i want to be king

Chapter 952 The Battle of the Rites

Manchester City fans received a long-awaited gift ahead of Christmas.

That is contract renewal.

Manchester City's official website announced that the team officially renewed the contract of coach Guardiola for a period of three years.

Since coaching Manchester City in [-], Guardiola's coaching style has been fully reflected in Manchester City. Although his performance in the first season was not good, with the joining of Su Dong and the arrival of strong support, Guardiola's pass and control system has been fully reflected. It has been widely praised by the world, and its concept is also very advanced.

It was previously reported that Barcelona intends to invite Guardiola back to replace Mourinho. Although Guardiola's agent brother denied it, it still attracted the attention of Manchester City's management.

After negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement. Guardiola successfully renewed his contract with Manchester City with a sky-high annual salary of 500 million pounds, which made him the head coach with the highest annual salary in the world. At the same time, he will also coach at Manchester City until [-].

Manchester City's official website released photos of the signing of Guardiola, Soriano and Begiristan, and posted a few words from Guardiola. The Spanish coach expressed his expectations for the prospect of coaching Manchester City.

Guardiola said that there are the best players, a united locker room, and professional management. He believes that it is difficult for other teams in the world to reach the height of Manchester City, so he is happy to stay in Manchester City and continue to lead the team to success.

The head coach of Manchester City said that he does not think that Manchester City is sure to win the Premier League. He said that the team's second half challenge is still very huge, but this is also the most fascinating part of the Premier League. Accepting such a challenge is full of motivation. It will continue to encourage the head coach and players to show better performance and state.

In the end, Guardiola thanked the management and coaching staff, and at the same time specifically named Su Dong, expressing his gratitude to Su Dong, especially after Su Dong joined, he said that he had received great support and help from Su Dong.

"He played a vital role in our dressing room management, even to a certain extent, he is the manager of Manchester City's dressing room, and I am very touched by his support."

A simple sentence, but it has already revealed the relationship between Guardiola and Su Dong.

The two can be said to have achieved each other and jointly created Manchester City's peak performance in the last two seasons.

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Coincidentally, on the day after the official announcement of Guardiola's contract extension, Manchester City officially announced that they had formally reached a contract renewal agreement with Su Dong, stating that Su Dong would continue to stay in Manchester City until his retirement.

"We hope that he can play until he is 40 years old, or even more. With his current physical condition and his self-discipline, we believe he can do it. He will become a monument and benchmark in the history of Manchester City and even English football."

General Manager Soriano spoke highly of Su Dong's contract renewal, and also said that with Su Dong's promotion, Manchester City's globalization has achieved considerable development. He firmly believes that Manchester City will soon become the most influential sports brand in the world.

Su Dong also accepted an interview on Manchester City's official website and expressed his gratitude for the renewal. He said that he was very happy in Manchester City. From the management to the coaching staff to the players and finally to the fans, everyone made him feel very comfortable. He has no reason not to stay in Manchester City.

Like Guardiola, Su Dong also reminded the team that they must not be blindly arrogant.

"We Chinese have a saying, half a hundred miles is ninety."

"It means that if you want to walk a hundred miles, you are only halfway through ninety kilometers. The last ten kilometers are the most important and the most difficult."

Su Dong called on all Manchester City players to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, "Before the championship trophy is in hand, we must maintain a sense of urgency and must not be careless in the slightest, because our competitors are chasing after us."

Regarding his renewal of his contract with Manchester City, Su Dong said that it is hard to say whether it is a lifetime contract. He hopes that he can contribute more to Manchester City, but if one day in the future, Manchester City does not need him and feels that both parties are not suitable, then he will choose to leave decently instead of relying on the team.

As for whether to retire or switch to other teams by then, he has no way to say for the time being.

"Who can tell what will happen in the future?"

But one thing is certain, that is, Manchester City will become the longest team in Su Dong's career.

Of course, the conditions offered by Manchester City are also the most generous.

Although it has not been disclosed to the outside world, the specific annual salary of Su Dong's contract renewal and the signing fee, but the outside media are still speculating that after Su Dong renews his contract with Manchester City, his annual salary will increase by 50.00% on the original basis, and it is after tax.

It can be said that in order to keep Su Dong, Manchester City also paid a lot of money.

But this is also understandable, because the current Sudong is the core competitiveness of Manchester City.

Don't look at when Su Dong was there, players such as Dzeko and Aguero scored goals, especially Aguero, who scored a lot, but in reality?When Su Dong was gone and the team was in trouble, both Dzeko and Aguero raised their hands and surrendered, and in the end it was up to Su Dong to resolve the battle.

Regarding this point, whether it is Manchester City fans, the outside media, or even inside the Manchester City locker room, they all have a conclusion on this, so they all acquiesced that Su Dong should get the highest salary in the team, even an astonishingly high annual salary.

His strength lies there, can you not accept it?

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Regarding Manchester City's renewal of Su Dong and Guardiola, whether it is the players in the locker room, the outside media, or the fans, the reactions are very positive and positive.

The Mirror said that after Manchester City completed the renewal of the two core soul figures, the Premier League champion has basically been obtained.

The British media said that the importance of Sudong and Guardiola to Manchester City is self-evident, and the progress of Manchester City in the last two seasons is obvious to all. Today, Manchester City is already a competitive team in Europe. Renewing Sudong and Guardiola can help the team stabilize the morale and better meet the challenges of the second half.

The Manchester Evening News interviewed Manchester City's technical director Begiristain, who said that after the successful renewal of Su Dong and Guardiola, Manchester City's work is just the beginning, and then the team will go further and renew the contracts of those players who have made great contributions and played a significant role in the team.

"We are a very young team. Our first team even has only two or three players over 30 years old. The oldest player in the main lineup is 28 years old. This gives us reason to believe that the team still has room for further improvement and we can perform better."

Begiristain said that the management of Manchester City will further tap the potential of the team, improve the enthusiasm of the players, and the most important thing is to maintain the stability of the team, so the scope of this contract extension is very large, hoping to retain these players in the team.

And this is also regarded as Manchester City's grand plan for the next few years.

With Manchester City's current situation and lineup, if they can maintain stability, Manchester City will be the most competitive team in European football in the next few years, and may even become the strongest team in European football.

Anyone can see that Manchester City's management is ambitious and wants to take advantage of this opportunity to build Manchester City into the Premier League and even the top giants in European football, relying on solid results to lay a solid foundation for Manchester City.

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The two contract extensions before Christmas are undoubtedly the best Christmas gifts, which sparked heated discussions, but made Christmas look a bit dull. After all, the team has a day off and everyone goes home for reunion.

But on the morning after Christmas, everyone had to leave their warm and comfortable homes, report to the icy Carrington training base, board the team bus, and head south to West Bromwich, 150 kilometers away.

This small town is located northwest of Birmingham, about an hour's drive from Manchester.

The game is held in the afternoon, which is also a big test for Manchester City.

Nobody wants to leave their family early the morning after Christmas and have to travel to a game.

What's more, after the Christmas holiday, everyone is very relaxed and happy. Many people are not even in the game state. This makes the game on the day after Christmas, especially the away game, often become a hotbed of unpopularity, and it is the hardest hit area for all strong teams.

Sure enough, when Manchester City arrived at West Bromwich, they received news from London further south that Chelsea drew with Fulham [-]-[-] at home.

This West London derby ended with a handshake and a draw, but this is definitely not a good thing for Chelsea.

Boas' handsome position has been shaken again!
After the disastrous defeat to Manchester City at home, Chelsea ushered in a three-game tie, and all three games were [-]-[-]. This is obviously not a good phenomenon, especially now that the Christmas devil schedule, this continuous game, will not give the team any chance to breathe, and it is very likely that they will lose again and again.

Manchester City is the second game of this round, and there is also Everton away to Sunderland.

The head coach of West Bromwich Albion is the former Liverpool coach Roy Hodgson. This old coach is also a veteran of the Premier League with very rich coaching experience. There is nothing to say about his coaching ability.

Familiarity with the Premier League made Hodgson very clear about how to use the home field advantage of Boxing Day to beat the away team head-on. Even if it is as strong as Manchester City, the players' minds are not in the game.

After the opening, West Bromwich Albion took the initiative to attack, disrupting Manchester City's idea of ​​controlling the ball and rhythm of the game, making Manchester City's start seem a little passive.

After robbing the opening wave, Hodgson's team closed as soon as it was good. When Manchester City tried to counterattack, they retreated decisively and organized a tight defensive formation.

Hodgson is very clear that it is natural for players to be in poor condition in this kind of game on Boxing Day. As long as Manchester City makes a mistake, it is an opportunity for West Bromwich Albion.

Of course, the premise is that the defense of the bloomers must be able to stop Su Dong.

(End of this chapter)