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Chapter 218 Our Transfer Strategy

As for the city rival Manchester United.

They have been very restrained in their transfers this summer, just bought Brazilian midfielder Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk, then bought Dalot from Porto and Grant from Stoke City.

These three are not the main candidates, relatively speaking, they are all substitute candidates.

Guardiola has already kicked Manchester United out of the ranks of the Premier League title contenders when he saw this transfer strategy.

"Manchester United has so many loopholes, and they didn't spend a few transfer windows to make up for it. In the end, they still signed like this. At best, they are at the top four level. No, at most the top four level. It seems that only Liverpool will compete with us this year. .Their investment is really big, and they have made up for the shortcomings of the goalkeeper position. There are also two signings in the midfield. As for Shaqiri, he is more of a substitute.”

Guardiola didn't have anything to taboo at the coaching staff meeting, so he just said it.

"Pep, Mahrez's agent still told us that Mahrez still wants to join Manchester City."

"Oh?"

Guardiola's meeting is a bit strange. In fact, as early as a season ago, he wanted to buy Mahrez. After all, although he had signed Wang Yi before, Guardiola only regarded Wang Yi as a A future teenager bought it. He still wanted to sign a mature winger who had proven himself in the Premier League, so Mahrez entered his vision normally at that time, but Leicester City did not want to sell Mahrez at the time. , The asking price is 7000 million. Although Manchester City is rich and powerful, the real transfer fee record is not over 7400 million. The highest is the [-] million euros for De Bruyne, which was signed by the previous coach before Guardiola took over.

For Guardiola, he doesn't like the strategy of spending big money to buy stars, he prefers to buy some semi-finished players to train and train to a higher level.

And since Mahrez asked for such a high price, last summer, Guardiola really hesitated for a long time. In addition, Wang Yi performed perfectly in the preseason, so Guardiola let go of Mahrez's transfer. , It doesn’t matter if you let it go, Leicester City is very happy, Mahrez is anxious, and he stopped training directly, but in the end the matter didn’t ferment much and was appeased.

After that, Wang Yi performed perfectly in the first league game. Until the transfer window closed last year, Wang Yi scored in several league games in a row. Guardiola gave up buying Mahrez that summer.

So now, even if Mahrez comes, it will be a substitute, or he will compete with Sterling on the right.

"But we have too many wide players. Sane, Sterling, and Foden can also play wide, not to mention Wang Yi is the main force on the left. With four players, Bernardo can also play. On the right side, as a midfielder, 5 players and then buy Mahrez."

At this time, assistant coach Anderson said.

"Actually, it's not too much. Bernardo is also a midfielder when he plays on the wing, and Wang Yi can play as a center and winger. As for Foden, he can play on the wing as well as in the center. In fact, he has never bought him or not. It’s not about the number of people. My point is still very simple. He came as a substitute or to compete for the main force. But to be honest, he was born in 91. I’m sick. To train him, he will be able to fight immediately, our Champions League will break through, and the bench will also be strengthened."

"Pep, what I want to say is this. His agent conveyed that he is willing to be a substitute, willing to accept competition, and even willing to change positions. He wants to join Manchester City!"

"What's the picture? He can be a celebrity in Leicester City, right?"

"What he means is that he wants to go to a wealthy club and wants to play in the Champions League every season. It's as simple as that."

"He made it clear that he is willing to accept substitutes and compete for positions? And he is also willing to change positions?"

"Yes, he still has a strong will."

"Actually, I'm still curious why he didn't go to Manchester United. Manchester United is not short of money. There are also rumors that Manchester United wants to introduce him. After all, it is not a day or two for Manchester United to be lame on the right. He went to the main force of the iron fight, and Manchester United The top four every season is more than enough."

"Actually, I suspect that their agent has also communicated with Manchester United, but the player himself has a great willingness to come to us."

"Haha, it looks like we are still a higher-tier team."

"Pep, this—"

"We can talk to Manchester City, but the transfer fee must be suppressed. Now if Mahrez is in a hurry, let him also contribute, otherwise we don't have to ask him."

The teaching assistant understood immediately. People are in the arena, many things are under the table, and many things don't need to be explained too clearly. He believes that after he communicates with Mahrez's agent, the other party will understand.

"Okay, let's talk about the signings at the guard position."

"Defender?"

"A full-back? Zinchenko did play well. Mendy stepped up when he was injured. Pep, do you want to buy a left-back?"

As soon as the teaching assistant talked about his own ideas, others started talking too.

"Although Zinchenko performed well, he is new to this position after all. His offense is strong but his defense does not happen overnight. If we meet a top team, I am afraid that there will still be problems on the defensive end."

"Indeed, this issue is a problem that needs to be paid more attention to, but now I am not talking about signings at the left back. After Mendy returned from injury, there are also two left backs. In fact, it is ok. As for the right back, Walker is the main force. , Danilo is on the bench, that's no problem."

"So, Pep, do you think the problem is at centre-back?"

"Yes, I have told you all the problems, what do you think is the problem?"

At this time, the first assistant coach Anderson spoke first, and the other coaches looked at him first. The matter of seniority can be seen everywhere. It is not the character of the country, but the character of human beings.

"Our team's central defenders now have Laporte, Stones, Mangala, Otamendi, Kompany. In fact, our personnel are still very abundant. After Mangala came back from Everton on loan, He's actually done well at Everton."

"Well, this is your opinion? Then you can come next Schurle. After all, you are responsible for defensive training."

Therefore, the defensive coach Schurrle has the same name as the German star, but he is not alone. This Schurrle is very strong, and it was Guardiola who joined his coaching team when he was coaching Bayern.

"Actually, if you look at it seriously, first of all, the contract between Captain Kompany and us expired in the summer of 19, and this is not a secret. The captain also clearly said that he hopes to come back next summer His former home team in Belgium, he also said this news during the World Cup, and Kompany’s attendance in the past season was indeed too small. He is actually only 33 years old this year, but in terms of injuries, his body The decline is still relatively serious, of course he can still play in the Premier League, but to put it cruelly, in the stage of strong dialogue and the knockout stage of the Champions League, it is difficult for us to hope that the captain can play the role of the sea god."

Guardiola nodded, as if recognizing Schurrle.

Xu Erle continued to speak as if he had received permission.

(End of this chapter)