Starting from entering Kawazu

Chapter 28 A Trip to Southeast Asia

Entering August, Manchester City flew to Southeast Asia for pre-season gold rush work.

Southeast Asia has always liked the Premier League, so even though they are newly promoted, Manchester City is still warmly welcomed by Southeast Asian fans.

First stop in Singapore.

This country has a good environment, beautiful scenery, and relatively developed economy.

Stepping off the plane, City were cheered by fans in Singapore.

This thing may also be a kind of blind worship, right?
Now in the Manchester City team, Ronaldinho is the most famous. Are they all fans of Ronaldinho?
According to the arrangement, Ronaldinho also signed autographs for the fans in the past and took some group photos. It seems that the scene was quite warm and nothing unexpected happened.

Ronaldinho was also smiling throughout the whole process. He has vaguely become the new leader of the Brazilian national team, so his self-confidence is also very strong.

Other Manchester City players are not treated so well, but it is still no problem to sign fans.

In Singapore, the team will have a warm-up match with the Singapore national team.

The next day, the jet-lagged Manchester City team started training.

Jia Yi also began to appear on the training ground.

Seeing this scene, the Singapore fans outside the stadium were also dumbfounded.

They all know that Jia Yi is the new owner of Manchester City, and he pays attention to the Premier League. Obviously, this kind of news will not be missed, and it is not surprising to know.

However, Singaporean fans also quickly discovered that Jia Yi's level is not bad, and his passing and shooting are very good.

They also felt that Jia Yi, the owner of the Premier League, who is also of yellow race, was not simple, and gave applause from time to time.

"Haha, Kevin, are you surprised? But look at my level, maybe I will be the main player then."

Jia Yi smiled and joked with Keegan.

Keegan shook his head helplessly, and muttered: "Ghost knows, your skills are really good, and your shots are very accurate. If you can train your body, there is still hope for you to play in the Premier League."

Jia Yi's movements are very standard, and his passing and control are excellent. In terms of physical fitness, he is somewhat behind professional players, but this is still very impressive on the training ground.

Especially his extraordinary, Marseille is quite proficient in maneuvers, even Ronaldinho had a few fake moves.

"Hey boss!"

Ronaldinho couldn't help giving Jia Yi a thumbs up.

Jia Yi smiled and said, "It's purely for fun, the competition is still up to you."

Keegan also ran over and said to Jia Yi: "Boss, if you train with the team every day and get fit, you can enter the rotation."

Jia Yi laughed and said: "I think it's better to forget it. I don't want to do this. I just have fun. Sometimes I want to play football. You can send me up to kick a few times. The protagonists are still them."

Keegan said regretfully: "Oh, boss, what a pity, your skills are not bad, what a pity, what a pity."

Ronaldinho also said: "That's right. I see the team's skills. You are better than many people. You train with us every day. With your strength, you will definitely be able to play."

Jia Yi waved his hand and said nothing.

Two days later, Manchester City played a warm-up match with the Singapore national team.

Although it is a warm-up match, Manchester City still pays more attention to it. This is related to their future status in Southeast Asia, so they will not release water.

As soon as Jia started to play, he still had a good time going up.

Seeing the boss of Manchester City playing in person, the Singaporean fans also applauded.

After the game started, Manchester City quickly took over the game.

They were not polite at all. Although the fatigue from the long-distance travel was still there, in terms of technology, the Singapore national team was not an opponent at all.

In the 4th minute, Ronaldinho and Jia Yi cooperated, and the two hit the wall like a two-for-one. Jia Yi rushed to the front of the penalty area and suddenly picked a pass, and the ball was comfortably delivered to Van Persie's feet.

The Dutch teenager volleyed and broke the deadlock.

The Dutch teenager also ran towards Jia Yi and said with a smile, "Hey, boss, your pass is so comfortable."

Jia Yi smiled and said, "You're not bad either. I'm optimistic about you. You will become a top striker in the future."

Van Persie smiled with satisfaction. Of course, he should be happy to be praised by the boss.

When 10 minutes came, Jia Yi came down.

Panting and sitting on the bench, Jia Yi also lamented that his body was still far behind that of a professional player.

Manchester City then basically scored one every 10 minutes, which made the home team very embarrassed.

However, Singaporean fans still enjoyed watching it very much. They knew very well that the gap between their team and the Premier League teams was still very large.

Therefore, they watched the game purely with appreciation.

However, in the second half, Manchester City still released water once.

Vidic made a mistake in stopping the ball and gave the opposing forward a chance in the penalty area. The opposing forward also seized the opportunity to volley and score the ball.

The final score was 8:1, and Manchester City won the first game of their Southeast Asian tour.

Huckabee and Van Persie both scored hat-tricks and Cruz scored a goal.

At the press conference after the game, Keegan also said happily: "The fans here are great, the atmosphere is very good, we played very comfortably.

The game itself is not important, and the two sides are not at the same level.

If Singapore needs it, Manchester City can help Singapore develop players and improve football. "

This is obviously a diplomatic rhetoric. To help Singapore train players, the Singapore Football Association can't pay?

The next day, the two sides did sign an agreement.

Manchester City and the Singapore Football Association will cooperate to accept Singaporean players to Manchester City for a one-month training every year. To train a player, the Singapore Football Association will pay £1.

This price is still good, and Manchester City can get some income.

The level of Singaporean players is generally very low. If they can train in Manchester City, there should still be a chance to improve their level.

Leaving Singapore, Manchester City went to Malaysia.

In Kuala Lumpur, they were also warmly received by Malaysian fans.

Although football is underdeveloped here, there are still a lot of fans.

Manchester City also played a warm-up match with the Malaysian national team.

The score is still relatively large, Manchester City is playing seriously, and the opponent obviously has to admit defeat.

The two warm-up matches completely opened up Manchester City's reputation in Southeast Asia.

Ronaldinho, in particular, is indeed an idol in the minds of Southeast Asian fans. In these two games, his popularity is quite high.

This is also extremely beneficial to Manchester City's market development in Southeast Asia.

Pierce has already started to carry out business development. Although he is a player, he still has a lot of experience in doing these things.

The main thing is to attract sponsorship. If you get a consortium, it can generate a lot of income for the club.

In Southeast Asia, there are quite a lot of rich people.As for other developments, as long as Manchester City plays better and better in the future, fans should accumulate in Southeast Asia, and by then, development efforts can be smoothly expanded.

The last battle of the trip to Southeast Asia was Thailand.

In Thailand, Manchester City received relatively less support.

There are many fans of Manchester United and Liverpool here. Manchester City, an unknown team in the Premier League, is not very popular here.

Fortunately, the fees paid by the intermediary company for the three countries that Manchester City contacted this time are not bad. The appearance fee for each game is 100 million pounds. In 2002, it was a huge sum of money.

The Buriram United team in Thailand this time is an excellent team among the Thai clubs, and the team has some good foreign aid.

On the day of the match, the stadium was filled with fans.

Buriram United likes to attack. Their foot frequency is still very fast, and they play well with small cooperation, which caused a lot of trouble for Manchester City's defense.

But it was Manchester City who scored first.

(End of this chapter)