Chapter 3 Quiet Night Thoughts
Quiet night.↖
Lin Sen couldn't sleep with his beautiful wife on his side.
The conversation with Boya eventually turned into thunder and earthly fire. But after the beautiful, the decisions that should be made still have to be made.
Lin Sen's departure from Manchester City was a sudden view to many people, but for Lin Sen himself, it was never a sudden decision. He knew very well what kind of decision he had made and the impact of this decision.
As early as when Lin Sen first joined Manchester City, he had a plan for his coaching career at Manchester City that seemed very general but was actually very clear. Of course, this plan might seem overestimated at that time, because everyone knows what Manchester City wants. If you become Manchester City's head coach, you should worry more about "suspending get out of class" rather than "resigning". But the fact is that Lin Sen eventually became a meritorious coach of Manchester City, and then, according to his own plan, retreated bravely.
Regarding the reason for leaving, Lin Sen announced to the public that he wanted to take a break for a while. But in fact, what he said to Mubarak was a different story.
Lin Sen has forgotten which head coach once said something. He has forgotten the original words, but he deeply agrees with the meaning of the words, that is, whether for the head coach or the team, it is not necessarily a good thing for both sides to cooperate for too long. This sentence undoubtedly lacks persuasion in front of coaches like Ferguson, but you must know that times have changed. Not to mention that with the increasing commercialization of football, the authoritarian coaching model has been gradually eliminated. Even if you take a step back, which club dares to say that you can find a coach like Ferguson?
At this point, Lin Sen and Guardiola, who seem to be born as mortal enemies on the side of the football field, have rare consensus and choices. Guardiola, who was at its peak in Barcelona a few years ago, left behind the team he built, and is now the head coach of Bayern Munich. Why is Lin Sen the same?
Interestingly, the two even chose to speak the same way even when they left.
Body and mental exhausted. Want to rest.
This statement is not entirely an excuse. There have never been in vain victory or honor in the world. In every game, except for the players' performance on the court, in which head coach is really like Lin Sen's original pursuit: standing on the sidelines leisurely, you can laugh at your opponent's death? Even when he was most proud, Lin Sen didn't feel that he was relaxed.
Of course, this is definitely not the real reason. To put it bluntly, no one can bear the weight of failure.
At this point, Lin Sen dare not say how noble he is, and he regards his reputation as a cloud. Anyway, he definitely does not want to leave Manchester City in shame one day. Don’t say that this is impossible, because Lin Sen is very sure that the reason why Guardiola left Barcelona is not because of this. Although Manchester City and Barcelona are not comparable, one thing is the same for Lin Sen and Guardiola.
That is, they are used to winning.
This was a good thing, but the problem was that the fans were used to winning. This created a situation where if one day they lost, it would be the end of the world.
The season when Guardiola left, Barcelona lost two games. One was the league loss to Real Madrid, the other was the away game to Chelsea, and two losses. Even Barcelona still won the King's Cup of the season. But it still caused Guardiola to encounter an unprecedented crisis. Lin Sen also encountered such a crisis, and more than once. The most dangerous one was twice, and the other was when the league record was poor in the early stages of the second season of coaching. At that time, Lin Sen had just brought three championships to Manchester City, which had been away from the championship for a long time, but even so, it still hit the board of directors in the end. The other was even more dangerous. In the third season, Manchester City, which was smoothly in the league, lost 0-4 to the city's rival Manchester United in the League Cup final. This indivisible loss caused Lin Sen to be unprecedentedly questioned.
Therefore, it is friends who can share hardships but not seek to share wealth and honor, while football is football.
It is precisely because of this that after Manchester City's third season, Lin Sen made a decision, a decision that was more than him.
Lin Sen is no longer alone, whether in life or at work.
He has his own coaching team, which means that if he leaves, he will not be the only one who leaves. After that season, Lin Sen announced his decision with his coaching team, which is to leave Manchester City from three to one year. What makes him feel relieved is that although it is inevitable that he is a little surprised, members, including Ji Wen, have no objection to Lin Sen's decision.
Then, with a fruitful season, Lin Sen's decision became a reality, and then what happened next was no longer a secret.
After Lin Sen left, because he was not sure about his return date, Lin Sen did not intend to let other people wait for him, but it was a good thing that this was a young team. After Lin Sen left the football field, Tang Hua chose to continue to study and recharge, Dina went home to see the children, while Ji Wen continued to stay in Manchester City as a player, and started to study coaching courses like Tang Hua. As for Alyl, she was the most "unemployed" one, because like Lin Sen, she spent her time on traveling, and even in Brazil, Lin Sen met her once.
So, in this case, if Lin Sen returns to coaching, in fact, except Ji Wen, everyone else can be in place immediately.
The problem lies with Lin Sen himself, because he is not sure that now is the best time to return.
It is easy to get rid of the crown, but how easy is the return of the king? A year is enough to happen.
For example, Manchester City’s home stadium is no longer called the city stadium, but the Etihad Stadium. Now, Manchester City’s training base is no longer adjacent to Manchester United, but has moved to a location near the Etihad Stadium. This new training base, which started construction in 2011, costs up to 200 million pounds, including a 17 training ground and a stadium that can accommodate 7,000 fans as the home stadium of the youth team.
Lin Sen's departure did not stop Manchester City from moving forward. Manchester City's grand plan that Lin Sen knew was still proceeding in an orderly manner.
As for the league, among the top giants in the Premier League, Manchester City, with Lin Sen's "legacy", although Pellegrini was not satisfactory in the European competition, he still won the championship successfully in the first season. Among the major giants, he always maintained pressure on Manchester City was Chelsea, who returned to Mourinho. Last season, they did not withdraw from the championship competition until the last round. The biggest contrast should be Manchester United and Liverpool, the pair of red enemies. The two teams that played the two ice and fire in the past few seasons still played this role.
But on the other hand, last season, the Reds led by Rodgers was the most recent season to the championship in recent years, while Manchester United, who lost Ferguson, encountered the worst season. As for Arsenal, their record has changed a lot more than their record, but in the transfer market, because Wenger is finally willing to spend money... In addition to several traditional giants, Tottenham, which was originally a champion, still maintains their strength, while emerging power Southampton was the biggest surprise in the Premier League last season.
To be honest, the current situation in the Premier League is more complicated than a year ago. Of course, complexity is complicated. If Lin Sen returns to the Premier League, there is no need to be afraid of being too lonely. Because although one Ferguson is missing, one Mourinho is also added.
Of course, judging from the two choices Lin Sen just got, Lin Sen does not actually have a real return.
Ferguson's implication is probably a fatal temptation for any head coach. Although Ferguson has retired from Manchester United, he still has an important influence on the Manchester United board. This influence comes from his achievements for this club and his unparalleled position in the hearts of Manchester United fans.
Of course, the most important thing is that it was originally a difficult job to replace Ferguson as Manchester United head coach, but now, for the replacement, Manchester United is almost a blank piece of paper. Of course, this is thanks to Moyes' credit.
Lin Sen would also be tempted with such an opportunity, but he could not agree.
Because he used to be Manchester City's head coach.
Four years are not long, but not short, which is enough to mark a head coach with a deep mark. Although the head coach is different from a player and does not have so much betrayal to the enemy, Lin Sen still feels that the past is not the level in his heart. Boya said before, Figo joined Real Madrid from Barcelona, and did not stop him from becoming a world football player, but if there was no such experience, who would be sure that we would not see a more perfect world football player?
So, let alone going to Manchester United, even other Premier League clubs that have no mortal enemy relationships with Manchester City will only make Lin Sen feel awkward. Even if it is tempting, Lin Sen would rather not do anything.
Compared to Ferguson, Mubarak's proposal is what Linson really needs to consider.
As Boya said, Lin Sen does not deny that Mubarak's proposal's motivation is impure, but this cannot change the essence of his proposal. In the past four seasons, Lin Sen has brought too many things to Manchester City, some things are obvious, and some things are destined to be known only by a few people. Compared with the great achievements on the field that are well-known, Lin Sen's transfer operation ability is far more surprising than what the world knows.
Mubarak is the one who knows the most about all of this. Otherwise, even if Lin Sen is a meritorious coach, work is work. As the club chairman, how could he let Lin Sen take over such an important position?
As for Lin Sen, he was originally a "amateur coach" and a football manager? This is a new challenge.
Chapter completed!