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Chapter 693 The Most Expensive Derby

Chapter 47 Most Expensive Derby

Carrington Training Base.

After two weeks of international matches, Manchester United players have returned to the team one after another and returned to Manchester.

Except for a few wounded, the remaining Manchester United players started a day of training under the command of the coaching staff.

Ancelotti frowned.

The situation is not optimistic.

Most of the players who had just returned from the national team showed signs of fatigue. Even Li Qingshan, who had the best physical fitness, experienced two national team matches and a dozen hours of long-distance flight. It is inevitable that there will be a tired look, let alone other players.

Fellaini's injury is okay, Manchester United still has several good players in the midfield, especially after the introduction of Pogba, other midfielders can only compete for the remaining two positions, Herrera, Carla Both Mo and Carrick can play this position.

The injuries to the two wing attackers in the front field made Ancelotti scratch his head.

Compared with Mata and Di Maria, Ashley Young, as well as teenagers Lingard and Rashford, are available frontcourt and wing attackers in Manchester United's first team at this time. The experience and ability of Di Maria, Lingard and Rashford are of course not as good as these two mature stars, and Ashley Young is also at a certain age. The native England winger is no longer what he made his debut The speed of the time -- but he is also a qualified rotation player.

What worries Ancelotti even more is the injury of Hummels. The German central defender is the core player that Ancelotti relies on in the defense.Once Hummels is injured, the position of central defender will definitely be unstable.

In addition to the goalkeeper, the cornerstone of a team's defense is to rely on a stable central defender combination. Therefore, in a team, the central defender and goalkeeper rarely have the opportunity to rotate.It takes a long time for the combination of two central defenders who cooperate with each other to cooperate tacitly.

Now at the central defender position, there are Rojo, Smalling, Phil Jones, and the newly introduced central defender Bailey this season.

Now there are two plans before Ancelotti. From the perspective of player ability, the combination of Rojo and Bailly, who play more games, should be an ideal combination. Smalling and Phil Jones together also seem like a suitable option.

Rotation is a must.

The sudden large-scale injury list made Ancelotti's formation stretched, and the fatigue of the main players was also seen by the coaching staff.

The Manchester Derby is obviously a game that must not be given up-if this game is given up, Manchester United fans will definitely spray their head coach to death.

What a headache.

Ancelotti rubbed his head, and the assistant coach Giggs on the side didn't look too good.

"These two games can only choose one game as the focus." Ancelotti finally made up his mind, he turned to Giggs and said.

Giggs nodded, of course he also knew the current situation of the team.If both the Manchester Derby and the away game against Belgium have to be taken into account, the biggest possibility is that neither side will benefit.

"I can only choose the Derby game." Giggs suggested.

As a veteran of Manchester United, Giggs is of course very aware of the grievances and grievances between the two Manchester teams. Compared with losing to Bruges in Belgium, losing to Manchester City is more painful for the fans.
Ancelotti also knew this in his heart, he nodded without refuting.

I am fully preparing for the Manchester Derby. As for the away game against Belgium, I will have to make some large-scale rotations.
Fortunately, Manchester United's opponents in the group stage this season are not too strong. Even if there is an accident in the first group stage, there is still a chance.

Moreover, even if the lineup is rotated, it is not necessarily certain that they will lose to Bruges. Now the gap between the rich and the poor in European leagues is widening, such as the European mid-level leagues like the Belgian League and the top European leagues like the Premier League. The gap between them is much wider than it was ten or twenty years ago.Because in terms of revenue capacity, compared with Manchester United, Brugge is one on the ground and the other on the sky.The influence of the league and the economic strength of the team mean the ability to attract stars. Therefore, even if it is a Belgian giant team, in European competitions, a European small and medium league team like Belgium can win in Europe. The sense of presence on the battlefield is getting weaker and weaker.

The derby is coming soon.

Compared with Manchester United's four main players injured, Manchester City's situation is better.

Aguero's suspension has a great impact on Manchester City, while Yaya Toure has completely lost his place in Guardiola's system.

This season, Manchester City invested 1.87 million pounds in the transfer market, ranking first among all teams.Guardiola's team bought central defender Stones this season, forward Sane, midfielder Gundogan, forward Nolito, midfielder Zinchenko and goalkeeper Bravo.From central defenders, midfielders and forwards, Manchester City has replaced half of the team almost at once this season. Guardiola, who has purchased heavily, is ambitious. There have been major changes, and Guardiola's concept of passing and controlling football will also be integrated into the Premier League upstart Manchester City.

Judging from the opponent's lineup, Manchester City is undoubtedly a very difficult opponent to deal with.

To be precise, Guardiola's teams are always difficult to deal with, and Ancelotti knows this.

However, Manchester United's lineup is not good. Before the game, some media claimed that this is the most expensive derby in history. Sky Sports predicted the starting lineup of this game according to the first three rounds of the two teams, and added these players to the team. The transfer fee of the team time calculates the total value of this matchup.Manchester United's 3 cost £11m, while Manchester City's 3.5 cost £11m.The total cost of Manchester United and Manchester City to get together 3.2 players in the starting lineup reached 22 million pounds. Sky Sports said that this is the most expensive Manchester derby in history.According to the statistics of Sky Sports, when Real Madrid and Barcelona faced each other in 6.7, the total cost of the 2015-man starter was only 22 million pounds. Of course, this cost is less because Barcelona’s Busquets, Iniesta and others did not spend money on youth training. .

Even if four of Manchester United's main players were injured at once, Manchester United's transfer value is not high at all. The transfer value of Li Qingshan and Pogba alone is close to [-] million.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for the media to use the most expensive derby as a gimmick.

And this game will also be a contest between the top two teams in the standings.

Manchester United and Manchester City have won three consecutive victories in the first three rounds, so this game will also be a top battle.

(End of this chapter)