Chapter 835 2012 Winter Transfer ① (5K Ask for a Monthly Ticket)

When he learned that this big man was his new teammate and roommate, Yang Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hi, my name is Yang Fan, you can call me Yang." Yang Fan introduced himself.

What he thought in his heart was, is this big man from the U19 echelon of Aston Villa?

It doesn't look like it.

This big man looks at least twenty-three or twenty-four years old. If he grows a beard and says that his son is from the U19 echelon, Yang Fan will not be too suspicious.

"Kevin Lee." The big man said something in a muffled voice, and then lay on his own bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze without saying a word.

Uh, it seems that my new roommate is having a hard time communicating.

"I, here, have, delicious, you, would you like some?" Yang Fan took out some homemade baked buns from his bag, his spoken English was relatively average, and he could only jump out word by word.

"Thank you, I don't want to eat." The big man said in a muffled voice.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Yang Fan, let me introduce my new friend, Jack." Zhang Yang bluffed in, "Jack Grealish."

"Hello, Jack." Yang Fan shook hands with Grealish, "Yang Fan, you can call me Yang."

"Ha, hello." Glarish glanced at Kevin Lee lying on the bed in a daze. "It turns out that Kevin shares a room with you. Don't worry, this big man is very friendly."

Yang Fan was about to say something when he saw Grealish rush into the room, "Sorry, let's use the bathroom."

"What's the matter with him?" Yang Fan asked Zhang Yang, seeing Zhang Yang laughing, he guessed that it must have something to do with this kid.

"It's nothing, this guy ate six packs of spicy strips." Zhang Yang winked and said.

Yang Fan was stunned. People who have never eaten spicy strips, eating so many buns in one go, it's no wonder that they don't have stomach problems.

...

"What's the matter with that big man, didn't say a word?" Zhang Yang lowered his voice.

"I don't know." Yang Fan whispered, "I just said hello, and then just lay there alone without saying a word."

"You're out of luck. That guy, Glarish, is very nice. This big guy is probably difficult to get along with." Zhang Yang sighed.

"Where are you from in China?" Kevin Li said suddenly, but it shocked the two of them.

Not only that, but also because this big man actually speaks Chinese. Although the pronunciation is a bit weird, he can understand it.

"You, you can speak Chinese?" Yang Fan was surprised.

At the same time, it was a little embarrassing, after all, it was overheard when it was secretly talking about people behind their backs.

"Where are you from in China?" Kevin Li continued to ask without answering his question.

"I'm from Jiangsu, and Zhang Yang is from Anhui," Yang Fan said.

"Jiangsu, Anhui, where is it?" Kevin Lee continued to ask.

It is difficult for two people to answer this question. It is difficult to explain the geography of China to a person who does not know much about China.

"Anhui and Jiangsu are two provinces of China." Yang Fan thought for a while, "My family is close to Shanghai, and Zhang Yang's family is relatively close to Nanjing."

Kevin Lee nodded and continued to be in a daze.

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

"Oh, hell!" Grealish shouted from the bathroom.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yang asked.

Then there was a chattering sound from Grealish.

"He said he had hemorrhoids." Kevin Lee said.

Yang Fan and Zhang Yang looked at each other, Zhang Yang ran back to his room and brought a box of Ma Yinglong...

Zhang Yang and Yang Fan explained how to use this thing, and Kevin Li stood at the bathroom door to translate.

Then I heard Grealish whine, followed by an indescribable moan.

so awkward.

This was the first day the four met.

In addition, on the day after the match between Aston Villa and Liverpool, the wives, girlfriends, and running friends of the Aston Villa players were full of praise for the outstanding performance of their husbands, male partners, and running men.

...

On December 28, the 18th round of the Premier League.

Aston Villa beat Stoke City 2-0 away.

Milner passed and shot in the game, Bendtner also scored a goal, and the Belgian teenager De Bruyne, who came off the bench, contributed an assist.

In this round of the league, several upsets broke out.

Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham.

Liverpool were also held to a 1-1 draw by Blackburn.

Manchester City, ranked second in the league, was also tied 0-0 by West Bromwich Albion.

In this way, the 18 rounds of the Premier League in the 2011/2012 season are over:

Aston Villa lead the Premier League table with 49 points;

Manchester City ranked second with 42 points;

Manchester United have the same 42 points, but they are ranked third because of the disadvantage of goal difference;

Tottenham Hotspur ranked fourth with 38 points;

Chelsea, Arsenal, Newcastle and Liverpool ranked five, six, seven and eight.

Aston Villa also locked in the half-time championship of the Premier League in the 2011/2012 season one round ahead of schedule.

Not only that, with Aston Villa's current strength and state, many media in England are very optimistic about Aston Villa winning the Premier League championship for the third consecutive season.

The "Guardian" lamented, hoping that Manchester United can give more strength, not to mention regaining the Premier League throne from Aston Villa, at least to cause trouble for Aston Villa, and not let Aston Villa easily win the championship .

This is very interesting. Manchester City and Manchester United have the same points and are ranked higher. However, the English media generally regard Manchester United as the main force against Aston Villa.

Obviously, although Manchester City has "rise", the English media generally do not believe that Manchester City has the strength to compete with Aston Villa for the league title.

At this time, news that Aston Villa will introduce Japanese international Shinji Kagawa from Dortmund was also revealed by the media.

Aston Villa did not deny the news, but publicly admitted that the transaction has been basically completed, and the procedure can be completed after the transfer window opens.

After Aston Villa recognized the news, the biggest reaction came from Japan.

The Japanese media and fans cheered and were very proud of Japanese players joining Premier League champions and European champions Aston Villa.

In the "Villa House" direct store in Tokyo, Japan, Aston Villa has already begun to sell Shinji Kagawa's No. 17 jersey.

In Aston Villa's first team, from No. 1 to No. 25, only No. 17 is temporarily vacant. Didn't Shinji Kagawa choose the big size after No. 25? He chose this number.

The most direct reaction to the influence of Shinji Kagawa joining Aston Villa in Japan is that at the gate of Villa House, a large number of fans lined up to buy Shinji Kagawa's No. 17 Aston Villa jersey.

Not only Shinji Kagawa's No. 17 jersey, Bell's No. 7 jersey, Modric's No. 10 jersey, Ha Mei's No. 21 jersey, Suarez's No. 9 jersey, Klose's No. 18 jersey, Milner's No. The No. 8 jersey and other Aston Villa players' jerseys are also on sale.

In the words of the Japanese media, the joining of Shinji Kagawa will cause a predictable surge in the number of Aston Villa fans in Japan.

...

Regarding the signing of a Japanese player by Aston Villa, the feelings of Chinese fans are complicated.

Shinji Kagawa is the main player of Dortmund, and he performed very well. Aston Villa signed this player, obviously not only considering the development of the Japanese market, but also considering competitive factors.

However, a Japanese player was signed, and Aston Villa, as a Chinese-funded team with a Chinese coach, did not sign a Chinese international, which somewhat disappointed some fans.

Some emotional fans even said on the Internet that they would never watch Aston Villa again.

A reporter from the "Sports Daily" even directly published an article criticizing Aston Villa, or in other words, pointed the finger at Fang Jue, thinking that Fang Jue, as a Chinese football player, did not consider the introduction of Chinese players, Not wanting to contribute to Chinese football really disappoints Chinese fans.

The language used in the whole report was so intense that it was almost pointing at Fang Jue's nose and saying that he was 'in vain for a Chinese'.

The person in charge of the Aston Villa club in China quickly fed back these domestic public opinions to Birmingham.

Fang Jue laughed back angrily, and brought in a Chinese international?

He thought, the key is these players, which one can gain a foothold in Aston Villa?

Not to mention getting a foothold, but acting as a substitute, is there anyone who can do it?

Or to take a step back, even if Fang Jue forced the introduction of a Chinese player, it would be difficult to obtain a labor certificate.

According to the regulations of the British Ministry of Labor, foreign players introduced by Premier League and English Championship clubs must participate in 75% of the country's national team's international A-level matches in the past year, and the country's FIFA ranking must be in the top 64. bit.

A month ago, FIFA announced the latest national team rankings. The overall ranking of the Chinese national team dropped another place to 85th...

You can't get a labor certificate through normal channels, and you don't even need to think about getting a special genius clause.

Soon, the Aston Villa club officially issued a statement, euphemistically stating that Fang Jue has always been concerned about domestic players, and there are indeed several players that Coach Fang Jue is very interested in. However, considering the issue of labor certification, The club has no plans to introduce Chinese national footballers for the time being.

Immediately afterwards, Aston Villa Club threw out another news to distract attention.

"Aston Villa Club has selected fifteen young players from the domestic Villa Football School to Birmingham. These players will train with Aston Villa's U19 echelon. Players who perform well will officially join Arsenal. Stone Villa's U19 echelon, participating in the English Youth League."

As soon as this announcement came out, those bad voices became much quieter.

More Chinese fans are more sensible. What is the level of the gangsters of the national team? Everyone has a mirror in their hearts. Which international footballer has the ability to play for Aston Villa? not a single one.

On the contrary, Aston Villa vigorously opened football schools in China to train young people, and now it provides the boys with the opportunity to train and compete in the Aston Villa youth echelon, which has won praise from domestic fans.

Aston Villa's domestic football school also took advantage of the opportunity to advertise to prepare for the enrollment of the next school year.

Students of Aston Villa's football school in China have to take a football level test before enrolling. Whether they are from hesitant or ordinary families, as long as their talents are recognized, they can enroll for free. However, if their performance is recognized, there will be future Students who have the opportunity to play professional games must sign under the agency company established by Aston Villa Football School.

Zhang Yang and Yang Fan, the group of selected team players who came to Birmingham to join Aston Villa's youth echelon training and competition, all belong to this category, and they have all signed with Aston Villa's domestic brokerage company.

Those students who have not passed the assessment for the time being, Aston Villa Club will not refuse, but they have to pay... a sponsorship fee.

These are considerate services for families with superior families, parents who are not short of money, and who are willing to satisfy their children's interests and hobbies.

Of course, Aston Villa Football School has normal teaching classes, and cultural classes are completely in accordance with regular private schools. It recruits students from the whole society, from the first grade of primary school to the junior high school.

This is casting a wide net to select materials.

...

After playing the league game with Stoke City, Aston Villa will usher in another strong dialogue in the next round of the league.

The date of this game is January 1, 2012.

Aston Villa travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea.

The English media also paid special attention to the match between Aston Villa and Chelsea.

The reason is very straightforward. "Metro" said bluntly: once Chelsea suffers a disastrous defeat like Arsenal and Liverpool at home, Chelsea coach Villas-Boas will be dismissed from get out of class.

Last summer, after the end of the 2010/2011 season, Ancelotti was dismissed by Abramovich wielding a 40-meter-long machete.

Chelsea selected Villas-Boas, the leader of the young coaches.

According to Chelsea's official statement, Abramovich considered from a long-term perspective, so he chose the 33-year-old Portuguese?

"An's Chelsea" is unfortunate. It led for a long time in the 2009/2010 season, but was eventually defeated by Fang Jue's Aston Villa to win the championship.

Then, in the following season, Abramovich was very dissatisfied with Chelsea's downturn and aging.

The Russian super-rich think Chelsea need a manager who can bring a new look.

Boas led the team to win the Triple Crown in Porto, and even set off an offensive storm in the Europa League, which is impressive.

If Villas-Boas transplanted his football philosophy to Chelsea, it would undoubtedly be perfect.

However, at least from the present point of view, Boas' current reforms in Chelsea can only be described as failures.

In the league, Chelsea only has 34 points and ranks fifth in the league. It is as many as 15 points behind Aston Villa, who is at the top of the list. It can even be said that it has withdrawn from the league title competition half a season ahead of schedule.

Especially being overwhelmed by London's "brother" Tottenham Hotspur, which made Chelsea executives, London media, and Chelsea fans very disappointed and dissatisfied.

The media have predicted that once Chelsea are defeated at the feet of Aston Villa, the news that they will be fired on the spot is by no means groundless.

Then, at Stamford Bridge, everyone saw an extremely conservative Chelsea.

The Aston Villa team shot 29 shots in the whole game, but they didn't break Chelsea's goal.

Aston Villa's record of scoring goals in 20 consecutive Premier League games starting from the 37th round of the league last season has passed away.

Chelsea curled up a point and Villas-Boas' side not only avoided a crushing defeat, they managed to take points off Aston Villa, but that didn't make Boateng's situation much better.

The English media were very disappointed with Chelsea's conservative performance in this game, and they were extremely sarcastic.

According to news from inside Chelsea, the patience of Chelsea executives for Boas has also reached its limit.

And Chelsea fans even used 'ugly' to describe Chelsea's conservativeness.

On this day, Japanese international Shinji Kagawa arrived in Birmingham and successfully passed the medical examination.

The Aston Villa Club officially issued an announcement that night, announcing that Aston Villa had signed the Japanese player Shinji Kagawa from the Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund at a price of 16 million pounds. The player will wear the No. 17 jersey.

However, since Shinji Kagawa has already represented Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League, he will not be able to continue to represent Aston Villa in the subsequent Champions League knockout games.

Aston Villa warmly welcomed the 'talented Japanese player'.

Fang Jue also praised Shinji Kagawa as a "talented player capable of helping Aston Villa" at the press conference where Shinji Kagawa appeared.

This sentence also excited the Japanese media and fans. This is the most popular champion in Europe.

Fang Jue's "sweet words" were exchanged for real money in return.

On January 3, in the 20th round of the Premier League, Aston Villa beat Swansea 2-1 at home with one pass and one shot by Bell.

On the second day after the game ended, Aston Villa's official website issued a statement announcing the signing of a three-year global sponsorship contract with Yanmar, Japan's leading engine manufacturer.

The Japanese engine maker will provide Aston Villa with £7.5m-a-year sponsorship, for a total of £22.5m over three years.

At the signing ceremony between the two parties, Shinji Kagawa, Bell and team captain Clement attended.

Senior officials of Shinji Kagawa and Yanmar also held up a poster of Kagawa wearing Aston Villa for a group photo.

The Osaka Sakura Football Club owned by Yanmar, Kagawa Shinji made his debut from this club.

The "Daily Mail" commented that Aston Villa was able to sign with Yanmar, and Shinji Kagawa obviously played the role of the driving force behind the scenes.

Well, the uninformed media is completely wrong.

For Fang Jue, the timing of Shinji Kagawa's joining is very suitable.

Mane is about to leave the team to participate in the 2012 Gabon-Equatorial Guinea Africa Cup of Nations.

If the Senegalese team goes all the way to the final, Mane will not be able to return until mid-February.

And what will be the state of Mane's physical fitness and physical condition by then, it is still hard to say.

The Premier League teams can be said to "deeply hate" the African Cup.

In itself, the Premier League does not have a winter break, and the Christmas devil's schedule and the start of the FA Cup in January are very difficult.

The Africa Cup of Nations also happens to start in January. Once the Africa Cup of Nations starts, many Premier League teams will lose a large number of main players in an instant, making it particularly difficult for each team to "overwinter".

Aston Villa is better. There is only one African player like Mane in the first team, and Aston Villa's bench reserves are relatively sufficient.

Some teams are more miserable.

Chelsea have Didier Drogba and Kalu, and Manchester City have the Toure brothers.

Newcastle is the most harmed by the Africa Cup of Nations. The two absolute main players of the team, Tiot and Demba Ba, will leave the team to play in the Africa Cup of Nations. You know, Newcastle is currently ranked seventh in the league and has a good chance of qualifying for the European War.

However, the media generally believe that the Magpies' rare opportunity to hit the European war over the years was ruined by the African Cup.

Closer to home, Mane is about to play in the African Cup, and the addition of Shinji Kagawa will be a good addition to Aston Villa's offensive lineup.

Three days later, Aston Villa headed away to Bristol Rovers in the third round of the FA Cup.

On this day, the Aston Villa U19 echelon will also usher in a game in the Youth League against the Arsenal U19 echelon.

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