After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 403 Let the Martians play football too?
"It was a fantastic game."

After the key game between Chelsea and Manchester City was broadcast live on Sky Sports, the guests were again putting forward their views.

Carragher said: "Both teams are very strong. Although I am not very reconciled, I still want to say that the championship this season should still be between Chelsea and Manchester City, and it has nothing to do with Liverpool."

After speaking, Carragher shook his head involuntarily.

In the past two seasons, Liverpool has sold their ace players Suarez and Sterling one after another. Although they have also introduced good players like Firmino, the lineup is really almost meaningless compared with Chelsea and Manchester City.

"But there is no doubt that if I can only choose one, I will still choose Chelsea." Alan Shearer also said, "The strength of the two teams is indeed significantly higher than other teams, but comparing the two, Chelsea is stronger than the other teams. Manchester City is at least a notch."

"That's right, at least today's score has proved this." Lineker laughed, "Perhaps if the personal abilities of the players on both sides are compared on a piece of paper, there will be no difference, including the value of the players. .But due to the existence of Pan Yi, Chelsea is still much stronger than Manchester City as a whole."

Everyone nodded.

Indeed, as far as Manchester City's lineup is concerned today, it can almost be said to be ranked first in the world, and all of them are well-known stars.

But it is precisely because Pellegrini is being manipulated by Pan Yi everywhere, which makes these stars have a feeling of fighting on their own on the court, and it is impossible to form a whole to fight against Chelsea.

On the other hand, on Chelsea's side, every punch hits Manchester City's weakness.

Once Manchester City makes up for a certain weakness, Chelsea will immediately change another place, continue to punch hard, and then continue to beat Manchester City to the ground.

"Speaking of which, we all think that Manchester City will be Chelsea's biggest rival for the championship, but Pan Yi doesn't seem to think so." Lineker added, "He mentioned Leicester City many times in interviews, saying This team, which barely relegated last season, is the opponent worthy of vigilance, and I really don’t know what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd.”

"Perhaps it is really to express contempt for opponents such as Manchester City and Manchester United?" Alan Shearer said with a smile, "This kind of psychological warfare is not uncommon. Anyway, Pan Yi is not afraid of any opponent now. To claim to be the strongest contender for a higher-level team is sure to make the real enemy feel bad."

Carragher said: "But Leicester's performance this year has indeed changed a lot compared with last year. They just defeated West Ham United 2:1 in the away game, and they have won the first two consecutive victories."

"A good start doesn't explain anything." Lineker waved his hand, "Swansea also performed very well at the beginning of last year, right? Even a three-game winning streak. Including Southampton, and this West Ham The United team played very well. But the league is long, and in the end it depends on strength, so they all fell behind in the end."

"Maybe." Carragher nodded slightly, but still thoughtful, "but Leicester City's lineup does look pretty good. Pan Yi also sold Mikel to Ranieri to make up for it. The last piece of the puzzle, maybe..."

Alan Shearer laughed and said: "This kind of lineup should be considered common in the Premier League. No matter how strong it is, can it be better than Liverpool, Tottenham, or Manchester United or Arsenal?"

Lineker also laughed and said: "The main reason is that no matter what the lineup of other teams is, as long as Pan Yi is there, it feels like studying with the prince. Look at his Chelsea team, which easily tied the team in team history. Undefeated record, I really don't know when his own undefeated record will end."

"It has been unbeaten for 40 games..." Alan Shearer looked at the screen, which showed the results of every game in the Premier League since Pan Yi coached Chelsea. Unbeaten in 49 games, it doesn't look far away..."
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In front of the TV screen, a middle-aged man wearing the traditional costume of the nobility in the Middle East snorted.

He is the owner of Manchester City, the super rich Mansour from the United Arab Emirates.

Now, the Al Nahyan family where Mansour belongs not only sits on the abundant oil reserves in the Arabian Peninsula, but also invests extensively in sports clubs, the real estate market in London, England, and technology companies such as Musk’s SpaceX company.

The Emirates Royal Group they belong to has assets of nearly 3000 billion US dollars and employs more than 2.7 employees.

Of course, "rich man" is only one of his many identities, which is not so dazzling.

He is also the son of former UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the younger brother of current UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al.

In fact, by 2023, his titles include but are not limited to the following:
Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Chairman of the Ministerial Development Council, Minister of the Presidential Court, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates...

It can be said that he is a real nobleman and the future successor of the kingdom.

But even such a person who owns the world's largest private yacht worth 6.05 million US dollars and lives a simple and boring life all day long has his own troubles.

Because he is a fan and also the owner of the Manchester City club.

Since the oil tycoon bought Manchester City in 2009, and used coins to quickly turn Manchester City into the Premier League champion and a newly promoted giant in European football that cannot be ignored, Mansour can also be said to be a leader in football .

But just when Mansour was full of ambitions to attack the Champions League again, making Manchester City a real giant, and changing from "new money" to "old money", he suddenly discovered: the Premier League title was lost!

It stands to reason that it is nothing to lose a championship. This is also a normal law of football.

After all, no matter which team in the world it is, there is no guarantee that it can win the league championship every year.

But after watching today's match between Chelsea and Manchester City, Mansour felt strongly: I am afraid this year's champion is gone!

This was something he couldn't accept.

Not to mention that he has invested a lot every year after buying Manchester City. Even this year, the expenditure of nearly [-] million euros, including the arrival of a superstar like De Bruyne, should be able to break the wrist with Chelsea, right?
But what about the results?

At home in the Etihad, they were defeated by Chelsea.

"Tell me, what's going on here?" Mansur said angrily.

Sitting opposite Mansour is Edelman, the director of the Manchester City club. He is the director in charge of commercial operations. Today he came to the UAE to report to the boss, so he did not stay in Ittiha with Mubarak and other executives. Germany stadium "go to jail".

But he, who watched the live broadcast of the game with Mansour, is also trembling now.

This feeling is more uncomfortable than "going to jail"!

The question "what's going on" is a bit too broad, how should he answer it?

Edelman thought for a while and replied wittily: "Didn't the experts from Sky Sports analyze it just now? Chelsea played more like a whole, so..."

Anyway, Lineker and the others are football experts, and the experts have the final say.

Mansur waved his hand, signaling Edelman to stop talking.

He sighed and said: "The team needs the head coach to make them into a whole. Of course I know this. I also know that Pan Yi is really good, otherwise we would not have invited him to join. But I don't know Yes, how are we worse than Chelsea? Why can't we rob players?"

Mansour was referring to Harry Kane.

At the beginning, Manchester City really felt that Harry Kane's price/performance ratio was too low, so they didn't make a decisive move.

But later, Mansur personally gave instructions, saying that the price is not a problem and can be higher than any competitor.

This is because, on the one hand, buying Kane is for competitive reasons, and on the other hand, it is his status as a rising star in England.

In order for Manchester City to integrate into the local community and get the support of local fans, in addition to good results, the number of local players in England is also very important.

But Manchester City is obviously lacking in this point.

In the current team, the only English players are goalkeeper Joe Hart and striker Sterling, and Sterling has just been poached from Liverpool-in fact, part of the purchase of Sterling is based on localization consider.

An English team, with almost no English in the team, is indeed almost meaningless in the eyes of local fans.

Not to mention the comparison with Manchester United next door, which has always been famous for its local youth training, even compared with Chelsea, which is also an "upstart", it is far behind.

In the current Chelsea team, Terry, Cahill, Cheek, Lingard, Abraham, including Bamford who has been rented out, and Harry Kane who has just bought, are all English, and there are several other players here. All of them are produced by Chelsea's youth training team.

And the number of Manchester City's youth training players is: 0.

So Mansour hopes to introduce Harry Kane.

The team's youth training can only be done slowly, but the account in England can be settled with money.

But even if Manchester City later raised their offer and offered a higher weekly salary than Chelsea, Kane chose Chelsea in the end.

This is undoubtedly an unacceptable thing for the rich and powerful Mansour.

"Perhaps for Harry Kane, money may not be the first priority when choosing a team." Edelman said after some consideration.

Mansur also understood this, nodded, and signaled Edelman to continue.

"First of all, as far as I know, Kane is a person who takes care of his family, so if he chooses between a London team and a Manchester team, he may be more inclined to the former."

"anything else?"

"Secondly, since he is leaving Tottenham, it means that he wants to go to a team that can win the championship. At present, it is clear that Chelsea, which won the double crown last season, will be closer to this goal than us... "

"Any more?"

"In the end, it may be Pan Yi's personal charm. I suspect this is also the most critical point."

"How?" Mansur asked again, his tone was always calm, but he didn't seem to have much emotion.

Edelman thought for a moment and said, "A team that wins a championship one season doesn't guarantee success the next season."

"But the existence of Pan Yi magnifies the possibility of continued success countless times. In other words, as long as you follow in Pan Yi's footsteps, you will have a high probability of success."

"Of course I'm not the only one who said this. Words like this are being circulated in the world of football now, because Pan Yi's experience has always proved this point."

"As Kane, who is only 21 years old this year, he also needs a coach like Pan Yi to guide him, and then let him continue to improve and become a real world-class star."

"As well-known as Pan Yi's world-famous tactical changes, is his ability to develop young players. This should not need much introduction."

"Whether it's Harry Kane himself, or the younger Mbappe, the games so far this season, including today's game, have performed very well."

"Oh." Mansour sighed, "Of course I know this, otherwise Mubarak would not have been the first target at that time."

Now Mansour is a bit regretful, and even blames Mubarak a bit.

It was because his competitor, Abu, directly offered the world's highest salary to invite Pan Yi, but he really showed the greatest sincerity.

As for Manchester City, to be precise, it is Chairman Mubarak, but he still has a little hesitation towards the young Pan Yi, doubting whether he can match such a high salary.

After hesitating for a while, Chelsea took Pan Yi away, and Pan Yi immediately rewarded Chelsea with an undefeated season of Premier League champions and an undefeated season of Champions League champions.

"You said, is it possible for us to persuade Pan Yi to come to Manchester City to coach?" Mansour suddenly asked again.

"This... is unlikely."

"why?"

"You know, he's the number one manager in the world right now. I dare say every team in the world wants to invite him to coach...but now he's doing so well in a big team like Chelsea, Abramovich has given him so much support, he really has no reason to leave Chelsea."

"I know it's hard." Mansur stared at Edelman, "but I know, there is always a way, isn't it? If you want sincerity, we have it. If you want money, we have it. Whatever you want, we have it." Do your best to be satisfied.”

Having said all of this, Edelman could feel Mansur's determination.

This is indeed the style of local tyrants in the Middle East, as long as the best is the best.

Be it a player or a coach.

But the problem is...

Edelman scratched his head and said, "There is a rumor about Pan Yi, I don't know if it's true or not."

"Say."

"I just heard that he bought York City, a team in the second division, and arranged his first assistant coach and girlfriend to this club this season. Then he also used his connections in European football, I got a lot of players to go to York City, and now York City's record is much stronger than last season."

"Uh..." Mansour asked after thinking for a while, "Is this directly related to what I just said about inviting him to Manchester City? It's just a League Two team. Of course he can afford it, buy a team to play with." It's normal to play."

"I feel that he will shift the focus of his work to this team that belongs to him in the future." Edelman expressed his thoughts:
"Didn't Pan Yi tell Abramovich that he would win seven championships this season? It is said that he has the idea of ​​leaving the team after winning the championship. But the question is, where is he going?"

"He is a person who likes challenges. Then, going to a lower level team that is completely his own and challenging the big giants again is really in line with his character."

"So in my opinion, after this season, once Pan Yi really achieves his goal, it will be very difficult for any team to invite him out again."

Mansur was stunned for a moment, and after a while he let out a breath: "Isn't it okay to give him more money?"

"I'm afraid he is not a person who only cares about money." Edelman replied quickly.

"But I still find it hard to believe that a Champions League champion coach will go to coach a League Two team." Mansour shook his head.

"I'm just guessing..." Edelman said, "But if York City is promoted this season, they will be in the League One next season. Then the Championship, the Premier League...actually, it will be very fast."

"Well, whether it's true or not, I want you to do one thing." Mansur looked at Edelman.

"What's the matter, boss please tell me."

"It's just that I don't care what measures you take, just try to win the relationship with Pan Yi as much as possible. Insinuating sideways, first establish a friendship, gain his trust, and then slowly talk about cooperation."

"Oh?"

"Didn't you say that he might leave the team after this season? No matter what he thinks in his heart, we just want to build a good relationship with him, and maybe he may choose us next season."

"Uh... this... ok. And we're talking about Pep Guardiola..."

"It's the same. He's better than Pellegrini. If Pan Yi really can't figure it out, we'll settle for the next best thing and use Guardiola."

"understood."

Edelman responded verbally, thinking in his heart, who would have thought that Guardiola, a world-renowned head coach, could only be Pan Yi's backup tire?
In the end, Mansour resolutely said to Edelman: "You will be responsible for this matter. I don't care how you do it, or how much time it takes. The ultimate goal is to see Pan Yi coach our Manchester City." !"
-
Jason McGill has been in a good mood lately.

As the former owner of York City, the current chairman and a loyal fan, seeing the team's performance is getting better, of course I feel comfortable all over.

In the last season, York City only started to exert its strength in the final stage of the league. In the end, it was 5 points higher than the relegation zone and succeeded in relegation and stayed in the League Two.

After the league ended, the former head coach Wilcox also resigned, because he believed that the club's lineup at the time was not enough to go further in the league, and it was even likely to fall into the relegation whirlpool again.

To be honest, there is nothing wrong with his idea, because the York City club did not have any transfer budget at the time to allow the head coach to display his own losses, and some of the team's "thigh" players on loan would also leave the team, and their strength would only be There is no increase or decrease.

It was originally a team that was barely relegated, and its strength continued to decline, so how to avoid relegation? ?
In the normal timeline, York City this season was relegated with the worst record in the league, winning only 46 games in 7 league games.

But in this timeline it's different, because Jason McGill sold the club to Pan Yi, and then the support from the owner came!
First came the head coach Scaloni, Pan Yi's personal disciple.

Then came the "swill" from various Premier League clubs, and York City suddenly became a "scrap collection station".

But these "waste products" are treasures for York City!
First of all, these players are all visa-free, and York City does not need to pay a penny.

In addition, their salary is not high, York City itself can barely afford it, and Pan Yi, as a "backup boss", also injected several million into the club, and he was alive immediately.

What's more, these scraps from the Premier League are all at the big daddy level in the second division!
At present, the League Two League has played three rounds. York City defeated Wycombe Wanderers 1:0 in the first round, Hartley in the second round 2:1, and Yeovil 1:0 in the third round. Victory in all three games!
In the standings, it is only because of the disadvantage of goal difference that it ranks behind Leyton Orient, which also has three consecutive victories, and ranks second.

Compared with last season, this is really a world of difference!
Jason McGill had to congratulate himself for making the right decision.

Selling the club to Pan Yi is really the right move!
Although he himself lost the ownership of the club, he gave the York City team a new life.

He can even fantasize about the team's promotion to League One, or even the Championship...

And the good results actually brought commercial sponsorship!

No, the famous American space exploration technology company SpaceX came to the door.

The boss of this company is the famous Elon Musk.

This guy started his business through e-commerce, and then planned a project called "Mars Oasis" as early as the beginning of 2001. He planned to build a small experimental greenhouse on Mars, allowing crops from the earth to try to grow in the soil of Mars.

In June 2002, Elon Musk invested 6 million US dollars to establish this space exploration technology company, namely Space X, as the CEO and CTO, and began to study how to reduce the cost of rocket launches, and planned to realize Mars in the future Immigration to create a real space civilization for mankind.

What makes Musk even more famous is that he served as the chairman of Tesla in 2004 and devoted himself to the development of electric vehicles.

Later, the sales of Tesla cars also rose steadily, becoming a representative of high-end electric vehicles.

In 2005, the 34-year-old Musk was worth more than 3 million U.S. dollars, and when he was less than 40 years old, the three ideals of the Internet, clean energy and space had been realized. At this time, he was also very famous in the world up.

It can be said that McGill was a little flattered that people from Musk's company came to discuss cooperation with York City.

They are a League Two team, what can they do?
Of course, if it was a representative of Tesla who came to talk about cooperation, Jason McGill would still be understandable.

Although it is said that Tesla has to sponsor a Premier League team anyway, but after all, it is not against harmony for car advertisements to appear on football team jerseys or somewhere else.

What Jason McGill couldn't figure out was why such a company that is engaged in space exploration and closely connected with NASA would want to sponsor a football club...

It can't be to advertise to Martians and popularize football in the universe, right?Musk's pattern is also too big.

Of course, this Jason McGill doesn't care.

The other party took the initiative to send it to the door, and did not take advantage of it, it was not as good as a beast!

And now that I have such a good boss as Pan Yi, it's good to make more money, and it's good to help the boss save some money.

However, after sending away the representatives of SpaceX, Jason McGill sat down and checked the company's management background, and then thought about it carefully.

"It turns out that there is capital injection from the United Arab Emirates... the owner of Manchester City?"

"If you look at it this way, does this sponsorship have something to do with our boss? Manchester City has always wanted Pan Yi to coach their team. Everyone knows this."

"That's right. Although the boss doesn't want to disclose the news of his acquisition of York City, there will always be some clues to be found out. Not to mention, Valentina and Scaloni both work here..."

"If you analyze it this way, SpaceX's motivation for sponsoring our club makes sense. This is to make connections! I want the boss to have a good impression of Manchester City."

The more Jason McGill thought about it, the more he felt right.

"Well, let's report to the boss."

Under normal circumstances, Pan Yi would not intervene in sponsorship business like this, and the chairman will handle it entirely.

Well, in fact, Pan Yi doesn't care about most of the business. He just makes his own judgments and instructions on the team's coaches, players and other things that are closely related to the game.

But since this sponsorship may be related to Manchester City, McGill thinks it is still necessary to report to Pan Yi.

(End of this chapter)