Chapter 440 Transfer Market⑦ (Seeking a Monthly Ticket)
Manchester City has not responded to this new offer for a while.
However, Fang Jue's attitude speaks for itself. Aston Villa is willing to sell Gareth Barry, so the next step is nothing more than money, which is easy to talk about.
Soon, the media also broke out that Manchester City had contacted Gareth Barry's transfer. Aston Villa's media attitude towards this matter was not particularly surprised. Gareth Barry's transfer last summer There was a lot of news about the meeting, and the fans were already a little tired of reading about it.
The words of the famous Aston Villa fan Wayne Kells won the recognition of many fans: Thank Barry for his contribution to Aston Villa. Since he is going to leave, let’s go. However, the transfer fee is too high. Suitable.
On July 1, Fang Jue drew a yellow lucky ball, which he thought was a good omen.
"On July 2, Manchester City made another offer. They offered Gareth (Barry) for 13 million pounds. I thought about it and finally refused. Gareth is a good player. I appreciate him very much. If there is an offer that cannot be refused, I will not agree to let him go, even though he himself has long stated that he wants to leave."
"On July 3, I studied the configuration of the team carefully, and I couldn't help but marvel. Aston Villa's strength configuration is really quite good. I can't even see where it needs to be adjusted. Because of this, I'm even more puzzled, what happened to this team last season, how did it lose 12 consecutive times?"
"On July 4th, Manchester City offered for the third time to buy Barry. They offered 14 million pounds. I rejected it. I think this price is humiliating themselves.
"On July 8th, Steven asked me how to reply to the Manchester City people, I nodded, 15 million pounds, the Manchester City people got our captain, this is football, I wish Gareth good luck in Manchester City."
On July 9, 2009, the official website of the Manchester City Club announced that Aston Villa's midfielder and England international Gareth Barry officially transferred to join the Manchester City Club. The two parties signed a four-year contract with a transfer fee of 15 million pounds.
Although the general of the team was poached, Fang Jue was still in a good mood. The 15 million pounds that was brought in from Ibiza to Deisler was finally returned.
Although the team only started the official training camp on July 11th, players have come to the training base to report one after another.
Obviously, some players are more clever, end their holidays early, come to training early, meet with the coach early, and leave a good impression.
More than a dozen players have returned to the team one after another, so Fang Jue has also started to meet his soldiers frequently in the past two days.
What he said most is that attitude and performance determine everything.
As long as you train with peace of mind and work hard, he will see it.
The translation of this sentence is more straightforward: I don’t care how you performed in the past, no matter how much you were reused by your predecessors, to me, everything is a blank sheet of paper, you must work hard to win Lao Tzu’s approval!
The players are all in awe, no one dares to be careless, at least they have to perform well during this time, no one wants to be the first bird.
Although the rumor that the coach's fiancée is the owner of the club has not been officially confirmed, it has not been refuted. Therefore, as long as you are not a fool, you know that the coach is not easy to offend, and there are people behind him.
Besides, Fang Jue led Ibiza to create the "Ibiza Miracle" before. With the addition of the double crown, the young champion coach definitely has the confidence to deter them.
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Fang Jue is indeed satisfied with the team's configuration.
Aston Villa's strength is not weak. Before some unexplainable situation happened, under the rule of Martin O'Neill, Aston Villa was the third place in the Premier League, and it even overwhelmed Arsenal.
Therefore, just after taking over Aston Villa, Fang Jue did not intend to undergo major surgery on the team.
In addition, the most important thing is that he doesn't have much transfer budget at hand. After selling Gareth Barry's income and repaying the previously overdrawn transfer budget of 5 million pounds, he only has 10 million pounds left on hand. will budget.
He hasn't figured out how to use this money yet.
If you can't spend it, don't spend it.
However, things backfired.
"Coach, I have thought clearly."
Fang Jue raised his head and looked at the big man. He frowned, feeling furious in his heart.
The team's American goalkeeper Brad Guzan found him and wanted to chat with him. Fang Jue readily agreed, and he did not reject more communication with the players.
However, the subsequent talks were not pleasant. Guzan said bluntly that he hoped that Fang Jue could commit to his main position in the new season. If not, please allow him to transfer and leave.
Not to mention whether Guzan has the ability to occupy the position of Aston Villa's No. 1 goalkeeper, this attitude alone makes Fang feel very uncomfortable.
what is this?
This is forced palace.
Who do you think you are, Buffon?
Fang Jue scolded Randy Lerner, the former Aston Villa CEO, the club's transfer executives, and even the former Aston Villa head coach Martin O'Neill in his heart.
This is really a problem left over from history, okay?
Last summer, Aston Villa spent £2 million to sign Brad Guzan from Chivas Regal Club of America.
This is not over, almost a few days apart, Aston Villa signed another Brad from Blackburn, Brad. Friedl, a 37-year-old goalkeeper, spent 1.6 million pounds.
From Fang Jue's point of view, this is a fucking deal. The two American goalkeepers, Friedel has already obtained the British green card, but Guzan needs to occupy a non-European quota for the goalkeeper position. In Fang Jue's view, this is completely unnecessary.
Maybe in last year's Martin O'Neill's plan, signing this old goalkeeper was to increase the thickness of the goalkeeper's bench, but no one thought that the 24-year-old Guzan, who spent 2 million pounds on Aston Villa, would not have competed. Friedel, 37.
Last season, Friedel played full time in the league and firmly occupied the main position, while Guzan sat on the bench.
Most importantly, Fang Jue watched Aston Villa's game video last season, and he had to admit that Friedel is indeed a good veteran.
Friedel is definitely a living fossil of the Premier League. As early as 1994, he had the opportunity to join Newcastle United, but due to the relationship of labor certification, he finally failed to land at St. James' Park.
In 1994, he had another chance to join the Magpies' bitter rivals Sunderland, but this time it was his work permit that hindered him.
Fortunately, he did not wait too long. He joined Liverpool from the Columbus Mariners in 1997 for 1.7 million pounds. Since then, he has started his 12-year Premier League career. The transfer fee is enough to show that the goalkeeper's strength is not bad.
Last summer, the 37-year-old Friedel joined Aston Villa. One year has passed, and Friedel is 38 years old. However, Friedel, who returned to the team yesterday, underwent a preliminary medical examination and his physical condition remains good. Pretty good.
Perhaps because of this, Gu Zan was worried that he would continue to be pushed on the bench by this 38-year-old compatriot this season, so he hurriedly asked Fang Jue to ask him clearly. If Fang Jue cannot get approval, it is better to go earlier Transfer to leave.
However, in Fang Jue's opinion, Gu Zan is not a fool, so straightforwardly approached him to ask for the main position, which shows that this guy has already made the decision to transfer and leave, and even if he falls out with him, he still has to deal with it. It can promote him to be cleaned quickly.
While Fang Jue was talking with Gu Zan, Deisler, who had already returned to the rented apartment, received a call that surprised him.
"Robert?" Looking at the caller ID, Desler froze for a moment.
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