King’s Landing in Nottingham

Chapter 11 Chasing Guardiola

The new boss, the new weather, the team’s broken bronze and iron needs to be dealt with, and the infrastructure work cannot be stopped.

In order to handle this aspect more efficiently, Wei Xun recently established the Notts County Infrastructure Committee. Due to the lack of other senior management talents, Wei Xun could only let his only executive, Zhao Tai, continue to lead this position and take over the construction work. The overall situation.

"Daddy's vision is really not that, Tai brother is really easy to use, who would have thought that one person can be worth ten people when he was a child in a team fight!"

Since Zhao Tai's side assists, Wei Xun has acted as a treasurer, and it is time to shift the focus of his work to team building.

In Wei Xun's view, the first step in building a successful team is to choose a suitable head coach.

As an assistant coach with a winning percentage of 100%, Wei Xun hadn't changed his mind to take the Notts County coach directly before, but he could think about it again. He could win that game because of luck.

Professional people come to do professional things.

Once incompetent is exhausting the three armies, a true king's division still needs to be led by an excellent coach.

Wei Xun didn't want to be like Joey Scott. He took the championship team directly to the relegation zone. He still has the face to slander the club. Wei Xun can't afford to lose this person!

"Who should be in charge of Notts County, oh, sad..."

Wei Xun put his hand on the back of his head, lying on the camp bed, his mind kept circling.

At the beginning of the 21st century, many famous coaches of later generations ended their playing careers and began to engage in new jobs:

Jurgen Norbert Klopp, the coach of the new Champions League winner Liverpool, started his coaching career in 2001.

But it is a pity that Wei Xun traveled back a little late. At this time, Klopp had been the coach of the Bundesliga Mainz club for four months.

It is also the second division, but the gap is not small: the second division of Germany is the second division of Germany, the second division is the third division of England, Mainz is still Klopp’s home team, and now it is Mainz’s most difficult During the period, it was obviously impossible to take the Uncle Zha who knew the reward from Mainz away from Mainz.

In Wei Xun's mind, the traditional Italian chain defense combined with the Spanish style of small-range and fast passing and control play undoubtedly occupy the highest position in his heart.

Nothing can be done overnight. If one had to choose first, Wei Xun would definitely say it was an iron-blooded defense.

In the English league system, iron-blooded defense abounds, especially in low-level leagues such as the second league, which has the highest rate of broken legs in the world.

A good defense will allow you to successfully relegation in League Two, but it will not allow you to win the opportunity to upgrade to League One.

To some extent, the defense determines the lower limit of a team, but the offense is a team that pierces the ceiling and is invincible.

A tough and iron-blooded defense allows you to get a draw. If you have a little better luck, you can get a victory by stealing a goal.

But the offense is different. You score a goal and the defender pits a little bit and you can miss two. Anyway, no matter how many you enter, my defense will lose one more defense than you.

Such a colander defender can be said to be rare in the Chinese Super League in later generations. Israeli star Zahavi is such a tragic representative who never scores enough. The league golden boots can be regarded as his greatest comfort.

Barcelona, ​​located in the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, bordering the Mediterranean, is the second largest city in Spain and the capital of the Autonomous Region of Catalonia. Its total population is second only to the Spanish capital Madrid.

Barcelona is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world, and its main ethnic group is the Catalan nation.

The single ethnicity and the concentration of population have also become an important factor in Catalonia's subsequent clamor for independence.

Catalonia has a large number of professional football clubs. The two teams that play in the top Spanish leagues, Barcelona and the Real Espanyol, are located in the capital, Barcelona; while Girona, Sabadell and Barcelona's second team are three teams. Is working hard in the second division;

In addition, there are nine goals from Tarragona, Lleida, Badalona, ​​Lagstra, San Andrew, Leus, Espanyol II, Pratt and Los Pitale. The team has been active in West C's arena for a long time.

There are as many as fourteen professional clubs in the entire Catalonia region, not to mention low-level amateur teams. The good football atmosphere in Catalonia also made Wei Xun sigh.

Football is the same as other sports. Without a solid base, how can there be a high enough spire?

No one is going to make cakes, but they all want to eat cakes. In the end, it is destined to be a bamboo basket.

Barcelona's greatest pride is also the building designed by the modernist genius architect Gaudí.

He made this peninsula pearl even more dazzling. Six works by one person are included in the world cultural heritage, which is also a unique miracle in the world.

Barcelona attracted a lot of people here and never left. The dream world created by Gaudí has ​​become a reality here. Countless young people with artistic dreams have set foot on this land to pursue their dreams of artists. Whether it is painting or architecture, too many masters have been bred here.

There are long-standing, modern, and many others that are about to become famous. As long as they have been to Barcelona, ​​no one will question why so many masters of art have been produced here.

It's no wonder that FC Barcelona's football will also become a work of art that is full of praise.

Woody Allen's movie "Midnight Barcelona" made many people choose to travel here, and the romantic atmosphere in the movie did not know how many people were overwhelmed by it.

Wei Xun has seen this movie, but he came to Spain for the first time, and he came to Barcelona, ​​not for travel.

On April 11, 2001, the Spanish midfielder Guardiola, who announced to everyone that he would leave Barcelona at the end of the season, was Wei Xun’s real goal.

Born in Guardiola in Sant Pedo, Catalonia, Spain, he is still living in his mansion in the center of Barcelona, ​​worrying about where he will go next season.

Unfortunately, Wei Xun’s two previous visits were closed doors. A third-level English football team also wants to invite world superstar Guardiola, who has won the Champions League and six La Liga titles, to join?

What a joke!

Guardiola's maid didn't let Wei Xun and his temporary Spanish translator in at all.

Even the gifts Wei Xun brought were thrown into the trash can by the maid. Poor Wei Xun had to take out the gifts he brought from the trash can again and again, wipe them clean, and then refund them.

This is the seventh day that Wei Xun came to Barcelona, ​​and Wei Xun went to Guardiola's residence for the third time.

Perhaps it was Wei Xun's sincerity that moved Guardiola, and Wei Xun's gift was finally accepted by the maid. The person who received Wei Xun also became Guardiola himself, but Wei Xun's Spanish translation did not come today.

If it weren't for the reputation of the world's first professional football club in Notts County, the gate of Guardiola's home, Wei Xun would not be able to get in anyway.

Wei Xun is very clear about the future achievements of Guardiola, whether in Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, or City Football Group's Blue Moon Manchester City, Guardiola has won the championship.

Compared to Guardiola's brilliant achievements on the coaching bench, his wandering journey after the breakup with Barcelona is much bleak.

In the original history, the depressed Guardiola will play in Brescia in the Italian League next season. In the following years, he has also left his footsteps in Qatar and Mexico.

In a season in Rome, Guardiola even won only four appearances, which is tantamount to a humiliating treatment for a midfielder and a former Champions League champion.

It was a pity that Guardiola finally retired after a few years.

The experience of the previous two failures made Wei Xunjue especially cherish this opportunity. Simply start straight to the point and explain your intentions. It is best to have a long talk with Guardiola. If you can come and have a slumber talk similar to that of Rongzhong, it would be great.

Maybe you can convince Guardiola.

Wei Xun can also borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and spread some ideas for later generations to rely on Guardiola's reputation.

"Wei, take the liberty to ask, are you really the chairman of an English professional football club?"

Guardiola looked at the young man who was drinking lemonade with his head down, and he couldn't believe it.

"This guy is too young."

If it hadn't been for Wei Xun holding the Mingqian Longjing that he had seen in a luxury store in Chinatown before, Guardiola would definitely treat Wei Xun as a liar.

The cost of cheating with such a thing is too high.

Wei Xun was a little helpless, but Guardiola's English seemed to be pretty good, and he could communicate fluently without an interpreter.

"It's like a fake replacement, Josep, it really can't be true anymore. To be precise, Notts County is a second-tier club in the third level of the English professional league system, but we will not just be a third level Of the team."

"This is the third time you have invited me. I just don't want to make an impolite evaluation in England. After all, I haven't decided on my next home..."

Guardiola shrugged a little embarrassedly and continued:

"Mr. Chairman, are you sure you are here to invite me to join Notts County?"

"Um, Josep, actually my purpose is to invite you to coach in Notts County..."

"Coaching? Just kidding. I'm only thirty years old. I don't want to retire for the time being. I think I can continue to contribute to the club on the court in my current state."

"No, Josep, to be more precise, I want you to join Notts County as a player and head coach.

Others may not know, but I know you have been studying coaching courses at the University of Barcelona for some time. If you are destined to go to a football club to start your career on the other end, then we in Notts County are willing to be your experience pool on your way to growth.

Instead of going to places far away from the core football circle, such as Qatar and Mexico, I think England will be a good start. You are destined to choose to fly, it is better to go to a higher mountain to spread your wings. "

If it were not for later generations to learn about Guardiola's coaching course at the University of Barcelona on the search engine, Wei Xun felt that the next conversation would not have been so smooth.

A famous coach with great wisdom like Guardiola is obviously not that easy to fool.

A heart-to-heart talk and Liangqian's rare Mingqian Longjing in Spain gave Wei Xun the opportunity to have dinner with Guardiola.

Guardiola and Wei Xun talked a lot about the passing and controlling of football and the future development direction of the team.

Perhaps the two people's views on the transmission and control of football are too consistent, so Guardiola cited Wei Xun as a confidant. The two look like they hate to meet each other late, which is really embarrassing.

"Hmph, hypocrisy, every time I go and take the gifts out of the trash can, don't think I haven't seen them!"

Guardiola's maid was probably the most unhappy of those present.

Wei Xun relied on his three-inch tongue to successfully reach an agreement with Guardiola. Guardiola really wants to leave Spain. The football atmosphere in England is good. In addition, Wei Xun's salary is not low.

As a player and coach, Wei Xun is also very generous in Guardiola's salary. Since he is working for two people, he simply receives two salaries. The weekly salary of £50,000 before tax makes both parties happy.

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