Chapter 749: The King's First Battle
Su Dong bought a house in Cheshire six months in advance. The first person in the football world came to the Premier League! With the report of The Sun, it quickly attracted the attention and heated discussion of the world football community.
As Su Dong has been slow to renew his contract with Bayern, news about his leaving Bayern has been heard constantly. Some media even published articles with confidence that he has signed a draft with Real Madrid and will join the Galacticos this summer.
But now, with this report in The Sun, Su Dong's whereabouts have once again attracted worldwide attention.
In the report, The Sun posted an aerial photo of a mansion under construction. The mansion in the photo covers a large area, has two artificial lakes, and the garden is also beautifully designed. The exterior walls of the mansion are also very modern, and the minimalist lines are very impactful, making people guess at first glance that it is the work of a master.
The Sun revealed that the designer of the mansion was Alexander Brenner from Germany.
"I believe that fans who are familiar with Su Dong will not forget that this famous German designer who has become famous in recent years is Su Dong's friend. The two met because of Su Dong's luxury house project in Grünwald, a southern suburb of Munich. They have a very good relationship. This time, he personally rushed to the UK to take full charge of Su Dong's luxury house project in Cheshire."
The Sun also revealed that Su Dong spent a huge amount of money to purchase a luxury house in Cheshire. The land alone cost a sky-high price of two million pounds, and the security system invested hundreds of thousands of pounds. There was not even a budget cap for the entire villa project.
"It can be seen that Su Dong intends to live in Cheshire for a long time."
The Sun even broke the news that it interviewed several industry insiders who were familiar with Su Dong, and learned that Su Dong and his fiancée were planning to have children, and that the education in the UK was better, so they preferred to live in the UK for a long time.
But at the end of the report, The Sun also left a suspense.
Which of the two Manchester giants will be the new owner of this famous flower Su Dong?
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In fact, the whole world is speculating.
If Su Dong leaves Bayern, his new club will most likely be in the Premier League or La Liga.
The possibility of returning to Barcelona is almost zero. If Su Dong goes to La Liga, he can only go to Real Madrid.
In the Premier League, among the traditional top four, Liverpool and Arsenal do not have sufficient financial resources. Chelsea's owner Abramovich's wealth has shrunk significantly due to the economic crisis. He is currently tightening his belt and is unable to bring in superstars.
The most likely candidate left is Manchester United.
Although there have been frequent news reports from Manchester United that the Glazer family does not intend to sign Su Dong because he is too expensive.
But who can guarantee that this is not a negotiation strategy of Manchester United? Besides, Ferguson has praised Su Dong in front of the media more than once, saying that Su Dong is a player that no head coach can refuse. Doesn't this look like he is singing the same tune with the boss behind the scenes? If the two are singing a double act, then it is entirely possible that Su Dong will join Manchester United.
Finally, there is a team that has been overlooked by many people, that is Manchester City.
As early as two years ago, when the Abu Dhabi consortium acquired Manchester City and appointed Soriano and Begiristain as the club's core senior management, everyone speculated that this was a preparation for the introduction of Su Dong.
Before Guardiola joined the team, he had a special conversation with Su Dong in the Middle East.
This makes many people feel that Manchester City may have been working hard to plan and actively introduce Su Dong.
As for money, the Abu Dhabi consortium is now the richest team in European football, and there is no upper limit on its transfer budget.
Important people, from Soriano, to Begiristain, to Guardiola, are all good friends of Su Dong. In addition, Manchester City has David Silva, who is a close friend of Su Dong and the two have a very good relationship.
Manchester City's biggest obstacle is results.
In the Premier League last season, Manchester City only finished sixth and couldn't even play in the Champions League. This made many people feel that with Su Dong's status, he would not go to a team that couldn't play in the Champions League, otherwise wouldn't he be lowering his own value?
Just like when Robinho moved from Real Madrid to Manchester City, how glorious it was? But when he moved to AC Milan, was he still the same Robinho? Many people were worried that if Su Dong really moved to Manchester City, he would probably repeat Robinho's mistakes.
Of course, many people also believe that if Su Dong really goes to Manchester City, it would be equivalent to following the path of Maradona joining Naples, which would be a big challenge for his career.
In fact, Manchester City today is worse than Napoli back then.
You have to know that before Maradona joined, Napoli was a strong team in the upper middle of Serie A. In the past ten years, its performance had basically remained around the top five in the league. It once reached second place in the league and almost won the championship. It also finished third and fourth in the league once. In the Serie A arena, which was a small World Cup at the time, it was a strong team.
Just two years before Maradona joined, Napoli's performance declined slightly due to management problems, but the worst result was eleventh place.
But what about Manchester City?
The Blue Moon did not return to the Premier League from League One until 2002. Since then, their performance has been up and down. At the worst time, they narrowly avoided relegation. Their best result was last season, when they only finished sixth in the league.
It can be said that in terms of foundation and strength, Manchester City is far less strong than Naples back then.
Not to mention, the current Premier League is a battleground for many teams, and the competition is even more intense than the mini World Cup of Serie A back then.
In today's Premier League football environment, how is it possible to reproduce Maradona's feat in Naples?
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Following a report in The Sun, heated discussions and attention have been sparked around the world.
The media and fans also started discussing which team Su Dong should join.
But as the person involved, Su Dong seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth, with no movement at all.
Not only Su Dong, but also his agent Mendes, as well as Manchester City and Bayern clubs, have not responded to this rumor.
In the only interview, Manchester City's technical director Begiristain said that Sudong is indeed in Manchester City's transfer plan. This has long been no secret, and the club also hopes to invite strong players like Sudong to join.
But this was interpreted by the media as a recruitment, implying that Su Dong and Manchester City have not yet had in-depth contact.
There is still no news about Su Dong's transfer, but before the World Cup started, the Manchester Evening News suddenly broke the news.
Manchester City is actively signing Pepe, the main central defender of the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
"Tegristain went to Munich and held talks with Bayern's Nelinger. The two sides discussed the possibility of Pepe's transfer to Manchester City. This player is also Guardiola's choice of central defender. The Spanish coach hopes that Pepe's arrival can improve Manchester City's defense."
Germany's Bild reported that in the conversation between Begiristain and Nelinger, not only Pepe was mentioned, but also other Bayern players such as Sudon.
"Manchester City is very interested in many Bayern players and hopes to improve the overall competitiveness of the team after signing them."
After visiting Munich, Begiristain continued to travel south to Milan, Italy, where he met with Inter Milan's technical director Branca to discuss the possibility of introducing Brazilian right-back Maicon.
Gazzetta dello Sport also commented immediately, saying that Manchester City is very interested in Maicon, but Inter Milan is not willing to sell the world's number one right-back.
"Manchester City's offer for Maicon is 20 million euros, but this is still a long way from Inter Milan's psychological expectations."
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When the European football transfer market began to be in full swing, far away in the southern hemisphere, in South Africa, the southernmost tip of the African continent, the quadrennial World Cup also began to ignite the flames.
The wave brought by the World Cup has gradually diluted the fans' attention to the European transfer market, but on the opening day of the World Cup, Su Dong's figure became the focus of media reports around the world.
He first appeared on the podium of the opening match of the South Africa World Cup with his fiancée, and it was obvious that he had received an invitation from the organizers.
When the news reached China, it immediately sparked heated discussions among domestic media and fans.
As netizens jokingly said, "In fact, Chinese players also participated in the World Cup, but they just sat in the stands!"
It was a joke, but the words were full of sadness and sigh.
Perhaps no one knows better than Chinese football fans how sad it is to chase a World Cup that belongs to someone else. But except for the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, such sadness comes every four years.
The day after participating in the opening match, Su Dong watched the match between Argentina and Nigeria at another stadium in Johannesburg.
This is not only because of Messi, but also because of Maradona.
As a great football king, Su Dong really wanted to know to what extent Maradona could lead this highly anticipated Argentina team, and whether it was possible for them to win the World Cup?
You know, in the history of world football, only Germany's football emperor Beckenbauer led his team to win the World Cup as a player and then won the World Cup again as a head coach.
If Maradona can lead the powerful Argentina team to win the World Cup this season, he will become the second one, which will make Maradona's historical status even higher.
After the upgrade of the Road to the King of Football system, Su Dong also secretly set his sights on the predecessors at the King of Football level, and naturally he was also very concerned about Maradona's performance in this World Cup.
In the first match of the World Cup, Argentina had the advantage on the field and created more opportunities, but apart from Heinze's goal in the first six minutes, Argentina failed to break Nigeria's goal for most of the rest of the time, which made Su Dong somewhat disappointed, especially since his good brother Messi failed to score.
"It doesn't matter. The first game of the World Cup is just like the first game of the league. It is always difficult. I believe that after this game, Argentina will gradually play in their own form. In any case, the three points are in hand."
Su Dong still has high expectations for Maradona and his Argentina.
The most important thing is that this team is really strong.
(End of this chapter)
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