The work efficiency of Manchester City FC was quite fast, Malwood and Wan Sheng finished speaking, that night, Kevin Tagore, who was still in Newcastle, received a call from Manchester City Club, the chairman Mr. Wadell asked to see Kevin Tagore, preferably in person Wan Sheng himself, he wanted to talk face to face about inviting Wan Sheng to take charge of the Manchester City coach.

In fact, Wan Sheng was still a little surprised by Manchester City's demands on himself, before he crossed over to this life, Manchester City was already a world powerhouse, but they only began to rise in 2008 when they were fully acquired by foreign capital, and now it is only in 2005.

Three years to go!

Even if he doesn't know much about Manchester City at this time, he must know that the situation of this team is not good, they just returned to the Super League the year before last, the club has some foreign debt, and the financial situation is not good. Coach Keegan has contradictions with some players in the team and even the club's top management, coupled with the team's poor results in the top league, or even barely able to survive relegation, Manchester City's situation can be imagined.

He didn't expect Waddell to invite him.

But considering the contradictions between Keegan and Manchester City FC rumored in the media, there is actually no surprise, Manchester City is sure to change the manager, so it is logical for them to consider renewing their contract with Derby County.

In the end, Wan Sheng decided to go to Manchester in person.

On May 14, it was the last round of the Premier League training league, and Derby's opponent was Portsmouth, which was like a chicken rib for both sides, so the game at Pride Stadium was more like a warm-up match, and finally Derby County defeated Portsmouth 2-1 and won the final round of the league.

But no one cares about that anymore, because it doesn't matter if the game is won or lost.

After the game, Wan Sheng announced the disbandment of the team, and he drove to Manchester with Kevin Tagore.

The town of Great Derbyshire is about 200 kilometres from Manchester. It's not far away, it takes about two hours to drive, and by the time the two arrived in Manchester, it was already seven o'clock in the evening, but before they came, they had already made an appointment with the Manchester City staff, so they had just arrived in front of the Manchester City club, and there were already people there.

Manchester City Club is located in the heart of Manchester City, close to the Commercial Boulevard and surrounded by some of Manchester's busiest districts.

Enter the inside of Manchester City FC. If you look closely, you can see that it used to be a regular football stadium, but due to the planned area and other reasons, half of the site is occupied by surrounding buildings.

This is Manchester City FC.

If you don't know, you can't imagine that this will be a football club, because there is not even a formal football stadium, but in fact, Manchester City's first team. The reserves, youth teams and under-16 youth teams are all trained at bases in the suburbs, and the core club is only the commercial department.

The chairman's office was in a room on the edge of the main building, and the staff walked in with Wan Sheng. Manchester City president Waddell is already waiting there.

Waddell was in his fifties, a little short, with a slightly fat body, but his eyes were bright. Looks like a shrewd guy.

Malwood was also sitting on the couch.

Seeing Wansheng and the two walk in, Waddell greeted him, and Malwood also stood up. Polite introduction acquaintance shakes hands.

Wald is the chairman of Manchester City, one of the club's majority shareholders and a partner of the club's largest shareholder, Martin, who has been with the club since 1998 and became president two years ago.

When Wald took over the position of chairman of the club, Manchester City FC just rushed back to the top league, and in the past two seasons, Keegan's team has not achieved any praiseworthy results, and even now has to prepare to part with Manchester City, so it can be said that Wald, as the president of Manchester City Club, has not made any achievements worth mentioning, and even many Manchester City fans think that Wald's chairman is almost no different from having or not, because his work has no results at all.

Naturally, Wald was not happy with this situation.

He hopes that he can make some achievements in the chairmanship, even if he can't lead the club to glory, but he can't fall behind in the Premier League, at least not like this season, the team actually has a relegation crisis, Wald is very vigilant about this, so Keegan, who led the team with poor results, can only be prepared to leave, and he is also ready to bring a new manager to the team.

Finding a new manager, guaranteeing the team's results, and striving for better results if he can, is Wald's goal for the time being.

He took a fancy to Wansheng.

Wansheng's leading results are undoubtedly very dazzling, Derby County became the Premier League champion, almost attracted all the attention of England, Walder naturally also had some understanding of Derby County, in his opinion, now this Derby County is undoubtedly much stronger than Manchester City, but even so, and Manchester United, Chelsea and other strong teams There are still some gaps, this young Chinese led such a team to win the Premier League title, obviously very capable.

So for another team, Manchester City, which is led by this young Chinese, will certainly not be too bad, at least there is no need to worry about relegation, and perhaps the team can also fight for European qualification.

That's what Wald thinks.

After getting to know each other politely, he directly said his thoughts, "I believe that your arrival can make Manchester City's results stable." Our goal for next season is to try to secure a place in Europe and I think City have a chance and the club will have a lot of money to strengthen it."

'Your contract is completely different to worry about, I hope you can stay at Manchester City for a little longer, although I am the president of the club, I also know a lot about football, a coach who has been in a team for a long time can make the team better, maybe in two or three years, we will be a big improvement, I believe that, your success at Derby County has proven a lot of things'

"So the club will consider giving you a long-term contract for more than four years, and Martin agrees with that. I talked to him about it, so you don't have to worry about the salary at all."

Although he is not the chairman of the club, his influence on the Manchester City club is not bad at all, if Martin and Waddell agree to give Wansheng a big contract, it will be equivalent to a smooth journey, and there will be no problem in contract negotiations.

Waddell kept saying, in fact, expressing his sincerity.

He just wanted to say one thing to Wan Sheng - me, and the whole Manchester City club. We want you to coach and that's why we're willing to offer big contracts, we're willing to offer long contracts, and we're going to give you a lot of time to build the team, even if you don't have a year or two.

That's what Waddell is trying to say.

I have to say that this is definitely very tempting for the average football coach.

Unlike professional footballers, it is not easy to sign a long-term contract.

A long-term contract ensures that a good player stays in the team, even if the player is not good. But the club can still sell him, but the coach is different, the coach has almost no 'value' to speak of, and the nature of the work is similar to the CEO of some companies and the like. They are the leaders of a professional team, and if the coach does not lead the team well, the club is definitely thinking about changing the coach rather than 'staying in the team and selling'.

I want to change coaches. Naturally, the issue of the contract is involved, and the long-term contract itself is a guarantee, and if the contract is broken, the general agreement will compensate all the wages for the remaining time.

The job of a football coach is very precarious. A period of poor results with a team is enough for a manager to be sacked, so a long-term contract is naturally attractive.

When a football coach takes over a team, it will definitely take time to adapt and transform the team, so Wadell also promised that 'it doesn't matter if there is no result in one or two years', this is absolute trust, that is, after becoming the manager of Manchester City Club, as long as he leads the team to complete relegation.

The combination of these two conditions, coupled with the 'big contract' that Manchester City FC is almost guaranteed, would appeal to any football coach.

The same goes for Wansheng.

However, he was very sensible and did not agree at the first time, not to mention whether Waddell could guarantee what he said, but more importantly, he was more capable, and his requirements were different from those of other coaches.

Just as Waddell finished speaking, he and Malwood looked at Wan Sheng together, wanting to hear his answer, Wan Sheng finally spoke, "Mr. Waddell, thank you for your trust in me, but I want to emphasize one thing first"

Wan Sheng said seriously word by word, "As long as I choose to come to Manchester City Club, then whether it is the first season, the second season, or the third season, I will have only one goal, that is, the championship!" ”

Waddell was stunned for a moment, and he even felt that he had misheard.

Champion?

Aiming for the title in his first season at Manchester City?

What the hell is this young Chinese thinking!?

Waddell felt that his brain was a little out of track, and he always believed that he was still young, at least not old, but why couldn't his mind keep up with the routine?

According to normal logic, shouldn't this young Chinese say something like 'definitely work hard' and 'strive for better results' after thanking for the trust, but how can he jump directly to 'my goal can only be the champion'?

Are you really old?

Waddell was stunned for a long time before he finally came back to his senses, he and Malwood glanced at each other, saw the surprise in each other's eyes, and made sure that he had heard correctly, and turned to look at Wansheng seriously, and said, "Mr. Wansheng, I don't quite understand what you mean?" ”

"I think I made it clear!"

Wan Sheng said seriously, "If I choose to come to Manchester City FC, then my goal can only be the championship, not like you said, 'it doesn't matter if you don't have results in one or two seasons', 'fight for relegation' or something like that, so I need to know more about the specific situation of Manchester City" (to be continued......