Chapter 265 The most sincere team

In recent times, Pan Yi has not only dealt with the intensive schedule during this period, but also has to deal with "harassment" from phone calls from time to time.

These calls, without exception, are from senior executives of various clubs, making appointments for meetings and the like.

They are all real high-level people! They are not the kind of secretaries who are responsible for making phone calls to find people.

And most of them are from prestigious clubs!

For example, Manchester City chairman Mubarak.

For example, Tottenham director Baldini.

Another example is Bayern's chairman Rummenigge and Barcelona's director Zubizarretta.

And the Manchester United CEO Sandoko whom we just defeated...

Fortunately, they don't have Fan Zhiyi's "back door" approach like Crystal Palace. They can only communicate on the phone first. Otherwise, Pan Yi would be exhausted from meeting representatives from a club every day.

On the phone, Pan Yi used almost the same words, swinging the ax first.

First, you should all have heard of the team rights I want. You should think about it first. If you are not satisfied, forget it. We will see each other again;

Second, the season is not over yet, and I don’t want to spend time on it now. Even if both parties are interested, we will discuss it after the season is over;

The first one here eliminated Manchester United and Barcelona.

As Sandoko thought, it is unlikely that a club like Manchester United would give a newcomer enough authority right away.

Apart from anything else, although Ferguson has retired, he is still the king of Manchester United...he will still intervene in many things.

This is contrary to Pan Yi's request.

The situation in Barcelona is a little different, but it is almost the same for Pan Yi.

The situation within their club is complicated, with various forces fighting overtly and covertly. It seems that they themselves don't even know who is the final decision-maker when it comes to transfer operations.

Pan Yi even knew that Zubizarreta, Barcelona's football director, would be terminated within a short time of staying at the club. Wouldn't it be nonsense to talk to him?

Then there's Bayern.

They were willing to talk to Pan Yi about authority, but they couldn't tolerate the existence of uncertainties.

The Germans may just hope that there won't be too many changes. They hope to negotiate immediately and then initial an agreement.

Because they believe that if they discuss it until the end of the season, the time will be too tight and it will not be conducive to the team's preparation for the new season - what if Pan Yi signs with another club by then, or stays in Hamburg?

So Bayern is also OUT.

Of course, this is also related to Pan Yi's inner resistance. After all, if you can win ten consecutive championships comfortably at Bayern, it is really not as challenging as in a small team like Hamburg...

The remaining Manchester City and Tottenham are very sincere.

Mubarak said frankly that Manchester City wants to become a giant that can win the Champions League.

To achieve such a goal, in addition to sufficient financial investment, a Ferguson belonging to Manchester City is needed.

At present, it seems that this "Ferguson" cannot be Pellegrini.

Mubarak believes that Pellegrini has not established a stable technical and tactical system at Manchester City, nor has he been able to lay a solid foundation for the team's growth.

It can be said that compared with his predecessor Mancini, Pellegrini did not even show a higher ability.

Pan Yi led Hamburg's performance in the Champions League quarter-finals and conquered the top management of Manchester City. Now they all believe that Pan Yi is the one who can really lead them forward.

And there is another thing about Pan Yi that attracts Manchester City, and that is his discovery and training of young players.

This is not because Manchester City thinks this can save them money, but they also want to establish a complete youth training system and continuously provide talents to the first team.

This is also the real idea of ​​Mubarak, an "outsider", who wants to truly integrate into the local community.

If a team is dominated by foreigners and does not have native or even local people to support it, the support and recognition in the local community will be greatly weakened.

To cultivate your own "Prince", you need to have a correct direction and a discerning eye to find those young talents.

Taking a comprehensive look at it, Pan Yi is simply the most suitable candidate God sent to Manchester City at this time!

On Tottenham's side, director Baldini also expressed Tottenham boss Levy's appreciation for Pan Yi and made a promise to give higher team authority and more transfer funds.

This was actually quite unexpected by Pan Yi.

In his impression, he is cunning, strong, shrewd, stingy, a transfer genius, and always willing to spend every penny... these are all Levi's labels.

A typical Jewish businessman!

Especially in the area of ​​transfer decision-making that Pan Yi values ​​most, Levi has always had a strong desire to control and basically wants to intervene.

He was actually willing to let go for Pan Yi? This is a bit incredible.

Isn't this a way for Levi to "empty the wolf"? Let's talk about it after we get it?

However, considering that in Pan Yi's previous life, Levi later hired coaches with strong controlling personalities like Mourinho and Conte, it seems that his words still have a certain degree of credibility.

Another point is that since Levi took over Tottenham in 2001 and became chairman, Tottenham has actually changed a lot.

As a veteran team with a long history but extremely dismal record, Tottenham has become a member of the BIG6 of the Premier League in recent years and has begun to have the ability to compete for Champions League qualifications and even championships. Levy's contribution cannot be erased.

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He initially strictly controlled the team's financial situation, completed the necessary capital accumulation in the early stage, and then built Tottenham's own new stadium.

In terms of team management, Levi also knows how to give in and delegate power. Except for transfers, he will not interfere with any of the head coach's selection and tactics.

In addition, he also attaches great importance to the team's youth training.

He said, "Spending money to buy big names is of course the easiest way to succeed, but it is not sustainable. We must consolidate the foundation of the club, and the future of the youth training team is crucial."

Sol Campbell, Harry Kane, Harry Winks, Danny Rose...etc. are all outstanding products of Tottenham's youth training camp.

Of course, when the team really wants him to spend money, he will also tear off his "stingy" label and throw out real money.

For example, he once spent 60 million pounds to buy Richarlison, and also spent 63 million pounds to buy Ndombele from Lyon.

In the ten years from 2012 to 2022, as much as one billion euros was invested in buying people, with an average of 100 million euros per year.

Whether it's worth it or not is another matter, but he is always willing to spend the money.

Therefore, his stinginess is also relative, compared to richer teams like Manchester United and Manchester City.

Because Levi is slightly different from these clubs in that he has never forgotten his identity: he is a businessman running an independent enterprise, and there is no difference in principle between football clubs and enterprises in other industries.

Having said that, while maintaining such investment, he also built a new White Hart Lane stadium for the team, which greatly enhanced Tottenham's revenue and commercial appeal. It seems that you can't ask Levi for more...

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Now it seems that both Manchester City and Tottenham have expressed their eagerness for Pan Yi.

Including the "two axes" swung by Pan Yi, they also caught them.

Permission, given to you;

It's okay to talk about it after the season, there's no rush anyway.

So Pan Yi is not in a hurry.

As a migrant worker, the most satisfying thing is that while you are still working here, your next job will come to you one by one, so you don’t have to worry at all...

For Pan Yi, whether it is Manchester City or Tottenham, they actually meet his requirements.

In addition to the two conditions above, both Manchester City and Tottenham have mediocre historical results. This gives Pan Yi a more sufficient reason to make contributions to such a club and create a new dynasty.

Of course, if the results of the two teams are compared, Tottenham will be even worse. They have not won the top league championship since the 1960s, while Manchester City just regained the Premier League championship the year before last.

In terms of lineup, Manchester City is naturally very strong. After all, it is the same team that has just won the Premier League championship in the past two years.

Both David Silva and Aguero are well-deserved world-class stars.

It's just that such a lineup is a disadvantage in attracting Pan Yi. After all, leading so many world-class stars to win championships seems really difficult to give people the feeling of "this coach is awesome."

After all, Mancini and Pellegrini can do it too!

The saying "tying a dog with a crown" has a long history...

Even in Pan Yi's previous life, after Guardiola came to Manchester City and won several Premier League championships, some people still said this.

They think that Manchester City has a lot of money and the players they buy are very good, so the role of the coach is average, blah blah blah.

They have never thought that if this is really the case, then why did Manchester City choose Guardiola so firmly and give him the highest salary as a coach in the world, instead of just looking for a keyboard warrior to be the head coach?

Anyway, anyone can do it, and the salary of a keyboard warrior is only 5,000 a month...

Are the top management of these clubs stupid?

Let's put it this way, if Manchester City is willing to let Guardiola go and Pep Guardiola also wants to leave, look at how many big clubs in the world will immediately offer him a new contract!

That's too far.

In short, the coach is very important to a team, but Pan Yi just wants to play a more important role.

As I said before, leading a more difficult team will give you a greater sense of accomplishment after success!

Manchester City, in fact, has proven in Pan Yi's previous life that they will succeed under the leadership of Guardiola.

Although they have not yet won the Champions League, they can win four championships in five years in the highly competitive Premier League. This is also a very remarkable achievement.
To be continued...