Chapter 985
"Hey, you're here."
When Guardiola heard the knock on the door and saw the door of the private room being pulled open from outside and Gao Han appeared, he immediately stood up happily.
"Of course, it's rare that you treat me to a meal, how can you not come?" Gao Han walked in with a smile.
"But, are you too shabby? Have you invited me to dinner in the restaurant I run?"
Guardiola was slightly stunned, and then suddenly remembered this question, which seemed a bit inappropriate.
"Sorry, I didn't pay attention. I just thought your restaurant has a good taste and you like it too, so I came." Guardiola was afraid that Gao Han would misunderstand, so he quickly explained.
Gao Han walked over with a smile, hugged Guardiola, and the two of them sat tacitly opposite each other.
"How are you doing recently?" Gao Han poured himself a cup of hot tea, "There are many rumors about you outside."
He still remembers that after Barcelona lost to Real Madrid, Guardiola called him and told him about his decision to leave Barcelona. Gao Han gave the opinion after hearing his thoughts, because judging from the situation at that time, even if Guardiola continues to stay in Barcelona, he may not be able to do it for a long time.
The gap between him and the management is getting bigger and bigger, and the differences are becoming more and more obvious. This is reflected in both the transfer operation and the daily management of the club. Players are often very sensitive. They will quickly capture such signals, which will shake the head coach's authority in the locker room.
This has been clearly reflected in the internal problems of Barcelona in the past season.
In this case, instead of staying in Barcelona and enduring hardships and being fired by the management in the future, it is better to take the initiative to retreat now.
In recent years, Guardiola has been the hottest top coach in European football, besides Gao Han. His resignation from Barcelona has caused a sensation in the entire European football world. I don’t know how many giant teams are coveting him, and various rumors are endless.
"Most of those rumors are false rumors." Guardiola replied lightly.
"AC Milan?" Gao Han asked with a smile.
Guardiola shook his head, "I just visited my friend's house in Pescara. I stayed for two days, and the Italian media made such a news. What do you think?"
Gao Han laughed, "Is it true or false that the FA invited you to coach England?"
When Guardiola mentioned this, he became even more depressed and helpless.
"I can only say that this is half true."
"How do you say it?" Gao Han asked with interest.
"There was an intermediary who I didn't know at all. I contacted my brother through any channel and said that I was going to England to coach. Then he went to the FA and told the other party that I wanted to coach England and that he could make it happen, but from the beginning to the end, we had never met the FA. I had never even seen the intermediary. What's going on? "
Gao Han immediately burst into laughter.
This kind of thing is very common in European football because there are many such middlemen running and making profits.
Of course, if both sides really want to do so, once he is promoted, the intermediary will be worth a hundred times more and become famous in one fell swoop.
But if you think about it, you know how unreliable this kind of rumor is. Even if Guardiola really wants to coach England, it cannot be through the revelation of a completely unknown little person. It is obvious that the middleman did not make the traction lead, and he sold the news to the media, which led to a round of hype.
If you really want to coach, at least it should be his brother Pere to contact the people from the FA, which is interesting.
"Then Chelsea's matter should be reliable, right?" Gao Han asked with concern after laughing.
This time Guardiola nodded seriously, "Indeed, Abramovich asked me to meet in London, and the location was on his yacht, but I refused."
"Why?" Gao Han asked curiously.
With Guardiola's current status and his annual salary, there are really not many teams that can attract him in European football. Chelsea should be the most proactive giant here.
"I don't like this team." Guardiola replied frankly, "I witnessed myself how you left Chelsea. Later, Mourinho's departure was also unhappy, and then it was Rijcard. Boas last season, I think Chelsea is not professional at all, and the management is also very problematic."
"I just met Begilistan not long ago. In the past two years, he met Abramovich at least three times. Chelsea invited him to serve as technical director to help improve the club's management structure. But in fact, from beginning to end, Abramovich gave him the feeling of not trust, but perfunctory."
"He said that Abramovich granted him a high salary, but did not give him the real power he deserved, which made him completely unable to understand how he wanted to improve Chelsea's management structure. How effective can a technical director without any real power?"
Gao Han understood what Guardiola meant and had also heard about Begiristan.
The former Barcelona sports director is still very favored in European football. Chelsea also invited him to serve, but in the end he died. Now, after hearing Guardiola's retelling, Abramovich's problem is still so serious.
To put it bluntly, he would not allow anyone to weaken his influence on Chelsea.
Or it should be said that he only thinks about doing one thing at all times, so that everyone can think of Chelsea and think of him as soon as possible.
Only under this premise can he want Chelsea to achieve results on the football field.
Everyone has a different definition of the so-called success.
Perhaps, this is what Abramovich defines for Chelsea.
Guardiola rejected Chelsea, which is undoubtedly a very wise choice.
"Then what are your plans now?" Gao Han asked with concern.
Guardiola smiled slightly, "I don't have any plans. I haven't had a rest for so many years. I want to have a good rest now. Maybe when I have enough rest, I will come out again after I meet the right team."
"What are the specific requirements?"
"Having a complete management structure that can operate in an orderly manner while following the laws of football development, makes me feel warm, respect and loyal, and makes me feel comfortable and down-to-earth. You know, these are what I attach great importance to."
To put it bluntly, Guardiola is a very emotional person at heart.
But it is difficult to find such a team.
"Maybe you should seriously consider our Chinatown." Gao Han suggested seriously after hearing this.
"Chinatown?" Guardiola was shocked.
"Yes." Gao Han looked sincere, "The boss is me, General Manager Armando Marcos, you are familiar with it. You know what others are like, let alone the technical director. Carlos is also old friends for many years, and you are also familiar with the coaches of the team. Our management structure is also formal and professional, so I think we are perfectly matching your requirements."
Speaking of this, Gao Han changed his tone, "To be honest, you didn't want to volunteer to come to our Chinatown, so you specially offered such conditions, right?"
Guardiola burst into laughter when he heard it at the end.
He had forgotten how long it had been, and he hadn't laughed as happily as he is now.
After laughing, Guardiola looked at Gao Han with a smile, "Dear Mr. Gao Han, my teacher, my best friend, you finally understand my feelings. Can we start talking about salary now?"
Now the defeated one has changed to Gao Han.
Looking at Gao Han's depressed expression, Guardiola burst into laughter again.
In fact, Guardiola has always been a taciturn person in front of outsiders, but if you really understand him, it is not difficult to find that he is actually a very talkative and humorous person in private.
With Guardiola's current annual salary, Chinatown cannot invite him at all. Even if he cuts half of his annual salary out of friendship, it is not something Chinatown can afford.
Gao Han took a sip of tea in anger and muttered, "You haven't mentioned your salary just now."
"But I didn't say I didn't want a salary," Guardiola fought back.
Gao Han was completely speechless, "That's nothing to talk about?"
"When everything in Chinatown is stable, there is still a chance." Guardiola laughed.
Gao Han then laughed, "Then I'm recording, this will be the evidence in the future."
How could Guardiola believe Gao Han’s words?
In fact, if Chinatown really needs a head coach, Gao Han himself is more suitable than Guardiola.
What's more, Pochettino is doing so well now, and Chinatown has no reason to change coaches.
Guardiola knows Gao Han very well, knows that he is joking from beginning to end, just hoping to relieve him, make him smile and relax, but he doesn't care about the rest at all.
As for the future, who knows?
"By the way, I'll talk about it later when I teach our Chinatown, but there is one thing I can talk about." Gao Han said on a whim.
"What's up?"
"Look, you need to rest now, but you can't be too lazy, right?"
Guardiola looked at Gao Han's ulterior motives and asked with a smile: "Tell me the point directly."
"I think you should continue to think about and summarize your coaching experience and ideas in theory. You also know that there is a coaching training class in Chinatown. You are usually idle. Why not come here to teach those students?" Gao Han suggested with a smile.
Chinatown coaching training classes are also well-known in the industry, and each period is very popular. In addition to students from Europe, there are also regular senior coaching classes from China. After the training is completed, many of them will stay in Europe, either intern in Chinatown or be recommended to intern in other wealthy teams to accumulate experience.
Guardiola is a well-known wise man in the field of professional coaching. How could Gao Han miss such an opportunity?
But how could this former Barcelona coach not see Gao Han’s thoughts clearly?
"Do you know? I just called Sir Ferguson a few days ago. Guess what he said about you?"
“How to say it?”
"He said that if he retires, he must break up with you."
"Why?"
"The reason is very simple. He said he would do everything possible to dig him to Chinatown to teach, just like you dig Lippi, Aragones and others." After saying that, Guardiola couldn't help laughing.
"He really said that?" Gao Han was depressed now, "Do I really look like that kind of person?"
Guardiola looked at him with his eyes, smiling without saying a word, as if he was saying, "Don't be like, you are just that."
Chapter completed!