Chapter 28 The First Round - Derby!

Wright-Phillips' move to Chelsea has long been expected by many.

Some media have used a 'positive' tone to describe Phillips joining Chelsea. Because of this, when the two clubs announced the transfer of Phillips, the media was not surprised by the news, but they were surprised by the high transfer. dues.

That's £26 million!

According to the current exchange rate of pounds and euros, 26 million pounds is basically equal to 40 million euros. This money is enough to buy a Shevchenko, Henry and Ruud van Nistelrooy, but Chelsea can only buy one Wright-Phillips , Compared with the famous players in the previous three names, Phillips is really a bit unknown.

At first, some people saw the news and thought it was a mistake. After reading it a few times in a row, they were determined. Recently, they were surprised by Chelsea's large-scale investment. It cost 26 million pounds to buy a Wright-Phillips. It can be said that is too rich.

Chelsea really show people the money side of the football world!

When the neutral media saw the news, they talked about the transfer fee. For them, this is the biggest gossip. As for Wright-Phillips... it doesn't matter, it's not Henry's transfer, it's not Rooney transfer, what is Wright-Phillips? Manchester City's 'homegrown' star?

Ha ha......

However, the media concerned about Manchester City are still disappointed to hear the news. After all, Wright Phillips is a Manchester City player. He has always performed very well and made a lot of contributions to the team. His performance in the previous warm-up match can also be seen. State, such a player must be a great improvement in the team, but he left, which is also a loss for Manchester City.

Manchester City fans thought similarly, and they had long known that Phillips was likely to leave. But I was really disappointed to hear the news. Some extreme fans even organized protests in front of the club, which also caused a lot of trouble for Chairman Wald.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Wansheng.

On weekdays, he basically doesn't go to clubs. The place of work is the training base. So no matter how bad the club is, it has nothing to do with him. On the contrary, on the training open day, fans who come to the training base to watch the game will greet him very friendly.

The training base and the club are completely two worlds.

In fact, Wansheng has long been looking forward to the transfer of Phillips. Of course, he also wanted to keep excellent players in the team, but he just arrived. He knew it was impossible to keep Phillips. So he knew that there was no need to make useless efforts to think about how to keep Phillips. It was better to think about what to do after Phillips left. Thinking of this, he thought of the team lineup.

Before the summer preparations, the team has added a lot of players, goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei, Ziegler and Lescott in the back line. Midfielder Morris, David - Silva, forwards Darren - Bent, Andy - Cole. In addition to Manchester City's original lineup of good players Anelka, Joey Barton and many powerful players, the team's lineup is already complete.

But this kind of completeness is only in the eyes of outsiders. In Wansheng's eyes, the lineup is obviously flawed, that is, in the central defender position.

The midfield combination of Dunn and Distin can be ranked in the entire Premier League. It is the most stable position for Manchester City when Keegan was in charge. However, in Wansheng's eyes, the combination of these two people has one Quite the problem, and that is the lack of creativity and activity.

Both are 28 years old after all.

28-year-old players, especially the central defenders, have a rigid style of play, lack creativity and activity, they will only play according to their ability and experience, it is not easy to adapt to a new tactical system, even if they adapt to them. It's also hard to feature.

What Wansheng needs is not such a rigid center-back combination.

In the 'kill' tactic, full attack and full defense is no longer just a concept. The insertion of a central defender is also a very important offensive method. Because of this, the central defender has become extremely important, because they have to take care of defense at the same time. So Dunn and Distin can not meet the requirements.

In addition, in the current lineup, Sun Jihai is the only one who can find the position of central defender.

Dunn hasn’t returned to the team for training yet. Distin just came to report two days ago. It would be too risky to rely on these two in the new season. Therefore, it is imminent to add a central defender. In fact, Wansheng has long been optimistic. However, the transfer funds are not in place, and the team has been in a state of 'negative transfer funds'.

Well now, Phillips has sold, and also sold 26 million pounds. After this money fills the club's financial loophole, there can be a surplus of 8 million as transfer funds, so that it is not a problem to supplement the central defender.

Soon Wansheng made his move.

Manchester City has sent an offer to Portuguese giants Porto - 6 million euros for Koppelle Ferreira and Ricardo Costa.

Koppelle Ferreira, this name sounds unfamiliar to most fans, but if you talk about his nickname, it is estimated that a lot of people know, maybe someone knows the answer, yes, he is the future main force in Portugal Defender, the world-renowned 'Master' Pepe.

Pepe, 24, was born in Brazil, grew up in the Portuguese league and played for Maritimo.

In 2004, Porto won the Champions League trophy, but that summer from the head coach Mourinho to the core players Deco, Ferreira and Carvalho all went to Europe for gold, which made the new European champion have to transfer. The market is digging new mines, and Pepe, who is strong and flexible, is the number one candidate for President Da Costa's signing. In the end, the "Dragon" won the Brazilian central defender for 1 million euros.

Pepe joined Porto for €1m along with three other teammates.

Of course, the Maltimer team did not fail to see Pepe's potential. In Pepe's contract, it was stipulated that the Maltimer team would receive 20% of the entire transfer fee for Pepe's next transfer.

However, Pepe's first season in Porto was hardly successful. The newcomer Pepe did not win all the trust of Dutch coach Adrianse. At the Dragon Stadium, he had to give Pedro Emmanuel. , George - Costa and Ricardo - Costa and others as substitutes, last season, the Brazilian played only 14 times.

Such performance is difficult to attract attention.

But Porto is a Portuguese team and has always been the cradle of talented players, even if Pepe's performance is average. Porto can't give up him easily, because they introduced Pepe because of his potential.

Another player Wansheng is looking for is Ricardo Costa.

He is also Porto's backup centre-back, coming out of the Boavista youth system and joining Porto when he was an apprentice. year 2002. Ricardo Costa has already started to play for Porto in the league, but due to the abundance of defenders in Porto, the young Ricardo can only be used as a substitute most of the time.

It is worth mentioning that, similar to Sun Jihai, he is a panacea in the backcourt.

Wan Sheng is also interested in this point. He needs to buy a million-dollar player to supplement the lineup. Ricardo Costa's ability is probably equivalent to that of Sun Jihai. There are these two jackpot players. In the new season, it is also much easier for Manchester City to line up in the backcourt.

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Porto are still very surprised by Manchester City's purchase information.

They originally thought that Manchester United would buy the main force of the team, but they did not expect it to be two backup defenders. For Koppeller and Ricciardo, they actually did not like it very much, otherwise the two would not be on the bench.

At the same time, 6 million euros is also very exciting. The price of two backup defenders is quite good, but the Porto club did not directly agree. Buying and selling players is one of their biggest sources of income and they are 'professional' in that regard. They know very well that these two players are average, but they both have potential. Because of this potential and possibility, they will definitely not sell them at a cheap price.

6 million euros for two potential shares... a bit less.

Maybe it also has a lot to do with their business last season.

Chelsea bought Carvalho and Ferreira from them last season. The two of them together are worth more than 45 million euros. In addition to the 20 million euros brought by Deco's move to Barcelona, ​​they are really worth a summer. I was a little full, so I wanted to take a high-end strategy, like a superstar player, as long as you sell one, it will be enough for a season’s income, and it doesn’t matter if you bring some losses, such as the current transfer Yes, Koppelle and Ricardo are not the players they fancy, but in case...if one of the two can become famous, the transfer value of that person may exceed 20 million euros, In comparison, 6 million euros today is nothing.

Even if no one can become a superstar, the two together are worth more than 4 million euros, and Manchester City only offered 6 million euros, which is really a little bit of profit.

So Porto finally rejected the offer after some internal discussions.

But what they didn't expect was that Manchester City's determination was very firm. They quickly raised the offer to 8 million euros. After some discussions, Porto rejected the offer again, so Manchester City soon raised the offer to 10 million euros.

Over 10 million is a watershed.

10 million is an order of magnitude more. Porto knows that if they refuse, it means that they do not want to sell Koppelle and Ricardo to Manchester City at all. Manchester City may also give up because of this. This is a result they are not willing to accept. After all The transfer offer has reached tens of millions, which is more than enough for two players who are just 'potential'.

In the end, after some negotiation, the Porto club agreed to the offer.

Next is the negotiation between Manchester City and Koppelle and Ricardo himself. These are no longer a problem. Whether it is for Portuguese players or South American players who land in Europe through Portugal, Porto is just a springboard. Those who skip may become big stars, and those who cannot skip are naturally only ordinary players.

So when a major European club wants to buy them, they will only be happy, and they will not have any heartfelt for Porto, because they know that in Porto's eyes, they are just a potential commodity.

this is the truth.

Both sides are well aware of this, so there is nothing to say. As long as Manchester City improves their contracts well enough, Koppeller and Ricciardo will not refuse the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

The transfer will be done soon.

In this way, there is still a week before the league, and Manchester City has added two more defenders - Koppelle Ferreira and Ricardo Costa, which is also the last addition to the team.

Wansheng was satisfied with the news that the transfer had been reached.

With such two players joining in, the team's lineup can be said to be complete. Next, you can close the transfer window and focus on preparing for the league. At this time, the entire team has actually begun to target the first round of the league. ready for battle.

The preparation for a single game should not have been so early, but this one is different because their opponent is Manchester United.

Manchester City and Manchester United, rivals in the same city, the game between the two teams is called the 'Manchester Derby', and its significance can be imagined. For many Manchester fans, the victory or defeat of the two teams is even more important than the league championship, so this game For Manchester City, it is a must to strive for, and for Wansheng, it is also an opportunity to show the new team in front of the fans. (To be continued ~^~)