Episode [162]: Professor Wenger Took Decisive Action

December 26, 2008, Portsmouth, a coastal city in southern England!

Today, Leeds United will face Pompey Legion away from home at Fratton Park.

Pompey's Legion Portsmouth's results during this period can only be said to be average. They are ranked in the middle of the Premier League, neither above nor below. If they keep up their momentum, they will really have no worries about relegation and no chance of European competition.

To be honest, there is still a big gap in strength between Portsmouth and Leeds United.

This game is at their home court. Portsmouth naturally hopes to win their home court. As long as they win all home games, Portsmouth will be able to firmly stay in the Premier League.

In this game, Zhong Cheng still made a rotation lineup, and some young players got opportunities.

Zhong Cheng asked the main players of Leeds United to take a good rest, because the following games will be more difficult and even more annoying.

Although Portsmouth was playing at home in this game, they knew that Leeds United's counterattack was powerful, so when they came up, they did not attack wildly, and they also adopted a defensive posture.

In the words of Portsmouth people, being able to get a draw against Leeds United is also a very good ending. So they weren't reckless, and the game looked a little flat.

It was really dull, neither Leeds United nor Portsmouth attacked rashly.

So many people fell asleep during the first half of the game, and it was also very cold that day, and many people couldn't stay any longer. So after half-time, there were fewer people in the stands at Fratton Park, the home stadium, and they all left the stadium.

In the second half of the game, the players on both sides still did not attack rashly. They were all trying to be patient.

And Zhong Cheng also understood clearly that Portsmouth's statement that a draw was acceptable was not empty talk. If the game ends like this, Portsmouth is really very satisfied with the result.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng has been thinking, should Leeds United attack?

In the 25th minute of the second half, Zhong Cheng couldn't help it anymore and directly replaced Cristiano Ronaldo, letting Cristiano Ronaldo go up and reap the kills.

At this time, the Portsmouth people tightened their defense. They wanted to defend the Leeds United people, directly maintain the draw in this game and get a point.

With a bang, Cristiano Ronaldo got a good opportunity on the court and shot directly. The football flew quickly towards the Portsmouth goal. It's a pity that the football was saved by Portsmouth's goalkeeper.

The Portsmouth people were now determined to defend, and the Leeds United people just attacked and frantically besieged the Portsmouth team, trying to take away the three points.

It's a pity that Leeds United's players are not in the best condition, and they don't play well either.

This is the aftermath of Christmas!

Seeing this, Zhong Cheng couldn't help but shake his head. He knew that this game would definitely be like this.

However, the Leeds United players still attacked frantically on the court and besieged Portsmouth's goal. Unfortunately, when the opportunity came, they failed to score.

In the end, Leeds United was held to a 0-0 draw by Portsmouth away from home.

It is really a pity for Leeds United that they did not win this game. The result of this game may affect Leeds United's results.

In the 19th round of the Premier League, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United each defeated their opponents. In an instant, the Premier League rankings changed again.

Currently ranked first in the Premier League is the Red Army Liverpool. They have 41 points, one point ahead of Leeds United. Leeds United and Chelsea both have 40 points, ranking second and third respectively. Manchester United has 39 points. Ranked fourth in the league.

Yes, after this round of games, Leeds United's top spot in the league was handed over again.

Leeds United is back at Leeds United. Two days later, they will face Stoke City at their home court.

Yes, it’s going to be a double match a week.

Sure enough, during the so-called winter break, Premier League teams are even busier!

Now, 2009 is coming soon, and the door to winter transfers in European football will soon open. Now many teams are looking for new players to strengthen their teams.

Zhong Cheng feels that the current Leeds United team does not need reinforcements. The staffing of Leeds United this season is quite good.

But at this time there are always people trying to poach Leeds United.

Yes, let’s not talk about the damn Arsene Wenger. This guy has been in private contact with Samir Nasri. Samir Nasri also wants to leave Leeds United, and the deal is almost done.

However, there are other clubs joining in.

Zhong Cheng replied to Arsene Wenger. If Arsene Wenger wants to get Samir Nasri, this guy will definitely bleed.

Zhong Cheng introduced Samir Nasri for about 10 million pounds, and now Zhong Cheng sells him, it will definitely not be less than 15 million pounds.

Arsene Wenger was not satisfied with Zhong Cheng's return price, so he has been hesitating. If Arsene Wenger had directly agreed, there would not have been so many things that happened later.

Because now. Chelsea and Liverpool have both joined the race for Samir Nasri. There is even the Everton team. Zhong Cheng and Everton's Moyes have a very close relationship. If the price is the same, or even slightly less, Zhong Cheng is willing to sell Samir Nasri to Everton.

Now, Chelsea's bid has reached 18 million pounds!

After hearing Zhong Cheng's reply, Arsene Wenger was furious. If she had known that something like this would happen, she should have just paid 15 million pounds to take Samir Nasri away.

Now it seems that it is impossible for them to spend 18 million pounds to introduce Samir Nasri.

Yes, now that Arsene Wenger is expected to bring in Samir Nasri, they will probably have to spend 20 million pounds!

To be honest, Arsene Wenger is very optimistic about Samir Nasri. He has been inspecting Samir Nasri for a long time. Originally, he was planning to wait before making a move, but he didn't know that he was taken by Leeds. Lian took the lead.

Arsene Wenger was very, very angry at the time!

Now Arsene Wenger is even more angry. If they introduce Samir Nasri first, the maximum cost will be 12 million pounds. Well now, it has directly increased by 8 million pounds.

"Damn crazy Loya, why do you always have trouble with me?" Arsene Wenger scolded in his heart.

Yes, some of the good players that Arsene Wenger valued were poached by this guy Zhong Cheng, which is really too polite. Think about the past players such as Gerard Pique, Nicolas Bendtner, Abou Diaby, and Alexander Song. He was originally optimistic about these people, but they were all preempted and poached by the crazy guy Loya. .

Arsene Wenger is so angry, now he has to continue to send money to crazy Loya.

Arsene Wenger was really very angry, so he contacted Zhong Cheng, and their Arsenal team was willing to spend 18 million pounds to introduce Samir Nasri.

Zhong Cheng said directly: "Professor Wenger, I'm sorry, not long ago, Liverpool has raised its offer to 18.5 million pounds!"

Arsene Wenger's face suddenly fell. These damn guys, what else will you do besides raising the price?

Arsene Wenger felt so bitter in his heart, he knew that they were really going to bleed at this time. Arsene Wenger was just about to say that our Arsenal team spent 19 million pounds to introduce Samir Nasri.

At this moment, Zhong Cheng suddenly said: "I'm sorry, Professor Wenger. Just a second ago, Manchester City Club joined the competition, and their offer was - 20 million pounds!"

Manchester City Club now has a Middle East oil consortium as its owner, and they are not short of money!

The current Manchester City team is like Chelsea back then, taking cash and spending much higher than the market price to introduce some players.

Manchester City has only introduced players like Robinho before and spent so much money. Now who doesn’t know that Manchester City is so poor that all they have left is money.

Hearing this, Arsene Wenger was so angry that he almost punched the desk to pieces.

Arsene Wenger took a deep breath and then said: "Our Arsenal team is also willing to bid 20 million pounds. I hope Mr. Loya will see our relationship and sell Samir Nasri to us!"

In fact, Arsene Wenger wanted to say that Samir Nasri was very willing to join their Arsenal team, but in the end he held back and did not say it, which may have aroused Zhong Cheng's anger.

After all, no one wants other teams to contact their players privately to poach their own players.

Zhong Cheng thought carefully and then said: "Since Professor Wenger has said so, let's do this. As long as you pay 21.5 million pounds, I will sell Samir Nasri to you!"

Although Arsene Wenger was angry on the phone, he did not explode.

This price was beyond his expectation, but there are other clubs that can actually pay this price, and there are even higher prices than this price. Because the representative of Manchester City who has a lot of money has qualified, so if it drags on, Manchester City may not bid 2200 or even 24 million pounds.

Therefore, Arsene Wenger took a deep breath, and then immediately said: "Then I thank you, Mr. Loya. Don't worry, we will send you the money soon!"

Zhong Cheng chuckled and said, "Then, happy cooperation!"

Arsene Wenger: "It was a pleasure working together!"

Seeing that Arsene Wenger really agreed to introduce Samir Nasri for 21.5 million pounds, Zhong Cheng felt that it was a bloody profit. And it is rare that Arsene Wenger can spend so much money to buy a person. It seems that Arsene Wenger is really very optimistic about Samir Nasri. But Arsene Wenger would never have imagined that he had bought back a time bomb!

Sending Samir Nasri away is really not a big deal for Leeds United. Leeds United currently have enough wide players, and in Leyton Orient, Leeds United still have two wide players, etc. When they come back, Leeds United's wide players are still a bit over-the-top.

So, missing Samir Nasri is nothing!