“It’s precisely because his personal financial situation is so terrible that he’s even less likely to sell Fiorentina!” After sorting through all the known information in his mind, Leon Thompson finally made his judgment. “He needs to rely on the Fiorentina club to maintain his status, and at the same time, use the Fiorentina brand to raise funds to get through his current difficulties. As long as he can drag this out, he can use Fiorentina as collateral to get a bank loan…”

After listing several reasons, Leon Thompson drew his conclusion. “In short, selling Fiorentina won’t actually help him get through his troubles. On the contrary, given the current situation, the money from selling Fiorentina wouldn’t be enough to fill his financial ‘hole’.”

Carter was shocked by the reasons and the final conclusion Leon Thompson had laid out, because he realized that everything Leon Thompson said might very well be the truth. And from these truths, he came to a frightening conclusion.

“Do you know what will happen if everything you said comes true?” Although he had already thought of it, as a devoted Fiorentina fan, he hoped his guess was wrong. Now, he desperately hoped his friend would suddenly laugh and tell him not to worry, that things wouldn’t be that bad.

But Leon Thompson’s reaction told him that things might really be that bad! Facing his friend’s eager gaze, Leon Thompson had no interest in offering any comfort. “Your guess is correct. There’s only one path left for Fiorentina!” In his heart, he had already pronounced a death sentence for Fiorentina—a club with a long history and a powerhouse in Serie A for the past decade—which also matched his memories from his previous life.

“Oh! God! That ‘bastard’ can’t do this! He can’t drag Fiorentina down to hell with him!” The freshly cleaned tabletop was once again splattered with coffee, and Carter’s anger this time definitely surpassed the sum of all his previous outbursts.

“Actually, I think this might be for the best!” Leon Thompson already had a suitable plan in mind, in case his friend really wanted to become the ‘head’ of Fiorentina. But the premise was that everything had to go according to his plan, and the prerequisite for all of this was Fiorentina’s bankruptcy.

“No! I can’t just let that ‘bastard’ keep going. I have to do something!” Carter clasped his hands together, his fingers intertwining and rubbing back and forth, showing his extreme anxiety.

Hearing his friend’s words, Leon Thompson guessed what he was about to do. “What can you do? Offer several times the price to buy Fiorentina from Cecchi Gori? If you’ve made billions of pounds in the past few years, maybe you could do that.” He didn’t believe Carter could amass such a huge fortune in such a short time. Even at Fiorentina’s current actual value, he didn’t think Carter could afford it—this guy was definitely using his family’s money.

“Billions?” Carter was stunned for a moment by Leon Thompson’s words. He really didn’t have that much money. If he did, maybe he would have already rescued Fiorentina from that devil’s hands and would be coming to his friend today with an appointment contract in hand.

“So am I supposed to do nothing and just watch that devil destroy Fiorentina?”

“No! Saul! Fiorentina won’t be destroyed! If you trust me, then what we should do now is wait!”

“Wait? No! I have to do something!” With that, not waiting for Leon Thompson’s reply, Carter stood up straight away. “I’m sorry, Leon Thompson, I have to rush back to Italy now. I’ll contact you after I’ve handled things over there—wait for my call!” With that, he hurriedly left the café—bumping into the waiter who was just about to come over and ask them to keep it down.

Watching his friend’s hurried figure disappear, Leon Thompson shrugged, unwilling to comment on his friend’s actions. At the same time, he didn’t think Carter would gain anything from this trip back… unless this madman really did throw out a price several times above market value to forcibly snatch Fiorentina from Cecchi Gori. But would his family agree to him doing something so foolish? Even now, he still wasn’t sure whether the funds Carter planned to use to acquire Fiorentina were his own or his family’s.

Looking up at the ‘female’ server standing in front of him, she seemed a bit uneasy. Maybe she’d been startled by Carter’s hasty departure—after all, coming from a prominent family, his anger carried an invisible pressure that made ordinary people uncomfortable.

“My friend ran into some trouble, and I apologize to you on his behalf for what just happened!” No matter how annoying it was to clean up after his friend, it still had to be done.

“No, sir, it’s all right.” The ‘female’ server’s face flushed slightly; she was a little dazzled by the man’s smile in front of her.