Chapter 1 Telephone
On May 29, 2011, Manchester City won the first Champions League title in club history. In the season, under the leadership of Lin Sen and the previous FA Cup, Manchester City became the double champion.☆→
On June 30, 2011, Manchester City announced that it would sign a new contract with Linsen again. It is reported that the years of the new contract remain unchanged, but Linsen's salary set a record in the Premier League, second only to the then Real Madrid head coach Mourinho.
On December 8, 2011, Manchester City defeated South America champion Santos with a score of 4-0 at Yokohama Stadium in Japan, winning the Club World Cup for the first time.
On April 22, 2012, Manchester City beat Wolves two away goals, winning their second league championship trophy in three rounds in advance.
On February 25, 2013, at Wembley Stadium, Manchester City beat Bradford from the League Two with three goals, starting their season's glory.
On May 12, 2013, Manchester City beat Wigan Athletic with one goal and won their second championship of the season.
On May 19, 2013, Manchester City, who was at home, narrowly defeated Norwich 3-2 and defended their league title, which also made them the triple-champion.
On May 26, 2013, Manchester City, which failed last season, defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 at Wembley Stadium, which has become their blessed land. It lifted the Champions League trophy for the second time in three years, achieving their Grand Slam of the season.
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Even though he personally witnessed all this happening naturally, Wayne Clark still felt so unreal when such a resume was in front of him.
In four years, Manchester City has grown from a team that plays soy sauce in the Premier League every year to a team that is feared by everyone in Europe. In this process, Lin Sen, as the head coach, undoubtedly made great contributions, because it was this coach from the East who built this team that looks so young but has been named "dynasty" by many media.
Four seasons. Three league championships, two FA Cups, two league cups, two Champions League, and one Club World Cup...
Champion Collector.
This is the title given to Lin Sen by the media, a veritable title.
And, don't forget, he is less than thirty-five years old.
Just as Manchester City held up their second Champions League trophy, Europe was speculating how much halo would be on his head when Lin Sen retired. However, at the post-match press conference in the final, Lin Sen announced a news that shocked everyone: he would leave Manchester City after the summer contract expires.
Next stop? None yet.
As soon as the news came out, the world was in an uproar.
Almost everyone was surprised by Linson's "sudden" departure, except for Manchester City Club.
Everything on Manchester City's side was in an orderly manner, which showed that they were mentally prepared for Lin Sen's departure. In other words, they had known about this a long time ago, but because the team was at a critical moment, it was not made public in order to avoid unnecessary impact. Less than an hour after Lin Sen announced his departure. Manchester City published a passionate thank-you article on the official website, thanking Lin Sen for everything he brought to Manchester City in the past four years.
Lin Sen's departure is not the only major event this summer.
Just the day after Lin Sen announced his departure, the media had not even had time to imagine what changes would happen in the Premier League without Lin Sen. The departure of another legend once again shocked the entire English football world.
The godfather coach Sir Ferguson, who has coached Manchester United for 26 years, announced his retirement.
Ferguson and Linson left one after another, as if Manchester had become an orphan city without a home.
But a few days later, another city, London, welcomed the return of a legendary figure.
On June 3rd, Chelsea announced on its official website that Mourinho returned to Stamford Bridge and coached Real Madrid for three seasons. Mourinho, who was struggling with merits and demerits, finally came to the time to return home.
Looking at the Chelsea fans who seemed to have regained their faith overnight, Manchester was in different moods.
For Manchester United fans, Ferguson's departure means a forever farewell.
And for Manchester City fans, perhaps one day in the future, they can be like today's Chelsea fans?
Impossible? Possible?
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"Lin, I really hope you think about it."
On the other side of the phone, Mubarak's voice was earnest, which made Lin Sen smile bitterly.
It has been a year since he left Manchester City, and a year has been enough to happen. For example, he is obviously a married person. After leaving Manchester City, he is careless and secretly married Boya. The wedding was held two times, but they are both low-key. One is in an inconspicuous church in Spain, and the other is in Linzhuang, China. In addition to the relatives of both parties, there are some close friends.
After getting married, Lin Sen fulfilled his previous promise and accompanied Boya around the world, which was considered a honeymoon for traveling. In other words, during this year, the couple basically had no place to live and wandered around. Of course, they could also be said to be free and free and happy.
Today, Lin Sen and Boya have just finished their trip and returned to Madrid, Spain to visit their parents. They never thought that Mubarak, who has great power, did not know where to get the news. It seemed that Lin Sen came back at this time and called him.
Lin Sen can roughly guess some of the purpose of Mubarak's arrival.
There are countless examples of how difficult it is to replace a successful ex. There are countless examples that Grant, who replaced Mourinho at Chelsea, was as Benitez, who also replaced Mourinho at Inter Milan. Two people, one led Chelsea to the Champions League final historic, and the other led Inter Milan to win the Club World Cup, but their ending was the same, they were both dismissed and even failed to get the understanding of most fans.
And now, who is the one who succeeds Lin Sen?
Pellegrini!
Just like the trajectory in Lin Sen's memory.
After Manchester City appointed Chilean engineer as head coach, Lin Sen even publicly expressed his support for Pellegrini, believing that the other party was the best candidate to replace him. This is a scene? Lin Sen does not deny that there are some things that he has not had. He has not many friends in the coaching class, and most of them are ordinary friends. When attending the coaching forum, he occasionally meets the kind that he didn't see. But for Pellegrini, Lin Sen never conceals his appreciation, whether it is personality or coaching level. This has never changed since he was still a "amateur coach" at Atletico Madrid to now.
Facts also prove that Lin Sen’s appreciation is not unreasonable.
In the past season, with the team left by Lin Sen, Pellegrini, who made almost no changes, led Manchester City to defeat Chelsea, who welcomed Mourinho, successfully achieved three consecutive league championships and won the League Cup again.
One season, two championships, this cannot be considered a failure anyway.
However, Manchester City fans are not satisfied.
Dissatisfaction comes from the gap.
Last season, Manchester City almost destroyed and almost captured all the championships they could win. In this case, Pellegrini's two championships undoubtedly seemed a bit shabby in their opinion. Of course, what made them even more objectionable was because Pellegrini's poor performance on both fronts.
One is the Club World Cup. As the European champion, Manchester City lost to the host Casablanca in the final of the Club World Cup. You should know that the Club World Cup is generally considered a patent for the European champion. Missing the Club World Cup is undoubtedly regarded as a shame by Manchester City fans. If the meaning of the Club World Cup is not that great, then another Champions League front, Manchester City, which won the Champions League twice in three years, stumbled last season and failed to even enter the quarterfinals in the end, which is even more unreasonable.
Fans are dissatisfied, so Manchester City clubs certainly cannot remain indifferent.
So Mubarak thought of Lin Sen.
But Mubarak's meaning is not to let Lin Sen return to the coaching seat.
Mubarak still trusts Pellegrini, just as he chose to trust Lin Sen back then. Mubarak never easily changes his choice on the issue of head coach. Of course, fans can be dissatisfied with Pellegrini, but for the club, Pellegrini's performance may not be perfect, especially in Lin Sen's previous comparison, but it is definitely far more than qualified.
If Pellegrini is fired like this, it can only mean that there is something wrong with the club, and this problem is definitely not the head coach.
So, what does Mubarak want Linsen to do?
This is about a scandal that happened two months ago. The mother of a young member of the Manchester City Youth Team wrote to Manchester City to negotiate a contract dispute between the club and her son. However, the mother of the player who was suffering from cancer and about to undergo chemotherapy received an email from Manchester City Ceo Gary Cook two weeks after sending the letter to the club. The email itself was written to Ma Wood, but by chance it was sent to the mother. The content of the letter maliciously satirized the mother's current experience.
This inhuman behavior naturally caused an uproar. Although Gary Cook repeatedly denied and claimed that someone had hacked into his email account, all self-defence was futile. Just last month, Gary Cook resigned from Ceo's position and received approval from Manchester City.
At this point, Mubarak's purpose is already very clear.
Yes, he wanted Linson to be the CEO of Manchester City. Of course, it was not the entire job that Gary Cook stayed with, but was more about being linked to the team.
Lin Sen did not immediately say no to Mubarak's new proposal, but did not nod immediately, just said that he would consider it himself.
If Mubarak's phone call was unexpected and reasonable, then Lin Sen was extremely surprised, whether it was reasonable or unexpected.
Because of this call, it came from someone Lin Sen could never have imagined.
Chapter completed!