Lin Quan's second goal was the turning point of the game, and after he scored this goal, Leicester's morale was completely shattered.

In the ensuing matches, they never launched any decent offensive again.

On the contrary, it was Manchester City's side, in the final stage of the game, Lin Quan assisted Aguero to score the third goal of the game, completely killing the suspense.

After completing this assist, Lin Quan was substituted.

Because this is an away game, it is not that he left the stadium early to enjoy the applause of the fans.

It's just that Guardiola sees that the overall situation has been decided and carries out normal rotation.

However, what was surprising was that when Lin Quan left the stadium, in addition to the Manchester City fans who came to cheer for the team away, some fans wearing Leicester City shirts also stood up and gave him a round of applause.

In this game, Lin Quan's performance was very good, and all three goals were related to him.

Even Leicester City fans were convinced.

On the commentary seat, seeing the fans of Fox City applauding Lin Quan, the two commentators were very surprised:

"It seems that the MVP of this game is no longer needed, and the fans of the home team have already helped us find out!"

"Hehe, the home fans gave the away team a round of applause, it was the most personable game I've seen in recent times!"

"There's no grudge between these two teams, otherwise Leicester fans would never do that!"

The battle for the top spot didn't play the kind of spectacle that everyone expected, and the course and outcome of the game were more one-sided.

This has made many fans realize that Manchester City's dominance in the Premier League will not be shaken in a short period of time.

After this match, the headline on the front page of BBC Sport was -

"A dynasty is born, a dynasty belongs to Manchester City!"

……

Pep Guardiola was overjoyed to win the title and announced a three-day break after praising his players in the dressing room.

The decision drew cheers from all the players, who excitedly lifted Guardiola into the air.

The three-day holiday may not be a big deal for players in other leagues who have been on vacation for almost a month, but it is a precious holiday for players in the Premier League.

Many people want to take this opportunity to spend the New Year with their families to make up for the regrets of the previous Christmas.

Guardiola and Lin Quan also discussed returning to Catalonia together to celebrate the New Year with Serra.

The climate at Manchester City is really bad, rainy, wet and cold, and this kind of weather, even if it is a holiday, you can only stay at home and go anywhere.

Instead of being stuck in your home and getting moldy, why not go back to Catalonia and enjoy the sun and sand.

Before making this decision, Lin Quan discussed it with Collins.

She didn't like the weather in Manchester either, so she readily agreed, saying that she was on holiday.

"It's good anywhere in the Premier League, it's just this damn weather, it's really bad!"

As soon as you get off the plane, you can feel the warm climate and bright sunshine of Barcelona.

This is in stark contrast to Manchester, so that Guardiola can't help but start complaining again.

When he went to Germany to coach, Serra and a few children were always by his side.

But only this year, after a few children had a winter vacation, Serra couldn't wait to return to Catalonia with them, as if he didn't want to spend a second in Manchester, as if it was some kind of hell on earth.

The wife and children are gone, if it weren't for Lin Quan's company, Guardiola would almost become an empty nester, which is not comfortable.

"Seriously, if it weren't for the courtesy and kindness of Boss Mansour's father and son, I wouldn't have wanted to stay at Manchester City anymore!"

Lin Quan glanced at Guardiola, why did this guy talk so much today?

Or is this what it looks like after all the stress and precautions are removed?

"Your tactics are not very good in a weak team, you have to coach a giant, and you can do your best to support your giants, there are not a few in today's football, on the whole, Manchester City is the best choice."

Lin Quan poured a basin of cold water on Guardiola and made him recognize the reality.

Although he complained a lot about the weather in Manchester, he really couldn't walk, and he couldn't walk if he wanted to.

Although the world is big, there are few teams that can accommodate him Guardiola.

"It's really ......"

Guardiola didn't refute it with a hard mouth, because what Lin Quan said was indeed the truth.

The climate in the UK has always been like this, cold and damp.

Of course, because of Manchester's location, the climate here is a bit worse than in places like London.

If you don't consider the Premier League, there are few teams that Guardiola can go to, and there are only two killed: Barcelona and Paris.

Barcelona is a former club, and his return to the team has always been welcome, if Guardiola wants to return, then Barcelona will definitely open the door to him, not to mention that the current Barcelona president Laporta has a good relationship with Guardiola.

When he comes to the team, he should have a lot of support from Laporta, and the work is relatively difficult.

Apart from Barcelona, the only option left is Grand Paris.

Like Manchester City, this is also a team with a Middle Eastern consortium background, and the three big words 'not bad money' are written all over the face.

To meet Pep Guardiola's tactical requirements, the team must have the financial resources to bring in high-quality players and build the squad he envisions.

The set of transmission and control, you really can't play without money, and Grand Paris meets the requirements in this area.

However, Grand Paris is also notoriously unprofessional and eager for quick success.

In terms of the development plan for the club, they are far from the Abu Dhabi consortium behind Manchester City.

In addition, Paris also has a political task on its back - to build momentum for the Qatar World Cup.

So when Guardiola is in Paris, I'm afraid it's hard to get the kind of support he did when he was at Manchester City.

"Barcelona look at this year's results, if this year's results are not good, they will have to tear down and rebuild."

Thinking of Barcelona, Guardiola's feelings are still very complicated.

As a legendary player and coach of Barcelona, he still hopes that Barcelona can become better, but Barcelona's current situation does not seem to be too good.

"Barcelona has a big problem now, even if you go back to Barcelona, you can't save them, at most you will be taken by them to sink together!"

Pep Guardiola nodded, Barcelona's squad aging problem is getting worse year by year, which is not something that everyone can see.

The meritorious veterans of the Dream Three period, many of them have retired or left now.

The old captain Puyol, the core of the midfield Xavi and others are no longer in the lineup.

Iniesta will soon be 32 years old and his form is starting to decline.

Even Messi is now getting harder and harder to see him put on crazy breakthroughs and passing performances on the pitch.

A big reason for Barcelona's lack of success is the decline of the academy, since Bojan, few of the players produced by the La Masia academy have been able to establish themselves in the first team.

To add insult to injury, after Messi, the only piece of Puyulin in La Masia's academy was also given up by Barcelona itself.

Although the reputation of La Masia's academy has grown, the player output in recent years has been poor, and it is no longer the courage it once was.

And without excellent youth talents, you have to spend a lot of money to buy people from outside.

Originally, Barcelona had a unique vision to buy Neymar, and Neymar's strength and performance also met expectations.

But the problem is that Neymar was abducted by Grand Paris!

Although it left Barcelona a large sum of money, the damage caused by Neymar's departure cannot be compensated for by these money.

At the beginning of the season, affected by the departure of Neymar and the injury of Lionel Messi, Barcelona struggled very well in the league and the Champions League.

Although after Messi returned from injury, Barcelona ushered in a wave of consecutive wins, and successfully qualified for the first place in the group in the Champions League.

However, after the loss of Neymar, Barcelona's attacking system was a bit lame.

Without Neymar sharing the pressure on the wings, the burden assigned to Messi is getting heavier and heavier.

Barcelona's opponents also saw Messi's huge role for Barcelona, so they took measures to limit Messi by missing out.

This makes Messi play much more difficult and more expensive than last year.

In the second half, the league championship opens, and the Champions League is a tense knockout stage, with great intensity and pressure on both sides.

This makes people have to worry about Messi's fitness and injury, if he misses for a period of time due to injury at this time, then Barcelona may collapse.

So, during this winter break, the Barcelona world is waving money and wants to buy a replacement for Neymar.

Borussia Dortmund's Reus, Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann, Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho, Paris's Di Maria and even Real Madrid's Rodriguez, Barcelona are all interested.

It can be seen from Barcelona's selection that they need young players with strong immediate strength, not the kind of demons with high potential.

These players who are favored by them have one characteristic - expensive!

Whether it is Reus, Coutinho, Di Maria or Ronaldo, to win them, the transfer price may not be less than 80 million euros.

The only thing that is cheaper is probably Atletico's checker, which is currently performing very well at Atletico Madrid, and won the La Liga title with his teammates last year, which has skyrocketed his value.

However, given that Atletico Madrid previously sold their leading goalscorer Diego Costa, the bid was only £50 million, which is still the price after tying up full-back Felipe.

So if Barcelona really wants to buy it, it has the opportunity to win Griezmann at a price of about 60 million to 70 million.

Of course, Atletico are ambitious this season, and Simeone may not really want to sell.

As for the player himself, Griezmann is rumored to have been a Barcelona fan since he was a child and yearns for Barcelona.

If Barcelona had extended an olive branch to him, he would probably have accepted it.

Pep Guardiola frowned and thought:

If you are the current head coach of Barcelona, how to complete the rebuilding of the team.

Rebuilding is a difficult thing to do, especially for the big clubs.

How to arrange some of the meritorious veterans in the team, how to get the newcomers into the position, how to build a new lineup and tactical system, and how to ensure the team's results during the rebuild?

These are tricky questions!

Moreover, the team in the rebuilding period will not do too well.

But for a top club like Barcelona, even during the rebuilding period, fans have high demands on them.

At the very least, they must have the strength to compete with their rivals Real Madrid for the league title and the Copa del Rey in the league.

In the Champions League, they must also qualify from the group!

Because this is the minimum standard to maintain their exposure and commercial value, once they fail to reach the Champions League, or fail to qualify for the Champions League group stage, then Barcelona's annual loss of business income will be huge, which is even worse for Barcelona who urgently need more money to buy people.

But in this era, when the value of players is hyped to the sky, how easy is it to buy the players you like?

Neymar's transfer price has been hyped to that extent by Paris, which means that the next transfer price in football will exceed 100 million yuan.

And a team like Barcelona, which almost writes the three words 'wronged' on its face, will definitely be slaughtered by others once it makes a move.

Therefore, we still have to work hard from our own youth training.

Guardiola suddenly became a little curious, the reputation of the La Masia academy has been so great over the years, and there are so many good seedlings from all over the world.

Is there really no material to make?

It can't be, when he was at Barcelona, he set a record that all the players on the pitch came from the La Masia academy.

At that time, La Masia's reputation was far less than it is today, and the material was so much smaller than it is now.

Thinking of this, Guardiola had the idea of going to the La Masia academy.

It's just that now he is the coach of Manchester City, and if he goes to the La Masia Academy, he feels like he is digging into the corner of Barcelona, even if Laporta has a good relationship with him, I'm afraid he won't agree!

Forget it, if you are not in your position, you don't want to be in politics, so don't worry about Barcelona.

With this in mind, it's better to think about what kind of players Manchester City want during the winter break.

……

On January 1, 2016, the first day of the new year, the winter break in football officially kicked off.

As expected by the outside world, after the winter break began, Barcelona, who had no time to buy people in the summer window, was impatient to make a move.

And their first offer made people's jaws drop.

Barcelona made an offer to Dortmund for Reus at a price of 80 million.

Reus's quality has long been no longer needed, and Barcelona now need a strong player like him to share the pressure on Messi.

However, Reus was loyal to the Hornets and was unwilling to leave the team at this time, so Barcelona's offer was rejected by the Hornets in seconds:

Want to buy our team's top card? There are no doors!

Seeing that the opponent's attitude was very resolute, Barcelona changed direction and made an offer to Grand Paris, offering Di Maria of Grand Paris for 75 million euros.

When Paris bought Di Maria from Manchester United in the summer, it only cost 65 million, and it can earn 10 million when it changes hands, and this deal is not a loss for them.

But is the Qatari consortium short of this money?

Of course, there was no shortage, so Barcelona's offer was rejected again!

(End of chapter)