549 Retirement

No one thought of it.

On April 17, such a thing will happen in the 35th round of the Premier League.

In the 35th round of the Premier League, Burnley played against the powerful Liverpool at home.

Although Liverpool's performance is very bad this season. Up to now, it only ranks seventh in the Premier League, which is the worst result since Benitez entered Liverpool. Benitez's handsome position is already shaking.

But in front of Burnley, it is still a strong team.

It's just that Burnley now is completely blocked by God and Buddha.

Don't underestimate the morale of the small team. Burnley is a mid- and lower-tier team in the Premier League. But because Burnley's players are all young men. As long as you are excited, no one is afraid.

This is the young player.

Facing Liverpool, Burnley players are full of confidence. There is no nervousness or fear at all. Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have all played. Are you still afraid of Liverpool?

What about Liverpool?

Looking at the posture of the players, George was very gratified.

That's it. As long as Burnley players maintain this fearless mentality, their future can be expected. You can really look forward to it.

Even if Burnley can't become a strong Premier League team, it will not be a problem to stay in the middle of the Premier League.

For the second entry to Burnley, George thought he had not changed. There is no qualitative change in Burnley's playing style now, but it's just some small changes. In just half a year, George will not improve the player's technical and tactical ability.

But when George came to Burnley, there was only one biggest change for Burnley.

It gives those young players infinite self-confidence.

If the skill is not good, you can practice it. Tactics are not good, you can learn them. Only this self-confidence is not so easy to develop. George believes that this will be one of the most valuable assets in their career.

George, who is in a good mood, is even more excited when he comes to the Tefumore Stadium.

There were fans everywhere holding high, "George, don't go!" The slogan.

Although there are not many slogans compared with 30,000 fans. But it can already be seen everywhere. It's not just one or two teenage fans holding these slogans this time. Instead, more fans spontaneously joined the ranks.

There is even a huge slogan in it.

"George, stay!"

George sighed.

How many years has it been? In my lifetime, I was able to see the slogans of Burnley fans supporting me.

Twelve years ago, leaving Burnley made George the biggest traitor in Burnley's history. At that time, the fans gritted their teeth at George.

In the past 12 years, George has never returned to Burnley except for leading the team. Go back to the city where I grew up.

To be honest, George was a little scared.

Fans are irrational when they go crazy. Football is a sport with four shots. If you go too much, you will lose your mind. At that time, George did not have the courage to step into Burnley again.

It is false that there is no loss in my heart.

Anyway, Burnley is the place where he grew up.

Even if he worked hard to pull Burnley out of the relegation zone step by step. Burnley fans are still lure to George.

This is the first time that so many people have expressed their support for George in this way.

How can George be unhappy?

The 09-10 season is coming to an end. Under the leadership of George, Burnley has completely jumped out of the relegation circle. There is a reason why Burnley fans retain George.

Mortson looked at so many retaining banners and explained with a smile.

"The mood of Burnley fans is understandable. But it's really difficult to let George stay.

Morterson will never believe that George will stay in Burnley because of the retention of the fans.

George is indecisive.

But it is by no means the kind of person who is blinded by emotions. It's not easy to be a firefighting coach this time. Morterson doesn't believe that he is such a world-class coach who continues to stay in Burnley.

If the fans were really so powerful, George would not have taken the risk to enter Blackburn.

I don't know if it's because of such an episode, Burnley played very actively in the game.

It doesn't fall behind in the fight against the powerful Liverpool.

It even forced Liverpool to be in a hurry. Liverpool is now an important time to compete for the UEFA Cup, and they are also anxious. However, Liverpool's organization was chaotic this season, and it was even more chaotic. If it weren't for the strength of individual Liverpool players, Liverpool would not have been ranked seventh in the Premier League.

Both sides are very active.

But the game is very boring. Both sides didn't play well, and there were no goals.

The game ended in this rigid process.

Both sides played zero to zero.

Burnley is very satisfied. Although it is at home, it is very happy to be able to draw with Liverpool. But the Liverpool players are very sad. Because Liverpool lost two points again.

Not to mention the UEFA Champions League, even the qualification for the UEFA Cup is basically flying.

George was very happy at the end of the game.

Stand up and prepare to say hello to Benitez. However, he found that Benitez had already left his position.

George shook his head.

Benitez really can't calm down and doesn't have enough self-restraint.

If you let others know what George thinks, you must despise George. In the Premier League, once you lose the game, the least demeanor is George.

George ignored Benitez. Instead, he stood in front of the court and praised his players one by one.

This is a habit of George after he came to Burnley.

Whether the game is won, tied or lost, George will greet the players on the court. Because most of the players are young, George needs this. This is to cheer them up.

"George, don't go!"

At the end of the game, when Benitez had disappeared, he didn't know who shouted first.

Soon, many fans echoed.

Of course, it has not reached the level of George's response at Tefumore Stadium twelve years ago. In the whole stadium, only a few thousand people shouted again. But it's shocking and gratifying enough.

At the beginning, the sound was still relatively low.

But this is true for people, especially for fans. As long as one person starts, someone will respond immediately.

The same is true this time.

First a few people, then dozens of people, then hundreds of people, and then thousands of people. Even after thousands of people, nearly 10,000 fans began to shout, "George, stay!"

George looked up at the fans without any expression.

"Listen to this sound. There are tens of thousands of people. Tens of thousands, are Burnley fans really starting to forgive George?

Yes, Burnley fans are starting to forgive George?

Maybe, maybe not.

But the cheers of tens of thousands of people moved George a lot.

"Coach Levy, what do you think of the call that Burnley fans want you to leave?"

"Coach Levy, do you have any plans at the end of the season?"

At the post-match press conference, all the reporters were facing George.

Of course, they will never think that if the fans shout a few words, George will really stay in Burnley. Burnley Temple is too small. Burnley really can't offer George, the big Buddha.

The reporter just wants to hear George's next plan.

There are still many positions waiting for George.

Real Madrid's Pellegrini's departure from Real Madrid is a certainty. Real Madrid is interested in George now, and maybe George will join Real Madrid.

Anyway, as the season is coming to an end, there are different opinions about George's next family.

Taking this opportunity now, everyone wants to ask clearly.

"First of all, I would like to thank the fans for their support." When George said this, the reporters were all concentrated. And when they heard the first half of George's sentence, the reporter knew that George was polite. I'm sure I won't stay in Burnley.

Everyone is waiting for George to say "but, but" in their hearts.

It's the same as everyone thinks.

"But I won't stay in Burnley. My contract with Burnley will end automatically after the end of the season. I have no intention of renewing the contract.

No one at the scene disturbed George.

What they want to know now is not whether he will continue to coach Burnley, but where he will go next season.

"Not only Burnley, I will not accept any club invitations in the summer. From then on, I decided not to be the head coach of any club.

As soon as George's words fell, the reporters were shocked.

"Coach Levy, do you mean that you are going to retire?"

A reporter asked George in surprise.

"Yes."

The reporter was dumbfounded. I'm really dumbfounded.

In world football, there are those famous coaches who are tired and rest for a period of time. George has been on the front line since 1995 and has been on the front line for 15 years now. Even if you want to rest for a year or two, it is not incomprehensible.

But retirement?

This is so funny.

George is not 70 or 80 years old now, but he is just over 40 years old. In the coaching industry, it is still the category of young coaches. Even at the age of 50, if you want to retire, it is ridiculous.

Don't you see that the old coaches such as Capello, Lippi and Ferguson are all active on the front line.

George, a coach who was just over 40 years old, actually said he would retire.

No way.

In an instant, everyone looked straight at George.

Finally, a reporter broke the strange scene. Coach Levy, are you sure it's not a joke now?

George smiled.

"Today is not April Fool's Day."

The reporter continued to ask questions.

"Coach Levy, can you ask why you want to retire? You are only 42 years old now.

George shook his head.

"It's inconvenient to tell you for personal reasons." George paused and then said, "You can tell others that you don't have to look at my annoying face anymore. Because I'm leaving."

(To be continued)