"It's the partying issue again!"
O'Neill was furious.
No wonder City were a mess against Stoke — even after all their brilliance in the previous two matches, they couldn't break the deadlock.
Seven of their players had just gotten home an hour before the match against Stoke City!
And not only that — they made things worse by dragging 17-year-old Rio Ferdinand out to party with them!
Fuming, O'Neill marched down the hallway and knocked hard on Richard's office door.
"How do you even know all this?" Richard asked, surprised as he looked at the list of players O'Neill had brought.
Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Jamie Pollock, Graham Fenton, Steve Lomas, Henrik Larsson, Rio Ferdinand.
"It's from Jimmy," O'Neill said.
"Oh," was all Richard could manage as he rubbed his temples.
If it came from Jimmy Rouse — the kit manager — then it was probably true. After all, the players were currently living with him in the dormitory the club had rented for their foreign signings.
