Chapter 417 Cruyff's Recognition: This kid will become the next generation of football king!

Cruyff seemed very happy when he saw Lin Quan, and he held his hand and talked for a long time.

"I heard Guardiola mention you. He said he originally planned to train you to be the successor to the No. 4 position at Barcelona, ​​but unfortunately it didn't work out."

At this point, Cruyff looked at Xavi who had already left the team and couldn't help but sigh.

Barcelona's number four position is not easy. This position has extremely high requirements for players. Not only must they have strong personal abilities, but they must also be comprehensive and able to connect the frontcourt and the backcourt. They must have strong offensive capabilities as well as the intercepting and sweeping abilities of a defensive midfielder.

When Guardiola was at Barcelona, ​​he wore the No. 4 jersey and did this kind of job.

However, Guardiola's personal strength can only be said to be relatively limited, and there is a big gap from Cruyff's ideal number four position.

As for Xavi, his offensive ability is very strong and meets Cruyff's requirements.

However, there was still a gap between their defensive capabilities and what he expected, so he originally placed his hopes on the next generation of players.

Therefore, when Lin Quan wore the No. 4 jersey at the La Masia youth training camp, Cruyff had already started paying attention to him.

But no one expected that Lin Quan would eventually move from the defensive midfielder position to the forward position, and accidentally become the most powerful offensive player on the planet.

Seeing that Lin Quan was doing so well in the frontcourt, it was impossible for him to honestly return to the defensive midfielder position to do the dirty and tiring work.

There are no very suitable talents emerging from the La Masia youth training camp, so Barcelona’s current number four player is Rakitic, the player they bought from Sevilla.

Rakitic's strength is not as good as Xavi, but he is young, daring and full of drive. In addition, Barcelona's MSN combination in the frontcourt is very strong, so last year Barcelona successfully reached the Champions League final.

It's just that they were unlucky and met the defending champions led by Lin Quan. Otherwise, Barcelona might have won the Champions League last year.

"But seeing your outstanding performance in the frontcourt, I feel very fortunate that you did not accept Guardiola's arrangement, otherwise, your talent might be buried!"

Currently, Lin Quan’s performance on the striker line is world-class. If he had really played as a defensive midfielder as originally planned, he might not have achieved such high achievements.

This is undoubtedly a huge loss for the entire football world.

Besides, whether it is a defensive midfielder or a forward, they are all talents trained by La Masia youth training camp.

As long as they can succeed, Cruyff is happy for his disciples.

Seeing that Cruyff and Lin Quan were chatting very happily, Laporta was immediately overjoyed and felt that there was hope.

So he quickly winked at Cruyff, wanting him to persuade Lin Quan.

He had visited Cruyff before the event.

However, Cruyff completely ignored Laporta's expression and never spoke to persuade Lin Quan from beginning to end.

When Rosell launched the purge, it was not just Lin Quan who was purged, but Cruyff was also targeted.

His title of honorary chairman of the club was ruthlessly stripped away by Rosell.

This made Cruyff so angry that he left Barcelona and returned to his hometown in the Netherlands.

In the past three years, Cruyff has hardly ever come to Barcelona again, and his relationship with the club has reached a freezing point.

This time, if it weren't for Laporta's invitation, and if he hadn't heard that Lin Quan was coming and wanted to meet Lin Quan, he would never have come back.

But even if he comes back, he, like Lin Quan, will only attend activities at the La Masia youth training camp and will never go to the Barcelona club.

It is also because of this that no matter how Laporta hinted, he would never persuade Lin Quan to return to Barcelona.

The old man was really heartbroken by Barcelona's ruthless behavior! Cruyff didn't say anything, and Lin Quan was also happy and relaxed.

If the other party really spoke up, it would be quite troublesome for him to refuse.

After finishing the conversation with Cruyff, Lin Quan took the opportunity to chat with several teammates from the club.

Most of the people who came to participate in this event were Barcelona players, and they looked at Lin Quan with resentment in their eyes.

"Lin, you Manchester City won't stop us again this year, right?"

Barcelona has lost to Manchester City for two consecutive years, which has almost caused psychological trauma to the Barcelona players.

"Shouldn't it be?"

Having encountered this for three consecutive years, the probability is indeed a bit low.

In the past, only Arsenal was so unlucky, facing Barcelona and Bayern in the knockout rounds for several consecutive seasons, earning itself the "reputation" of playing as Bayern for five years and Barcelona for three years.

To be honest, with Messi around, Barcelona's strength will not weaken.

What's more, Xiaobai is still in the team and Neymar has not left, so their MSN combination is still very strong.

Manchester City does not want to encounter such a top team too early.

However, as long as they don't fail, even if they don't meet in the knockout rounds, they will most likely meet in the finals, just like last year.

"But it doesn't matter if we meet. It's a good chance to get revenge for being eliminated by you guys in the past two years!"

The Barcelona players were determined to take revenge! Messi's eyes were also ablaze with fighting spirit. Losing to Lin Quan in major competitions for two consecutive years not only caused him to lose three crucial championships, but also made him lose two Golden Balls.

If nothing unexpected happens this year, Lin Quan will definitely win the Golden Globe Award.

In years without international competitions, league and Champions League results have the greatest impact on the selection of the Ballon d'Or.

Lin Quan's performance in the past year has been obvious to all, even Messi himself is convinced.

The other party did perform well and he had nothing to say.

If he had the right to vote, he would vote for Lin Quan without hesitation.

But next year will be different. He will no longer allow the other party to do whatever they want.

"So, you still hope to meet us in the Champions League?"

Lin Quan raised his eyebrows.

"No, no, no, I think it's best if our two teams don't meet!"

"Brother Lin, please don't do that. I admit that my voice was a bit loud just now!"

While several people were bickering, Xiao Fa, who was standing beside them, sighed and said:

"Alas, you can still think about the Champions League. My team doesn't even have a head coach yet!"

After Chelsea kicked Mourinho out, its reputation in the coaching circle has completely ruined.

There have been so many coaches fired by them in recent years that when everyone receives an invitation to coach Chelsea, they are a little worried, wondering if they will also be among those fired.

No, they will definitely be fired. The only suspense is, how long will it take them to be fired?

To be honest, Mourinho's record at Chelsea was definitely not bad, but he was still ruthlessly fired by Abramovich.

The outside world is not sure what kind of head coach Abramovich wants and what kind of performance he requires of the team . At a time when Manchester City is at its peak, it seems unrealistic for Chelsea to win the Premier League or the Champions League with its current strength.

Therefore, if they accept Chelsea's invitation, they will definitely not be able to meet Abramovich's requirements in the end and will be forced to take the blame and leave.

In that case, let’s just forget about it. After all, every coaching failure is a major blow to their reputation.

This summer, Chelsea first contacted Klopp, who was unemployed at home.

However, Klopp politely rejected Chelsea's invitation and turned around to sign with the Red Army Liverpool.

After being rejected, they contacted the famous Italian coach Conte.

Conte declined Chelsea's invitation on the grounds that he still had a contract with the Italian national team.

There is no choice but for Chelsea to try to get back at their old friend.

They extended an invitation to Ancelotti, who was fired by Real Madrid, trying to see if they could invite him back to Stamford Bridge.

Anpanman is also a man of integrity. He did not want to return to Chelsea and continue to be humiliated by Abramovich, so he decisively rejected Chelsea's invitation.

Chelsea, desperate to find a solution, invited Ranieri, Hiddink, Scolari and many others at once.

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Ranieri was fooled once and didn't want to be fooled again. Although he was hesitant about the invitation from Leicester City, he directly accepted the invitation and became the head coach of Leicester City in the new season.

As for Hiddink, he rejected Chelsea's invitation on the grounds that he was old and ready to retire.

This leaves the only candidate left: former Brazil national team coach Scolari.

At this time, there were several teams chasing Scolari. In addition to Chelsea, there was another club that offered a high price. The name of this club was Guangzhou Evergrande! Everyone could only sympathize with Fabregas and comfort him.

What can you do with a boss like this?

Abramovich is good in every way and he truly loves Chelsea, but he lacks patience, especially when it comes to firing head coaches.

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Cruyff's health is obviously not as good as before. When he attended the event, he just went on stage to give a speech, his face turned pale and he kept coughing.

This made Lin Quan a little worried. It seemed that there was really something wrong with the old man's health.

So he took the opportunity to find Cruyff Jr., who accompanied Cruyff to the event, and reminded him to take Cruyff Sr. to the hospital for a comprehensive examination.

Seeing that Lin Quan spoke very seriously, Cruyff Jr. did not dare to be careless and seriously stated that he would take his father to a large hospital in Barcelona for examination as soon as the event was over.

After checking, the problem was indeed found.

The hospital diagnosed Cruyff with lung cancer, but because the examination was timely, it is still in the early stages and can undergo active surgical treatment.

Given Cruyff's status and his influence in Barcelona, ​​Barcelona officials would naturally arrange the best experts to diagnose and perform surgery on him.

However, Cruyff suffered from heart disease and had undergone heart bypass surgery.

Therefore, it is very difficult to treat this disease. Generally speaking, patients with heart disease cannot undergo surgery.

However, if his lung cancer is not treated surgically, the lesions will be difficult to completely eradicate, and there is a high possibility of metastasis and recurrence. If the treatment is delayed, it will be fatal.

The news that Cruyff was ill and hospitalized caused quite a stir in the football world.

Although he has retired for many years, Cruyff is still one of the most respected players in European minds.

At times, his popularity even exceeded that of his contemporary football emperor Beckenbauer.

Many people believe that if the Dutch team led by Cruyff had not been defeated by West Germany in the 1974 World Cup, Cruyff would most likely have been crowned the second king of football after Pele.

Because of Cruyff's huge influence, many players expressed their condolences and blessings to him, wishing him a speedy recovery.

After learning that Cruyff was hospitalized, Guardiola rushed back in a hurry.

"Is the teacher okay?"

Guardiola is Cruyff's student and he has a very good relationship with Cruyff.

For Guardiola, Cruyff is his mentor.

Not only did he have great trust in him when he was a player, allowing him, who was not particularly talented, to serve as the metronome and midfield core of the Barcelona team, but he also passed on all his tactical ideas and football concepts to him without reservation.

These have a huge impact on Guardiola. It can be said that the passing and controlling football he has developed today is a further development on the basis of Cruyff.

"It should be fine. When I visited him a few days ago, he still had the energy to complain that the doctor in the hospital didn't let him smoke."

Guardiola, who was originally very nervous, immediately felt relieved when he heard Lin Quan's words.

As long as Cruyff still wants to smoke, there is no problem.

But then again, this old man has a bad heart, and he's still thinking about smoking?

Are you really afraid that you won't die fast enough? Guardiola was worried about his mentor, so Lin Quan accompanied Guardiola to visit him in the hospital again.

Cruyff seemed very happy to see Guardiola.

When he was in the Netherlands, he had been paying attention to the tactics that Guardiola was studying.

I thought that the defeat in the Bundesliga would deal a certain blow to Guardiola's self-confidence and make him restrain himself temporarily.

I didn't expect that after arriving in the Premier League, he was still stubborn and slowly transformed Manchester City into his own shape. He really couldn't change his bad habits!

Having said that, Cruyff was very pleased to see that his football philosophy and tactical ideas were inherited and developed by his disciple Guardiola.

Compared to him, the free man style of play of his old rival Beckenbauer has long been outdated and no one plays it anymore. Now, let alone the German national team, even the Bundesliga teams don't play it.

So in the fight between the two, he was the last one to laugh! Thinking of this, Cruyff felt very proud.

The master and the apprentice chatted for a long time, and most of the topics they talked about were about football.

Cruyff knew his physical condition. Even if he was not diagnosed with lung cancer this time, judging from his increasingly serious heart disease, he would not have much time left.

He may have felt a little regretful originally, but now, seeing that Guardiola has achieved such brilliant achievements in football, he has no regrets anymore.

At the end of the conversation, somehow the topic turned to Lin Quan.

"That boy of yours is very capable, but he is too young. You must supervise him and mentor him, and don't let him go astray before he is crowned king."

Guardiola was surprised. Although there were many voices in the football world that Lin Quan would be crowned king sooner or later and become the third generation of football king after Pele and Maradona.

But this is just the voice of fans and has not been recognized by industry professionals.

However, this time, Lin Quan got the endorsement of Cruyff, the top boss in the football world.

Could it be that this kid can really become the next generation of football king? (End of this chapter)