With a brushing sound, Gao Shen opened the floor-to-ceiling curtains in the bedroom, and bright eyes suddenly shone in from outside the room, causing him to squint his eyes and feel a little uncomfortable, but he felt very comfortable.
As a southerner, he is not used to the British weather.
In comparison, he still prefers the climate like Spain or Italy.
In the UK, when I raise my head every day, I feel gloomy, depressed and uncomfortable.
Good sunny weather like today is really rare.
What's even more rare is that Gao Shen is not in a hurry today.
The team has no training mission today. All the national players have gone to participate in the national team competition. Players who do not have national team missions are on vacation, and the coaching staff will naturally also be on vacation.
Of course, this kind of vacation is only for one day, and training will start tomorrow.
Suddenly he was free, and Gao Shen didn't know what to do.
In the past, after getting up every morning, he would freshen up and go directly to Carrington.
Carlo, Lucas or other members of the coaching staff would drive over to pick him up, then have breakfast and start a busy day. Sometimes he works until very late and goes to sleep as soon as he gets home.
It's really embarrassing to say it.
After living in Alderley Edge for so long, he had never really taken a good look at the scenery and environment around his home like he did today.
I heard that Ferguson lives in Wilmslow, not far north of Alderley Edge. Would you like to pay him a visit?
But Gao Shen quickly gave up this idea because they would meet soon.
The annual Football Association Coaches Annual Meeting is about to be held, and as the head coach of the Premier League, Gao Shen is a special guest.
This annual meeting is organized by the Football Association. It is held once a year and lasts for three days. However, it is different from UEFA’s Elite Summit. All professional coaches registered with the Football Association can attend, and some famous coaches are invited to give special topics every day.
speech.
To put it simply, this is a real professional coach exchange meeting.
Inevitably, as more people participate, the level will inevitably vary, and it is incomparable with UEFA's Elite Summit.
In the past two or three years, the most discussed topic in English football, apart from the Premier League, is youth training.
Everyone knows that the Premier League residence permit is very expensive, and in the final analysis, there is too much money and too few high-quality, high-level players.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the century, Howard Wilkins, the technical director of the Football Association, once proposed to learn from advanced cases such as Italy's Coverciano and France's Clairefontaine and create a country of his own in England.
training center.
But later, the plan was shelved due to serious overdrafts on the construction of Wembley Stadium.
However, England's results in recent major competitions have been very unsatisfactory. It seems that there are many stars, but the results are a mess, so now they are starting to restart the national team training center plan.
I heard that Wilkins, by the way, the one who once went to China to coach the Shanghai City team, bought a large piece of land in Burton for the national team, and it is still idle now.
If Gao Shen guessed correctly, this should be the heart of English football later, St. George's Park.
The Football Association also called Gao Shen before, hoping that he could give some special speeches on cultivating young players, but Gao Shen politely declined. The most important thing was that he really didn't have time to prepare for this.
In fact, to use Brian Kidd's words, it is rare to hear a Premier League head coach's special speech at the FA's annual meeting.
"Unless he is idle at home now!"
Obviously, Gao Shen was not the only one who refused.
However, I will definitely have to make a show when the time comes, and the FA will still have to give him face.
You should be able to see Ferguson there.
Not only the Football Association of England, but also UEFA also sent invitations to Gao Shen, inviting him to participate in UEFA's elite summit and awards ceremony, because this year Naples players will win the award, but Gao Shen politely declined.
He is now the head coach of Manchester City and can't play in the Champions League. Why would he attend such an occasion?
Speaking of this, Gao Shen didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
Manchester City cannot play in the Champions League. They only have two domestic competitions, the League Cup and the FA Cup. But in general, these two competitions are relatively useless, especially the League Cup, which is even more tasteless.
The FA Cup has a lot of influence, but for Gao Shen, it really has no appeal.
This also leads to the fact that Manchester City can be said to be operating on a single line this season, focusing on the Premier League.
This will definitely be a big advantage for Manchester City.
But Gao Shen still feels a little disappointed about not being able to participate in the Champions League. After all, he still hopes to compete with more teams from different countries and styles.
Fortunately, the Premier League itself has enough famous coaches.
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When Gao Shen finished washing and went downstairs, the housekeeping staff had already come to the door. They also brought him a sumptuous and delicious breakfast from a nearby hotel and asked him if he would have dinner at home at noon.
Gao Shen was eating breakfast and browsing the news on his mobile phone.
This morning, all the news was about Manchester City beating Portsmouth 3-1 last night and continuing to lead the Premier League standings with their fourth consecutive victory. The words of praise kept being thrown out as if they were free of charge.
Even Gao Shen himself felt very embarrassed after reading some reports. He always felt that he was so good?
So far, a total of four teams in the Premier League have maintained four consecutive victories, namely Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. These four teams also occupy the top four positions in the Premier League standings.
Among them, it is not surprising that Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea can win four consecutive victories, but it is Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, especially Liverpool, because Redknapp's team also performed very well.
Gao Shen remembers that in his previous life, Benitez had a very bad start to the season, but now, the Red Army has won four consecutive victories and has surpassed Tottenham Hotspur to rank third in the Premier League.
Bit.
It has to be said that Biglia's joining is really a timely help for Liverpool.
With the current situation, Gao Shen doesn't know how Benitez and Liverpool will develop next.
But one thing is certain, the hole left by Xavi Alonso's transfer to Real Madrid in his previous life has now been filled by Biglia, and Liverpool's overall strength is even better than in its previous life...
The top four are Arsenal and Manchester United.
The two teams played to a 1-1 draw in the fourth round of the Premier League. Manchester United failed to win Arsenal at home.
The Gunners are now stronger than Gao Shen in his previous life, because major players such as Adebayor and Kolo Toure have not transferred, and Wenger still has a lot of talents under his command.
Relatively speaking, the most worrying situation is Manchester United.
Without Ronaldo, Tevez is also clamoring to leave the team, and the Red Devils' strength has been weakened most obviously, especially on the offensive end.
Unfortunately, Ferguson missed Benzema again this summer.
The failure to win against Arsenal at home was somewhat disappointing for Ferguson's Manchester United.
Although only four rounds have been played, the league ranking situation has basically taken shape.
Unless there are any surprises, these are the top six teams.
Gao Shen really doesn't understand the current situation, because judging from the current situation, the most dangerous one is Ferguson's Manchester United. Because Ronaldo is gone, Carlos Tevez is basically going to leave, but the Red Devils have so far
, the only truly powerful signing is Valencia. Owen is a free transfer, and his strength is not as good as before.
In this case, the strength of Ferguson's team was greatly affected.
Therefore, Manchester United's league ranking is also the lowest, only sixth.
Could it be said that Ferguson really never thought about strengthening the team's strength?
If we really do this, Manchester United may not be guaranteed to be in the top four, let alone the championship.
You know, Arsenal at least retained Cesc Fabregas and introduced Vermaelen, spending more than 10 million euros, and their overall strength has also been strengthened.
What about Manchester United?
Things have changed in the Premier League!
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After breakfast, Gao Shen took advantage of his free time to call his parents in China and Su Qing in the capital, and had a cross-ocean call.
Although he and Su Qing basically call or chat online every day, there are still very few opportunities to talk on the phone for a long time like today. Even Gao Shen has less time to play games now.
There is no way, everything in Manchester City has to be started from scratch, Gao Shen also holds the position of technical director. In addition to Manchester City's first team, he also has to take care of the affairs of the youth team.
For example, in addition to being the technical director of the first team, Rudolf Borrell is also the technical advisor of the youth academy.
Nowadays, Manchester City wants to reform the entire youth training and vigorously promote Spanish-style youth training, which is also vigorously promoted by Gao Shen.
There are too many things to do, and Gao Shen is very busy.
Su Qing was also busy, but she still took the time to chat with Gao Shen for a long time.
She said that she was fully prepared and would fly to the UK as soon as the National Day holiday came.
During the phone call, it was inevitable that they exchanged some obsessive words of love. After all, the two of them had indeed not seen each other for a long time.
Gao Shen's heart felt warm at the thought of meeting him soon.
But when he thought about it again, it would still be another month, and he felt empty again.
According to the schedule, while Su Qing is in the UK, Gao Shen will also go south to Birmingham to play an away game.
Thinking about it makes me a little depressed.
However, Su Qing comforted him and said that she could go to the away game with him to watch his game.
"You know, I often watch your news on TV, newspapers and magazines, but it's rare to see you live. Apart from the Champions League final, this is the first time to see how you defeat your opponent." Su Qing smiled with anticipation.
road.
Gao Shen agreed, "When the time comes, I will give you a victory!"
Su Qing nodded hurriedly, looking forward to it even more.
The two reluctantly picked up the phone. Gao Shen gradually adjusted, but the phone soon started ringing again.
Caller ID: Fernando Lucas.
"Hello, Fernando." Gao Shen answered the phone.
"Just got the news." As soon as the call was connected, Lucas reported the report anxiously.
"I heard that Manchester United is starting to recruit players. Ferguson has realized Manchester United's current strength and crisis. He wants to introduce one or two more strong players before the transfer market closes, so Manchester United moves quickly."
Gao Shen secretly screamed in his heart, and sure enough.
Although the league has only played four rounds, many problems have been exposed and the situation has taken shape. It is strange that Ferguson does not want to sign players.
