The truth emerges! The team leader is punished.

Klopp smiled and said, "Ye Chen terminated his contract with Manchester United because he was expelled from China's U17 national team, which also damaged Manchester United's reputation! In other words, Ye Chen has a bad reputation in China, so signing him doesn't help us develop the Chinese market."

"Miss from China, what I said is true, right?"

Li Xinran nodded. "That's correct. After all, Ye Chen was expelled by the Chinese Football Association (CFA), and they have stated that he will never be called up to any national team at any level again!"

Klopp nodded. "Thank you for your answer. You may sit down."

Hearing this, the German journalists were stunned.

Could it be that Klopp really signed Ye Chen purely for his abilities?

Come to think of it, that midfield lob goal was truly spectacular…

Klopp continued, "We specially invited a Chinese journalist today so that Ye Chen could clarify this matter in front of his home country's media. At the same time, we want to share this exciting news with Dortmund fans in China!"

Hearing this, Li Xinran was taken aback.

Could there be more to this story?

Otherwise, why use the word 'clarify'?

Ye Chen took a deep breath and began speaking, "I am willing to take legal responsibility for everything I am about to say!"

Li Xinran quickly reacted and nodded toward the cameraman behind her.

Her mentor had already aimed the camera at Ye Chen.

"I want to make one thing clear: Although I have spent years abroad, I still love my country! That's why, when the U17 national team first called me back to play for China, I immediately requested leave from my club and returned home as soon as possible!"

"Like every player who gets the chance to represent their country, I was filled with excitement for my first national team experience."

"But things did not go as I expected! As soon as I arrived at the U17 national team, I was expelled before I even met the head coach!"

"Why?"

"Shouldn't the first step be adjusting to the time zone and then joining training?"

"What exactly happened?"

Ye Chen finally understood why his teacher didn't like being interrupted while speaking.

It was too messy.

He coughed lightly before continuing, "I was resting in my assigned room when I was suddenly called into the team leader's office. He made it very clear in our conversation that playing time wasn't determined by training performance but by whether I 'understood the rules'!"

"'Rules'?"

A Black reporter in the audience had a big question mark on his face.

"The 'rules' he was talking about were money! He told me that if I didn't pay up, I shouldn't expect to play!" Ye Chen spoke while pulling out his phone. "You can record the next part of this conversation if you'd like."

As a time traveler, how could he not be cautious?

Back when he played Honor of Kings, he always prepared 30 different strategies before entering ranked matches!

As soon as the recording started playing, everyone in the room focused intently.

But these Germans couldn't understand the content.

Only Li Xinran did, and her breathing became rapid.

She knew this was an exclusive scoop—one that could shake the entire football world!

When the recording ended, Ye Chen smiled. "Honestly, I wasn't sad at all about leaving that national team. What I didn't expect was how much damage it would cause me—even preventing me from continuing my career at Manchester United! But in the end, it all worked out because now I'm at Dortmund, and I will fight for this team!"

Klopp also smiled. "Thank you, CFA, and thank you, Manchester United! Thanks to them, I now have my own Ronaldo!"

"Ronaldo? Are you saying Ye Chen will become Dortmund's Cristiano Ronaldo?" a reporter asked quickly.

"No, not CR7, and not Ronaldinho either—I mean the Ronaldo!" Klopp shook his head. "The unstoppable Ronaldo!"

At that moment, everyone in the room widened their eyes.

They wanted to know just how well Ye Chen had performed in his trial to make Klopp rate him so highly!

After all, Klopp was talking about Il Fenomeno!

The unstoppable Ronaldo!

Ye Chen had always had evidence.

At first, he didn't reveal it because he wasn't following domestic news and had no idea how big of an impact his expulsion had.

Later, when he was released by Manchester United, he simply didn't have time to expose it!

Now, he finally had the chance to speak for himself. As for how the media would react and how the CFA would handle the aftermath—that was no longer his concern.

He was just a football lover, and his only focus was on the game!

Most importantly, he believed football should be pure.

Otherwise, just like Robert Lewandowski in later years—he won the FIFA Best Player award through sheer skill, but a few ill-timed comments drastically reduced his popularity.

Honestly, if this situation hadn't affected him so much, he wouldn't have spoken out at all.

Now, at least, he had cleared his name.

Of course, in three days, Dortmund would face Mainz, and he only had three days to train with the team. He had to give it his all and integrate as quickly as possible!

After all, Klopp had already publicly stated that Ye Chen would be in the squad against Mainz…

Whether he would actually play was another question.

After the press conference, Li Xinran wanted to schedule an exclusive interview with Ye Chen.

But he immediately declined.

His reason? He needed to return to training—he had no time for interviews.

So, Li Xinran quickly returned to her office and got to work.

News needs to be timely—if it's published too late, it's as useless as wastepaper!

However, after compiling her exclusive report and sending it to her boss, she received a firm reply:

"You are absolutely forbidden from publishing any details of the press conference!"

If this story broke in China, the first to face disaster wouldn't be the national team—it would be Sports Weekly itself!

The newspaper's editor-in-chief received the news right away, but instead of publishing it, he immediately informed the CFA.

Of course, the CFA wanted to cover up the truth. But in the age of the internet, was that even possible?

Instead, their attempts to suppress it only caused them to miss the best window to release the story themselves!

On various online forums, a video of the live interview—complete with subtitles—began to spread.

On the Manchester United forum!

On the Real Madrid forum!

On the Dortmund forum!

On the AC Milan forum!

…

More and more people started sharing it.

Only then did fans realize they had been kept in the dark all along!

Ye Chen's Weibo account instantly exploded with apologies. Meanwhile, the CFA's Weibo account was bombarded with criticism…

The U17 national team leader, Wang Bo, was immediately summoned to a meeting room, where the CFA held an emergency session to discuss how to punish him.

As for Ye Chen?

He had already put this matter behind him and was fully immersed in training!

Right now, his skill rating was only 70—there was still a lot of room for improvement!

He had to work twice as hard!

After all, Klopp had already made the announcement: Ye Chen was in the squad for the Mainz game…

Whether he would actually play remained to be seen.