Chapter 580: A Perfect Match
Becoming the head coach of Real Madrid and leading this team not only to the top of the world but also to stay there for a long time is the ultimate goal of Li Mudi in the workplace after his rebirth.
If five years ago, or even two years ago, he wasn't confident enough to say he could achieve that dream, it hasn't been a big deal since last year's miracle of leading Arsenal to six titles in a single season.
Aside from the fact that Barcelona may not have similar thoughts because of the question of belonging, no team in the world can refuse the desire of the world's No. 1 coach to take charge, and as long as the timing is right, then sitting in the position of Galaxy Battleship is simply a sure thing.
And Li Mudi, who is not yet 41 years old, has enough time to wait for that dream moment to come, so when he plans to return to the mountain, he did not deliberately seek to join the Bernabeu, because his good friend Guti has done a good job in that position, and he does not need others to save the team from fire and water.
Therefore, when Bayern Munich, who hoped to make a breakthrough with the Champions League and never could not, handed him an olive branch, Li Mudi, who looked around this year's football environment and found that there was no other better place to go, initially agreed to discuss various powers and terms with the Bundesliga hegemon. This is also one of the reasons why he resolutely rejected the call of the two old clubs, if not the main one, but it still had a certain impact.
But this does not mean that he will not change his mind, although it is rumored that Bayern director Hoeness, who is about to retire completely, has a good mouth and will give the new coach a lot of power, but in the words of Gines, you can only believe 50% of everything that this old fox says, otherwise you will wait to fall into the trap set by the other party. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that after entering into in-depth exchanges, major differences may occur between the two sides, leading to a complete breakdown of the negotiations.
And from the heart, Li Mudi is not very fond of coaching in Germany, although the football environment there is really excellent, and it is one of the few countries in the world that can achieve a relatively successful balance between sports and gold yuan. However, a large part of the people in their sports circles and even in the high circles of the entire country have a unfriendly attitude towards the Celestial Empire, and have repeatedly erupted in bad acts of anti-China or support for the separatism of a certain region. If France and Sweden are anti-China activists on the surface, then Germany is a despicable villain who pretends to be sanctimonious on the surface, but in fact is just as shameless in his bones.
Simply declining the opportunity to coach for that reason alone is really endless, because other European countries such as England, Italy and Spain are not much better, but only 50 steps and 100 steps. Even though our country still maintains its annual super-high economic development and has long left these developed Western countries far behind, it is because of the self-righteous skin color theory of the white race that the other side looks down on, and this is something that makes no sense to talk about it.
After all, Bayern's foundation is strong enough and willing to provide him with sufficient funds, although the competitiveness in the entire European battlefield is somewhat lacking due to the reason of being in a corner of the country, but this kind of coaching difficulty is relatively ideal, and he can no longer ask for bicycles.
But what he never expected was that Real Madrid, which was originally considered not the best time, suddenly sent an invitation, which immediately disrupted his and his agent's previous deployment, and at the same time made this upcoming summer more and more exciting.
As mentioned earlier, Guti has done a relatively good job in the position of Real Madrid manager, and after taking over from Lopetegui, he led the Galaxy to win a total of La Liga titles, a Champions League title and a Copa del Rey title in the next four seasons, and the results can be said to be quite bright.
It's just that due to the strength of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona's rapid recovery after the slump, Real Madrid's results in the past four years have shown a trend of rising first and then declining, which can be described as a bit too harsh, but it is basically in line with the objective facts.
Especially in the run-up to the end of the season, the team went out of the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the second year in a row and failed to reach the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey. As for La Liga, in the just-concluded second leg of the national derby, it was again a 1-1 draw at home by Barcelona, and with only four rounds left, it can almost be said that it will miss out on the league title this season.
Such a season in which all four are empty, even last year, which barely won the Spanish Super Cup, made Guti's position finally unstable.
However, after all, he is a descendant of Real Madrid's own family, and he still occupies a special position in the minds of the majority of fans, so for the time being, although the voice against him is very loud, there are more supporters. According to common sense, it should not be at the point of getting out of class anytime soon. This is also one of the reasons why Li Mudi did not consider taking over the position of Real Madrid at all this summer, or that sentence, the time has not come.
But there are exceptions to everything, and this time it was. The reason why Raul, the new president of Real Madrid, made this call to his close friend was because Guti himself had privately expressed his intention to leave his post in the summer after the national derby. As for the reason, the pressure brought by that position is too great, even the fourteenth master, who has always been nervous, is a little unbearable after four years.
Moreover, he also thinks that the extent to which he can bring the team to the present is already a limit, and it will be torture for Real Madrid or himself to continue, and it is better to hit the brakes in time before everything goes in the worst direction. Although Raul didn't say anything about this, he still agreed very much in his heart.
Throughout the more than 120-year history of the world's best football club, it is rare that Guti, who has been in charge of the team for four years, is the second manager to be able to do so. With the exception of the legendary coach Muñoz in the sixties and seventies, no Real Madrid manager has been able to spend four consecutive years at the Bernabeu in one term, and the closest to that figure was the three and a half years created by the veteran boss Bosque during the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship. As for Mourinho, he only lasted for three years.
Masters of modern football, including Fabio Capello, Carlo Ancelotti, Guus Hiddink and Heynckes, no matter how good they start out, will inevitably hit a bottleneck in Madrid within a year or two, and eventually leave in disgrace.
Therefore, Guti, who did not have much coaching experience before, was able to sit in the position of Real Madrid for four years, which is already a very remarkable achievement.
However, all this has come to an end, and with the team's squad and financial strength, if it can't win at least one league and Champions League title every season, it can be considered a failure. Under the huge pressure of performance, Guti's decision to choose to resign voluntarily is not so abrupt, at least leaving at this time, most of Melinger will still look at him with a blessed mentality. And if you persist for another year, and the results are not greatly improved, then the results are not easy to say.
So, Raul, who said that he still needed some time to think about it, has actually begun to think about the new coach in his heart, as for his number one goal, there is naturally no doubt, it can only be a friend whose halo as the world's No. 1 coach has not completely faded - Li Mudi.
This is also a half-truth agreement reached by the two men many years ago when they were exchanging prospects for the future, or more precisely, one is to become the most successful president of Real Madrid after Mr. Bernabeu and Galeries Lafayette (no matter how many people question him from the outside world, history cannot deny the many glory that this old man has brought to Real Madrid), and the other is to become a super manager who can lead the Galaxy to usher in a new era that has never been seen before.
And this great dream, in the summer of 2024, finally ushered in the critical moment to open the road to ultimate success.
Although the retired Lafayette still has an influence that cannot be underestimated in the management of Real Madrid, but Li Muddy is no longer the one he received four years ago, with the honor he won when he coached Arsenal and the name of the first coach recognized by most people, even the former club president who had some small grudges with him before could not make any small moves. Because this man is indeed the best candidate for the new coach of the team.
So in the afternoon of the next day, when the main Spanish sports media "Marca" took the lead in disclosing the big news that Li Mudi and his family walked into Raul's villa on the Internet, even if there was no trace of the imminent change of coach of Real Madrid at that time, but with the rich imagination of the reporters, they thought of all the possibilities almost instantly, and the most recognized by everyone was naturally the most eye-catching direction.
Because the villa of the current president of Real Madrid is located in the famous rich area of Madrid, the security work is very tight, and Li Mudi's strong protection of his family is well-known all over the world, so the media can not find any valuable information from the mouths of the parties in a short time, so some well-connected people hit Gines with their ideas.
It's just that the old fox's tone this time is also extremely strict, and he responds to this problem without knowing anything, which makes many celebrities hate itchy, but they are helpless.
However, the final breakthrough came at the beginning of May, when a very feasible news came out from the German side, Bayern Munich is approaching Franck Franck Ribery, who has achieved good results in Monaco after retiring from football, hoping that the Frenchman, who has made a name for himself in world football with his scarred face and outstanding skills, can become the team's head coach for the new season. At the same time, the rumors that the Bundesliga overlord had previously contacted Li Mudi, but suddenly disappeared without any major controversy in the preliminary negotiations, were also released and gained the attention of the outside world.
The combination of the two phases, people quickly made up the wonderful drama that Bayern hoped to sign the Celestial Dynasty, but was cut off by Real Madrid, not to mention, this conjecture is indeed not too far from the truth.
Three days later, when Real Madrid defeated Athletic Bilbao in the penultimate round of La Liga to secure the third place in the league ahead of schedule, Guti, who attended the post-match press conference, said with a relaxed expression that he would leave after the season, which was a complete confirmation of the rumors that had been flying in the air for the week before: the former world number one coach was really going to coach his parent club Galaxy Battleship.
The choice to disclose this not-so-secret secret at this point in time is obviously to avoid too much impact on the team's results this season, and at the same time, it is also hoped to disclose the news that the club is about to usher in new changes as soon as possible, so as to improve everyone's morale and stabilize the minds of the original players who may have different ideas, so as to facilitate the arrival of the new coach to gather people's hearts and grasp the initiative of squad adjustment.
Two weeks later, La Liga came to a close, with Real Madrid, who had fielded plenty of substitutes and young players, capped off the season with a draw.
The next morning, the club's official website released a stylized announcement wishing Guti a smooth future and emphasizing that Real Madrid will always be his home, announcing that the era of "Golden Wolves" is temporarily over.
At four o'clock in the evening, the main color of the original white official website background suddenly changed to red, and then an official announcement welcoming the new coach was put on the top position, and the Celestial man who led Castilla to a perfect season eight years ago finally returned to the place where his coaching career began.
The news was immediately picked up by major sports media around the world and became the hottest topic in the next 24 hours, even overpowering some major events in the political and financial worlds.
The vast majority of them are more optimistic about the future development of Li Mudi's tenure at the Bernabeu, and the sentence updated by Eduardo Inda, editor-in-chief of "Marca", on his personal social networking site has become the best sentence to summarize this change of coach:
"The encounter between the world's No. 1 club and the world's No. 1 coach, no matter what era you are in, no matter what kind of critical eye, this is a natural match!"
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