Chapter 525: Cristiano Ronaldo for 75 Million Euros to Exchange Tang Ye

Check Dongqiu Di pinned post: How do Check Dongqiu Di fans view this? Juventus attempts to exchange Tang Ye for Cristiano Ronaldo plus 75 million euros in compensation.

Half an hour after Romano first broke the transfer rumor, an Italian newspaper also reported the same matter.

The message provided by this Italian newspaper was Cristiano Ronaldo plus 70 million euros in exchange for Tang Ye.

There is some discrepancy in the amount, but the content is basically consistent: using Cristiano Ronaldo plus compensation money to exchange for Tang Ye.

And besides the news, the Italian newspaper also explained the reason Juventus did this.

Last season Pogba transferred to join Dortmund; this season Juventus' midfield immediately exposed major flaws.

So Juventus wants to compensate for the midfield problems caused by Pogba's departure as much as possible. But finding a Pogba substitute is not that simple.

And just when the club was at a loss, even wanting to buy back Pogba, head coach Allegri gave a train of thought.

Scoop Tang Ye over.

Compensate for the midfield loophole?

Don't compensate!

Directly upgrade the midfield!

La Gazzetta dello Sport front-page headline—Allegri seems to have found Juventus' midfield answer: Can Pogba Plus help the Zebra Army charge toward the Champions League?

【Not brother, is this real or fake?】

【If Manchester United sells ggbond, I'll eat a pound of shit, okay】

【Don't say Juventus' conditions are good; Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Manchester United to play striker directly, isn't this much better than Martial?】

【But Serie A has no intensity, will ggbond go?】

It's not a question of whether Serie A has intensity; Juventus' lineup is very complete, and adding Tang Ye means they can probably directly challenge for the Champions League.

Juventus' request to Manchester United to exchange Tang Ye has not yet been officially confirmed.

But even in this situation, this news still climbed to the top five on Baidu Hot Search, and did not drop from the top five until that night.

Putting aside everything else, Juventus' move was indeed well-played.

Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Manchester United directly compensates for the striker position loophole at Manchester United.

At the same time, Manchester United can also receive 75 million euros in compensation, add a bit more of their own money, and then turn around to request Dembele from Barcelona.

Left winger Rashford, striker Cristiano Ronaldo, right winger Dembele; the striker problems troubling Manchester United for a long time are directly solved.

"I think this news should be true."

Sky Sports Radio, famous commentator Jason, said during the live broadcast.

"The conditions Juventus proposed... I think they have most likely conducted an in-depth study of Manchester United's lineup."

"In theory, Manchester United absolutely should not sell Tang Ye, but the conditions Juventus offered. Hmm..."

Jason suddenly didn't know what to say.

Everyone knows Tang Ye's importance to Manchester United; the midfield core is basically irreplaceable.

Why were Manchester United fans so sure before that the club would not sell Tang Ye?

Because as long as Tang Ye is sold, Manchester United's combat power next season will inevitably be weakened.

And now the situation has undergone some changes.

Cristiano Ronaldo, plus a sum of compensation money sufficient to buy a top winger...

A very tempting condition; now no one can judge whether this deal is a profit or a loss for Manchester United.

Manchester United players naturally also saw this news; at noon in the cafeteria, everyone quickly started chatting.

"Is this true or fake, Tom?"

Compared to the confused fans, the players within the Manchester United team were luckier.

To know the truth of the matter, just ask Tang Ye, who is drinking Coke at the opposite table.

"It is true, but I remember it should be 80 million euros... or 70 million euros?"

"Uh..."

Shaking his head, Tang Ye continued speaking: "I don't remember very clearly anymore; anyway, it's roughly between 70 and 80."

"Wow."

Although they knew this matter was most likely true, hearing it directly from Tang Ye's mouth still shocked the players a bit.

"But I feel doing this isn't very good; Juventus shouldn't do this."

Putting the drink bottle back on the table, Tang Ye's expression was not good: "They are using Cristiano plus money to exchange for me; this is too disrespectful to Cristiano."

Extending five fingers with his right hand: "Cristiano has 5 Ballon d'Or awards; although he is old, he shouldn't be treated like this."

Tang Ye voiced his thoughts to his teammates.

Once dominating the football world together with Messi, but after growing old, he even needs added money to be exchanged for other players.

If Tang Ye were Cristiano Ronaldo himself, then he would definitely feel uncomfortable.

"Tom, you are too sensitive."

Fan Fan Dejiahe, bidding farewell to Ten Hag, came to Tang Ye's table: "Paying extra to exchange players is a very normal thing."

"But Cristiano is special, right? And Leo and the others too."

If it were just a normal exchange, then Tang Ye naturally wouldn't feel anything was wrong, but exchanging for himself with Cristiano plus money, this indeed is a bit hard to justify.

Tang Ye often dreams of Cristiano Ronaldo while sleeping.

He can even imagine Cristiano Ronaldo's angry expression upon learning the news!

"But it's okay, Mr. Michel, I don't want to go to Juventus."

"Although the weather over there is better than here, I have no need to leave here."

Tang Ye gave his teammates a reassurance.

……

"Italian Football" — In a fan poll, 84% of Juventus supporters back the deal, and Juventus officials are currently pressing Manchester United to make a decision on the transfer.

"OK brothers, welcome to my livestream! Today I'm bringing you the FA Cup quarter-final — Manchester United away at Wolves."

When it comes to the Premier League, which CCTV holds the broadcast rights for, Wang Chao is meek and mild.

But when it comes to the FA Cup, which CCTV has no rights to, Wang Chao must come out swinging!

"Streamer, what's the call for today's match… no, I've told you guys so many times already — whenever Manchester United is playing, just blindly back Man United to win."

"Man United's win rate this season is absurdly high. Everyone can just drink the dirty water (low odds, small profits). The road to money is laid out right in front of you and you won't take it — what can I do about it?"

"Cowards… damn, why are you cursing me? Dirty water is still money. Fine, bet the scoreline then. Man United winning by two or three goals should be no problem… but honestly, that one's not safe. Wolves actually beat Mancheng earlier, so I think Man United versus Wolves, they might win by at most one."

Manipulating the screen interface. In the camera frame, Wang Chao squinted as he scanned the bullet comments displayed on the adjacent screen.

"Tang Ye is leaving Manchester United… that's pure nonsense. Tang Ye can't leave Manchester United. The only place Tang Ye could go is Barça, but Barça has Messi, so he can't go there either. My advice: just let him retire at Manchester United."

Wang Chao chatted with his fans, and the match soon kicked off.

Just as planned, aside from the goalkeeper being a substitute, every other Manchester United player was a starter.

Perhaps because of the transfer rumours. In the opening minutes of the match, the director kept cutting to close-ups of Tang Ye, as if this were Tang Ye's final game at Manchester United.

"Not bad, brothers. Today's director really knows what's up — everyone can get a good look at my man. Market value €200 million, currently the number one individual talent in world football."

"As for how good he is, just look at Juventus's offer."

"The streamer is a Ronaldo hater — the streamer is NOT a Ronaldo hater. If you wanted Messi to swap for Tang Ye, you'd have to throw in cash too. It's not like only Ronaldo would need to add money."

"Oh, here it comes, here it comes."

"Alé! Header back!"

"To Tang Ye!"

"Run forward!"

The match hadn't even reached the 10-minute mark, and Wang Chao was already too worked up to handle it.

It was as if…

As if the one out there playing was his own father!

Facing the defender, Tang Ye stepped on the ball, dragged it back, then pushed it forward again.

A one-two combination with Alé!

A direct long-range strike!

*Smack! *

The ball was fast, but Coady blocked it out with his body.

But the blue team's crisis was not yet resolved.

The deflected ball was picked up by McTominay.

A lofted ball sent into the box.

Surveying the surroundings, Tang Ye immediately spotted the Wolves defender inside the box.

Holding his position, he called out to Alé: "You go, you go!"

Alé chested the ball down, followed immediately by a volley.

But he blazed it over!

"Damn!"

In the livestream room, Wang Chao let out a shout.

"Brothers, I've told you guys before, brothers — the reason Manchester United still hasn't responded to Juventus's offer is that Man United's striker problem has always existed."

"Alé's stats aren't bad, but he's not a top-tier striker after all. If Ronaldo were in his place, wouldn't he just slot that in easy? Even Tang Ye might've scored it." For some reason, Wang Chao was very pessimistic about Alé's future at Manchester United.

Ever since Tang Ye was still playing at Utrecht, Wang Chao had been keeping an eye on this player.

But from Utrecht to now, Alé's improvement could only be described as marginal — nowhere near enough to satisfy the demanding eyes of Chinese fans.

But soon enough, Alé gave Wang Chao a slap in the face.

*Smack! *

【De Bruyne Standard Long Pass Lv5: Replica (Beyond State)】

Proficiency: 3671/5000

A single long pass that flew straight over the Wolves back line.

"Tang Ye passes to Alé!"

"Go on, Alé!"

His first touch wasn't clean, but it didn't matter — Alé successfully used his body to shield the ball.

The Wolves defender missed his last chance to clear!

Keeping the ball at his feet, Alé gradually slowed down.

He stopped just outside the box.

*Boom! *

A strike sent Alé's shot flying straight into the net.

"Goal!"

"Let's go, Alé!"

"1:0!"

In the 26th minute of the match, Alé headed in Tang Ye's long pass to open the scoring.

Manchester United had the advantage!

"WOW!!!"

After the goal, the Manchester United players quickly gathered below the stands, completing their celebration amidst the taunts of the home fans.

"Boooo!!!"

The Wolves fans were now extremely disappointed.

Having struggled to reach the quarter-finals, it would be false to claim the fans didn't want to win the trophy.

Wolves wanted to create an FA Cup miracle.

Unfortunately, in the quarter-finals, they had run into the Rat Army.

The Rat Army was the leader of this season's Premier League!

The camera panned to Ten Hag, the old rat warlord of the Rat Army.

The great warlord was leaning back in his chair, resting.

In the eyes of this Dutchman, Wolves were no match for Manchester United under any circumstances.

Time reached the 39th minute of the first half; McTominay made a mistake and lost possession.

"Right, right!"

Tang Ye shouted to Valencia to defend, but it was already too late.

Boom!

Moutinho played a long pass to Jota.

Jota then found Jiménez!

A Manchester United defender rushed out from the penalty area.

Just as Smalling closed in on Jiménez, the Wolves striker suddenly stepped on the ball and flicked it backward.

Rúben Neves arrived at full gallop!

Boom!

A long-range shot from the Wolves midfielder.

"Damn!"

"Awesome, Romero!"

It was an extremely tricky angled long-range shot, but fortunately, Manchester United's second-choice goalkeeper was in form and successfully parried the ball with his hands.

"Not bad, Romero!"

Wang Chao shared some knowledge he had recently learned with the livestream viewers: "Although Manchester United's second-choice keeper doesn't have De Gea's diving ability, his long passing is quite good."

"So, even in a counter-attack, using Romero would be slightly better than using De Gea."

Romero had allocated all his skill points to long passing.

However, for a goalkeeper, shot-stopping ability is the top priority.

This was also why Romero had always remained Manchester United's second-choice goalkeeper.

"Good, good!"

Rodri gave the goalkeeper a thumbs-up.

As Wolves prepared for a corner kick, the away fans in the stands suddenly shouted.

The camera panned.

To the Manchester United substitutes' bench!

"Manchester United midfielder Frenkie de Jong, the Vine Armor Army player, has returned from injury!"

Check Dongqiu Di halftime report: First half, Manchester United leads Wolves 1:0; Tang Ye provided a long-pass assist to Ale, De Jong has recovered from injury and is waiting on the bench.

"Frenkie, when are you going on?"

Tang Ye patted De Jong on the shoulder; the latter shrugged: "If it were 2-0, I'd probably come on earlier; now, I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer."

Generally, performance in the first match after recovering from an injury isn't too great, so in this game, Ten Hag intended De Jong's appearance mainly to help him find his rhythm, not expecting any standout performance from him during the match.

"Then it should be soon."

Tang Ye laughed heartily: "It'll be 2:0 any minute now."

"Hard to say; I feel it won't be an easy game to play."

Rashford, with a towel draped around his neck, said: "I feel they're playing a bit strangely; a few of our short passes were intercepted immediately after being played."

Tang Ye placed both hands behind his head: "You're overcomplicating the problem, Marcus."

"Just pass decisively, and they won't have a chance."

The second half began.

Just as De Jong had said earlier, Ten Hag did not substitute him on immediately at the start of the half.

Uncertain about the specific situation of next month's matches, Manchester United still needed to preserve as many championship opportunities as possible.

If stability was possible, it was best to remain stable.

Time reached the 56th minute of the second half.

Romero played a long pass directly to Rashford, but it was intercepted by a Wolves player.

!!

Reacting quickly, Tang Ye and Rodri immediately moved in.

Eye contact!

Another gesture!

Rodri began to drop back, leaving Tang Ye responsible for this defensive action.

Doherty dribbled forward with the ball.

Very fast!

Rashford is chasing from behind!

Tang Ye took a quick look.

If Doherty gets a chance to receive the pass, it will create huge difficulties for Manchester United's defense.

And the best time to intercept Doherty is right now.

No more hesitation.

Boom!

His body hit the ground; sliding in, Tang Ye knocked the ball right out from in front of Doherty.

Besides the ball, Doherty, having lost his balance, fell on top of Tang Ye.

"Fuck!"

Tang Ye prepared to stand up, but before he could even straighten his body, Doherty pushed him back to the ground.

This guy is losing it!

Tang Ye didn't hold back either and immediately prepared to fight Doherty.

Just as the fans were getting ready to sit back and watch the drama, a new pinned headline appeared on the Check Dongqiu Di homepage.

Reprinting from the Munich Times—Escriva has held multiple talks with Dortmund's upper management; if Manchester United truly intends to let Tang Ye go, Escrivá hopes Dortmund can participate in this deal.

"Although Dortmund cannot afford Ty's exorbitant transfer fee, the deal structure involving Juventus players plus compensation has given the Spanish coach hope."

(End of Chapter)