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Chapter 394 The First Battle of the New Season

After the International Champions Cup came to an end, the Southampton team's preparations for the new season were basically declared complete.

And the outstanding results in the International Champions Cup, which shows that Southampton's pre-season preparations are doing very well.

This also aroused the surprise of the outside world.

"Although the International Champions Cup is a commercial competition, it can only be said to be a warm-up match. But judging from the fact that they won all three games and Ronaldo won the top scorer with four goals in three games. The current Cape Town team is more Strong. The state is obviously getting better and better. Ronaldo has also been well integrated into the Southampton team."

"This championship, which is not a championship, may be the prediction of this season."

"As long as Southampton continues in this state, they are definitely the biggest favorites for the championship. Whether it is the Premier League or the Champions League."

Southampton's performance in the International Champions Cup has made Manchester City and other championship competitors fearful.

Almost all trophies were taken away by Southampton last season.The current Southampton team is simply not giving others a way out.

In order to increase the cost of fighting Southampton, Manchester City spent a lot of money to buy its core Mahrez from Leicester City.

For this reason, Manchester City paid a huge price of 6780 million euros.

This summer transfer of the Premier League, because of the World Cup, apart from Ronaldo's shocking transfer, there are not many big transfers.

Manchester City's transfer of 6780 million euros to buy Rejeres has also become the second largest transfer in the Premier League after Ronaldo.

And because the summer transfer window of this season will be closed early before the start of the new season.

It can be said that Mahrez's transfer will definitely be a big deal for the top few.

Mahrez joined the Manchester City team, and many people are shouting. "This time, the Southampton team is going to meet their opponents. With the joining of Mahrez, the strength of the Manchester City team will definitely increase a lot."

"Southampton, you have to be careful, Manchester City is ready to compete with you for the championship this season."

The outside world is shouting that the Manchester City team is stronger.But Sun Yi was noncommittal about this.

Indeed, the joining of Mahrez must have increased the strength of the Manchester City team.Especially to make Manchester City's right wing stronger.Coupled with Sane on the left, Manchester City will be able to fly on both wings.

However, in Sun Yi's view, Manchester City just added an A+ player.There is no qualitative change.

In addition to Manchester City adding strong signings, several other opponents also bought a few good players before the transfer window closed.

Like Liverpool, another strong rival of Southampton, they bought Alisson, the main goalkeeper of Brazil in the World Cup.

Alisson is an A+ goalkeeper.If it weren't for the Southampton team having no money, Sun Yi really wanted to get him to the Southampton team.

With Alisson, Sun Yi believes that Liverpool's goal will become more difficult to attack.

In addition, Liverpool also spent 4500 million euros to buy midfielder Fabinho from Monaco.

Liverpool's transfer moves are not too surprising, but in Sun Yi's view, they have actually increased their strength.

Another rival, Chelsea, is also buying arms more aggressively.They first spent 5700 million euros to buy Jorginho from Naples, and then spent 8000 million euros to buy goalkeeper Kepa from Athletic Bíoba.

But buying Kepa is just a replacement for Chelsea because Courtois went to Real Madrid.

Courtois was let go for 3500 million euros, and Kepa was bought for another 8000 million euros.Sun Yi expressed some incomprehension about this transaction.

If he came, it must be reversed.

As for the Arsenal team, it is also as picky as in the past.In this summer transfer, after they bought midfielder Torreira for 3000 million euros, they didn't spend much money.

It seems that they have no pursuit of the championship in the new season.

Another major rival, Manchester United, did not make any big moves this summer.Apart from spending 6000 million euros to buy Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk, they did not make any other big moves.

Except for a few big-ticket transfers from these giants, most of the other Premier League teams don't have any big investments.

It seems that it is very likely that the strength of the Southampton team made other teams completely give up the idea of ​​​​going to the next level.

Judging from the above transfers, in the new season of the Premier League, except for Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, the other teams are a little bit desperate.

In this regard, Sun Yi is still very happy.In this way, he can instead focus more on the Champions League.

With the general transfer situation of the Premier League summer transfer coming out, the strength of most of the Premier League teams is also very clear.

The start of the Premier League 2018-2019 season is getting closer and closer.

However, Southampton's first truly serious title chance of the new season came before the season officially started.

As the Premier League champions last season, Southampton will start a Community Shield match.

Since last season's English Championship was also won by Southampton, the opponent of the Community Shield this time can only be the Premier League runner-up Manchester City.

Well, in fact, the runner-up of the FA Cup is also Manchester City.

Therefore, before the start of the Premier League, the Southampton team must first compete with their biggest opponent for the first championship of the new season.

This time the competition for the Community Shield is more than just a charity cup title.

More importantly, this game is the opening game for the two sides to compete for the championship in various competitions in the new season.

There is great significance here.It will affect the morale of both sides in the future.

"Here we come. Our first championship of the new season is waiting for us to win."

"The first championship of the new season, we must win!"

For the Community Shield, the Southampton team is determined to win.This is the first test of whether they can create better results than last season.Whether you can have the qualifications to achieve the quadruple crown depends on this battle.

As for the winner of the International Champions Cup, in their view, it is meaningless at all.It is uncountable.

The Manchester City team is also very eager for the championship.At the same time, this game may mean more to them.

"It's not just about the first title. It's about revenge for our Manchester City team."

"This battle is a battle of dignity related to whether we can reshape ourselves and stand up again."

"We must win this battle!"

"We are Blue Moon Manchester City. We have great players, we have lofty goals and we need to overcome all difficulties to make a great Manchester City team."

"Manchester City must win!"

(End of this chapter)