Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 170 The Cursing War Between England and Spain

"Manchester City still attaches great importance to you!"

Walking into the mansion that Mansur gave to Lin Quan, Pere clicked his tongue.

This mansion is located on a hillside by the sea in Manchester, not to mention the wide view, and the surrounding scenery is also very good.

The market price of such a luxury sea view villa may not be less than 500 million pounds.

But Mansur didn't even blink, and gave it to Lin Quan directly as a meeting gift.

The generosity of the local tyrants in the Middle East is jaw-dropping.

"Are you referring to these or the purges within the team?"

Lin Quan knew about the transfer of Dzeko and Tevez, but he was not very concerned.

As long as the club doesn't sell David Silva, everyone else doesn't care.

"All!"

Pere poured himself a glass of red wine, sat on the sofa with the glass in his hand, and looked at the decorations inside the house.

Lin Quan nodded slightly, poured himself a cup of tea, sat on the sofa and waited for the next article.

Pere came here today, definitely not just to say such a sentence, he must have other purposes.

"Manchester City doesn't have a head coach yet. Chairman Fahim wants to ask for your opinion. Do you have a suitable candidate in your mind?"

Sure enough, as soon as Pere opened his mouth, he uttered a topic that surprised Lin Quan himself.

"Ask my opinion? Isn't the selection of coaches decided by the club itself?"

As a player, can he still influence the selection of Manchester City's head coach?
"Of course, Boss Mansour hopes to introduce a coach with a tactical concept that suits you. Only in this way can you maximize your ability and not cause you to perform abnormally in Manchester City because of technical and tactical style problems."

Hearing Pere's explanation, Lin Quan nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Is there any shortlist now at Manchester City?"

There are many good football coaches, but most of them are well-known.

Guardiola is at Bayern, Mourinho is at Chelsea, Ancelotti is at Real Madrid, and none of these people will leave their respective clubs anytime soon.

There is no need to think about Ferguson retiring, and it is impossible for Wenger to leave Arsenal.

The remaining famous coaches who can be spotted by Manchester City are probably Eriksson, Benister, Hiddink, Van Gaal, Ranieri, Pellegrini and others.

Although these people have contracts, their teams are not big clubs.

Except for Monaco, where Ranieri is a little troublesome, everyone else has a chance to invite them.

After reading the list of candidates given by Pere, Lin Quan thought about it.

Originally, it was Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini who signed with Manchester City.

The Chilean engineer's three seasons in Manchester City were quite successful. Although he failed to win the Champions League, under his leadership, Manchester City finally broke out of the Champions League group stage.

Last year, they even made it to the semi-finals.

And in the league, Pellegrini also led Manchester City to win another league championship trophy.

However, judging from Manchester City's investment in the transfer market and the team's lineup, his coaching performance is neither bad nor good.

Thinking of this, Lin Quan decided not to intervene in Manchester City's coaching.

Anyway, in his opinion, these coaches have similar coaching abilities, and it doesn't matter who they choose.

After knowing Lin Quan's attitude, Manchester City began to contact these coaches separately and extend invitations to them.

Both Hiddink and Van Gaal rejected Manchester City's invitation. One of them was very happy in Anzhi, and the other was preparing for next year's World Cup with the Dutch national team full of confidence. Neither of them wanted to leave at this time.

Not surprisingly, Ranieri also refused. Monaco has invested heavily in the transfer market this season, and they plan to do a lot in the new season of Ligue [-] with great ambitions.

The tinker who has never fought such a rich battle is gearing up for a big fight, and naturally he doesn't want to give up halfway.

After several coaches rejected Manchester City's invitation, Manchester City finally signed a contract with Pellegrini as in history.

After Pellegrini heard that Lin Quan had come to Manchester City, he readily accepted the invitation from Manchester City.

In his opinion, with Lin Quan present, Manchester City's performance has at least a guaranteed lower limit, no matter how bad it is, it will not be too bad.

If he can train well and shape the team's technical and tactical style of play, Manchester City may rise in his hands!

After finalizing the contract with Pellegrini, Manchester City quickly announced the news on the official website.

Also announced Dzeko and Carlos Tevez's transfer news.

Although the two transfers were applied by the players themselves, when Manchester City's official website announced the news of the two transfers, it still caused controversy from the outside world.

"Hehe, Manchester City is going to clean up the team's old players!"

"Who told them to buy so many forwards blindly? If they don't clean them up, Emperor Lin may have no place!"

"I'm not surprised that Tevez left, but I'm surprised that Dzeko left. Didn't he perform very well in Manchester City? Why did he suddenly leave?"

"Isn't it because of Lin Huang? As soon as he came, he took away Dzeko's No. [-] jersey. I am afraid that any player with a temper would not be able to bear such humiliation. Therefore, it is the best choice to transfer and leave. Already!"

"It makes sense, so to speak, Emperor Lin is still a team demolisher!"

……

Voices criticizing Lin Quan began to appear on the Internet, and most of these voices came from fans of other Premier League clubs.

For them, Lin Quan joining Manchester City is definitely not good news.

The increased strength of Manchester City means that it will be more difficult for them to play against Manchester City in the league.

There are already enough strong teams in the Premier League. There are more wolves and less meat, and there is not enough meat.

At this time, Manchester City's sudden rise will only make the already fierce competition more cruel.

So apart from Manchester City fans, it can be said that fans of the entire Premier League do not want to see Manchester City rise.

They prefer to see Manchester City as before, an old, poor and weak club, allowing their home team to bully wantonly.

Suddenly one day, the small team that they bullied on the ground rose up and became the existence they looked up to.

This gap will be unacceptable to fans of many Premier League teams.

As the saying goes, seeing other people making money makes them feel more uncomfortable than losing money themselves!
In addition to the criticism from the fans, the British media also expressed concern about Lin Quan's prospects in Manchester City.

"As we all know, the Premier League is the number one league in the world and the most competitive league.

La Liga players pay attention to the skills at their feet and do not pay attention to physical confrontation, but this soft style of play is difficult to gain a foothold in the Premier League.

Lin Quan's foot skills are indeed excellent, but his physical resistance ability is a big question mark!

And his opponents would take pride in knocking him over and humiliating him on the court.

This may be very cruel for a young player who is not yet young.

However, this is the Premier League, and this is the playing style of the world's number one league. No matter what aura you are wearing, it doesn't work in the Premier League! "

The media on Fleet Street secretly stated that Lin Quan could not adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League game, and insinuated that the Spanish players played softly and were not manly at all.

After the report from the UK spread to Spain, it immediately attracted a comprehensive counterattack from the Spanish media.

"Hehe, losers always like to put gold on their faces.

Since the Premier League teams are so strong, they must have done well in the European competition, right? "

The Spanish media attached a map of last year's Champions League quarter-finals.

Three of these eight teams are from La Liga, two are from Bundesliga, one is from Serie A, one is from Ligue [-], and one is from Turkish Super League. They just haven't seen the 'world's first league' Premier League team.

As soon as this picture came out, the British's cowhide immediately couldn't go on.

However, Spain does not intend to let them go:

"The fact that the British media is unwilling to admit is that in the past few years, the Spanish team, which they regard as soft, always has the upper hand when they meet the Premier League teams in the Champions League.

Let us remind the British that on the stage of the European finals, the Premier League team has given La Liga teams six championship trophies in a row. "

At this time, Spain's pass-and-control football is at its peak.

Not only has the Premier League been completely suppressed by La Liga at the club level, but at the national team level, Spain has also left the British team far behind.

"Spain won the European Cup twice, the World Cup once, and the Confederations Cup not long ago, achieving a grand slam at the national team level.

And what about the England national team?

The World Cup fell to the top 16, and the European Cup fell to the top 8. We can't help but ask:

The strength of La Liga has brought about the strength of the Spanish national team, making Spanish midfielders world-renowned, and every wealthy team is proud of having a Spanish midfielder.

But what does the strength of the Premier League bring to the UK?

In addition to the advantages of England's international football team in the country with their local household registration, are there any famous players in leagues in other countries? "

The Spanish media's counterattack was very sharp, and Fleet Street, who refuted it, was speechless.

The England team is also known as the European Chinese team. They like to brag behind closed doors.

As soon as he arrived at the competition, he showed his true nature as a soft-legged shrimp, and the kicks were so stinky.

However, the British media are very powerful because of the use of English, and they have the right to speak in public opinion.

Every time they boast about their national team, they will not repent even if they are beaten in the face.

……

"Don't pay attention to these remarks on the Internet. This is news deliberately spread by the opponent in order to disturb your mentality."

In the new season's team training, national team teammate David Silva specially enlightened Lin Quan:
"When I first came to the Premier League, they were not optimistic about my future.

Thinking that a player like me who is small and thin won't be able to make it in the Premier League.

But then I slapped them in the face with a good performance, and they went from questioning to admiring.

In the Premier League, you just have to play well, show your results and hit them in the face.

If you pay too much attention to the public opinion outside the court, it will inevitably consume a lot of your energy, and even affect your mentality, which will actually affect your performance on the court. "

As an experienced person, David Silva passed on his experience to Lin Quan.

Lin Quan saw these quarrels on the Internet and the scolding war between the media of the two countries, but he didn't pay much attention to them.

From the moment he moved to Manchester City, he knew that there would be a lot of controversy surrounding his transfer.

"Well, I see, thank you, David!"

Although he doesn't need the other party's enlightenment, he is still very grateful to David Silva for his concern.

In a strange place, someone can care about your situation, this kind of friend is definitely worth making deep friends.

"Hey, don't thank me, I have to rely on you in the new season!"

David Silva smiled and said to Lin Quan:

"You are the core of the team in the national team, and you are also the core in the club. When you are on the field in the future, you have to take care of our teammates in the national team!"

Hearing David Silva's words, Lin Quan laughed:

"With your strength, you don't need me to take care of you. It's me who just came to the club. My eyes are black and I don't know anything. I need your care even more!"

Lin Quan was referring to the situation in the locker room. He had just arrived at Manchester City and had no information on the team's locker room, so someone needed to mention him.

"Hehe, I'll have a good chat with you another day, let's not talk about it, the coach is here!"

David Silva is also a smart person, and he immediately understood the meaning behind Lin Quan's words.

Accompanied by club president Fahim, Pellegrini came to the training ground.

Standing on the sidelines of the training field, I saw that the players on the field were seriously and actively training.

Pellegrini was very satisfied. He looked at Lin Quan who was training with David Silva, and asked Fahim:
"How is Lin's competitive state, and what position does he want to play in the new season?"

He is new here and has not been in contact with Lin Quan yet, so he doesn't know what kind of temper such a superstar has and how to deal with him well.

So I had to ask Fahim about it in advance.

"Lin's competitive state has been maintained very well. His position on the field is not fixed. He can play in any position in the frontcourt. You can discuss the specifics with him."

Fahim is not a professional, so he will not interfere too much.

It is better to leave professional matters to professional people. As the coach of the team, Pellegrini naturally needs to communicate with the core of the team.

But before the exchange, he decided to play a few warm-up matches first, and let's see.

It just so happened that Manchester City was going to Munich to participate in the Audi Cup in early August.

The four teams invited to this year's Audi Cup are Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Sao Paulo in Brazil.

The strongest of these four teams is Bayern, and the remaining three teams are almost the same, which can be used as a whetstone to test the status of the team.

Of course, considering that Bayern is the freshly baked Champions League champion.

Manchester City will be under pressure when facing them, so Pellegrini did not set a goal for the team in this Audi Cup.

It is definitely unrealistic to win the championship, as long as you can win one game!
……

Manchester City's luck is good, they didn't directly draw the big boss Bayern as soon as they came up.

Instead, they got AC Milan, whose strength was similar to theirs.

AC Milan's record has begun to decline in recent years, and it has long lost the courage of the Milan dynasty.

They only ranked No.3 in Serie A last season, and they were also eliminated early in the Champions League.

Because the strength of the two teams is evenly matched, Pellegrini boldly adopted a 433 offensive formation in this game to play against AC Milan.

The game was very intense from the very beginning, although Manchester City's players did not cooperate with each other for a long time.

There are two exceptions, that is, Lin Quan and David Silva.

After all, Lin Quan and David Silva have played together in the national team. Not long ago, they also helped the team win the Confederations Cup. The tacit understanding between them is still very good.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Lin Quan completed an assist on the wing and helped David Silva score a goal.

In the 19th minute, Silva reciprocated and sent a wonderful pass to Lin Quan to assist him to score his first goal in Manchester City.

Two minutes later, Lin Quan sent another assist to help teammate Kolarov score Manchester City's third goal.

After only 22 minutes in the first half, Manchester City scored three goals in a row, blowing up AC Milan.

The team's strong offensive firepower in the frontcourt not only surprised the head coach of AC Milan, but even the coach of Manchester City Pellegrini himself!
Before he came to Manchester City, he thought about Lin Quan's strength.

However, when he actually saw Lin Quan playing on the field, he realized that he still underestimated the opponent.

Lin Quan is stronger than he imagined!

This made Pellegrini very excited, and it seemed that he had to redefine his goals for the new season.

With Manchester City's current strength on paper, it seems that they can look forward to winning the league championship, qualifying for the Champions League group stage or even reaching the quarter-finals!

If they are lucky enough to not encounter that kind of top giants in the Champions League knockout round, maybe they can hit the semi-finals?

(End of this chapter)