Chapter 781 The New Season Begins (Seeking Subscription Monthly Pass)

Aston Villa's chief scout Cronenberg's work is very meticulous.

The documents he provided not only detailed the technical characteristics of the players, estimated development potential, but even a psychological analysis of the players' personalities.

Fang Jue didn't ignore the scouting department just because he was a jerk. In fact, he attached great importance to the club's scouting department.

Well, he enjoyed the scouting team recommending players to him, and then he pointed out the country with confidence, directly locked the target, and then after a period of time, the players performed well, and the players who were not selected by him were not as developed as the players he selected.

Of course, the only trouble caused by this incident is that everyone looks at him as if they are looking at God, which makes him feel a little too much, and the idea of ​​personality worship is not a good thing.

Cronenberg recommended five players to Fang Jue.

Inter Milan's twenty-three-year-old Italian defender Ranocchia.

AC Milan's twenty-three-year-old Greek defender Papastathopoulos.

Schalke 04's Cameroon defender Matip, who is about to turn 20 years old.

"Although Matip is a Cameroonian, he has dual citizenship of Germany and Cameroon, and Matip has played for the Cameroon national team." Cronenberg said.

Swansea's nineteen-year-old England native defender Caulker.

Bolton's twenty-five-year-old England international centre-back Gary Cahill.

Fang Jue convened a meeting with the club's general manager Byron, his coaching staff and the club's chief scout Cronenberg.

He first ruled out England international centre-back Cahill.

The willingness is very simple. Cahill’s salary is too high. Currently in Bolton, as the captain of Bolton Cahill, my salary has reached 55,000 pounds a week. If Aston Villa wants to poach people, the salary can only be Higher than this, not lower.

It's not that Fang Jue is reluctant to offer such a high salary for the players. The problem is, if he wants every substitute central defender, Cahill will definitely not be a substitute when he comes. That's too extravagant.

Cahill is the main player, so who should win Senderos or Coulibaly? It's impossible.

Aston Villa have not yet had the luxury of paying £60,000 to 70,000 a week for a central defender.

Then there is Swansea's native England rookie Caulker, a young man praised by many England celebrities and favored by the English media, Fang Jue directly vetoed it.

"The reason is the same as before." Fang Jue said.

Fang Jue didn't say it clearly, but everyone knew that he meant this player with limited talent, at least Fang Jue wasn't very optimistic about it.

One sentence made Byron, who was about to persuade him, shut up. Byron hoped that Fang Jue would give more consideration to the introduction of English local players, which would help improve Aston Villa's status in the English Football Association and support in England. Spend.

However, since Fang Jue said that this kid has limited talent, then he really has limited talent. Fang Jue has proved his vision and authority with countless correct choices.

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Then, Fang Jue ruled out Inter Milan's young Italian defender Ranocchia.

Ranocchia joined Inter Milan half a year ago. At that time, with the injury of Samuel, the hero of the triple crown, Inter Milan decided to introduce Ranocchia from Genoa who had played well and even won the title of "New Nesta" to replace Argentina. person's position.

Under Genoa coach Conte, Ranocchia, with its excellent anticipation and clear mind, formed an effective complement to Bonucci's attack, and once became the team with the fewest goals conceded in Serie A. He won the favor of Inter Milan and Juventus.

Fang Jue said that the reason why he gave up on Nokia was very simple, and his social status was too high.

Ranocchia, dubbed the 'new Nesta' by the Italian media, spent 13 million euros when Inter Milan introduced him half a year ago.

Half a month ago, on the latest player worth list announced by Dezhuan, Nokia's worth was as high as 17.5 million euros.

Not to mention that Inter Milan attaches great importance to Ranocchia, even if Aston Villa wants to snatch this player, they will have to spend at least 30 million euros in transfer fees.

30 million euros to introduce a backup central defender, Fang Jue hasn't gone crazy yet.

In this way, Fang Jue rejected three candidates one after another.

He chose to keep two players, Papastathopoulos and Matip, as targets.

Aston Villa have always moved quickly.

With Fang Jue making a decision, Aston Villa Club began to contact Schalke 04 Club and AC Milan Club to inquire about the transfer of Matip and Papastathopoulos.

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And just one day later, Aston Villa's hearing on the "special talent clause" initiated by the team's Colombian player James Rodriguez was held.

When representatives of Aston Villa publicly announced the recommendation letters from Manchester United coach Ferguson and Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, the jury was stunned.

It is the first time that Ferguson and Wenger have been 'testifying' for a player at the same time, and a third-party player who is not a Manchester United or a non-Arsenal player.

Not only am I surprised that these two 'mortal enemies' have cooperated.

I was even more surprised by Fang Jue's connections.

It is not easy to be good friends with Ferguson and Wenger at the same time, without affecting the friendship of either party in the "year-old love triangle".

In the end, with the testimony of Ferguson and Wenger, coupled with the outstanding performance of James Rodriguez during the loan period of Aston Villa last season, he finally succeeded in impressing the jury.

All six jurors passed.

Aston Villa have finally obtained a work permit for James Rodriguez to play in the Premier League through the "special talent clause".

Fang Jue also breathed a sigh of relief.

If this still fails to obtain a labor certificate for Ha Meier, he plans to tear up the Premier League labor certification system by himself.

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Aston Villa is a two-pronged approach, discussing the introduction of Cameroon defender Matip with Schalke 04, and discussing the possibility of introducing Greek defender Papastathopoulos with AC Milan.

The two clubs will have feedback soon.

Schalke 04 refused to sell the talented defenders trained by the team's youth training, especially Schalke 04 coach Magath, and even told the senior management directly that if the team sold Matip, he would resign.

The possibility of Aston Villa wanting to take Matip is very low.

At least in this transfer window.

On the other hand, AC Milan is very happy about Aston Villa's purchase of Papastathopoulos.

They introduced Papastathopoulos from Genoa Andrea last summer, which cost the Rossoneri 4.5 million euros.

After a season, AC Milan coach Allegri thought that Papastathopoulos could not be reused, and he looked down on the Greek defender.

Just when Aston Villa was looking for Papastathopoulos, AC Milan was considering selling Papastathopoulos back to Genoa, and both parties had even reached a consensus on the transfer fee, 4 million EUR.

The Rossoneri are willing to reduce the purchase price by half a million euros.

At this time, Aston Villa took a fancy to Papastathopoulos, how could AC Milan be unhappy.

In the eyes of Galliani, Aston Villa is a rich man.

Speaking of which, when Fang Jue was coaching Ibiza in La Liga, he ran from Spain to Milan specifically for the loan of Abarth, looking bitter, Galliani is also emotional, four or five years , this guy has led the team to dominate the Premier League and reach the top of Europe.

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In addition, thinking of the old events back then, Galliani was still a little angry. It was nothing to rent Abate, and Abate also got exercise in Ibiza.

The most important thing is that Fang Jue abducted Aubameyang for only a few hundred thousand euros.

What made Galliani vomit blood the most was that Fang Jue "reluctantly" agreed to sign Aubameyang because of his strong recommendation, and even hinted that if he wanted to loan Abate, he must help AC deal with the players...

Of course, this kind of misjudgment has happened to many wealthy teams. The past is in the past. No matter how upset Galliani is, that's it.

Now, in his eyes, Aston Villa is a fat sheep that can be slaughtered with a knife. As for whether it is a small knife or a big knife, it depends on his ability.

However, Galliani, who has already suffered from the "Aubameyang incident", is known for his good eyesight.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, I had a meeting with the technical department and communicated with the head coach Allegri.

The mainstream opinion is not optimistic about the development of Papastathopoulos.

Galliani was relieved.

AC Milan offered 10 million euros for Papastathopoulos.

Aston Villa directly returned the price of 3 million euros.

This almost didn't make Galliani jump in anger.

You just sold Curtis Davis to Greater Paris and made 31 million pounds. We all know you are rich. You are too stingy!

Milan expressed a little envy and envy for Aston Villa's ability to earn the money of the local tyrant Paris.

Galliani did not give up. For the current Milan, it is necessary to strive for an extra one million euros.

After Berlusconi began to tighten money, the days of the Rossoneri were not easy.

The two sides continued to bargain.

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At this time, Aston Villa ushered in the first official game of the new season.

Aston Villa, the Premier League champions last season, will face last season's FA Cup champion Manchester City in the Community Shield.

Fang felt that this game was very important.

In fact, Fang Jue has adjusted the danger level of Blue Moon to the highest level, on the same level as Manchester United and Chelsea.

In Fang Jue's view, after two seasons of aggressive signings and lineup adjustments, this Manchester City team has been initially polished and formed.

Last season, Manchester City was able to snatch the fourth place in the league from Arsenal, which is quite powerful.

This summer, Manchester City continued to wave their checkbooks.

In addition to the introduction of the Argentine golden boy Aguero from Atletico Madrid.

Manchester City, which is not short of money, continues to habitually poach the corners of its competitors.

Or to put it more bluntly, it is to poach Arsenal.

There were Adebayor and Kolo Toure before.

Now they have signed Nasri and Clichy from Arsenal. While consolidating their own strength, they have also dealt a severe blow to the strength of their competitors.

It's no wonder that after Manchester City won the fourth place in the Premier League last season, some media ridiculed whether Arsenal's fourth place was snatched away by Manchester City or dug down by Manchester City.

In addition to poaching from Arsenal, in view of Vieira's retirement and Yaya Toure's participation in the Africa Cup of Nations early next year, Mancini also signed Hargreaves for free, which can be regarded as making up for the midfield.

However, since Hargreaves has spent almost most of the past two years recuperating from injuries, it is still unknown whether the former England international can succeed in the Blue Moon Legion.

In addition, Manchester City dealt Bellamy, a fringe player, to Liverpool. This deal was considered by the media to be a mutually beneficial operation.

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New Wembley Stadium.

Fang Jue was sitting on the coach's bench, holding Manchester City's starting list in his hand.

The goalkeeper is England goalkeeper Joe Hart.

In defense are Richards, Lescott, Kompany and Kolarov.

The midfield is Gareth Barry, De Jong, Yaya Toure and David Silva.

Up front is the combination of Balotelli and Bosnian striker Dzeko.

Fang Jue glanced at Manchester City's bench, where Aguero was sitting quietly.

It seems that Mancini is still very cautious, let Aguero sit on the bench and slowly run in with the team.

On the Manchester City bench, there is also the little monster Adebayor.

There is also Clichy introduced from Arsenal.

There is also Fang Jue's former favorite general Quaresma.

Fang Jue's expression is serious. In his eyes, the strength of this Manchester City team can be called very strong.

Even in terms of strength on paper, he feels that this Manchester City team is better than Manchester United and Chelsea.

Either way, this game is to test the new quality of the Manchester City team, which was built with a lot of money from the Arab local tyrants.

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Fang Jue was looking at and thinking about this brand new Manchester City team.

Mancini is also staring at the pitch with his chin in his hand, studying this Aston Villa team.

Shevchenko, Ronaldo, Deisler, Ballack, Roberto Enke, Cuellar, Sidwell, Davis, Marshall...all left Aston Villa.

As many as nine players from Aston Villa have left the team, which can be said to be a big change for a team that has just won the European championship.

In terms of signings, Aston Villa currently has introduced young goalkeeper De Gea, Thornton with hidden physical hazards, veteran Klose, and a young De Bruyne who looks like the protagonist of a comic book.

In Mancini's view, the quality of Aston Villa's signings is worrying.

This is two consecutive years of dominating the Premier League, and just after reaching the top of Europe, Fang Jue started to drift?

Mancini is naturally happy about this.

It's good to float!

He wished Fang Jue had dementia.

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Fang Jue did not arrange for De Gea to start. The starting goalkeeper for today's game is the 40-year-old American goalkeeper Friedel.

The central defender is the partner of Koulibaly and Senderos.

Right back is Kyle Walker.

Milner is at left back.

The midfield is Clement, Modric, Gareth Bale, Sadio Mane.

On the front line are Suarez and veteran Klose.

Mancini took a look at Aston Villa's starting XI.

frowned.

He looked again at Aston Villa's bench.

I saw Abanglahor, Vardy, James Rodriguez, De Bruyne, Stroman, Danny Rose and others.

In addition to the fact that the bench is very thin, it is not easy to catch his eyes, and it is not as good as his own Manchester City.

Aston Villa's starting lineup is basically old faces.

Is this a team that has lost nine players?

Mancini was surprised to realize that Fang Jue was by no means unprepared for the departure of Ronaldo, Ballack and others. He had been preparing for the replacement of Aston Villa.

Looking at the current starting eleven, Mancini has to admit that although this starting lineup is worse than Aston Villa's starting lineup last season, it is still very strong.

Mancini became interested, and he wanted to see if his Manchester City team, which was stronger than last season, could win against the slightly 'degraded' Aston Villa? !

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