Chapter 71
Chapter 71
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Translator: Silver Dragon
Chapter: 71
Chapter Title: 29-30 Summer Transfer Window (1)
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“Yeager!!!”
“Did you have a good trip?”
While I was off at the Club World Cup, the Manchester United squad had returned from their month-long Middle East tour.
“It was fucking hot.”
“Where’d you pick up language like that?”
“What, ‘fucking’? You taught me.”
Lucas Cruijff had always spoken Korean fluently enough for easy conversation.
But until now, the only person he’d really talked to in Korean was his mom, so he’d been blissfully innocent of slang or swears.
“Home feels fucking great. My mood’s through the roof.”
Now he was picking up my bad habits and sprinkling them into every other sentence, which gave me a twinge of guilt... but also a smug sense of how much influence I had.
“Dude, that’s not how you use it.”
A teammate first, but more importantly, a buddy I could shoot the breeze with.
Maybe it’s time to drag Lucas along to Korea, follow the leader.
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Ban Yeager: one-month Club World Cup loan.
The rest of the squad: one-month Middle East tour.
Manchester United had barely caught their breath after the season ended before diving into this grueling schedule and coming back.
Now it was time to spend all that hard-earned cash they’d raked in without a break.
And of course, while the players were grinding, the board and HQ staff hadn’t been sitting idle.
They’d planned out exactly how to spend it and laid all the groundwork.
All that was left was to pull the trigger.
Squad back from tour.
Ban Yeager back from loan.
And right on cue, Sir Alex Ferguson returned as club ambassador.
Sir Alex Ferguson Returns as Manchester United Club Ambassador
Sir Alex Ferguson’s return as Manchester United ambassador.
Good news like this kicked off a flood of spending announcements from the club.
“Oppapapapa!!!”
“...? What’s with you all of a sudden?”
I stepped into the kitchen for a glass of water, and Ye-rin latched onto me with uncharacteristic aegyo.
“Urk... Q-quick, come here!”
She dragged me straight to her room—first time I’d been allowed in since the move.
Poke—
She’s kept it tidy.
In one corner hung my United kit alongside all the Manchester City jerseys I’d gifted her over time.
“So, what’s up?”
Nothing urgent, but I was curious why she’d pulled out all the stops with the cuteness to get me in here.
“W-well... uh, if you don’t know or it’s awkward, you don’t have to answer, okay? Uh...”
“Just spit it out. Why make it so hard?”
“F-fine. Sigh... Any confirmed transfer news for this window?? Like who’s coming in or...”
Pfft.
“W-why are you laughing?!”
“Ohhh, is our little Ye-rin scared of Manchester United’s growth?”
Even after United got promoted to the EPL and joined City in the same league, she still hadn’t shaken her rep as a City fan.
Dad and I both knew it wasn’t true—she could just say so and be done.
“Urk... Y-yeah...”
But for some reason, she couldn’t bring herself to admit it outright.
I was holding off on clearing the misunderstanding just to see how long she’d cling to the City fan act.
“That curious, huh?”
“Yeah!”
“Players coming to our team? Or leaving?”
“Uh... B-both!”
“Only telling you ‘cause you’re my one and only adorable little sis. Got it?”
“Yeah!!!”
“You know it too, right?”
“Y-yeah! Tell me already!”
“Gotta show some sincerity first.”
“Urk... L-love, lo...”
“Guess I’ll head back and study tactics~”
“I love you toooo!! Kyaaaa!!...”
Bam! Bam! Bam!—
Ban Ye-rin thrashing on the bed, embarrassment radiating from every pore.
“The player leaving this window...”
I whispered the transfer spoilers right in her ear mid-freakout, and she instantly went quiet, hanging on every word.
...
“Thanks! I won’t tell a soul!!”
I’d gotten a “love you” out of her—something even holding her jerseys hostage couldn’t achieve—by spoiling United’s transfers.
It’ll leak soon enough anyway. What’s the rush?
I found out two days later on her stream.
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[Alright! Folks! Bbangye’s Man Utd Transfer Predictions Start in Exactly 10 Minutes!]
Bbangye rarely streamed on non-matchdays unless something big was up.
Today was that day.
The summer window had about 50 days left.
A few confirmed deals were trickling out elsewhere, but United was still radio silent.
With all the hype, fans were itching for even one bit of news.
Perfect timing for Bbangye—who nailed winter window predictions—to drop her summer transfer content again.
Two days ago, she’d wheedled top-tier intel out of me with that aegyo.
Her prediction skills plus my inside info? Unbeatable.
Time to unleash her presentation slides on the world.
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Release List
Alejandro Garnacho - Chelsea, Dortmund, etc.
Antony - Real Betis, Brighton, Burnley, etc.
Benjamin Sesko - Al-Nassr
Aidan Heaven - Blackburn, QPR, Leicester, etc.
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[Alright! First up, Alejandro Garnacho! That overhead kick wondergoal vs Everton still lives rent-free... Hate to sell a talent like this, but biting back tears, we’re listing him!]
Bbangye’s spiel rolled with Garnacho highlight reels.
[Next player: The man Man Utd shelled out £140m for! The infamous creator of the Antony Turn... Antony!!!]
And so Bbangye diligently hyped each sale candidate.
Half a year after winter window, Bbangye dropped her new signing wishlist.
The soccer forums turned it into instant meme fodder the second it went live.