Chapter 484: Chapter 484
Kolarov also cursed angrily and rushed out the door!
In his view, using dirty tricks is despicable, and using them against teammates is even more despicable.
Ranocchia grabbed Kolarov and said indignantly, "We must report this to the club’s upper management immediately. I’ll call Pellegrig right away!"
Tang Long waved his hand, "Andrei, there’s no rush. If we talk directly to the upper management, they will definitely try to settle things peacefully. We should unite the entire team, mobilize the locker room, and collectively resist Nasri. We need to make him lose support."
"With the strength of just the three of us, if we don’t have the support of the upper management, it might be a bit difficult..." Kolarov was taken aback, clearly not very confident.
Tang Long remained noncommittal, instead methodically explaining his strategy.
Kolarov and Ranocchia nodded frequently.
After a moment of contemplation, Ranocchia said, "Alright, this is a good opportunity to give the French Language Gang a warning, suppress their arrogance a bit. If this succeeds, it will greatly weaken the French Language Gang’s position. With Milner gone and Hart on the bench, the English Language Gang has been weak this season. As a result, our Italian Language Gang’s status will improve as well."
At Manchester City captain Kompany’s house.
This large villa is located deep in the mountains of the Manchester suburbs, a 40-minute drive from the city center.
The road leading to the villa was silent, with only the streetlights shining, attracting swarming mosquitoes.
One by one, luxury cars sped down the road, heading towards Kompany’s home.
The Belgian sat in the center of the living room, looking grim.
Tang Long, Ranocchia, and Kolarov sat separately on either side.
In the afternoon, Tang Long and the others visited Kompany’s house.
Outside of match days and training, the reclusive Kompany was quite surprised but still courteously received the three.
Kolarov, being a veteran of the team, told the story of Nasri secretly filming Tang Long and passing the information to The Sun, providing video evidence.
As Manchester City’s captain, the Belgian never took sides and maintained a delicate distance with each faction in the locker room;
He could speak seven languages, more than anyone else in the team combined. Plus, having been at Manchester City for a long time, being strong, responsible, and a long-term central defender, the neutral Kompany was highly respected in the team, almost like an elder of the squad.
However, after hearing Tang Long’s idea of having the entire team resist Nasri and pressuring the club to ban him, he was extremely supportive!
"This kind of traitorous trash, after watching the video, Miss Grace was in and out of your house in just five minutes. How did he make up such nasty rumors?"
"The Sun incident not only wronged you and Miss Grace but more importantly shamed the club, and as captain, it makes me lose face too!"
After hearing Tang Long’s next steps, Kompany immediately agreed with him.
"Alright, let’s do it!"
Thus, in the afternoon, Kompany immediately called the core figures of each faction one by one, inviting them to his home at 8 PM for an important internal meeting.
Nobody dared to disregard Kompany’s call.
Henceforth, from the Spanish Language Gang came Agüero, Silva, and Nasri;
From the French Language Gang came Yaya Toure, Sagna, and Bony;
From the English Language Gang came Hart and Sterling;
From the Portuguese Language Gang came Fernando, among others, all rushed over.
In addition to the three who arrived with Tang Long earlier.
Kompany’s large yard was filled with Mercedes G63 AMG, Porsche 911 GTS, Range Rover Autobiography, and many other luxury cars.
Manchester City’s teammates got out of their cars one by one.
The leader of the Spanish Language Gang, Agüero, happened to run into the leader of the French Language Gang, Toure.
"What’s so urgent that we have to meet the same night?" Agüero asked.
"No idea. Kompany’s place is too far. I drove for an hour and a half and he wouldn’t say what’s up." Toure shrugged.
Kompany’s house has a huge dining table.
After arranging his wife and children to sleep upstairs, he sat at the head of the table.
Agüero, Toure, Kolarov, Fernando, and other faction leaders took their seats one by one.
The others also sat down.
The long dining table was filled with more than a dozen people.
Besides the host Kompany and Tang Long’s group, everyone else looked puzzled, not knowing why everyone had gathered.
"Gentlemen, I apologize for calling you here so far away in the evening, I truly regret the intrusion."
Kompany spoke slowly, his voice was deep and thick, yet carried an undeniable authority.
All eyes were on Kompany, sitting at the main seat.
"You know, recently our public opinion hasn’t been stable. Although we’ve been winning games and we’re leading the standings, The Sun has attacked our core player Tang twice in a month, causing great damage to his personal reputation and the club’s reputation!" Updates are released by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝙣𝙚𝙩
Upon hearing this, the leader of the French Language Gang, Toure, smirked inwardly, sneering at Tang Long sitting below.
You got yourself in The Sun twice, isn’t that your own doing?
If the captain is calling the big names in the team to a meeting because of this, it would be utterly ridiculous; you should have talked privately with Tang Long.
"Captain, are you suggesting that we as a team should boycott The Sun?"
The leader of the English Language Gang, Joe Hart, spoke with a somewhat teasing look at Tang Long.
The leader of the Spanish Language Gang, Agüero, remained silent.
He did indeed dislike tabloids like The Sun, which thrive on digging into players’ private lives for traffic.
However, in Agüero’s view, Manchester City Club had a dedicated PR department to deal with the media in the United Kingdom, and such matters shouldn’t need the players to discuss.
Kompany ignored Joe Hart and instead looked directly at Toure.
"Toure, I’ll be frank, we’re not trying to boycott trash media like The Sun. They hide in corners, their mouths are on their own bodies, who cares what they say!"
"But if there’s a traitor in our locker room leaking information to garbage like The Sun, tell me, shouldn’t we boycott this trash?"
Before Yaya Toure could respond, Kompany pulled out his phone, pressed it onto the table, and pushed it in front of Toure.
"Open your eyes and take a good look, there’s a traitor named Nasri in the French Language Gang!"
Everyone gathered around, standing behind Toure;
A dozen curious eyes all stared at the phone.
Tang Long, Ranocchia, and Kolarov, however, remained seated, waiting silently for everyone’s reaction.
The police’s traffic light camera had very high clarity.
Even from 50 meters away from Tang Long’s house, when zoomed in you could still clearly see Nasri in the car, hitting the brake at Tang Long’s doorstep, then taking out his phone, and speeding off.
Moreover, Tang Long, Dilata, and Gracie just happened to appear in front of the door.
Comparing it to the picture published in The Sun, both the timing and angle matched up with the moment Nasri parked the car.
The leader of the Spanish Language Gang, Aguero, was a staunch supporter of Tang Long.
A large part of his goals came from Tang Long’s assists, and although he was going to be injured for some time, the dream of the European Golden Boot might already be shattered;
But once Aguero returned, he would still desperately need Tang Long’s assistance; otherwise, as Bony played better and better, his starting position at Manchester City would be in jeopardy.
Aguero immediately slammed the table heavily and stood up angrily.
"So it was Nasri the traitor who did it!"
"I suspected it, how could Tang appear in The Sun twice in just over a month? No matter how vile The Sun is, they can’t just target Tang alone!"
Another key player of the Spanish Language Gang, Silva, although quite displeased with Tang Long taking over his position as attacking midfielder;
He also despised Nasri’s backstabbing behavior!
With their leader Aguero speaking up, he had no reason to remain silent and immediately joined in, cursing Nasri’s shamelessness.
The leader of the English Language Gang, Joe Hart, immediately understood that Kompany had called everyone to criticize Nasri;
Seeing Tang Long and his two companions sitting to the side with composed expressions, he knew they were prepared for this.
"I support Aguero and Silva’s views. What Nasri did is indeed despicable! No matter what, he shouldn’t go against the club; it’s just adding to the chaos!" said Hart.
Sterling nodded his head like a little chick pecking at grains.
"That’s right, that’s right, Hart is right! Tang is our brother, and nobody can frame him !"
Fernando, the sole representative of the Portuguese Language Gang, remained silent.
The Portuguese Language Gang only had two members, a very small force, and since they played in defensive midfield positions, they needed to support the French Language Gang’s leader, Yaya Toure, for survival, so Fernando was waiting for Toure’s attitude.
Toure was also shocked after watching the video!
He could never have imagined that Nasri would do such a despicable thing.
Both he and Nasri had been at Manchester City for 5 years.
In his daily interactions with Nasri, Toure knew that Nasri was very talented;
But because of his carefree attitude and laziness on the field, he never fulfilled his potential.
The once-renowned member of the French "Four Little Swans" had slowly faded into a fringe player at Manchester City!
Yet Toure had naively thought that Nasri’s marginalization was due to his nature, believing he wasn’t fundamentally bad and wouldn’t intentionally harm a teammate.
As for secretly feeding The Sun information?
Toure couldn’t let himself believe it!
What kind of newspaper was The Sun!
A best-selling newspaper that captivated the entire UK, despised by every Premier League player!
Their paparazzi could pop up unexpectedly anytime.
They’d show up when you were arguing with your girlfriend over a small issue on the beach, when you casually put your arm around a woman at a nightclub, or even when you accidentally glanced at a stranger’s chest while walking down the street — they’d capture everything clearly, then sensationalize it!
Many Premier League players hated this trouble-making media and would love to blow up their editorial office or beat up those paparazzi!
And now look at this.
What the paparazzi couldn’t capture, Nasri, a dignified Manchester City player, turned himself into a paparazzo!
Not only did he capture it, but he intentionally sent it to The Sun. Hmm, what, are you an inside agent for The Sun within Manchester City?
Despite being the leader of the French Language Gang, Toure had an obligation to protect his underling Nasri.
However, at this moment, Toure’s sense of righteousness triumphed over his selfish desires.
He immediately stood up as well, his voice booming.
"Tang, rest assured, I’ll make Nasri apologize to you in front of the entire team in the locker room!"
"This guy is a complete disgrace, how could he dare to do something so shameless? I’ll give him a good lesson, and I’ll make sure justice is served!"
Tang Long waved him off and also stood up.
"No, Toure, I don’t need the justice you’re talking about."
"I have only one demand: to have Nasri permanently removed from Manchester City, erased from the team’s roster; I don’t want to see his face again."
Upon hearing this, Toure’s hand, previously waving passionately in the air, suddenly froze.
Aguero’s mind clicked, and he turned to look at Tang Long.
Hart and Fernando were equally surprised.
Remove Nasri from the team roster?