Super Marshal

"Hey, you're here."

When he heard the knock on the door and saw the box door being opened from the outside and Gao Han's figure appeared, Guardiola immediately stood up with joy.

"Of course, it's rare for you to invite me to dinner, so why not come?" Gao Han walked in with a smile.

"But aren't you too humble? Invite me to dinner at my restaurant?"

Guardiola was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered this question, which seemed a bit inappropriate.

"Sorry, I didn't pay attention. I just thought your restaurant tastes good and you like it, so I came." Guardiola was afraid that Gao Han would misunderstand, so he quickly explained.

Gao Han laughed and walked over, hugged Guardiola, and the two sat across from each other tacitly.

"How have you been lately?" Gao Han poured himself a cup of hot tea, "There are a lot of rumors about you outside."

He still remembers that after Barcelona lost to Real Madrid in the league, Guardiola called him and told him about his decision to leave Barcelona. At that time, after listening to his thoughts, Gao Han gave The opinion is supportive, because judging from the situation at the time, even if Guardiola continues to stay in Barcelona, ​​I am afraid he will not last long.

The gap between him and the management is getting bigger and bigger, and the differences are becoming more and more obvious. This is reflected not only in transfer operations, but also in the daily management of the club. Players are often very sensitive, and they will Catching such a signal quickly can shake the head coach's authority in the locker room.

This has been clearly reflected in Barcelona's internal problems over the past season.

In this case, it is better to take the initiative to retire now than to continue to suffer in Barcelona and be fired by the management in the future.

In recent years, Guardiola can be said to be the most popular top coach in European football except Gao Han. His departure from Barcelona has created a sensation in the entire European football world. I don’t know how many wealthy teams covet him. Ruler, all kinds of rumors are also endless.

"Most of those rumors are false rumors." Guardiola replied calmly.

"AC Milan?" Gao Han asked with a smile.

Guardiola shook his head, "I just went to a friend's house in Pescara as a guest and stayed for two days, but the Italian media broke such a news, what do you think?"

Gao Han laughed heartily, "Then the Football Association of England invited you to coach England. Is it true or false?"

When this matter was mentioned, Guardiola became even more depressed and helpless.

"All I can say is that this is half true and half false."

"How do you say it?" Gao Han asked with interest.

"There was an intermediary who I didn't know at all. He got in touch with my brother through some channel and said that he wanted to arrange for me to coach in England. Then he went to the Football Association and told the other party that I was interested in coaching. England, he was able to facilitate this, but from beginning to end, we never met with the FA. I didn’t even see what the middleman looked like. What’s going on?”

This time Gao Han burst into laughter.

This kind of thing is very common in European football because there are many middlemen of this type running around and making profits.

Of course, if both parties are really interested, once he facilitates it, the middleman will be worth a hundred times more and become famous in one fell swoop.

But if you think about it, you will know how unreliable this rumor is. Even if Guardiola really wanted to coach England, it would not be through a completely unknown person. It is obvious that this middleman did not make it happen. As a result, the news was sold to the media, and there was a round of hype.

If he really wants to coach, at least his brother Perret should have contact with people from the Football Association. That would be interesting.

"Then Chelsea should be reliable, right?" After laughing, Gao Han asked with concern.

This time Guardiola nodded seriously, "Indeed, Abramovich asked me to meet in London on his yacht, but I refused."

"Why?" Gao Han asked curiously.

With Guardiola's current status and his annual salary, there are really not many teams in European football that can hire him. Chelsea should be considered the most proactive giant among them.

"I don't like this team." Guardiola replied frankly. "Back then, I witnessed with my own eyes how you left Chelsea. Later, Mourinho's departure was also very unhappy, and then Rijka. "De, Villas-Boas last season, I felt Chelsea was not professional at all and the management also had problems."

"Not long ago, I just met Begiristain. In the past two years, he has met with Abramovich at least three times. Chelsea invited him to serve as technical director to help improve the club's management structure. But in fact, from scratch In the end, Abramovich gave him the feeling not of trust, but of perfunctoryness.”

"He said that Abramovich promised him a high salary, but did not give him the real power he deserved. This made him completely unable to understand how he wanted to improve Chelsea's management structure. A technical director without any real power could have How useful is it?”

Gao Han understood what Guardiola meant and had heard about Begiristain.

The former Barcelona sporting director is still very promising in European football. Chelsea also kindly invited him to take up the post, but in the end it ended without any success. Now listening to what Guardiola said, Abramovich's problem still remains. so serious.

To put it bluntly, he will not allow anyone to weaken his influence on Chelsea.

In other words, he only wants to do one thing all the time, so that when everyone mentions Chelsea, he will be the first thing they think of.

Under this premise, he will want Chelsea to achieve results on the football field.

Everyone has a different definition of success.

Perhaps, this is the success Abramovich defines for Chelsea.

Guardiola's rejection of Chelsea is undoubtedly a very wise choice.

"Then what are your plans now?" Gao Han asked with concern.

Guardiola smiled slightly, "I don't have any plans. I haven't rested for so many years. I just want to take a good rest now. Maybe when I have enough rest and meet a suitable team, I will come out again."

"What are the specific requirements?"

"Having a sound management structure that can operate in an orderly manner while following the laws of football development makes me feel warmth, respect and loyalty, and makes me feel comfortable and at ease. You know, these are all things I value very much."

To put it bluntly, Guardiola is a very emotional person at heart.

But such a team is hard to find.

"Maybe you should seriously consider our Chinatown." Gao Han suggested seriously after hearing this.

"Chinatown?" Guardiola was surprised.

"That's right." Gao Han said sincerely, "The boss is me, the general manager Armando Marcos, you are familiar with it, you also know how they are, not to mention the technical director, Carlos is also how old you are. Friends, you are also familiar with the coaches on the team, and our management structure is also very formal and professional, so I think we are a perfect match for your requirements.”

At this point, Gao Han changed the subject, "To be honest, you didn't want to take the initiative to invite Ying to come to our Chinatown, so you specifically offered such a condition, right?"

When Guardiola heard the last part, he burst into laughter.

He had forgotten how long it had been since he laughed like this.

After he stopped laughing, Guardiola looked at Gao Han with a smile and said, "Dear Mr. Gao Han, my teacher, my best friend, you finally understand what I mean, can we start talking about salary now?" Something happened?”

This time the one who was deflated was replaced by Gao Han.

Looking at Gao Han's depressed expression, Guardiola laughed loudly again.

In fact, Guardiola has always been a taciturn person in front of outsiders, but if you really get to know him, it is not difficult to find that he is actually a very talkative and humorous person in private.

With Guardiola's current annual salary, Chinatown simply cannot afford to hire him. Even if he cuts his annual salary in half out of friendship considerations, Chinatown cannot afford it.

After Gao Han took a sip of tea angrily, he muttered, "You didn't mention your salary just now."

"But I didn't say I didn't want a salary." Guardiola shot back.

Gao Han was completely speechless, "So there's nothing to talk about?"

"When everything in Chinatown stabilizes, there will still be a chance." Guardiola chuckled.

Gao Han then laughed, "Then I'm recording. This will be the evidence in the future."

How could Guardiola believe what Gao Han said.

In fact, if Chinatown really needs a head coach, Gao Han himself is more suitable than Guardiola.

What's more, now that Pochettino is doing so well, Chinatown has no reason to change coaches.

Guardiola knew Gao Han very well and knew that he was joking from beginning to end. He just wanted to make him laugh and relax, and didn't care about anything else.

As for the future, who knows?

"By the way, we'll talk about coaching our China Town later, but there is one thing we can talk about." Gao Han said on a whim.

"What's up?"

"Look, you need to rest now, but you can't slack off too much, right?"

Guardiola looked at Gao Han's ulterior eyes and asked with a smile: "Just get to the point."

"I think you should continue to think and summarize your coaching experience and ideas in theory. You also know that we have a coaching training class in Chinatown. You are usually idle, so why not come here to hold a class and teach Teach those students." Gao Han suggested with a smile.

The coach training classes in Chinatown are also well-known in the industry. The places for each period are very popular. In addition to students from Europe, there are also regular high-level coaching class students from China. After the training is completed, many of them will stay in In Europe, they either interned in Chinatown or were recommended to intern at other wealthy teams to gain experience.

Guardiola is a well-known wise man in the field of professional coaches. How could Gao Han let go of such an opportunity?

But how could the former Barcelona coach not clearly understand Gao Han's thoughts?

"You know what? I just called Sir Alex Ferguson a few days ago. Guess what he said about you?"

"How to say?"

"He said that if he retires, he must break up with you."

"Why?"

"The reason is very simple. He said that he would do everything possible to lure him to Chinatown to teach, just like you poached Lippi, Aragones and others." After finishing speaking, Guardiola couldn't help laughing.

"He really said that?" Gao Han felt depressed now, "Do I really look like that kind of person?"

Guardiola looked at him with his eyes, smiling and saying nothing, as if to say, no need to act like it, you are exactly that.

"I made a bad friend by mistake!" Gao Han whined, shaking his head.