Chapter 420 Manchester City’s first transfer

Chapter 420 Manchester City’s first transfer

The Premier League does a very good job in promoting events, and the broadcasting revenue share of each team is much higher than that of other leagues. Even some teams ranked in the middle and lower reaches can get about 100 million pounds in broadcasting revenue alone after one season. !

This gives these teams the confidence to burn money!

Therefore, the arms race in the Premier League this season is particularly fierce!

"The competition in the Premier League is very fierce this season!"

On a beach somewhere in the Mediterranean, under a huge parasol, Zhao Jinge and Guardiola were lying on deck chairs enjoying the sea breeze.

Guardiola held a newspaper in his hand and read it with relish.

"is it?"

Zhao Jinge asked casually.

Guardiola is a workaholic. He directly shortened his vacation time and even remotely operated Manchester City's transfer operation, changing the team Zinchenko was loaned to.

"Yes, the big clubs in the Premier League are making a lot of moves in the transfer market, especially our neighbor Manchester United, who have been crazy about buying people recently!"

Zhao Jinge remembered that Mourinho spent a lot of money during his second year, but it was all worth spending for the sake of performance!

At least compared to the future Red Devils head coach who created the great Ten Hag era, Mourinho's transfer is so conscientious that it makes people sigh! Except for Sanchez, who was so wet that he made the Manchester United locker room explode!

Zhao Jinge took a look at the newspaper in Guardiola's hand. Sure enough, Manchester United has really made big moves this summer.

As soon as the transfer market opened, they couldn't wait to buy Matic, who Mourinho liked very much, from his old club Chelsea for 44.7 million euros. The addition of Sevilla's midfielder can Directly improve the quality of Manchester United's midfield and backfield defense.

Later, they spent 35 million euros to buy their defender Lindelof from Benfica, and spent 85 million euros to buy Lukaku from Everton, who he had given up at Chelsea. center.

Then he spent a transfer fee of up to 70 million euros to buy Sanchez from the Gunners, who had a subtle conflict with Arsenal, and gave him a contract with the team's top salary.

After completing these four transactions, Manchester United spent 235 million euros on the transfer market this summer, making it the most expensive team in Europe.

Although Manchester United has left many players this summer, the funds recovered from selling people are only less than 10 million euros.

In other words, their net investment is as high as 225 million euros! Mourinho can really burn money!

It's just that Mourinho is spending so much money. If he succeeds, it's okay. If he fails, he will probably be scolded!

Unless he can learn from the great Ten Hag, as long as he burns enough money to make the board of directors feel distressed, his position will be as stable as a mountain!

However, Zhao Jinge checked online and found that Manchester United fans seemed to be applauding Mourinho's big signings. There were no opponents, but their voices were very small.

The vast majority of fans are happy and looking forward to the club's ambitious signings!

"Haha, the club has invested so much this season, it looks like it is ready to do something big!"

"Hey, look forward to revenge against Manchester City in the league!"

"Manchester City's lineup has not changed much, and there is Zhao Jinge. Can we really beat them in the new season?"

Some people are unsure. Although Manchester City has not made any big moves this year, they were the Champions League champions last season. Manchester City's strength must not be underestimated!

Last season, Manchester United was beaten five times by Manchester City at home and away, and almost all of them lost by big margins.

The scene of Zhao Jinge scoring a hat-trick at Old Trafford and celebrating passionately in the direction of Sir Alex Ferguson still deeply hurts the hearts of Red Devils fans and has even become a nightmare in their hearts.

Although some Manchester United fans are still a little scared, most Red Devils fans are very confident in the team's record in the new season. Now they are just looking forward to the start of the new season!

Seeing the Manchester United fans looking forward to it, Zhao Jinge couldn't help but want to laugh. Unless Manchester United continues to buy people, their current lineup will probably only break into the top four in the league at best.

In addition to Manchester United, Chelsea's expenses are also not small, and they are the first club to start taking action.

On May 28, the Premier League had just ended, and when the transfer window had just begun, Chelsea eagerly reached a transfer agreement with Serie A hegemon Juventus.

The Blues sold Cuadrado, who was no longer needed, to Juventus for 20 million euros, and then sold their main defensive midfielder Matic and a large number of taxi players on loan.

After selling a large number of players, the Blues raised enough transfer funds to finally buy their favorite players.

First, he spent nearly 70 million euros to buy Morata from Real Madrid, who had never been able to get a starting position, and then bought Bakayoko from Monaco, who performed extremely well last season, to make up for Matic's departure. The position is vacant.

The French midfielder, who was later nicknamed Bakayoko by fans as equal to zero, spent a total of 40 million euros in transfer fees from Chelsea, which is definitely a lot of money for a young midfielder who has only played well for one season. The transfer value is high.

After that, another big parallel importer in the eyes of fans came from Leicester City's drinking god Linkwater, with another transfer fee of nearly 40 million euros! In addition, there is the German center back Rudiger from Roma, which also cost nearly 35 million euros in transfer fees. However, this transfer with the smallest cost is indeed a reasonable transfer for Chelsea this summer. The transfer is done, I can only say that people who spend big money on cars are really not very good at it!

As for Arsenal, after selling off their star players in two consecutive transfer windows, Wenger seems not to be ready to spend big money to buy people. On the contrary, Liverpool seems to have big moves in the future, but the current transfer window has just passed half of the time. Month, there is no definite transfer news yet!

Back to Manchester City, since Guardiola has re-proven himself in Manchester City in the past two seasons, Manchester City, which is in full strength, has become very different in terms of attractiveness to players.

Coupled with the fact that they are willing to spend money, many stars who want to compete for championships and earn high wages now include Manchester City in their list of choices for their next stop.

However, despite holding so much good news and resources, Manchester City has not made big moves in the transfer market this summer. It is more of just some minor repairs and normal replacements of personnel.

Guardiola is still very clear and meticulous in his control of the team. After the transfer window opened, Manchester City announced the peaceful termination of contracts with two veterans in the team, Kompany and Clichy.

Krissy followed in the footsteps of Salia, and under the introduction of the latter, he chose to leave the five major European leagues and go to North America to pan for gold.

Now these two full-backs, who became famous at Arsenal and joined Manchester City together, have reunited in the American Major League. It is quite the beauty of meeting an old friend in a foreign land, and with the glory of joining Manchester City in the past two years, Clichy also I got a good contract as I wished.

Kompany, a meritorious player who has played for the team for nearly ten years, was also able to go to his hometown team Anderlecht more than a year in advance.

According to the words of this meritorious veteran captain, he knows that he can no longer compete for the main position in Manchester City. Injuries of various sizes have been bothering him, causing him to miss half of Manchester City's games last season. Under this situation If this goes on, as the captain of Manchester City, he will soon become a burden to the team!

Because he can't even do his job as a rotation player, Kompany doesn't want to see this happen. The team obviously has greater goals to pursue next year, and he is already a remnant of the old era. After the team's great rise, it's time to retire!

After learning of Kompany's intentions, Guardiola did not try to retain him and directly approved his transfer application.

And we agreed to invite Anderlecht to the Etihad Stadium in a warm-up match before the start of the season, and prepare to use a warm-up match as a farewell to Kompany, the meritorious old captain!

Moreover, Kompany personally relied on the increase in net worth after winning the championship and better competitive status to get a sufficiently generous signing fee from Anderlecht and a very good salary for a veteran like him. Salary, and overall it was a very nice farewell.

Since both substitute defenders chose to leave this summer, Guardiola also began to urgently supplement the back line. After all, Manchester City will definitely fight on multiple fronts next season, and the team must have enough rotation players.

After many rounds of inspections, and because of Zhao Jinge's recommendation, Guardiola quickly finalized the choice of reinforcements for the central defender from Southampton, the future world's number one central defender Van Dijk.

Currently 1.93 meters tall and weighing 92 kilograms, the 26-year-old Van Dijk serves as a central defender on the court. He is a central defender who is very popular with Guardiola and has outstanding defensive ability and foot skills. .

Since he has been training in the Premier League for two full seasons, Van Dijk has not only reached his personal peak in terms of physical fitness, but also reached a very high level in terms of experience and technical ability. He is fully capable of becoming a Manchester City player. starting center back.

Van Dijk, who serves as a central defender, is not only able to defend, but is also a guard with a knife. His outstanding physical fitness gives him an absolute advantage in confrontation, and the ball can always be firmly protected by him.

His prediction ability is very strong, his vision is wide, he can appear in the right position to destroy the ball, and make timely interceptions, blocks and blockings. Generally, forwards cannot get past Van Dyke.

He has exquisite skills at his feet, is quick to cover up defense, can control the ball and pass the ball, is very tall, and has the ability to bomb with headers. Possessing a pair of long legs and a large defensive range, he has strong defensive ability.

And in fact, if Guardiola is willing to invest more resources to train him, Van Dijk can play a pivotal and core role on both ends of Manchester City's offense and defense, further strengthening Manchester City's high-position pressing tactics.

For Guardiola, Van Dijk, who has good foot skills, physical fitness and can withstand long-term running pressure, is a piece of jade waiting for him to polish.

Zhao Jinge already knew about Van Dijk's transfer while on vacation. The transfer fee of 70 million euros broke the European defender transfer record in one fell swoop. To be honest, this price will still be a good deal in the future. .

After all, if Manchester City doesn't buy him now, they will probably have to spend nearly 85 million euros to buy him like the Red Army Liverpool if they want to buy him in the future!

But judging by the current transfer window, this is still really expensive!

Therefore, apart from the fact that the transfer fee of 70 million euros is a bit expensive, Zhao Jinge doesn't have many other ideas. After all, Van Dijk really has nothing to say in terms of personal ability. He should be trained first, and then he will be at his peak!

Think about it, there is a defender who can reach the level of the world's number one central defender sitting in the defense, and he is also the kind of top central defender who can compete for the top three of the Ballon d'Or!

For a forward like Zhao Jinge, it wouldn't be great if there was such a central defender to ensure that Manchester City's defense was as solid as a rock!

In addition to the central defender, the corresponding left back also has a new addition. After Clichy left, only Kolarov and Cancelo are left at the left back, and Cancelo occasionally plays the role of right back!

As a result, Theo Hernandez, who was loaned out by Guardiola last season, got his wish and entered Manchester City's first team this year.

After practicing as the main left back for Alaves in La Liga for a whole season, Theo Hernandez has now fully demonstrated his genius!

One goal and three assists in a single season, and he performed very well both offensively and defensively!

And more importantly, Guardiola, who has a vicious vision, is very willing to trust him and has decided to give him a chance this season.

Zhao Jinge believes that Theo Hernandez will have a smoother career than him in history. At least as far as the current situation on Manchester City's left wing is concerned, as long as he has the ability, there will definitely be no shortage of opportunities.

The future main left back of the French national team must be world-class in talent and ability. From this point of view, last year only spent more than 20 million euros. Manchester City made a lot of money by winning this deal!

At least it's much better than Bayern Munich spending 80 million euros to buy a "Lu Zhanshi" whose attendance rate was almost halved. It's simply not the same price!

You know, Theo, who is only 19 years old this year, has started almost three-quarters of the games in Alaves, and his attendance rate is much better than his brother!

And this year, apart from Cancelo, no one can compete with Manchester City's left wing position, at least in the English League Cup, FA Cup, and Premier League games against mid-to-lower teams. Theo Hernandez certainly has no shortage of playing time.

(End of this chapter)