i want to be king

Chapter 843 The whole world owes him a Golden Globe!

As the saying goes, blessings come without pairs, and misfortunes never come singly.

When Wenger was interviewed after the game, he just proposed to discuss the transfer of David Luiz with Benfica. As a result, the day after the fiasco, the Portuguese media broke the news that Benfica had officially accepted the offer from Manchester City.

"David Luiz told Benfica's management through his agent that he hopes the club will seriously consider the offer from Manchester City. Between Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid and Manchester City, David Luiz chose to join Manchester City."

"This means that David Luiz will face challenges from Pepe, Kompany, Jerome Boateng."

Manchester City gathered four central defenders, which is inseparable from Guardiola's tactics.

Guardiola, who is deeply influenced by Dutch football and Italian football, is still a very traditional head coach in his bones, so his team formation mode is also very traditional, that is, focusing on both ends.

The frontcourt is the center forward and the backcourt is the central defender.

After the two ends are determined, the other positions are pieced together.

With a superstar like Su Dong in the center, the position of the center back is what Guardiola is most concerned about.

Pepe and Kompany are the best central defenders in the Premier League this season. This is true, but the problem is that the two have played too many games and consume too much. They need someone to share their game pressure.

Micah Richards has proven to be unusable, and only one generalist like Jerome Boateng is not enough, so it is inevitable to introduce another David Luiz.

This transfer will cost Manchester City a transfer fee of 500 million pounds, which is already an astonishingly high price transfer.

Manchester City technical director Begiristain personally rushed to Lisbon, Portugal, to discuss personal treatment with David Luiz's agent.

Su Dong sent a warm signal to David Luiz through the media, on behalf of the dressing room, and welcomed him to join Manchester City.

Wenger, who was far away in London, was once again vomiting blood from anger.

A fiasco on the pitch and a fiasco in the transfer market.

What the hell, I can't live through this day!
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Manchester City's winter break transfer movement is very big.

In addition to De Bruyne and Courtois who were loaned back to Genk, Belgium after the buyout, Manchester City signed Leighton Baines from Everton, Thiago from Barcelona, ​​Dzeko from Wolfsburg, and now David Luiz from Benfica.

This also allowed Manchester City to invest huge sums of money in the transfer market again, becoming the team that invested the most in transfers during the winter break.

Fans all over the world not only lamented the degree of local tyrants of Manchester City, but also saw Manchester City's ambition to hit the championship, and Mansour's determination to manage Manchester City for a long time.

If you don't want to operate for a long time, who is willing to invest so much?

Manchester City's management also demonstrated their operational capabilities and shrewd negotiation efficiency this time.

The winter break transfer market has just opened, and they have already signed the players they want in one go. This speed is unmatched by other teams. Of course, there is a strong financial backing from the Abu Dhabi consortium behind them, and the shrewdness and negotiation of the management team also contributed.

After signing a number of players, Manchester City also began to clean up the players in the team, including Micah Richards, Bridge and other players, who are no longer in Guardiola's plan. The club intends to clean these players.

In addition, the club has lost patience with a group of young players such as Michael Johnson and is preparing to sell them.

Michael Johnson used to be a leader in Manchester City's youth training and a symbol of youth training. He was even regarded as a genius at one time. However, due to various factors such as injuries, his development did not meet the expectations of the outside world, and he eventually disappeared.

Under this series of operations, Manchester City's lineup has basically maintained the same number of people, but its overall strength has improved to a higher level.

In particular, the joining of Leighton Baines is not only a local account, but also a strong support, which is of great help to Manchester City.

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Over the weekend, Manchester City ushered in the third knockout round of the FA Cup.

This is also the first FA Cup game that a Premier League team has participated in. Manchester City is away to challenge Leicester City in the middle of the English Championship.

Since it was a cup game and they had just beaten Arsenal in the league, Manchester City did not do their best. Instead, they arranged a rotation and a substitute lineup to go to the away game, keeping Su Dong and other main core players in Manchester.

Guardiola obviously wants to inspect players through the FA Cup, especially the newly joined players.

Dzeko, Thiago, Leighton Bynes and David Luiz all started, and David Luiz even trained with the team for only one day before he was arranged to start, partnering with Jerome Boateng as a central defender.

As a result, less than a minute after the start of the game, it was the coordination error of the two central defenders, which caused Leicester City to fall into a goal.

City then patiently took control of the game.

The midfielder Thiago is responsible for the delay, and Moutinho and Gareth Barry are rushing forward. Guardiola hopes to maximize Thiago's strength, especially the ability to control the midfield.

The midfielder from Barcelona also performed well, showing a very good level.

No. In 203 minutes, Dzeko sent a through ball after receiving a pass from Moutinho. Milner broke into the penalty area and kicked the goal to equalize the score for Manchester City.

After changing sides in the second half and fighting again, Manchester City played a wave of rushing attacks as soon as the game started. Milner made a pass from the right, and Dzeko scored a goal in the penalty area, giving Manchester City the lead.

But in the No.604 minute, Joe Hart dropped the ball after receiving a pass from the wing, and the opponent seized the opportunity to score.

The England goalkeeper is also performing very unstable now, becoming a major hidden danger in Manchester City's lineup.

Guardiola has made it clear that after the end of this season, Manchester City will retrieve Courtois from Genk, Belgium. He will personally sculpt the Belgian goalkeeper and transform him into the type of goalkeeper the team needs as much as possible.

Just when everyone was worried that Manchester City would draw with Leicester City and the two sides would have a play-off match, No. 807 minutes, after Milner made a breakthrough on the left, Dzeko crossed to the goal, Gareth Barry followed up and scored an angry shot, which once again exceeded the score for Manchester City.

Three to two, and this score was maintained until the end of the game.

Manchester City ended up narrowly beating Leicester City.

Incidentally, teenager Sterling replaced Adam Johnson in the second half.

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Although it is only one game, many clues can be seen.

Manchester City's signings are still based on the team's philosophy and come down in one continuous line.

Whether it is Thiago, or Leighton Baines, or Dzeko and David Luiz's technical characteristics are very suitable for Guardiola's Manchester City, and they have also shown very good strength and potential in the game, which makes people believe in their future in Manchester City.

But the two conceded goals are also the second most goals conceded by Manchester City this season.

The most goals conceded was against Arsenal, conceding three goals, but it was a red card in the opening 4 minutes and a penalty kick in stoppage time in the first half.

Judging from the two conceded goals, the most important thing is the lack of tacit understanding and the old problem of the goalkeeper.

Neither Joe Hart nor Shay Madou is unsatisfactory.

At least, neither has shown a steady state.

Guardiola praised several new aids at the post-match press conference, and at the same time tactfully criticized Joe Hart's mistakes, thinking that this should not happen to the Manchester City goalkeeper.

It's not that there can't be mistakes, but that there can't be such low-level mistakes.

The outside world still gave affirmation to Manchester City's performance. After all, they just beat Arsenal and played with a full substitute lineup.

If it is said that the [-]-[-] away defeat to Arsenal made everyone see the strength of Manchester City's starting lineup, then the [-]-[-] away victory over Leicester City let everyone see clearly the strength of Manchester City's substitute lineup.

Maybe not very strong, but young, energetic, aggressive, with a bright future.

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Since Manchester City was eliminated from the League Cup early, there was no game in the middle of the week, but Su Dong was not idle at all.

The FIFA Ballon d'Or awards ceremony is coming!
All the rich teams have started to support their stars, among which Barcelona is the loudest.

Who makes Harvey and Iniesta are big favorites?

Cruyff said in the column that Harvey should win the award. He is not only the commander of Barcelona, ​​but also the soul of Spain's midfielder who won the World Cup. He deserves a Golden Globe.

"Sudong is undoubtedly the strongest. So far this season, 35 Premier League goals are simply amazing. But unfortunately, [-] is the year of the World Cup, and Harvey is the player who deserves the award the most."

Cruyff said in the column that in non-competition years, Sudong is invincible, and no one can shake his rule.

But in the competition year, more attention is often paid to the performance in the competition. Harvey and Iniesta are the most deserving awards, especially Harvey, "The whole world owes him a Golden Globe!"

Barcelona coach Mourinho is supporting Iniesta, thinking that if the Ballon d'Or is not awarded to Iniesta, there must be a shady scene, "I can't imagine anyone who performed better than him and is more qualified to win the award."

"A goal in the World Cup final is enough for him to win a Ballon d'Or!"

The voice of Su Dong winning the award is not low, but after the merger of the World Footballer and the Ballon d'Or, no one knows how the first selection will be.

But before that, when the authoritative British magazine [World Football] selected the best player in [-], Su Dong defeated Harvey and Iniesta and won the entire honor.

Bayern coach Heynckes was voted best coach, Spain was voted team of the year and Bayern's Thomas Müller was voted rookie of the year.

In the vote rate announced by the World Football Magazine, Sudong defeated Harvey and Iniesta by a narrow margin.

This actually represents the contradiction between many media and fans at the moment.

Su Dong performed very well, whether at Bayern or in the past six months after joining Manchester City, his performance was impeccable.

But the problem is that there is a World Cup this year, and both Harvey and Iniesta are the number one contributors to Spain's victory in the World Cup. At the same time, they also helped Barcelona reach the Champions League final. Although they did not win the championship, that is also an achievement.

It can be said that it is really difficult to choose who wins the award and who does not.

(End of this chapter)