"
Ferguson smiled slightly and said, "We'll try our best."
George McMillan reminded, "By the way, Sir, let that Cristiano Ronaldo start tonight and give Manchester City a resounding slap in the face!"
Ferguson nodded and said with a smile, "That's exactly what I think. Letting him start is not only to send a signal to Manchester City, but also to let him understand that he is destined to be Manchester United's future star. No other team has the ability or the right to poach him from Manchester United!"
George McMillan sighed in admiration and said, "Sir, what I admire most is your boldness and confidence! I'll go to the scene tonight to cheer everyone on! "
Ferguson smiled modestly and opened the door to leave. A flustered face suddenly appeared at the door and bumped into him.
The person who came was the Manchester United Football Club's spokesman and the vice president in charge of the entire publicity and image building.
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