Icardi's Impending Loan Back to Serie A, Chivu Sets a Hongmen Banquet Before His Departure?

The car's air conditioning was on full blast, creating a warm and cozy atmosphere that contrasted sharply with the icy, snowy landscape outside.

Snowflakes fell one after another, constantly hitting the windows of Ranocchia's Porsche Cayenne with a soft "plop" sound, before being gently brushed away by the wipers, leaving winding streaks of water on the windows.

Bonazzoli, sitting in the back with his hands on the front seat, pouted and said, "I was hoping to take my mother to UK for a trip after her leg heals. With UK, will they kick us foreigners out?"

Ranocchia laughed and said, "You're overthinking it. But remember to bring your mother's passport next time. The policy has changed. I remember you told me that when your mother came, she only brought her Italy national ID card."

"Why did UK leave the EU? I really don't understand," Bonazzoli said, puzzled. "Why can't we all unite? I remember when I was in junior high school, my history teacher told us that only a united Europe can stand up to the great powers; if we're divided, we'll just be a mess."

Ranocchia remained silent for a while, seemingly lost in thought, and did not respond.

Tang Long said, "That's just how the UK are—conservative and xenophobic. Look at how many years they've been in the European Union, and they still haven't adopted the Euro. There are so many restrictions on foreign players wanting to join the Premier League. If it weren't for the talent stunt program, I wouldn't even be qualified to play in the Premier League."

Bonazzoli let out a long "Eh?"

"Your not coming to the Premier League isn't your loss, it's the Premier League's loss. They've lost a great player who finished third in the Ballon d'Or!"

Ranocchia stopped the car at the traffic light and turned to say, "Please add a qualifier: Bonazzoli is currently, temporarily, in third place. In the future, Tang will definitely take first place. Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo are no match for him. Don't you agree?"

Bonazzoli exclaimed, "If you ask me, we need to get rid of Agüero first. He siphoned off a lot of votes for Dom this year, otherwise Dom would definitely have surpassed Lionel Messi to rank second."

The three of them laughed and joked all the way.

Icardi entered a private room at a French restaurant and saw that Chivu had already arrived. Without even taking off his scarf, he went up to Chivu, shook his hand, and apologized repeatedly.

"Sorry, Coach Chivu, I made a dinner appointment, but you arrived before me. What would you like to eat? Order whatever you like."

When the waiter handed him the menu, Chivu smiled and waved his hand.

"It's alright, I live nearby. There's no rush to order, let's wait a bit, others are coming."

Icardi paused, looking at the five seats in the box, not understanding what was going on for a moment.

When Pellegrini arrived at Manchester United, he didn't like using this Argentina striker who could only score easy goals.

As fellow Argentina players, the Chilean Engineer clearly prefers a versatile striker like Agüero, who can run, dribble, and drift wide. Unfortunately, Icardi can't do those things; he plays exactly like Inzaghi.

In the last round's Manchester Derby, Icardi, who started the game, scored a goal but it was not enough to save the team.

Manchester United suffer their fourth consecutive defeat against Manchester City!

Pellegrini was furious and had completely given up on the player who was the most expensive transfer in Manchester United's history.

"Both Ibrahimovic and Bony are ranked higher than Mauro in my list!"

After discussions, Manchester United's management decided to loan out Icardi during the winter transfer window.

In their view, if Icardi does not get consistent playing time for an extended period, his form will decline significantly.

Leaving aside whether the club can recover next season, even if they wanted to sell it off by then, they probably wouldn't be able to get a good price, resulting in a devaluation of the club's assets.

Fortunately, Icardi is only 23 years old, still young, and still has unlimited potential.

After careful consideration, Manchester United decided to loan him back to Serie A, where he is familiar with the Serie A, for half a season, and are very willing to cover his full salary.

After the news was released, two Serie A teams made offers.

His former club Inter Milan and Roma.

In order to win the competition with Inter Milan, Roma was even willing to take the initiative to cover 20% of Icardi's salary for the next six months.

Manchester United are also interested in loaning Icardi to Roma for six months of development before he returns to the Premier League.

However, Icardi was incredibly conflicted inside.

He knows that if he insists on staying at Manchester United now, it will be a dead end – Pellegrini has publicly criticized him, declaring that he is not in the tactical considerations.

Although Icardi often acts recklessly, he is very clear about one thing: if a player of his age cannot play for a long time, it will have a fatal impact, and both his market value and competitive level will decline sharply!

In the latest Transfermarkt update before Christmas, Icardi's market value has dropped to €50 million.

His career was almost halved compared to when he first joined Manchester United a year and a half ago!

But if he were to return to Serie A, would he go back to his former club, or choose Roma?

Icardi looked up at the heavy snow in Manchester, his heart as blank and lost as the snow itself.

As a player, he was lonely.

After moving from Serie A to the Premier League, he found himself in a foreign land with no friends in Manchester, and even his wife Wanda had recently become quite distant from him.

Icardi felt that the only person he could truly confide in was his former coach, Chivu.

He invited Chivu out, partly to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, to pour out his troubles and say goodbye, and partly to get his advice.

Although Chivu unfairly treated Icardi once because of the assistant coach incident, in the eyes of Argentina, Chivu is the kind of person who would unconditionally treat players well, even if the player has left the original team. Chivu would still be responsive to their requests and answer their questions.

"Mr. Chivu, are there any other people coming besides the two of us?"

Icardi was puzzled.

He couldn't think of anyone else who would come to this farewell occasion. After all, he had no friends in Manchester except Mr. Chivu.

"Ah, Mauro!?"

Bonazzoli exclaimed as soon as he entered the room.

Tang Long and Ranocchia behind him also looked doubtful.

When they received the invitation, Chivu only told them it was a get-together before Christmas, and didn't mention that Icardi was coming too!

"If I had known he was here, I wouldn't have come. What bad luck!" Ranocchia thought to himself.

The three then looked at Chivu next to Icardi, and were about to ask a question when Chivu smiled and invited them to sit down.

"Tang, come, sit here." Chivu arranged the seating, placing Icardi between himself and Tang Long, with Ranocchia and Bonazzoli on either side.

Manchester United player Icardi was startled when he was surrounded by three former Inter Milan teammates, now Manchester City players.

Looking around, Tang Long, Ranocchia, Bonazzoli all cast unfriendly glances at him, and he immediately panicked, swallowing hard.

When Icardi gets flustered, he starts to stutter.

"Mr. Chivu, what do you mean by this?" He stood up and made to run towards the door.

Chivu sprang up from his seat with a whoosh, took a step forward, pressed Icardi down, then walked to the VIP box and locked the door with a click.

"You three, beat him up," Chivu said.