Lao Liu came to Manchester in advance alone, with Wenger here, Lao Liu suddenly relaxed a lot, no need to stare at the club's every move all the time, have a lot of their own time, according to the arrangement, Willingham's large team will arrive in Manchester the morning after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow at half past three in the afternoon, is the fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester City's home game against Willingham.

After Lao Liu arrived in Manchester, he called Sun Jihai and Ranieri directly, Sun Jihai and Lao Liu agreed to have dinner together after the game in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, but Ranieri didn't care so much, asked Lao Liu's current location, drove over directly, and found a small café nearby.

"Abu's idea is worth pondering, in fact, he has long been unable to tolerate Mourinho's attitude towards him, yes, Mourinho is a world-class coach, but for Abu, he needs the opinion of others, Mourinho can't do it at all, but why hasn't he been replaced, this is where Abu is great," Ranieri was aroused by Lao Liu, and the more he talked, the happier he became, "Abu is different from when he first came into contact with the Premier League, at that time he was a nouveau riche, has money, can buy players, can hire the best coach, but now, he has more thinking, some analysis, he knows, it is not a pile of good players, a good coach will be able to succeed, a club needs to have its own style, there is a basis for catalyzing the ability of excellent players to play, and Mourinho is actually very successful, so although he doesn't like Mourinho, he will not easily change coaches, must find a coach that he can recognize, can help Chelsea build this style of coach, This person is Hiddink, so as long as Hiddink doesn't come, he won't just look for someone else. ”

Ranieri has worked with Abu once, and Ranieri is very unimpressed by this former boss who completely ignored his own merits and swept himself away, but he can still evaluate Abu very objectively.

Lao Liu very much agrees with the opinion of the Italian coach, he and Abu shouted once, and he still knows some about this Russian rich man in his heart, and now Hiddink's opinion is very crucial, he should know that now one of his decisions will affect the fate of Chelsea and many English clubs this season.

"Claudio, what do you think of Thaksin?" Lao Liu wanted Ranieri to comment on Manchester City's new owner, and he wanted to see what was the difference between the former Thai prime minister's style and himself, who was also the owner of Asia.

Ranieri was a little hesitant, in fact, he hadn't met Thaksin a few times, and the team's director of operations was responsible for conveying Thaksin's requirements for the team and trying to implement them, but fortunately, Thaksin's coaching ability was quite respectful, so in addition to the commercial development of the club, other things basically gave Ranieri a lot of power.

Lao Liu saw that Ranieri was a little embarrassed, and quickly explained that he was just a little curious, and if it was inconvenient to say, it didn't matter. When Ranieri finished speaking, both of them couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"The owners of Premier League clubs generally have their own business, and the team is not as concerned about team affairs as you do, and there is generally no general manager like Serie A and a chairman like La Liga, so the authority of the head coach of the Premier League is very large, that is, Wenger has taken a fancy to your development, otherwise, just like you, interfere with the coach's command, I'm afraid there will be no well-known coach who will coach Willingsmu, so don't waste such an opportunity." Ranieri felt he should remind the young man.

Lao Liu nodded, he knew that what Ranieri said was right, and he also knew that Wenger would not stay like this in his team, only since he was forced to leave Arsenal, the football heart of the old French coach has basically died, and his feelings for the Gunners are not experienced by ordinary people, only an international coach of the same age like Ranieri can understand Wenger's current mood.

After drinking coffee, Ranieri rushed back to the club to prepare for a conversation with Wenger's stadium two days later, and Lao Liu was going to Linda's newly opened pet supplies store to see, listening to Jihai said, this North Korean girl is really capable and strong enough, after working for others for a year, she used the money she saved to open a very small pet supply store, so that the monthly income can be more, because her customers are neighbors, her humble and kind attitude and really careful service spirit have made her small shop win a pretty good reputation.

Lao Liu hopes to convince her to accept her father's previous mistakes, at least Xiaobao is now doing well in Manchester City's junior team and is likely to become a professional footballer, so Li Jingshun, who is also obsessed with football, should be able to make the two siblings understand.

Even if you can't understand and accept it immediately, it doesn't matter, after all, Li Jingshun is killing him now, and he will not leave the kingsd football club he is preparing, and the Linda sisters and brothers are now running a small shop and training their skills very smoothly, and they have no time to return to North Korea in the short term, and they are not very anxious about each other.

Now the most headache for Liu Luyi is the handling of Linda's feelings, every time they meet, Linda's hot eyes and surging youthful vitality make Lao Liu unable to extricate himself.

Mutual sympathy, does not prevent fighting on the pitch, this season Thaksin has invested a lot of money, Ranieri has a stronger player than last season, however, the first three rounds of one win, one draw and one loss did not satisfy the Thai owner, this game, Ranieri still sent his strongest lineup, only Cypriot striker Orkas is out due to injury.

Sun Jihai is still on the bench, due to his age, and this season Ranieri brought in young full-back Marco Motta from Udinese, Italy, and Finnish fullback Pasanyen from Bremen in the Bundesliga, so Jihai only came on as a substitute twice in the first three rounds, and played less than 60 minutes in total.

In this game, Manchester City's four defenders are Jordan on the left, Motta on the right, Dunn in the middle and the Czech Huposman introduced this season.

Manchester City's two starting strikers are strongmen who have made a name for themselves in English football, one is the England national team regular Vassell, and the other is the Fulham team that is gradually maturing, from a Dutch boy who can't be known, to beat Babel, Kuet, Kalou and Huntelaar, and in the recent Dutch national team games, Collins-Johann who became Ruud van Nistelrooy's partner.

(To be continued)