Chapter 843 The whole world owes him a Golden Globe Award!
As the saying goes, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes singly.
In an interview after the game, Wenger had just proposed to negotiate with Benfica about David Luiz's transfer. As a result, the day after the disastrous defeat, the Portuguese media broke the news that Benfica had officially accepted the offer from Manchester City.
"David Luiz told Benfica's management through his agent that he hoped the club would seriously consider the offer from Manchester City. Between Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid and Manchester City, David Luiz chose to join Manchester City."
"This means that David Luiz will face challenges from Pepe, Kompany and Jerome Boateng."
Manchester City has gathered four central defenders, which is inseparable from Guardiola's tactics.
Guardiola, who is deeply influenced by Dutch football and Italian football, is still a very traditional head coach at heart, so his team building model is also very traditional, that is, focusing on both ends.
The center forward is in the frontcourt and the center back is in the backcourt.
After determining the two ends, piece together the other positions.
With a superstar like Su Dong at center forward, the center back position is what Guardiola pays most attention to.
It is true that Pepe and Kompany are the best performing central defenders in the Premier League this season, but the problem is that they have played too many games and are too exhausted, so they really need someone to share their game pressure.
Micah Richards has proven to be unusable, and having only a versatile player like Jerome Boateng is not enough, so the introduction of David Luiz has become inevitable.
The transfer will cost Manchester City 25 million pounds in transfer fees, which is already an astonishingly high transfer price.
Manchester City technical director Begiristain personally went to Lisbon, Portugal to discuss personal treatment with David Luiz's agent.
Su Dong, through the media, on behalf of the locker room, sent a warm signal to David Luiz, welcoming him to join Manchester City.
Wenger, who was far away in London, was once again so angry that he vomited blood.
It was a disastrous defeat on the pitch and in the transfer market.
Damn it, this life is unbearable! ...
Manchester City has made a lot of transfer moves during the winter break.
In addition to De Bruyne and Courtois, who were bought out and then loaned back to Genk in Belgium, Manchester City signed Leighton Baines from Everton, Thiago from Barcelona, Dzeko from Wolfsburg, and now David Luiz from Benfica, all of whom are young talents with high prices.
This also made Manchester City invest huge amounts of money in the transfer market again, becoming the team with the largest transfer investment during the winter break.
In addition to being impressed by Manchester City's wealth, fans around the world also saw Manchester City's ambition to win the championship and Mansour's determination to run Manchester City for a long time.
If you don’t want to run the business for a long time, who would be willing to invest so much?
Manchester City's management also demonstrated its operational capabilities and shrewd negotiation efficiency this time.
The winter transfer market has just opened, but they have already signed the players they wanted in one go. This speed is unmatched by other teams. Behind this is certainly the strong financial backing of the Abu Dhabi consortium, but the management's shrewdness and negotiation also contributed greatly.
After signing a number of players, Manchester City began to clean up the players in the team, including Micah Richards, Bridge and other players, who were no longer in Guardiola's plan, and the club intended to clean out these players.
In addition, the club has lost patience with a group of young players such as Michael Johnson and is ready to sell them.
Michael Johnson was once a leader in Manchester City's youth training and a symbol of youth training. He was even regarded as a genius at one point. However, due to many factors such as injuries, his development did not meet the expectations of the outside world, and he eventually became just like everyone else.
With this series of operations, Manchester City's lineup has basically remained unchanged in terms of number of players, but its overall strength has been improved.
In particular, the joining of Leighton Baines, who is both a local resident and a strong reinforcement, is a great help to Manchester City.
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This weekend, Manchester City faced the third knockout round of the FA Cup.
This is also the first FA Cup played by a Premier League team, with Manchester City away challenging Leicester City, a mid-table team in the Championship.
Since it was a cup competition and they had just fought hard against Arsenal in the league, Manchester City did not try their best. Instead, they arranged a rotation and substitute lineup for the away game, leaving core players such as Su Dong in Manchester.
Guardiola obviously wants to use the FA Cup to observe the players, especially the new players.
Dzeko, Thiago, Leighton Baines and David Luiz all started the game. David Luiz was arranged to start after only one day of training with the team, partnering with Jerome Boateng as a central defender.
As a result, less than a minute into the game, a mismatch between the two central defenders led to Leicester City falling into a goal trap.
Manchester City then patiently controlled the game.
In the midfield, Thiago is responsible for staying behind, while Moutinho and Gareth Barry are forward. Guardiola hopes to maximize Thiago's strength, especially his ability to control the midfield.
The midfielder from Barcelona also performed well and showed a very good level.
In the 23rd minute, Dzeko received a pass from Moutinho and made a straight pass. Milner broke into the penalty area and shot, equalizing the score for Manchester City.
After the second half, Manchester City launched a wave of attacks as soon as the game started. Milner made a cross from the right, and Dzeko scored in the penalty area, reversing the score for Manchester City.
But in the 64th minute, Joe Hart lost the ball after receiving a cross from the wing, and the opponent seized the opportunity to score.
The England goalkeeper is now performing very unstably and has become a major hidden danger in Manchester City's lineup.
Guardiola has made it clear that after the end of this season, Manchester City will bring Courtois back from Genk, Belgium. He wants to personally sculpt the Belgian goalkeeper and transform him into the type of goalkeeper the team needs as much as possible.
Just when everyone was worried that Manchester City would draw with Leicester City and the two sides would have to play a play-off, in the 87th minute, Milner broke through on the left, Dzeko passed the ball in front of the goal, and Gareth Barry followed up with a shot to score, giving Manchester City the lead again.
The score was 3 to 2, and it remained so until the end of the game.
Manchester City eventually narrowly defeated Leicester City.
By the way, young player Sterling replaced Adam Johnson in the second half.
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Although it is just one game, many clues can be seen.
Manchester City's signings are still based on the team's philosophy and are consistent with it.
Whether it is Thiago, Leighton Baines, Dzeko or David Luiz, their technical characteristics are very suitable for Guardiola's Manchester City. They have also shown very good strength and potential in the game, which makes people believe in their future in Manchester City.
But the two goals conceded were also the second most goals conceded by Manchester City this season.
The most goals conceded was against Arsenal, where they conceded three goals, but that was due to a red card in the first four minutes of the game and a penalty in first-half stoppage time.
Judging from the two goals conceded, the main reason was the lack of tacit understanding and the old problem of goalkeeper.
Neither Joe Hart nor Given Madou could satisfy.
At least, none of them showed a stable state.
Guardiola praised several new players at the post-match press conference, while also subtly criticizing Joe Hart's mistake, believing that this should not happen to the Manchester City goalkeeper.
It’s not that there can’t be mistakes, but there can’t be such low-level mistakes.
The outside world still gave positive comments on Manchester City's performance. After all, they just fought hard against Arsenal and played with an all-substitute lineup.
If the 9-1 away win over Arsenal made everyone see the strength of Manchester City's starting lineup, then the 3-2 away win over Leicester City made everyone see the strength of Manchester City's substitute lineup.
Maybe not very strong, but young, energetic, driven, and has a bright future.
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Since Manchester City was eliminated from the League Cup early, there was no game in the middle of the week, but Su Dong was not idle at all.
The FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony is coming! All the top teams have started to cheer for their stars, and the loudest one is Barcelona.
Who makes Xavi and Iniesta the favorites?
Cruyff said in his column that Xavi should win the award. He is not only the commander of Barcelona, but also the soul of Spain's midfield that won the World Cup. He deserves a Golden Ball.
"Sudon is undoubtedly the strongest. So far this season, he has scored 35 Premier League goals, which is simply amazing. But unfortunately, 2010 is the World Cup year, and Xavi is the player who should have won the award the most."
Cruyff said in his column that in non-competition years, Su Dong was invincible and no one could shake his rule.
But in the year of big competitions, more emphasis is placed on performance in big competitions. Xavi and Iniesta are the ones who deserve the awards the most, especially Xavi. "The whole world owes him a Ballon d'Or!"
Barcelona coach Mourinho supported Iniesta, saying that if the Ballon d'Or was not awarded to Iniesta, there must be something fishy going on. "I can't imagine anyone who has performed better than him and is more qualified to win the award."
"The goal in the World Cup final is enough for him to win a Ballon d'Or!"
There is also a high chance that Su Dong will win the award, but no one knows how the first selection will go after the merger of the FIFA World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or.
But before that, when the authoritative British magazine "World Football" selected the best player of 2010, Su Dong defeated Xavi and Iniesta and won the entire honor.
Bayern head coach Jupp Heynckes was named best coach, Spain was named team of the year and Bayern's Thomas Muller was named newcomer of the year.
In the voting results announced by World Football magazine, Su Dong defeated Xavi and Iniesta by a narrow margin.
This actually represents the current conflicts between many media and fans.
Su Dong has performed very well. Whether at Bayern or in the past six months after joining Manchester City, his performance has been impeccable.
But the problem is that there was the World Cup this year, and Xavi and Iniesta were both the top contributors to Spain's World Cup victory. They also helped Barcelona reach the Champions League final, although they did not win the championship, but that was also an achievement.
It can be said that it is really difficult to choose who will win the award and who will not.
(End of this chapter)
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