Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 365 The top battle, Manchester City VS Chelsea

The Egyptian Pharaoh's life at Chelsea is not easy. Since joining Chelsea during the winter break last year, Salah's life at Chelsea has become difficult day by day.

When he first joined the team, Mourinho was still interested in him.

Salah, who led his team to beat Chelsea in the Champions League, left a deep impression on Mourinho.

It is precisely because of this that Mourinho will take the initiative to buy him, intending to use it to solve the problem of the team's weak striker.

However, Salah, who performed well in Basel, became seriously dissatisfied after arriving at Chelsea.

In the 2013-2014 season, Salah still had a chance to play, played 10 times in the Premier League and scored two goals.

However, this season, after Chelsea bought Diego Costa, Salah completely lost his chance to play.

So far this season, Salah has only played 3 Premier League games on behalf of Chelsea, all of which came off the bench in garbage time, without scoring any goals or assists.

The lack of playing time for a long time made the Egyptian Pharaoh disheartened.

He realized that he might have no future in Chelsea, so he began to seek out on loan or simply transfer away!

It just so happened that Mourinho took a fancy to Florence's Cuadrado, so he planned to loan Salah to Viola as a transfer addition.

The transfer negotiations went smoothly until Manchester City stepped in.

Chelsea were surprised to receive a £1200m offer from Manchester City.

Does the other party really want to buy someone, or is they planning to disrupt the transfer negotiations between them and Fiorentina?

It is said that Manchester City is looking for defenders all over the world, and Cuadrado's performance in Serie A is obvious to all. Could it be that Guardiola is also interested in the opponent?
For a while, Mourinho couldn't see Guardiola's intentions.

Chelsea spent 1500 million pounds when they bought Salah, but Salah's performance has declined in the past two seasons, and his worth has dropped a lot.

Therefore, Manchester City's offer of 1200 million pounds is not too low, and they can also bargain with the other party.

The final transaction price is about 1500 million pounds. If Manchester City is really sincere in buying, this price is acceptable to Chelsea.

However, most teams are unwilling to sell a player with great potential to a direct competitor in the league.

Even if the price is lower, selling to teams in other leagues is better than selling to competitors.

What's more, during the winter break last year, Manchester City poached De Bruyne, who was snubbed by the Blues, from them at a low price.

Seeing that De Bruyne's performance in Manchester City is getting better and better, Chelsea fans regret it!
If I knew De Bruyne was so strong, I shouldn't have sold him.

Even if you really want to sell it, you shouldn't sell it to Manchester City!

It was only 2000 million euros, and it was given to Manchester City as a midfielder core. This deal was a complete loss!

After learning the lessons of the past year, Chelsea was extremely vigilant when they received the transfer offer for Salah submitted by Manchester City.

"Let's get in touch with Florence again, up to 3000 million euros, we won't buy it no matter how expensive it is!"

Mourinho didn't pay much attention to Salah at first, and he almost forgot about him.

But Manchester City's offer made him vigilant, and he couldn't help but want to keep Salah to observe and observe.

Maybe it's just a mistake?

Guardiola, this guy, has always had a good eye for people, and players who can be picked up by him must have something special.

But if Salah is forced to stay, the transfer fee from Florence may not be able to be suppressed.

The psychological price of Fiorentina is 3500 million euros, and Chelsea's offer is 500 million euros lower than their psychological price, and they also deducted Salah, who was originally agreed to be loaned out.

This made Florence very dissatisfied!

They feel that Chelsea has no sincerity, and Cuadrado's performance in Serie A and last year's World Cup is very dazzling.

And now that it is at its peak, such a player sells for 3500 million euros, which is definitely a conscience price.

The negotiations between the two sides were not going well, and it was about to turn yellow. Chelsea had to make concessions and added 200 million euros to the original basis.

Fiorentina didn't intend to agree to this transfer, but Cuadrado himself is very yearning for Chelsea. If the transfer is refused, the relationship between the club and the players will be very tense.

Therefore, Violet could only pinch her nose and agreed to the transfer.

As for Salah, who was originally going to be loaned out, Chelsea forced him to stay because of Manchester City's offer.

This may not be good news for the Egyptian pharaoh himself.

Because at the critical moment of Chelsea's championship, it is difficult for a marginal role like him to get playing time.

And there is no game to play for a long time, which can be said to be very unfavorable for young players who are in the critical period of increasing their goals.

It is also because of this that Salah's attitude towards Mourinho has undergone a huge change, from the original respect to staying away from him.

After being rejected by Chelsea, Guardiola didn't feel much regret.

Salah's style is a bit similar to Messi and Lin Quan. With Lin Quan already in the team, he was only bought as a substitute for Lin Quan.

However, Guardiola found that Lin Quan has a very high attendance rate, not only has fewer injuries, but also has strong physical fitness.

He doesn't seem to need a substitute much...

So Chelsea refused, it was no big deal, after all, he just listened to Lin Quan and gave it a try.

Guardiola didn't care, but Lin Quan felt a little sorry.

Salah is a thigh-level existence in Liverpool. If he can dig it in advance, it will cut off Liverpool's arm.

It's a pity that the plan failed to succeed, and I don't know whether Salah will join Liverpool on the original track after Klopp lands in the Premier League.

During this winter break, Manchester City made a total of four transfers, selling 1 player and buying 3 players, with a total expenditure of only 500 million euros.

This kind of expenditure, cover up the team name and think it is a small team in the five major leagues!
Blue Moon fans, who are used to the team spending a lot of money, are a little uncomfortable with the team suddenly becoming so frugal.

Last winter, they made a lot of news. Among them, they bought the transfer of Kroos for 5000 million, and even became the king of bids for a time.

As a result, this winter, their total expenditure was only one-tenth of what they bought a player last year.

This is too economical!

Upon hearing the news, the club’s chairman Fahim found Guardiola alone and chatted with him:
"Mr. Guardiola, the club has no financial problems, and the transfer budget is also abundant. You don't have to save so much."

He thought that Guardiola was saving money for the team, so he reminded the other party tactfully:

The backing behind our Manchester City is the Abu Dhabi consortium. We are different from ordinary teams and don't have to think about saving money.

"Hehe, Mr. Fahim, you misunderstood. I didn't mean to save money for the team. I just spent the money where it should be spent. I am very satisfied with these signings."

Guardiola has said so, and Fahim can't say anything.

You can't press the other person's head and force him to spend the money!

Moreover, the time of the winter break is indeed a bit short, and signings are also greatly restricted. Guardiola may not make a big move until the summer transfer period.

Thinking of this, Fahim stopped persuading him.

After Fahim left, Guardiola suddenly became emotional.

The feelings of Manchester City and Bayern are indeed completely different.

When he was at Bayern, the club granted him a very small transfer budget every year, only about 3000 million euros.

With such a small amount of money, in order to buy suitable players, you must sell people to raise money.

In Manchester City, not only did he have no worries about the upper limit of the transfer fee, but he even aroused the concern of the club chairman because he spent less money.

This kind of thing is really unheard of.

The Manchester City club is indeed different from the rumors outside.

He is glad that he made the right choice!

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Since it is the first winter break after the World Cup, there are not many transfers in the five major leagues during the winter break this year.

The main transfers had already been completed in the summer, and the winter was at most just a small matter in some places.

Among the big clubs in the Premier League, the biggest transfer move is the blue team Chelsea.

They sold Schurrle to Wolfsburg for 3200 million euros, and then brought Cuadrado from Fiorentina for the same price.

These two transfers are the highest transfer records during this winter break, so Schurrle and Cuadrado shared the title of bid king.

In addition to selling Schurrle, Mourinho sold Bertrand, who had no place in the team, to Southampton for 1300 million euros.

Calculated, Chelsea not only spent no money, but also earned 1300 million euros. If they are willing to sell Salah to Manchester City, they can earn about 3000 million euros this winter.

The professor's Arsenal still adheres to the style of spending small money to do big things, and bought two players, Belik and Gabriel, for 250 million euros and 1500 million euros respectively. One of them is a midfielder and the other is a defender. Where Arsenal need to improve.

Among them, Belik was only 17 years old, still a minor demon.

It seems that the professor still can't change his habit of buying little monsters!

The Red Army Liverpool didn't move much, and they didn't know whether they were saving money to make some big news in the summer, or they were thinking about something. It stands to reason that their current record is not good, and they are the team that needs reinforcement the most.

Manchester City's neighbor, Manchester United, was also very quiet during the winter break, and no one bought it.

There are rumors that Manchester United has taken a fancy to Juventus midfielder Pogba, but for some reason, there is no movement behind.

Van Gaal's life at Manchester United was not easy. He spent so much money in the summer, but his record was so bad.

Affected by this, it is estimated that Manchester United's board of directors is unwilling to spend money on him.

Although the investment of the five major leagues is not large, the expenditure of the sixth league in the world, the Chinese Super League, is not small.

This winter, Guangzhou Evergrande spent a huge amount of money in the transfer market to introduce two players, Goulart and Alan, who spent a total of 2600 million euros on Evergrande.

If this investment is placed in Europe, it can be ranked in the top three, second only to Wolfsburg and Valencia.

It seems that the Jinyuan football in the Chinese Super League has not only failed to converge, but has intensified.

When the transfer period was about to close, Lin Quan received a call.

This is his old teammate at Werder Bremen - high center Arnautovic!
"Hi Lin, have you read the news?"

On the other end of the phone, Anautovich sounded very excited.

"What news?"

Lin Quan was at a loss, not knowing what the other party was talking about.

"Ahem, my uncle has won the pursuit of many Premier League teams, and finally joined the Stoke City Club at a high price of 550 million pounds!

How is it, great? "

"awesome!"

Lin Quan was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, he complimented with a smile.

"Hehe, it's good that you know, I have read the schedule, next month there will be a direct match between our two teams, then I will invite you to dinner, remember to bring that kid De Bruyne with you.

This guy hasn't even made a phone call since he left Bremen, and he hasn't been contacted for a long time! "

"Okay, I will inform De Bruyne, if he refuses to go, then I will call you and drag him off the bus!"

"That `s a deal!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Quan felt a burst of emotion.

Anautovic also came to the Premier League, one and a half seasons later than the original time. Is this also affected by yourself?

With Anautovic's physical and mental attributes, it is not very difficult for him to gain a foothold in the Premier League. It can even be said that the game rhythm of the Premier League is the most suitable for him to play.

I just don't know if this guy will go to the Chinese Super League to pan for gold in the future...

……

Time flies very fast, and January has passed in a blink of an eye.

On February 2, the battle of the Premier League reignited.

In this round of the league, Chelsea's home game against Manchester City is definitely the top priority.

It is also because of this that the Premier League officials put the game time on the prime time of the last day, separated from other games, so as to avoid the diversion of spectators.

Chelsea and Manchester City are currently ranked No. 2 and No. [-] in the standings respectively. This game may directly determine the final ownership of the current Premier League title.

If Chelsea can defend their home ground and beat Manchester City at home, they can open the score to six points.

With only 15 rounds left in the league and no more direct matches between the two teams, this lead is very large. Unless Chelsea makes consecutive mistakes, Manchester City has no chance of recovering.

But on the contrary, if Manchester City beat the Blues at Chelsea's home court, then the two teams will return to the same starting line.

In this way, the ownership of the season's Premier League champion will become more confusing.

It is precisely because this game is so important that it has attracted the attention of countless fans throughout the Premier League before the game even started.

Before the game, the media on Fleet Street interviewed many football celebrities and experts and asked them about their views on the game.

Most of these celebrities think that Chelsea has a high probability of winning or tying this game.

Less than [-]% of those who are optimistic about Manchester City's away victory over Chelsea.

Stamford Bridge is the famous home of the devil, and it is not so easy to break through here!
(End of this chapter)