Chapter 144 Selling Captain
Media reporters thought Wansheng was arrogant. They thought this young Chinese was so arrogant because he led two consecutive teams to win the Premier League championship.
This result is indeed very good, even people can't speak... But, it can't be so arrogant!
It's not enough to lead Manchester City to win a championship, but I want to win a second time, and it is the defending title! ?
It's unreasonable!
But before they were able to make a bashing report, something even more incomprehensible happened.
On the third day after the league ended, it was revealed that Manchester City had begun negotiations with Portsmouth on the transfer of captain Distin.
Manchester City has only just won the league title and is about to sell the captain! ?
Many people said they couldn't understand it.
But this is not a gossip, but confirmed by interviews with officials of both clubs. That is to say, the two clubs have indeed started negotiating the transfer of Distin, and Distin's agent Perros also confirmed the truth of the news. sex.
"Sylvain needs a better environment. He's 30 years old and needs to start thinking about the years leading up to his retirement and I don't think Manchester City is right for him anymore."
Perros's words are vague, it is difficult to know what he is trying to express, but the media still believe that Manchester City should try their best to keep the French general. He has always performed very calmly. Even if the younger Koppelle Ferreira is doing well now, it is still difficult for him to replace Distin.
It's a pity that the media's thoughts cannot influence the negotiation between Manchester City and Portsmouth, so there is a saying that "Manchester City is about to fall apart!"
"Like Derby County last season..."
After Wansheng left Derby County last season, the Derby County lineup was divided in half, with stars such as Van der Vaart, Ribery, Morris, and Leto Ziegler, Leighton Baines. , Ivan Crewe and others have all left one after another, and as a result, Derby County, the defending champion this season, were relegated tragically. They have also become the fastest rising and the fastest sinking team in Premier League history.
This has created the history of the Premier League. Many years later, when fans talk about the previous Premier League champions, they will definitely mention the name of Derby County, and they will also mention this history of rapid decline.
Derby County's relegation also disappointed the American GSC consortium. They would have also wanted to take advantage of Derby County's influence. They came to explore the British market and entered the whole of Europe, but they got this result. For them, an English second-level league club is completely useless, so they can only let Derby County fend for themselves.
This may be good news for Chairman Pierce. Because he no longer has to be constrained by the consortium. He has the absolute right to dominate the entire club, and at the same time, he cannot get financial support from the consortium.
It is difficult to speculate on the future of Derby County, they have been out of the circle of first-line media attention.
The media used the disintegration of Derby County to describe Manchester City, just to show that Manchester City is also about to follow in the footsteps of Derby County, and is about to fall apart, those hostile media of Wansheng. This point of view is greatly reported, as evidenced by the transfer of Distin.
Distin captained Manchester City for two and a half years. Whether Keegan is coaching or Wansheng is coaching, he is the absolute main force of the team's defense. After Manchester City won the championship, he sold Distin immediately. Isn't this about to fall apart?
There is really no small market for this view. Some Manchester City fans were tricked into believing, so they gathered in front of the club to discuss an argument, which brought a lot of trouble to the club manager Bi-Knicks.
He can only come forward to explain that Distin is a normal transfer and that there will be no problems with the team.
Bie Knicks made a 'heaviest' guarantee, "Wan Sheng will continue to coach the team!"
This guarantee reassures fans.
From the perspective of Manchester City fans, Wan Sheng is the team's biggest contributor to winning the championship. As long as Wan Sheng does not leave, it doesn't matter if others leave. What's more, Distin is not an indispensable figure for the team. Dunn and Koppelle Ferreira can take his place.
In the vigorous reports, Wan Sheng had no idea.
Distin's transfer was actually a little unexpected. He didn't expect Distin to leave so soon, but considering Distin's current situation, leaving was actually the best choice for him.
There is no shortage of Distin in the entire team lineup. If it weren't for the impact of the injury at the beginning of the season, Dunn's strength and state are better than him. In addition, Koppelle Ferreira has also grown up. Coupled with Ricardo Costa and Sun Jihai, who are fully competent as substitutes in various positions in the backcourt, Distin's playing time next season cannot be guaranteed.
After following the team to win the championship, Distin will definitely get a big contract when he goes to other clubs. At the same time, it can also bring a disgruntled transfer fee to the club. This is actually a win-win transfer.
Since the players asked to leave, and they are not required by the team, Wansheng will not keep them.
That's how professional football is. There are always people going and people coming. He still felt a little pity for Distin's departure, but he finally agreed.
The two clubs then began negotiations.
Portsmouth is very sincere to buy Distin. They have to prepare for the new season and supplement the team’s defense. The French general is their favorite. With Distin, they don’t have to worry about the defense. , so they are willing to pay big bucks for a Distin.
Their initial offer was £5m, which is pretty good for a player who is about to turn 30.
Manchester City will definitely not sell its captain so easily, so the two sides began a series of wrangling over the transfer fee.
Manchester City is still quite confident, because the team has just won the league championship. As an important member of the championship, Distin is also the core of the team's defense. Many clubs are definitely vying for it, especially the upcoming World Cup in Germany. Distin is also a member of the French national team. In this case, there will be an extra light on him.
In short, Distin is not worried about selling at all.
It will go up quite a bit.
Portsmouth also understand this truth, if Distin has a good performance in the world, then the value may rise sharply. They didn't dare to bet on this, so they were cruel and directly offered a high price of 7.5 million pounds, which was enough to buy a top-class young defender in the world.
Faced with this offer, Manchester City has absolutely no reason to reject it.
So the two sides reached an agreement on the third day of negotiations. Portsmouth can then negotiate a contract with Distin.
Just like Distin thought. He moved to Portsmouth and is one of the biggest stars in Portsmouth. Portsmouth signed him directly for three years and provided a big contract with a weekly salary of more than 65,000 pounds. Guarantee that he will play at Portsmouth until he is 33 years old, which is almost the age when he is about to retire.
Both Distin and his agent, Perros, were satisfied with the contract, and the transfer went smoothly.
on the fourth day. Manchester City and Portsmouth have released the news of Distin's transfer on their official website.
The news caused an uproar in the media.
The media did not expect Distin's transfer to proceed so quickly. While they were still raving about his transfer, the transfer was already sealed.
Even the Manchester City media expressed dissatisfaction. They believed that the team had just won the championship and should not hastily sell their captain.
Although 7.5 million pounds is indeed very high, if the price is high and it is sold, as other media say, Manchester City will be facing disintegration!
Just then, a grapevine said. Manchester City's full-back Musampa is also preparing to leave.
Then there were more voices denounced in the media.
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The transfer news about Manchester City in the media is not all negative. Wright Phillips, who played for Chelsea a few days ago, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the team because he rarely gets playing time.
It's unbelievable that a £26m heavyweight full-back can't get minutes.
Wright also failed to enter the England national team, unable to play with the team in the World Cup in Germany.
It is also the latter point that made Wright very dissatisfied with his situation in Chelsea, so his agent said that Wright hopes to return to Manchester City to play for his home team.
Wright Jr. is actually very painful...
This season is really a pain for him. He belongs to Manchester City and even has the label of Manchester City, but he hopes to perform on a bigger stage, so he decided to go to Chelsea.
And then... Manchester City took the league title! ‘
Looking at those former teammates, standing on the stage of winning the league championship, and thinking about the situation in Chelsea now, who can only sit on the bench, Wright's heart is very painful.
But the head coach Mourinho didn't give him too many opportunities to show at all. He could only wait, wait, or wait. He didn't know what would happen next season, but he knew that if he could return to Manchester City, he would definitely Have more playing time.
Little Wright trained under Wan Sheng for a period of time, and he was sure that the Chinese still valued himself.
But it is not easy for Little Wright to return to Manchester City. It requires Chelsea to sell it, and Manchester City to spend a lot of money to buy it. He is not sure whether his performance can impress the Chinese.
However, it is still useful for Wright to let his agent release this signal. At least many media have begun to analyze the possibility of Wright returning to Manchester City. At the same time, there are also Manchester City media looking forward to Wright's return.
Now that Musampa is also rumored to be leaving, Manchester City's frontcourt wing definitely needs manpower. Last season, the wing was Manchester City's weak point. After the arrival of Ivan Crewe, the problem has not been completely solved. Xiao Lai The special return will definitely make up for this.
More importantly, Wright Jr. is a player with the Manchester City tag, and Manchester City fans believe that he should have returned to Manchester City.
But at this time, Wansheng didn't consider Wright's problem at all!
He is happy for the team's transfer fee.
Manchester City won the league championship this season, including the championship bonus, TV broadcast share, etc., the club's income has risen sharply, and the club's chairman Waddell provided 24 million pounds for him to supplement the lineup in the transfer market.
Combined with the £7.5m from the sale of Distin, Mansion now has £31.5m at its disposal.
This is a lot of money, enough to buy one of the world's top heavyweight stars!
If it was last summer, he would not hesitate at all, and he would buy Aguero, Sanchez, Turan and other future demons. As long as he buys one or two more, the team's lineup will definitely be very gorgeous now.
Of course, no if.
But now with a transfer fee of more than 30 million pounds, it is still enough to do a lot of things, at least it is not a problem to add an excellent full-back.
As the media said, the team's wing is indeed a problem.
Musampa's departure is not fake news. His agent has communicated with Manchester City. If Musampa leaves, the team can only use Sinclair and Ivan Crewe as the main full-backs. Ivan - Crewe is slightly better. Compared to the championship team and the UEFA Champions League next season, Sinclair's ability is a bit poor. What's more, there are only two players in two positions, which is not enough, so the ball The team must add more capable full-backs.
Wright-Phillips Jr....a good choice!
If Wright's worth was cheaper, Wan Sheng would not hesitate to let him return, but it's a pity that Chelsea couldn't buy it for 2,600 pounds last year and sell it back to Manchester City this year. The laughing stock of Europe and the world.
Chelsea won't do that, and they certainly don't want to sell their players to rivals, so Wright's return is a no-brainer.
But other candidates, Wan Sheng hadn't thought of it for a while.
So he instructed the team's scouts to collect data on the outstanding fullbacks of various teams in Europe and make a list.
It only took one morning to put a list in front of Wansheng. Wansheng carefully checked the information of each player and eliminated those who were extremely expensive, old, not very good, and whose abilities did not fit the team's tactics. Then there are only a few names left.
Stewart Downing.
Wan Sheng took a fancy to the Middlesbrough player.
In the past two seasons, Wansheng's team has played against Middlesbrough many times, and Middlesbrough coach McLaren is his old friend, so he has a certain understanding of Middlesbrough's outstanding players.
Downing is one of Middlesbrough's best players, and he was also part of England's World Cup campaign in Germany.
Compared with young young stars in England such as Wayne Rooney and Glen Johnson, Downing is a bit underwhelming and has not played much time in the national team, but in fact, he is only 22 years old and has become Middlesbrough. A stable main wing midfielder, his performance in the league is also quite stable. He is definitely one of the best young men in English football.
Downing was Middlesbrough's darling, and it wasn't easy to get him.
But considering the imminent departure of Middlesbrough boss McLaren, Manchester City is not without a chance.
So Wansheng let than - Knicks began to test the attitude of Middlesbrough.
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PS: Thanks for the 60,000 coin reward of "Smile Again", Xiao X is here to kneel and lick! (To be continued ~^~)