The process after winning the Champions League is actually quite the same.
What happened to all the teams that won the championship in the past is basically the same, that is, the players happily ran across the field to celebrate, and then ran to the sidelines and threw the head coach Gao Shen into the air.
The only thing that is new is that many players publicly expressed their congratulations to Gao Shen on his wedding in interviews with the media.
Everyone knew that Gao Shen was planning to get married.
The same goes for the award ceremony afterwards.
Manchester City lined up to send Barcelona to the stage to receive the runner-up medal, but Manchester City waited until the end before going up. Captain Kompany raised the championship trophy high and accepted the congratulations of everyone in the audience.
What is not known is that after the award ceremony, the Manchester City players rushed off the field with the trophy, while Gao Shen continued to stay on the podium with UEFA President Platini and representatives of the British royal family who attended the Champions League final.
Prince William and Princess Kate, British Prime Minister Cameron, and the Prime Minister of Spain and other football tycoons and political stars communicated.
Prince William and Princess Kate got married in April this year. Of course, Gao Shen could not be invited to attend, but both of them said that they have been paying attention to Manchester City coached by Gao Shen, and even Gao Shen himself, and thanked him for his contribution to British football.
contribution.
Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero is a recognized Barcelona fan, but he also gave high recognition to Gao Shen for leading Manchester City to defeat Barcelona tonight, and even hoped that Gao Shen would have the opportunity to return to Spain to coach.
He even promised to provide support and care in all aspects.
In fact, many fans have some misunderstandings about professional football.
For example, they may feel that Barcelona wants Real Madrid to die.
This is actually a very short-sighted idea.
Gao Shen heard Florentino say more than once that he hoped Barcelona could continue to be so glorious.
Some people may find it strange, this is impossible
They are obviously mortal enemies, why do you think so?
This is an emotional thing.
As the manager of the club, Florentino hopes that Barcelona will remain glorious, and as the chairman of Real Madrid, he hopes that Real Madrid will defeat Barcelona. These are two different things.
The former is from the perspective of the club and even the league as a whole. Only if Barcelona maintains its glory, keeps pace with Real Madrid, and even allows teams such as Atletico Madrid to rise, can La Liga become more prosperous and Real Madrid will appear more valuable.
If all the other teams in La Liga, including Barcelona, are losing their legs, what's the point of Real Madrid's one-man show?
How should commercial value be reflected?
Not to mention anything else, even the most proud Derby of the Century has lost its suspense, so why play?
Therefore, as the Spanish Prime Minister who is a Barcelona fan, Zapatero hopes that Gao Shen will return, which must be sincere.
Because the current Real Madrid is not enough to really compete with Barcelona.
Real Madrid was destroyed by Barcelona this season!
Only when Real Madrid rises and keeps pace with Barcelona will La Liga become more attractive and the commercial value of La Liga will be higher, which will in turn drive the rapid development of the entire Spanish league.
A single beautiful flower is not spring; a hundred flowers bloom and the garden is full of spring.
Gao Shen kept a low profile and just replied tactfully, "There will definitely be a chance."
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Then came the interview session with media reporters.
Manchester City's players became the focus of all the media reporters, especially Gao Shen.
With three Champions League wins, he has become the number one player in today's world football.
This honor is truly astonishing for Gao Shen, who is only thirty years old.
Gao Shen's answer is also watertight and comprehensive.
He is now very good at dealing with the media. After all, he is well-informed and has experienced many battles. Even many media reporters with a little less experience may be embarrassed in front of Gao Shen.
While Manchester City was celebrating, Barcelona quietly left the field.
Afterwards, Gao Shen led the team back to the locker room.
At this time, Mansour brought members of the Abu Dhabi royal family to the locker room to congratulate the Manchester City players on their victory.
Not only that, he announced on the spot that his previous promise to the players would be fulfilled tomorrow morning and bonuses would be paid out.
This immediately made everyone in the locker room go crazy with joy.
After winning the Champions League, you will also receive generous bonuses. This is simply the pinnacle of your life.
In comparison, Gao Shen seemed much calmer.
After taking care of the players, Mansour took Mubarak and Gao Shen out of the locker room and found a deserted place to chat.
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"I heard that you don't plan to sign any players this summer?" Mansour asked with concern.
After the Champions League final, all the games for the entire season are over, and many things can start to move forward.
It was Gao Shen who told Mubarak in February that he would not sign players.
The situation then was not even as good as it is now.
"Yes, because I think our current lineup is strong enough. If no players leave, I don't want to sign in at this time and affect the unity of the locker room. In addition, we are really not suitable to sign in again.
Already."
Mansour shook his head and said: "Money is not a problem, Gao. Although we have already won the Champions League, we should make persistent efforts. We can defend the title and win the triple crown this season and the quadruple crown next season..."
Gao Shen understands Mansour's ambition. As a boss, it is certain that he has this idea.
Today's Manchester City does have such strength and financial resources, but Mansour still sees the problem too simply.
"Now that we have won the Champions League, the most important thing next is to keep a low profile. The Premier League and UEFA will definitely increase their investigation of our club's financial income. What we need to do next is to bring the club's financial situation into compliance with European standards as soon as possible.
Within the red lines required by the Football Association and the Premier League."
"In addition, from the perspective of the team, our current lineup is very reasonable. The average age of the team is in the prime period of performance, and the configuration is also quite strong. We are even the strongest team in European football. Here
Under such circumstances, blindly piling up stars should not be done."
If the current Manchester City does have shortcomings, then Gao Shen will definitely want to sign players, but the problem is, there are no shortcomings.
There are two very competitive teams in each position. This has resulted in local youth training teams like Ireland, and former main players, now unable to play in games.
Yaya Toure wanted to fight, but Gao Shen couldn't arrange it for him.
If another star is introduced at this time, how will the senior rotation be arranged?
What should a player do if he can't get a game and gets into trouble with Gao Shen?
Only 25 people can be registered for the first team lineup. In addition to the younger and younger players, if you want to insist on multi-line operations, the first team lineup is about 28 to 30 people.
Some media statistics show that there were only about 25 players in Manchester City who played more minutes last season.
This has resulted in players like Ireland, Adam Lallana and Trippier actually having very little playing time and playing more in the reserve team. This is already a problem.
Gao Shen felt it was inappropriate to sign any more players.
"I agree with Gao's point of view." Mubarak said, "Our current annual salary expenditure is already quite large, and according to usual practice, after winning the Champions League, we may have to start a new round of contract renewals. This is what we must
Something to consider.”
Salary control is something that all clubs must treat with caution.
Even for a rich player like Manchester City, once it gets popular, it will be difficult to control it.
By that time, will he really be kicked out of the Champions League by UEFA?
Therefore, the more critical this moment is, the more we must choose to keep a low profile.
Mansour is young and holds a high position, but he is not a person who cannot listen to professional opinions. Especially when Gao Shen and Mubarak both hold the same opinion, he basically knows that his ideas are those of a layman.
"Okay, I'll leave this matter entirely to you. I'm very relieved." Mansour said.
Gao Shen and Mubarak looked at each other and both showed a smile.
"By the way, Gao, I heard them say that your team failed to return to the Premier League this season?" Mansour asked with a smile.
Gao Shen smiled helplessly, "It's a lot worse."
"That's a bit of a pity. Look at our team or the youth team. If there is someone you can use but we can't use it, you can just quote a price and take it away."
Suer said boldly.
It can be seen that he is really happy to win the Champions League and achieve the Triple Crown.
Manchester City dealt with redundant personnel, many of which were free transfers or sold at low prices. Instead of doing this, it would be better to use them as a favor to Gao Shen.
"You handle this matter," Mansour said, pointing at Mubarak.
The Manchester City chairman hurriedly nodded in agreement and immediately remembered something, "We have a goalkeeper who is on loan in Belgium. What do you think? I remember that you had a pretty good impression of him at first."
Courtois?
Gao Shen was surprised. He had already planned to buy another one. He was just waiting to finish playing in the Champions League, and Lucas started to take action. Now he suddenly sent a Courtois...
"This may not be easy, right? He is worth 2.5 million euros now, and we can't afford it," Gao Shen said with a smile.
Mubarak glanced at Mansour, thought for a while and said: "I didn't have much money when I bought him, so you can just quote a price. If it doesn't work, I'll give you installments."
Damn it, this is like giving it away for free.
"We already have Neuer. This German goalkeeper is one of the best goalkeepers in today's football. He was highly recommended by Gao Dang. Now his value has at least tripled. Courtois will use it in the next few years.
No." Mubarak said this to Mansour.
"And Adam Lallana and Ireland can't play many games in a season. If they are willing, you can just take them away and treat them as us supporting our comrades. Who gives us a common mortal enemy?"
At the end of the sentence, Mubarak couldn't help laughing.
Leeds United's mortal enemy is Manchester United, and Manchester City's mortal enemy is also Manchester United.
As the saying goes, the mortal enemy of a mortal enemy is a comrade-in-arms.
In fact, for a team like Manchester City, they really don't care about this.
But for Leeds United, let alone young players like Thibaut Courtois who have shined in the Belgian league, even players like Adam Lallana and Ireland are the main players, even core level.
Frankly speaking, just because of this, Gao Shen really couldn't refuse.
And he also knew very well that Mansour and Mubarak's move was to win him over and continue to coach in Manchester City.
