Super Marshal

Things were as expected by Gao Han.

When the single espn list was released, it immediately caused an uproar all over the world. Numerous supporters of Alpine and countless fans against Alpine began to fight, and there was a large wave of silent party formation.

Like a shark that smelled of blood, the media reporters immediately moved after hearing the wind and expressed their positions one after another, either supporting or opposing Gao Han, and fought a news war in major newspapers.

Even soon, some media magazines followed the trend and launched their own lists.

For example, the European Professional Sports Magazine also selected the 50 most influential people in European football. As a result, they directly pushed Gao Han to the top of the list, overwhelming FIFA President Blatter and UEFA President Platini to win the championship.

Soon, other media newspapers followed up with similar selections. Gao Han’s rankings were either high or low, basically in the top 20, keeping pace with the bigwigs of Berlusconi, Moratti and other clubs. Players like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were left behind, not to mention the head coach.

For a time, the selection of the most influential people in the world of football caused huge disputes all over the world. As a result, Gao Han appeared on the pages of media newspapers around the world, and even the headlines, once again standing. On the cusp of the storm.

Although there are different rankings and different criteria for the ranking of Alpine, one thing is recognized by everyone, that is, Alpine is already one of the most influential figures in world football today.

But when the list event was rapidly fermenting all over the world, Gao Han was low-key in Madrid to deal with the renewal of several players from the National City team, and at the same time studied the team's tactical play, training program arrangement, and together with Pochettino. Encourage the team's morale and hope that the National City team can get out of the three-game losing streak soon.

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London, South Hyde Park, high-end conference room at Oriental Hotel.

Both sides of the oval conference table are filled with professional elites in suits. They represent the top talents of the two most prestigious financial investment institutions in London’s Financial Street. At this moment, they are preparing for a multi-billion-pound relationship. Buying and selling transactions.

In a luxuriously furnished lounge next to the conference room, several people dressed in traditional Eastern costumes were talking and laughing. It was completely different from the fierce negotiation atmosphere next door, and it seemed very cozy.

Mansour, the behind-the-scenes boss of Manchester City, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, looking at the beautiful Hyde Park, looking a little silly.

It was not until someone approached that he was awakened and looked over.

He is a bit fatter and he is also from the East, but he is from a different country, Qatar.

Tamim is the **** of Qatar, the future Emir, and the chairman of the Qatar Investment Authority, manages more than 100 billion U.S. dollars in assets, and this time he personally came to London to deal with more than one billion pounds. asset.

Barclays Bank, the main sponsor of the Premier League.

A year ago, when Mansour acquired Manchester City, Barclays Bank was affected by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. The situation was very bad. A number of consortia including Donghe Asia provided them with 5 billion pounds of financing. , Acquired shares of Barclays Bank.

As a result, Mansour’s Abu Dhabi consortium and Tamim’s Qatar Investment Authority became the two major shareholders of Barclays Bank.

Barclays Bank received the five billion pounds of financing, which has enriched the bank’s capital. Not only did it steadily weather the difficult subprime mortgage crisis, but also used half of the financing to expand its business. Its strength began to recover steadily, earnings recovered, and its stock Also gradually picked up.

Up to now, last year's investment has made a lot of money for them, it is time to consider exiting and selling shares of Barclays Bank, and the actuaries in the conference room next door are calculating this account.

"This time you can cash at least 1.3 billion pounds, and I heard the news, Tamim, the Qatar Investment Authority intends to use this money to buy Manchester United, is it true?" Mansour asked concerned.

Manchester United is Manchester City's mortal enemy. If the Qatar consortium takes over Manchester United, it will have a great impact on Manchester City.

Now that Manchester City has Alpine sitting in town, Mansour is not worried at all, but Alpine is only willing to sign a two-year contract. Two years later, once Alpine leaves, can Manchester City beat Manchester United, which is backed by the Qatar consortium?

But Tamim shook his head resentfully, "The talk is broken."

"Broken?" Mansour smiled, his mood improved a lot, "Why?"

"The Yankees are a group of vampires, they are asking for 3 billion pounds, do you think we can accept it?" Tamim still seemed very outraged when he said this.

Mansour nodded, this is indeed a bit of a big mouth.

How much did the Glazers buy Manchester United?

The outside world has always estimated that about 1.5 billion pounds can satisfy the appetite of the Glazer family, which has made them at least double the profit. It can be said to be a fortune, but they did not expect that their appetite was so big that they would ask for 3 billion. The pound, really the proprietors are triumphs?

"Since the talk has collapsed, then you have to sell the shares of Barclays Bank?" Mansour asked kindly.

Tamim nodded, "I'm not going to sell it all. I plan to put out a sum of money to buy Harrods, and buy a few shops in Knightsbridge by the way. You know, the rent for this piece is still considerable. "

Mansour is noncommittal. Everyone has different interests and preferences when it comes to investing.

At the very least, he has no interest in this type of asset.

"However, next we will definitely look for the right team again. You know, we are determined to win the right to host the World Cup." Tamim said with a serious face.

Qatar is striving to prepare for the 2022 World Cup, but its competitors are also very strong, including the United Kingdom and the United States. It is not easy for Qatar to win, and the most important thing is to improve its reputation and influence in the world and football industry as soon as possible. force.

Therefore, the Qatar consortium would want to acquire Manchester United.

"By the way, how credible is this list?" Tamim handed over a magazine.

The American edition of espn magazine, one of the most authoritative sports magazines in the world.

The magazine has just turned to a page, and it is a list of the fifty most powerful people in world football.

This piece of news has been raging recently, and Mansour has naturally heard of it and read it, so he just smiled, "As far as I know, this magazine is quite authoritative and has a high degree of credibility."

"What about the high cold?" Tamim asked concerned.

In this list, Gao Han is just below FIFA Chairman Blatter, and even the chairman of the South African World Cup Organizing Committee Danny Jordan is even higher, which makes Tamim have to pay attention.

"It's hard to say, but from the many football players I have met, Gao Han is undoubtedly the most influential and inspiring figure in world football today. You know, he has never lost since his debut. , Has been winning, which is unique in the history of world football for more than 100 years."

From Mansour’s tone and expression, Tamim is not difficult to see his admiration for Alpine.

Based on his knowledge of Mansour, not many people can get this evaluation. It can be seen that Alpine is definitely true.

"Wait, what do you want to do?" Mansour suddenly became wary.

Although they are all Easterners, Qatar and the UAE are neighbors, and when they arrive in Europe, they often cooperate, but there are still two groups of people in their bones, and they still have to beware of each other.

"Don't be nervous, I don't have anything right now, I won't threaten you." Tamimhaha smiled, "However, I heard people say that Gao Han has a football team in Spain and has been upgraded to La Liga step by step in nine years. Very communicative."

"Do you want to buy this team?"

"Of course." Tamim nodded without hiding, "National City, the name of this team is very interesting."

What he values ​​is not only the National City team, but also the high cold behind this team.

"But Gao Han doesn't necessarily sell it." Mansour has known the National City team.

"Then I will use the most sincere price to convince him." Tamim smiled confidently.

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Gao Han did not know that someone was brewing to acquire his team behind his back. After dealing with the National City team, he returned to Manchester non-stop and returned to the post of Manchester City's head coach.

During the national team match, Gao Han took other players to participate in training.

Kaka was not recruited by Brazil's national team coach Dunga because of a foot injury. He continued to train in the team, but he still failed to train with the team, but trained alone.

After the two-week national team match, the internationals returned to the team one after another.

In the cold weather, and Manchester City chartered special plane transfers with other teams, including the South American international, all returned to Manchester on time in accordance with the coaching staff's regulations.

After a day of rest and training, Manchester City went to the away game without stopping to challenge Wigan Athletic.

Affected by the national team game, plus the away game, the Manchester City players' performance in the half court was not ideal~www.NovelMTL.com~ Especially at the beginning, the home team Wigan Athletic shot a few long shots, but they were not threatened. To Cech.

Manchester City did not make their first threatening offensive until the 29th minute.

After that, Manchester City gradually controlled the situation, but they were never able to create a threat. Instead, before the end of halftime, Wigan Athletic seized an opportunity and hit a counterattack. Nzoya scored from close range. , Opened the record for Wigan Athletic.

When Gao Han was on the court, he severely reprimanded the players for their poor performance in the half, thinking that the players were a little too underestimated.

After changing sides in the second half, Manchester City launched a counterattack in accordance with the strategy formulated by the alpine field at the beginning.

With the blessing of the assault card, Sanchez formed a continuous assault on the right at the beginning of the second half, and in the forty-sixth minute, after a continuous breakthrough, the ball was passed to the road. Benzema ran a little behind and blocked it with his body. Defensive player, let the ball pass by him.

Cristiano Ronaldo intervened and volleyed with his right foot to tie the score.

Just five minutes later, Benzema retraced to receive the pass, and the pass came behind the Wigan Athletic defense line. Cristiano Ronaldo dribbled into the penalty area, but the volley was blocked by the opponent's return guard Bramble. The ball fell to the right.

At this time, Sanchez slapped his horse, easily pushed the empty goal, and reversed the score.

In the end, the poor Manchester City 21 reversed Wigan Athletic and won nine consecutive victories.

In the other games of this round, Manchester United defeated Bolton in 21 at home, Arsenal defeated Birmingham in 3-1 at home, and Liverpool lost to Sunderland in an upset at home.

In another match that took place the other day, Chelsea scored a goal in Drogba, and was pulled twice by Aston Villa on the away game, and finally lost to Aston Villa by one or two.

This is also Chelsea's first defeat in the new season.