This was the first time that Li Ang's parents had seen Alice in person. Before that, they had only 'seen' her on the phone or in video.
When the two elders saw Alice for the first time, they fell in love with this foreign girl. She was more beautiful in person than in the video. Alice was really beautiful, like a beautiful princess coming out of an oil painting. Moreover, Alice was well prepared. She had been teaching herself Chinese in the past two years. Although she was not fluent, she could speak slowly and have a conversation. Moreover, Alice also specially learned about the customs of China from Li Ang. She attached great importance to the first 'meeting her parents-in-law'.
Alice's cleverness made Li Ang's parents like her very much. They didn't intend to interfere with Li Ang's marriage. Now, they were even more delighted.
This was the first time that Li Ang had brought a girl home. This was naturally of great significance.
Li Ang's family held several banquets in the hotel to welcome Alice. Originally, Li Ang wanted to have some home-cooked food at home. However, Li Ang's mother didn't agree. Her son had found such a beautiful girlfriend. She was as beautiful as a princess and had a good temper. It could be seen that she loved Li Ang very much. This made Li Ang's mother very happy and she wanted to show off.
When the relatives and friends of the Li family saw Alice, they were also surprised by Alice's stunning beauty.
Now, they were completely envious and convinced of Li Ang. Li Ang was now a world-famous football coach. He coached the Italian giants. It was said that his fixed annual salary alone was tens of millions of yuan. This didn't include other kinds of income. Just talking about the news broadcast, Li Ang had been on it several times. He was absolutely successful in his career. Now, he had found such a beautiful girlfriend. This was a real winner in life.
Li Ang's parents were all smiles the whole night. Their son had a successful career, which made them very satisfied. Now that he had brought his girlfriend home, what should they do next? Although they didn't know that Li Ang and Alice were already talking about marriage, Li Ang bringing his girlfriend home was an important signal. Old people always hoped that their children would get married and have children as soon as possible, so that they could enjoy life with their grandchildren.
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The next day, Li Ang brought Alice, who was a little nervous, to chat with his parents. He solemnly and seriously told his parents that he had set his sights on Alice and that the two of them had already decided to get married.
This made the two elders pleasantly surprised. After returning from the banquet last night, the two of them were discussing whether they should persuade their son to consider the idea of marriage as soon as possible. They didn't expect that before they brought it up, Li Ang had already taken the initiative to say that he was ready to get married.
When Li Ang talked to his parents, he didn't speak Mandarin, but the dialect of their hometown. Although it was still slightly close to Mandarin, for the foreign girl Alice, it was still incomprehensible.
Therefore, when Li Ang and his parents were talking, Alice had been nervous. She looked at Li Ang with expectation and a little worry. Although she felt that Li Ang's parents loved her, she still couldn't help but be nervous about marriage. She was afraid that there would be an accident.
Li Ang felt Alice's nervousness. He held Alice's small hand and looked at Alice with love and seriousness. "Mom and Dad wish us a happy marriage, Alice."
When Alice heard this, her eyes were full of happiness and surprise. She threw herself into Li Ang's arms and kissed him. Then, under Li Ang's doting eyes, she was a little embarrassed, but she quickly stood up and bowed to Li Ang's parents. "Thank you, thank you! Mom and Dad, I love you. "
Li Ang didn't expect that Alice would be so excited that she would directly call them mom and dad.
Li Ang's parents were pleasantly surprised. Li Ang's mother directly hugged Alice in her arms and looked at the girl happily and lovingly. She had always wanted to have a daughter. Now, her daughter-in-law was her daughter.
Feeling the love and love of Li Ang's parents for her, Alice was also excited and moved. She lost her parents when she was young. She and Carlos depended on each other for survival. She lacked the love of her parents in her life. Now, she felt this strong love from Li Ang's parents. She was both happy and sad, and then cherished it.
*****
The marriage with Alice was thus settled.
Then, they decided on the wedding date, which mainly needed to coordinate with Li Ang's time. The time during the winter break was definitely not enough. Li Ang needed to rush back to Italy in three days. Although the players were on holiday for more than a week, he might be busier than usual as the manager.
After the family discussed it, the wedding date was set to be after the end of the season. As for the specific date, Li Ang's parents had to carefully consider it and choose an auspicious day.
In the next two or three days, Li Ang took Alice to travel around his hometown. They strolled around and occasionally went to the houses of close relatives. At this time, everyone knew that Alice had changed from Li Ang's girlfriend to Li Ang's fiancée. Naturally, they were more intimate with Alice. After all, a girlfriend might only be temporary. A fiancée meant that they were going to get married. This was a family.
After an unusual Christmas in his hometown, Li Ang and Alice returned to Italy together.
On the day they left China, the China Football Association officially responded to the calls of the domestic fans to invite Li Ang to work in the national team. Jie Yalong, the full-time vice president of the China Football Association, said with regret that they had communicated with Li Ang and wanted to hire Li Ang as the chief technical consultant of the China men's football team. However, Li Ang had just coached Inter Milan and said that he could not be distracted. He declined the invitation of the China Football Association. In this regard, the Chinese Football Association expressed its understanding and regret. They looked forward to the opportunity to work with Li Ang in the future.
This news disappointed some fans. There were even some radical fans who criticized Li Ang for not being patriotic and should return to serve his country without hesitation …
Of course, fans were generally simple and honest. Most of them were rational. Although they felt regret, they also understood. After all, the current manager of the China team was Zhu Guanghu. The China Football Association did not intend to fire Zhu Guanghu, but came up with the title of chief technical consultant. Li Ang's refusal was understandable. Moreover, as everyone knew, Li Ang had just started coaching Inter Milan. He still had one and a half years of contract with Inter Milan. It was impossible to ask him to break his contract and come to the national team. As for the radical comments of a small group of so-called fans, they were attacked by the majority of fans and the media before these comments could be made. These people who easily put labels on others were the most abominable. It was easy to stand and talk, but their hearts were abominable!
*****
After returning to Milan, Alice continued to accompany Li Ang for two days before leaving Italy and going to the United States to meet up with Shakira. The whole team was busy working on Shakira's second English album. As the most important lyricist in Shakira's team, Alice naturally could not be absent.
The second day after Li Ang returned to the Pinenati training base, he received a visitor.
This person was Pasquale's agent, Lotta Toni. He came to communicate with Li Ang on behalf of his player and expressed Pasquale's desire to leave Inter Milan.
During the summer transfer, Pasquale was almost loaned to Parma. After the veteran Favalli took the initiative to apply for a transfer to leave the team, Li Ang brought in Evra. At the same time, in order to obtain a reserve for the left-back position, he chose to keep Pasquale as Evra's substitute.
At that time, Pasquale still had some expectations for his future at Inter Milan. After all, Evra had just transferred from the French Ligue 1 and might not be able to adapt to the Serie A league. This might instead be an opportunity for Pasquale.
However, to everyone's surprise, the previously unknown Evra integrated into Inter Milan very quickly. With his amazing performance, he quickly adapted to the Serie A league and Inter Milan. The Serie A league had gone through seventeen rounds, and Evra had been selected as the Player of the Week five times. His good performance was evident!
In this case, Pasquale was in for a tragedy. After the start of the new Serie A league season, Pasquale only got five opportunities to play in the Serie A league, Coppa Italia, and Champions League.
With Evra's stable performance and his iron-like physical fitness, it was conceivable that Pasquale's opportunities to play in the second half of the season would be few.
After a short communication, Li Ang understood Pasquale's determination to leave the team. He was not dissatisfied with this. A player who did not get a chance to play and wanted to leave was human nature. He could understand.
Of course, the most important thing was that in Li Ang's eyes, Pasquale was only a substitute. In the future, he might not even be able to play as a substitute. Therefore, he was more "tolerant" of Pasquale's request to leave the team.
*****
Li Ang and Lotta Toni reached a consensus. Inter Milan would not set up obstacles for Pasquale's departure. If a club's offer satisfied Inter Milan, the team would agree to let Pasquale leave.
The winter transfer window for the 20052006 season was about to open.
Pasquale's departure would not have any impact on Inter Milan's strength. However, there was a problem that Li Ang needed to consider.
That was, if Evra was injured, who would be the substitute for the left back position?!
Would he bring in another left back substitute in the transfer market? Or would he promote from the youth team? Or would he "adjust" from the football department and let a player from another position make a guest appearance?!
These were all questions that Li Ang needed to consider.
Pasquale's departure was a small matter. In comparison, there was another matter that gave Li Ang a headache: Adriano's contract renewal.
Adriano's contract with Inter Milan was about to expire in two and a half years. Inter Milan was currently seeking to renew Adriano's contract.
Li Ang handed the matter of Adriano's contract renewal to the club's general manager, Oriali. His suggestion was to extend the contract for one year and add an automatic renewal fee that was linked to the number of games played.
To put it bluntly, Li Ang was still skeptical about Adriano's future. He was the only person on the planet who knew that the Brazilian superstar was falling at an alarming rate.
What Li Ang did not expect was that the contract renewal negotiations between Inter Milan and Adriano did not go well. Adriano's agent, Rinaldi, rejected Inter Milan's contract renewal proposal. He directly asked Inter Milan for a two-year extension. At the same time, Rinaldi proposed a sky-high annual salary to Inter Milan that Inter Milan could not accept.
*****
Previously, the highest-paid player in Serie A was Recoba. Now that Recoba had gone to Real Madrid, the highest-paid player in the Inter Milan Team was Ronaldo. Although he did not reach Recoba's previous salary, Ronaldo's salary was currently the highest in Serie A.
Adriano's agent, Rinaldi's salary request was that Adriano get the same salary as Recoba at Inter Milan. In other words, Rinaldi wanted Adriano to get the highest salary in Serie A, surpassing Ronaldo's!
Li Ang sneered. He did not know if this was Adriano's personal intention or if his agent was stirring up trouble. However, this was a situation that he would not allow to happen. Adriano's performance in the first half of the season could only be said to be quite average. Under such circumstances, how could he ask for the highest salary in Serie A? How could Ronaldo endure this? What would Mata, Agüero, and other players who were receiving mid-to-low salary do? This would cause chaos in the locker room!
Adriano's 2005 could be divided into several stages. At the beginning of the year, due to the injury, he played very few matches and did not have many noteworthy performances. From the end of spring to the beginning of summer. Adriano, who had recovered from his injury, was like a fierce tiger coming down from the mountain, showing an amazing good condition. At the end of the European season, the Brazilian team, with him as the core, won the FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany. He swept the Ballon d 'Or and Golden Boot awards. This good condition came to an abrupt end at the beginning of the new season. Especially since the beginning of the autumn, Adriano's body was tired due to continuous matches. The frequent injuries also slowed down his progress. Adriano had scored two goals for Inter in the league so far, which was really embarrassing.
Of course, although Adriano's performance was not good this season, his scoring statistics were not up to standard, and his performance was not stable, many people were still optimistic about his future. Everyone believed that one day in the future, Adriano would definitely become the winner of the Ballon d 'Or the FIFA World Player of the Year.
It could be said that Adriano was now recognized as one of the best strikers in the world. However, in the Brazilian national team, he was not the number one star. In Inter Milan, he was unable to lead the team to win a trophy that was worth bragging about. The media was saying that if Adriano could help Inter Milan win the UEFA Champions League Cup this year, or lead the Brazilian team to successfully defend their title in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, then Adriano would become a true world superstar and would win the Ballon d 'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year honors.
Perhaps this was the reason why Adriano's agent, Rinaldi, had the confidence to ask for the first year of Serie A?!
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