Chapter 86 Finalize the Transfer

The match between Manchester City and Wigan Athletic finally ended 2:2, and Manchester City's winning streak was also ended.

This is a result that many people did not expect.

In the previous league, Manchester City's performance was too strong. Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, one after another formidable opponents, they all defeated. Next in the league can be described as almost unstoppable. Many media talked about Manchester City. In the next game, they all thought that their winning streak wanted to end, and they would have to play against Chelsea after Christmas, but what they didn’t expect was that a newly-promoted horse, Wigan Athletic did it, and they tenaciously drew with Manchester City. .

While Manchester City are still unbeaten, it's easier to accept than having a winning streak.

At the end of the game, the disappointed look of Manchester City players on the field showed on their faces. They were very unwilling to the draw, but they could not change the result.

It can be seen from the camera footage that Wan Sheng's face also showed helplessness. He even shrugged at the camera and forced a grin. Sky TV commentator George Woodgate explained, "Wan Sheng must be very interested in the game. Very disappointing, their winning streak ended and if another Chelsea win, they'll be one point clear of the top spot."

Another focus battle that was also going on at the same time - Chelsea VS Fulham's derby battle also ended. In the end, Chelsea beat Fulham 3:2 to get all three points.

This game was a thrilling win for Chelsea. During the game, William Gallas and Lampard each scored a goal. After that, McBride took advantage of Cech's low-level error to regain a city. An obvious handball foul was not awarded, and then Helguson scored a penalty kick to equalize the score, but Crespo's key goal helped Chelsea win again.

This is Chelsea's 5th win streak after losing to Manchester United. So far this season, they have won 9 home games, which is interesting. Their arch-rivals, Fulham, have yet to win on the road, nor have they beat Chelsea in their nearly 17 encounters since October 1979.

The confrontation with Fulham can also see the strength of Chelsea, while Manchester City's 'mistake' lost two points. Chelsea also caught up with two points. Just one point away from Manchester City.

At the post-match press conference, Wan Sheng showed up on time and told reporters, "I was surprised by the result of the game. I was surprised to see them score two goals in a row in the second half. But this is football, sometimes you You have to accept some unexpected things. That's the beauty of football. If every game has no suspense, I think the bookmaker will definitely go bankrupt..." He made a small joke, and then praised On the performance of the opponent, "Wigan Athletic performed very well. They did not see that they were a newly promoted team without Premier League experience. Especially in the second half, they performed so well that we were not mentally prepared at all. They played continuously. Got two goals."

"We were a little out of shape today, or we were careless. But I believe this will give us some reminders that we are not guaranteed to win against any team, and don't be careless every second, so that we can get the best results. ."

Media reporters interpreted Wan Sheng's words and thought that he was just speaking very 'official'. In fact, he must have been very dissatisfied with the draw, but in fact, Wan Sheng really had no dissatisfaction. Can win the game.

So after returning to the locker room, he didn't criticize anyone, but praised Andy Cole and several other players who performed well, and then let everyone forget the game and pack up and prepare to go back to Manchester -- Even if it doesn't matter to the defeat, he is not in the mood to watch the opponent celebrate the draw here.

Wansheng's idea is actually very simple, this draw was an accident, and let rival Chelsea catch up with two points, the result must be very bad, but in fact, even if they lose this game, Derby County is still the first in the league. One, Chelsea are still one league point short.

He and the team are losing!

The only pity is that his 15-game winning streak task is difficult to complete, but this kind of 'breaking the historical record' task of winning streak is already too difficult. It is already very good to be able to achieve 10-game winning streak. Think about it carefully. Nothing at all.

There is another reason why Wansheng doesn't care about failure, that is, he feels that failure comes at the right time.

The team has won so many games in a row that every player is under a lot of pressure. They think that they can't lose, not even a draw. This pressure is also brought into training, and he has to ask for a Psychiatrist to help players release stress.

The specialized psychiatrist estimates that he will not be able to work until after Christmas, but now that he can lose the last game, the pressure on the players will be much less, and the tense nerves can be relaxed.

In fact, Wansheng also thought about leading the team to win the championship in a row...but that is too unrealistic!

I always think about creating miracles. Often, miracles are not created, but something will be lost. Now that the miracle is gone, and the game is played normally, the pressure on the team will be reduced, and there will be fewer things to worry about. Then the performance of the team will follow. Get back to normal.

This is also what Wansheng hopes to see.

As long as the team performs normally, it will definitely not be weaker than its rival Chelsea in the competition for the league title, and it is very close to the goal of achieving the league title.

As for the other champions... Let's see, after all, you can't be too greedy, try to fight for what you can, if you try to fight for it, you may not get anything.

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On the second day, Wansheng gave the team a holiday, and the players could go home to prepare for Christmas, but on the third day, the team resumed training, because a day later they would have the League Cup quarter-finals. It's the 'Gunners' Arsenal.

Wenger's team is still an opponent that must be taken seriously.

After a day off, when the team resumed training, the shadow of failure was hard to find on them, everyone was smiling again and training was active again.

These make Wansheng very satisfied, and such an atmosphere is beneficial to the team.

However, it is the job of Diamares and others to lead the team for training. He didn't spend much time on the training ground, so he went to work on his own - the most important job at the moment is to poach people... Yes, Iraq Wan-Crew.

A week later, Derby County has long had news that Ivan Crewe has been put up for sale.

They had to do it too, because Ivan Crewe and head coach Adrian Bosroyd were on the same page. But under such circumstances, it is very difficult for Derby County to sell at a high price. Those clubs that are interested in Ivan Crewe are all asking for a low price.

The highest bidder now is Middlesbrough, and McLaren seems to want to strengthen the wing. Middlesbrough have offered £3m for Ivan Crewe. He also promised to give him a contract no less than in Derby County.

It's a pity that Ivan Crewe's "heart belongs", he just wants to trace Wansheng to Manchester City.

Manchester City also made a bid of £3 million.

Many media are watching to see which club Ivan Crewe will choose, and most of them are inclined to Middlesbrough, because the feud between Pierce and Wan Sheng is well known.

"Pierce will not sell Ivan Crewe to Manchester City, because there are Wansheng there." The Guardian directly analyzed.

The "Daily Mirror" mocked and said, "That Chinese wants to get the former disciple? It's a pity that Middlesbrough offered better conditions. And Derby County is not willing to sell their players to 'enemies'. Ivan - Crewe is doomed to miss Manchester City."

At this time, in the Derby County club, Pierce was also discussing the transfer with Sam Rush, but the atmosphere between the two was not very friendly, and there was even a quarrel.

"You said you want to agree to Manchester City's offer?" Pierce's face was full of disbelief, "But that Chinese is in Manchester City! They have taken Morris and Ziegler away in the summer!"

Sam Rush looked at Pierce and just stated peacefully, "But Crewe doesn't agree to go to Middlesbrough. The transfer is a three-way, if he doesn't sell to Manchester City. Then he can only stay in the team. "

"Even if I stay on the team, I won't sell players to that damn Chinese!" Pierce said angrily.

"Ivan Crewe's contract is less than a year away, do you want him to be a free agent?" Sam Rush laughed at himself, "That's £3 million, I can't get that much money in a year. , you can't let the club suffer for personal feelings."

Pierce frowned and looked at Sam Rush, "What do you mean?"

"Because Wansheng left, our performance was affected and we did not achieve the expected profit. This season, because of the sale of several main players such as Van der Vaart, we made some profit, but with the current results, by next season, our Earnings will be lower, even break-even, and if we fall into the second league, that means we will have a lot of losses, which is not what Mr Appleby wants.” Sam Ra Shi said, "Paul, you should know this, we can't afford a loss of 3 million pounds, so we have no choice but to sell him to Manchester City."

"It won't work to sell to other clubs, even if it's cheaper." Pierce gritted his teeth, "I'll pay for the difference myself!"

Sam Rush shook his head and asked rhetorically, "Do you think Crewe would agree to go to another club? Obviously, he just wants to go to Manchester City."

Pierce thought for a while, took a look at the document on the table, and slammed to the ground, "Damn it!"

But as Sam Rush said, he has no choice. After all, the Derby County club belongs to the GSE group, not his own. He has no right to complete autonomy.

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The transfer of Ivan Crewe was soon negotiated.

After a series of wrangling between Derby County and Manchester City, the final transfer offer was fixed at 3.4 million pounds. After all three parties signed, Ivan Crewe became a member of Manchester City.

That afternoon, the official website of the Manchester City club announced the news-Derby County player Ivan Crewe joined Manchester City for a transfer fee of 3.4 million pounds, but this news did not attract many people's attention for a while, because at the same time Manchester City and Arsenal were in the process. League Cup matches.

This is the League Cup quarter-final.

According to the rules of the English League Cup, only the semi-finals are played at home and away, so this is still a battle to decide the outcome. To Manchester City's advantage, this is a match at the Manchester Stadium.

However, neither team paid much attention to the game. After all, this was just a 'chicken rib' League Cup, which didn't make much sense at all.

Before the game, Wansheng expressed the team's weakness, "We just drew with Wigan Athletic, and the players' mentality will be affected a little bit. I think the game will be very difficult."

This is a rare time for him to keep a low profile.

Unexpectedly, the opponent Wenger was even more low-key, "We lost to them in the league, and this is an away game, which is not good for us. I told my players that they can spend Christmas after the game, and they all want to have an early holiday. , so, I think we want to win or need some luck."

The Frenchman said with a wry smile on his face.

No one knows whether what the two coaches say is true or not, but both sides have conflicting attitudes towards the game. It is true that the League Cup is a 'chicken rib', but if they can win the championship, no team will refuse. Now it is the quarter-finals. , If you can win this game, you will be able to enter the semi-finals, and then the final, so after three more games, you will be able to win the championship.

But that is in the case of winning all of them. Obviously, it is difficult to win all of them. On the contrary, if they lose the game, there is no need to worry about the League Cup. It is definitely beneficial to have three games less.

In short, both sides have a kind of ambivalence about this game, so they both have some mentality of "it's best to win, it doesn't matter if you can't win", and the result is also reflected on the field of play.

The competition between the two sides was fierce, but in fact it was not fierce.

As a result, the game was very good, because both sides were good offensive teams, and the game was fast-paced from the beginning.

Manchester City scored a goal in the 12th minute, 39th minute and 78th minute respectively, while Arsenal scored a goal each in the second half.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Arsenal 3:2 with a one-goal advantage and advanced to the next round of the League Cup.

After the game, Wenger and Wan Sheng shook hands politely. The French didn't seem to care about the defeat at all, but when he got to the press conference door, his words still revealed some dissatisfaction, "Congratulations on your victory, I look forward to seeing you at the door. The semi-final saw the Manchester derby."

This is a very common sentence, but it is complicated to interpret.

The game between Manchester City and Arsenal is the last game. When the two teams play, the other games are over. The finalists in the semi-finals are Manchester United, Blackburn and Wigan Athletic. Then the Manchester derby in the semi-final is completely a blessing. 'Manchester City were drawn to Manchester United.

Where's the blessing... it's just schadenfreude!

But in the case of winning, Wan Sheng didn't care about it, he just smiled and nodded his thanks.

Things did not go as Wenger had hoped. That night, the FA conducted a group draw, and Manchester City chairman Wadder represented Manchester City to draw the semi-final opponent - Wigan Athletic.

In other words, the Manchester derby that Wenger "looked forward to" may have to be delayed until the League Cup final. (To be continued ~^~)