Chapter 348 Manchester City shocked the entire football world by inviting Guardiola to coach!

"The defending champion is in a sluggish state and was tied by the relegation team! 》

"Man City is in a trough, and the Blues may top the list!" 》

After the game, the outside world rushed to report on the game.

For many people, Manchester City's draw with a relegation team away from home was definitely a huge upset.

And if it weren't for Lin Quan's incredible performance, scoring two goals alone to save the team, Manchester City might have lost.

Before the start of this round, the Blues Chelsea were only 2 points behind Manchester City.

Now that Manchester City is tied, as long as they can win against Liverpool in the away game, they can tie Manchester City in points.

At the Anfield Stadium, after the ninety-minute game, the final score on the scoreboard was 1:2.

The home team goes first and the away team goes last.

The Red Army failed to defend their home court. After scoring the first goal, the Blue Army chased 2 goals in a row. They were reversed and lost the red-blue battle.

At this point, Chelsea finally tied with Manchester City in the standings.

Only behind Manchester City on goal difference, temporarily ranked second.

However, the current status of the two teams is very different. Chelsea has won two consecutive games.

Manchester City has fallen into a trough recently, losing successively in the League Cup and the league.

In the absence of a coach, I'm afraid even Manchester City themselves can't say whether they can win the next game.

With the news of Pellegrini's resignation being made public, Manchester City has no news of a head coach, which has been widely rumored in the football world.

This time point is very embarrassing, and all the famous coaches basically have their own names.

Except for Ranieri, the tinkerer who was fired not long ago, there is no outstanding free coach on the market.

Ranieri has long been proven not to be good at leading wealthy clubs, so asking him to coach Manchester City is not the best choice for both parties.

Therefore, Manchester City can only temporarily let assistant coach Brian take over the position of head coach.

At the same time, they began to contact other famous coaches privately to see if they could bring them to Manchester during the winter break.

Among them, the first thing that Manchester City thought of was Lin Quan's adoptive father Guardiola.

November 21, before the start of the 12th round of the Premier League.

At an estate outside Munich, Guardiola met an old acquaintance.

"Mr. Chairman, why are you here?"

Guardiola was a little surprised to see Manchester City chairman Fahim appearing outside his manor.

Because of Lin Quan's relationship, Guardiola has had contact with the entire Manchester City club.

When Mansour personally went to Munich to recruit their father and son, Fahim was with Mansour, and the two had already met at that time.

"Haha, the situation is urgent and I have to come forward in person!"

Fahim felt slightly relieved when he saw that Guardiola did not refuse to contact him.

He inquired about the situation in the Bundesliga before coming. Guardiola's life at Bayern was not comfortable.

Although Bayern's record in the league is as stable as ever, reaching the 12th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern remains unbeaten and is far ahead of second place in the standings.

At a time when Dortmund is gradually declining and other teams have failed to rise successfully, there are almost no teams in the entire Bundesliga that can pose a threat to Bayern.

Therefore, even if not even half of the schedule is completed, Bayern can almost announce that they have locked in the championship in advance and completed the feat of three consecutive championships.

However, Guardiola's ability to control the team has greatly declined, and the situation is getting worse day by day.

The reason is, on the one hand, that his reforms caused dissatisfaction among many players.

Guardiola is not good at handling relationships with the players in the team. He always mentions Lin Quan and Messi in training, which makes the players very disgusted.

Secondly, Guardiola always likes to let players transform. For example, he likes to change the midfielder to a central defender.

Barcelona's Mascherano and Bayern's Martinez were both transformed at his request.

It's easy to say if this kind of transformation is successful, but if it doesn't succeed, the player will be useless.

Martinez has suffered from constant injuries this season, and it is difficult to say that it has nothing to do with his change of position and style of play.

In addition, the German team's disastrous defeat in the World Cup has led to increasing calls from German football to bring order to the chaos.

Under such circumstances, the relaxed atmosphere in which foreign monks were fond of chanting sutras in the past few years no longer exists.

Neither the fans nor the club are friendly to Guardiola anymore.

The combination of these factors has resulted in Guardiola's current predicament.

The reason why Fahim took action personally was because he felt that he had the greatest possibility of persuading Guardiola to join the team.

Guardiola is very suitable for Manchester City in terms of ability and tactical style.

In particular, his close relationship with Lin Quan and the team's big boss' appreciation of him have given him a favorable position in the competition with other famous coaches.

Therefore, if Guardiola can be persuaded to join Manchester City during the winter break, it will be the best outcome for both parties.

"Please come in!"

Guardiola shrugged. He basically guessed the opponent's intention.

The news of Manchester City's coaching change had spread to Germany a week ago, and Guardiola had been secretly paying attention to Lin Quan's situation, so he knew the news earlier than others.

"Time is of the essence, so I won't go around in circles!"

After entering the room, Fahim said to Guardiola straight to the point:

"We hope to invite Mr. Guardiola to coach at Manchester City this winter!"

Fahim was indeed straightforward enough. He didn't talk nonsense after entering the door and directly explained the purpose of his visit.

Seeing that there is only one month left in the winter break, the time left for Manchester City to choose a coach is getting shorter and shorter.

If they can't choose a suitable coach before the knockout rounds of the Champions League, this year's Champions League may be difficult.

Not only was Guardiola not disgusted with Manchester City's direct attitude, he actually appreciated it.

Both parties are very busy and have a lot to deal with.

He doesn't have time to spend time with the other party here making excuses.

"Haha, thank you for your candor, Mr. Chairman, but I haven't decided yet whether to coach in the Premier League..."

Hearing Guardiola's words, Fahim's eyes dimmed.

Is this considered a polite refusal by the other party?

He was full of confidence when he came, thinking that with Lin Quan's relationship, it would be easier to convince Guardiola to join.

It seems that I thought it was too simple!

"But I am not opposed to cooperation with Manchester City!"

Fahim was about to give up and was about to get up and leave.

As a result, he heard Guardiola's last words, which almost made him spit out blood:

You'll die if you don't breathe enough when you talk!

However, Guardiola’s words still surprised him:

"Great, Mr. Guardiola, I have brought you the contract provided by the club. Do you want to take a look?"

Guardiola waved his hand, indicating that there was no rush in this matter:

"You know I still have a contract with Bayern, right?"

Guardiola's contract with Bayern is for three years and has a liquidated damages of 10 million euros.

If Manchester City invites him to coach, the contract break fee will naturally not be paid by him.

"Of course, if you want to terminate the contract, we will compensate you for any losses caused by your breach of contract!"

Fahim thought that the 10 million euros were nothing. For the wealthy Manchester City, these were not a problem at all.

The important thing is that they kidnapped the most talented and famous coach in football.

This is definitely a rare good thing for Manchester City. Its significance is probably second only to when they signed Lin Quan from the transfer market!

After Fahim promised to help him solve the contract problem, Guardiola immediately looked at the contract brought by the other party.

To be honest, even though Guardiola was prepared, he was still shocked after reading the conditions offered by the other party.

Manchester City is really too arrogant!

The contract they offered lasts for four years and has an annual salary of up to 18 million euros.

There is no doubt that this is the highest annual salary in the entire coaching world, bar none!

Compared with his annual salary at Bayern, the annual salary provided by Manchester City is fully twice as high!

If he signs this contract, he will become the head coach with the highest annual salary, just like Lin Quan is the highest-paid player in the entire football world.

It is said that the local tycoons in the Middle East are wealthy and spend their money lavishly. I finally saw it today.

Guardiola is very satisfied with the annual salary, but in addition to the annual salary, he is more concerned about his authority within the club.

There are two types of coaches in the Premier League. One is the type of coach that is more common in football, and the other is the head coach who is also the club manager.

The latter can be called a football manager!

This kind of authority was relatively common in the Premier League in the early years, but with the continuous advancement of professionalism and commercialization, fewer and fewer head coaches have this kind of authority.

After Ferguson retired, Wenger was probably the only one who could be called a football manager.

Guardiola's ambitions are not that big, and he is not very keen on getting involved in the management of the club.

But he needs to have the highest transfer authority, so that he can use the resources at his disposal to buy the players he likes.

Instead of the club buying and selling in the transfer market, they bought a large number of excellent players, but they did not meet his employment standards.

Buying such a player back may not be able to help the team, but will instead drag it down.

As for the club's operational authority, Guardiola does not need too much, but he needs a certain degree of decision-making power to decide whether to accept commercial competitions.

If the team is allowed to play commercial games all over the world just for the sake of making money, and it affects his preparation for the team, then he will sacrifice the good for the last.

Guardiola's mind is very simple. He just wants to study the most reasonable and best tactics and transform the team into the best look in his mind.

And led the team to win honors one after another and break records one after another.

What he values ​​is the experience in this process and the joy of receiving honors.

Apart from that, he has no interest in the struggle for power and intrigue within the club.

"Sorry, I don't have the authority in this area. I need to report this to the big boss when I go back and ask him to make a decision."

After listening to Guardiola's request, Fahim apologized to the other party and truthfully told the other party the truth.

Guardiola nodded, understanding.

Although Fahim is the chairman, this team is not his own private property, so the decision-making power on major matters must be in the hands of the big boss Mansour.

This kind of request made by Guardiola may be unacceptable to many wealthy clubs.

But after being teased repeatedly at Bayern over matters involving player transfers, Guardiola was very firm about asking for this power.

He no longer wants to see the players he likes being sold by a short-sighted club for money, nor does he want to see the players he doesn't want forcibly bought back by the club and given to him, causing conflicts in his locker room.

Fahim understands the other party's thinking, but from the club's perspective, if the head coach's authority is too great, it will obviously not be conducive to the club chairman and owner controlling the overall situation.

Fahim did not return to the UK, but flew directly to Abu Dhabi to meet with Manchester City's big boss.

Mansour was immediately delighted when he learned that Guardiola was interested in accepting Manchester City's invitation to coach in Manchester.

"Just give it to him. As long as he is willing to continue working at Manchester City, why not let him be the manager of Manchester City?"

Mansour is very optimistic about Guardiola's coaching prospects at Manchester City, so he is very tolerant of Guardiola's requirements.

His vision is very broad, and he seems to have seen the bright future of Guardiola coming to Manchester City and working together with Lin Quan and his son to help Manchester City build a huge empire.

Wait until Manchester City's influence and commercial value surpass the Red Devils Manchester United, and even surpass Real Madrid.

Then the price he paid was completely worth it!

After receiving Mansour's authorization, Fahim quickly sent someone to contact Guardiola and officially began to deal with the contract between Guardiola and Bayern.

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The chairman of Manchester City has been flying around the world frequently in recent times, which makes the outside world have to wonder whether Manchester City is searching for famous coaches all over the world and wants to bring famous coaches to the Etihad Stadium?

For a time, reports in this area filled the front pages of major media.

Based on the current situation, major media have listed a large number of candidate lists for famous coaches:

Lippi, Hiddink, Scolari, Klinsmann, etc. have all been on Manchester City's famous list.

These famous coaches have good past records, and their reputation and strength can match Manchester City's requirements.

And none of them are currently coaching at a wealthy club, so they are most likely to accept Manchester City's invitation and return to the five major leagues.

"Blue Moon coaching change crisis, who will be the coach of Manchester City?" 》

"There are rumors that the World Cup winning coach has an affair with Manchester City and may return to the five major leagues!" 》

While these media reporters are making news, some coaches are also coming to take advantage of the popularity.

They hinted to reporters that Manchester City had had private contact with them in order to increase their worth.

However, when a reporter released photos of Fahim meeting privately with Bayern coach Guardiola in Munich, the entire football world was shocked! !