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Chapter 123 Champions League knockout matches and transfer matters
"Chinese player Wang Yi was selected into the 30-man squad for the European Ballon d'Or, No.1 in Chinese football history and No. 8 in Asia."

"Asian players who have been selected for the Golden Globe Awards include Japan's Nakata Hidetoshi, Inamoto Junichi, Nakamura Shunsuke, Australia's Cahill, Iraq's Younis, South Korea's Xue Qixuan and Park Ji-sung. Among them, only Younis has won votes, everyone else has 0 votes, and this year Wang Yi is also the second Asian player who is most likely to receive votes after Younis."

Sure enough, as soon as the news that Wang Yi was selected into the 30-man squad for the Ballon d'Or was released, the country exploded again. After all, the Ballon d'Or has always been regarded as the highest individual award in the football world.

Many people are still surprised that Wang Yi can be selected, after all, how many famous stars have never been selected to the 30-man roster.

What's more, Wang Yi was selected at such a young age.

It took several days for the wave to subside.

Meanwhile, Manchester City had two league games.

In the 19th round, Manchester City beat Bournemouth 5-1. Wang Yi failed to score, but had 2 assists, all of which were given to Aguero.

In the 20th round, Manchester City challenged Newcastle away. The two sides fought fiercely for 90 minutes. In the second minute of stoppage time, Sterling received a pass from Aguero and scored a lore goal.

And the initiator of this ball was Wang Yi who initiated it from the left.

After Christmas, UEFA announced the UEFA Champions League knockout lineup.

As usual, it was another evening party.

Manchester City is the chairman.

Originally, Guardiola was also invited to go, but Guardiola thought it was too troublesome and didn't go.

That night, the whole team watched the live broadcast in front of the big TV in the lounge.

"Barcelona vs Chelsea."

"Wow, this is a team with grievances. Kevin, who do you think will win?"

"Barcelona, ​​Chelsea are in a mediocre state this season. They haven't surpassed Manchester United. After all, Manchester United are so bad."

"Besiktas vs Bayern Munich."

"This signing is great. There is no suspense for Bayern Munich to advance. Well, now the top 8 list has come out with two Barcelona and Bayern Munich."

"Roma vs Shakhtar Donetsk."

"Pass, the two teams that don't care."

"Manchester United vs Sevilla."

"Oh, it's hard to say, one is the king of the Europa League."

"Manchester United is second in the Premier League anyway, and Sevilla is only sixth in La Liga this season. If Manchester United can't win Sevilla, Mourinho can get out of class as soon as possible."

"So absolutely?"

"I'm watching La Liga whether it's good or not."

"Raheem, what are you doing in La Liga—"

"Tottenham vs Juventus."

"Oh, another difficult guess."

"It should be Juventus. After all, there is too much experience. Tottenham seems to have few players with Champions League experience."

"Liverpool vs Porto."

"Liverpool won, let's go on."

"Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid."

"Yo, this is a good pair, let's have a strong dialogue, [-] million flying together against the [-] million flying together back then. Who do you like?"

"Of course it's Real Madrid. The overall strength is much stronger than Paris. Paris' lineup is still top-heavy, and there are problems at the beginning of the midfield."

"Why are we the last to come out?"

"Manchester City vs Basel."

"Guaranteed!"

"There are fans who want to say that we are related. This opponent is too weak. Let us meet one who is not in the top five leagues."

"It's really easy to sign."

Guardiola sat at the back of the lounge, nodded contentedly, and returned to the office.

"Pep, our Champions League opponents are really good."

"Oh, Anderson, haven't you come home yet?"

"You didn't come back, what do I do when I go home, I'm bored when I go home alone."

"Your child and wife are still in Spain, why don't you consider bringing them here? I remember that I paid you a very high salary."

Guardiola said with a smile, and Anderson laughed too.

"She works in Madrid, she doesn't want to come, and the daughter doesn't want to leave her friends, so let them stay in Spain."

Guardiola originally mentioned it casually, and he was relieved when he saw that the assistant coach was fine.

"By the way, let Jess and the others collect the videos of Basel's last 10 games, and I need all the information about their conceded goals. I don't know much about Basel's players."

"The combined value of their entire team is not as high as Wang Yi alone. It's normal if you don't understand."

"How much is Wang Yi worth now?"

Guardiola asked a little curiously.

“德国转会市场上给出的身价1亿3千万。排名前锋类的No.2，第一是内马尔，他的身价是1亿5千万。”

"Dezhuan's worth judgment already has a young element in it, and it doesn't mean that Wang Yi is the second in ability. He still has a lot of room for improvement. It is far behind Messi and Ronaldo. Messi Both Ronaldo and Ronaldo are at the bottom of this list."

"Yes, Messi and Ronaldo are probably in the 8th or 9th place."

"What's the use of that? Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are the first and second in strength. Those who are worth more than them are better than them?"

Obviously Guardiola dismissed this German turn price list.

After meeting Anderson, Guardiola went straight to Mubarak.

"Hey, haven't you left yet?"

"Pep, I'm still busy with Van Dijk."

"How much has it been talked about?"

"They are willing to accept 7500 million euros. The main reason is that Southampton has performed poorly in the last few games. They have lost 3 games in a row. Van Dijk is a central defender. The team has lost all games. Naturally, his performance is not much better, so their The momentum immediately went down, and Liverpool shouted even harder, and they directly lowered the offer to 7000 million."

"Then that's good. Why are you still frowning?"

"The problem is not with Southampton now. Just this afternoon, we asked Van Dijk's agent. What he said was that Van Dijk prefers Klopp's coaching style and he wants to go to Liverpool!"

"What? He's serious?"

It's not that Guardiola has never met a player who rejected him, but he originally thought that Van Dijk should make a decision to choose Manchester City between Manchester City and Liverpool. After all, the salary given by Manchester City and Manchester City's current league ranking It's all about stabilizing Liverpool.

But I didn't expect to be rejected.

"No, you didn't contact the player directly, did you? I contacted Van Dijk personally."

Speaking of which, Guardiola sat directly on the sofa in Mubarak's office.

I called Van Dijk. This call was requested through Van Dijk's agent before, but I never made it. I expected to contact after the contract was over, but I didn't expect to have to do it myself.

"Hello?"

(End of this chapter)