Chapter 363: Transfer period opens, Manchester City targets Kimmich, Rudiger, Kante and other young talents

Since Chelsea also won this round, Manchester City did not try to narrow the gap between the two teams after the game with Arsenal.

The gap between the two sides remains at 3 points. Manchester City will go away to challenge Chelsea in the next game. Therefore, in order to preserve strength, in the FA Cup match against Milstead in the middle of the week, Guardiola chose to hide a large number of main players and play with a semi-substitute lineup.

Unexpectedly, Manchester City suffered an upset away from home, losing to their opponents 0:2 and was eliminated from the FA Cup.

This result caused an uproar in the outside world. After Guardiola joined Manchester City, they lost too many games!

This record doesn't seem to be much better than when Pellegrini was absent.

Therefore, many people began to wonder if Guardiola's style was really not suitable for the Premier League as Mourinho said? When the opponent unexpectedly defeated Mourinho, Mourinho naturally stood up to mock it.

Especially since the two teams will face off directly in the next round, engaging in psychological warfare at this time and influencing the opponent's mentality will significantly help Chelsea improve its winning rate.

"I've said before that Guardiola's tactics only work in La Liga. It won't work in other leagues. The loss to Milderboro is proof of that!"

"In the next game at Stamford Bridge, I will teach Guardiola in person how to play in the Premier League, the world's best league!"

Originally, everyone was skeptical about Mourinho's words that he would teach Manchester City a lesson at Stamford Bridge, but based on Manchester City's performance in recent games, everyone began to believe Mourinho's words.

Manchester City's form still seems to be very low, and its recent record is not very good.

In this state, they will be in great danger if they go to Chelsea's home ground, which is the most difficult to play against.

Guardiola was too lazy to respond to Mourinho's verbal attacks.

When he was in La Liga, he experienced Mourinho's psychological tactics a lot. Bullshit is the opponent's strong point. If you are really provoked by the opponent, you will be fooled.

However, these games did expose some problems within Manchester City. After Yaya Toure took leave to return to Africa to play in the African Cup, Manchester City's midfield was a little short of manpower.

In addition, there are many problems in the defense line, which needs to be supplemented by further reinforcements.

So, taking advantage of the window that had not yet closed during the winter break, Guardiola began trying to buy players.

He first sent away defender Mangala, who was bought from Porto in the summer window, for 23 million euros.

Mangala played very badly in the past half season for Manchester City, often making low-level mistakes in limited appearances.

In addition, he was dissatisfied with the weather and diet in Manchester City. It was difficult for the player himself to integrate into the team. Staying in Manchester City would only be a torture for both parties.

As a result, the two sides parted ways, Manchester City lost 7 million euros and reduced the price to let him leave.

Manchester City's defender reserves were already insufficient, and after letting Mangala go, they urgently needed to introduce a defender to strengthen the team.

However, it is not easy to buy a good defender. After Paris Saint-Germain's persistent price gouging, the prices of defenders in football are generally inflated.

Judging from David Luiz's astronomical transfer fee, it is impossible to buy a good defender without spending a lot of money.

If you come across a black shop like Porto, you will definitely be ripped off.

Guardiola has his eyes on two Bayern defenders, Boateng and Alaba.

Although Boateng was famously knocked down by Lin Quan, his defensive awareness is very outstanding.

The reason why he was knocked down was that his consciousness kept up with Lin Quan's speed, but his body could not.

If it were an ordinary guard, he might have been passed by Lin Quan the moment he adjusted.

It is not easy for Boateng's brain to keep up.

Apart from being unable to defend against Lin Quan, Boateng performed very well when facing other players.

After the trials and tribulations of the league and the Champions League in recent years, Boateng has been playing better and better, showing signs of becoming a great general.

As for Alaba, Guardiola valued his potential when he was at Bayern.

Alaba, who is not yet 23 years old this year, may still lack some experience, but he is very talented.

Alaba is strong, fast and agile.

He is the kind of player who can attack or defend. Guardiola is very optimistic about him and believes that he is very likely to become the best left-back in football in the future.

Manchester City's right-back Zabaleta is very strong, but the left-back Kolarov is not so good.

Kolarov is very strong in attack but not in defense.

In the last game against Arsenal, it was he who opened up the situation for Arsenal, allowing Manchester City's goal to be breached twice.

Therefore, Manchester City's left back is often rotated, with Kolarov and Clichy taking turns to play.

Guardiola hopes to introduce a more comprehensive full-back to completely solve this problem.

Like Wenger, Guardiola also likes to buy young players.

There is more room for improvement for this type of player, and they are more amenable to management. After being bought and improved, if successful, they can become the cornerstone of the team and play for the team for a long time.

Even if it is unsuccessful, the cost will not be very high and there will be someone to take over after selling it.

He has just arrived at Manchester City and is not under much pressure to achieve results, so what he is considering now is how to build a team lineup that satisfies him.

So after the transfer period opened, Manchester City immediately submitted a transfer offer to Bayern.

Manchester City plans to spend 80 million euros to take the two players away.

The offer was not low, but Bayern didn't even take a second look at it and directly rejected Manchester City's offer.

The Bundesliga is only halfway through and the Champions League has only reached the knockout stage.

If Manchester City takes away two of their main defenders at this time, how will Bayern play in the second half of the season? After Heynckes returns, he is ambitiously preparing to do something big!

After being rejected by Bayern, Guardiola gave up Boateng and made an offer to Alaba alone for 40 million euros.

Taking two players is difficult, but taking one should be no problem, right? And the price is very high. With Paris Saint-Germain's defense line not lacking, it is impossible for other clubs to offer a higher price than Manchester City.

However, Bayern still rejected Manchester City's offer. Bayern's general manager Hoeness even said that as long as Guardiola is in Manchester City, Bayern will not be able to make any deals with Manchester City.

It seems that the relationship between the two sides has completely become strained due to the previous termination of the contract between Guardiola and Bayern.

There was no hope for Bayern, so Guardiola tried to make offers to several other teams, such as Real Madrid's Calhaeva and Dortmund's Hummels, hoping to take away their main defenders.

However, these offers were either rejected by clubs that were ambitious about results, or some teams took the opportunity to drive up the prices.

The series of rejections hit Guardiola hard.

“It’s so hard to buy players during the winter break!”

After returning home tired, Guardiola took off his suit, threw himself on the sofa and lay down like Ge You.

Lin Quan just came back from playing football with his younger brother Marius. After hearing what he said, he couldn't help but ask:

"Haven't you figured out the guard yet?"

"No, it's not that easy!"

Guardiola shook his head and sighed:

"These days, good defenders are as scarce as gold. If you like one, you can't buy it even at a high price. If you don't like one, do you buy it and use it as a time bomb?"

Hearing Guardiola's words, Lin Quan nodded in agreement.

"How about I give you some advice?"

"you?"

Guardiola looked at Lin Quan with some doubt. Did he know about these things? With the attitude of trying everything, Guardiola nodded: "Well, go ahead!"

"You just came from the Bundesliga. Have you followed the Bundesliga 2 games?"

Guardiola nodded to indicate that he had paid attention to it.

The German league is well run. Whether it is the Bundesliga, the 2nd Bundesliga or even the 3rd Bundesliga, their finances are relatively healthy.

Healthy finances allow them to operate stably, and the huge football population base can also provide these teams with a steady supply of talent.

In addition, many teams, including Bayern, will loan young players to the Bundesliga to train, so the teams in the Bundesliga are very strong and the games are not difficult to watch.

"Then what do you remember about RB Leipzig's right-back Kimmich?"

Guardiola thought for a while and nodded: "Well, I have some impression. This kid has a high football IQ, excellent defensive position sense on the field, and a very good cross!"

Guardiola recalled it in his mind and found the memory fragment about Kimmich.

Guardiola will basically never forget this kind of player who can make his eyes light up once he has seen him.

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"Kimmich is only 19 years old now, still very young, and can be bought to be trained as Zabaleta's successor.

And his price is not expensive, estimated to be around 7-10 million euros.

By the time he has trained well, Zabaleta will probably be retiring, and he will be the perfect successor! ”

"You think so highly of him?"

Guardiola was very surprised when he heard Lin Quan say that he wanted to train Michie to be Zabaleta's successor.

Guardiola is very clear about Zabaleta's strength. He is one of the few players in Manchester City's defense that Guardiola can use with confidence.

Even captain Kompany has never achieved this!

"It's not me who thinks highly of him, it's Bayern who thinks highly of him. Considering Lahm's age, Bayern will probably make a move in the summer and buy him!"

"So if you don't want to miss the opportunity, now is the last chance to make a move. After Bayern Munich expresses its intention to buy Kimmich, do you think you have a chance to snatch him from Bayern Munich?"

Guardiola has coached Bayern, so he has a deeper understanding of Bayern's huge influence in the Bundesliga.

For the vast majority of German players, playing for Bayern means that their chances of entering the German national team will be greatly increased.

Therefore, Bayern's invitation was almost something they could not refuse.

Many German players would even lower their prices and go to play for Bayern after learning that Bayern is interested in them.

This is also the reason why other Bundesliga teams find it difficult to resist Bayern's poaching, leading to the Bundesliga's dominance.

All the good talents have been poached by Bayern, so other teams certainly cannot compete with Bayern.

Guardiola didn't take it seriously at first, but Lin Quan's words made him dare not take it lightly.

It's no secret that Bayern are considering a successor for Lahm.

Born in 1983, Lahm is already quite old. I'm afraid he can only play for Bayern for the last two or three seasons.

In this case, Bayern must find candidates as early as possible and train them in advance so as to fill this vacancy after Lahm retires or leaves the team.

Kimmich's talent is outstanding, and Bayern will notice him sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Guardiola made a decisive decision: "Okay, I'll ask someone to make an offer to Leipzig right away!"

"Remember to do it covertly and try not to let Bayern know in advance. Once Bayern intercepts it, the possibility of buying the player will be very small!"

Lin Quan reminded.

"Well, I'll pay attention!"

At the instruction of Guardiola, Manchester City submitted a 5 million euro offer to RB Leipzig.

This price is a whopping price for RB Leipzig. They only spent 500,000 euros to buy Kimmich from Stuttgart. He has only played for the team for a year, but they can make 10 times more money by reselling him! This makes RB Leipzig feel unreal! However, since the other party has made an offer, they have to bargain a little, right?

So, RB Leipzig cautiously raised the price to 7 million euros.

They didn't dare to raise the price too much, for fear of scaring away the financial sponsor.

However, after receiving Leipzig's offer, Manchester City was too lazy to bargain with the other party and directly agreed to the other party's price.

This left Leipzig dumbfounded!

They feel like they are getting less, and with Manchester City's generous attitude, it seems like if they add a little more money, the other party will agree?

After the two sides reached an agreement, Manchester City's money was transferred to Leipzig Red Bull's account almost immediately.

RB Leipzig was very moved to get the money so quickly.

It's great to do business with a rich man like Manchester City! Manchester City is not only generous and does not bargain, but also pays money quickly.

It’s a pity that the other party only took a fancy to Kimmich. If they had taken a fancy to other people, they could have made more money.

Kimmich soon arrived at Manchester City and passed the team's trial and physical examination.

During the trial, Guardiola was very satisfied with the 19-year-old player.

He believed that as long as Kimmich was well trained, he would become the mainstay of Manchester City's left defense in the future! Considering that this transfer was entirely based on Lin Quan's advice, Guardiola had blind confidence in Lin Quan.

After completing Kimmich's transfer, he immediately ran to Lin Quan for advice: "The team is still short of a central defender, a midfielder and a forward. Do you have any good candidates to recommend?"

You know what, Lin Quan really does have it.

"As for the central defender, Stuttgart's Rudiger is good. His price should not be expensive at this time, and he has just suffered a serious injury. He can be obtained within 15 million euros."

"As for the midfield, I do know a very good defensive midfielder!"

"Oh? How great is it?"

Guardiola asked excitedly.

"Well, the upper limit can be as high as Makelele, right?"

Guardiola's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

He and Makelele are from the same era, both of them are midfielders, so he knows better than anyone how terrifying Makelele was in his prime! This is a fierce man who can play as a single defensive midfielder.

Without him, Real Madrid, which was top-heavy at the time, would probably have found it difficult to win the Champions League.

No wonder Casillas said that the player he missed most was Makelele.

After all, after Makelele left the team, even though the team had a large number of top stars such as Zidane, Ronaldo and Beckham, the Galacticos still fell rapidly due to the lack of a backup.

And after him, there are almost no players in football who can play as a single defensive midfielder.

That's why Guardiola was so surprised. He was very curious about who could get such high praise from Lin Quan.

"He is a Frenchman who currently plays for Caen in Ligue 1. His name is N'Golo Kante!"

(End of this chapter)