I Want to Be the King of Football

Manchester City is indeed doing two-handed preparations this season, one is striving for the league to enter the European theater, and the other is increasing its efforts in the cup competition, hoping to make a difference in the cup competition.

The League Cup reached the semi-finals, but encountered city rivals Manchester United.

The upcoming two-leg semi-final in February will be a considerable test for Manchester City.

The league has always been difficult to improve, and the cup has encountered a strong enemy. The possibility of Manchester City qualifying for the European competition is not high.

Soriano and Begiristan knew this.

Mansour's face also became ugly, because he invested so much money to form such a team, but the results still did not improve much, which has to be said to be very shocking.

Guardiola's Manchester City can be said to have been completely overthrown and rebuilt. After Mark Hughes stepped down, Guardiola took office, from Mansour and Mubarak to Soriano and Begiristan. Support him, so he can purge Robinho, a player he doesn't want, or reject Tevez, a player he doesn't want.

It can be said that he is drawing a blueprint for Manchester City from a blank sheet of paper.

From the current point of view, the blueprint drawn by Guardiola is very interesting. From a certain strategic height, it is very surprising, because this Premier League team plays a kind of ball-passing game similar to Barcelona. It has a good style, and the style of the game is very good. The technical and tactical content is very high. It is definitely the most surprising team in the Premier League.

But in the end, competitive sports still have to rely on performance.

Therefore, Guardiola is now very controversial.

Both the media and fans feel that this guy is going to be finished, and he should leave the get out of class immediately. He is purely a head coach of parallel imports.

But in the eyes of many professionals, Guardiola's coaching is still very worthwhile to discuss.

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To be honest, I was a little surprised. Su Dong showed a wry smile when he mentioned Manchester City's results.

I originally thought that Manchester City would perform steadily in the league this season, and the cup would be relatively stretched. I didn't expect the League Cup to reach the semi-finals, but the league was out of ten.

Sudong's judgment is based on what he knows about Guardiola's coaching style.

The biggest feature of Guardiola's Manchester City is stability, stable passing and control, lack of sharp bursts, Di Maria and Sanchez have strong personal ability, but these two players have great limitations, They are more of a lieutenant, like a wingman, it is difficult to be alone, and their breakthroughs are more on the sidelines.

Looking closely at Manchester City's games this season, it is not difficult to find that Guardiola often asks Santa Cruz to pull to the ribs to respond. He just wants to play the combination of the opponent's full-back and center-back, but the effect is not good. Santa Cruz is obviously not used to this style of play.

This kind of team that is stable and lacks explosive points should logically perform well in the league.

Because the league focuses on protracted battles and relies on overall strength. Manchester City is definitely not bad in this regard. The overall strength will definitely be ranked in the top six in the Premier League. On the contrary, it is more targeted and resolves the battle within 180 minutes. In the cup competition, Manchester City performed well, which really made it difficult for Su Dong to understand.

Football is like this sometimes, it's hard to have a formula.

Both Soriano and Begiristan understood Su Dong's thoughts, and immediately explained the reason to Mansour, then smiled at Su Dong: The main reason is that the style of the Premier League is different from other leagues, and the rhythm here is too high. almost.

Yeah, when the tempo is fast, the midfield pass and control are not well connected. After a mistake, it is easy for the opponent to play a quick counterattack, which becomes very fatal. A lot of times conceded, even lost, is like this. appeared.

Replacing defense with offense, or in other words, Guardiola's Manchester City replaced defense with control, there will be a problem.

That's when you're not good on offense or bad on the ball, the defense can also become very hip.

At such a time, is there a star with super personal ability sitting in front of him?

becomes particularly important.

Not to mention anything else, if Su Dong is there, Manchester City will have a very stable contact point in front of them that will not lose the ball easily. Even if he is counterattacked after being stole the ball, Su Dong is in front, and the opponent does not dare to press heavily.

Now, whoever encounters Su Dong dares to let him one-on-one?

Even if it is a counterattack, two or even three players cannot be left behind?

Sometimes football is this kind of puzzle game.

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Soriano and Begiristan made a special trip to Abu Dhabi, hoping to persuade Sudong to join Manchester City.

The two are still full of confidence in Guardiola's coaching, because Manchester City has indeed undergone earth-shaking changes under Guardiola's training. More importantly, it is difficult for Manchester City to find a more suitable person than Guardiola. , the coach with a stronger technical and tactical level.

Mansour also promised in person that he has no upper limit on his investment in Manchester City. He hopes to make Manchester City a business card and make this team the top giants in the Premier League and even European football.

I know it's not easy, and it needs the help of a superstar like you.

But even so, Su Dong still did not give a positive response. He only said that he would seriously consider it and would study it with his team. He euphemistically said that many of the decisions he is now making are involuntarily.

Mansour, Soriano and Begiristan also expressed their understanding of this, and hoped to get a positive answer from Su Dong. Manchester City welcomes Su Dong's arrival at any time.

Not only that, Mansour also revealed that he had talked to Nellinger about Pepe, and hoped to see Su Dong and Pepe join Manchester City at that time, which would be a great thing for Manchester City.

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Watching Su Dong leave, Mansour couldn't hide his loss.

From the beginning to the end, Su Dong did not express any will, which was somewhat contrary to his previous expectations.

According to his original thinking, shouldn't it be him who came forward in person, Shengyi Quanquan, and then promised him a sky-high annual salary, so that after Su Dong was so moved, he promised to transfer to Manchester City on the spot?

The plot doesn't seem to be going according to his script!

Su Dong didn't play cards according to the routine at all.

Soriano and Begiristan had expected this to be the case.

In fact, neither of them agreed to meet Su Dong in Abu Dhabi, not because the timing was not ripe enough.

But Mansour was a little too anxious and wanted to lock in Sudong early to avoid being preempted by other teams.

This is actually not difficult to understand.

It can only be said that Mansour is indeed true love for Su Dong.

Actually, it's a good thing to talk about it. Although he didn't agree, he didn't refuse. This shows that he is not opposed to joining us at Manchester City. I guess what worries him more is the results. Begiristan comforted.

Soriano nodded, With Su Dong's strength and status, we must at least enter the European theater to match him, and he not only has to consider himself, but also the interests of sponsors. A superstar of the same level, to be honest, which team to transfer to is really as he said, and sometimes he can't help himself.

No one knows how many sponsorship contracts are tied to Su Dong, but Soriano is more aware.

The more sponsorship, the more income, which is a good thing, but in direct proportion, the greater the responsibility.

To give a simple example, the sponsor signed Su Dong because he could play in the Champions League.

Well, if Su Dong moves to Manchester City and Manchester City can't play in the Champions League, let alone the Europa League, what will Su Dong's current sponsor think? Under the damage of interests, will they sue Su Dong for compensation in anger?

At this time, Su Dong needs more time to think and prepare.

At least get sponsors.

Mansour actually didn't know much about football, and he knew very little about superstars like Su Dong. Hearing Soriano and Begiristan's analysis, he immediately felt that he should really think carefully.

More importantly, Su Dong is the athlete with the highest commercial value in the world.

Note that not only football players, but all athletes, have the highest commercial value.

The reason why Manchester City selected Su Dong, Soriano concluded that the joining of Su Dong can bring Manchester City an opportunity to transform, because of this, he has amazing business value that other superstars can't match.

If nothing else, looking at the rapid growth of Bayern's revenue in recent years, it is not difficult to see the value of Su Dong.

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Su Dong left Mansour's luxurious private room and took the elevator back to the floor where Bayern was.

He has received a lot of promises from Manchester City from Mendes before, including annual salary, bonuses, and various treatments and conditions. It can be said that the sincerity given by Manchester City is still very high.

From the conversation with Mansour tonight, Su Dong can also feel the sincerity of Manchester City towards him.

He is not disgusted with Manchester City either. He neither has the bad impression of the so-called upstarts that many people have, nor does he despise Manchester City, because he knows that as long as Manchester City continues to invest, as long as Guardiola plays normally, I believe that it will not take long for Manchester City to continue to invest. It will definitely become a competitive team in the Premier League.

To a certain extent, Guardiola's tactical style of play is still very attractive to Su Dong.

However, Mendes is right, the initiative in this matter is in the hands of Su Dong, and he does not need to make a decision in such a hurry.

Now for Su Dong, the most important thing is to ensure his performance in Bayern first.

He is eager to win the three-peat of the Champions League, complete the tasks given by the Road to Kings system, upgrade as soon as possible, and open up a whole new world.

In order to complete this task, Su Dong has been waiting for five years, and now the realization is imminent. He does not want to be distracted at this time and think too much about other things.

Only after the season ends, whether or not the task is finally completed, will Su Dong make a decision.

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When Su Dong returned to the hotel room, he found that in addition to Pepe, who was in the same room, Marcelo and Tony Cross were also there.

Needless to say Marcelo, Tony Cross has a pretty good relationship with Su Dong, especially recently, he gave Su Dong an assist hat-trick, and his performance was also remarkable.

And when he saw Tony Cross, Su Dong suddenly remembered something.