Chapter 694 Volume 6 Crimson New Capital, New Season

After winning the Charity Shield, five days before the opening of the new Premier League season, an earthquake finally occurred in English football.

When the earthquake just happened, it could only be regarded as a small earthquake, and not many people took it seriously. But its influence gradually swayed over time, and everyone woke up overnight-maybe this is another shock that will change the structure of the Premier League!

On August 11, the Abu Habi Development and Investment Consortium of the United Arab Emirates issued a statement announcing that they had officially acquired the Manchester City club in England under the name of Thaksin Shinawatra. The former club chairman Thaksin Shinawatra became the honorary chairman without any real power. Just like when Abramovich bought Chelsea, Betts continued to serve as the chairman of the club for a while before leaving.

The news came so suddenly that many people hadn't reacted yet.

Although everyone knows that Thaksin Shinawatra, the owner of the Manchester City Club, has had a difficult life in recent months. Due to investigations in Thailand, his net worth has shrunk sharply. But no one thought that he would actually sell the club that he had only held in his hands for a year!

Just a year ago, when Thaksin joined the Manchester City club, Manchester City fans did not express much dissatisfaction, because they also wanted the championship-Chelsea's success made many fans of other English teams realize that the current In general, a large number of foreign assets is the new driving force for the team's redevelopment. Thaksin injected more than half a billion pounds into the new team. In the first half, Manchester City once ranked at the forefront of the league standings. So the local media exclaimed: Manchester City is about to usher in the "Thaksin Era"!

These words are still ringing in my ears, but the boss of Manchester City has changed.

The headquarters of the Abu Habi Development and Investment Consortium is located in Abu Habi, the United Arab Emirates. This city composed of more than a dozen islands is now the richest place in the United Arab Emirates and the world, with a per capita wealth of US$17 million. They Almost a trillion dollars have been invested abroad!

The secret of their success is that a quarter of the world's oil is under their feet, and the Abu Habi Development and Investment Consortium happens to develop and invest in oil, and the backing of Abu Habi is the UAE royal family.

The British gossip media dug out the news behind the club's change of ownership in the first place. They claimed that after investigation, the Abhabi consortium headed by oil businessman Al Fahim held ten times the wealth of Abramovich. The news shocked the whole of England.

It was scary enough when Abramovich came to England. In the past two years, Abramovich’s investment has gradually become more rational, but everyone still remembers the storm he set off when he first arrived in 2003, and the impact has continued until now... … Now that a richer Abhabi consortium has come, all clubs must be careful that the core players in the team are poached.

The statement did not disclose the amount involved in the transaction, but rumors have it that the amount is 200 million pounds. Thaksin made a small profit. From this, it can be seen that the reason why he fled from Manchester City was that he was disappointed that Manchester City could not win the championship. It is because he has no money now and urgently needs to sell the club to cash out.

Some media said that August 11, 2008 will be the most memorable day since the birth of this 130-year-old club, which can be compared with the birth of the team. The subtext is-maybe the Manchester City club can use this opportunity to regain their lives. Chelsea’s yesterday is their today, Chelsea’s today is their tomorrow, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Inter Milan and other giant clubs’ today is their tomorrow’s tomorrow. However, in fact, their recent goal and the most likely goal should be to become the next Nottingham Forest...

Mark Hughes, as the head coach of the team, welcomed the arrival of the new boss on behalf of the team.

"...I know it's not about having money, but it's still a scene that can't help but look forward to - we now have enough transfer money to find the players we need in the market... You know, what kind of situation is that? Feeling. I mean, right now I feel good, we have what it takes to be a successful team. Maybe this season I should aim to get into the Champions League next season?"

Look, Mark Hughes, who has never been so rich, is so happy that he is incoherent...

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Tang En only found out about this news while reading the newspaper while eating breakfast. Although it is not news that foreign capital has entered the Premier League since several years ago, I am afraid that the combined net worth of those foreign bosses is not as good as this Abu Habi family...

With a fork in his mouth, he stared dreamily at the picture of Alphasim in the newspaper.

He was thinking, what kind of impact will the arrival of this new boss have on Nottingham Forest?

He first thought of Ribery. He has always been worried about this subordinate who is run by a bad manager. The transfer to Real Madrid was unsuccessful, so there was no telling what this unwilling manager would do. flirting with the wealthy Manchester City club? Encouraging Ribery to switch to Manchester City?

After thinking about it, Tang En rejected this hypothesis. Even if Manchester City can offer a salary of five million pounds a week, Ribery will not go to such a place where he can't even get an honor. He wants to go to Real Madrid. On the one hand, Real Madrid can meet his salary requirements. On the other hand, it has something to do with Real Madrid itself being a world-renowned giant club. There is a great possibility of winning honors here and attracting the attention of the world. But what about going to Manchester City? No matter how rich this team is, can it become the league champion and European champion overnight?

Tang En sneered.

He judged this not because he left a bad impression on Richards for Manchester City some time ago, but because he really looked down on the strength of the Manchester City team. Mark Hughes is not a successful coach either. Dunn doesn't think he can lead Manchester City to achieve anything.

Is it awesome to have money? Can you buy all the heroes in the world if you have money?

Stop dreaming, Mark Hughes.

You can afford the money, my players don't care to go!

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In the following days, while nervously preparing for the new season, watching how the Manchester City Club, backed by the oil daddy, made waves in the transfer market, and kept bumping into walls, became Twain's entire life.

The whole world knows that Manchester United is chasing Berbatov, and the whole world also knows that Berbatov has long since "secretly promised" Ferguson. Now the whole world is waiting for Tottenham Hotspur boss Levy to get the price high enough before nodding.

If Twain hadn't been satisfied with his striker configuration, perhaps he would have intervened in Berbatov's transfer.

Now his dark idea has been realized by Manchester City. The new boss announced his bid for Berbatov on the first day he moved into the team.

As a pair of sworn enemies in a city, Manchester City is happy to do anything that can make Manchester United uncomfortable. They may not really need Berbatov, but against Manchester United it is certain.

This made Ferguson furious. Seeing that they were about to succeed, Manchester City raised Berbatov's worth to 29 million pounds with a single mouth. Levi, a cunning and greedy fox, rolled his eyes and rejected Manchester United's offer, hypocritically hesitating whether to accept Manchester City's offer.

Meanwhile, while AC Milan and Barcelona were chasing Adebayor, City made their move.

Although they knew that Wenger would not agree to Adebayor's departure, Manchester City still offered a high price of 28 million pounds. Wenger just took advantage of this opportunity to reject the offers from AC Milan and Barcelona, ​​and at the same time offered Adebayor a new contract with a weekly salary of 80,000 pounds, just waiting for him to sign the contract.

Mourinho finally ended his seclusion at home and returned to office. This time his foothold is the Serie A giants Inter Milan. As soon as he arrived at Inter Milan, news spread that he wanted to take Lampard and Drogba away. In addition, Real Madrid also hopes to introduce an excellent center forward, and they also have their eyes on Drogba. This time, Manchester City disrupted the situation again, turning a transfer into mud.

It's only the first day, and Manchester City has already shown the entire European football world how annoying their style is... how annoying.

Tang En didn't know what the purpose of Manchester City doing this was. Is it fun to make enemies everywhere? Are you playing performance art? Or is it true that Abu Habi is an idiot who knows nothing about football and thinks that anyone can buy it if he has money.

But look at the results of these three transfers.

When Berbatov saw that the villain Levi was about to backtrack, he immediately jumped out for an interview and publicly stated that "I will not marry unless Manchester United". Manchester City wants to buy him? Wait for the next life!

Manchester City's offer scared away AC Milan and Barcelona, ​​Adebayor was annoyed, and he would never condescend to go to a small place like Manchester City, even if he stayed at Arsenal! So he signed the big name on the new contract Wenger prepared for him.

Drogba? He didn't even look at Manchester City. Inter Milan and Real Madrid had an ambiguous attitude, and in the end he stayed at Chelsea.

This painful fact proved Twain's previous idea - that money does not mean that you can buy the players you want. The football world is not a world where money is invincible. A second-tier team like Manchester City still has a long way to go if it wants to become a god.

Out of hatred of the rich, Tang En seemed to gloat over what happened to Manchester City. He just likes to see rich people suffer, because who told him not to be rich...

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In the transfer market, he couldn't buy his favorite character for a while, Tang En planned to take back his energy and focus on the league that was about to start. Anyway, there is still half a month before the summer transfer window closes, so let's search as we go.

In the first round of the new season, Nottingham Forest challenged West Ham United away. The opening game is Arsenal vs. West Brom Welch.

West Ham United is not a very strong opponent, and Twain also attaches great importance to it. Because this is the first game of the new season after all.

Chinese people pay attention to "everything is difficult at the beginning". If this end is not good, Tang En will think that it will have a bad impact on the whole season. In addition, from a superstitious point of view, it is really unlucky to not start well...

So go all out.

Van der Sar, Pepe, Kompany, Gareth Bale, Rafinha, George Wood, Van der Vaart, Ribery, Beckham, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Eastwood.

Such a lineup is at the championship level, and Tang En thinks that there should be no problem going to the away game.

As a result, the three words "unlucky" came to his mind as soon as the game started.

Van der Vaart was tackled viciously to the ground by West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer after he had the ball in midfield. When Bowyer uprooted Van der Vaart, he also made a "scissors kick" action, pinning Van der Vaart's left foot hard. At that time, Van der Vaart was still lying on the ground and made a gesture requesting a substitution. At this time, only ten minutes have passed since the start of the game...

"Damn it!" Tang En jumped up from his seat and cursed. What made him angry was not only Van der Vaart's injury, but also because Bowyer, as the murderer, only received a verbal warning from the referee, not even a yellow card. He patted his butt and got up from the ground, pretending to go forward to comfort Van der Vaart, but was pushed away by George Wood.

Bowyer covered his face and fell down, which immediately caused a conflict between the players on both sides.

In the end, the referee gave George Wood a yellow card and Behrami, who was active in the conflict, a yellow card. They each played 50 rebounds before separating the players from the two teams.

"This bastard..." Of course Tang En wasn't scolding George Wood anymore. In fact, he was very supportive of George Wood's actions. He was calling Bowyer. After so many years, this scumbag still shows no signs of getting better. Looks like it won't be an easy game at the J** Stadium.

Van der Vaart was carried off on a stretcher, and team doctor Fleming told Dunn that it was absolutely impossible for him to play again in this game and he had to be substituted. Shaheen, who is still receiving psychological treatment, did not come to London with the team for this game. Dunn had no choice but to replace Petrov and let Ribery go to the middle.

Van der Vaart's injury disrupted Nottingham Forest's tactics and rhythm. For a period of time, West Ham United had the upper hand by virtue of their home court and bombarded Nottingham Forest's restricted area.

Fortunately, George Wood's performance was as stable as ever, and the defensive players erected two defensive positions in front of the goal. West Ham couldn't have a better way to break through Forest's gate for a while.

However, even the best defense line may collapse in the face of endless attacks. Before the end of the first half, Bellamy, a Welsh bad boy, forcibly broke through Rafinha with his speed, then slanted into the penalty area, and suddenly shot from a small angle!

The football was thrown by Van der Sar or hit the inside of the goalpost and bounced into the net...

"The defending champion is in a tough game away! West Ham United told them that the new season of the defending champion is definitely not going to be smooth sailing!"

In the second half, Twain replaced Beckham with Lennon. Lennon, with his excellent speed and breakthrough ability, really brought West Ham a lot of trouble. His attack on the right flank is more penetrating, which Beckham cannot match.

With this substitution and adjustment, Nottingham Forest swept away the slump in the first half. Seventeen minutes into the second half the score was finally equalised. The goal was Ruud van Nistelrooy. Lennon's breakthrough caused the weakness of the defense in the middle of the penalty area, and the sense of smell of the king of the small penalty area helped him find the goal of West Ham United at the most critical time.

Then, at the end of the game, Nottingham Forest, who hadn't given up on the attack, scored another goal, and it was Ribery who scored the goal. Breaking through the middle, he kicked a long shot from the top of the arc, and the football blasted into West Ham United's goal like a cannonball. The commentator repeatedly shouted "World Wave".

Twain also jumped up from his seat excitedly. The reversal at the last moment made West Ham United mad!

Although he won the game, Tang En did not intend to let anyone go at the press conference after the game. He lashed out at Lee Bowyer for his unsportsmanlike behavior, and then "questioned" the referee's decision on the foul. Of course, his doubts are generally more straightforward——

"I can't figure out why Bowyer didn't even get a yellow card for this foul. It was just a warning for such a bad foul. Did someone not want us to win? Sorry, we won in the end."