"The defending champions are in a slump and are forced to draw by the relegation team!" 》

"Manchester City is in the doldrums, the Blues may be at the top of the table!" 》

After the game, the outside world rushed to cover the game.

For many, Manchester City's away draw by a relegation team was definitely a huge upset.

And if it weren't for Lin Quan's performance against the sky, one person scored two goals to save the team, Manchester City might have lost.

Chelsea were just two points behind Manchester City before the start of this round.

Now that Manchester City have been held to a draw, they can level Manchester City on points as long as they can win Liverpool away from home.

Inside Anfield, at the end of 90 minutes of play, the final score on the scoreboard was 1:2.

The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.

The Reds were unable to hold on to their home turf and were chased by the Blues twice in a row after scoring the first goal, losing the red-blue clash of the Reds and Blues.

At this point, Chelsea have finally equalled Manchester City in the standings.

It was only behind Manchester City on goal difference and temporarily relegated to second place.

However, the current form of the two teams is very different, with Chelsea now on two wins in a row.

Manchester City, on the other hand, have been in a slump lately, losing back-to-back games in the Carabao Cup and the league.

In the absence of a manager, whether they can win the next game, I'm afraid even Manchester City themselves can't say.

With the news of Manuel Pellegrini's resignation being made public, there is no news of Manchester City having a manager, and it has been widely rumored in football.

This time node is very embarrassing, and the major marshals are basically famous.

Except for Ranieri, the tinkerer who was fired not long ago, there is no good idle handsome man on the market.

Ranieri has long proven that he is not good at leading giants, and asking him to come over to coach Manchester City is not the best choice for either side.

As a result, Manchester City can only temporarily let assistant coach Brian take over as manager.

At the same time, they began to make private contact with other big names to see if they could bring them to Manchester during the winter break.

Among them, the first thing that came to mind for Manchester City Club was Lin Quan's adoptive father Pep Guardiola.

November 21, before the start of the 12th round of the Premier League.

At an estate outside Munich, Guardiola met an old acquaintance.

"Mr. President, why are you here?"

Seeing Manchester City president Fahim appear outside his estate, Guardiola was a little surprised.

Because of Lin Quan's relationship, Guardiola has been in contact with Manchester City clubs.

When Mansour personally went to Munich to recruit their father and son, Fahim accompanied Mansour, and the two had already met at that time.

"Hehe, the situation is urgent, I can only come forward in person!"

Fahim was slightly relieved to see that Guardiola did not refuse to contact him.

He inquired about the situation in the Bundesliga before he came, and Guardiola's life at Bayern was not comfortable.

Although Bayern's record in the league is as stable as ever, Bayern is still unbeaten in the 12th round of the Bundesliga, and is far ahead of second place in the standings.

At a time when Borussia Dortmund is in decline and other teams have failed to make a successful rise, there are few teams in the Bundesliga that can pose a threat to Bayern.

Therefore, even if even half of the schedule is not played now, Bayern can almost announce that they have locked the championship ahead of schedule and completed the feat of three consecutive championships.

However, Guardiola's ability to control the team has greatly diminished, and the situation has deteriorated day by day.

The reason for this is, on the one hand, because his reform has caused dissatisfaction among many players.

And Pep Guardiola is not good at dealing with the players in the team, he always mentions how Lin Quan and Messi are in training, which makes the players very disgusted.

Second, Pep Guardiola always likes to make the transition of players, for example, he likes to change the midfielder to central defender.

Barcelona's Mascherano and Bayern's Martinez were all reformed at his behest.

If this transformation is successful, it is good to say, if it does not succeed, then the player will be scrapped.

Martinez has been suffering from injuries this season, and it's hard to say that it has nothing to do with changing his position and style of play.

In addition, the German team's heavy defeat in the World Cup has led to a growing call for German football to set things right.

In this case, the relaxed atmosphere of foreign monks chanting sutras in the past few years no longer exists.

Neither at the fan level nor at the club level is no longer friendly to Pep Guardiola.

The combination of these factors has created Guardiola's current predicament.

Fahim took matters into his own hands because he felt it was the most likely to convince Pep Guardiola to join the team.

And Pep Guardiola, both in terms of ability and tactical style, is a perfect fit for Manchester City.

In particular, his close relationship with Lin Quan, as well as the appreciation of the team's big boss, have given him a favorable position in the competition with other famous coaches.

So, if Guardiola can be persuaded to join Manchester City during the winter break, it will be the best outcome for both parties.

"Please come in!"

Guardiola shrugged his shoulders, he basically guessed the other side's intentions.

The turmoil over Manchester City's change of coach spread to the German side a week ago, and Guardiola has been secretly following the situation on Lin Quan's side, so he knew the news earlier than others.

"Time is pressing, so I won't go around in circles!"

After entering the house, Fahim said to Guardiola straight to the point:

"We hope to invite Mr Guardiola to Manchester City this winter!"

Fahim was indeed direct enough, and after entering the door, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained his intentions.

With only one month left in the winter break, the time left for Manchester City to choose a manager is getting shorter and shorter.

If they can't pick the right manager before the knockout rounds of the Champions League, it will be difficult to win this year's Champions League.

For this direct attitude of Manchester City, Guardiola not only did not disagree, but also appreciated.

Both sides are busy and both have a lot to deal with.

He didn't have time to accompany the other party here.

"Hehe, thank you Mr. Chairman for your honesty, but I haven't thought ......about whether to go to the Premier League to coach for the time being."

Hearing Guardiola's words, Fahim's eyes darkened.

Is this a polite refusal?

When he came, he was full of confidence, thinking that with Lin Quan's relationship, it should be easier to persuade Guardiola to join.

It seems that I still think that it is too simple!

"But I'm not averse to working with Manchester City!"

Fahim was already dying, and was about to get up and take his leave.

As a result, he heard Guardiola's later words, which made him almost spurt out a mouthful of old blood:

You don't talk much, you'll die panting!

However, Guardiola's words still surprised him:

"Great, Mr Guardiola, I brought the contract that the club has made you, do you need to take a look?"

Guardiola waved his hand to signal that there was no rush in this matter:

"You know I still have a contract with Bayern, right?"

Pep Guardiola's contract with Bayern Munich is for three years and liquidated damages are €10 million.

If Manchester City invite him to coach in the past, the contract break money will naturally not come from him himself.

"Of course, if you want to terminate the contract, we will compensate you for the losses caused by your breach of contract!"

Fahim thought to himself that the 10 million euros was a piece of, and for the deep-pocketed Manchester City, it was not a problem at all.

The important thing is that they kidnapped the most talented and prestigious coach in football.

This is definitely a rare good thing for Manchester City, and it is of great significance, I am afraid that it is second only to the fact that they signed Lin Quan from the transfer market in the first place!

After Fahim promised to help him solve the contract problem, Guardiola immediately looked through the contract brought by the other party.

To be honest, even if Guardiola was prepared in his heart, he was still taken aback after reading the conditions offered by the other party.

Manchester City is really arrogant!

They are offering a four-year contract with an annual salary of up to 18 million euros.

Without a doubt, this is the highest annual salary in the entire coaching world, and there is no one!

Compared to his annual salary at Bayern, Manchester City offers twice as much as his annual salary!

If he signs this contract, he will become the highest-paid manager, just as Lin Quan is the highest-paid player in the entire football industry.

It is said that the local tyrants in the Middle East are rich and spend money arrogantly, and today I finally saw it.

Pep Guardiola is happy with his annual salary, but he is more concerned about his authority within the club than the annual salary.

There are two types of managers in the Premier League, one is the more common type of manager in football, and the other is the manager who is also a club manager.

The latter can be called a football manager!

This kind of authority was relatively common in the Premier League in the early years, but with the continuous advancement of professionalism and commercialization, there are fewer and fewer managers with this kind of authority.

After Alex Ferguson retired, Arsene Wenger was probably the only one who could be called a football manager.

Pep Guardiola is not that ambitious, he is not very keen on meddling in the running of the club.

But he needs to have the highest transfer privileges, so that he can use the resources at his disposal and buy the players he wants.

Instead of the club buying and buying in the transfer market, buying a large number of players who are very good, but do not meet his criteria.

Buying such a player back is likely to not help the team, but will drag the team down.

As for the operational side of the club, Guardiola doesn't need much, but he does need a certain amount of decision-making power to decide whether or not to accept commercial matches.

If he lets the team play commercial games all over the world just to make money, which affects his preparation for the team, then he will abandon the basics.

Pep Guardiola's mind is simple, he just wants to work out the most reasonable and best tactics to transform the team into the kind he thinks it is the best.

And led the team to win one honor after another, breaking one record after another.

He values the experience of the process and the joy of reaping the honor.

Other than that, he has no interest in the power struggles and intrigues within any club.

"I'm sorry, I don't have the authority to do this, I need to report this to the big boss when I go back and ask him to make a decision."

After listening to Guardiola's request, Fahim apologized to the other party and told the other party the truth.

Pep Guardiola nodded in understanding.

Although Fahim is the chairman, this team is not his own personal property, so the decision-making power on major matters must be in the hands of the big boss Mansour.

Guardiola's request may be unacceptable to many giants.

But after Bayern Munich has been teased repeatedly about the transfer of players, Guardiola is very adamant about asking for this power.

He doesn't want to see the players he likes being sold for money by short-sighted clubs, and he doesn't want to see players he doesn't want being forcibly bought back by the club and stuffed into his dressing room.

Fahim understands this sentiment, but from the club's point of view, if the head coach has too much authority, it is obviously not conducive to the club chairman and the owner to control the overall situation.

Instead of returning to the UK, Fahim flew directly to Abu Dhabi to meet Manchester City's big boss.

Mansour was overwhelmed when he learned that Pep Guardiola was interested in accepting Manchester City's offer to coach in Manchester.

"Just give it to him, as long as he is willing to stay at Manchester City, why not let him be the manager of Manchester City?"

Mansour is very optimistic about Pep Guardiola's coaching prospects at Manchester City, so he is very lenient with Guardiola's demands.

His vision is very broad, and he seems to have seen Guardiola come to Manchester City, work together with Lin Quan's father and son, and help Manchester City lay a bright future for the huge country.

Wait until Manchester City's influence and commercial value surpass that of the Red Devils Manchester United, and even surpass Real Madrid.

Then the price he paid was totally worth it!

After getting Mansour's authorization, Fahim quickly sent someone to contact Guardiola again, and officially began to deal with the contract between Guardiola and Bayern.

……

The Manchester City chairman has often flown around the world by plane in recent times, which makes the outside world have to wonder if Manchester City is looking for famous coaches all over the world and wants to bring them to the Etihad Stadium?

For a time, reports on this aspect filled the front pages of major media headlines.

According to the current situation, major media have listed a large number of candidate lists of famous coaches:

What Lippi, Hiddink, Scolari, Klinsmann, etc., have been on Manchester City's scandal list.

These managers have a good track record, and their fame and strength can match Manchester City's requirements.

And none of them are currently in charge of the big clubs, so they are most likely to accept Manchester City's offer to return to the top five leagues.

"Blue Moon Change of Coach Turmoil, Who Will Be in Charge of Manchester City's Coaching Whip?" 》

"There is a scandal between the head coach of the World Cup champion and Manchester City, or he will return to the top five leagues! 》

While these media reporters were making news, some coaches also came to rub the heat.

They suggested to reporters that City had been in private contact with them in order to inflate their value.

However, when a reporter released a photo of Fahim's private meeting with Bayern coach Pep Guardiola in Munich, the whole football world was shaken!!

(End of chapter)