Birmingham, the second largest city in the United Kingdom, is located on the main railway line of Central England, London and Liverpool. The world's understanding of this city www.biquge.info comes from two aspects.

One is the University of Birmingham, which is the top university in the UK and one of the top 100 universities in the world.

The other is the city's professional football clubs, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, and Aston Villa.

Founded in 1874, Aston Villa Football Club is one of the oldest teams in England as the first member of the First Division (England's first football league) in 1888 and the English Premier League in 1992.

As an established team in England, Villa have been in contention for the top flight for many years, winning seven top-flight titles, seven FA Cups and five EFL Cups. Meanwhile, in 1982, Villa also reached the top of Europe, taking home the UEFA Champions League trophy.

It's just that these accolades have happened in the last century, and Villa's performance has been on the decline in recent years. Since 2011, Villa have hovered near the relegation circle for four consecutive years. Until April 2016, in the 34th round of the Premier League, Villa lost to Manchester United by one goal, becoming the first Premier League team to be relegated in the 15-16 season.

Since then, Villa's results have not improved at all, and they have been hovering in the lower middle of the Championship in recent years, and this season they are fifth from bottom, narrowly missing relegation. It is precisely because of this season's poor results that Steve, who has been in charge of the team since Villa's relegation to the Championship, has also been announced to be resigned, and now the team's head coach position is still vacant, with assistant coach Reeve also acting coach.

It's just that acting coaching is not the same as coaching, and Reif has very little authority in team management. For example, Wang Shuai's joining, which was facilitated by the chairman of the team, knew that before the news was announced, Leif was completely unaware.

This has led to Leif's deep prejudice against Wang Shuai, especially in his opinion, Wang Shuai, as an Asian player, no matter how outstanding his achievements in the Chinese Super League are, his strength is not much higher.

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Wang Shuai was naturally unaware of this, and he was now sitting on a plane from Youzhou to London, and when he arrived in London, he would take a car to Birmingham.

There were three people traveling with Wang Shuai: He Tao, and Wang Shuai's two roommates.

After He Tao graduated, she turned positive in Jiulang Sports, and in view of the relationship between her and Wang Shuai, He Tao was personally responsible for the relevant reports of Youzhou Institute of Technology. And when the news of Wang Shuai's signing with Aston Villa was exposed, He Tao's application to be stationed at Villa was naturally approved.

As for Wang Shuai's two roommates, Xu Bin, as Wang Shuai's agent, naturally has nothing to do with him, but several people were surprised by Zhou Haiwen's arrival.

"Old Zhou, why are you here?"

"Uh...... There's something I haven't told you, and of course I can't be blamed for that, and you haven't asked, have you...... What, the president of the Flying Fox Group, it's my father......"

"it!"

This news is really exciting, several people know that Zhou Haiwen's family is in business, and they also know that the scale of the business is not small, but they really didn't expect that their family's business is the Flying Fox Group.

"Then, didn't you and Lao Xu go to Vera, Uni-Bio is my dad's subsidiary, and my dad also knew that we had a good relationship, so he sent me over......"

"What did you send here for?"

"Being the president of the team......"

"What?! You repeat?! ”

"I say, the president of Aston Villa is a contemptible ......"

"Isn't it! Having a man in his early twenties as chairman, your dad is crazy?! ”

"Of course not, my chairman is only in name, in fact, it is Jian Xia who is in charge of the operation of the team, which is the previous chairman of the team."

"That's good, that's good, if you really become the president of the team, I have to think about whether to transfer to another team as soon as possible......"

"Hahaha!!"

Several people laughed for a while, and Wang Shuai suddenly thought of the B-level coach certificate exam he had just completed before leaving, so he asked: "Old Zhou, no matter what, you are also the chairman of the team now, even if you don't have any actual power, you still have the right to know, right?" ”

"Well, yes, before I left, Brother Jian had already handed over the team information to me."

"Let me tell you, are Villa now confirmed on their choice for next season's manager?"

"Not yet, but I think Brother Jane means that it should be to let Leif go on top."

"Isn't Leif an assistant coach?"

"That's true, but Reif has also been an assistant coach for more than a decade and is good enough to be a head coach."

"That's ......"

Several people fell into a short silence, Zhou Wenhai looked at Wang Shuai for a moment, and asked: "Shuaizi, do you want to be the head coach?" ”

"Well, there's an idea."

"Actually, it's not impossible...... But ha, watching you play football in the past few years, I also know a lot about the doorways in the team. My suggestion is that when you get to Villa, you go ahead and be an assistant coach, which is what Big Brother Jane meant. ”

"Huh? Why? ”

"Brother Jian has observed you for a year, whether it is a player or an assistant coach, he has given you a high evaluation, so he recommended you to continue to be a tactical coach with the group.

But my reasons are different from his, you see, you know a lot about the domestic football circle, whether it is the level of the team or the style of play, it is definitely no problem to be the head coach of a domestic team. However, England has a different style entirely, so if you really want to be a manager, it's best to spend a year in an assistant coach position, and once you know enough about the Championship and even the Premier League, it's not too late to move up to manager. I guess Brother Jane will suggest the same, he knows a lot more about English football than we do. ”

"Well, okay, but ...... over there?"

"You don't have to worry about him on his side, it's a big deal to sign his coaching contract for a year."

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It took eleven hours to fly from Beijing to London, and the time for everyone to leave was at night, so a few people chatted a few more words, and sleepiness came up, and when they slept a little, they found that there was a vast ocean underneath the plane.

Several people have not forgotten their high school geography knowledge, and they know that this is the Ingillette Strait between Britain and France, which means that they are about to reach their destination.

An hour later, the plane landed at London's Heathrow International Airport, where a business van and a man in a suit and leather shoes were waiting for several people.

"Brother Jane!" Zhou Wenhai was the first to say hello, and it was Jian Xia, the former chairman of Vera, who was waiting for them.

"Haha, Xiaohai, Wang Shuai, welcome to England!" (To be continued.) )