Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 571 Europe Chapter 2003 The Magic Bird Takes Over

The night sky in Newcastle is breezy.

Perhaps because of the sea, although it has entered summer, the weather is not so hot. After leaving Robson's house, Pei Wei and Mourinho did not return to the hotel where they were staying, but stayed in the hotel. Take a stroll in the quiet streets.

"It's nice to walk occasionally in such fine weather." Pei Wei smiled and said to Mourinho: "We got a very good result today...Mr. Robson is indeed a very good coach." , but after all, he is old and not in good health, it is also a good thing for him to be able to step down from the busy head coach position."

Mourinho was silent for a while, and then suddenly asked Pei Wei: "Pei, did you make such a decision for the sake of the teacher's health or to fulfill your promise to me? To be honest, I am very reluctant. It was me who took the position of teacher, although I am very interested in this position."

Pei Wei paused for a while, with a smile on his face: "To be honest, we have both. I said we will be the best partners. Together, there will be no chairman or head coach like us. Harmonious relationship... As for Mr. Robson, out of consideration for his health, I think it is definitely good for his health to come to the relatively leisurely position of consultant. Mr. Robson is already 70 years old this year. There is a saying in China that "people live to seventy since ancient times", which means that after the age of 70, people have already lived a long life... Although in the current medical environment, it is not too difficult to live to the age of 70, but After all, the organs in the human body have begun to age gradually. I don’t know when this or that problem will appear. Although I admire Mr. Robson’s fighting spirit to defeat cancer three times in a row, after all, the body has been severely impacted three times , If you are a young man, it is okay to say that as an old man, it is difficult to recover to the best condition. If you insist on it, you will only overdraw your life...Compared with life, football is insignificant. I think, this The action is not only for you, but also for Mr. Robson himself. At least on this point, I have a clear conscience. I don’t want to see a 70-year-old man suffering from cancer who is still fighting on the front line. It is him who retreats to the second line due treatment."

"The teacher's body is indeed not as good as before." Mourinho stared blankly at the sky, with a look of reminiscence on his face: "When I saw him in 92, he was as energetic as a young man. Similarly, although he is strict, he never uses methods like devil training in training, and he can communicate well with every player..."

Mourinho smiled self-deprecatingly: "I just retired not long ago, and I was sent by Sporting Lisbon to act as his Portuguese translator. I am always a translator, but I am constantly learning the knowledge of being a coach from him, and he never has any reservations to teach me these things, not because I am just a translator Just look down on me...Even in Barcelona, ​​he has always been in good spirits, often arguing with me and Cruyff on tactical issues until dawn...At that time, I often argued with Cruyff because of tactical differences quarreled, but he never quarreled with us."

"He is a respectable coach, and no one can deny that." Pei Wei wanted to dilute the atmosphere, and pretended to be relaxed with a smile: "But it's good now, you are with him again, And this time it is your status as the head coach... My big coach, you have to do your homework from now on. Before the pre-season training starts, you can give me a list with the names of the players you need, Then I'm in charge of buying, as we've always done at Yunjiatianyu."

"My homework has already been done." Mourinho said lightly: "I watched all Newcastle's games last season. Basically, I already know which players can stay and which players don't need to stay. I'll give you a general idea of ​​the list... I'll tell you the list soon."

"OK." Pei Wei snapped his fingers: "In this regard, I absolutely trust you. Let me tell you that my scouts have provided me with several outstanding players. I will tell you the details when the time comes. I think you'll be interested."

Mourinho nodded. He has always trusted Pei Wei's vision of players. Although he doesn't know if it will work in Europe, Mourinho believes in his own judgment. In the same way, Pei Wei promised a long time ago that he will only make suggestions on players, and the final decision-making power is still in Mourinho's hands. Pei Wei will never force Mourinho to accept him and Unnecessary players.

"I know what you want is not a superstar, but a player who suits your tactics." Pei Wei chuckled in his heart: "I will not make the same mistake as Abramovich, after all, I am not the head coach."

"I'm a little curious, Jose." Pei Wei asked a new question: "It's only been more than a month since you guessed that I will buy Newcastle United. Could it be that in this short period of more than a month, you have been against Newcastle United?" Do all the players know that well? To be honest, I can't believe it."

"Boss, I have already said that as a club owner, you know more about football than most presidents, but you are not a professional head coach after all." Mourinho sighed: "As a head coach , in addition to knowing your own players, you also need to have a certain understanding of other famous clubs, because these clubs are likely to become your opponents... Although I am in China, I have always aimed at European clubs Yes, so I am not ignorant of Newcastle’s situation, and with a month’s focus on what I already know, I think any qualified head coach will understand it thoroughly.”

"I think I now know the difference between amateur and professional." Pei Wei sighed: "I am at best a fan with a relatively high rank, and you are the experts. I think I should be less involved in specific aspects in the future." A decision has been made, after all, this is not China... Alas, one less fun."

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The time has entered July, and Newcastle fans got a bad news. Their beloved Sir Robson is now in bed due to lung cancer surgery. Some time ago, he had submitted his resignation to the club and asked to resign as the head coach of Newcastle.

This news made Newcastle fans worried. After all, after Keegan, who led the team to the Premier League and almost won the Premier League title, resigned, neither Dalglish nor Gullit could lead the team to the top. , and Robson brought Newcastle to the Champions League immediately after taking office. This is the second head coach to do this in 20 years. Now the club has finally improved in performance and has a new owner who is willing to continue to invest (Newcastle fans were both surprised and delighted by Pei Wei's statement that Pei Wei was going to invest [-] million in the transfer market), but a sudden illness caused Sir Robson to announce his resignation. What should we do?

Fans will know the importance of a good head coach, especially fans of Newcastle have a deeper feeling. In the past two years, the players are still the same players, basically there is no change, but Robson has led this team to the UEFA Cup. The goal team just brought it to the Champions League. The gap between a good coach and an ordinary coach can be seen.

Robson's former head coach, Gullit, was a legendary star, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he is also an excellent coach.

After Robson, who will become the new head coach of the Magpies and lead this team that is desperate for the championship to move forward?
On July [-]th, the Newcastle Club issued a statement: "After trying our best to keep Sir Robson, we have to admit that we will lose this outstanding head coach. For the sake of Sir Robson's health, we have to give up. But when Sir Robson recovers, he will serve as the club's chief technical adviser and continue to lead the team he loves forward."

This statement made the fans of the Magpies both sad and happy. The sad thing is that they still have to lose the head coach who has achieved the best results in five years. The happy thing is that the new club executives value Sir Robson as much as they do, and Robson Sir Sen will still return to the Newcastle club after his recovery, although he will appear in the position of technical adviser at that time.

At least he's here - that's what Newcastle fans think.

After accepting this fact, Newcastle fans began to care about another question: Who is the new head coach?
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After entering the Newcastle club, Pei Wei made a series of moves that made Newcastle fans very happy, including retaining Sir Hall's lifelong honorary chairmanship, hiring Sir Robson as the club's technical consultant in advance, and promising to invest a huge amount in the transfer market The funds made Newcastle fans extremely happy, making them feel the hopeful scene when John Hall took over in 92, but just as they expected this generous chairman Pei to bring Newcastle a world-famous When they were famous coaches, the latest statement from the Newcastle club made them angry.

"Newcastle Club has hired Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho as its new head coach. The contract is for four years. Newcastle Club is looking forward to reaching a new peak under the leadership of the new coach."

PS: Update on ticket #300...

Hurry, hurry, hurry!Already dropped to sixth place, the man behind me is only 5 votes behind me... Brothers, if you have votes, hurry up, I don't want to be reversed by the National People's Congress at the last moment... Reversing others is very good, but being reversed is very uncomfortable Come on, brothers, if you have a ticket, hurry up and throw it out, don't keep your hands...

Traveling a hundred miles and a half to ninety, the ancients did not deceive me...

(End of this chapter)