Chapter 64: The Past and the Present

It is indeed difficult for Lin Sen to open this mouth. ↗,

The "face" in Boya's mouth is, of course, one of the reasons, but it is not to the extent that Boya said. It is not difficult for Lin Sen to recognize the eldest brother with an old face, after all, he has participated in so many press conferences, and his face cannot be said to be thicker than the city wall, but ordinary people still have to be thicker after all, not to mention, this is just a proposal after all, and this alone is not a face-saving thing.

It's just that Lin Sen doesn't think that this matter is really as Boya said, just a gesture. Boya's argument is based on his contribution to Manchester City, and it is true that Manchester City became the deserved club in his hands, which no one can deny, but credit is such a thing, when you don't say it, it seems to be able to bring you anything, and when you say it, things can easily turn sour.

However, Lin Sen did not reply to Boya immediately, he just smiled at that time and did not say no. Boya didn't dig deeper, because, no matter what happens next, there is always one thing that needs to become a reality first, and that is that Lin Sen really became the owner of Cambridge United.

In the next few days, the busy is still Boya, Lin Sen is idle and panicked, and has the heart to help his wife share his worries, but she doesn't appreciate it at all, it seems that the last meeting has completely made her "vigilant" to Lin Sen, in this regard, Lin Sen has nothing to do, simply, he watched some game videos of the English League.

Yes, just some.

It's not that you can't find it, but because it's not the same time anymore.

Lin Sen is no longer the rookie coach who needed to lock himself in his room and stare at the game video for a few days and nights when he took over Malaga, thinking of his actions back then, Lin Sen now feels that he was really a little "two" at that time, and his mode of watching the game video back then was to watch it without discounting a second, and in fact, this is a stupid method, in the words of a professional video analyst. I just can't say that it's completely wrong, I can only say that a lot of time has been wasted. It's just that although he feels two, Lin Sen doesn't regret it, many things, doing and not doing, doing more or doing less, after all, there are still some differences. Who can guarantee Lin Sen's success in the past few years has nothing to do with his experience of committing "two" back then?

Now, of course. Lin Sen no longer needs it, first, he is no longer a rookie coach, many things, you don't need to see to be believing, and it is common to draw inferences. Another reason is his current identity, in other words, even if he wants to do it, the one who needs to do these things now should be Tang Hua. And not him.

The reason why Lin Sen watched these game videos is not really to study the opponents of Cambridge United in the new season, but more to look at the competitive level of the League One from a macro perspective.

Top five European leagues. Britain, Spain, Italy, France and Germany, specifically state that the rankings are in no particular order, and it is really unnecessary to argue about which league is the world's number one league at this time. So, at the level of Europe, these five major leagues. All belong to the top league. After the top league, followed by the second league, there are still not many leagues at this level, at least many fans are still familiar with them, because these leagues, basically every season there will be a few more familiar representative teams appear in the Champions League or Europa League, for example, on behalf of the Eredivisie Ajax, Feyenoord, Twente, etc., on behalf of the Portuguese Super League Porto, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica, etc., in addition, there are Belgian league Anderlecht, Turkey's Galatasaray, Basel in Switzerland, Zenit in Russia......

As for the third league after the second league, it is more general, the Czech Republic, Romania, Austria...... In the leagues of these countries, they are only found in European competitions on occasional occasions.

So, which level does League One belong to?

This may seem a bit outrageous, because League One is the third tier of England, and it is obviously annoying to put it on a European level, but it is a measure for the simple reason that he does not have much impression of League One and League Two, but he has a deep understanding of European teams.

Therefore, the level is not the point, the point is that Lin Sen has to know what level it is.

One of the games Linsen chose was last season's opener, Sheffield United hosted Bristol City, a 2-1 win for the latter. Of course, the reason why Linson chose to watch this game is not just because this is the opening game, but more because of the strength of these two teams, the winning Bristol City locked a promotion place early this season, was the League One champion last season, and is now a Championship team, and Sheffield United is also not a weak team, they finished fifth in the league this season, although they failed to directly lock the promotion place, but also qualified for the play-offs, of course, in the end they failed to pass.

What needs to be mentioned here is the relegation and relegation rules of League One, because it belongs to the same management association, the relegation and relegation rules of League One are similar to those of League B, League Two is promoted to four and reduced to two, that is, there are four promotion places, only two teams will be relegated, and League One is promoted to three and three, from this subtle change can also be seen that the competition in League One is more fierce than League B, and it tends to be more professional, and in addition, the play-offs are the same, except that League One is the top six, and League Two is the top seven because there is one more promotion place.

It took two days for Lin Sen to watch the video of the game he selected, and he also had a relatively objective impression of the English League. If you have to measure it at the level of Europe, it can probably only be four, that is, lower than the three leagues in Europe, of course, this is by no means derogatory, you can't expect a country's three leagues to compare with the three leagues of the continent, although the English league is indeed one of the most mature leagues in the world.

Then, Lin Sen turned his gaze to Cambridge United.

After understanding this environment, whether Cambridge United can survive in this environment and how to survive is Tang Hua's problem on the surface, but for the club, a goal is a must. The so-called goals are nothing more than championships, promotions, footholds, and relegation.

In the previous conversation with Tang Hua, Lin Sen actually talked to Tang Hua about this issue, Tang Hua believes that with the current Cambridge United, relegation is not a problem, but upgrading is wishful thinking. It should be said that this is also a more realistic answer, Lin Sen was still happy for Tang Hua at that time, because Tang Hua was able to see his situation clearly and not be carried away by the joy of escalation, thinking that he could conquer everything with his dreams.

But now, if he really joins Cambridge United, Lin Sen can't really let Tang Hua fight for relegation, because the situation is different-

Cambridge United is about to change owners.

It's not a big deal in English football, but it's a big deal on the ground, especially for Cambridge United fans.

In recent years, with the development of English football, it is not new for football clubs to be acquired by foreign capital, even the pretentious English, have accepted this reality, of course, as with business, the acquisition has succeeded and failed, the typical failure is still in League Two Portsmouth, and the model of success is Manchester City.

Who was the acquisition of Cambridge United? Since everything is going on in secret for the time being, as many Cambridge United fans do not know, however, this does not prevent them from speculating about the new owners of Cambridge United, both positive and negative.

The positive view is that this is a good thing, after all, League One is different from League Two, let alone a non-professional league two seasons ago, Cambridge United can no longer rely on the help of local enthusiastic fans and businessmen, and being bought should be said to be a good thing for Cambridge United, because it at least means that someone is willing to invest money in Cambridge United.

On the other hand, they are pessimistic that Cambridge United's takeover simply means that the team will become someone else's plaything, and they even use an example to express their view, that is, if there is a repeat of last season's FA Cup encounter with Manchester United, then can you expect Cambridge United to keep the ticket price unchanged for the sake of the fans?

It should be said that whether it is positive or negative, there are their own reasons, after all, acquisition is a business, even if the acquirer says it beautifully, one thing cannot be denied, that is, no one is here to do good deeds without asking for returns, so no one can say what will happen in the future. Because of this, unlike those who hold these two views, more Cambridge United fans mostly maintain a wait-and-see attitude on this matter.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that sooner or later this wall will have to be torn down.

On the second Saturday of June, The Sun was the first to disclose the acquisition, which was not in the eyes of many people, and Boya finally appeared in the public eye for the first time, of course, it was not only her royal status that attracted people's attention, but also because her husband was none other than Lin Sen, who had left Manchester City.

As a result, the small things in Cambridge quickly became the big things in England.

In the past period of time, because of Real Madrid, but also because of Bale's transfer, Linson has become the focus of discussion throughout England, from the beginning almost everyone believed that Linsen would go to Madrid, to Linsen was rumored to give up the signing and then Real Madrid signed with Benitez also confirmed this matter, which is also widely considered to be Linsen's response to Bale's transfer.

After that, although Lin Sen was associated with several other giants in Europe who may change coaches more than once, he slowly moved away from the center of public opinion after all, and now, no one thought that Lin Sen would return to the public eye again in this way. (To be continued......) u