Eighteen months later.

7 November 2009.

Manchester Municipal Stadium.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, boos rang out over the pitch.

The electronic scoreboard shows Manchester City's 3-3 Birmingham City scoreline.

It was the twelfth round of the 2009/2010 Premier League season, and after 12 rounds, the local tycoons who had been brandishing cheques last summer had only five wins, five draws and two defeats, ranking sixth in the Premier League, which obviously did not please the Manchester City fans who had high hopes for the team.

The camera gave a close-up of Manchester City manager Mark Hughes, the Welshman looked extremely lonely, he thought he could lead this golden dollar team to create a great start, but now the heavy pressure and doubts make it difficult for Mark Hughes to breathe.

Two hours later, Manchester City's official website announced the dismissal of Mark Hughes.

Manchester City club president Hosni Mubarak continued to lash out at Mark Hughes in a subsequent media interview: "Before the start of the season, our club spent a lot of money to bring in a lot of outstanding players, in addition to the most advanced infrastructure. The Board of Trustees agreed with all faculty and staff that they wanted to achieve their goals for the 2009-2010 season. At the same time, the plan was well received by the players, and together we will be motivated by this in the summer to prepare for the new season. Yes, in order to create the most comfortable living and training environment for the team, we have almost refurbished all the infrastructure. ”

'Manchester City have won just two of the 12 Premier League games, which is obviously a big miss to our goal and even unacceptable. Chief Mansour and the Board of Directors feel that the current dire situation is difficult to change in a short period of time, and yes, it is especially difficult to make such a statement, but given that the personal investments made in the past 15 months have not been effective. We have decided to formally sack Mr. Mark Hughes and here I would like to say that we have always had a lot of respect for Mr. Hughes, thank him for all he has contributed to the team, and wish him a great future. ”

As for who will take over the Manchester City team in the future, Mubarak did not reveal, but said that it will be a name that will satisfy all Manchester City fans.

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The next day, the English media received an official fax from Manchester City inviting them to attend the press conference of the new Manchester City manager.

The press conference will be held at 10 a.m. sharp.

Maddie Engels, a gold medal correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, arrived at Manchester City's Carrington training base at around 9:30 a.m. and was surprised to find a large number of colleagues already there.

Several satellite interview vans were parked there.

There is a BBC interview car.

Reuters interview van.

Sky TV's satellite interview van.

There are a large number of journalists in the written media, such as The Times, The Sun, The Mirror, etc., as well as the media from Germany, Italy, Spain and even France.

"Oh my God!" exclaimed Maddie Engels' assistant Dennis, "is this an alien coming to coach Manchester City?"

Maddie Engels was very excited and patted his assistant on the shoulder, "Don't guess, it must be a big man!"

He thought of what Manchester City president Hosni Mubarak said yesterday, a name that would please all Manchester City fans, and he was looking forward to it.

Who could it be?

Rijkaard, Heynckes, Mancini, Advocat?

He shook his head, these managers who are now idle at home, although they are also famous coaches, but obviously not enough to cause such a big sensation.

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The second floor of the Manchester City Club office building.

Li Ang was talking to his family on his mobile phone, "I'm all fine here, well, the house club has been arranged, is Angel good?"

Angela is his and Alice's daughter, her Chinese name is Li Anqi, and her English name is also Angel. Li Ang is now a standard daughter slave, and he has been thinking about it a lot in the past few days since he left his daughter.

Manchester City club president Mubarak and club CEO Cook walked together, smiling and waiting not far away.

Although it took a great deal of money to invite Li Ang to coach, for Chief Mansour, who is not short of money, as long as this Chinese man nods, this is a victory and the most worthy of celebration.

"Okay, without further ado, I'm going to the press conference. Leon hung up the phone.

"Lee, it's almost time. Mubarak smiled and said, "Now is the time to witness a great moment!"

"I bet they'll be amazed in a moment. Cook said with a smile.

The compliments of the two bigwigs of Manchester City made Li Ang very satisfied, he nodded at the two of them, and said with a smile, "Then let's go." ”

In the press hall of Manchester City Club, there was a crowd of people, and many reporters were discussing, all discussing which coach would make Manchester City Club such a big battle, and sending invitations to so many media, and even did not forget to make a special reminder on the invitation: it is definitely explosive news.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

A commotion began to emerge from the crowd.

When everyone saw Manchester City club president Mubarak and club CEO Cook appear together surrounded by the Chinese, the scene was like an earthquake and erupted.

"Oh God!"

"It's Lee!"

"It's incredible! Manchester City can actually bring in Lee!"

"Mubarak is right, their fans will be absolutely satisfied!"

"Oh my God, I'm going to die of excitement!"

From this, Maddie Engels opened his mouth wide, so shocked that he couldn't speak, and there was only one thought in his mind: now, the Premier League is lively!

(End of book)

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