Chapter 170 The War between Britain and Spain

Author: Xue Niao

Chapter 170 The War between Britain and Spain

"Manchester City still values ​​you very much!"

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

This mansion is located on a hillside on the seaside of Manchester. Not only does it have a wide view, but the surrounding scenery is also very good.

The market price of such a luxurious sea-view villa is probably not less than 5 million pounds.

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

The generosity of the wealthy people in the Middle East is jaw-dropping.

"Are you referring to these or a purge within the team?"

Lin Quan is aware of the transfers of Dzeko and Tevez, but he is not very concerned about them.

As long as the club doesn't sell David Silva, it doesn't matter to anyone else.

"Everything is there!"

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

Lin Quan nodded gently, poured himself a cup of tea, and sat on the sofa to wait for the rest of the story.

Perret came here today definitely not just to say such a thing, 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 mind?"

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

"Ask my opinion? Isn't it the club's decision to select a coach?"

How can he, as a player, influence Manchester City's choice of head coach?

"Of course, Boss Mansour hopes to introduce a coach whose tactical philosophy is suitable for you, so that you can maximize your abilities and prevent you from performing abnormally in Manchester City due to technical and tactical style issues."

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

"Is there any shortlist at Manchester City now?"

There are many good coaches in football, but most of them are famous and have their own business.

Guardiola is at Bayern, Mourinho is at Chelsea, and Ancelotti is at Real Madrid. None of these people will leave their respective clubs in the short term.

There is no need to consider Ferguson's retirement, and it is impossible for Wenger to leave Arsenal.

The remaining famous coaches that Manchester City can take a fancy to are probably Eriksen, Benister, Hiddink, Van Gaal, Ranieri and Pellegrini.

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

Except for Monaco, where Ranieri is located, which is a little more troublesome, everyone else has the opportunity to come.

After reading the candidate list given by Perret, Lin Quan started thinking.

Historically, it was Chilean engineer Pellegrini who signed a contract with Manchester City.

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

In their final year, they even made it to the semifinals.

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 results are neither bad nor good.

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

Anyway, in his opinion, these coaches all have similar coaching abilities, so it doesn’t matter who they choose.

After learning about Lin Quan's attitude, Manchester City began to contact these coaches respectively and extended invitations to them.

Both Hiddink and Van Gaal rejected Manchester City's invitation. One of them is very happy in Anzhi, and the other is leading the Dutch national team to confidently prepare for next year's World Cup. Neither of them wants to leave at this time.

Unsurprisingly, Ranieri also refused. Monaco has invested heavily in the transfer market this season, and they have ambitious plans to make a big splash in the French Ligue 1 in the new season.

The tinker, who has never fought such a rich battle before, is gearing up for a big fight and naturally does not want to give up halfway.

After many coaches rejected Manchester City's invitation, Manchester City finally signed a contract with Pellegrini as it had done historically.

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 here, Manchester City's performance at least has a guaranteed lower limit, and it won't be much worse no matter how bad it is.

If he can train him 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 its official website.

Also announced were the transfer news of Dzeko and Tevez.

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

"Haha, Manchester City is going to purge the team's old players!"

"Who told them to blindly buy so many forwards? If they don't clean them up, Lin Huang may not have any positions!"

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

"It's not because of Lin Huang. As soon as he came, he took away Dzeko's No. 10 jersey. Any player with a temper would probably not be able to bear such humiliation, so transferring and leaving is the best option.

Got it!"

"It makes sense, so Lin Huang is still a team-breaking maniac!"

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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.

Manchester City's increased strength means that it will be more difficult for them to beat Manchester City when they meet them in the league.

There are already enough strong teams in the Premier League. There are too many wolves but not enough meat.

The sudden rise of Manchester City at this time will only make the already fierce competition even more cruel.

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

They would rather see Manchester City remain an old, poor and small club like before, allowing their home team to bully them at will.

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

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

As the saying goes, seeing others making money makes them feel more uncomfortable than losing money themselves!

In addition to the criticism from fans, the British media also expressed concerns 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.

La Liga players focus on foot skills and not on 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 confrontation ability is a big question mark!

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

This may be very cruel for a young player who is not yet 18 years old.

However, this is the Premier League, this is the playing style of the world’s number one league, no matter what halo you wear, it won’t work in the Premier League!”

The Fleet Street media secretly stated that Lin Quan could not adapt to the pace of the Premier League game, and insinuated that the Spanish players' playing style was soft and unmanly.

After the British report reached Spain, it immediately triggered a comprehensive counterattack by the Spanish media.

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

Since the Premier League teams are so strong, then their results in the European competition must be very good, right?"

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

Three of these eight teams are from La Liga, two are from the Bundesliga, one is from Serie A, one is from Ligue 1, and one is from the Turkish Super League, but there is no team from the Premier League, the "first league in the world".

As soon as this picture came out, the British immediately lost their confidence.

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, Spanish teams, which they regarded as having a soft style of play, have always had the upper hand when they met Premier League teams in the Champions League.

Let us remind the British that in the European finals, Premier League teams have given La Liga teams six consecutive championship trophies."

At this time, Spanish passing football was at its peak.

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

“Spain has won two European Cups, a World Cup, and not long ago the Confederations Cup, 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. Every giant team is proud to have a Spanish midfielder.
To be continued...