Especially in the focus of the battle between Manchester City and Hamburg, Gary Neville believes that Manchester United does not need to take action personally, as long as the "noisy neighbor" can help them teach Hamburg a lesson.

……

As usual, after the draw results come out, as the team's head coach, Pan Yi still has to be interviewed by media reporters and express his views.

Pan Yi still firmly expressed his confidence that he can advance.

"We drew Manchester City, maybe it was indeed a draw."

"After all, everyone knows that among all the second-placed teams in the group, Manchester City may be the strongest, and no one wants to encounter such an opponent early."

"But as I said before, Hamburg's goal is not to qualify, nor to the quarterfinals, but to win the Champions League this season!"

"So, no matter who our opponent is, whether it is Manchester City, Arsenal, or any other team, we will make the same effort, play every game well, and then eliminate them until we achieve the final goal."

Some reporters said that Hamburg may lack experience in the Champions League knockout rounds. Pan Yi said with a smile:

"You also said the same thing when we were drawn against Milan and Barcelona in the Champions League group stage, saying that new Champions League players like us would have a hard time in the group of death. But what happened in the end, everyone saw it, we were ahead of schedule

We qualified in just two rounds."

"And it is not rigorous to say that we are a new team. After all, we have a genuine Champions League trophy in our honor room! And Manchester City, do they have it? Therefore, they are the new ones, and they need to give

We respect enough..."

Finally Pan Yi said:

"Didn't some people say before that we wouldn't be able to play against the Premier League teams? Well, let's start by playing Manchester City to prove that this view is wrong!"

Pan Yi is full of confidence, and Hamburg is naturally also full of confidence.

Not only the players, but also the coaches, as well as the club chairman Yachov, said in an interview that the team will definitely be able to advance.

"I believe in Pan Yi, he is a miracle worker!"

"His performance in the Bundesliga and the Champions League group stage has proven his strength. If he says he can advance, he will definitely advance!"

"Oh no, he said he could win the championship. Yes, I believe that our Hamburg team is now the most competitive team in European football, and we have the strength to win the championship!"

……

That night, Pan Yi received a call at home, but it was from Fan Zhiyi!

He said that he was visiting Hamburg for the past two days and wanted to have a meal and chat with Pan Yi.

Pan Yi still has great respect for the captain who once led the national football team to the World Cup finals and was the Asian Footballer of the Year.

Including that after he retired, he also dared to criticize some bad phenomena in domestic football. Just like his scolding after the national football team lost to Thailand not long ago, it has become the bible of Dragon Kingdom football for more than ten years.

I often use it to "recite" it over and over again.

Pan Yi also admires Fan Zhiyi's upright character and attitude of daring to love and hate.

So he happily went to the appointment.

Then Pan Yi discovered that he seemed to have been tricked.

Because Fan Zhiyi did not come alone.

The person who appeared in the hotel with Fan Zhiyi was not another person from the Dragon Kingdom, but an Englishman who looked a bit mysterious.

This British man's name is Steve Parish. He has a neat hairstyle and looks very sophisticated.

And his identity is the current chairman of the Premier League Crystal Palace Club!

After hearing Fan Zhiyi introduce this Parrish, Pan Yi immediately understood the purpose of the other party's trip.

Obviously, this is specifically to invite Pan Yi to be the head coach!

And in today's world football world, Pan Yi is like Qin Shihuang's fart - he has the sound of winning.

I don’t know how many teams are eyeing this rising star in the coaching class!

So Parrish knew that if he came alone, he would probably be rejected, so he asked Fan Zhiyi to help introduce him.

The British understand the human affairs of the Dragon Kingdom.

Who is General Fan?

In addition to his high reputation in domestic football, his experience in Europe is also very good. In particular, he has a good relationship with Crystal Palace. He is a real celebrity.

When he and Sun Jihai jointly moved to Crystal Palace, which was still in League One (now the English Championship) at the time, he immediately established a foothold and won the title of best player in his first season at Crystal Palace.

Fan Zhiyi also served as captain during his time with the team and is regarded as one of the most successful foreign players in the team's history.

In 2001, Fan Zhiyi helped his Crystal Palace team defeat Liverpool in the League Cup. Later, Liverpool and Newcastle Football Club made offers to Fan Zhiyi, but the premise was to limit Fan Zhiyi's time in the national team. In the end, Fan Zhiyi chose to refuse.

This incident shows that Fan Zhiyi's performance at Crystal Palace did reach a very high level at that time, otherwise it would be impossible to attract the attention of the Premier League giants.

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After retiring, Fan Zhiyi readily accepted the invitation from Crystal Palace and became the club’s image ambassador.

Now that the club chairman wants to personally recruit Pan Yi, Fan Zhiyi naturally takes the opportunity!

Before the halfway point of the season, Parish was anxious to find Pan Yi because the current situation of Crystal Palace was so bad.

They have been in the English Championship for a long time, and finally finished fifth in the English Championship last season, that is, the 2012-13 season, and defeated Watford 1:0 in overtime in the qualifying final.

Return to the Premier League after eight years.

But today’s Premier League is really difficult.

The big6 group consisting of Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United, and Manchester City is already taking shape, as are established teams such as Everton, Newcastle, Aston Villa, including Southampton and West Ham United.

Everyone is not easy to mess with.

There are even those "mysterious mid-to-lower Premier League teams" that can often overturn strong teams!

After 15 rounds of the Premier League this season, Crystal Palace has only achieved a poor record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses, ranking 19th among all 20 teams, which is the second to last.

If this continues, Crystal Palace will soon return to the Championship!

As the club's president, Parish certainly doesn't want to see this happen.

He is also ambitious!

He hopes that Crystal Palace can stay in the Premier League permanently, and also hopes that Crystal Palace can become a truly strong team!

It is precisely because Parish has such an ideal that since he took over Crystal Palace from former boss Simon Jordan in 2010, he has increased investment year by year, so that Crystal Palace no longer sinks in the English Championship and has a place in the Premier League.

Fighting hard today.

The current Crystal Palace head coach, Ian Holloway, obviously cannot satisfy Parish's ambition.

He is just a very ordinary coach with no advanced tactical concepts. His poor record this season has made Parish lose patience with him.

Parish is looking for a replacement, a leader who can lead Crystal Palace out of the trough and truly towards glory!

And Pan Yi is obviously the most suitable candidate.

His magic on the court, his management skills in the locker room, and his influence in the transfer market are all needless to say.

Before coming to Pan Yi today, Parrish had also done his homework. He knew what Pan Yi wanted.

So Parrish soon showed his cards: Whatever you dare to ask for, I will satisfy you!

"We all know that you have achieved great success in the Bundesliga in the past two years."

Parrish said:

"However, your expectations and ideals are likely to be constrained by the 50 1 policy of German football. The level of your players is getting higher and higher, and the salary will also rise, and Hamburg will soon be unable to meet their needs.

, and then I will run away."

"Are you willing to watch the team you have worked so hard to fall apart next summer? If you have such worries, the team will never reach a new height."

"But the Premier League is different. You may also know that as long as the team can stay in the Premier League, we may have more than 100 million pounds of revenue invested in the team every year. And I also promise on behalf of the team's holding group,

We will continue to invest more and try our best to meet all your financial requirements."

"We aim to become a top team! We can provide you with the best platform. You will have all kinds of team affairs in Crystal Palace - including of course the decision-making power on transfers. Anything Ferguson can do at Manchester United

You can do anything at Crystal Palace!..."

Pan Yi can really feel Parrish's sincerity.

Putting aside his appreciation and commitment to Pan Yi, what he said is also true.

Hamburg's players are growing into world-class stars one by one under Pan Yi's guidance, and world-class stars will need world-class treatment to match.

The current maximum salary in the team is Sun Xingmin’s weekly salary of 80,000, but can you imagine that after these players win various championships, their wages will still be far lower than this level?

De Bruyne, Kante, Salah...are these players likely to have "child labor contracts" for the rest of their lives?

To be honest, for players of this level, it is not too much to get 200,000 yuan each, or even 300,000 yuan or more.

They will all become top figures in world football!

But in this case, a player's annual salary will exceed 10 million euros, and 10 players will earn hundreds of millions...

This is simply unbearable for a Bundesliga team, because the bonus income from winning the championship alone can no longer make up for the expenses here.

But Premier League teams can.
To be continued...