How long has it been since Manchester City tasted league titles? Decade? Twenty years? Thirty years...... Or longer?

Looking back and recalling, it was really a distant history!

City have only won the top-flight title twice in a century, the last time coming in 1968-1969 when they won the English league title on the final day of the season with a team of Joe Moser coaching them.

Now Manchester City is only on the top of the league, not winning the league title, but it is enough for Manchester City fans to imagine. Whenever they think that the team is the first in the league, they feel extremely proud and proud.

So, on the day of Chelsea's loss, Manchester City fans celebrated everywhere, and the whole of Manchester City added a lot of joy to it. By contrast, United fans can only stay at home or stand on the corner of the street, watching their rivals celebrate, hoping that Ferguson's United will play better, or at least not worse than their arch-rivals.

It's a pity that their hopes will be difficult to achieve in a short period of time, because the difference between the two teams is too much!

In the first 12 rounds of the league, England seemed to have only two teams - Chelsea and Manchester City. Chelsea's boom, with both European and league results attracting almost all attention, while Manchester City are on hot reel in the league and are now overtaking them.

Compared to Manchester United, Arsenal and other teams continue to lose points, the results of the two teams are really good.

Manchester City are currently top of the league, three points ahead of Chelsea, nine points ahead of second-placed Wigan Athletic, and 13 points each ahead of Manchester United and Arsenal.

Again...... The league has only passed 12 rounds!

So there has long been a voice in the media - this season's league is only for Chelsea and Manchester City, and other teams, whether it is Manchester United or Arsenal. Not even eligible to compete, perhaps the only thing they can do is try to fight for third and fourth place, or steal points in the match against both teams to affect the final outcome of both teams.

These are the so-called 'footballers' to consider, and for Manchester City fans, they don't need to think about it so much, they just know that the team is at the top of the league.

They are proud and proud of the team's achievements!

But there are also people who are very unhappy to see Manchester City's results, and Bischev must be one of them, since he was sent to the reserves. The results of the first team have nothing to do with him, he hopes that the first team will be in danger of relegation, and the other is Anelka, who is also in the reserves.

Anelka was in the reserve for two weeks and he felt like he was on the verge of being forgotten.

When he first entered the development team, he still felt that it didn't matter, the pressure would be on the young Chinese coach, for the simple reason that he was the top scorer in the league, and the team's results would definitely be affected without him. Then the Chinese will hurry up and ask him back, right?

But things didn't turn out the way he thought they......

In the beginning, there was a lot of media coverage about him, and it was also thought that 'even if Anelka had anything wrong, he should not be punished so severely.' He's so important to Manchester City', but after more than ten days and two rounds of the league, that voice has disappeared.

Manchester City's results have not been affected!

Darren Bent took his place. And the performance is quite good, Manchester City also squeezed out Chelsea who lost to Manchester United with two consecutive wins. Climbed to the top of the league!

On the flip side, he was touted by all the media for his hat-trick just over 20 days ago and is now completely forgotten – even though his name is still on the Premier League's top scorer list, tied with Arsenal's Thierry Henry.

So what? Nobody cares.

Those Manchester City fans outside who were celebrating and cheering, who would remember him as the man who had been scoring goals for the team before!?

So what is the reason for all this? It's that he was suspended from the team, he was sent to the reserves, and then he lost his chance to play, and no one remembered him.

At the end of the day, Anelka stood in front of the gate of the training base and watched the cheering fans in front of the goal. He didn't walk over with a smile like he usually did, he just watched, and then left silently.

Back at the residence, he was depressed and quarreled with Claude.

"Brother, you said you want me not to care about that Chinese! What now? I was sent to the reserves! You said he would ask me back, but now no one remembers me! ”

Claude hurriedly persuaded, "Nikolai, you are a genius, you will shine wherever you go, that Chinese does not need you to be his loss!" ”

"But my light is obscured! Claude, I'm going to get my chance to play, I'm going to get back on the field, I'm going to enjoy everyone's cheers again! ”

"If you give in to him, then a raise ......"

"Hell raise!" Anelka was immediately annoyed when he heard the 'salary increase', "It's because I want a salary increase that I'm the way I am now, and I care more about being able to play than a salary increase!" ”

"But you're a professional footballer, and your performance really deserves more of their salary......

Anelka calmed down a little, and felt that what his brother said was right.

Even if he didn't play in two rounds, he still scored the same number of goals as Thierry Henry, but the difference in their salaries was very large, which made it difficult for him to accept.

At this moment, Eric Manasse, who was standing on the side, spoke, "Now is not the time to talk about a raise!" Nikolai, you have to get out of the woods first! You've been so good that it's hard for others to catch up with you, but now they've found someone to replace you, you know? You're not that important to the team anymore......"

Anelka was a little puzzled, "Am I leaving?" ”

"No, no, no, of course not!"

Claude interjected, "Then what are you talking about!" They don't need Nikolai, what else can they do if they don't leave!? ”

Eric Manasse asked rhetorically, "Can you help Nikola find a team with a higher salary and a better salary?" ”

Claude immediately fell silent.

Although they are not satisfied with the salary that Anelka gets, in fact, Anelka's 60,000 weekly salary contract is already the highest in the team, and the only one is only less than Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng is the head coach specially poached by Chairman Waddell, of course, there is no way to compare. In other words, this salary is quite a lot, even if Anelka transfers away, in addition to those world's top giants, no other team will be able to come up with a higher salary, and with Anelka's performance from last year to this year, it is almost impossible to attract a big team to bring in.

Seeing Claude shut his mouth, Eric Manasseur continued, "It's not a good choice to leave now. Because Manchester City's results are quite good, we must all admit that the young Chinese is very capable, and he has brought a team that is about to be relegated directly to the top of the league! ”

The Anelka brothers nodded their heads.

Even if they are unhappy with the young Chinese, they must admit that the opponent is very capable of leading the team, and Anelka has been at Manchester United for more than three years and has watched the team struggle on the brink of relegation. As a result, as soon as the opponent came, the team directly became a competition for the league championship, and this poor performance directly showed ability.

"So, Nikolai. You have to stay in the team because now this Manchester City team has the ability to win the title and you need it very much! You're a professional footballer. You need champions to 'decorate' yourself and you think about how well you can do well at Manchester City. And helped the team win a few championships, are you afraid that there will be no big contract at that time? Manchester City will try to keep you with a big contract, and other teams will use a big contract to attract you......"

Eric Manasseur explained earnestly.

Hearing these words, Anelka felt suddenly enlightened, he has always been at a loss about his situation, recalling the scenery of the transfer to Real Madrid a few years ago, and later to Liverpool, to Manchester City, he does not understand why he has been performing well, but his career seems to have been regressing?

Now he knows, it's because he hasn't won a championship!

Those professional players who have been very successful in history often carry a lot of championships on their bodies, and those championships embellish their success, so they become superstars, enjoy the worship of everyone, and get the biggest contract among professional players, and now what they lack is championships, as Eric said, if you become a hero of the team and help the team win a few championships, are you afraid that you will not have a big contract to find yourself?

……

Eric Manasse made Nicolas Anelka understand what to do, and although he was reluctant, he had to go to the manager for a one-man talk.

So the next day, Anelka made a rare appearance at the training ground very early.

He knew that Wan Sheng usually came to the training ground very early, so he arrived at only eight o'clock, and no one would bother him to talk to Wan Sheng at this time, so as to save face, but when he didn't expect it, there was already a figure in the training ground at this time.

Anelka looked over from a distance and recognized the kid – David Silva, the Spaniard who everyone in the team knew was promising.

It is no accident that he can come to the training ground so early, he must have done it often to let himself bump into him, thinking of this, Anelka admires this Spaniard a little, in fact, there are not many people in the team who can be looked down upon by him, but now David Silva is also in the roster.

This kid is very talented and hardworking, and such people are often successful.

Anelka thought in the perspective of a 'senior', but soon he was not so relaxed because he saw the young Chinese coming over.

It was still a leisurely pace, and there was still a smile on his face, but Anelka felt a pressure, and he didn't feel it, but he finally gritted his teeth and greeted him, "Coach...... No, Boss! I'm here to apologize to you, what I did that day was wrong......"

Anelka didn't know how much effort it took to say that.

Wan Sheng was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect to see Anelka in the morning, and he didn't expect this guy to come to apologize to himself? In fact, he didn't plan to give up on Anelka, he just planned to hang this guy for a while longer, so that he could understand who was the boss in the team and who said it in the team, but looking at the current situation, he seemed to have thought it through?

Very good!

Wan Sheng nodded with satisfaction and asked with a smile, "Do you realize the problem?" ”

"Yes." Anelka continued to grit his teeth, "I should have listened to your arrangement, I shouldn't have left the team, I was just impulsive......"

He didn't continue to say more, just stared at Wan Sheng with round eyes.

Wan Sheng waved his hand and said, "Nikolai, what you are thinking in the wrong direction, what I am angry about is not your performance that day, but your performance during that time." You have to know that the team is a whole, the tactics are a whole, and if you want to perform well in the team, you have to integrate into the tactics. You have a lot of individual quality and I'm not against players who have the ability to score goals on their own, but only if it doesn't affect the overall tactics of the team. ”

"Football is a team sport and it's hard to decide anything no matter how strong you are, and I hope you understand that."

Anelka nodded.

Wan Sheng continued, "It's good that you can listen to me with peace of mind, we Chinese have an old saying called 'knowing mistakes can be corrected, good is great', which means that there is nothing better than recognizing mistakes and being able to correct them." ”

"It's great that you can realize your mistakes, and I hope you will be able to correct them in the future and never make the same mistakes again."

Anelka continued to nod her head.

Although I don't know how much Anelka can listen to, the other party's attitude is not bad, Wan Sheng is still satisfied with this, so he waved his hand, "Then you can go back to the team to train today, you talk to Stewart, and I will give you a new training plan." ”

Anelka let out a long breath, left a "thank you", turned and ran away.

Wan Sheng looked at Anelka's back and smiled.

Anelka probably hasn't fully realized his mistake yet, or rather, he is only a helpless choice for his situation to apologize now, but these don't matter at all, what he needs is the players to have the ability and then be obedient, as long as they can listen to themselves, play and train according to their own words, so as to ensure the team's results, as for what they have to think about in private, he doesn't care at all, after all, the team has 29 players in the league, if they even care about what they want, Then he didn't have to do anything else.

Let it be.

As long as it doesn't affect the team's results, everything else is easy to say.

Of course, the premise of these is to ensure that he has the absolute right to speak in the team, and if a player dares to challenge his majesty, like Anelka this time, he has 10,000 ways to let the other party know who has the most rights in the team!

He's the 'boss', is the title of 'boss' shouted for nothing!? (To be continued......)