Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

After dealing with Van Gaal, Yang Luo fell into a state of doing nothing for a long time. He even went back to California to live for a while. Fiona has come to the second semester of her senior year, running between the internship unit and the school every day, which has made her lose a lot of weight. Yang Luo wanted to help her, but she refused directly. In her words, you have to do your own things. However, her personal ability is quite excellent. Not only has her performance in JPMorgan Chase been unanimously recognized, but she has also been very successful in the research of the graduation project group. If nothing unexpected happens, she can graduate smoothly, and she is also very likely to work in the investment department of JPMorgan Chase. Yang Luo can't help but feel happy for her. But during this period, Manchester City's record was quite bad.

On February 8, they tied Manchester United 1-1 away.

On February 22, they lost 1-4 to Arsenal at home.

On March 1, they tied Blackburn 1-1 away.

On March 16, they beat Birmingham 2-0 at home.

On March 22, they lost 1-5 to Chelsea away.

On April 5, they lost 0-2 to Bolton away.

On April 12, they tied 1-1 with Middlesbrough at home.

After these seven games, Manchester City's ranking also dropped to twelfth, and they were only seven points away from the relegation zone.

Yang Luo was more and more dissatisfied with Kevin Keegan at this time, and even had the idea of ​​firing him directly and letting Van Gaal take over.

But Van Gaal is now dating and said he has no time recently.

Yang Luo had no choice but to tolerate Keegan for the time being.

After all, there are still five rounds in the league, and Manchester City, which is leading by seven points, should not be relegated as long as it does not do too much.

But then, Keegan gave him another big surprise.

On April 18, Manchester City, playing away, easily defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 with Ronaldinho's one goal and two assists!

Then, Manchester City defeated Sunderland, the second-to-last team in the league, 3-0 in the next game, and also sent him to the English League One.

With two consecutive wins, Manchester City basically succeeded in relegation.

As a result, Manchester City immediately lost 1-2 to West Ham United, which ranked 18th, at home, which almost caused Yang Luo to have a cerebral hemorrhage.

Fortunately, in the last three rounds, Manchester City achieved one win and one loss, and finally ranked ninth in the Premier League.

Although it seems to be in the first half of the standings, in the end they are only nine points ahead of West Ham United, which is third from the bottom, and thirteen points behind Liverpool, which is fifth.

It can be said that Manchester City is now a mid-to-lower-tier team.

After the end of the season, Bernstein also held talks with Kevin Keegan.

Kevin Keegan also knew that his days at Manchester City were over, so he calmly accepted his fate of being fired.

On May 12, 2003, Manchester City officially announced that Kevin Keegan was fired.

For this, Manchester City paid a termination fee of three million pounds.

Then, on May 14, Manchester City announced that the Dutch coach Van Gaal would serve as Manchester City's head coach.

This piece of news immediately made Manchester City the focus of news.

At the press conference, Guardian reporter David Jones was the first to jump out: "Mr. Van Gaal, with your reputation, why did you choose a club like Manchester City?"

Bernstein frowned on the side. He remembered that this Guardian reporter seemed to always target Manchester City. Every time Manchester City lost, he would jump out and make negative comments about Manchester City in his article.

Now he is the first one to jump out, which is really annoying.

Van Gaal also frowned: "What do you mean by this? Do you want to belittle me or Manchester City?"

David Jones didn't expect Van Gaal to be so direct, he quickly said: "Mr. Van Gaal, I don't mean to belittle you..."

Van Gaal sneered: "Then you are belittling Manchester City Club?"

David Jones was stunned. He didn't expect Van Gaal to speak so directly: "I don't mean that."

Van Gaal glared at him: "Then what do you want to express? I tell you, if you belittle Manchester City Club, you are belittling me. If you don't mean that, then shut up. Next!"

David Jones' face was livid, and he could only sit down depressed.

He didn't expect Van Gaal to be so tough at the first press conference, and he didn't care about his face at all.

The local media didn't even give him a chance.

Bernstein laughed secretly on the side. He had heard that Van Gaal was very tough, but he didn't expect him to be so tough.

If Yang Luo was there, it would be even more exciting!

In the following questions, Van Gaal was patient and answered every one of their questions carefully.

At the end of the press conference, Van Gaal summed up his arrival in one sentence: "From now on, Manchester City will plant the mark of my Van Gaal."

This sentence eventually became the headline of most newspapers.

With the arrival of Van Gaal, the Premier League is bound to be more interesting!

Yang Luo did not attend the press conference because he and Sandezi were negotiating with someone.

This person's name is Antonio Pintus.

Maybe he is not famous in the ears of many fans, but this person is a super heavyweight physical trainer!

When he followed Qi Xuanzong into Real Madrid, he built a physically fit Real Madrid for Qi Xuanzong.

Real Madrid, which defended the Champions League twice in 2017 and 2018, often reversed the game at the last moment of the game, thanks to Pintus.

Later, he followed Conte to Inter Milan and made great contributions to Inter Milan's winning of the league championship.

It can be said that with him, the players' physical training does not have to worry about it.

He was originally playing for Chelsea at this time, but since Chelsea was about to be acquired by Abramovich, this gave Yang Luo hope of poaching him.

So he went to London in person and made an offer for Pintus.

Now his weekly salary is 6,000 pounds, and Yang Luo directly raised it to 15,000 pounds.

This move directly stunned the Italian.

So after thinking for a few minutes, he agreed to Yang Luo's poaching.

Sandezi's heart was bleeding. This boss was really generous. He could easily pay such a high salary to a fitness coach...

But when he thought that his salary was more than twice that of Pintus, he suddenly felt that a generous boss was actually good.

The next day, after paying Chelsea a penalty of 300,000 pounds, Pintus officially became a member of Manchester City's coaching staff.

Since Van Gaal has his own coaching team, with the addition of fitness coach Pintus and some of Manchester City's original old team, Manchester City's coaching team for the new season is basically complete.

Although this transaction was not officially announced with great fanfare, its importance is higher than the joining of an important player.

Next, it depends on what level the coaching team can elevate the team to!