The next day's sunlight illuminated the city of Luton.
Gao Bo rubbed his forehead as he woke up from his sleep. He had wanted to sleep in a bit longer...
"This damned biological clock..."
He sat up in bed and looked at the clock on the bedside table.
It was 7:55 AM, and in five minutes, the alarm clock reminding Gao Bo to get up would ring, but this alarm clock had never been used because Gao Bo would wake up at this time anyway.
Usually, he would first make himself a simple breakfast, then go downstairs to get the newspaper, turn off the ticking alarm clock, and then eat breakfast while reading the newspaper. Then, he would walk to the training base ten minutes before the nine o'clock training session began...
Today was the same, except that the season had already ended, and the gates of the training base were closed. Apart from a few staff members staying behind to maintain the base facilities, the other staff members had also entered their vacation.
Gao Bo opened the newspaper he had just brought upstairs.
Luton Wins the FA Cup!
Almost every sports section of every newspaper featured this event as the headline news. The picture of Kevin Keane leading the entire team raising the FA Cup appeared in many major newspapers.
The coaching staff members did not appear in this photo. Gao Bo did not join the players in the moment of lifting the trophy; he chose to applaud alongside the coaching staff members.
However, some newspapers used different photos.
For example, Sky Sports used a photo of Gao Bo carrying the FA Cup trophy in one hand from behind. In the upward-angle shot, Gao Bo's back looked particularly tall, and the lights of the Rainbow Bridge could be seen through the gaps in the photo.
Gao Bo took a sip of tea. He was very satisfied with this photo. The composition of this photo was very perfect, coupled with the highly designed title text below: "New FA Cup Champions!!", the entire page looked like a Hollywood blockbuster movie poster, and the male lead was undoubtedly Gao Bo.
When Gao Bo flipped to the "Hatters News", he noticed that the accompanying photo in this newspaper was different from the others.
This was a scene of Gao Bo and his coaching staff celebrating on the field.
Haruko was lying on Gao Bo's back, holding her medical kit in her hand. Lin Sen was raising his arms and shouting, and John was wiping his tears, looking like he was crying loudly....
Gao Bo remembered, this was the scene at the moment the whistle blew.
When the whistle sounded, Wembley turned into an ocean of Luton celebrations.
The fans cheered, the players ran wildly on the field, and the coaching staff members also rushed out to celebrate.
The FA Cup championship might not be much to those Premier League powerhouses, but for Luton, this was the most significant honor trophy they had ever won since the team was founded.
For this trophy, the owner, David Morton, had decided to expand the team's trophy room, in a room at Kenilworth Road, which would be renovated as the team's trophy room. A replica of the FA Cup championship trophy would be placed in a glass case for fans visiting the stadium to see.
On the night after the match, the entire team spent more than two hours celebrating at Wembley, including the awards ceremony, before returning to Luton.
In Luton, they received a warm welcome from their fans.
On both sides of the road, fans lit fireworks, waved flags, and welcomed the return of the heroes.
When the sunroof of the bus opened and captain Kevin Keane appeared on the roof holding the FA Cup championship trophy, the fans went completely crazy.
They shouted the name of every player, and of course, many people were also shouting Gao Bo's name.
Winning the FA Cup was a historic event for Luton, so many fan groups had already begun discussing writing a song specifically for this current group of players.
The players' names would appear as lyrics in the song, so that future Luton fans could sing praises for today's achievements!
For Luton, there was no moment more beautiful than yesterday.
Gao Bo put down the newspaper. The season was over, and he had twenty days of vacation. Where should he go for these twenty days?
Lin Sen was already packing his backpack, preparing to go on vacation to continental Europe.
Gao Bo took out his phone, looking at the phone number inside that he hadn't dialed in two years.
Just then, his phone rang. It was a call from the staff member staying behind at the training base.
"Boss, there's a Portuguese man looking for you... His name is Mendes!"
Mendes?
Gao Bo knew this person. He was Mourinho's agent, and he also represented famous players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Falcao, Marcelo, Pepe, etc. He was a guest of honor for the people in charge of wealthy clubs such as Florentino, Abramovich, the Glazer family, Cerezo, Sheikh Mansour, and Rybolovlev. It could be said that he was the most famous agent in European football.
...
Gao Bo met this super agent in his office.
Speaking of which, Mendes looked every bit the businessman. Born in Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula, he had the unique complexion of Southern Europeans. He was not tall, but his eyes were piercing. Even without the title of super agent, Gao Bo would have felt that this person was definitely not simple at first glance.
Mendes was very satisfied with Gao Bo's appearance.[T/N: AYO?? ]
Of course, Mendes was not gay, but for an agent, the commercial value of his clients was sometimes closely related to their appearance.
Gao Bo was tall, with the typical appearance of an Easterner, with well-proportioned features and sharp and confident eyes. His entire aura was strong.
Of course, there were many good-looking people, but there were not many people with the ability like Gao Bo.
In Mendes's view, Gao Bo was undoubtedly a potential stock. This coach led a League Two team to promotion, which was nothing, but what was truly shocking was that he actually led the team to win the FA Cup!!
There were not many head coaches who could achieve such achievements. Mendes was an insider, and he knew how difficult it was to accomplish this.
Moreover, as a head coach, Gao Bo's vision was also absolutely first-class. Several of the main players under him were of considerable value.
Vardy, Kante, and Adam White were the three players that Mendes was most optimistic about.
Of course, in Mendes's view, the value of these three players combined was not as great as the value of Gao Bo alone!
Because Gao Bo was Chinese, if Mendes signed Gao Bo, it would become his stepping stone to open up the Chinese market!
In 2004, with the help of Porto's victory in the European Champions League, Jorge Mendes sent many players and Mourinho to Chelsea. While exchanging the largest income in history for Porto, he himself also completed the first explosion of his career. This also made Mendes the monopolist of Portuguese football, and now Mendes had begun to conquer Europe.
However, before the European territory was completely conquered, Mendes had already set his sights on China. This was a huge market of 1.3 billion people, a rising superpower economy, and the profits in it made Mendes salivate...
The smile on Mendes's face made Gao Bo vigilant, because this smile looked almost the same as when he was talking to the players...
"Mr. Gao Bo, I am Mendes! Jorge Mendes!!" Mendes grinned, "Congratulations to your team for winning the FA Cup."
One should not hit a smiling face, Gao Bo also put on a smile on his face, he extended his hand.
Two hands, each with their own thoughts, shook together.
"I think you should know the purpose of my coming to your door," Mendes said with a smile.
"You will need me, Mr. Gao Bo." Mendes said very seriously, "And, we will have very broad room for cooperation."