Chapter 169: Ferguson clenched his fist, Wenger sighed, and Mourinho looked down on him!
In a house in Manchester, Lin Quan raised the No. 10 jersey, which symbolizes the core of the team, during the TV broadcast.
Manchester United's former manager Ferguson clenched his fist slightly:
Manchester City actually got rid of Dzeko so quickly? I'm afraid it's not just to give this guy the number 10 jersey, but also to show the club's attitude - Manchester City will spare no effort to support him to be the boss of the team!
This is not good news for Manchester United, who are in the same city.
The main reason why Manchester City had poor results in the past was that they bought too many players, but the gap in strength between them was not big, resulting in Manchester City always lacking a core of the team.
In terms of offense, David Silva, Tevez, Dzeko, Aguero and Nasri all have similar abilities.
It is difficult to completely establish one of them as the core of the frontcourt.
Tevez might have had a chance two seasons ago, but this guy insisted on transferring to Manchester City, completely ruining his future in Manchester City.
And none of the remaining players has the ability to suppress their teammates.
But when Lin Quan came, everything was different.
With him in the frontcourt, all his teammates had to stand aside.
With Ferguson's vision, he could see that Lin Quan was obviously a level higher than other players in Manchester City's frontcourt.
However, being strong does not necessarily mean you can secure a core position - Lin Quan is too young! He is seventeen and a half years old, less than eighteen years old, and has not yet achieved any results in the Premier League.
Would his teammates be convinced if he was the core of the team's frontcourt? Of course not!
But now, Manchester City Club has publicly expressed its support for him, and is even willing to send away the team's top scorer in order to help him get to the top.
With the support of the club, it will be very easy for Lin Quan to secure his position as the core of the frontcourt in Manchester City.
Even if the players are dissatisfied, they can only keep it in their hearts and dare not vent their anger. Otherwise, Dzeko's example will be their fate.
Once Manchester City establishes the core of the frontcourt early, other players will no longer have such fantasies.
The conflicts within their team may be reduced by more than half, and then the strength of these Manchester City stars will be demonstrated on the field.
This is definitely not good news for other Premier League teams, especially Manchester United in the same city.
In fact, from Ferguson's professional perspective.
If Lin Quan had not joined Manchester City, the most suitable core player for Manchester City would be their midfielder Yaya Toure.
Yaya Toure is a B2B type all-around midfielder. He has good physical fitness, is active in running, has a large defensive area, and is also very good at forward attacks. He is a player with very strong personal strength.
But Manchester City has been slow to use him, which has buried his talent! If Ferguson were to coach Manchester City, Yaya Toure's role in the team would be no less than that of Chelsea's Lampard.
With him and Kompany in the backcourt, Manchester City's defensive ability should definitely not be in the state it is now.
This made Ferguson sigh that although Manchester United's neighbor had a terrible record, it was really rich! They bought a lot of players, although many of them were misjudged and wasted money.
But they also bought a lot of good players.
Aguero, Silva, Yaya Toure, Kompany.
Ferguson himself is envious of these players.
And now, they bought Lin Quan...
Ferguson was so envious that he didn't want to talk.
When I think of the Manchester United boss's profit-seeking and stingy approach of forcing the team to operate with debt, and then think of Manchester City next door who spends money like water and treats money like dirt.
The Sir could only sigh.
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Wenger, who has fought with Ferguson all his life, also tacitly chose to watch the live broadcast at home.
Seeing Lin Quan holding Manchester City's No. 10 jersey on TV, Wenger sighed repeatedly: What a good young player!
He is so young, has such great potential, and is so strong in combat.
The most important thing is that there is no transfer fee for signing him!
No transfer fee! No transfer fee! I emphasize this three times! For Professor Wenger, who is struggling financially, it has always been his dream to get players for free.
But why didn't such a good player come to Arsenal? The most annoying thing is that the one who signed Lin Quan was the richest man in the Middle East who had the most money.
The thought of Manchester City, the upstart with the most money, picking up such a talented player for free is heartbreaking.
Professor Wenger is extremely depressed: Some will die of drought, and some will die of flood!
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In front of 50,000 fans at the Etihad Stadium and hundreds of reporters, Mansour said happily:
“Thank you to all the fans and journalists for coming and supporting us.
Manchester City is a club with a history of more than 100 years.
Although we don’t have many championships, we have a heart that keeps making progress and becoming stronger.
Next year will be the 120th anniversary of Manchester City Football Club. Here, I am very proud to announce:
After the unremitting efforts of the club staff, we successfully signed Lin Quan, the best player of the Bundesliga last season and the best player of the 2013 Confederations Cup.
From today on, Lin is part of our team."
After saying this, Mansur turned around and looked at Lin Quan:
"Lin, from today on, Manchester City is your home. Manchester City welcomes you!"
There was warm applause at the scene, and the fans were using practical actions to prove that the words of the club owner were true.
After listening to Mansour's speech, the fans at the scene burst into warm applause.
A smile also appeared on Lin Quan's face, he felt the enthusiasm of Manchester City fans.
Mansour raised his hand and pressed down, asking the audience to stop applauding.
Then he stepped back a few steps and signaled to Lin Quan to go on stage and say a few words.
Lin Quan nodded and walked up to the podium step by step.
When he stood on the podium, before he started speaking, the audience burst into applause again.
The fans’ reaction was so enthusiastic that Lin Quan couldn’t help but raise his right hand and wave to the fans at the scene.
After the applause and cheers stopped, Lin Quan carefully considered his tone and said, "Some people say that I came to Manchester City for the money. I admit that the salary offered by Manchester City is indeed very attractive."
The fans at the scene laughed knowingly, and some Manchester City fans puffed out their chests with pride.
We in Manchester City don't have anything else but a lot of money. As long as you are willing to come, we will definitely not treat you unfairly.
"When I passed by the team's Hall of Fame before, owner Mansour told me that Manchester City's Hall of Fame was very empty and there were not many trophies.
I hope my arrival can help the team fill the empty Hall of Fame.
I want to tell you that I, like other Manchester City players, am not a mercenary who only cares about money! We will do everything we can to win more honors for the team, such as the second Premier League championship trophy, the first Champions League trophy and so on! ”
Lin Quan's speech surprised and delighted the Manchester City fans at the scene. They didn't know how much bragging was in Lin Quan's words.
However, the other party's bold words gave them hope and made them feel the other party's firm determination.
So the fans burst into thunderous applause again.
Mansur, who was standing by, also smiled when he heard Lin Quan's words.
He understood the other party's implicit meaning: Lin Quan will not leave Manchester City before winning the Champions League trophy!
With this promise, he felt relieved!
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"Humph, you want to win the Champions League trophy with just one player and a bunch of mercenaries?"
Lin Quan’s statement was heard in Chelsea’s head coach’s office.
Mourinho snorted disdainfully.
The Premier League is not the Bundesliga. The competition in the Premier League is so fierce that you can only have a deep understanding of it after you have really experienced it on the field.
Amid such fierce competition, it is difficult for Premier League teams to exert their full strength in the Champions League.
This is also the reason why Premier League teams have not performed well in European competitions in recent years.
If you want to win the Champions League, you must first work hard to become a real Premier League giant! Manchester City is just an upstart.
How can we talk about the Champions League when we can't even maintain stable results in the league? Isn't that ridiculous?
Although Lin Quan's joining will greatly improve Manchester City's strength, this improvement is not enough for Manchester City to win the championship.
Especially since they were eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League twice in a row. They couldn't even get past the group stage and had never encountered any truly strong teams. How could they win the championship?
Mourinho does have the qualifications to despise Manchester City, after all, he holds two Champions League titles.
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He is also the first head coach since the new century to lead a team from outside the top five leagues to win the Champions League trophy.
However, even a strong coach like Mourinho has not been able to win the Champions League trophy for three years, and his team has not even made it to the Champions League final.
It is so difficult to win the Champions League. If Manchester City's mercenaries succeed easily, how will he feel? ...
In a mansion in Manchester, Argentina striker Aguero was also watching the live broadcast.
Lin Quan's arrival has brought tremendous pressure to Manchester City's frontcourt players.
Fortunately, the opponent is not a center forward. Now that Dzeko has been traded, his main position should be fine.
At this moment, when Aguero heard Lin Quan's words "We are not mercenaries who only care about money", he was deeply touched.
Although the money earned playing for Manchester City is high, the pressure is also high.
If they fail to achieve good results, the outside world will compare them to a group of mercenaries, believing that they have no sense of honor and do not try their best in the game.
This criticism is very unfair to them.
However, no one cared about their rebuttals and protests, which only attracted more ridicule and scolding:
You still have the nerve to take such a high salary and perform so poorly? As time went by, all the players stopped fighting and silently accepted the insults.
But today, the guy who just joined the team made such an arrogant declaration!
He actually wanted to get his hands on the Champions League trophy! Aguero admired the other party's courage, but he himself didn't dare to say such words because he was afraid of being ridiculed after failure!
However, if a person has no ideals, what is the difference between him and a salted fish?
If you don't even dare to dream, what's the point of living? When Aguero thought of this, he jumped up from the sofa.
I can't go on like this. If I continue to sink like this, won't I be worse than a 17-year-old boy?
That kid has the ambition to win the Champions League, why can't I have the same?
Thinking of this, Aguero turned off the TV, changed into training clothes, and ran downstairs with his football to train!
Many Manchester City players were touched by Lin Quan's speech. David Silva sent him a message: "Lin, what you said on the podium was so good! Let's work together towards the Champions League title in the new season!"
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Of course, not everyone was impressed by Lin Quan’s speech.
There are also those who are not interested, such as Tevez, the thorn in Manchester City's team.
After watching Lin Quan attend the ceremony, Tevez was certain that he had no future at Manchester City, so he asked his agent to find the club chairman and apply for a transfer.
Tevez was once Manchester City's top player. His strength and fame are greater than Dzeko.
But Tevez repeatedly applied for a transfer and even went on strike against the club.
This made Manchester City lose patience with him.
As a result, in the past two seasons, Tevez's appearances have dropped significantly.
His goal tally dropped from the Premier League Golden Boot level of 20+ goals in a single season to the trash level of only 4 goals in the entire season.
After this experience, the relationship between Tevez and Manchester City became even more strained, and his heart was no longer in Manchester City.
If Lin Quan does not come, Tevez can still perform well in Manchester City for next year's World Cup and strive for a chance to play for the national team.
But when Lin Quan came, he was a thorn in the side, so Tevez had no chance at all in Manchester City.
Next year is the World Cup year, and the competition for the striker position in Argentina is very fierce.
If Tevez doesn't leave now, there is a very high probability that he will miss next year's World Cup.
So he hopes to find a club that can guarantee his playing time while he is still in his prime.
With his strength and fame, he will have no problem finding a team that wants him. He just hopes Manchester City won't be too strict on the transfer and won't create any obstacles for his transfer.
Fahim was not as polite to Tevez as he was to Dzeko.
Manchester City is indeed not a wealthy club, it is just a nouveau riche.
But even so, they have their own dignity.
Tevez was paid the highest salary at Manchester City, but he tried to transfer away several times, devaluing the team and even openly confronting the team by going on strike.
This is tantamount to a slap in the face of the club. Can Manchester City tolerate it?
Of course I can’t stand it!
So before this, Manchester City had always rejected Tevez's transfer application.
They would rather not have the transfer fee and would rather continue to pay Tevez's high salary every season than let him leave.
But now, Fahim doesn't want to leave a bomb in the team's locker room.
There is no benefit for Manchester City to keep Tevez, and he does not want anyone to affect the stability of the Manchester City locker room.
So he told Tevez's agent that as long as someone could offer a transfer fee of 15 million euros, Manchester City would agree to Tevez leaving.
Considering Tevez's strength and fame, the transfer fee is not high.
But Tevez only has one year left on his contract with Manchester City, and a transfer fee of 15 million euros for a one-year contract is a bit high.
"If you don't accept this condition, then continue to stay in Manchester City. We can still afford Tevez's salary."
Seeing the other party's tough attitude, Tevez's agent had no choice but to go back and discuss with the player.
They had actually already contacted their next club, which was the Serie A giant Juventus.
However, Juventus was only willing to offer a transfer fee of 12 million euros, and they would not be happy if it was any higher.
There was no other way. In order to leave Manchester City as soon as possible, Tevez had to pay out of his own pocket and take out 3 million euros to fill the transfer fee gap.
After they raised enough money, Manchester City did not make things difficult for them and let them go readily.
The transfers of Dzeko and Tevez mean that Manchester City is not just in the transfer market, at least they have recovered 35 million euros through the sale of players.
After Lin Quan joined, Manchester City cleared out two forwards in a short period of time.
Moreover, these two forwards are both strong and are from the top five leagues, so they will have no trouble finding new clubs.
After establishing Lin Quan as the team's frontcourt core for the new season, Manchester City Club's intention to pave the way for Lin Quan has become very clear.
(End of this chapter)