Chapter 574: Reversal of Roles
The 2022-23 season for major European countries ended with the final whistle of the Champions League final.
This year has been particularly different because of Arsenal's six golden trophies, although the lack of the Community Shield equivalent of the domestic Super Cup has made the six-crown champion not strictly adhere to the most orthodox configuration, but it is actually very difficult to make up for the League Cup, which is only a single event of importance.
Since the inception of the League Cup in 1960, there has never been a record of a team topping both the Premier League and two cups in the past six decades. If you look at this ratio, it is more difficult to win the three most important competitions in England in the same season than to win the treble, because the latter has the example of Manchester United, and the former is unprecedented.
As for the Liverpool media's sour claim that the Reds had also won the title of five trebles in 2001, it naturally provoked ridicule from others, especially the London media. That year, under the leadership of French coach Houllier, they won the League Cup, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity Shield and UEFA Super Cup.
But if you analyze it carefully, you can find that this is definitely a title that can no longer be watered. Not to mention the achievements that have been accumulated in two seasons like Barcelona, the lack of the two most important trophies, the Premier League and the Champions League, makes the gold content of the five-crown champion instantly missing more than eighty percent, so I don't feel blushing when I publicize it with so much fanfare!
And Arsenal's six championships this time are not only won in the same season, but also only one of the most important Community Shields is only one of the most perfect ones, how can Liverpool's "indiscriminate filling" results be compared.
So even if Li Muddy is a Celestial Empire with a Spanish passport, it is rare for the British football world to throw all the beautiful words that can be thought of on him, and it has become a super-large personality cult ceremony, who let him lead the team to create a super achievement that is unprecedented and difficult for future generations to achieve.
However, just as the media from all over Europe and around the world sent reporters to Highbury in the hope of discovering more highlights from the team's manager at the Arsenal celebration parade on June 14, Li Mudi shocked everyone by saying the news on the stage set up in the middle of the Emirates Stadium in his final speech.
He announced that he would not renew his contract with Arsenal at the end of the season, but would return to free agency, hoping to move on to other environments to find new momentum after conquering a peak.
It is not uncommon for people to retire after success, especially in football, such as Jose Mourinho, who chose to leave Italy after leading Inter Milan to the treble and took over the reins of Real Madrid. However, a large part of the reason for this situation is that the team concerned can no longer maintain this peak state after a ferocious outbreak, and in order to avoid the negative impact of the inevitable decline on themselves, it is better to say goodbye or flee while everything is still good.
Or take the Nerazzurri as an example, although Mu Bird made the team climb to the top of Europe in the 2009-10 season, but also squeezed out the last energy of those players, after that, Inter began to enter another low period, until more than ten years later, it has not been able to fully recover, it can only be said that the most special one has the ability to judge the situation is really extraordinary!
However, the situation faced by Li Mudi at this time is completely different from the beginning, the current Arsenal can be said to be far from reaching a period of decline in terms of personnel structure, and even in the main lineup, only goalkeeper Leno is over 30 years old, and he can maintain this peak state for two to three years.
If you take advantage of this opportunity to win some more honors, Li Mudi's historical status in the entire football world will naturally be improved again, and it is not impossible to eventually match or even surpass legends such as Sir Fergus and Sir Busby.
However, he unexpectedly left the throne he had finally sat on after the expiration of his three-year contract, leaving everyone with a look of confusion and surprise.
Externally, his explanation is that he can no longer find the motivation to stay at Arsenal, although it is not impossible to strive for another seven-time championship as the outside world says, but those things are just a repetition of the past year's content in Li Mudi's own opinion, without any new ideas, and cannot arouse the desire to work hard. Therefore, in order to maintain the love for football, I still hope to find a new starting point and re-embark on another journey to the top.
As soon as this kind of remarks were exposed, not only the football circles in London and even the United Kingdom were strongly shaken, but even other European countries were boiling. The former is only lamenting that such a super-manager is likely to leave the Premier League, while the latter is bursting with the news that many big teams are ready to start inviting the miracle-winning world-leading football manager.
Within a week of that, the names of Bayern, Juventus, Inter Milan and even Chelsea and Liverpool had all kinds of connections with Li Mudi, and even Real Madrid faintly spread the gossip that could be intervened, which became the most frequent appetizer for melon eaters in the past few days.
Li Mudi, who was surrounded by countless reporters, was finally forced to change his previous statement at the airport before he was about to leave for Asia for a vacation, he said that the pressure of coaching for three years was very great, and he felt very tired physically and mentally, and he needed to put a stop on his future work plan, first seize the time to accompany his family, and wait until there is a suitable opportunity.
His move to leave Europe and his comments also indicate that he will not take over any team next season, because in that case, as a new head coach, he will definitely be preparing for a series of aspects including squad adjustments and tactical research in this first pre-season offseason, and there is no leisure to go on vacation.
This result is indeed still unexpected by many people, because in the past, it is very rare for a hot coach to take an inexplicable break for a year, and the last time - well, the last time seems to be the Celestial Empire after the expiration of his contract with the Turin team and leisurely enjoyed a year of free vacation. You must know that even if the current time is calculated, this guy has not yet spent his 40th birthday, but he is so willing to recuperate at every turn, so that a group of old bones who are over 50 or even 60 years old are crying and laughing.
However, some local media in London broke the news that the main reason why Li Mudi did not want to stay in the arsenal was that he had a lot of conflicts with the club's management, especially several major shareholders, and the two sides had been very unhappy about the conflict between competitive performance and economic interests. And the news from within Arsenal says that their top management has made up their minds to run a global warm-up plan before the start of the new season and use the prestige of the six-time champion to make a lot of money, which is precisely what the Celestial Empire, who are very focused on pre-season training, cannot tolerate.
In this case, it is a matter of course that the contract renewal negotiation collapses.
Anyway, there are all kinds of disturbances, until our protagonist has flown to the motherland to enjoy his vacation, and the news about his past, present and future has not completely disappeared from the pages of the major media. And when Arsenal officially announced that Southgate, who stepped down from the Three Lions after the World Cup, became the team's new manager more than ten days later, Li Mudi's name was turned out and fried for a cold meal, and he gradually completed the task of continuing to dominate the screen since last year.
However, the Celestial Empire, who has just ascended to the position of the world's No. 1 coach, seems to be destined to be unable to maintain a comfortable state for a long time, just when he is enjoying a rare relaxed life in Asia, while making a lot of money through various endorsements and business activities, the British side is just in early August before the new season is about to kick off a big news: Li Mudi has officially signed with the Championship team Coventry, but the identity is not to replace Scholes as the new coach of the Sky Blues, Instead, he became the club's director of football.
As soon as this news was exposed, it immediately set off an uproar, and everyone expressed their incomprehension, and at the same time paid more attention to this team that few people cared about.
Previously, when the Coventry Club changed hands, the media conducted a deep dig into the new owner, although there is a newly established company as a cover, but with the ability of the British paparazzi, it is not too easy to find out the background of Chinese capital inside. Coupled with the feedback from the Celestial Empire later, it was found that the chairman of the club who had never shown up was Li Mudi's cousin, which was a logical thing. (Of course, the fact that he is the largest shareholder behind this club has not yet been known to outsiders, so it saves a lot of extraneous complications.) )
It's just that because the Gunners boss refused to answer any questions about the matter, and he really didn't have any contact with Coventry City on the surface, not many people paid attention to it after that little uproar. After all, although the Blue Army has a very long history, it has only won the FA Cup once in more than 100 years, and it is too inconspicuous to look at the entire British Isles.
And when Li Mudi's coffee position is getting higher and higher, the gap between the two is naturally infinitely widened, no one will think that there is any connection between them, will there be a top manager who is vyed by major giants to coach a Championship team? You know, even when Scholes joined Coventry last year, he was considered by the outside world to be self-degenerate.
However, there are really few people who can guess in advance about becoming the director of football, theoretically speaking, this position is the absolute power of the club's top management, and it is also the superior of the team's head coach, and the status is very lofty. However, under the premise that the British popular head coach is in charge of the transfer power, the football director is somewhat embarrassing, and he has become a dispensable role in front of many very strong coaches.
For Paul Scholes, he must have the power to build his own team if he can deign to coach a Championship team, otherwise even the Premier League team will not be able to impress his former Manchester United manager. Therefore, the previous Coventry director Hierro, during the year, the main work turned to the construction of the club's future echelon, and the work of the first team was only retained for negotiation and logistical support.
Now, when the Spanish legend accepts the invitation of his former club Real Madrid to return to the Bernabeu, the replacement is the former Gunners manager who has just created a mythical season, and judging from his past emphasis on transfer rights, he is bound to intervene in the first-team squad adjustment operation, will there be a fierce collision with his former colleague Paul Scholes? This is the second question that the media has raised after being very surprised that Li Muddy went to Coventry to take up his post.
Unfortunately, the much-anticipated tearing did not happen, and after returning to the UK from Asia in mid-August, eight days before the summer transfer window closed, Li Muddy also maintained a low-key style and did not say anything nutritious under the pressure of the media.
However, judging from the series of moves he made in succession to sign a number of young players under the age of 21 in a week, it is still easy to analyze that the new director is indeed continuing the policy of his predecessor and not intervening too much in the first team.
It's just that two new problems have arisen, one is that if you are only responsible for the construction of the team's echelon, then you can still use Li Mudi, a master of youth player training, it is too overkill, even if there is a cousin relationship in it, you should not make a "fall" to join Coventry!
Secondly, among the seven young players that Li Mudi won this time, three of them were from the Arsenal academy, which is an act of digging the corner of the old club. At the same time, two other young players from the Celestial Empire have become the object of attention from the outside world, many people believe that this is his use of power to help his motherland improve the strength of football, and there may even be some ulterior behind-the-scenes transactions, which are typical fake public and private interests.
In this regard, the new director of football of the Sky Blue Army said with a clear conscience after being surrounded by a group of reporters at the club's residence: "Many people in the outside world don't know that I am also one of the shareholders of Coventry, so naturally I will not do anything to damage the interests of the club." As for the digging of the wall and the false public and private interests in your mouth, they are completely non-existent. The three lads from Arsenal did not get a new contract from Gareth Southgate and were free to choose a new environment, which is a normal thing in football. ”
"As for my two Celestial Empire compatriots, I just think that they are very talented at this age with my professional vision that I have cultivated over the years, and they are good embryos worth cultivating in the club, and they have nothing to do with their nationality.
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