Chapter 169 Ferguson clenched his fists, Wenger sighed, Mourinho dismissed it!

In a residence in Manchester, Lin Quan was seen holding up the No. 10 jersey, which symbolizes the core of the team, during the TV broadcast.

Manchester United’s former coach Ferguson clenched his fists slightly:

Manchester City actually purged Dzeko so quickly?

I'm afraid it's not just to give up the No. 10 jersey to this guy, but also to show the club's attitude - Manchester City will spare no effort to support him as the team's boss!

This is not good news for Manchester United in the same city.

The main reason why Manchester City had a poor record in the past was that they bought too many players, but the gap in strength between them was not big, which resulted in Manchester City always lacking a core team.

From an offensive point of view, David Silva, Tevez, Dzeko, Aguero, and Nasri all have similar abilities.

It's difficult to completely establish one of them as the core of the frontcourt.

Tevez may have had a chance two seasons ago, but this guy made noises about transferring to Manchester City, completely ruining his future in Manchester City.

As for the remaining players, none of them are capable of overpowering their teammates.

But when Lin Quan came, everything was different.

With him in the frontcourt, all his teammates have to step aside.

From Ferguson's perspective, he could see that Lin Quan was obviously a step above other players in Manchester City's frontcourt.

However, being strong does not necessarily mean you can secure the core position - Lin Quan is too young!

A player who is seventeen and a half years old, not even eighteen, and has yet to achieve anything in the Premier League.

Let him be the core of the team's frontcourt. Will his teammates be convinced?

Of course not!

But now, the Manchester City club has publicly expressed its support for him, and even did not hesitate to send away the team's top scorer in order to support him.

With the support of the club, it will be very easy for Lin Quan to establish the core of the frontcourt in Manchester City.

Even if the players are dissatisfied, they can only hold it in their hearts and not dare to explode. Otherwise, Dzeko's example will be their end.

Once Manchester City establishes the core of the frontcourt early, other players will no longer have such illusions.

The conflicts within their team may be reduced by more than half, and then the strength of these Manchester City stars will be demonstrated on the court.

And this is definitely not good news for other teams in the Premier League, especially Manchester United in the same city.

In fact, from Ferguson's professional perspective.

If Lin Quan had not joined Manchester City, Manchester City's most suitable core player would be their midfielder Yaya Toure.

Yaya Toure is a B2B all-around midfielder with good physical fitness, active running, and a large defensive area. He is also very good at forward attack. This is a player with very strong personal strength.

But Manchester City has not been able to use him well, and his talent has been somewhat buried!

If Ferguson were to coach Manchester City, Yaya Toure's role in the Manchester City team would not be inferior to that of Chelsea's Frank Lampard.

With him and Kompany sitting in the backcourt, Manchester City's defensive ability should never be what it is now.

This made Ferguson have to sigh, although this neighbor of Manchester United has terrible grades, he is really rich!

They bought a bunch of players, even though many of them were wrong and money wasted.

But they also bought a lot of good players.

Aguero, Silva, Yaya Toure, Kompany.

Ferguson himself is jealous of these players.

And now, they bought Lin Quan...

Ferguson was so envious that he didn't want to speak anymore.

When I think about the profit-seeking approach of the owner of Manchester United, who makes the team borrow money to operate, then think about the way Manchester City next door spends money like water and treats money like dirt.

The prince could only sigh.

…

Wenger, who has been fighting with Ferguson for a lifetime, tacitly chose to watch the broadcast at home.

Seeing Lin Quan holding Manchester City's No. 10 jersey on the TV screen, Wenger sighed repeatedly:

What a great young player!

So young, with such high potential, and so strong in immediate combat.

The most important thing is that there is no transfer fee to sign him!

No transfer fee!

No transfer fee!

Important things are emphasized three times!

It has always been a dream for Professor Wenger, who is financially strapped, to buy players for free.

But why doesn’t such a good player come to our Arsenal?

The most annoying thing is that the person who signed Lin Quan is the richest and most wealthy Middle Eastern tycoon.

When I think about Manchester City, the upstart who is most in need of money, they picked up such a talented player for nothing.

Professor Wenger was extremely depressed:

It’s really a drought that’s killing me, and a flood that’s killing me!

…

In front of 50,000 fans at the Etihad Stadium and hundreds of reporters at the scene, Mansour happily said:

"Thank you to all the fans and reporters for coming and supporting us.

Manchester City is a club with a history of more than 100 years.

Although we don’t have many championships, we have a heart to keep making progress and getting stronger.

Next year will be the 120th anniversary of the founding of Manchester City Football Club. Here, I am honored to announce:

Through the unremitting efforts of the club staff, we successfully signed Lin Quan, the best player in the Bundesliga last season and the best player in the 2013 Confederations Cup.

Starting today, Lin is part of our team. "

After saying this, Mansour turned around and looked at Lin Quan:

"Lin, from today on, Manchester City is your home, and Manchester City welcomes you!"

There was warm applause at the scene, and the fans were using practical actions to prove that the words of the club owner were true.

After listening to Mansour's speech, I saw the enthusiastic applause from the fans at the scene.

Lin Quan also had a smile on his face, feeling the enthusiasm of the Manchester City fans.

Mansour raised his hand and lowered it to tell the audience to stop applauding.

Then he stepped back a few steps and motioned to Lin Quan to come up to the stage and say a few words.

Lin Quan nodded and stepped onto the podium step by step.

When he stood on the podium, before he started speaking, the audience burst into applause again.

The fans' response was so enthusiastic that Lin Quan couldn't help but raise his right hand and wave to the fans at the scene.

After the applause and cheers stopped, Lin Quan considered his tone and said:

"Some people say that I came to Manchester City for the money. I admit that the salary offered by Manchester City is indeed very attractive."

The fans at the scene laughed knowingly, and some Manchester City fans puffed up their chests proudly.

We at Manchester City have nothing but plenty of money. As long as you are willing to come, we will never treat you badly.

“When I passed by the team’s honor room before, boss Mansour told me that Manchester City’s honor room was very empty and there were only a few trophies.

I hope that my arrival can help the team fill the empty honor room.

I want to tell you that like other Manchester City players, I am not a mercenary who only cares about money!

We will do everything we can to win more honors for the team, such as the second Premier League championship trophy, the first Champions League trophy and so on! "

Lin Quan's speech surprised and delighted the Manchester City fans at the scene. They didn't know how much bragging was in Lin Quan's words.

But the other party's heroic words gave them hope and made them feel the other party's firm determination.

As a result, the fans burst into thunderous applause again.

Mansour on the side also smiled when he heard Lin Quan's words.

He understood the underlying meaning of the other party's words:

Lin Quan will not leave Manchester City until he gets the Champions League trophy!

With this promise, he was relieved!

…

"Hmph, you just have one player and a group of mercenaries, and you want to win the Champions League trophy?"

In the Chelsea head coach's office, Lin Quan's declaration was heard.

Mourinho snorted disdainfully.

The Premier League is not the Bundesliga. How fierce the competition in the Premier League is. Only after experiencing it on the court can you have a profound understanding.

In such fierce competition, it is difficult for Premier League teams to display their full strength in the Champions League.

This is also the reason why Premier League teams have not performed satisfactorily in European competitions in recent years.

If you want to win the Champions League, you must first work hard to become a real Premier League giant!

Manchester City now is just an upstart.

If the league results are not stable, why talk about the Champions League?

Don't you think it's ridiculous?

Although Lin Quan's joining will greatly improve Manchester City's strength, this improvement is not enough for Manchester City to win the championship.

Especially since they failed in the group stage of the Champions League for two consecutive times. They couldn't even pass the group stage. They didn't even meet a truly strong team. What could they do to win the championship?

Mourinho does have the right to despise Manchester City, after all, he holds two Champions League titles in his hands.

Moreover, he is also the first head coach in the new century to lead a non-major league team to win the Champions League trophy.

However, a player as powerful as Mourinho has not been able to win the Champions League trophy for three years. His team has not even been able to reach the Champions League final.

It is so difficult to win the Champions League. If it is really easy for the mercenaries from Manchester City to succeed, how could it make him feel embarrassed?

…

In a mansion in Manchester, Argentina forward Sergio Aguero was also watching the TV broadcast.

Lin Quan's arrival has brought tremendous pressure on Manchester City's frontcourt players.

Fortunately, the opponent is not a center. Now that Dzeko has been traded, his main position should be no problem.

At this time, Aguero was deeply touched when he heard Lin Quan's words, "We are not mercenaries who only care about money."

Although there is a lot of money to play in Manchester City, there is also a lot of pressure.

Once they fail to perform well, the outside world will compare them to a group of mercenaries, thinking that they have no sense of honor and do not try their best in the game.

This criticism is very unfair to them.

However, no one cares about their rebuttal and resistance, which will only attract more ridicule and scolding:

With such a high salary and such poor results, do you still have the face?

So over time, all the players stopped fighting and silently endured these infamy.

But today, the guy who just came to the team made such an arrogant declaration!

He actually wants to get his hands on the Champions League trophy!

Aguero admires the opponent's courage, but he dare not say this himself because he is afraid of being ridiculed after failure!

However, if a person has no ideals, what is the difference between him and a salted fish?

If you don't even dare to dream, what's the point of living?

At the thought of this, Aguero jumped up from the sofa.

I can't continue to be so decadent. If I continue to sink like this, wouldn't I be worse than a seventeen-year-old boy?

That kid has the ambition to win the Champions League, why can't I?

Thinking of this, Aguero turned off the TV, put on his training clothes, hugged his football and ran downstairs to train!

There are not a few Manchester City players who were touched by Lin Quan’s words in his speech. David Silva sent him a message:

"Lin, what you said on the podium was so good! Let's work together towards the Champions League championship in the new season!"

…

Of course, not everyone was impressed by Lin Quan’s speech.

There are also those who don't catch a cold, such as Manchester City's thorny Carlos Tevez.

After watching Lin Quan attend the ceremony, Tevez determined that he had no future in Manchester City, so he asked his agent to find the club chairman and apply for a transfer.

Tevez was once Manchester City's top player, and his strength and reputation were greater than Dzeko's.

But Tevez applied for a transfer several times and even went on strike to fight against the club.

This made Manchester City lose patience with him.

As a result, Tevez's number of appearances has dropped significantly in the past two seasons.

His number of goals dropped from the Premier League Golden Boot level of 20+ goals in a single season to the garbage level of only 4 goals in the entire season.

After such an experience, the relationship between Tevez and Manchester City became even more tense, and his heart was no longer with Manchester City.

If Lin Quan does not come, Tevez can still perform well in Manchester City and fight for the chance to play in the national team for next year's World Cup.

But Lin Quan came, and he was a thorn in the side. Tevez had no chance at Manchester City.

Next year is the year of the World Cup, and the competition in Argentina for the forward position is very fierce.

If Tevez doesn't leave now, the probability of him missing next year's World Cup is very high.

Therefore, he hopes to quickly find a club that can guarantee his playing time while he is still in his prime.

With his strength and reputation, there is no need to worry that no team wants him. I just hope that Manchester City will not be too stuck on the transfer and will not set up obstacles for his transfer.

Fahim was not as polite to Tevez as he was to Dzeko.

Manchester City is indeed not a wealthy club, just an upstart.

But even so, they have their own dignity.

Tevez earned the highest salary in Manchester City, but he tried to transfer and leave several times, reducing the team to nothing, and even openly defied the team by going on strike.

This is tantamount to a slap in the face of the club. Can Manchester City tolerate it?

Of course I can’t bear it!

So before that, Manchester City had always rejected Tevez's transfer application.

They would rather not have this transfer fee and would rather continue to pay Tevez's high wages every season than let him leave.

But now, Fahim doesn't want to leave a bomb in the team's dressing room.

Keeping Tevez will not do any good to Manchester City. He does not want anyone to affect the stability of Manchester City's dressing room.

So he told Tevez's agent that as long as someone could come up with a transfer fee of 15 million euros, Manchester City would agree to Tevez's departure.

With Tevez's strength and reputation, this transfer fee is not high.

But Tevez only has one year left on his contract with Manchester City, and a one-year contract carries a transfer fee of 15 million euros, which is a bit high.

"If you don't accept this condition, then continue to stay at Manchester City. We can still afford Tevez's salary."

Seeing the opponent's tough attitude, Tevez's agent could only go back to discuss with the players.

In fact, they have already contacted their next club, which is Serie A giant Juventus.

However, Juventus is only willing to pay a transfer fee of 12 million euros, and they will not be happy with it any higher.

There was no other way. In order to leave Manchester City as soon as possible, Tevez had to pay 3 million euros out of his own pocket to fill the gap in transfer fees.

After collecting enough money, Manchester City did not embarrass them and happily let them go.

The transfers of Dzeko and Tevez made Manchester City not only in but out of the transfer market, at least they recovered 35 million euros through sales.

After Lin Quan joined, Manchester City purged two forwards in a short period of time.

Moreover, these two forwards are not weak in strength. They belong to the five major leagues and have no worries about finding a home.

After establishing Lin Quan as the core of the team's frontcourt in the new season, Manchester City's intention to open the way for Lin Quan has been very clear.