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Wen Sheng didn't give Barnett a chance, he didn't care about and wouldn't pay attention to Barnett's deliberate obstruction, and said directly to Barnett and Richards, "You're finished, at least under me!" ”
Richards' contract is not long, and it will not expire until June 14, which is why Barnett can deliberately make it bad, if the contract is really long, how dare Barnett not give Richards the right advice in the first place?!
Manchester City gave Richards a heavy hand, Wensheng's suggestion was to let Richards stay until the end of the contract period, and Begiristan and Soriano definitely did not agree to this plan, Wensheng drove Richards to the reserve team for a minute and did not give Richards a minute This they can only hold back their opinions, but since it collapsed, Soriano and Begiristan had better send Richards away as soon as possible.
So Soriano wants to sell Richards in the winter window.
Things fermented quickly, and Richards was scolded on the Internet, and he probably didn't expect that his purebred Manchester City academy would be far inferior to Wensheng in the hearts of fans.
There is no way, Manchester City led by Wen Sheng is still at the top of the table, and results are his biggest reliance.
Manchester City legend Dickov criticised Richards in an interview, "What he said is so out of place, it's a critical period now, if he really thinks he's part of Manchester City and really wants to think about the team, he should settle this matter privately instead of discussing it publicly!" This kind of behavior is a betrayal of the team! ”
Dickov had previously been teammates with Richards, and as an ambassador for the club, he had praised his old team-mates many times before, but now, like many fans, he definitely didn't like Richards' actions.
Another former Manchester City teammate who has been a teammate with Richards. Wright also didn't give the junior face.
Wright Jr. also cooperated with Wen Sheng, and at that time, Wen Sheng took him in because of his father's face, although he didn't play much under Wen Sheng due to injuries and other reasons, but the relationship between Wright Jr. and Wen Sheng was still good.
In addition, his father has a very good relationship with Wen Sheng, so of course he will not speak for Richards at such an important moment.
"Young people need to be humble, respect the manager's decision and if they don't get playing time, they should look for problems within themselves and not get angry with others! As far as I know, Daniel is a good talker and acts fairly and I don't think there's anything wrong with him! ”
These people cheered for Wen Sheng, which not only made Richards disheartened, but also let the other players in the team see how Wen Sheng won the hearts of the people.
In the pre-match press conference for the FA Cup game against Watford, the focus was of course on Richards.
"He is an adult, he has autonomy, he can say whatever he wants, no one will stop him!" Wen Sheng had an indifferent expression on his face.
"It's not the first time he's slammed his manager, and it's not a strange thing to do now!"
"I've been with a lot of players and I can say bluntly that I can't be friends with everybody, even if I'd love to be friends with everybody, but sometimes everyone's personality and perception of things are different and I can't be friends with some of them! I can tolerate them not being happy with me because it's nothing, but I definitely can't tolerate them hurting the team! ”
Regardless of him, Wen Sheng first occupied the moral high ground, so that public opinion Barnett and Richards could not turn the tables.
His views are really in line with the views of Manchester City fans, so the reporters can't really say anything.
Wen Sheng has never said anything to the players in the team to ease the tense atmosphere of the team after the turmoil on the training ground, but today at the press conference, he talked to his players through the media in a serious manner.
'I'm very happy to be here and to be with this group of talented players who have been working towards a common goal since day one! But the road to winning the championship must be full of thorns, fatigue, injuries, public opinion pressure, and even some small internal problems have brought us all kinds of distress and difficulties! But I always believe in my players, we have big hearts, we can overcome these difficulties and reap the glory, I am convinced of that! ”
At the end of the press conference, Wen Sheng asked the captain Kompany who was with him how the mentality of the players was.
"Everybody says Mika is finished!" Kompany actually laughed.
Seeing his expression, Wen Sheng knew that the players should not be affected much by the Richards incident.
"Thank you, Vincent!" Needless to say from Kompany, Wen Sheng knows that there must be the efforts of this locker room boss behind this.
"Chief, it's not my credit!" Kompany smiled, he understood what Wen Sheng meant, "Now we are in a good situation, no one can stop us from winning the championship!" ”
"Good!" Wen Sheng gave a thumbs up, and Richards was very angry about this, because this guy didn't care too much about this period.
Hearing Kompany's reply, Wen Sheng's anger seemed to have eased a lot.
There was no league this weekend, giving way to the FA Cup, which for Premier League teams generally starts in August and ends in February, while the FA Cup starts in January and ends in May.
Premier League teams all go straight to the third round, and Manchester City meet Watford in the north-west of Greater London, but they are not London teams, the team belongs to Hertfordshire.
The origins of Watford can be traced back to 1881, when Watford's predecessor, the Watford Rover, was founded in Hertfordshire, northwest of London. Seventeen years later, in 1898, Rangers merged with another local club, Watford St Mary's, to form the Watford Football Club.
This team has been around for a long time, but from a macro perspective in English football, there are no bright performances, no championships, and the stadium capacity is smaller than Crystal Palace, so Watford is a real grassroots team in English football.
Speaking of this grassroots team, we have to mention the famous godfather of rock and roll, Elton. John, the big name is a British national treasure singer, a die-hard fan of Watford, once directly reached out to Watford when it was in danger and became the owner of the team, but John's days in power are in the past, and that is also the most bullish time in Watford's history.
In the summer of 2012, the Italian businessman Pozzo family took over Watford, the Pozzo family is also the owner of Udinese in Serie A, and they are very good at football, and now Watford is in the top six in the Championship, and it is not impossible to maintain promotion.