After Sky Sports broadcast the crucial match between Chelsea and Manchester City, various guests expressed their opinions.
Carragher said: "Both teams are very strong. Although I am not very willing, I still want to say that the championship this season should still be between Chelsea and Manchester City, and it has nothing to do with Liverpool."
After speaking, Carragher shook his head involuntarily.
In the past two seasons, Liverpool has sold its ace players Suarez and Sterling. Although it has also introduced good players like Firmino, its lineup is indeed almost boring compared to Chelsea and Manchester City.
"But there is no doubt that if I can only choose one, I would still choose Chelsea." Alan Shearer also said, "The strength of the two teams is indeed significantly higher than other teams, but comparing the two, Chelsea is stronger.
Manchester City is at least a level up."
"Yes, at least today's score has proven this." Lineker said with a smile, "Perhaps if the personal abilities of the players on both sides are compared on a piece of paper, there will be no difference, including their worth.
.But because of Pan Yi’s existence, Chelsea as a whole is still much stronger than Manchester City.”
Everyone nodded.
Indeed, as far as the lineup that Manchester City has put together today, it can almost be said that it is ranked among the best in the world, and all of them are famous stars.
But it is precisely because Pellegrini was manipulated by Pan Yi everywhere that these stars felt like they were fighting independently on the court and were unable to form a whole to confront Chelsea.
On the other hand, Chelsea's side hits Manchester City's weakness with every punch.
Once Manchester City fixes a certain weakness, Chelsea will immediately change places, continue to attack hard, and then continue to beat Manchester City to the ground.
"We all think that Manchester City will be Chelsea's biggest rival for the title, but Pan Yi doesn't seem to think so." Lineker said again, "He mentioned Leicester City many times in interviews and said
This team that barely avoided relegation last season is an opponent we should be wary of. I really don’t know what kind of medicine he is selling in his gourd."
"Perhaps he is really showing contempt for opponents like Manchester City and Manchester United, right?" Alan Shearer said with a smile, "This kind of psychological warfare is not uncommon. Anyway, Pan Yi is not afraid of any opponents now, and he can just pick up a guarantee ball.
If a top team comes to claim to be the strongest competitor, it will definitely make the real enemy uncomfortable."
Carragher said: "But Leicester's performance this year has indeed changed a lot compared to last year. They just defeated West Ham United 2:1 in the away game and have won the first two consecutive games."
"A good start doesn't mean anything." Lineker waved his hand, "Swansea also performed well at the start last year, right? Even three consecutive wins. Including Southampton, and this West Ham.
The United teams all played very well. But the league is long, and in the end, strength will speak for itself, so they all fell behind in the end."
"Maybe." Carragher nodded slightly, but still thoughtful, "But Leicester City's lineup does look pretty good. Pan Yi also sold Mikel to Ranieri to make up for it.
The last piece of the puzzle, maybe..."
Alan Shearer laughed and said: "This kind of lineup should be considered ordinary in the Premier League. No matter how strong it is, can it be better than Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester United, or Arsenal?"
Lineker also smiled and said: "The main reason is that no matter what the lineup of other teams is, as long as Pan Yi is here, it feels like he is studying with the prince. Look at his Chelsea team, which has easily tied the record in team history.
Undefeated record, I really don’t know when his own unbeaten record will be ended."
"It's been 40 games unbeaten..." Alan Shearer looked at the screen, which displayed the results of every game in the Premier League since Pan Yi coached Chelsea. "Don't tell me, this is far from Arsenal."
Undefeated in 49 games, it doesn’t look far away at all..."
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In front of the TV screen, a middle-aged man wearing the traditional costume of a Middle Eastern noble snorted.
He is the owner of Manchester City, the super rich Mansour from the United Arab Emirates.
Now, the Al Nahyan family, where Mansour belongs, not only owns the rich oil reserves in the Arabian Peninsula, but also invests extensively in sports clubs, the real estate market in London, and technology companies such as Musk's SpaceX.
The Emirates Royal Group, where they belong, has assets of nearly US$300 billion and employs more than 27,000 employees.
Of course, "rich man" is just a relatively less dazzling one among his many identities.
He is also the son of former UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the younger brother of the current UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al.
In fact, by 2023, his titles include but are not limited to the following:
Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Chairman of the Council of Ministers for Development, Minister of the Presidential Court, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates...
It can be said that he is a true nobleman and the future successor of the kingdom.
But even for such a person who owns the world's largest private yacht worth 605 million US dollars and lives an unpretentious and boring life all day long, he also has his own troubles.
Because he is a fan and the owner of Manchester City Club.
Since the oil tycoon acquired Manchester City in 2009 and used money to quickly turn Manchester City into the Premier League champion and become a new giant that cannot be ignored in European football, Mansour can also be said to be a shaker in football.
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But just when Mansour was confidently about to launch another attack on the Champions League championship, making Manchester City a real giant and transforming from "new money" to "old money", he suddenly discovered: the Premier League championship was lost!
Logically speaking, it doesn't matter if you lose the championship once. This is also considered a normal law of football.
After all, no matter which team in the world, there is no guarantee that they can win the league championship every year.
But after watching today's battle between Chelsea and Manchester City, Mansour felt strongly: This year's championship may be gone!
This is something he cannot accept.
Not to mention that he has invested a lot every year after buying Manchester City. Even this year, the expenditure of nearly 200 million euros, including the arrival of superstars like De Bruyne, should be able to compete with Chelsea?
But what’s the result?
At the Etihad home court, they were beaten by Chelsea.
"Tell me, what is going on?" Mansour said angrily.
Sitting opposite Mansour is the director of Manchester City Club Edelman. He is the director in charge of commercial operations. He came to the UAE today to report related work to his boss, so he did not attend the meeting with Mubarak and other senior executives in Ittiha.
The German stadium is "in jail".
But Mansour, who watched the live broadcast of the game next to him, is also trembling with fear.
This feeling is worse than "going to jail"!
"What's going on?" is a bit too broad a question. How should he answer it?
Edelman thought for a while and replied wittily: "Didn't those experts from Sky Sports analyze it just now? Chelsea plays more as a whole, so..."
Anyway, Lineker and the others are all football experts, and experts have the final say.
Mansour waved his hand, signaling Edelman to stop talking.
He sighed and said: "The team needs the head coach to knit them into a whole. Of course I know this. I also know that Pan Yi is really good, otherwise we wouldn't have invited him to join us in the first place. But I don't know.
Yes, how are we worse than Chelsea? Why can't we steal players from them?"
Mansour is referring to Harry Kane.
At the beginning, Manchester City did feel that Harry Kane's cost-effectiveness was too low, so they did not take decisive action.
But later Mansour personally gave instructions, saying that the price was not an issue and he could pay higher than any competitor.
This is because, on the one hand, buying Kane is for competitive reasons, and on the other hand, it is because of his status as a rising star in England.
If Manchester City wants to integrate into the local community and gain support from local fans, in addition to good results, the number of local English players is also very important.
But Manchester City is obviously lacking in this regard.
In the current team, the only English players are goalkeeper Joe Hart and forward Sterling, and Sterling has just been poached from Liverpool - in fact, part of the purchase of Sterling is based on localization.
Consider.
An English team with almost no Englishmen in the team is indeed uninteresting in the eyes of local fans.
Not to mention compared with Manchester United, which is known for its local youth training next door, even compared with Chelsea, which is also an "upstart", it is far behind.
In the current Chelsea team, Terry, Cahill, Loftus-Cheek, Lingard, Abraham, including Bamford who is on loan, and Harry Kane who was just bought, are all English nationals, and there are several others here.
All are products of Chelsea’s own youth training.
The number of players in Manchester City’s youth training team is: 0.
So Mansour hopes to introduce Harry Kane.
The youth training of our team can only be done slowly, but the English household registration can be obtained with money.
But even if Manchester City later raised their offer and offered a higher weekly salary than Chelsea, Kane still chose Chelsea in the end.
This is undoubtedly an unacceptable thing for the wealthy Mansour.
"Maybe for Harry Kane, money may not be the first thing when choosing a team." Edelman said after thinking about it.
Mansour also understood this, nodded, and motioned for Edelman to continue.
"First of all, as far as I know, Kane is a person who takes care of his family. So when choosing between a London team and a Manchester team, he may prefer the former."
"What else?"
"Secondly, since he is leaving Tottenham, it means that he wants to go to a team that is more capable of winning the championship. At present, it seems that Chelsea, who won the double championship last season, will be closer to this goal than us...
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"Any more?"
"In the end, it may be Pan Yi's personal charm. I suspect this is also the most critical point."
"How do you say it?" Mansour asked again. His tone was always calm, but he didn't seem to have much emotion.
Edelman thought for a while and said: "A team can win the championship in one season, but there is no guarantee that it will be successful in the next season."
"But the existence of Pan Yi has magnified the possibility of continued success countless times. In other words, as long as you follow Pan Yi's footsteps, you will have a high probability of success."
"Of course I am not the only one who says this. Such words are now being circulated in the world of football, because Pan Yi's experience has always proved this."
"As Kane, who is only 21 years old this year, he also needs a coach like Pan Yi to guide him and let him continue to improve and become a truly world-class star."
"What is as famous as Pan Yi's world-famous tactical changes is his ability to train young players. This should need no introduction."
"Whether it is Harry Kane himself or the younger Mbappe, their performances in the games so far this season, including today's game, have been very good."
"Sigh." Mansour sighed, "Of course I know this, otherwise Mubarak's first target would not have been him."
Now Mansour feels a little regretful and even blames Mubarak a little.
It was because competitor Abramovich directly offered the world's highest salary to hire Pan Yi. He really showed the greatest sincerity.
On Manchester City's side, Chairman Mubarak to be precise, he still has a slight hesitation about the young Pan Yi, doubting whether he can match such a high salary.
It was after such hesitation that Chelsea snatched Pan Yi away, and Pan Yi immediately rewarded Chelsea with an undefeated season of the Premier League championship and an undefeated season of the Champions League championship.
"Do you think it's still possible for us to convince Pan Yi to come to Manchester City to coach?" Mansour suddenly asked again.
"This... is unlikely."
"Why?"
"You know, he is now recognized as the number one head coach in the world. I dare say that all teams in the world want to invite him to coach... But now that he is doing so well in a wealthy team like Chelsea,
Abramovich also gave him such great support, he really has no reason to leave Chelsea."
"I know it's difficult." Mansour stared at Edelman, "But I know there's always a way, right? If you want sincerity, we have it. If you want money, we have it. No matter what you want, we have it.
We will try our best to satisfy them."
Having said this, Edelman could feel Mansour's determination.
This is indeed the style of the rich in the Middle East, they only want the best.
Whether it's a player or a head coach.
But the problem is...
Edelman scratched his head and said: "There is a rumor about Pan Yi, I don't know whether it is true or not."
"Say."
"I just heard that he bought York City, a English second-division team, and arranged for his first assistant coach and girlfriend to be at this club this season. Then he also used his connections in European football to
We hired many players to go to York City, and now York City’s record is much better than last season.”
"Uh..." Mansour thought for a moment and asked, "Does this have anything to do with what I just said about inviting him to Manchester City? It's just a League Two team. Of course he can afford it. Buy a team to play in.
It’s normal to play.”
"I feel that he will shift his focus to this team of his own in the future." Edelman expressed his thoughts:
"Didn't Pan Yi tell Abramovich that he would win seven championships this season? It is said that he has the idea of leaving the team after winning the championship. But the question is, where is he going to go?"
"He is a person who likes challenges. So, going to a lower-level team that is completely his own and challenging the major giants again is really in line with his personality."
"So in my opinion, after this season, once Pan Yi really achieves his goal, no matter which team, it will be difficult to invite him again."
Mansour was a little stunned for a moment, and then he breathed out after a while: "Isn't it okay to give him more money?"
"I'm afraid he is not a person who only cares about money." Edelman quickly replied.
"But it's still hard for me to believe that a Champions League champion coach will coach a League Two team." Mansour shook his head.
"I'm just guessing..." Edelman said, "But if York City is promoted this season, it will be League One next season. Then the English Championship, Premier League... will actually be very fast."
"Let's do this. Whether it's true or not, I ask you to do one thing." Mansour looked at Edelman.
"What's the matter? Boss, please tell me."
"I don't care what measures you take, you just want to try your best to build a relationship with Pan Yi. Use subtle ways to establish friendship first, gain his trust, and then slowly talk about cooperation."
"Oh?"
"Didn't you say that he might leave the team after this season? No matter what he thinks, we just want to have a good relationship with him. Maybe he will choose us next season."
"Uh... this... okay. Then Guardiola we are talking about..."
"Let's talk about it. He is much better than Pellegrini. If Pan Yi really can't handle it, we will settle for the next best thing and use Guardiola."
"Got it."
Edelman responded verbally and thought to himself, who would have thought that Guardiola, the world-famous head coach, could only be Pan Yi's backup?
Finally, Mansour said categorically to Edelman: "You are responsible for this matter. I don't care how you do it or how much time it takes. The ultimate goal is to see Pan Yi coach our Manchester City."
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Jason McGill is in a good mood lately.
As the former owner, current chairman and loyal fan of York City, I feel relieved to see the team's performance improve.
Last season, York City only started to exert its strength in the final stage of the league. In the end, it was 5 points above the relegation zone and successfully avoided relegation and stayed in the English League Two.
After the league ended, the original head coach Wilcox also submitted his resignation because he believed that the club's lineup at the time was not enough to advance further in the league and was even likely to fall into a relegation vortex again.
To be honest, there is no problem with his idea, because York City Club did not have any transfer budget at that time for the head coach to use his own tactics, and some of the "thigh" players on loan in the team would also leave the team, and their strength would only be
Decrease but not increase.
It is a team that is barely able to avoid relegation, but its strength continues to decline. How can it avoid relegation??
In a normal timeline, York City was relegated this season with the worst record in the league, winning only 7 games in 46 league games.
But it’s different in this timeline, because Jason McGill sold the club to Pan Yi, and then support from the owner appeared!
First came head coach Scaloni, Pan Yi’s direct disciple.
Then came the "swill" from various Premier League clubs, and York City suddenly became a "waste collection station."
But these "waste products" are all treasures for York City!
First of all, these players are all visa-free, and York City does not need to pay a penny.
In addition, their wages are not high. York City itself can barely afford it, and Pan Yi, as a "backing boss", also injected millions into the club, and he was suddenly alive.
What's more important is that these rubbish from the Premier League are all at the level of dads in the English League Two!
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The English League Two has now played three rounds. York City defeated Wycombe Wanderers 1:0 in the first round, defeated Hartlepool 2:1 in the second round, and defeated Yeovil 1:0 in the third round.
Win all three battles!
In the standings, they are ranked second behind Leyton Orient, which also has three consecutive victories, due to a goal difference disadvantage.
Compared with last season, this is really a huge difference!
Jason McGill had to be grateful that he had made the right decision.
Selling the club to Pan Yi was really the right move!
Although he lost ownership of the club, he gave the York City team a new lease of life.
He can even imagine that the team will be promoted to League One, or even the Championship...
And good results actually brought about commercial sponsorship!
No, the famous American space exploration technology company SpaceX is here.
The boss of this company is none other than the famous Elon Musk.
This guy started out through e-commerce, and then planned a project called "Mars Oasis" as early as 2001, planning to build a small experimental greenhouse on Mars to allow crops from the Earth to try to grow in the soil of Mars. p>
In June 2002, Elon Musk invested US$100 million to establish this space exploration technology company, also known as Space
Immigrate and create a true space civilization for mankind.
What makes Musk even more famous is that he served as the chairman of Tesla in 2004 and devoted himself to the development of electric vehicles.
Later, the sales of Tesla cars also increased steadily, becoming the representative of high-end electric vehicles.
In 2005, the 34-year-old Musk was worth more than 300 million U.S. dollars, and when he was less than 40 years old, the three ideals of the Internet, clean energy and space had been realized. At this time, his reputation around the world was also very large.
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It can be said that McGill was a little flattered when people from Musk's companies came to discuss cooperation with York City.
They are a League Two team, how can they be so virtuous?
Of course, if it was a representative of Tesla who came to discuss cooperation, Jason McGill would understand.
Although with Tesla’s status, it is necessary to sponsor a Premier League team, but after all, it is not against the rules for car advertisements to appear on the football team’s jersey or somewhere else.
What Jason McGill really can't figure out is why such a company that is engaged in space exploration and closely connected with NASA would think of sponsoring a football club...
You can’t just advertise to Martians and popularize football across the universe, right? Musk’s plan is too big.
Of course, Jason McGill doesn’t care about this.
The other party takes the initiative to send it to your door. If you don’t take advantage of it, you are worse than a beast!
And now that I have a good boss like Pan Yi, it is good to make more money, and it is also good to help the boss save some money.
However, after seeing off the representatives of SpaceX, Jason McGill still sat down and checked the company's capital background, and then thought about it carefully.
"It turns out there is a capital injection from the United Arab Emirates...is it the owner of Manchester City?"
"Looking at it this way, does this sponsorship have something to do with our boss? Manchester City has always wanted Pan Yi to coach their team. Everyone knows this."
"That's right. Although the boss doesn't want the news of his acquisition of York City to be revealed, there will always be some clues that will be discovered. Among other things, Valentina and Scaloni both work here..." "If you analyze it this way, SpaceX's motive for sponsoring our club makes sense. It's to build relationships! We want the boss to have a good impression of Manchester City."
The more Jason McGill thought about it, the more he felt it was right.
"Well, let's report it to the boss."
Under normal circumstances, Pan Yi will not interfere with sponsorship business like this, and the chairman will handle it entirely.
Well, in fact, Pan Yi doesn't care about most of the business. He just makes his own judgments and instructions on the team's coaches and players, which are closely related to the game.
But since this sponsorship may be related to Manchester City, McGill felt that he should report it to Pan Yi.