Green Dragon

Chapter 595 Short Summer

Although the European transfer market in 2015 did not produce blockbuster transfers exceeding [-] million euros, it was also a very active year, especially in the Premier League.

Manchester United bought the 8000-year-old French little demon, "New Henry" Martial at a price of 5000 million euros (3000 million transfer + 19 million floating terms), which really surprised everyone-to You know, just two summers ago, Monaco spent a mere 2 million euros to sign him, and when they bought this little guy, even Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney and the old captain Gary Neville couldn't help it. Asked: "This guy with a sluggish expression... who the hell is it?"

Manchester United's handwriting is more than that, 3100 million pounds to buy Eredivisie MVP Memphis Depay, 2500 million pounds to eat Southampton midfielder Schneiderlin, 1400 million income full-back Damian, and even a price close to free Buy German national team and Bayern Munich's double vice-captain Schweinsteiger, sign Argentina's No. 1.4 goalkeeper Romero for free, with a total investment of more than [-] million... GBP!
With the joining of many strong players, Van Gaal has also drastically cleaned up the former team of Manchester United: Van Persie, Hernandez, Rafael, Nani, Evans and many other generals who have made great achievements for Manchester United They were all sold at a low price. The Argentine winger Di Maria, who just joined a season ago and was once considered the hope of Manchester United's revival, was also sold at a reduced price due to poor performance. Falcao, Januzaj and other fringe figures were sold. Chef Fan, who is out on loan and has built a team according to his own wishes, is ready to rebound strongly in the second season.

Seeing that Manchester United is recruiting aggressively, their neighbor Manchester City is of course not to be outdone.

Blue Moon spent 5800 million pounds to poach the 2015 transfer bid king and Belgian monster Kevin De Bruyne from the Bundesliga, and spent 4900 million to snatch the Red Army's local youth player Xia Chuang before Liverpool completed the acquisition. The second bidder Raheem Sterling, plus 3500 million to poach Argentine defender Otamendi from Valencia, their investment in transfers easily reached 1.4 million pounds.

Compared with the madness of the Manchester City duo, the defending champion Chelsea showed considerable restraint. Apart from buying winger Pedro from Barcelona for 1900 million pounds, they did not even transfer more than 800 million. Instead, they relied on cleaning players. made a fortune...

As for the arsenal Arsenal...they have been rumored with dozens of players throughout the summer, and finally dragged on until the end of the transfer window, before they bought the Czech goalkeeper-Peter Cech from Chelsea, and the transfer fee reached 1000 million pounds !
This is their only signing. Among the 20 Premier League clubs, their transfer investment and number of transfers are undoubtedly the last!
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To be honest, Long Shute admires Wenger a lot. He only bought an old goalkeeper in one summer, and he can make the whole team think that he wants to compete for the league championship... This is no longer a matter of feelings or eloquence, it is The unparalleled charisma of the French professor is shining!

If you refer to Arsenal's league ranking at the end of the season, Long Shute admires Wenger's military tactics even more. A team that only spent 1000 million... unexpectedly defeated the defending champion and Manchester United that spent [-] billion. The two tycoons of the city!
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On July 7, Long Shute returned to Liverpool after finishing his vacation.

He met an old Bayern teammate.

Emre Can sent him a warm hug:

"Haha, I hope you still remember me..."

Long Shute accepted his welcome with a smile:
"I didn't expect that we would become teammates again in the end."

Born in 1994, this all-rounder in the midfield is only 21 years old now. If there is no accident, he will gradually become a main force of Liverpool in the future.

Zhan shrugged and acted as a senior to Long Shute:
"You must be prepared, to be honest, the weather in England is terrible, I have been here for a year, but I still miss life in Germany..."

This is the first day of the training camp. Except for the injured Sturridge, Coutinho and Lucas who are playing with the national team, Long Shute greeted all the new teammates.

Like all clubs, the training in the first week was mainly focused on restoring physical fitness and controlling weight. Only Long Shute chose dribbling training and additional strength training because he had no game tasks for a long time.

"Andy, you remember to pay attention to his body recently and test him every day. After all, he has just recovered from a serious injury."

Rodgers turned sideways to chief team doctor Andy Massey.

Macy nodded:

"I will, Brendan, but judging from his previous physical examination data, there is no hidden danger in his body."

Rogers shrugged:

"Be prepared."
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After completing a week of basic training, the Liverpool team began a two-week Asia-Pacific business tour.

This is also a traditional project of European giants.

But compared to other teams in the Premier League, Liverpool's flying distance exceeds [-] kilometers, which is the hardest among the giants—if they can still be called giants...

Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Shanghai, the five cities have allowed Liverpool to earn back more than 2000 million pounds in revenue.

In the five games, Long Shute only played four games, but every time he made a big hit, three goals in a single game was the minimum consumption, which attracted the overwhelming cheers and worship of the fans, and also made Rogers face The smile grew brighter.

When they returned to the Melwood training base, there was only half a month left before the opening game of the new season, and Liverpool's pre-season preparations finally came to the most critical moment.
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"Brendan is actually quite thoughtful, and he's not that stubborn."

As an old teammate, Emre Can once shared his views on the head coach with Long Shute in private:

"He likes Spain's controlled style of play and beautiful offense, but in his first two years at Liverpool, he chose to play defensive counterattacks according to the characteristics of the team, and the effect was once very good."

Long Shute agreed.

Rodgers, who had studied in Spain for a long time, actually liked Barcelona's tactical style of play. He was once known as the Premier League's technical school when he was in charge of Swansea, but after he joined Liverpool, he transformed the style of the Red Army into a more Similar to Dortmund's type in the Bundesliga.

He once let Gerrard withdraw his position, trying to transform into an organization and dispatcher like Pirlo. This change did indeed successfully inspire the second highlight moment of the Red Army captain, but it was also at the end of this highlight moment, Gerrard Slipping on unguarded turf made him a target for his change.

If Gerrard hadn't slipped at the time, Liverpool, who defeated or drew with Chelsea, might have won the league championship in the 13-14 season, and Rogers might have already secured the honor of "tactical genius".

But Rodgers and Gerrard are both miserable, they don't have the aura of luck on them, and that one defeat made them completely defeated!
Liverpool has been infinitely close to the league title three times since the establishment of the Premier League:
From 2001 to 02, they had Mr. Golden Globe Irving and just won five cups. They were very hopeful to aspire to the league, but the then head coach Houllier missed most of the season due to heart disease, which affected the team's performance. The unavoidable impact, in the end, can only be inferior to Arsenal at its peak.

2008-09, that was the last glory of Benitez's coaching period. With the peak Gerrard, Torres, Mascherano, and Xavi Alonso, Liverpool won their highest points in the Premier League era, but still 4 points behind Manchester United in second place.

Then came the 2013-14 season. Suarez led Sturridge, Sterling, and Coutinho to usher in a big explosion at the same time. With enough advantages established, there is no need to wait for the key battle with Chelsea...

Now that Long Shute has come here, will their luck be so bad?

(End of this chapter)