Chapter 1 The curtain call
Madrid, Spain.
Florentino had just put down the phone and ended a conversation with Mendez.
Mendes has become the guest of honor for Real Madrid's chairman, not only Florentino now, but even the previous chairman Calderon had to establish a good relationship with his Portuguese agent because of the same person, Cristiano Ronaldo Calderon eventually annoyed Ferguson, but Florentino accomplished what he did not do. Now, there is another reason why Florentino must establish a good relationship with Mendes, that is Mourinho.
Leaving Chelsea has made Mourinho, who is arrogant and temporarily away from Europe's sight. Coaching Inter Milan has allowed Mourinho to regain his gaze, and now, he has made himself the focus of the world.
Even Florentino set his sights on him.
Mendes is the line between the two.
Chelsea's experience has made Mourinho understand something, that is, sometimes in the eyes of some people, he is not as important as he imagined. Now is undoubtedly the honeymoon period between him and Moratti, just like when he first came to England to end Manchester United's monopoly on the Premier League and Abraham's honeymoon period, but this time, Mourinho does not plan to wait until that time.
What's more, this is an excellent opportunity, and an excellent opportunity to face the group of people in the world who are most prejudiced to him.
The two sides hit it off and everything went smoothly.
Florentino, who put down the phone, pondered for a moment, but was not thinking about the conversation just now, but about Mendez.
There are not many agents in this world that can make Florentino pay so much attention. Mendes is the first and perhaps the only one. Sometimes you have to admire a person's gaze. Mendes' gaze in players is well known, because there are countless examples, but in terms of coaches, there is only one example, that is, because the partner Mourinho, the two sides talked about on the phone. As for Scolari, it has nothing to do with gaze. Now, Mendes undoubtedly has another classic work, that is Lin Sen.
One leads the team to the Champions League final, and the other leads the team to the UEFA Cup final.
When thinking of Linson, Florentino inevitably remembered that last year, Valdano seemed to have mentioned it when considering Pellegrini, but Linson was too experienced at the time. Although Mendez also mentioned it once later, he had never entered the vision of Real Madrid. Now, he is qualified to enter the vision of Real Madrid, but Florentino has better goals.
Still the same as last summer.
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London, England.
Like Florentino, Abu also used Mendes' recommendation as a joke last summer. Unlike Florentino, Barcelona was the one who snatched Real Madrid championship and Guardiola. But Manchester City was the one who snatched Chelsea championship and Linson.
When Chelsea lost to Liverpool in the last round and directly sent Manchester City to the championship throne, although there was no regret. But there was a hint of anger and anger.
The person who was rejected by himself defeated the reason for his rejection.
Whoever it is, it will be annoyed.
Now, Chelsea only has one indicator left to fight for. That is the FA Cup. This is undoubtedly inconsistent with Abu's expectations for Ancelotti. The only thing worth comforting is that he spent much less money this season than Manchester City.
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Manchester, United Kingdom.
For the first time in his life, Ferguson had to watch his neighbors celebrate the championship in this city that was completely his since he came here.
This was a weird feeling, although he was indifferent to the media's questions.
In the eyes of many people, Manchester City's opponent this season has always been Chelsea and has nothing to do with Manchester United, but it is precisely because of this that Ferguson feels even worse.
Of course, what Ferguson cares about is not that Manchester City has such an extra champion. In terms of the number of league championships, this is only the third and first Premier League champion in Manchester City's history. Manchester United has won the championship 18 times, which is only one step away from Ferguson's "ambition": kicking Liverpool off the throne.
Undoubtedly, Manchester City's rise will increase Ferguson's distance.
Ferguson remembered the conversation with Lin Sen. Among the coaches who had drunk alcohol, the most distinctive personality was Mourinho, and the most polite one was Professor Wenger. But the inconspicuous one was Lin Sen. During the conversation, the young Chinese did not have the witty words like Mourinho, nor did Wenger show his rich knowledge in plainness. From beginning to end, he asked and answered questions, neither humble nor arrogant, just like...
Just like when he just took over Manchester United.
However, it is obvious that Lin Sen did much better than he was back then. Of course, a large part of this is that Lin Sen has advantages that are far from what he was back then.
Ferguson was not worried that Lin Sen would also learn from himself to pull a couple off the throne like he was back then. Subjectively, Lin Sen definitely has this condition. Now he is much younger than Ferguson back then, but objectively, this is an impossible thing. Because, football has bid farewell to the godfather era.
So, the problem comes back to the beginning.
In at least a few years, Manchester City, which has become a climate, will become Manchester United's rival. However, Ferguson doesn't have much time left at Manchester United. He is already 68 years old, and in order to fulfill his dream, he has "repent" his retirement issue once.
Ferguson felt that maybe he should spend more time in the summer.
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After winning the championship for several days, in addition to the club's established celebrations, Lin Sen accepted interviews from several media almost every day. At first, he was not rejected and was satisfied as much as possible. However, as the team resumed training, no matter how good he was, he had to restrict media interviews. However, Lin Sen was always open to enthusiastic fans watching the training.
After all, compared with the media, fans have not had any impact on team training.
On May 8, the curtain call for the Premier League.
Manchester City, who challenged Stoke City away, received a traditional supreme courtesy. Before the game began, Stoke City lined up at the exit of the player's passage to welcome Manchester City, as Manchester City is the new League champion.
Line up to welcome the champion.
This tradition is not a mandatory requirement of the FA, but originated from 1955 in the last century. The tradition that "created" was actually a famous legend. That season, Drake led Chelsea to win the first English League One championship one round ahead of schedule. At that time, the English League One was already the top league. In the last game, Chelsea challenged Manchester United at Old Trafford Stadium. At that time, Manchester United coach Sir Busby ordered all players to line up at the entrance to welcome Chelsea players to the court, in order to express their respect for the king.
After that, this tradition was continued, and this tradition is not unique to the Premier League. Other leagues also have such traditions. What impressed fans recently was that before the Spanish national derby kickoff two years ago, all Barcelona players lined up to welcome Real Madrid, which became a topic for Real Madrid fans to talk about.
This little tidbit before the game has become the best embellishment of this goal battle. Manchester City, which has won the championship, and Stoke City, which has no hope of relegation in the European game, have no desire for this game. Therefore, the two teams without any burden have devoted all their energy to how to knock on the opponent's door. The game was exciting, and both sides scored a total of six goals.
Everyone was half happy.
With the final round of the match, the 2009/10 Premier League season came to an end.
Manchester City, which quickly completed the transformation with a huge investment that made the whole of Europe stunned, eventually became the Premier League champion this season with a two-point advantage. After leading Ancelotti's Chelsea lost its protection in the evening and eventually had to fall below Manchester City. The two direct matches between the two teams are generally considered to be the key battle of the fate of the two teams this season, because Chelsea gave Manchester City six points directly. Even if Chelsea only tied one of them, the championship of this season will belong to them. This also shows the outstanding overall record from the side.
Unfortunately, football has no if.
The rise of Manchester City has also caused a reshuffle in the Premier League. Among the four traditional giants, Liverpool, the runner-up of last season, ended up being the "victim". Of course, Liverpool, who was ranked sixth in the end and barely caught the last train of the European Games, fell down because of Manchester City, but more because of their own problems. After the last round of the game, although the Liverpool club has not officially announced it, in an interview, Liverpool executives have privately stated that Benitez will no longer serve as the head coach of the Reds next season.
The four teams that ended up participating in the Champions League are Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal. Wenger still failed to get rid of the fate of fourth place. They will start from the Champions League qualifiers in the new season. The fifth to seventh place are Tottenham, Liverpool and Aston Villa, while the three teams who were unfortunately relegated are Burnley, Hul City and Portsmouth.
After the finale, ahead of the official Premier League season selection, the Premier League Professional Players Union (PFA) took the lead in selecting the best team of the Premier League this season. The league champion and runner-up Manchester City and Chelsea became big players, with three players respectively selected. In terms of Manchester City, the selected team were Kompany, Robben and David Silva. The defender Kompany made significant progress this season and has replaced captain Dunn to become the mainstay of Manchester City's defense. Robben, who has transferred from Real Madrid, has become the key man of Manchester City this season, and David Silva has become Manchester City's offensive core. This season, he has reached the peak level of his career in goals and assists. It is worth mentioning that Robben and David Silva are still popular candidates for the best players of the Premier League this season.
Lin Sen naturally saw this list.
Compared with the selection of Mr. XX, which is prone to controversy, this list of the Players Union seems to be more fair. The reason is that there are not so many interests. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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