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Chapter 53 UEFA Cup Qualification?
The winner is the king and the loser is Kou, and Wenger, who lost the game, complimented Duncan in a pattern, but didn't say anything.Although in third place in the league, Arsenal have not been doing well this season.Relying on the youth team to reach the Champions League final last season was already the last glory of this Gunners.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Arsenal is going downhill.

At the press conference, when someone asked about Arsenal's plans for next season, Wenger actually showed a little confusion.Before the end of the season, the team named Barcelona came to buy Henry again.After losing the Champions League last season, Wenger relied on emotional cards to keep Henry for another season.But after this season where the four major players were all empty, Wenger couldn't find any reason to keep Henry's heart of chasing the championship...

Maybe next season, it will be completely overthrown and rebuilt?
More reporters congratulated Duncan on his seven-game winning streak.Of course, some people also asked about Barton's opinion on that malicious foul, but under the cover of victory, no attention was paid to these details...

In fact, Barton's foul this time was Duncan's trick for Barton, because he wanted to try his own speculation in the previous game.In the last game, because of a yellow card, Erlong was banned from the water formation, but the ban was lifted after the game.

In this game, Duncan let Barton continue to take the cards, and sure enough, the four-element formation was also banned.So Duncan can be sure that the yellow card can cause the formation to fail on the spot, but it will not affect the subsequent games.

As for the test red card... forget it.The Premier League rules a red card and bans them for four games. Now Manchester City's lineup is weak, but they can't stand this kind of toss.

Afterwards, the reporters saw that there was nothing to ask, so they ended the press conference.

At the end of the game, the situation on the standings has changed dramatically again!
At this time, the Premier League has entered the final stage of the league, with only four rounds left.

The first is the title race, with Manchester United leading with 84 points, followed by Chelsea with 278 points and Arsenal with 64 points.After losing to Manchester City in this round, Arsenal's theoretical hope of winning the championship has also disappeared.And in view of the 6-point gap between the top two teams, as long as Manchester United wins the next two games, they will win the Premier League title in the 06-07 season.

In terms of the relegation zone, although more than 7 teams were relegated at one time, the situation is now clear.Watford and Fulham have already been relegated, and the remaining relegation spot will come from between Bolton and Middlesbrough.

The championship team is fighting for points, and the relegation zone is also fighting for points, so the completely different situation of grabbing points has resulted in a completely different situation of points.

In the middle of the league, those mid-range teams who have no desires and desires naturally become "extension machines".The difference in fighting spirit has caused the mid-range teams to frequently lose to the downstream teams in recent rounds.Their points are not high, and they are all very close.

After six consecutive victories, Manchester City has scored 48 points and ranked No.9 in the league.

Before them, it was the eighth Portsmouth in the league with 53 points and the seventh Tottenham in the league with 54 points.

This season's League Cup champion is Manchester United, which has already locked in the Champions League; and the two teams that entered the FA Cup final are Manchester United and Chelsea, the top two in the league, and both teams have already locked in the Champions League.

Therefore, the two UEFA Cup places have been extended to the Premier League, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh Premier League players can all participate in the UEFA Cup!
What does the UEFA Cup mean?
European qualification?

No, no, that means higher exposure!More Sponsor Grants!More competitions are divided into!

And, a higher stage!

No one can refuse the UEFA Cup call!

Although compared with the UEFA Champions League, the attention, income, and influence of the UEFA Cup are much lower, but for the small club Manchester City, it is tantamount to a booster!

The Manchester City fans were very excited. They didn't expect that a team that was relegated a month ago would now qualify for the UEFA Cup?
Moreover, Manchester City has been so strong recently that they have won six consecutive victories, so is seven consecutive victories and eight consecutive victories still far away?
"Strive for the UEFA Cup qualification!"

In the second day's training, some fans pulled out such a banner outside the city stadium.

"Union Cup!" Duncan adjusted his sunglasses.It wasn't just fans who found UEFA Cup qualification in sight.Just the night before, the club chairman Wardell called him, told him about the club's operating conditions, and tactfully asked about the team's recent situation.

Although he didn't say anything, he expressed Waddell's hope for the UEFA Cup. With the qualification for the UEFA Cup next season, Manchester City will be able to alleviate the financial crisis to a large extent.

"Hmph, do you think the UEFA Cup is an apple on a tree, you can pick it with just a hop?" Diop sneered inwardly.

In the last four rounds, Manchester City's four opponents are Watford, Manchester United, Everton and Tottenham.

Manchester United is the leader, and Tottenham also ranks fifth in the league!

Even if Manchester City wins the other two games in the end, and the points reach 54 points, and Tottenham can kill Manchester City as long as they win one game!
"Stop wishful thinking!" Diop thought to himself.

But although he is not optimistic about Manchester City's UEFA Cup qualification, Diop is very worried about another thing.

Duncan's contract extension question!
Now the outside world is calling for the club to renew Duncan's contract, which is one wave after another!The local media and fan groups put a lot of pressure on the club!On the club's official website, many fans posted appeals.

But what about the club? Their attitude has been unclear. They neither admitted nor denied it.

The lack of admission shows that the club has concerns; the lack of denial shows that the club still recognizes Duncan's ability.

If this continues, as Duncan leads the team to win again and again, the balance of the club will definitely fall to the side of renewing the contract with Duncan.

If they are lucky enough to beat Manchester United in the same city derby, then even if God comes, it will not be able to stop Duncan from renewing his contract!
"We must find a way to stop it." Diop thought.Now Diop no longer has the idea of ​​being a head coach. All he thinks in his head is how to prevent Duncan from renewing his contract.

From where can Duncan be brought down?

In terms of ability, Duncan has led the team to six consecutive victories, and there is no shortage of strong teams such as Arsenal and Liverpool.
Therefore, if you want to catch Duncan's sore feet, you have to start from other places.

The attitude of the Manchester City club is not clear, so what about other clubs?
Diop has been a coach for decades, so he naturally has his own circle.Diop determined that there are indeed many teams interested in Duncan.Among them, Newcastle and Liverpool are the most sincere.

Rhodes, the head coach of Newcastle, was dismissed by the club after the battle with Manchester City.In turn, the dismissal of the head coach made Newcastle recognize Duncan's ability even more!As far as Diop knows, the Newcastle team has indeed expressed their expectation to Manchester City to introduce Duncan from the club level.

If it is a transfer of a player, you must first make an offer to the club, and only after the club accepts can you discuss a personal contract with the player.However, there are no relevant regulations on the transfer of the head coach, and there is no transfer fee.But the head coach must have signed a contract with the club just like the players.

Therefore, communicating with the original club first, and then negotiating the contract with the head coach, is an act of adhering to professional ethics.

With the rules, there will be a circle!
If a manager makes contact with other teams in private, or expresses interest in another team's head coaching job, then the trust of the original club will be lost immediately.

A head coach without loyalty, no matter how capable he is, the club will not stay.

Diop realized that the two most interested teams, Newcastle Club, had already communicated with Manchester City Club.

But on the bright side, Liverpool did nothing!

There are weird!Very eccentric!
It stands to reason that Duncan is hot now, and in a seller's market, Liverpool should act first.

But Liverpool was uncharacteristically inactive!

In fact, Liverpool is also very distressed. Although they have long been dissatisfied with Benitez, they have not yet dismissed get out of class.Liverpool's image would be tarnished if they blatantly approached other managers.

Diop quickly thought of the key point, thinking: "Since it's hard to get in touch publicly, what about privately?"

Thinking of this, Diop suddenly made a plan.

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