Chapter 419: Secretly Sifting
One may wonder why George doesn't take the charge of the national team when he thinks so much about the future of the Three Lions? If all goes well and if he's lucky, George could even bring the Delaunay Cup back to England by then. With such a good thing that kills multiple birds with one stone, why would he risk failure and give this opportunity to others, instead of carrying out the plan himself?
Yes, on the surface, George is the best manager of the England national team, but don't forget, George is the owner of Tottenham Hotspur and the head coach of the team!
For George, these two identities were absolutely impossible for him to give up. And before George and Tottenham completely break away from the relationship, those Premier League clubs will not be relieved to let him coach the Three Lions!
While international football is not without examples of both club and national team managers, such as Guus Hiddink, who led the Netherlands to a fourth-place finish in the World Cup, the Dutch coach is now the head coach of both PSV Eindhoven and the Australian national team. The problem is that there is no direct conflict of interest between PSV Eindhoven and Australia, and the two teams are relatively well-known and influential in international football, so Hiddink's role as double manager has not caused much of a stir other than worrying some fans that this is likely to lead to a decline in Eindhoven's record.
And if George were to coach both Tottenham and England, it would be a completely different story. You know, the vast majority of England internationals are selected from various Premier League clubs, and Tottenham, who are also in the Premier League, have a relationship with them as out-and-out rivals!
If George takes over the coaching whip of the national team, he pretends to be a public servant and uses the rival's players to death during the national team game, and gives Tottenham's England international a chance to recuperate, or leaves all the benefits to his own people, and leaves the dirty work to the players of other clubs, then won't they be played to death by George at that time?
Like Domenech in George's previous life. It was clear that Makelele had expressed his desire to retire from the national team after the World Cup in Germany, but Domenech forcibly called him into the French team, and also made a threat that Makelele would be banned from Chelsea if he did not play for his country. Domenech's move forced the aged veteran to represent France in all competitions at the age of 33, which greatly affected Chelsea's fighting power. Chelsea's defeat to Manchester United that season and the loss of the league title had a lot to do with Claude Makelle's back-and-forth between club and country.
It is for this reason that of all the candidates, George is arguably the least likely to be the manager of the England national team. Because no one can guarantee that George will not infringe on the interests of other Premier League teams for the sake of Tottenham after becoming national team manager!
Unless the England national team is in a situation where they are in a state of missing international competitions and urgently needing a strong manager to clean up the situation, George will have absolutely no chance to pick up the Three Lions' seal in the face of opposition and doubts from the vast majority of people!
As for saving Eriksen and helping the Swedish head coach escape the 'Chiefgate' turmoil that almost ruined him, and allowing him to continue in charge of England, George never considered that option. Admittedly, Eriksen's arrival has brought many beneficial changes to the conservative Three Lions and is the biggest contributor to England's return to the top team, but in George's opinion, the Swedish coach has reached his limit and cannot take LinkedIn Gran to the next level!
At the turn of the century, how strong and talented was that Lazio team, but Eriksen was never able to lead the Blue Eagles to success in the Champions League (best result was reaching the second stage of the Champions League group stage), making Lazio and Roma together seen by fans as the poster child for outsiders, and even the experience of leading the league all the way only to be reversed by AC Milan at the last minute. It can be seen that in terms of coaching ability, Eriksen is far from being at the top level!
In this case, taking advantage of the Chiefs Gate incident to force Eriksen to leave after the World Cup, and then using means to get a more capable manager for the England national team has naturally become the best choice in George's eyes!
Now let's turn our focus back to Tottenham. After a 3-0 lesson to a Middlesbrough side, George gave the team another day off to let the players spend a wonderful Christmas with their families!
While it is highly likely that this will have a negative impact on the players' form, having lived in the Western world for so many years, George knows better the place of Christmas Eve and Christmas in the hearts of those players. Rather than forcibly leaving them behind and letting them waste their time on the training pitch when their minds were no longer on football, it would be better for them to have a happy Christmas – a position that George thought he would not be willing to take part in training during the Christmas period.
It would be a lie to say that the players were not impressed by George's reasonableness and understanding, especially those like Phil Neville and Stephen Carr, who have played in the Premier League for many years. After playing in the Premier League for so many years, they have never had a good Christmas with their families, and this time George finally fulfilled their wishes, and the mood at this time is naturally conceivable!
Although George was only given two days off this time, none of the players complained about it, but they all made up their minds to perform well in the rest of the game and never give up the top spot to Chelsea – the players are not fools. George risked losing points in the league to let them celebrate Christmas, and they had to report it to the manager with real action!
By the way, George's decision was also a secret screening of the players to see if any of them were late on the day of the game or found an excuse to delay their return!
If George chooses to forgive the late players and let him do what he does, how will George manage the team in the future? The players will no longer take George's orders seriously!
A player who is ungrateful and has no sense of teamwork, no matter how strong his ability is, George will not choose to keep him!
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