i want to be king

Chapter 762 He's Su Dong!

In the head coach's office at Tottenham Hotspur's training base in the northern suburbs of London, old coach Harry Redknapp is studying game video with his two right-hand men, Joe Jordan and Kevin Bond.

Joe Jordan is a famous Scottish player. He played for Manchester United and AC Milan in his career. He played in the World Cup and Champions League finals. After retiring, he transformed into a coach. He worked in Tottenham Hotspur and is now the chief assistant coach.

Kevin Bond is Redknapp's partner for many years. The two started from Portsmouth, experienced Southampton, and followed Redknapp to Tottenham Hotspur. They are the most trusted assistants of the old coach.

The three were sitting in the office, having just watched Manchester City's last warm-up match of the season.

"Guardiola can really play." Kevin Bond shook his head and smiled.

"He didn't let Su Dong play before, which caused so much controversy. He said he wanted to hide it, but now, he was suddenly allowed to play. He played for more than ten minutes and scored a goal. What's the matter?"

Redknapp's face also became very serious, the matter is very serious.

That's Su Dong!

A goal monster who scored dozens of goals in a season!

Who dares to ignore him?
Not to mention anything else, Su Dong just stood still on the field, and Redknapp had to arrange two people to watch over there to be at ease.

What's more, Su Dong suddenly came off the bench and scored a goal in 9 minutes.

The others didn't show much, but Su Dong's sense of shooting was still there, his quick movement was still there, and the timing of seizing opportunities was still there, which was enough to make him the most terrifying scorer on the court.

Yes, even a Su Dong who is seriously not in his best condition is still the scariest!

Not to mention, I don't know Su Dong's status at all now.

"It is estimated that Guardiola also wants to let him go up to find his rhythm and state." Joe Jordan was also a striker back then, and he was still a very good striker, so he will have a better understanding of the striker's situation.

Although the striker only needs to score goals, but if he wants to score goals, he must do more.

Scoring a goal has never been a simple kick, but a very large system engineering.

Passing, catching, running, timing, observation of the surrounding environment, prediction of defensive players' movements, goalkeeper's position...

The existence of too many complicated factors makes scoring a goal the most complicated thing on the football field.

In many cases, fans only saw the moment when the striker scored a goal, but ignored what happened before and after that moment.

The tip of the iceberg that can be seen is often the most inconspicuous.

"It seems that Su Dong is in very good condition. Guardiola deliberately hid him, making it clear that he wanted to use him as a surprise soldier." Kevin Bond guessed, but he also felt very headache about it.

Su Dong is definitely the scariest superstar in the world. He belongs to the kind of superstar that you know he is scary, but you don't know how to defend him. This feeling of powerlessness makes people extremely desperate.

"From the current point of view, Guardiola should still adopt a four-three-three formation. Su Dong is in the center, Di Maria and Sanchez play on the wings. In the midfield, David Silva and Busquets will definitely occupy the main force. In the other spot, Toni Kroos, Moutinho and Gareth Barry have played a lot."

"Marcelo is on the left side of the defense, Pepe is partnered with Kompany. On the right side, he tried Zabaleta and Jerome Boateng. Both players made mistakes and were not very stable. The defense of the two sides is not very ideal. This should be our chance."

Wing assault, which has always been Tottenham Hotspur's strength, the two wings composed of Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale are the key magic weapon for Tottenham Hotspur to win the fourth place in the Premier League last season.

It can be said that these two wingers with fast speed and amazing impact should be able to suppress Manchester City's two wingers.

But the crux of the problem is not here, but the midfield suppression and defense.

Manchester City's full-backs have always been problematic, but their midfielders and even the three lines have super pass and control abilities. When they have the ball in their hands, the defensive problems are not particularly serious.

And Su Dong, he is the confidant of Tottenham Hotspur.

"Michael Dawson, Ledley King, and Huddlestone, do you think these three people can keep Su Dong?" Redknapp asked suddenly.

After Joe Jordan and Kevin Bond looked at each other for a while, they both frowned in difficulty.

The three players from Tottenham Hotspur have one thing in common. They are all tall, about 1.9 meters in height, and they were born in England's youth training.

"It's hard to say." After a long time, Kevin Bond sighed helplessly.

Thinking about it carefully, it's really frustrating.

Three people went to guard one of the other, and the conclusion they came to was hard to say.

What a terrible gap!

"This guy is really a monster!" Redknapp said with emotion.

Who said no?
Looking at European football, besides Su Dong, who else can do it?

Even superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi can usually be defended by two or so players, but for Su Dong, the three players have no confidence, which is simply too frustrating!
The old handsome stood up from the sofa and paced back and forth in the office.

Joe Jordan and Kevin Bond were also in deep thought.

The atmosphere in the office suddenly became silent, which made people feel very depressed.

After pacing back and forth for a while, the old man finally made a decision.

…………

…………

As the new season approaches, the attention of the media and fans all over the world has also been drawn back to the Premier League.

The Premier League in the new season is different from before, mainly because of the implementation of a new regulation, the [-] plus [-] New Deal.

The so-called seventeen plus eight means that each Premier League team can only submit a list of 25 players, of which there must be eight locally-trained players, and the so-called local training means that they have 21 months or three seasons before the age of 36 and are registered with the Football Association of England or Wales.

The starting point of the New Deal is that the popularity of the Premier League is in stark contrast to the weakness of the England national team, which makes the FA hope to use the strength of the Premier League to enhance the competitiveness of the national team.

But in this way, whether it is the number of applicants or the number of locally trained players, it has caused a huge impact on the giants. From the current point of view, the regular first-team players of Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City must not be able to sign up to a full eight.

Therefore, the team either searched for the local account book in the transfer market, or supported the players of the youth team to make up the numbers. No matter which one, it would definitely have some impact on the overall strength of the team.

And this New Deal will definitely further increase the value of England's local players, so Manchester City is still looking for local players who meet Guardiola's tactical requirements, hoping to fill the team's vacancy in the New Deal.

If the team has not found a suitable player before the transfer market closes, it can only use the youth team players to make up the number. Now Trippier, Micah Richards, Michael Johnson and other young players have been counted.

But still not enough.

This is not only a problem for Manchester City, the situation of Liverpool and Chelsea will not be better than that of Manchester City.

The only ones that are better are Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. These teams all have expensive local players. Arsenal is special. They have searched for young players all over the world in the past few years and cultivated them into their own youth training, which can be regarded as meeting the requirements of the New Deal.

In fact, England's local players do not meet Guardiola's requirements, but they are limited by the New Deal. The team is not only satisfied with being a spoiler this season. If they want to go further, they must not let go of any chance to strengthen their own strength. Therefore, Begiristan is still looking for players everywhere.

……

The new season is about to start, and Manchester City needs to report the list of players and jersey numbers.

To this end, Manchester City also specially organized a player meeting in the locker room.

As the captain of the team, Su Dong presided over this meeting, allowing the players to have an open and honest conversation, choose the jersey number they want, or exchange it with other players.

Most players don't have this requirement. Some new players basically choose their favorite jersey when they join. Su Dong took over Manchester City's No. [-] jersey at that time.

Since the Bulgarian striker Bojinov left the team, his No. [-] jersey has been hanging vacantly. It has even been rumored that this jersey is reserved for Sudong, so even Santa Cruz chose other jersey numbers.

And this time, Su Dong did take over the No. [-] jersey.

This is also his jersey number when he was in Valencia, Barcelona and Bayern, and it has even become his label.

England's national goalkeeper Joe Hart will attack Shay Given's main goalkeeper position this season, but he did not ask Shay for the No. 25 jersey representing the main goalkeeper. Instead, he chose No. [-] as the finale number, which is actually one of the goalkeeper's regular numbers.

After distributing the jerseys, the club officially submits them to the Football Association and the Premier League, and also announces them on the club's official website.

Next, if new players are introduced, the jersey number will also be selected from the current vacant jersey numbers.

……

Kick-off for the Premier League opener is at noon.

This is earlier than the normal Premier League game, but the advantage is that even fans in Asia can watch the simultaneous live broadcast of the game during the prime time at night.

Manchester City is an away game, so the team decided to go south to London one day earlier.

This is also something that can’t be helped. If you go south on the day of the game, the time will be very tight.

So, on the evening of the [-]th, after finishing the training session, the team packed up their things and headed south to London collectively.

By this time, London was full of pre-war tension.

On the first day of the new Premier League season, only Tottenham Hotspur will host Manchester City in this focus game.

But on the next day, the focus of Liverpool's home game against Arsenal also attracted the attention of the world.

Both Chelsea and Manchester United are playing at home. The opponents of these two teams are West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle Magpies. The possibility of scoring three points at home is very high.

Therefore, Manchester City's debut of the new season is under a lot of pressure.

(End of this chapter)