I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 284 Soap opera! Let's go to the Premier League! Spend money like crazy and burn out a bright future! [Subscribe]

Castelldefels, western suburb of Barcelona.

Ever since Messi became successful at Barcelona and renewed his contract and received a salary increase, the first thing he did was to buy himself and his family a detached villa halfway up a mountain by the sea in Castelldefels.

Later, after renewing his contract and getting a salary increase, he bought the house of his next-door neighbor.

After the two sets of houses were connected, I and my girlfriend lived in one, and my parents and brothers lived in the other.

Not only that, he also handed over his brokerage business to his father and brothers.

This is his way of giving back to his parents and family.

Because at that time, they all tried their best to help themselves, which led to the Messi of today.

The family has always gotten along very harmoniously.

But at this moment, in Messi's home, his father and brothers were angrily denouncing the actions of the Barcelona executives.

"They are so shameless!"

“Now they are pushing all the problems onto us.”

"What about the protection for the players?"

"They are pushing us out to take the blame. Barcelona's poor performance last season is all blamed on us. They don't have any responsibility at all!"

"It's been almost a month, and no one has stood up to say a word for us!"

Messi's father Jorge roared excitedly, venting his inner anger and dissatisfaction.

"I can now say responsibly that they really want to sell us to Manchester City!"

Messi remained silent from beginning to end.

But this does not mean that he has no thoughts in his mind.

On the contrary, Messi has always been like this.

Once he makes a decision, no one can change it.

"I think I should just leave Barcelona!" Jorge Messi said angrily.

"Anyway, they have said that even without Messi, Barcelona is still Barcelona, ​​so let's go and try our luck in the Premier League!"

It would be a lie for Jorge Messi to say he was not tempted by the conditions offered by Manchester City.

The weekly salary is 35 pounds, and it is even negotiable.

The most important thing is that the commissions offered are also very generous.

All of these are things that Barcelona can never give you now.

Moreover, Guardiola has taken over Manchester City.

Manchester City's head coach Ancelotti came to Real Madrid, and Real Madrid's head coach Mourinho went to Chelsea.

This summer, many top European teams are changing coaches.

"Leo, what do you think?" Jorge said, and then he realized that Messi had not expressed his opinion.

At the beginning, facing the chips offered by Manchester City, Messi and his family sat down to discuss just like they are doing now.

The final result was to not renew the contract for the time being, to put it on hold and wait and see.

On the one hand, this is to put some pressure on Barcelona and gain more initiative in the contract renewal negotiations.

On the other hand, Barcelona’s current competitiveness is indeed not very good and it needs to invest in recruiting new players.

But what was unexpected was that the Barcelona top management actually pushed Messi out directly.

"What's going on over there?" Messi asked instead of answering.

"No one has come out to say anything, but people have been releasing news through the media. According to the intelligence we have now, if they really let us transfer, the player they most want to introduce is Lewandowski, followed by Suarez."

"Their transfer budget is controlled at around 1 million euros, but this is not enough to buy Lewandowski, and it may not be enough to buy Suarez either."

Suarez is now crucial to Liverpool.

The current European transfer market is crazy.

How outrageous is that?
The central defender of Porto named Mangala actually asked for 5000 million euros.

Isn't this outrageous?
One of the important reasons for the panic in the European transfer market is that Monaco of Ligue 1 has also been acquired by a Russian tycoon, who is waving checks in his hands and buying players everywhere.

First, James Rodriguez was signed for 4500 million euros, and then Portuguese midfielder Moutinho was signed for 2500 million euros. The two transfers cost 7000 million euros.

Plus the signing of young player Kondogbia from Sevilla for 2000 million euros.

The entire European football world has gone crazy!

Paris Saint-Germain is already rich enough, and now there is another team named Monaco.

When there are more people than jobs, competition is naturally fierce.

Right now, the entire transfer market has become a mess.

No one understands the current transfer market!
"It is said that Barcelona secretly approached Bayswater Chinese and Liverpool to ask for the price, but was rejected by both parties."

"Last year, Paris Saint-Germain offered Lewandowski £1 million, but it was rejected by the Chinese in Bayswater. Now, Lewandowski's value will only be higher."

"Suarez's price is relatively low, but his performance is not as good as Lewandowski's, and the Saudi consortium behind Liverpool has not considered selling at all, so Barcelona may not be able to buy Suarez now."

"Once the Uruguayan renews his contract with Liverpool, no one will be able to poach him!"

The Premier League is different from La Liga and the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich had their eyes on Gotze from Dortmund, but the Bumblebees didn't want to sell him, so Bayern Munich directly used the buyout clause to poach him.

Manchester City has set its sights on Barcelona's Messi and wants to offer a buyout clause.

But there is no buyout clause in the Premier League.

Therefore, if you want to buy players from the Premier League, the most important thing is to continue to spend transfer fees.

"Leo!"

When Jorge Messi said this, he looked deeply at his son and said, "At this point, it's meaningless to stay here. Let's go to the Premier League!"

The brother next to him obviously had the same idea.

They still have some feelings for Barcelona.

After all, I have lived here for more than ten years.

But many of the practices of Barcelona’s management are really too unfair.

"As soon as you nod, I'll call Pep. You know, he's been waiting for your decision."

Manchester City's contact with Messi is usually through Guardiola's agent brother.

He is the agent for many Barcelona players.

This way of contact can naturally save a lot of trouble and will not violate any regulations.

Anyway, it's just a transfer of information, not a secret meeting.

Over the past period of time, leaving Barcelona and going to the Premier League has become increasingly likely among Messi's many options, especially recently.

The public opinion outside is very fierce.

Barcelona's management may want to exert some pressure through the media and fans to force Messi to submit.

But they went too far!
After public opinion arose, Messi became the scapegoat for the team's poor performance.

Two days ago, there were even fans blocking his car outside the community, which made Messi feel a little panicked.

But the thought of leaving Barcelona and going to Manchester City also makes Messi panic.

Because he has played for Barcelona for more than ten years, he is familiar with everything here.

Now, how easy is it to leave everything familiar and go to England to start a new journey?
What's more, can he really adapt to the Premier League?

Thinking of this, Messi actually felt unsure.

"I want to meet Pep!" Messi suddenly said.

Jorge Messi was stunned for a moment, but then he was ecstatic.

He knew that as long as Messi was willing to take this step, he would have a chance of joining Manchester City!
……

Even before the end of last season, Yang Cheng had talked to Jose Fonte about his future.

At that time, Yang Cheng gave the 29-year-old Portuguese central defender two options.

Or he can find a team himself and the team will allow him to transfer freely.

This way he can get a higher salary.

Or he can go to play for Nice in Ligue 1. Yang Cheng believes that with Jose Fonte's ability, he can continue to shine in Ligue 1.

Moreover, as an incubator for central defenders, it can just train Koulibaly and others, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

José Fonte actually knew it very well.

With his strength, he is basically at the level of a mid-to-lower-level team in the Premier League.

For the Chinese in Bayswater today, his situation is very embarrassing.

Getting older and older.

This caused Jose Fonte himself a lot of distress.

After a period of careful consideration, Jose Fonte finally made his choice.

He is willing to play for Nice in Ligue 1.

The reason for making this decision is not because there is no team interested in him in the Premier League, but because he thinks this is the safest way.

The competition in the Premier League is very fierce, and Jose Fonte is already 29 years old. He is now worried about how long he can continue to play, and he needs more game training.

Playing in Ligue 1, the environment will be more relaxed.

More importantly, Nice can also play in the Champions League.

This is indeed a very attractive thing for Jose Fonte.

When Yang Cheng received a call from Jose Fonte in Bergamo, Italy, he immediately smiled and said, "This is a very good choice, Jose!"

The whole world knows that the Chinese in Nice and Bayswater are the same family!
According to Yang Cheng's idea, he also hopes that Jose Fonte will go to Nice, and it would be best to cultivate central defenders such as Koulibaly, Mustafi, Umtiti, etc.

In the current European football scene, the price of an excellent central defender is simply too high!
No, it's outrageous!
When Porto made a crazy offer of 5000 million euros for Mangala, the whole world was shocked.

Not to mention anything else, if Mangala is priced this way, what about others?

Not going to heaven yet?

After Yang Cheng hung up the phone with Jose Fonte, he called Adam Crozier in London, and then called Emmanuel Perrin in Nice, France.

The main thing is about Jose Fonte's transfer.

"Let Van Dijk transfer to Bayswater Chinese!" Yang Cheng said to Emmanuel Perin.

Van Dijk performed well in the French Ligue 1 last season.

But interestingly, the central defender's performance was not particularly outstanding, not as good as Marquinhos.

Because he follows the stream of consciousness.

To put it simply, Van Dijk's defense is very different from that of an ordinary central defender.

He rarely sticks to or makes close-range moves. More often he follows and sticks to his opponent, using his own movement to limit his opponent's movement and constantly compressing his opponent's dribbling space and route.

Finally, the purpose of defense is achieved.

This defensive style is modern, but in 2013, it was still a bit ahead of its time.

On the contrary, for players like Marquinhos, Koulibaly, Umtiti, Mustafi and others, it is obvious whether they are strong or not.

Moreover, Van Dijk is a very interesting central defender.

You can either rush forward or delay.

Although he is big and strong, he is very fast and can retreat in time after stealing the ball.

This is also what the Chinese in Bayswater need right now.

Pepe is already 30 years old and Thiago Silva will soon be 29 years old.

Harry Maguire is definitely slower.

Therefore, it is quite good to have a central defender who can push forward and retreat.

Van Dijk has excellent passing ability and once he grabs the ball, he can launch a counterattack on the spot.

This also meets the requirements of the Chinese in Bayswater.

Therefore, Yang Cheng decided to exchange Jose Fonte for Van Dijk.

As for how much money the difference is, that's a matter of freeing up the left pocket from the right pocket, so Yang Cheng let them discuss it themselves.

On the phone, Emmanuel Perrin also reported on the situation in Nice this summer.

In last season's French Ligue 1, Nice finished second, but reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and was in the limelight.

The most notable players in the team are center back Marquinhos and center forward Benteke.

These two players are now also being closely watched by many teams.

For example, The Sun previously revealed that Chelsea considered Benteke as one of their recruitment targets.

The reason is that Mourinho likes to use this type of center forward.

And then there is Tottenham Hotspur.

The North London team also has their eyes on Benteke.

The Belgian center forward scored 28 goals in the French Ligue last season and performed very well.

In particular, his strong physique, excellent heading and solid footwork all left a deep impression on people.

The last time the Ligue 28 top scorer scored 84 goals was in the 85/ season.

Later, even the legendary Papin failed to reach this number, scoring at most 27 goals.

But Papin winning the Ligue 5 Golden Boot for five consecutive seasons is also a legend.

So now, Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco of Ligue 1 are competing for Manchester City's Ibrahimovic.

If they can't get Ibrahimovic, then Benteke will be their backup center.

Ibrahimovic had a falling out with Guardiola, and after Guardiola announced that he would coach Manchester City, the Swedish center announced his departure.

It's also interesting to say.

Ibrahimovic came to Manchester City because he had a falling out with Guardiola at Barcelona.

it's good now.

Guardiola chased Manchester City, and Ibrahimovic immediately announced his departure.

It feels like Guardiola is going to kill me!

After Yang Cheng hung up the phone with Emmanuel Perrin, he walked back to his hotel room.

At this time, Pablo Longoria, Atlanta's newly promoted young scouting director, was still sitting in the room waiting.

"Sorry, Pablo, I've received a lot of calls." Yang Cheng apologized casually.

He went out and talked on the phone for about ten minutes.

Longoria said she didn't dare.

With Yang Cheng's current status and position, he is naturally busy with many things.

Being able to take the time to meet with him shows that you respect him.

"I've taken a rough look at your report. It's very good. Leave it with the other materials. I'll find time to take a closer look at it in the evening and give you a reply tomorrow." Yang Cheng said with a smile, pointing to a report and a USB flash drive on the desk.

Pablo Longoria immediately nodded in agreement and stood up to say goodbye.

"By the way, Pablo, the digital reform of the scouting department must be started as soon as possible and fully integrated into the Bayswater Chinese scouting system. You know, this is a very good opportunity for Atlanta."

"I know, and I will push for it immediately and without delay," Pablo Longoria promised.

Atalanta also has its own scouting system and database, but it is mainly based in Italy.

When it comes to Europe, their scouting network simply can't cover that much.

To put it bluntly, the coverage of the scout network is directly proportional to the investment.

That is, in the Iberian Peninsula, there is some intelligence because of Pablo Longoria.

In addition to the scouting department, Atalanta has fully connected with Bayswater Chinese and Nice from daily management to training, games, etc. to achieve data-based management.

This is a transformation that goes deep into the soul!
After seeing Longoria off, Yang Cheng returned to the room, sat back on the sofa, and casually opened the player report made by Pablo Longoria, which recommended many outstanding young players.

For example, Dybala, the Argentine striker who plays for Palermo.

Palermo has been relegated from Serie A to Serie B this season, but it is not easy to take advantage of the opportunity to buy at a low price.

Last summer, Palermo paid a transfer fee of 1200 million euros for Dybala.

In last season's Serie A, Dybala also made his mark and performed well.

If Atlanta wants to sign him, they will probably have to pay a higher transfer fee than this.

Although they know they will not lose money, it is really unnecessary for Atlanta.

It’s not that we can’t afford Dybala, but other players are more cost-effective!
Among the recommended players, in addition to Dybala, Yang Cheng also found many familiar names.

For example, Bruno Fernandez, who plays for Serie B side Novara.

This is what many fans called Yang Cheng B Fee in his previous life.

There is also Bernardo Silva who plays for Benfica youth team, also known as B Silva by fans.

Unlike B Fee, B Silva has not yet played for Benfica's first team, but he has played some games for Portugal U19 and performed well.

There are also two Brazilian players, Fabinho as right back and Casemiro as deep midfielder.

Fabinho is owned by Rio Ave in the Portuguese Super League, but was loaned to Real Madrid's second team Castilla last season.

Casemiro currently plays for Sao Paulo in Brazil, but in January 2013, he was loaned to Real Madrid, but also played for Castilla.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, Fabinho did not transform from a right back to a defensive midfielder until he went to Monaco in Ligue 1, and became one of the world's top defensive midfielders.

As for Casemiro, it is said that he performed well last season and Real Madrid is interested in buying him out for about 600 million euros.

The other three players, B Silva, B Fee and Fabinho, are worth about 250 million euros each.

Pablo Longoria obviously also wanted to take this opportunity to prove his ability in front of Yang Cheng.

Therefore, the player report and material collection are very detailed.

Although Yang Cheng could identify many stars at a glance, he did not make a decision immediately.

They have done such a careful job. It would be somewhat irresponsible if I just took a cursory glance and gave an answer on the spot.

That's why he said that he wanted to take another closer look.

……

The next day at noon, Yang Cheng called Pablo Longoria.

"I support your decision, Bruno Fernandes can be signed."

"As for Bernardo Silva, Nice in Ligue 1 is short of players in the midfield right now, and I plan to let Nice sign him."

The main reason why Yang Cheng made this decision was that he was not sure whether Bernardo Silva could adapt after coming to Serie A.

Bruno Fernandes has no problem with that.

Besides, Nice now only has Kovacic to support the creativity of the midfield. If the young B Silva goes there, he can play in multiple positions in the frontcourt and will definitely be a strong substitute.

As for Fabinho, his biggest problem is the restriction on foreign players.

Italy's restrictions on foreign players can be said to be the most complicated among the top five European leagues.

This is the so-called 3 plus 3 policy.

The so-called 3 plus 3 means 3 youth players from the team plus 3 local Italian youth players.

Although Serie A has no restrictions on the number of foreign players for each team, each team can only play a maximum of three foreign players. As for new foreign players, a maximum of one non-EU foreign player can be signed from a league outside Italy each year. If an additional foreign player is to be signed, the team must sell one existing foreign player.

Atalanta signed two new foreign players, goalkeeper Alisson and winger Felipe Anderson, this summer, and the team also sold the former Brazilian winger veteran Pinto.

This is how we got the full number of people.

As for Biglia, Romulo and Juan Iturbe, they all have dual citizenship, so they are not subject to the restrictions.

Moreover, Romulo was introduced from Fiorentina in Serie A.

In this case, Atalanta no longer has any foreign player quota to sign Fabinho.

So, Yang Cheng meant to let Fabinho go to Nice in Ligue 1.

Croatia joined the European Union in July 2013, so Nice's substitute midfielder Brozovic transferred to Atlanta to play.

In this way, the problem of foreign aid restrictions can be avoided.

Pablo Longoria was very happy after hearing this.

The first time he recommended a player, he got the support of Yang Cheng, which made him more motivated.

Yang Cheng also asked him to keep working hard.

"In my opinion, those who work hard and achieve results will never be let suffer any loss!" Yang Cheng made a small promise.

Pablo Longoria was even more motivated.

He is now far inferior to the Marseille chairman who will be more than ten years later.

After getting Yang Cheng's support, Atlanta immediately took action.

Through Pablo Longoria's connections, the Serie A team quickly signed Bruno Fernandes from Serie B Novara for 250 million euros.

Later, they signed Croatian midfielder Brozovic from Ligue 1 Nice.

Nice signed young player Bernardo Silva from Benfica for 250 million euros.

Then they signed Brazilian right-back Fabinho from Rio Ave in the Portuguese Super League for 250 million euros.

……

When Bayswater Chinese officially announced the signing of Van Dijk from Ligue 1, it immediately attracted attention in the transfer market.

Everyone knows that the two teams are actually the same.

But the transaction must be carried out in the same way, and the entire process cannot be omitted.

The final approach was to exchange players.

Jose Fonte was swapped for Van Dijk.

That is, after Bayswater Chinese signed Van Dijk, Paris Saint-Germain also announced that it had signed Brazilian central defender Marquinhos from Ligue 5000 Nice for a high price of million euros.

The 19-year-old Brazilian central defender performed very well in both Ligue and the Champions League last season. He can be said to be the number one contributor to Nice's advance to the Champions League semi-finals, and his strength has won unanimous recognition from the outside world.

Just ask yourself, when Porto dared to ask for 5000 million euros for a player like Mangala, is it strange that Nice sold Marquinhos for 5000 million euros under the competition of Monaco?

In fact, Nice's initial asking price was 6000 million euros, but it scared off many buyers.

Even the wealthy Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco have cut their prices again and again.

In fact, Porto asked for 5000 million euros, and the estimated psychological transaction price is around 4000 million euros.

So, when Paris Saint-Germain offered 5000 million euros, Nice agreed.

This is not expensive for a Brazilian central defender who is only 19 years old but has good strength.

After missing out on Marquinhos, Monaco immediately signed Carvalho from Real Madrid.

When Mourinho returned to coach Chelsea, Carvalho's situation at Real Madrid became awkward.

The salary is not cheap and he is very old, which makes it difficult for Carvalho to gain a foothold in the four major leagues.

Finally chose to transfer to Monaco on a free transfer.

Also joining Monaco on a free transfer is Barcelona's left-back Abidal.

This also made the strength of this newly promoted French Ligue 1 team surge.

After signing Marquinhos, Paris Saint-Germain announced that they had signed Swedish center forward Ibrahimovic from Premier League Manchester City for 3000 million euros.

The Swedish center forward threatened to leave Manchester City when Guardiola was coaching the club.

Now I finally got what I wanted.

Paris Saint-Germain not only paid a transfer fee of 3000 million euros for Ibrahimovic, but also offered him an annual salary of 1500 million euros.

This is even higher than when Ibrahimovic was at Manchester City.

With 3000 million euros for Ibrahimovic, 5000 million euros for Marquinhos, 2500 million euros for Cabaye and 1500 million euros for Digne, Paris Saint-Germain will continue to spend money this summer.

The Qatari consortium spent 1.2 million euros in the transfer market, which is astonishing!

After Monaco was frustrated in the competition for Ibrahimovic, they set their sights on Suarez, but Liverpool ignored Monaco's offer.

There was even a rumor in the transfer market that Monaco was interested in signing Rooney from Manchester United.

But more people interpreted it as Rooney using Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain to raise the price and ask Manchester United to renew his contract with a high salary.

After failing to sign multiple forwards, Monaco, the newly promoted team in Ligue 4500 this season, signed Belgian center forward Benteke from Nice for million euros.

James Rodriguez for 4500 million euros, Benteke for 4500 million euros, Moutinho for 2500 million euros, and Kondogbia for 2000 million euros.

Plus many other transfers of tens of millions and millions of euros.

After receiving investment from a Russian tycoon, Monaco's performance in the transfer market has been even crazier than Paris Saint-Germain!

The two wealthy teams are going on a shopping spree, which has quickly attracted the attention of fans all over the world to the entire French Ligue 1.

Many people even speculate that after the influx of foreign capital, Ligue 1 has a good chance of surpassing the Bundesliga and Serie A and becoming one of the top three leagues in the world.

The French team newspaper believes that "crazy spending will give Ligue 1 a bright future!"

But the premise is, how long can Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco maintain this crazy money-burning model?
After selling Benteke for 4500 million euros, Nice signed the 500-year-old French teenager Anthony Martial from Lyon for 17 million euros.

At the same time, they signed the 16-year-old French teenager Ndombele from the youth team of Guingamp in the French Ligue through a free transfer.

Among them, Martial's transfer was instructed by Yang Cheng, but Ndombele was signed by Nice on its own decision.

In this summer's transfer market, Nice sold Benteke, Marquinhos, Van Dijk, Brozovic, and signed Jose Fonte, Martial, Bernardo Silva, Fabinho and Ndombele.

Overall, Nice is still very competitive in Ligue 1.

Even if they are not as good as Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, Yang Cheng believes that they still have certain strength advantages over other Ligue 1 teams.

What's more, head coach Ronald Koeman will continue to stay with the team.

Because no team from the four major leagues invited him to coach.

This is indeed quite embarrassing.

As the head coach of the top four teams in the Champions League last season, several teams changed coaches this summer, but no one chose him.

I guess everyone knows that this guy has a bad temper.

But what really interests Yang Cheng is the future development trend of Ligue 1.

Monaco is just like in its previous life, spending money first.

But after spending a year or two, Monaco began to realize that the money-burning model was not working, because Monaco's foundation was very weak, and no matter how much money it spent, it would only be the same.

So later it transformed into a black shop model.

But here is the problem.

Today, Nice is a well-known black shop in Ligue 1 and even in European football.

So is Monaco still going to work?
Even with the support of agents like Mendes behind the scenes, does Monaco still want to operate like Yang Cheng in his previous life?

It's not realistic!

Nowadays, Monaco's ecological niche has been occupied by Nice.

Nice is now full of talented people. As long as they can maintain stability and qualify for the Champions League every season, Monaco will not be able to beat Nice without spending money.

Yang Cheng is still very confident about this.

It depends on what Monaco will do next.

If they continue to spend money, it will be good for Monaco, Nice and the entire Ligue 1!

……

The time has come to the end of January.

In Brazil, the Confederations Cup is in full swing.

But in the Premier League, there was a big news.

Fulham were bought.

Pakistani-American Shahid Khan successfully bought Fulham for £2 million.

This man is also a big shot, said to be worth billions of pounds, and is on the Forbes rich list.

His main business is automobiles, and he is also the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the American NFL.

However, although Shahid Khan is rich, according to media reports, he does not intend to pay a transfer fee for Fulham, but hopes to maintain Fulham's current business model.

This made Fulham fans feel a little disappointed.

They are eager to have a rich boss come in, spend a lot of money, and compete with Bayswater Chinese and Chelsea, who are also in West London.

At the very least, it should be called the West London Derby!

This summer, the Premier League team that made the most noise in the transfer market is Manchester City.

With Guardiola's arrival, the Blue Moon has become completely Spanish.

From the management to the head coach, and even to the club's employees, most of them are from Spain or have a La Liga background.

After Guardiola announced that he would coach Manchester City, his first target for recruitment was the Chinese from Bayswater.

Manchester City have made a £5000m bid for Toni Kroos.

This caused a stir in the transfer market.

But the Bayswater Chinese refused to negotiate with Manchester City.

Not only that, Adam Crozier also revealed that the club is renewing the contract with Toni Kroos.

Once the contract extension is completed, Toni Kroos will officially join the first tier of the club's income.

Of course, in the first tier, Toni Kroos' weekly salary is still slightly lower than Modric's.

Toni Kroos also immediately came out to accept interviews from media reporters, repeatedly emphasizing that he had no intention of leaving Bayswater Chinese.

“I am very happy living here, and I hope to make more contributions to the Chinese community in Bayswater!”

Toni Kroos said that he was very grateful for Yang Cheng's support and trust in him.

"Without him, I wouldn't be here, let alone have the results I have today!"

Therefore, Toni Kroos said that he had no intention of leaving Bayswater Chinese, "I hope to continue to stay in this team that can challenge all the championships in the new season!"

What this means is that Manchester City’s current strength and cards are inferior to those of the Bayswater Chinese.

After failing to sign Toni Kroos, Guardiola immediately turned his attention and signed the talented midfielder Thiago from Barcelona for a high price of 2400 million pounds, or 3000 million euros.

With David Silva already on board, signing Thiago is undoubtedly a major move by Guardiola to transform Manchester City's midfield.

After sending Ibrahimovic away, Guardiola's arrival basically sentenced Kaka to death.

Speaking of which, since Kaka joined Manchester City, although his overall performance has been good, he has also continued his outstanding performance in Serie A and has become a key player for Manchester City.

However, with the increase of age and the problems of transformation, Kaka's performance gradually declined.

In addition, the joining of stars such as Yaya Toure and David Silva has squeezed Kaka's tactical position in Manchester City.

Now, after Guardiola took office, it is difficult to find a place for Kaka in his 433 formation.

So, after Ibrahimovic transferred to Paris Saint-Germain, Kaka also announced his transfer back to AC Milan.

This also made countless fans sigh.

The end of an era marks the beginning of a new era!
The arrival of Guardiola will sound the clarion call for Manchester City's tactical reform.

In addition to Ibrahimovic and Kaka, Guardiola also quickly sounded the signal for a clean-up.

Players including Tevez, Sinclair, Gareth Barry and others appeared on Guardiola's cleaning list.

These are all players who have performed very well in Manchester City, but now, without exception, they have been sent to the transfer market.

In Yang Cheng’s previous life, when Guardiola coached Manchester City, Yaya Toure was relegated to the sidelines.

But this time, the Ivorian had no grudges against Guardiola because he had played for Bayswater Chinese before, and the two sides were not familiar with each other, so there was no problem.

On the contrary, both of them are now full of expectations and longings for their cooperation with each other.

This made Yang Cheng feel very absurd.

While cleaning up redundant staff, Guardiola also began to make drastic signings.

Signed Spanish right winger Navas from Sevilla for £1500 million.

Signed Fernandinho from Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine for £3000 million.

Signed Montenegrin winger Jovetic from Serie A side Fiorentina for £2200 million.

Signed Demichelis from Atletico Madrid for £400 million.

Judging from the current lineup, all three lines of Manchester City can be said to be full of talents.

After signing Demichelis for the defense line, together with four central defenders including Jerome Boateng, Chiellini, Kompany and Savage, Manchester City now has a total of five central defenders.

Of course, Demichelis can also play as a defensive midfielder.

In the midfield, the configuration of Pirlo, Verratti, David Silva, Thiago, Yaya Toure and Fernandinho also makes Manchester City's midfield strength quite good.

The forward line is relatively weak. After the departure of Ibrahimovic and Tevez, there are still Aguero, Navas and Jovetic.

And the whole world knows that Manchester City is doing its best to poach Messi.

If successful, Manchester City's entire offensive firepower will be improved by more than one level.

Just when everyone was reporting on the lengthy soap opera of Messi's transfer, Manchester City announced again that it had signed the young German goalkeeper Ter Stegen from Bundesliga's Borussia Mönchengladbach for 1500 million pounds.

British media reported that Guardiola was not satisfied with Joe Hart's characteristics and abilities.

Last season, Guardiola watched many of Joe Hart's games, but was dissatisfied with his characteristics and some of the mistakes he made in the game.

Guardiola wants a more modern goalkeeper, such as Neuer.

But unfortunately, it is impossible for Bayern Munich to sell Neuer.

Therefore, Guardiola chose to settle for the second best and signed the little lion Ter Stegen from Borussia Mönchengladbach.

"In the new season, Joe Hart needs to compete with Ter Stegen for the position of main goalkeeper!"

Everyone can clearly feel that after Guardiola took over as coach of Manchester City, the team has undergone earth-shaking changes in just one month.

Manchester City’s top management is also very supportive.

There are even many times when too much money is spent on transfers and players are sold at too low a price.

But with wealthy people like the Abu Dhabi Group standing behind him, Guardiola doesn't need to worry about money at all.

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Apart from Manchester City, other Premier League top teams are more cautious in recruiting players.

There is no need to talk about the Chinese in Bayswater. In addition to exchanging Jose Fonte for Van Dijk, Yang Cheng successively rejected offers from Toni Kroos and Lewandowski.

Yang Cheng made it clear in the media that Bayswater Chinese will not sell any players this summer.

This basically conforms to the outside world's impression of the Chinese in Bayswater.

There is no need for this team to make any drastic adjustments in terms of strength.

Manchester United also did not make any big moves.

Ferguson has repeatedly stressed that, apart from signing defender Barella from Uruguay, Manchester United does not intend to invest in the transfer market.

Manchester United has really spent a lot of money in the past two seasons.

Everyone had expected that Chelsea would spend money like crazy after Mourinho joined, but that didn't happen.

Apart from signing Schurrle from Leverkusen in Germany for £1800 million, the Blues have basically not made any major moves.

Mourinho has repeatedly stated that he is happy with Chelsea's current squad.

On the contrary, teams like Tottenham, Everton, Swansea, Southampton and others have actively invested a lot of money in the transfer market as broadcasting fees have skyrocketed.

This also makes everyone speculate that the new season of the Premier League will become more intense!
Compared with the Premier League's major clubs which generally do not make much movement, La Liga's transfers still mainly rely on Real Madrid.

The Galacticos first signed Illarramendi from Real Sociedad for 3000 million euros.

But few people know that before signing Illarramendi, Real Madrid had made a 4000 million euro offer to the Bayswater Chinese, hoping to sign Javi Martinez.

However, it was rejected by Yang Cheng and the Chinese in Bayswater.

Subsequently, Real Madrid signed Isco from Malaga for 3000 million euros.

Malaga was once known as the Manchester City of La Liga, but a year after being acquired by a wealthy man from the Middle East, Malaga was quickly reduced to its original form.

The reason is that the Middle Eastern tycoons are not really that rich, and later they even disappeared.

After signing Illarramendi and Isco, Real Madrid signed Carvajal and Casemiro successively.

After Ancelotti took over Real Madrid, Real Madrid focused more on signing capable, young local players.

Unlike Real Madrid's frequent actions, there is not much movement on Barcelona's side.

After selling Thiago and Villa, and letting Abidal go to Monaco on a free transfer, Barcelona has never intended to introduce strong reinforcements, and Barcelona's coaching selection has made no progress.

The candidate head coaches range from Nice coach Ronald Koeman, to Valverde, to Juande Ramos and other famous coaches, all of whom have been linked to Barcelona, ​​but no one has been decided yet.

More importantly, Messi's transfer is getting more and more serious.

Catalan fans also have different attitudes towards Messi's transfer.

Some fans think that if Messi wants to leave, then let him go. Barcelona will still be Barcelona no matter who is missing.

But many fans believe that Messi is the team's current core fighting force and cannot leave the team under any circumstances.

People including Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta and Pique have also come forward and said that the club should do its best to retain Messi.

But the Barcelona management, led by Rosell, does not seem to have any intention in this regard.

Whether it is from public opinion or official attitude, it gives people a feeling that they can't wait for Messi to leave.

On the last day of June, the British Sun, famous for its transfer news, was the first to disclose a shocking news.

Messi decided to accept the invitation and offer from Manchester City!

The Argentine will pay his buyout clause for 2 million pounds, or 2.5 million euros, to redeem his contract and transfer to Manchester City!

This was like a blockbuster bomb that exploded all over the world.

Although this soap opera has been going on for a year, everyone was still shocked when it finally came to an end.

Especially Spain, which has been hit hardest.

In Catalonia, the reaction from fans was even stronger.

Previously, when there were rumors that Messi was going to join Manchester City, many extreme fans took to the streets to protest and even stopped cars in front of Messi’s residential area, causing difficulties for Messi and his family.

Now, when Messi really decides to transfer, more fans are not happy.

They took to the streets to protest against the inaction of Barcelona management and demanded Rosell's dismissal!

Even Real Madrid president Florentino publicly stated, "Barcelona has made an unforgivable mistake by allowing Messi to transfer to the Premier League!"

Spanish Football Association President Villar also said in an interview with media reporters, "As the most influential superstar in the world, I can't understand why Barcelona wants to force Messi to leave?"

As Barcelona's number one sponsor, Nike also regrets Barcelona's decision to let Messi go.

Fortunately, Messi moved from Barcelona, ​​which was sponsored by Nike, to Manchester City, which was also sponsored by Nike.

At the same time that Messi announced his transfer to Manchester City, Liverpool announced a contract extension for Suarez with a weekly salary of 20 pounds!
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