Chapter 6 The Current Situation of Manchester City

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Suarez is undoubtedly a very good talent.

He was born in Salto, Uruguay. There are 7 brothers in Suarez's family. His parents were divorced when he was a child, and his mother raised 7 boys alone, and his life was very poor.

At the age of 7, Suarez moved with his mother to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. It was in the dusty streets and alleys that he began to practice his skills.

At the age of 11, Suarez received an invitation for the Uruguay national team to train, but he had to refuse because of lack of money.

Three years later, at the age of 14, Suarez was spotted by the Montevideo National Team and officially started his career here.

In the 2005-2006 season, Suarez made rapid progress in the Uruguayan national team. In the same year, the national team won the Uruguay League Championship. Suarez scored 10 goals in 29 league appearances.

At the beginning of this year, Suarez was only 18 years old, and he began to take off.

The following year, Suarez accepted the invitation of the Dutch team of Groningen and joined the team for 800,000 euros. In his first season in Europe, he scored 17 goals in 37 games. Suarez's outstanding performance quickly attracted the attention of other strong teams.

Soon Suarez moved to the Eredivisie giant Ajax for 7.5 million euros (about 10,000 yuan at the time).

After Suarez joined Ajax, it didn't take him long to adapt and he became the team's leading scorer.

In the first season, got 40 appearances and scored 20 goals.

In the second season, he scored 22 goals in 31 appearances, and the team also ranked second in the league.

In the last season, Suarez once again assisted Ajax to win the Eredivisie runner-up, became the top scorer with 35 goals in the league (49 goals in all competitions), and was elected as the Dutch Footballer of the Year.

Suarez is now leading Uruguay to the World Cup in South Africa.

So far, Suarez has scored one goal in three group matches and helped the team reach the last 16 knockout stage of the World Cup.

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Everyone knows that Suarez is a talented shooter, and it is not easy to recruit such a talented shooter.

After Wansheng made the decision, he immediately put the transfer department into operation.

Although Atlético de Madrid has enough transfer funds, it is not spent casually. Wansheng does not want his team to be taken advantage of. Every transfer is meaningful, so that the club can also operate healthily, not like before. loss every year.

That is to say, the player's supplement to the team's strength and the commercial value of the player must exceed the player's transfer fee and several years' salary, so that a successful transfer will be made.

When he was in charge of Manchester City and Derby County, Wan Sheng only had to think about the ability to bring in players, and now he has to think about that.

In the end, Wansheng also had an assessment in his heart through communication with the sports and business departments, as well as his own understanding of Suarez.

30 million euros.

If the transfer fee does not exceed 30 million euros, you can consider buying Suarez, and if it exceeds 30 million euros, you can replace other targets.

30 million euros is a lot!

After all, Suarez is not C-Ronaldo. He is a Uruguayan player who doesn't have that much commercial potential. In addition, after he transfers to the team, he will definitely get a big contract, with a salary input of at least 5 million euros per year. It is also a very large expense.

In addition, Suarez has to occupy a non-EU player quota, which must also be considered.

Therefore, Wansheng’s maximum transfer price for Suarez is 30 million euros.

Next comes the transfer department.

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After that, Wansheng began to consider the team's midfield again.

In Wansheng's tactical planning, the midfield is always the most important. With an excellent midfield, the front and back fields can be truly connected smoothly. Otherwise, no matter how strong the striker team is, it will not be able to play much role.

But in fact, Wansheng is not in a hurry to introduce midfielders, because he already has a goal.

Before the acquisition of Atlético de Madrid was completed, Wan Sheng had contacted Morris privately.

Needless to say, the personal relationship between Morris and Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng has not left Morris for a few years, and uses him as a core.

As soon as he heard that Wan Sheng was going to return to coach in Europe, Morris immediately wanted to join Wan Sheng's team.

At present, Morris is already a 'free man'.

Morris did not renew his contract with Manchester City, or rather, Manchester City thought he was too old, so he was unwilling to offer another big contract.

In two years, Manchester City has changed a lot.

After the Abu Dhabi consortium settled in Manchester City, they invited former Blackburn coach Mark Hughes to take charge of Manchester City.

Mark Hughes has been very successful in coaching Blackburn. He led this team that strives to avoid relegation every year, stabilized its performance in the middle of the league, and also qualified for European competitions.

However, Mark Hughes is the first time coaching the "giant".

Manchester City was originally a big club. After winning the "Grand Slam", many fans regarded Manchester City as a "rich" team. When Wan Sheng left, Manchester City's strength had reached its peak.

That's how Mark Hughes took over Manchester City.

As a team that won the 'Grand Slam' last season, Manchester City's front, middle and backcourts are very complete, so even if the club's top management changes, the Abu Dhabi consortium is very rich, but the summer transfer is nothing. Change, after Mark Hughes took over the team, he also wanted to use the Wansheng tactic and let the team continue to play.

However, Mark Hughes soon discovered that the job was very difficult.

The key problem is that he does not know Wansheng's 'OS-F' in detail, and even speaking, he is not as good as the team's main players Maurice, Silva and others. In tactical training, many times, he himself They were all at a loss. Originally, he was still modifying the tactics. In the end, let alone the modification, even if he played normally, he didn't know what to do.

It's not really the fault of Mark Hughes.

The basic theory of this set of 'os-f' may be good, but in the three years of coaching Manchester City, Wansheng has used the football training master system to modify the 'os-f' to the level of 'the most suitable for Manchester City'.

Many of what Wansheng uses are the football training master system. He can clearly see the abilities of the players, and he can perform drills in the 'Arrangement' system. Those data can tell him a lot.

Mark Hughes certainly doesn't have a football training master system, so he's at a loss for Manchester City's complex and well-organized tactics.

As a result, when preparing for the summer, Mark Hughes almost did one thing - to understand the tactics himself.

Wansheng still has some foundation left. Under the condition that the lineup does not change, even if the team is allowed to play normally, they can achieve very good results. As a result, Mark Hughes did not play much role that season, and Manchester City still played. A good third in the league.

However, the third place in the league is very good, but it is far from being coached by Wan Sheng. Especially in the Champions League, Manchester City only reached the round of 16 and did not even enter the quarter-finals, which is equivalent to playing the worst result in four years.

The media and fans are quite dissatisfied with Mark Hughes.

Last summer, Mark Hughes barely kept his head coaching position and was determined not to be an 'outsider'. He was determined to make Manchester City his own team, and he shared his thoughts with club chairman Mubarak. Ballack expressed support for Mark Hughes.

So the transformation of Manchester City began.

In order to make Manchester City completely 'our own team', Mark Hughes sold Torres, Boateng and Leto Ziegler successively, and removed veteran Robert Carlos, Ivan Crewe, Sun Jihai, etc. At the same time, Manchester City also has a large number of signings. Robinho is the most heavyweight. His transfer fee is as high as 32.5 million pounds, which is almost equivalent to the price of selling Torres. Manchester City also signed Tal Benhai from Chelsea. Tim and the return of Wright Phillips, then buy Villa captain Gareth Barry, Blackburn striker Rock - Santa Cruz.

After a few sales and signings, Manchester City has changed drastically.

In fact, Morris is also on Mark Hughes' cleaning list, but Morris doesn't want to leave. He still has a one-year contract with Manchester City. He hopes to fulfill the one-year contract and become a free agent. Feel free to join other teams.

In this way, Manchester City began the journey of the new season.

In the end, Mark Hughes failed, and the team's performance plummeted in the second year. In the middle of the season, Mark Hughes was dismissed due to his poor performance. Roberto Mancini began to take charge of Manchester City.

At the end of last season, due to a narrow defeat in the league match against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City finally only finished fifth.

So this summer, the Manchester City team will definitely face turmoil again.

The first is Morris' departure.

Morris played for Manchester City for five years and has always been the core of the team. Even though he is over 33 years old, he is in good physical condition and can play the full game most of the time.

As the 2008 Ballon d'Or winner, Morris's influence is not small.

Maurice's departure will definitely have a big impact on Manchester City.

But Wansheng doesn't matter so much. Manchester City has little to do with him now. Some of the players are still familiar, but the main lineup has changed a lot.

Professional football is like this. When a manager leaves a team, even if he has feelings for that team, he must keep it in his heart.

Wansheng needs to think about its own team.

Morris coming to the team will definitely increase the midfield ability. With Morris, who has reached the peak of strength and experience, the midfield will have a basic structure.

Morris is 33 years old, which must also be considered, so Wansheng still needs to find other suitable candidates for the team. The other two players from Manchester City have also entered Wansheng's sight.

Ozil and Silva.

Ozil and Silva are both quite good, but in fact, it is difficult for other coaches to combine the two because their positions are a bit repetitive, and a team has a core is enough.

Just like Manchester City last season, Mark Hughes always put one of them on the bench, so Manchester City are likely to consider selling one of them.

Wansheng wants to get one of the two.

Morris is old, Ozil and Silva, no matter which one comes, can make the team's midfield more stable. (To be continued ~^~)