Li Ang would never allow Adriano to affect the stability of the locker room. If Adriano surpassed Ronaldo and received the highest salary in Serie A, it would inevitably cause chaos in Inter Milan's locker room. With his current condition, Adriano was not qualified to receive such a high salary.
In the end, Inter Milan adopted the 'delaying tactic' regarding the issue of Adriano's contract renewal. They did not explicitly reject Adriano's request for salary, nor did they agree to it. However, at the same time, they also expressed the club's intention. With Adriano's current condition, it would be difficult for the club to agree to this new high-salary contract.
According to Inter Milan's boss, Massimo Moratti, if Adriano could perform well, the highest salary in Serie A would not be a problem.
This was also one of the reasons why Inter Milan made such a statement.
However, no one really understood the thoughts of Inter Milan's manager, Li Ang. He agreed with the club's use of the 'delaying tactic' to stimulate Adriano's condition. However, no one really knew what he was thinking about in the future.
Inter Milan's next game was the eighteenth round of Serie A on January 8th. Inter Milan welcomed Siena at home.
The team officially started training for the second half of the season on January 3rd.
At this time, the winter break for the five major leagues was not over yet. They would only have games this weekend. The major leagues were also summarizing and discussing the first half of the season.
On the Italian side, the entire Apennine Peninsula was discussing the strong rise and recovery of Inter Milan.
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Before the winter break, Inter Milan had consecutively defeated three strong teams, Juventus, Roma, and AC Milan, in 17 rounds of the league. They had only lost one game in 17 league games. That game was also very controversial because of the referee. It could be said that Inter Milan lost unjustly.
Inter Milan was currently ranked first in the league. Although they only had a one-point lead over Juventus, who was ranked second in the league … However, the league leader was still the leader. This was an undisputed honor!
For a moment, the whole of Italy was praising Inter Milan.
"Seventeen league matches, only one loss, consecutive victories against Juventus, Roma, and Inter Milan. It seems like there's nothing in the entire Serie A that can stop Inter Milan!"
"Inter Milan's performance is enough to explain the problem. They are in a very good state now. Their overall strength is ahead of their opponents. They are on a very good path."
"League champion? Why not? Although the Premier League is still very long and no one can say for sure what will happen in the future … Although we can imagine that the competition between Juventus and Inter Milan may be very fierce, Inter Milan is currently in the lead. Since they are now in the lead, then they may have the last laugh. This means that they are the strongest contenders for the championship! Moreover, they are now in the lead! "
"Inter Milan is about to rise. Just as Di Gennaro said, Li Ang is the manager candidate that Inter Milan has been waiting for for ten years. In his hands, Inter Milan is glowing with endless vitality!"
"Inter Milan's strong recovery has achieved an amazing recovery in the hands of a Chinese manager! Now, the Serie A league is about to enter the second half, and Inter Milan looks unstoppable! "
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"The Chinese man seems to have magic. In the Spanish arena, he led a newly promoted team to win the La Liga championship. Now, in the Italian arena, he quickly adapted to the rhythm of Serie A. Inter Milan's performance is amazing! They are a championship team that is extremely thirsty for the championship! The throne of Juventus is about to receive a huge blow! "
It seemed to have happened overnight. The media was full of praise for Li Ang and Inter Milan. There were praises everywhere. The previous criticism suddenly disappeared. Now, all that surrounded Li Ang and Inter Milan were flowers, applause, and nauseating praises.
It was as if after Christmas, Inter Milan had become the darling of the whole of Italy. They had become the most sought-after Christmas, the Christmas gift that everyone liked very much …
Li Ang was surprised at first when he was suddenly in an environment of flowers and applause. Then, he was happy. Who didn't like flowers and applause? He was happy that he had conquered the Italians.
However, Li Ang soon felt that something was wrong because it was all praise, praise, and flattery.
This was not right.
Just like when Li Ang was in Spain, he had rival media such as Marca and Mundo Deportivo that mocked and attacked him all day long. In Italy, although he had only been here for more than half a year, Li Ang already had rivals, especially Turin Deportivo. They would not feel comfortable if they did not slander Li Ang. Almost every issue of their newspaper would find ways to slander Li Ang, mock him, and even slander him.
Li Ang also often argued with Turin Deportivo.
However, now, even Turin Deportivo began to praise him, and it was full of praise.
This was not scientific!
He did not think that he had conquered Turin Deportivo. As the hardcore mouthpiece of Juventus, Turin Deportivo was naturally on the side of Juventus. What Inter Milan wanted to do now was to topple Juventus' throne. How could Turin Deportivo sincerely praise Li Ang and Inter Milan?!
There must be something wrong here!
Li Ang thought for a moment and understood what the Italian media was blowing now.
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The media was praising him to death, and also praising Inter Milan to death.
Some of the media were sincerely praising Li Ang and Inter Milan, such as Milan Sport, which had a good relationship with Inter Milan. This media outlet was based in Milan City and was naturally close to Inter Milan and AC Milan. It was understandable that they praised Li Ang and Inter Milan.
However, some other media outlets, especially Turin Deportivo, were praising them to death.
Since criticism and scolding could not affect Li Ang and Inter Milan, they changed their strategy and started praising them to death!
Countless experiences and evidence had long shown that the power of sugar-coated bullets was sometimes more effective than cannon fire.
Obviously, Turin Deportivo and some other media outlets were now praising Li Ang and Inter Milan with this idea.
Moreover, their plan seemed to be very targeted, because Li Ang's Inter Milan team had many young players. Unlike the experienced veterans, the young players had less experience and less experience, so it was easy for them to become complacent from praises.
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