Chapter 10 Chinese Overseas Teams

The next day, the news of Wan Sheng's joining Manchester City was reported all over England. The comments on the matter were mixed, perhaps more notable is the report of the Derby County media.

"Derby County Life" quoted Wan Sheng's words at the press conference, recalling Wan Sheng's 'arrogance' when he joined Derby County, the article commented, "At that time, no one was optimistic about him, but he led the way. The team avoided relegation ahead of schedule and led the team to the Premier League with historic points in the second year..."

"It's not surprising that he went to Manchester City and said that..."

"It's a pity he doesn't belong to us anymore. He led Derby County to the top of nearly three decades, only to be sent away by an 'American in Derby County fan skin' and we can only watch him go. Coaching other teams, our team has no hope."

That's how Derby County fans feel.

When Wan Sheng was coaching the team, they didn't have to think so much, because they believed that Wan Sheng could lead the team to achieve good results, but now that Wan Sheng has left, who else can they trust?

For the money, the new chairman who sold the star of the team, or the new coach who has no news yet?

Many Derby County fans felt very depressed. The team was developing very well, but because of the acquisition, the investment did not come, but the team's future became bleak.

They are naturally very dissatisfied with the club's top management.

In the words of the Derby County Sport, "From now on, we won't spend a penny on the clubs, let's see how these Americans treat the clubs as money-making machines..."

With this attitude of the fans, Pierce's situation can be imagined.

In fact, the real problem facing Derby County is not just the fans, no matter how the fans "threaten" or express their dissatisfaction in other ways. But it's just fans. Derby County Club is not a membership system, but a private team, and naturally it will not be affected much.

More troublesome is the attitude of the players on the team.

Now is the holiday time, so there is no need to worry. But Derby County were league champions last season. Naturally, many teams wanted to take outstanding players from Derby County to supplement the lineup, and the departure of Wansheng caused the team to fluctuate. As a result, after Van der Vaart and Ribery left, many players took the initiative to call and request Transfer away.

This alone is a headache, but fortunately, many people in the team signed contracts last summer. The team has the right to keep them, but the players want to leave. In fact, the club can't keep it. The club could only bite the bullet and give some players new contracts, which barely stabilized the situation.

But soon a new situation came.

Not every player can be retained with a salary increase, and some players, the club is not willing to give them a salary increase, because their performance is very average, they can only be regarded as substitute players in the team.

These players want to re-sign new contracts and ask for a salary increase, which is naturally more difficult than those of the main players.

But the point is, Derby County has several players in this situation. But the club has to keep them, because they want to replenish players of the same strength. The cost is definitely not small.

This includes Ferdinand, Rousey, Peter Kennedy and others. When Gregory coached three years ago, they were substitutes for Derby County. After training with Wansheng for so long, their improvement is also obvious. , so they can also keep up with the pace of the team and enter the top league to fight hard.

Now, they have a problem for Pierce.

Many players can get a salary increase, and they naturally want to get a salary increase, but the club's finances are limited, and it is impossible for everyone to get a salary increase.

Don't give them a raise?

What if they choose to leave?

Ferdinand and Lu Xi are okay, especially Peter Kennedy. Although he is a substitute, his strength is still very good. I just thought that there was Morris under pressure before, and his playing time was limited. Now Murray With Sri Lanka leaving, Kennedy definitely has the opportunity to get his hands on the core position of the main midfielder.

It stands to reason that such players will not be afraid of the difficulty of raising wages, but if Peter Kennedy is given a raise, Bolton Reiter, Alfred, Vidic, Ivan Crewe...etc. Wait, these players who have played a lot will definitely want a raise, it doesn't matter if they are alone, a bunch of people are the problem.

In short, this problem is a headache for Pierce.

But he has to face it, because if he doesn't face it, the players will be even more dissatisfied with the team. When the hearts of the people are scattered, it is meaningless to hire a famous coach to coach.

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At the same time, the media in Manchester are also in the mood for Wansheng, which is different from the 'reminiscence' of the Derby County media. The Manchester media has nothing to reminisce about. If we really talk about the origin of Wansheng and Manchester, we must talk about their same city. Rival Manchester United, good Manchester City does not matter.

It is precisely because it does not matter, the media will naturally say whatever they think.

Many internal media were dissatisfied with what Wan Sheng said at yesterday's press conference, and then they tried to promote one thing to the fans - this new coach, but a very character guy, he led the team to achieve good results , but more news comments on him are not very good. He has a lot of fame in the English football circle, but there are more disputes.

"Maybe Mr. Wald made the wrong choice. What Manchester City needs now is more stable development, rather than finding such a 'exotic' coach to guide Manchester City's future..."

"He might be able to lead Derby County to good results, but Manchester City are not Derby County!"

"The club has brought in Lee Morris and Leto Ziegler from Derby County at his request, costing the club a combined transfer fee of almost £10m, which is not a big deal for the current team. , that's a lot of money, but do these two deals really make sense?"

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The above are all doubts about Wansheng. Of course, there are also some media who are neutral and supportive, but the voice of real support is still very small. After all, Wansheng has just started in Manchester City. anticipation of the season.

A neutral voice is more of a comment.

One of them is still very "interesting". As an absolute supporter of Manchester United, "Manchester Sports News" described the current Manchester City as a "g-cist overseas advance team", because Manchester City has two Chinese. One is Wansheng as the head coach, and the other is Sun Jihai, who has been with the club for two years.

In Manchester, Sun Jihai still has a certain reputation, because his performance has been very stable, and he basically occupied a main position last season. Although he is not a core player or something. But in itself, being able to play the main force in Manchester City is better than most professional players, so Manchester City fans still have a good impression of Sun Jihai, so that some Manchester City fans have increased a lot of goodwill towards the Chinese.

Now that Manchester City has another Chinese who is still the head coach of the team, it is not easy to find a few Chinese in European football. And Manchester City concentrated the best of them. They can be said to be the 'overseas Chinese team'.

As a media that supports Manchester United, "Manchester Sports News" will not say this in a completely neutral attitude. It is really strange that they do not make a few sarcastic words. It is also that they use sarcastic words to report this matter, and at the same time It is also an expression of disgust with Manchester City. As for Manchester City's new coach Wan Sheng? For Manchester City's enemies, it can only be hoped that he will lead the team in a mess!

But the same news is seen by different people. The meanings are different, and the feelings are useless. Some English fans may feel unhappy when they see their own team being labeled as a "other country's team", but it is different for Chinese media and fans.

This report of "Manchester Sports News" was reprinted by many websites in China, so the reputation of Manchester City Club in the country has improved a lot.

In the past, Manchester City also had some fame because of Sun Jihai, but his reputation was not very big. First, there was no Premier League broadcast rights in China, and few people knew about Sun Jihai's situation. Second, Sun Jihai's performance in the national team was not very good. Therefore, the influence is naturally much smaller. Some fans who know Sun Jihai will not know Manchester City Club.

Speaking of Manchester United...it is estimated that there are more talents who know!

No, it should be said that there are too many fans who know Manchester United. Because of this, when they saw the news about "Manchester City", many fans asked, "Is this another name for Manchester United?"

This is of course impossible.

So soon more fans knew about Manchester City and also that Wan Sheng went to this team. It was a coincidence that Sun Jihai was also in this team.

Immediately, there were domestic media to interview Sun Jihai. Sun Jihai was participating in the training of the Chinese national team. It is very easy for the domestic media to interview. Sun Jihai also said in an interview, "I know Wansheng, our The relationship is not bad, and I am looking forward to the new season when he can coach Manchester City."

So many media began to expect Sun Jihai to get more starting opportunities in the new season.

For Chinese people, this is 'human nature'. Both Sun Jihai and Wan Sheng are Chinese, and naturally they have to take care of each other overseas. The two are on the same team. Wan Sheng is the head coach and he is a professional player. Under the circumstances, Wan Sheng must have taken care of the 'compatriots' and gave Sun Jihai a few more chances to play.

But in this regard, more domestic media are only secretly speculating, because they can't directly ask Wansheng, "Will you take care of Sun Jihai in the team?"

This kind of question cannot be said in public.

However, some media reporters "obscurely" asked related questions. It was at the regular press conference of the Manchester City Club, and they asked Wan Sheng's opinion on Sun Jihai.

"He's a good player," Wan Sheng said, with a smile on the corner of his mouth. "As a compatriot, I can give him the first care. I can tell him now, don't worry about the summer transfer, my team will have him a location."

"Don't mean it doesn't make sense, other players don't have that guarantee."

Wan Sheng said with a serious reminder.

In fact, he naturally knows the thoughts of these domestic media reporters, and he also knows that he has become the head coach of Manchester City. Sun Jihai himself must have some ideas.

This is human nature.

The two are acquaintances. They are both Chinese. They have been in the football circle overseas together. The private relationship is not bad. Now Wan Sheng has become the head coach of Manchester City. As his player, Sun Jihai is naturally happy. After all, the new coach is a My acquaintance, it can be said that among all Manchester City players, Sun Jihai and Wansheng are the most familiar. With this relationship, will he not be a lot easier to get along with in Manchester City in the future?

As the media said, there will definitely be more chances to play, right?

Wan Sheng is actually not opposed to giving Sun Jihai some care, but it is absolutely on the premise that it will not affect the team. If Sun Jihai does not perform well, he will never let him play because of 'personal relationships'.

This kind of thing, everyone has a standard in their hearts.

Wansheng hopes that Sun Jihai can view him coaching Manchester City with a peaceful mind, otherwise it will definitely affect his mood and performance.

However, Wan Sheng is still a little interested in topics such as "China Overseas Team" raised by the media. Maybe it is not right to say that he is interested, mainly because he is participating in it.

After officially signing with Manchester City, Wansheng also quickly took time to come to China.

The purpose of coming back this time is not to go home to visit my parents, it is just a matter of the way, and it is mainly for a Chinese player - Wang Xiaolei.

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PS: I've been busy in the last two days... Sorry for the slow update, it will return to normal in two days. (To be continued ~^~)