novelraw Chapter 610 - 417: Tang Long Smiles at the Friend’s Wife Scandal: Truly, What Goes Around Comes Around! Icardi’s Final Pursuit of the Golden Boot!
Chapter 610 - 417: Tang Long Smiles at the Friend’s Wife Scandal: Truly, What Goes Around Comes Around! Icardi’s Final Pursuit of the Golden Boot!
The players of Manchester City were changing clothes in the locker room.
"Oh my god, guys, come listen to this gossip!"
Agüero exclaimed while looking at his phone, and everyone gathered around.
"What the hell, is this for real?"
"No way, it can’t be this sensational, right?"
"Wanda’s got guts to eat the grass so close to home?"
"If this is true, how can Icardi and De Bruyne play together anymore?"
The Manchester City players were excited, discussing animatedly yet also skeptical.
After all, although The Sun’s gossip news has a high accuracy rate, it’s still a mix of truth and falsehood.
The goalkeeper Caballero, also from Argentina like Wanda, pondered briefly and said:
"I think it’s very likely true!"
Caballero said, Wanda is well known in Argentina, not an easy woman at all. Almost twenty years ago, she was exposed for having an affair with Maradola.
"This woman once attended a party at Old Ma’s house and was caught spending a night with him. There are too many of these kind of women in Argentina, all looking to climb up using celebrities, with plenty of tricks up their sleeves!"
Sterling curiously asked, "What happened that Wanda didn’t end up with Maradola?"
Caballero, with a full beard, glanced amusingly at the clean-shaven Sterling, who was just in his twenties, and said with a chuckle:
"Old Ma was already in his forties and was quite overweight at the time. How could his physique satisfy Wanda? Wanda got her share of fame and ran away, gained a name; Old Ma had his fun for a night and kicked her out, indulged himself, that’s it, there’s no complicated why."
Ranocchia, who had been with Inter Milan for years and had been teammates with Icardi, used to hear the media fussing over that couple’s issues daily back when he was in Milan, so he’s very aware of it all.
Ranocchia said, "When Wanda and Mauro were fooling around, the original husband Lopez had no clue, haha, those two have too many baffling behaviors that can be told, could take three days and nights and still not finish."
Among the crowd, Tang Long stood with his arms crossed over his chest, wearing an expression of someone watching a show.
Damn, The Sun has set me up twice, almost killed me, and back then Icardi even kicked me while I was down in front of the media, mocking me.
Karma is real, now it’s your turn to be screwed over, huh~
Whether it’s true or false, you’re in for a hard time anyway, heh heh!
Ranocchia saw the unstoppable smile on Tang Long’s face and burst into laughter.
The two of them laughing prompted the others to join in laughing too;
Before long, the locker room was filled with joyful laughter, and even during training, everyone was in high spirits.
...
The restroom at the Manchester United Carrington Training Base.
De Bruyne’s head was pushed into the toilet by Icardi, he drank several gulps of water, nearly choking.
The extreme desire to win made his muscle strength explode instantaneously;
He held the toilet’s edge with both hands, pushed hard, and his head jerked upwards, hitting Icardi’s nose, dislocating it.
"Mauro, you’re crazy!"
The two of them quarreled in the narrow cubicle.
De Bruyne asked Icardi what he wanted to do, Icardi was in a very agitated state, having lost 80% of his language ability, shouting one word at a time. De Bruyne had to fend off Icardi’s potential physical attacks while trying to figure out the reason, but learned nothing after a long time of asking.
Until Icardi handed him the phone, after De Bruyne finished reading The Sun’s content, he chuckled bitterly and cursed:
"Mauro, everyone in the circle knows about your wife, even if I, Kevin De Bruyne, were blind, I wouldn’t sleep with her, why would I dare to bring such trouble upon myself? Mauro, you’re such a stupid pig!"
Icardi originally calmed down a bit, but hearing De Bruyne insult Wanda, his anger flared up again.
"Cheating couple! You’re putting a hat on me and still call me a stupid pig, do you have a death wish?"
The two of them started fighting again in the cubicle.
The noise was so loud that it alerted the teammates in the locker room, all rushing toward the restroom.
Rooney tried to open the cubicle door, but Icardi had locked it from the inside, so he could only pound on the door and shout loudly.
Ten minutes later, the door was finally kicked open by Rooney.
Icardi and De Bruyne were slumped on both sides of the toilet, both with bruised and swollen faces.
The small restroom was crowded with over twenty people, seeing this scene, everyone looked at each other in disbelief...
...
The sensational gossip about Wanda and De Bruyne was not only being talked about all over England, but also across Europe, and even football fans around the world who followed the Premier League, were all buzzing with it.
This matter has become a huge scandal!
But both parties involved, Wanda and De Bruyne, firmly deny it.
Wanda cursed The Sun for spreading rumors, ruining her and Icardi’s marital relationship for the sake of hype and traffic. However, three hours after making a statement, she started live-streaming to sell products and announced her appearance on England’s hottest talk show "The Story Behind the Celebrities" to clarify the matter again.
De Bruyne, on the other hand, had his agent send a lawyer’s letter to The Sun, stating that they would pursue legal responsibility and claim compensation for his mental distress!
As for whether the matter is true or false, the vast majority of netizens believe it’s not real.
- "De Bruyne is not Terry; he wouldn’t do something like a friend-wife scandal!"
- "I trust De Bruyne’s taste. Wanda’s lips look like sausages; would he be into that?"
- "Could it be that Wanda is spreading her own rumors? Don’t forget how Wanda rose to fame!"
- "If it were true, it wouldn’t be surprising. Icardi cheated on Lopez, so one day he would be cheated on."
Some Manchester United fans mentioned that regardless of the truth, this incident could greatly affect the form of Icardi and De Bruyne, consequently impacting the team’s performance in the league’s sprint phase.
This would be Manchester United’s biggest loss; a season’s effort might be ruined at once!
"Just wait and see, Icardi and De Bruyne definitely won’t be in the next league match!"
Manchester United fans’ words turned out to be prophetic.
In the Premier League’s 35th round match where Manchester United played Aston Villa away, neither Icardi nor De Bruyne started, and they weren’t even included in the team’s squad.
Manchester United’s internal disciplinary committee is investigating both players.
This includes examining De Bruyne’s relationship with teammate Icardi’s wife Wanda, as well as a severe violent altercation the two had in a toilet cubicle.
Manchester United has lost its best playmaker and its best goal scorer. Neither Rooney, Rashford, Carrick, nor Schneiderlin can fill Icardi and De Bruyne’s absence.
Ultimately, the Red Devils drew 0:0 against Aston Villa away, securing just one league point.
Meanwhile, two hours later, in another away match, Manchester City displayed a completely different competitive state!
Facing Sky City Stoke City, Manchester City leveraged their skilled possession tactics to precisely control their opponent.
In just over 50 minutes, the score had already tipped 3:0 in their favor.
Bony, who finally got a starting opportunity, did not disappoint Pellegrini.
First Tang Long, then Kolarov assisted Bony, who scored twice in the first half.
Finally, Tang Long delivered a powerful cross from inside the penalty area, causing an own goal from the opponent~
Seeing the inevitable defeat, Stoke City quickly raised the white flag to avoid a catastrophe;
Pellegrini also abandoned further pursuit, withdrawing the main players.
This match held significant meaning for Manchester City as their lead over Manchester United extended from 5 points to 7 points!
There are only three rounds remaining in the league.
This means that even if Manchester United wins all remaining matches, Manchester City only needs to win one more to clinch the title early!
After knowing he couldn’t play and that this caused the team not to win, De Bruyne was filled with remorse.
Even though he knew the matter had nothing to do with him, entirely due to The Sun’s rumors and Icardi’s recklessness causing such a huge storm.
Still, De Bruyne, who possesses a strong sense of team honor, shed tears.
He knows for Manchester City, the odds of losing all remaining three matches is only a theoretical illusion; they are very likely to provide a clear answer in the 36th round, the next league match.
On the other hand, Icardi was overjoyed!
He was pleased because when he returned home to question Wanda about having an affair with De Bruyne, he was met with a loud slap.
"Mauro, if you ask such absurd questions again, I’ll divorce you!"
Wanda’s slap completely woke up Icardi, making him re-evaluate his marriage with Wanda clearly.
He realized that his relationship with Wanda was unbreakable, built on a solid emotional foundation—The Sun must be spreading rumors!
So Icardi knelt in front of Wanda, crying and hugging her legs, begging her never to mention the word ’divorce’ again, otherwise, his heart would ache upon hearing it.
He even swore an oath to Wanda, promising to work harder on his physical training, so as not to let his wife feel unsatisfied in that aspect.
Upon hearing Icardi’s vows, Wanda finally showed a relaxed smile and even gave him a small reward, raising his monthly allowance from 1500 euros to 1600 euros, giving him 100 more euros.
Icardi was moved by this, immediately promising to put Wanda’s name on their 3.5 million euro villa.
Another thing that made him happy was that Agüero didn’t score in Manchester City’s Premier League 35th round match!
Though Icardi didn’t play either, his goal difference with Agüero in the league remains at 4.
Icardi feels that with three league matches left, he still has plenty of time to chase the Premier League Golden Boot.
"This season is full of surprises, all because of De Bruyne! But it doesn’t matter, there are still three rounds; I can still prove through scoring who is the best striker in the Premier League!"