From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 476 Salah and Mbappe

Another signing target of Manchester United on the striker is the Egyptian forward Salah of the Serie A giant Roma. In the past 2016-2017 season, Little Pharaoh played 41 games in all competitions for the Red Wolves, scoring 19 goals and providing 15 assists, helping Roma win the runner-up in Serie A.

However, with the strength and potential shown by Salah, Roma is not his long-term place. All the major European teams are eyeing him, and it is reasonable for Manchester United to take a fancy to him.

Because Salah and Bruno have a good personal relationship, Manchester United CEO Giaretta also asked Bruno to call Salah to persuade the Egyptian to join Manchester United.

However, what disappointed Bruno and Manchester United was that Salah did not consider joining Manchester United. The Egyptian explained to Bruno that he was not optimistic about playing under Mourinho, but Bruno could see that this was not the case. What the Egyptians really thought, at least not entirely.

Thinking of Salah's achievements in another time and space, Bruno had some understanding in his heart.

In particular, the media quickly revealed that Liverpool head coach Klopp personally flew to Rome to meet with Salah.

No one knows what the two talked about, but Roma and Liverpool soon announced Salah's transfer to Liverpool on June 6.

According to Roma's official announcement, the transfer fee for this transaction is only a mere 4200 million euros!

Yes, although this number has set a transfer record for Liverpool, for Manchester United, it is not worth mentioning at all. It is not excessive to describe it as "mere".

It is Kylian Mbappe, the talented forward of the French Ligue 1 giants Monaco.

The 18-year-old French forward has experienced a fantastic season in Monaco and is currently the most famous talented star in European football.

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During the negotiations with Monaco, Manchester United's first offer reached 6000 million pounds. Many media said that such an offer was full of sincerity and also expressed Manchester United's confidence in Mbappe's determination to win.

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In the current odds of winning the European Golden Boy Award, Mbappe and Rashford are the two favorites, and both of them have similar odds.

在2016-2017赛季，姆巴佩在法甲联赛出场29次，打入15粒进球并贡献11次助攻；在法国联赛杯出场3次，打入3粒进球；在法国杯出场3次，打入2粒进球并贡献3次助攻；在欧冠联赛出场9次，打入6粒进球。总成绩单是各项俱乐部赛事出战44场，打入26球助攻14次。

However, in terms of team honors, Rashford completely defeated Mbappe. Monaco, where Mbappe plays, only had one French Ligue 1 title last season, but Manchester United won the Premier League, Europa League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and Community Shield last season.

Because of his outstanding performance, Mbappe was also considered one of the two best new talents in Europe last season. The other one was Rashford in Manchester United.

From the perspective of personal data, Rashford's scoring efficiency is not as good as Mbappe, but he also made great contributions to Manchester United's five-time championship this season and is an important member of the Manchester United team.

You know, Mbappe is currently just an 18-year-old boy. Although he performed extremely well last season both in France and in the Champions League, it was only one season and he was not very convincing.

This kind of performance is completely the performance of a top shooter!

In world football, there are too many talented stars who rise suddenly but fall quickly.

You know, Manchester United's first offer to Roma was as high as 4000 million pounds, which is equivalent to more than 4500 million euros!

Under such circumstances, Salah finally moved to Liverpool, which only shows that the player's own choice played a key role in it.

在2016-2017赛季，拉什福德也已经在曼联阵中坐稳了主力位置，在英超出场30次，打入11球助攻5次；在足总杯赛场出场5次，打进3球助攻2次；在联赛杯出场6次，打进2球助攻2次；在欧联杯赛场出战11场，打进4球助攻5次。总成绩单是各项俱乐部赛事出战52场，打入20球助攻14次。

But only Bruno knows that such an offer seems to be a sky-high price, but compared to Mbappe's final transfer price, this offer is really not enough.

Of course, no one knows that Paris will really do "2.22 million" this summer. First, he spent 1.8 million euros to acquire Neymar, the crown prince of La Liga giants Barcelona, ​​and then spent million euros to "rent" Mbappe from Monaco.

Yes, Mbappe did not officially transfer to Paris Saint-Germain this summer. Instead, he joined on loan first and then bought it out next summer. The price is 1.8 million euros, including a one-year loan fee of 4500 million euros and 1.35 million euros. The buyout clause of 1.8 million euros brings the total value of the transaction to million euros.

<divclass="contentadv">In other words, the price of this transfer transaction is 1.8 million euros. The reason why it is divided into a loan fee of 4500 million euros and a buyout of 1.35 million euros is just a cover-up trick used by Paris Saint-Germain. . Because Paris has spent 2.22 million euros to sign Neymar, if they directly sign Mbappe this summer, they will definitely violate the financial fairness clause and incur penalties on the team. Under such circumstances, they changed Mbappe's transfer and cleverly moved it to the summer a year later.

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The transfer market is still brewing. Although there have been many big deals in the short period of time since it started, no one thought that the transfer market this summer would be so crazy.

Most of Manchester United's players have returned to Manchester to start summer training.

Although it is the first training session of the new season, the rules must be followed.

After passing the physical examination, several players failed to meet the standards, which made Mourinho very angry. But everyone is used to it. After every long vacation, there will always be a few players with problems. After all, there are really very few players who can maintain strict self-discipline during the long vacation. As long as it can be reduced during training, that's fine.

In addition to criticizing the players' self-discipline during the holidays as usual, Mourinho also introduced Manchester United's new signing this summer, the Swedish international from the Portuguese Super League Benfica and Ibrahimovic's national team teammate Victor Lindelof.

When this Swedish player, who is 1.87 meters tall and weighs nearly 80 kilograms, stands next to head coach Mourinho, he is obviously much taller than the head coach.

Although Lindelof mainly plays as a center back, he can also play as a right back and midfielder, making him a versatile defender. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Mourinho signed Lindelof. Buying one person will strengthen multiple positions.

Originally, Manchester United's staffing at the center back position was relatively abundant, with six major center backs including Van Dijk, Maguire, Smalling, Phil Jones, Rojo and Blind. However, in Mourinho's view , among these people, only Van Dijk and Maguire are truly reliable. Among the other four, although Smalling has no major injuries, his stability is not good and he often makes low-level mistakes on the court; Phil. Jones is a completely glassy man, and his time on the injury list far exceeds his healthy time; Rojo and Blind are not favored by Mourinho and are among the targets he plans to clean up.

Therefore, Mourinho decided to introduce a more reliable central defender to avoid the embarrassment of not even having a qualified rotation central defender after one of Maguire and Van Dijk was injured.

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After Lindelof introduced himself, since captain Rooney had already transferred to Everton and Manchester United did not immediately elect a new captain, vice-captain Carrick took him to introduce his teammates one by one.

"Hello, Victor, I'm glad to be your teammate." Bruno smiled and reached out his hand.

Lindelof knew that Bruno was younger than him, but he was the team's top star and the European Golden Boot last season, so he did not dare to be careless and immediately stepped forward and took Bruno's right hand.

"Thank you. I believe we will have good cooperation. I will do my best to complete my tasks and help you as much as possible."

"Help each other and work together." Bruno said as he walked forward and hugged Lindelof politely.

In Bruno's memory, although Lindelof has the indecent nickname of "Left Fu" among Manchester United fans, he is a relatively stable one in Manchester United's defense in the next few years.

So far, Manchester United has only introduced two newcomers, but only Lindelof has reported to the team, and Cancelo is still on vacation.

After introducing the new players, the coaching staff began to disband the team and prepare to start training. Bruno also walked aside, sat on the grass, and slowly took off the black sandbag worn on his calf, which was similar to a knee pad.

Bruno prepared these two sandbags himself. Each one weighs three kilograms, which is not heavy. They mainly let him practice more by himself. As for the usual team training, he must still take them off.

Lindelof was near Bruno, and when he saw him taking off the sandbag, he felt somewhat confused. He originally thought it was a protective gear such as knee pads, but he didn't expect it to be a bit heavy. He immediately understood that it was a training prop, and it must have been used by Bruno to train leg strength.

Thinking about it again, Bruno was wearing a sandbag whether he was running back and forth on the stairs or playing the team's lap game just now. Lindelof was really impressed and felt that his teammate could achieve the results he has today. Not simple at all.

Realizing this, the trace of pride that had remained in his heart was completely suppressed.

After all, Manchester United is a top club and all the players in the team are well-known, and none of them are fuel-efficient.