For Mubarak, mingling with his men is not his management philosophy.

Therefore, Lin Sen has been in charge of Manchester City for four seasons, and although he has met with Lin Sen a lot, it is still not much, and most of them are celebrations. It wasn't until Linson left Manchester City that there were more personal contacts between the two, making the relationship between the two look more like a friend than a working relationship.

And this time, Lin Sen became Mubarak's subordinate again, but this time, Mubarak no longer regarded Lin Sen as one of his staff.

In the hall, the familiar noise came from the TV, and two men sat in front of the TV, holding two handles in their hands, and two pairs of eyes staring straight at the TV screen, chatting casually.

Mubarak and Linson don't have many hobbies in common, and Pro Evolution Soccer is one of them.

At the moment, Mubarak chose Germany and Linson chose Brazil, and the two are playing happily, but the score is a bit different.

Two to six.

Lin Sen leads.

"It's been two months since you've been in office, how do you feel?" Mubarak asked, still staring at the screen.

"It's not as interesting as I thought." Lin Sen replied casually.

It's casual, but it's not casual. Instead of being a head coach and becoming a manager, Lin Sen originally thought it would be a little more interesting than he imagined, just like in the football manager game, where superstars come and go, and teenage geniuses stand alone in the blink of an eye...... The big picture is in hand.

But the game is just a game after all, just like in front of you, in reality, Brazil was just humiliated by Germany 7-1 in the World Cup, and now, Brazil in the hands of Lin Sen has beaten Germany to the ground, and the football manager in the game is not the football manager in reality after all, a superstar. If you want to recruit, you have to see if people are satisfied, you want to wave, you have to see if people are happy or not, young geniuses, not as fast as in the game, you need to wait for a long time, and it is likely that when he really grows to the point of being alone, you are no longer a manager.

"Interesting?" Mubarak was stunned. Then he joked, "I'm still your boss, Lin." ”

"Not enough people call you boss?" Lin Sen said, there are a few key combinations that will dazzle you if you look closely, and Neymar in the screen has disappeared, and it is a single knife.

The corners of Mubarak's mouth twitched, intending to make excuses to start over like he had done the previous times, but finally gritted his teeth and continued.

Lin Sen didn't seem to notice Mubarak's expression. Inadvertently rewrote the score again, and then continued, "By the way, Florentino didn't call you?" ”

"Why?" Hear Lin Sen's words. Mubarak suddenly withdrew his gaze from the screen, turned his head and glanced at Lin Sen with some surprise.

"No?" Lin Sen also turned his head, then frowned and said. "I thought he was going to call you."

At this time, looking at Lin Sen's serious appearance, Mubarak really felt a little guilty. He smiled wryly, "You guessed it right, he called me this, and that's why I called you here today." ”

"That's right." Lin Sen smiled, then was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Carl, there's a question I need you to confess to me." ”

"Huh?" Hearing the change in Lin Sen's voice, Mubarak also put away his previous casualness.

"Is there any agreement between you and Florentino?" Lin Sen asked.

"Agreements? Why do you ask? Mubarak was stunned and said.

"Bale's transfer, although it seems to be normal, is similar to every poaching of Real Madrid before, but I always feel that this time there is something weird, well, it is mainly the reaction of the players......" Lin Sen thought for a while and said, "Real Madrid's poaching methods, you are clear, it is nothing more than a few tricks." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Sen also had some self-deprecation in his heart: although there are always a few tricks, people are stunned that they can succeed every time.

"Nope!" Hearing Lin Sen say this, Mubarak shook his head decisively.

"Then it seems that there is only one possibility left."

"What is possible?" Mubarak was a little curious.

"Barnett." ――

On August 16, the Premier League opened.

Manchester City, who unfortunately became the protagonist of the soap opera in the transfer market again, beat Newcastle with two goals away to usher in a good start, and Reus, who replaced Bale as a left winger, made a pass and a shot, which also gave the media another reason to discuss whether Bale is worth keeping Manchester City.

The Daily Mail, which first reported Bale's strike, took a negative view, believing that keeping Bale would certainly make City's squad stronger, but if Reuss can continue to perform like this, Manchester City may not be "adult beauty". The views of the Daily Mail also represent the views of the vast majority of the media, and when Wayne of the Manchester Evening News came to Lin Sen with this question, Lin Sen's reaction was noncommittal.

It's not that Linsen doesn't want to answer, but this question really doesn't make any sense, and it's worth it to have a premise, that is, Bale has the possibility of staying, and at the moment Bale's mind is no longer in Manchester City, in this case, there is nothing worth saying.

Of course, if taking a step back and it is possible for Bell to stay, then, there is hardly a second answer to this question. Why did Real Madrid bring in Bale? Di Maria's strength is not much worse than Bale, but they still give up on Di Maria, and sensationalism is naturally one of their goals, but it is not without a competitive factor.

People praise a player for saying he "single-handedly changes the game", but in reality, there are very few players who have that ability, even if you look at the entire football world.

Because there is no accident in the so-called ability.

From this point of view, at the moment, in the Manchester City team, not counting Robben and Aguero, Bale is undoubtedly the closest.

Such a player, from possession to loss, this is of course a weakening of the strength of the team, and there is no second possibility.

For Lin Sen's "difficulty", Real Madrid once tentatively returned the price, the price was 60 million, and then, and then there was no more.

It wasn't until this morning that Lin Sen received a call from someone he was no stranger to, Real Madrid manager Jose Sanchez -

On the same day as the Premier League's opener, there is also a second round of League Two.

Tang Hua's Cambridge United, the opponent this time, I'm afraid all Premier League fans will be no stranger, Portsmouth.

The team that competed at the top of England a few years ago and won the FA Cup in the 0708 season has become the most embarrassing team in England, and for Portsmouth fans, they have gone from heaven to hell in recent seasons.

In 09, Portsmouth was bought by Al Fahim, CEO of Abu Dhabi Development and Investment United Group in the United Arab Emirates, in his personal name, and this news once made all Portsmouth fans ecstatic, because Al Fahim is none other than Manchester City fans, and he was the leader when Mansour bought Manchester City. However, the excitement of Portsmouth fans was less than half a year before Fahim sold 90% of the club's shares to Saudi Arabian businessman Al-Farach.

The club has changed hands several times, which is similar to Manchester City's previous takeovers. But this also made many Portsmouth fans have some bad premonitions in their hearts, because the process is similar, but not everyone is Mansour.

Sure enough, next, the nightmare began. That season, Portsmouth was deducted nine points due to debt restructuring and was relegated to the bottom. After struggling in the Championship for a season, Portsmouth suffered two more relegations due to debt restructuring in 11/12 and 12/13......

Manchester City has now become one of the best teams in Europe, while Portsmouth is struggling at the bottom of the professional league.

Tang Hua knew Portsmouth, his first season in England with Linson, and Portsmouth were still one of their opponents in the Premier League. However, now was not the time for him to sigh for his opponent, and even if he wanted to, he was not qualified to do so for the time being.

Emaciated camels are bigger than horses.

No matter how miserable Portsmouth is, even if the team is in tatters, they are still much stronger than the vast majority of League Two teams, including Cambridge United, who have just been promoted.

Tang Hua doesn't want to start his coaching career with a two-game losing streak, but Portsmouth also doesn't plan to give Cambridge United any chance to cause an upset, but in this game, Cambridge United did play much better than the previous one, until the game reached 80 minutes, and the score was still 1-1.

It was Colin who scored for Cambridge United and George who provided the assist.

It happened to be the last one.

In George's whisper to Colin after his goal: This is a favor to you from the last game, you and I are clear.

Tang Hua, who was standing on the sidelines, naturally didn't know what the two rabbit cubs were talking about on the field, in this game, he boldly and directly let the two start at the same time, and the two finally did not disappoint him, as long as this score is maintained to the end, he will get the first point of his coaching career, although it is not a victory, but for him personally, this is also an important moment.

It's a pity that this game still doesn't belong to him.

In the eighty-first minute, with a seemingly ordinary corner, Portsmouth once again rewrote the score.

Then, Tang Hua ushered in his second defeat.

After two rounds, Cambridge United are third from bottom in League Two. However, even so, Cambridge United are still not in the relegation zone, as only the bottom two teams in League Two will be relegated.

Standing at the Fratton Park stadium, where he could vaguely see the glory of the former Premier League, Tang Hua was a little self-deprecating in his heart.

If you didn't fall into the relegation zone, should you be thankful? (To be continued......)

PS: What, Tang Hua's line is used to pave the way, not to dominate.