Chapter 10 China's Overseas Teams

The next day, the news of Wan Sheng's move to Manchester City was reported throughout England, with mixed comments on the matter, perhaps more notably the Derby County media.

"Getafe Life" quoted Wan Sheng's words at the press conference, recalling Wan Sheng's 'arrogance' when he joined Derby County, the article commented, "At that time, no one was optimistic about him, but he led the team to avoid relegation ahead of schedule, and led the team to promotion to the Premier League the following year with a record number of points"

'He went to Manchester City and it wasn't strange for him to come up and say that'

"It's a pity that he doesn't belong to us anymore. He led Derby County to the pinnacle of nearly three decades, only to be sent away by an 'American in the skin of a Derby County fan', and we can only watch him coach other teams, and there is little hope for our team. ”

That's how the Derby County fans feel.

When Wansheng coached the team, they didn't have to think about it so much, because they believed that Wansheng could lead the team to good results, but now that Wansheng is gone, who else can they trust?

For the sake of money, the new chairman who sold the stars of the team, or the new manager who has not yet heard from him?

Many Derby County fans feel very depressed, the team was originally developing well, but because it was acquired, the investment did not come, which made the team's future bleak.

They are very unhappy with the club's hierarchy.

In the words of Derbyshire Sport, "From now on, we don't spend a penny on the club, just see how these Americans see the club as a money-making machine."

The attitude of the fans, Pierce's situation can be imagined.

In fact, the real problem for Derby County is not just the fans, no matter how 'threatening' the fans are, or how they express their dissatisfaction in other ways, but they are just the fans. Derby County FC is not a membership system, but a private team, so naturally it is not very affected.

Even more troubling is the attitude of the players in the squad.

It's holiday time, so I don't have to worry about it, but Derby County was the league champion last season, and naturally many teams want to take excellent players from Derby County to supplement the squad, and Wan Sheng's departure has made the team fluctuate, and as a result, after Van der Vaart and Ribery left, many players took the initiative to call to ask for a transfer to leave.

That's a headache enough, but the good thing is that a lot of people in the team signed contracts last summer. The team has the right to keep them, but the players take the initiative to leave, in fact, the club can't keep it, and the club can only give some players new contracts to barely stabilize the situation.

But soon a new situation came.

Not every player can be retained with a raise, and some players, the club is reluctant to give them a raise, because their table is very average, and they can only be regarded as substitute players in the team.

These players want to sign new contracts and ask for a raise. Naturally, it is much more difficult than those main forces.

But the key point is that Derby County have several players who are in this situation, but the club must keep them because they want to add players of the same quality. The cost is definitely not a small amount.

Among them are the likes of Ferdinand, Roussey, Peter Kennedy and others, who were substitutes for Derby County when Gregory was in charge three years ago and have been training with Wansheng for so long. Their improvement is also obvious, so they can also keep up with the pace of the team and go to the top league.

Right now. They had a problem for Pierce.

A lot of players get a raise, and they want to get a raise, but the club's finances are limited and it's impossible for everyone to get a raise.

Can you give them a raise?

What if they choose to leave?

Ferdinan and Rousey are okay, especially Peter Kennedy, although he is a substitute, but the strength is still very good, I just thought that there was a Morris pressure before, his playing time was limited, and now that Morris is gone, Kennedy definitely has a chance to get involved in the core position of the main midfielder.

It stands to reason that such a player will not be afraid of difficulty in raising his salary, but if he gives Peter Kennedy a raise, Bolton Reiter, Alfred, Vidic, Ivan Crewe, etc., these players who have played a lot will definitely want a raise, one person doesn't matter, a bunch of people is a problem.

In short, this question is a headache for Pierce.

But he has to face it, because if he doesn't face it, the players will be more dissatisfied with the team, and then the people will be scattered, and there is no point in inviting a famous coach to coach

At the same time, the Manchester media is also different from the 'remembrance' of Wansheng and the Derbyshire media, and the Manchester media has nothing to reminisce, if you really talk about the relationship between Wansheng and Manchester, you have to talk about their rival Manchester United, and it doesn't matter if Manchester City is good.

It is precisely because it doesn't matter that the media will naturally say whatever they want.

Many domestic media were dissatisfied with what Wan Sheng said in yesterday's press conference, and then they tried to promote one thing to the fans - the new manager, but a very character guy, he led the team to achieve good results, but more news did not comment on him very well, he has a lot of fame in English football, but there is much more controversy.

"Maybe Mr Wald made the wrong choice, what Manchester City need now is more stable development than to find such a 'peculiar' manager to guide Manchester City's future"

'He might be able to lead Derby to good results, but Manchester City is not Derby!'

'The club has already done what he asked to bring in Lee Morris and Leto Ziegler from Derby County, who together cost the club almost £10 million in transfer fees, which is a lot of money for the current squad, but do these two deals really make sense?

“”

The above are all doubts about Wansheng, of course, there are also some media neutral and supportive attitudes, but the real support is still very small, after all, Wansheng has just started at Manchester City, even if there are supportive voices, it is only the expectation of the new season.

Neutral voices are more of a commentary.

One of them is still very 'interesting', as an absolute supporter of Manchester United club, Manchester Sport described the current Manchester City as a 'G-Cist overseas advance team', because Manchester City has two Chinese, one is Wan Sheng as the manager. One is Sun Jihai, who has been in the club for two years.

In Manchester, Sun Jihai still has a certain reputation, because his watch has always been very stable, and he basically occupied a main position last season, although he is not a core player or anything, but in itself, to be able to play the main force in Manchester City, it is better than most professional players, so Manchester City fans still have a good impression of Sun Jihai, so that some Manchester City fans have a lot of good feelings towards the Chinese.

Now Manchester City has another Chinese. Or the head coach of the team, and then think about the whole European football can find a few Chinese is not easy, and Manchester City concentrates the best of them, they can be said to be the 'overseas Chinese team'.

As a media that supports Manchester United, "Manchester Sport" will not talk about this matter in a completely neutral manner, it is really strange that they do not sarcastically say a few words, and they also use sarcastic words to report this matter, and at the same time express their disgust with Manchester City, as for Manchester City's new manager Wan Sheng? For the enemies of Manchester City. I can only hope that he will lead the team in a mess!

However, the same news, in the eyes of different people, has different meanings, and feelings are not necessary. Some English fans may feel unhappy when they see their own teams being labelled as 'teams from other countries', but the Chinese media and fans see it differently.

This report from Manchester Sport has been reprinted by many websites in China. As a result, Manchester City's reputation in China has increased a lot.

Manchester City also had some fame because of Sun Jihai before, but the fame was not very big, one is that there is no broadcast right of the Premier League in China. Few people will know Sun Jihai's situation, and the second is that Sun Jihai's performance in the national team is not very good, so the influence is naturally much smaller, and some fans who know Sun Jihai will not know Manchester City Club.

To say that Manchester United probably know more talent!

No, it should be said that there are too many fans who know Manchester United, and because of this, when they see the news about 'Manchester City', many fans ask, "Is this another name for Manchester United?" ”

This is certainly not possible.

So soon more fans knew about Manchester City, and they also knew that Wan Sheng went to this team, and it was a coincidence that Sun Jihai was also in this team.

Immediately, there were domestic media to interview Sun Jihai, Sun Jihai is participating in the training camp of the Chinese national team, for the domestic media, it is very easy to interview, Sun Jihai also said in an interview, "I know Wansheng, our relationship is not bad, I am looking forward to him in the new season to coach Manchester City." ”

As a result, many media began to expect Sun Jihai to get more starting opportunities in the new season.

For the Chinese, this is 'human nature', Sun Jihai and Wan Sheng are both Chinese, naturally take care of each other overseas, the two are in a team, Wan Sheng is the head coach, he is a professional player, in the same situation, Wan Sheng must take care of the 'fellow countryman', give Sun Jihai a few more opportunities to play.

But in this regard, more domestic media are only secretly speculating, because it is impossible for them to ask Wansheng directly, "Will you take care of Sun Jihai in the team?" ”

This kind of question cannot be said in public.

However, there were still media reporters who asked about the relevant questions 'vaguely', which was at the Manchester City club's regular press conference, and they asked Wan Sheng's opinion on Sun Jihai.

'He's a good player. Wan Sheng said, the corners of his mouth showing a funny meaning, "As a compatriot, I can give him the first care." I can sue him now, don't worry about the summer transfer, I will have a place for him in my team. ”

"Don't mean it's pointless, other players don't have that guarantee."

Wan Sheng said seriously as a reminder.

In fact, he naturally knows the thoughts of these domestic media reporters, and also knows that he has become the head coach of Manchester City, and Sun Jihai himself must have some ideas.

It's human nature.

The two are friends, both Chinese, together in the overseas football circle, the private relationship is not bad, now Wan Sheng has become the head coach of Manchester City, Sun Jihai as a player under him, naturally happy, after all, the new manager is his own acquaintance, it can be said that now among all the players in Manchester City, it is definitely Sun Jihai and Wan Sheng are the most familiar, there is this relationship, in the future, he is not much better at Manchester City?

As the media said, there will definitely be more opportunities to play, right?

Wan Sheng is actually not opposed to giving Sun Jihai some care, but that is definitely not the premise of affecting the team, if Sun Jihai is not good, he will never let him play because of 'personal relationship'.

Everyone has a standard for this kind of thing.

Wan Sheng hopes that Sun Jihai can look at him coaching Manchester City with a peaceful attitude, otherwise it will definitely affect his emotions and performance.

However, Wan Sheng is still a little interested in topics such as 'China's overseas team' raised by the media, maybe it is not right to say that he is interested, mainly because he is involved.

After officially signing for Manchester City, Wansheng also quickly found time to come to China.

The purpose of coming back this time is not to go home to visit his parents, it is just by the way, and it is mainly for a Chinese player - Wang Xiaolei

PS: The last two days of busy bottom to day update is a bit slow, I hope forgive me, and it will be back to normal in two days. (To be continued......)