I'm the Red Devil's savior

Chapter 176 Alexander's Guagua

The arms race and the four-yearly European Cup have become the main reasons for the hot market.

As a benchmark for measuring the activity of the transfer market, the Premier League this summer can be described as hot. According to statistics, 20 of the 12 teams in the Premier League broke the team history signing record.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the current Manchester United coach is Ye Su, Manchester United would also set a new signing record in team history this summer.But in fact, this summer, Manchester United is the quietest among the 20 teams in the Premier League. Their entire signing cost is 100 million pounds, which is paid to their old club Brune Football Club for the introduction of Harland.

This summer, Manchester United was in a profitable state in the transfer market. Players such as John Stone left, bringing Manchester United an income of about 500 million pounds.

This summer, including Manchester City, Chelsea, and Everton, many traditional powerful head coaches in the Premier League have changed. Guardiola, Conte and other famous coaches set off an arms race as soon as they took office.

Guardiola signed Pogba, Gundogan, Nolito, Stones and Sane for Blue Moon, while Conte, in addition to signing Belgian international Batshuayi for the Blues, also from Re-signing Brazilian defender Luiz from Paris Saint-Germain and more.

Even Wenger, who has always been conservative, was stimulated by strong enemies to be generous this summer, spending a huge sum of 1 million yuan to sign Xhaka, Perez, Mustafi and other strong players.

Blue Foxster City, which entered the Champions League, hopes to go further. In addition to the introduction of Algerian striker Slimani from the Portuguese Super League at a record price of 3000 million pounds, Mendy and Moussa have high per capita prices.

The 20 Premier League teams have invested more than 14 billion euros in the transfer market this summer, which is a terrifying figure.

In addition to the Premier League, the arms race in Serie A this summer is also fierce. Influenced by the two blockbuster transfers of Pogba and Higuain, as well as Suning's entry into Inter Milan, it has formed a rare large-scale investment in recent years, overwhelming the Bundesliga, La Liga became the league with the second highest investment.Juventus and Inter Milan spent 1.62 million euros and 1.13 million euros respectively.Roma also spends a lot of money, spending 9810 million euros on buyers, ranking third.Napoli are fourth with a spend of 7350 million euros.

As the leader of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich finalized the two most important signings during the European Cup, Hummels and Renato Sanchez, which gave them a really good time.

La Liga duo Real Madrid and Barcelona are in the complete opposite situation. The Galacticos focus on stability and have little action except to take back Asensio. The budget is not as tight as the outside world speculates.

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In addition to the intensified arms race in various leagues, there is no doubt that the four-year European Cup is also an economic benchmark and the best stage for players from all over the world to be gilded.

In this highly focused football feast, even if you are just a little-known player before, as long as you perform well enough when you attend this game, it is entirely possible to stage a successful "grassroots appreciation season" , and this summer's European Cup in France is no exception.

It is undeniable that the European Cup has indeed spawned a lot of transfers, causing the value of many players to skyrocket, such as Batshuayi, Stones, Andre Gomez, Joao Mario and so on.

Before the European Cup, Belgian Batshuayi, fans still had more impressions of him as a "rumored supernova", but after the end of his trip to France with the European Red Devils, his value rose sharply and finally At a price of 4000 million euros, it became Conte's first signing after taking over Chelsea.

Andre Gomez and Joao Mario, the two humerus ministers who helped Portugal win the cup, even "jumped into the dragon's gate" and married into the two giants of Barcelona and Inter Milan.

Even the French midfielder Sissoko, who was amazing in the European Cup final, a player from the Premier League's relegated team, sold for a high price of 3500 million euros.

From the many player transactions completed this summer, it is not difficult to see that the European Cup held in France does have the "skill" to help players increase their value.

This summer, we have witnessed the passion of the European Cup in France and the madness of the annual summer transfer period.

However, having said that, competitions have always been a "double-edged sword" for players' worth. We have indeed witnessed many "grassroots" who have successfully "appreciated", but who can guarantee that this is not a flash in the pan?

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With the introduction of new aid, there must be the departure of old players.In this regard, the most representative is still Manchester City, which has aggressively introduced players this summer.

On the transfer deadline, Manchester City is the most active giants in the Premier League. Guardiola sent away unwanted non-staff personnel, Hart, Nasri, Boni and Mangala. Manchester City spent nearly 1 million pounds to introduce All the big names were dismissed.

The British media had previously estimated that since the number of foreign players in Manchester City has reached 19, while the Premier League and the Champions League can only sign up for 17 (the rest are local and youth training players of the team), so at least Nasri, Boni and Mangala Two people will be sent away, plus Hart, who has no place after Bravo arrives.

Guardiola did it extremely thoroughly, and in the end all four left the team on the deadline day, leaving none behind.

"Daily Mail" sighed, "Manchester City spent nearly 4 million pounds to recruit these four players, but none of them could adapt to Guardiola's tactical system and had to leave."

Manchester City bought these three foreign players at a total price of 3 million pounds, which is close to 9500 million, not counting wages and so on.Mangala, signed for £3200m two years ago, was loaned out to Valencia to make way for Stones, worth £4750m. Bonny, who spent 18 million pounds to sign 2800 months ago, defected to Stoke City, the Premier League neighbor.The other two have played longer. Nasri, who defected from Manchester City at a price of 5 million pounds 2500 years ago, defected to Europa League champion Sevilla. The veteran who spent almost no money is the veteran who has been the main force for 8 years. Especially, because there is no suitable team in the Premier League, they can only go to Serie A to join Turin.

Manchester City, which spent more than 3 million euros in the summer transfer window, with a net investment of more than 2 million euros, shocked the world of football, let the world really see what it means to be inhumane, and let the world see the Middle East oil tycoon's love for Guardio How much support is pulled.

However, with the unlimited support of the boss, the pressure on Guardiola is also extremely huge.The oil tycoon in the Middle East is not a philanthropist, but a businessman. If he invests so much, if there is no corresponding harvest, Guardiola's life will not be so easy.

Judging from the first three rounds of the season, the performance of Guardiola's team is not satisfactory, biting the rival city and the blue team Chelsea with three consecutive victories.But during this period, Manchester City encountered all mid-lower teams and did not suffer many tests.

What really witnessed Guardiola's strength was the fourth round of the Premier League after the international match day.

At 9:10 GMT on September 12th, the focus of the fourth round of the Premier League, the Red Devils Manchester United sit at Old Trafford and face Guardiola's Manchester City!
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Manchester United previously beat Manchester City and Chelsea to the top of the Premier League with a goal difference advantage. If Manchester United can beat Manchester City in this game, it will completely suppress an opponent. In addition, Manchester United is playing at home in this game. I think that Manchester United's opening tactics are more proactive.

But in fact, Manchester City has long been prepared.Facing Manchester United in this game, Guardiola's team has been anti-offensive since the beginning and actively took the initiative.In the first 10 minutes, Manchester City's possession rate was as high as 60.00%.

Three minutes into the game, David Silva made a wonderful pass to the right, Pogba made a direct pass to the penalty area, and Sterling tried to pass the ball to Ishinacho, but was suddenly robbed by Van Dijk and destroyed Manchester City. first attack.

But 1 minute later, there was another direct pass from David Silva. Ishinacho took a left-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area and failed to hit the goal.

Two minutes later, Sterling passed the ball, and the right back Sagna followed up and shot a long shot 2 meters away.

In the 7th minute, after Fernandinho intercepted the ball in midfield, Sterling tried to drive the ball into the penalty area and was successfully intercepted by Luke Shaw.

In the 9th minute, Ishinacho shot a long-range shot from the defensive player outside the penalty area, which was once again confiscated by Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea.

One minute later, Pogba took a long shot from more than 1 meters away, but the deviation was a bit too outrageous.

In the first 10 minutes, the game was completely controlled by Manchester City, and Manchester United was forced to guard against death.

In this game, Ding Ding's position is to partner with Kanter as a defensive midfielder. The more task is to defend the midfield, especially to protect the defense with Kanter.It is difficult for Manchester City to break through Manchester United's defense in the middle, and they can only be forced to frequently shoot long shots.

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At home, the opponent took the lead, and Manchester United did not gradually recover their state until the No. 15 minute.

The right flank led by Rooney has become an active area for the team to attack, but Kolarov also attaches great importance to the defense of the left flank, while Rooney frequently switches positions with Vardy and often appears on the left flank.

In the following time, the two teams had offense and defense with each other.Among them, Manchester United's most threatening attack occurred in the No.303 minute.

Kyle Walker quickly plugged in from the right, and after cooperating with Rooney, he crossed into the penalty area and Ibrahimovic headed the ball.Rooney, who quickly slanted into the penalty area from the right rib, rushed all the way to the front of the small penalty area, shaking his head and attacking the goal from close range.

But such a close-in header was hugged by Manchester City goalkeeper Bravo.

Ibrahimovic raised his hand apologetically. Under the interference of Stones, he failed to head the ball straight, which made it a little high.If he could keep the ball down, Rooney would have been able to hit the goal with his foot instead of his head.

Rooney himself felt a little depressed. The Swedish center forward subconsciously headed for the ball, but it was not good. In addition, Bravo was in a good position, so he couldn't score.

However, Rooney quickly adjusted his emotions and continued to look for opportunities patiently.

(End of this chapter)