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 in 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 Middle Eastern tycoon 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.

"All of them!"

Pere poured himself a glass of red wine, sat on the sofa with the wine glass, 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.

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 mentioned 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 bring in 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.

"Does Manchester City have any shortlist now?"

There are many good coaches in football, but most of them are famous.

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 Pere, 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, and 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.

Not surprisingly, 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 historically done.

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 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 aroused 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 up, Lin Huang might 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 they will be more difficult to beat when they encounter Manchester City 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 being an old, poor and small club like before, allowing their home team to bully them wantonly.

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

This 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.

Players in La Liga focus on foot skills 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 confrontation 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 eighteen years old.

However, this is the Premier League, and this is the playing style of the world's number one league. No matter what halo you wear, it will not 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 in their own 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, always had the upper hand when they met Premier League teams in the Champions League.

Let us remind the British that on the stage of 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.

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

In addition to England's international players having some advantages in their home country by virtue of their local household registration, are there any famous players in leagues in other countries? "

The Spanish media's counterattack was very sharp, leaving Fleet Street speechless.

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

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

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

They always boasted about their own teams and never regretted it even if they were slapped in the face.

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

During the team training in the new season, national team teammate David Silva specially enlightened Lin Quan:

“When I first came to the Premier League, they weren’t optimistic about my future either.

I don’t think a player as small and thin as me can have a foothold in the Premier League.

But then I slapped them in the face with my outstanding performance, and they turned from doubting to complimenting me.

In the Premier League, you just have to play well and come out with actual results to slap them in the face.

If you pay too much attention to 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. "

David Silva passed on his experience to Lin Quan as a veteran.

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

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

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

Although he did not need the other party's guidance, he was 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 friends with.

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

David Silva said to Lin Quan with a smile:

"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 more care of our teammates in the national team!"

Hearing David Silva's words, Lin Quan laughed:

"With your strength, there is no need for me to take care of you. But I, who just came to the club, have a black eye and don't know anything, need you to take care of me even more!"

Lin Quan was referring to the situation in the locker room. He had just arrived at Manchester City and had no information about the team's locker room. Someone needed to give him a heads up.

"Haha, I'll have a nice chat with you another day. Let's not talk anymore. The coach is here!"

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

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

Standing on the sidelines of the training field, 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 status and what position does he want to play in the new season?"

He had just arrived and had not had any contact with Lin Quan. He was not sure what kind of temperament such a superstar had and whether he would be easy to deal with.

So I had to check with Fahim in advance.

"Lin's competitive condition is very good. His position on the court is not fixed. He can play in any frontcourt position. You can discuss the details 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 has to communicate well with the core members of the team.

But before communicating, he decided to play a few warm-up matches to see what happened.

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

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

The strongest among these four teams is Bayern, and the remaining three teams are similar. They can be used as a whetstone to test the team's status.

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

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

Winning the championship is definitely unrealistic, as long as you can win one game!

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Manchester City was lucky. They didn't draw the big boss Bayern directly from the start.

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

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

They only ranked third in Serie A last season and were eliminated from the Champions League early, falling to the top 16. Compared with Manchester City, they were only half as good.

Because the strength of the two teams is about the same, Pellegrini boldly adopted a 433 offensive formation in this game to compete with AC Milan.

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

There are two exceptions, namely Lin Quan and David Silva.

After all, Lin Quan and David Silva have played together in the national team, and not long ago they worked together to help the team win the championship in the Confederations Cup. The tacit understanding between them is still very good.

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

In the 19th minute, Silva returned the favor and sent Lin Quan a pass to assist him in scoring his first goal in Manchester City.

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

In just 22 minutes in the first half, Manchester City had already scored three goals in a row, opening up AC Milan.

The team's strong offensive firepower in the frontcourt not only surprised the AC Milan coach, but even Manchester City coach Pellegrini himself!

Before he came to Manchester City, he had thought about Lin Quan's strength.

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

Lin Quan is more powerful than he imagined!

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

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

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