Chapter 170: War of words between Britain and Spain

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

Walking into the mansion that Mansour gave to Lin Quan, Pere made a clicking sound.

This mansion is located on a hillside by the sea in Manchester. Not only does it have a wide view, but the surrounding scenery is also beautiful.

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

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

The generosity of the Middle Eastern tycoons is jaw-dropping.

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

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

As long as the club doesn't sell David Silva, no one else matters.

“Both!”

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

Lin Quan nodded slightly, poured himself a cup of tea, and sat on the sofa waiting for what was to come.

Pere definitely didn't come here today just to say this, 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 any suitable candidates in mind?"

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

"Ask me for my opinion? Isn't it the club's own decision on matters like selecting a coach?"

As a player, can he influence the selection of Manchester City's head coach? "Of course, Boss Mansour hopes to introduce a coach whose tactical ideas are suitable for you, so that he can bring out your abilities to the fullest and not let your technical and tactical style problems cause you to perform poorly in Manchester City."

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

"Does Manchester City have any shortlist now?"

There are many good coaches in the football world, but most of them are already taken.

Guardiola is at Bayern, Mourinho is at Chelsea, and Ancelotti went to Real Madrid. These people will not leave their respective clubs in the short term.

There is no doubt that Ferguson will retire, and there is no chance that Wenger will leave Arsenal.

The remaining famous coaches that Manchester City may be interested in are probably Eriksen, Benítez, Hiddink, Van Gaal, Ranieri and Pellegrini.

Although these people have contracts, the teams they play for are not big clubs.

Except for Monaco where Ranieri is, which is a little troublesome, everyone else has the chance to be invited.

After reading the list of candidates given by Pere, Lin Quan began to think.

Originally, the player who signed with Manchester City was Chilean engineer Pellegrini.

The Chilean engineer had a successful three seasons at Manchester City. 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 semi-finals.

Moreover, 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 coach selection.

Anyway, in his opinion, the coaching abilities of these coaches are similar, so it doesn't matter who you choose.

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

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

As expected, Ranieri also rejected it. Monaco has invested heavily in the transfer market this season, and they are ambitiously planning to make a big splash in the new French Ligue 1 season.

The tinker, who had never fought such a lucrative battle before, was gearing up for a big fight and naturally didn't want to give up halfway.

After several coaches rejected Manchester City's invitation, Manchester City finally signed a contract with Pellegrini, just as it did in the past.

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

In his opinion, with Lin Quan around, Manchester City's results at least have a guaranteed lower limit, and they won't be too bad.

If he can coach the team well and shape the team's technical and tactical play, Manchester City might be able to rise under his leadership!

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 both transfers were applied for 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.

"Haha, Manchester City is going to have a major purge of the team's veteran players!"

"Who told them to buy so many forwards blindly? If they don't clean them up, I'm afraid there won't be a place for Lin Huang!"

"I'm not surprised that Tevez left, but I'm very surprised that Dzeko left. Wasn't his performance at Manchester City quite good? Why did he leave suddenly?"

"It's all because of Lin Huang. As soon as he arrived, he snatched Dzeko's number 10 jersey. Any player with a temper would not be able to stand such humiliation, so transferring away is the best choice!"

"That makes sense. So, Emperor Lin is still a team-breaking maniac!"

…

Voices criticizing Lin Quan began to appear on the Internet, most of which 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 in the league.

There are already enough strong teams in the Premier League, but there are too many wolves and too little meat, and there is not enough meat to go around.

If Manchester City suddenly rises again at this time, it will only make the already fierce competition even more brutal.

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

Suddenly one day, the small team that they had pinned to the ground and bullied rose up and became the one 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 is more painful than losing money themselves! In addition to the fans' criticism, the British media also expressed concerns about Lin Quan's prospects in Manchester City.

“As we all know, the Premier League is the world’s top league and also the most competitive league.

La Liga players focus on their footwork and not on physical confrontation, but this soft style of play is difficult to gain a foothold in the Premier League.

Lin Quan’s footwork is indeed excellent, but there is a big question mark about his physical confrontation ability!

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 even eighteen years old.

But this is the Premier League, this is the style of play in the world's top league. No matter what halo you have, it won't work in the Premier League!"

The media on Fleet Street secretly said that Lin Quan was unable to adapt to the pace of the Premier League games, and implied that the Spanish players' style of play was soft and not manly at all.

After the reports from the UK reached Spain, they immediately triggered a full-scale counterattack from the Spanish media.

"Haha, losers always like to flatter themselves.

If the Premier League teams are so strong, then they must have good results in European competitions, right? "

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

Among these eight teams, three are from La Liga, two are from the Bundesliga, one is from Serie A, one is from Ligue 1, one is from the Turkish Super League, but there is no team from the "world's first league", the Premier League.

As soon as this picture came out, the British could no longer brag.

However, Spain does not intend to let them go:

"What the British media don't want to admit is that in the past few years, the Spanish teams, which they consider to be soft, have always had the upper hand when they met Premier League teams in the Champions League.

Let us remind the British that Premier League teams have handed six consecutive European finals to La Liga teams.”

At this time, Spain's passing and controlling 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 has also left the British team far behind.

"Spain has won two European Championships, one World Cup, and recently the Confederations Cup, achieving a Grand Slam at the national team level.

And what about the England national team?

The World Cup was lost in the round of 16, and the European Cup was lost in the quarterfinals. We can't help but ask:

The strength of La Liga has brought about the strength of the Spanish national team, making the Spanish midfield famous all over the world. Every top team is proud to have a Spanish midfielder.

But what has the strength of the Premier League brought to Britain?

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Apart from the fact that England's internationals have some advantages in their home country by virtue of their local Hukou, are there any famous players in leagues in other countries?"

The Spanish media's counterattack was so sharp that Fleet Street was left speechless.

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

As soon as the big competition came, they showed their true colors as cowards and played terribly.

However, the British media is very powerful because it uses English and has the final say in public opinion.

They always praise their own team to the skies and refuse to repent even if they are slapped in the face.

…

"Don't pay attention to these comments on the Internet. These are messages deliberately spread by your opponents to disrupt your mentality."

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

They thought a small, frail player like me wouldn't be able to survive in the Premier League.

But later I slapped them in the face with my outstanding performance, and they changed from questioning to praising me.

In the Premier League, you just need to play well and produce results that will slap 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 in turn will affect your performance on the court. "

As a person who has experienced this, David Silva passed on his experience to Lin Quan.

Lin Quan saw these quarrels on the Internet and the war of words between the media of the two countries, but he did not pay much attention to them.

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

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

Although he didn't need the other party's guidance, he was still very grateful for David Silva's concern.

In a strange place, if there is someone who cares about your situation, this kind of friend is definitely worth making close friends with.

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

David Silva said to Lin Quan with a smile:

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

Hearing David Silva's words, Lin Quan laughed:

"With your ability, why do you need my care? It's me who just came to the club and I don't know anything. I need your care more!"

Lin Quan was referring to the situation in the locker room. He had just arrived at Manchester City and had no idea about the team's locker room, so he needed someone to give him some advice.

"Haha, I'll have a good chat with you some other day. Now let's not talk about this anymore, the coach is here!"

David Silva is also a smart man and immediately understood the hidden meaning of Lin Quan's words.

Pellegrini came to the training ground accompanied by club president Fahim.

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

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

He had just arrived and had not yet met Lin Quan, so he was not sure what the temper of this superstar was like and whether it would be easy to deal with him.

So I had to sound out Fahim in advance.

"Lin's competitive state is very good. His position on the field is not fixed. He can play in any position in the front field. You can discuss the details with him."

Fahim is not a professional, so he won't interfere too much.

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

However, before the communication, he decided to play a few warm-up games first and see how it goes.

It just so happens that Manchester City will go 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 of the Brazilian League.

Among these four teams, Bayern is the strongest, and the remaining three teams are about the same, which can be used as a whetstone to test the team's condition.

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

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

Winning the championship is definitely unrealistic, just winning one game will be enough! …

Manchester City was lucky as they did not draw the big boss Bayern right at the start.

Instead, they drew AC Milan, a team with similar strength to them.

AC Milan's performance has begun to decline in recent years and it is no longer as powerful as it once was.

They only ranked third in Serie A last season and were eliminated early in the Champions League, falling in the round of 16. Compared with Manchester City, they are about the same level.

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

The game was intense from the beginning, although Manchester City players did not work together for a long time.

There are two exceptions, Lin Quan and David Silva.

After all, Lin Quan and David Silva have played together in the national team, and recently they helped the team win the Confederations Cup. They have a good understanding of each other.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Lin Quan made an assist from the wing, helping David Silva score a goal.

In the 19th minute, Silva returned the favor and made a wonderful pass to Lin Quan, assisting him to score his first goal for Manchester City.

Two minutes later, Lin Quan made another assist, helping his teammate Kolarov score Manchester City's third goal.

After only 22 minutes of the first half, Manchester City had already scored three goals in a row, defeating AC Milan.

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

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

Lin Quan is even more powerful than he imagined!

This made Pellegrini very excited. It seemed that he had to set new goals for the new season.

With Manchester City's current strength on paper, it seems that we can expect to win the league, qualify for the Champions League group stage and even reach the quarterfinals!

If they are lucky enough and don't encounter any top clubs in the Champions League knockout rounds, maybe they can make it to the semi-finals?

(End of this chapter)