Chapter 881: Just give me my ID card!
When he saw Marco Reus again, Su Dong found that he was still as thin.
He's grown a little taller, but still looks frail and thin.
This made Su Dong want to slap him on the shoulder when he saw him, but he suddenly felt worried. If he slapped him, would he fall to the ground? So he could only retract his strength and touch his head.
"Boy, long time no see!" Su Dong was very happy to see Royce.
The German teenager also smiled happily, "When I heard that there was a chance to watch your final live, and it was the Europa League final, I couldn't refuse it, I had to get it."
Su Dong smiled and touched his head, then leaned over and complained in a low voice: "You are satisfied, but the people in Manchester City's transfer department misunderstood. They kept instigating me to persuade you to join Manchester City."
Royce laughed awkwardly and said quickly, "Don't, Su, you know me."
Suddenly, Su Dong understood what he was thinking and waved his hand.
"I know. So, I have already rejected it for you. During this time, you should eat, drink, and sleep, and enjoy the public-funded travel and watching the game. Isn't that great?" At the end, Su Dong laughed.
This is just a piece of cake for the captain of a team.
He would talk to the technical department and tell them what Royce was thinking, and then there would be no problem.
In fact, such things happen almost every day in European football.
Manchester City will not blame Reus for this, or rather, no team would be stingy to this extent and have a quarrel with the players over such trivial matters.
Professional football is indeed a capital operation, but to be frank, the game still depends on the players.
In other words, the most core asset of the professional football industry is people.
Just because Reus is not considering joining Manchester City now doesn't mean he won't consider it in the future, so no team will fall out with the player over this kind of thing and miss out on the opportunity to make friends with a future top European star.
Just like Su Dong, he and Barcelona are in a bad situation, right? But if he suddenly says that he wants to go back to Camp Nou to watch a game, do you believe it? Barcelona will immediately arrange for him, even club president Rosell and vice president Bartomeu will definitely meet him in person.
The particularity of professional football is also the reason why many teams are willing to let retired players coach or take on management positions.
Su Dong already knew Reus when he was still playing for Red, White and Allen, but he didn't have much impression of him at that time.
Today, Reus is a rising talent in German football with a bright future. He is grateful for what happened back then and has even more respect for Su Dong.
In fact, Su Dong’s status in German football is not low.
It has only been one season since Toni Kroos followed Su Dong to Manchester City, but he has already shown the potential and level of a world-class midfielder. Guardiola is really good at coaching players, especially young midfielders.
Under his leadership, Toni Kroos has made rapid progress and his cooperation with David Silva has complemented each other.
To a certain extent, Su Dong has trained a quasi-world-class midfielder for German football, and people all over Germany are very grateful to him.
Beckenbauer mentioned this matter many times on the phone with Su Dong.
A player's qualifications and prestige are often built up bit by bit in this way.
Reus is of similar age to Jerome Boateng and Toni Kroos, so Su Dong handed the German rocket to the two teammates.
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In addition to training, Su Dong also met De Bruyne and Courtois who came from Belgium.
Both youngsters performed very well in Belgium.
According to the exact information Su Dong received from technical director Begiristain, Manchester City will officially recall Courtois and De Bruyne this summer in accordance with the original contract with Genk, but Genk currently wants to continue to loan De Bruyne for another season.
Therefore, when Su Dong communicated with the two of them, he also prepared based on this point.
Su Dong told Courtois that the team does have some problems at the goalkeeper position and may make signings this summer, but the technical team and coaching staff are very satisfied with his performance in Belgium and are paying close attention to it.
"We all hope that you can perform at your best during this summer's training camp."
Courtois seems to be a very confident player. If Su Dong could not control him, many people would probably think that he is overconfident and arrogant.
But Su Dong thinks it's a good idea. As long as Courtois is willing to work hard for it and improve his own strength, it would be a good thing.
Just like Neuer and Adler back then.
Su Dong and Hoeness were both firmly optimistic about Neuer at the time, mainly because Neuer had a strong physique and strong self-confidence, which Adler lacked, especially the self-confidence that could almost be regarded as arrogance.
Many people were puzzled by Bayern's choice of Neuer and were indignant for Adler.
But as Bayern's performance improved, before the World Cup, Adler handed over his starting position to Neuer due to injury, and then Neuer completely took off.
This season, Adler, who returned from injury, has performed well, but compared with Neuer, there is already a gap.
After experiencing the baptism of the World Cup and Bayern's outstanding performance, Neuer has performed like a god this season and can almost be regarded as the world's top goalkeeper. He helped Bayern reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, win the German Cup and Bundesliga championship, and almost achieved the treble again.
The media also changed their tune and began to think that it was wise for Su Dong and Hoeness to support Neuer back then.
Now, Courtois stands in front of Sudon. He is completely different from Neuer and is very thin, but the two have one thing in common, that is, their self-confidence that ignores everything.
"Bayern's legendary goalkeeper and goalkeeper coach Sepp Maier once told me that a goalkeeper is lonely, but he is not fighting alone. Although he is alone on the goal line, there are ten teammates standing in front of him, and they are all doing their best to protect him."
At this point, Su Dong reached out and patted Courtois on the shoulder, "I really hope that you can bring changes to our team and improve the team's strength."
In the new season, Manchester City will fight on four fronts, and the most important one is the Champions League after a 42-year absence.
This will be the second time in Manchester City's history to participate in the Champions League. Prior to that, Manchester City had only participated once, which was 42 years ago. Coupled with the influence of the Champions League, the club attaches great importance to it.
Su Dong is somewhat disappointed with the two current goalkeepers Joe Hart and Given, and the team also hopes to introduce strong reinforcements this summer. Courtois must prove that he has enough strength before he can gain a foothold in the club.
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To the disappointment of Manchester City's technical team, this season's Ligue 1 best player, Eden Hazard, also rejected Manchester City's invitation on the grounds that he needed to prepare for the last round of Ligue 1.
This is definitely an excuse, because Lille has already won the championship in advance, and the schedule of the Europa League final does not conflict with Lille's game.
Hazard is currently attracting attention from many teams.
Zidane recommended him to Real Madrid, and Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are also paying attention to this Ligue 1 genius.
Manchester City has more contact with Hazard, but Manchester City's weakness lies in its foundation.
Being able to win the Premier League and FA Cup titles this season has made up for some of the shortcomings. Otherwise, it would be impossible to compete with other giants for players.
If they can win the Europa League and achieve the treble, they should still be able to grab a chance. Otherwise, famous talented players like Hazard and Lukaku will basically only go to giants like Manchester United or Chelsea.
In addition to Hazard, Douglas Costa's agent also told Manchester City that their players are still in Ukraine and will not be able to catch up with the Europa League final in Dublin.
This is also the most realistic situation for Manchester City at the moment.
Many players are still waiting and watching.
This is even after Su Dong joined the team and the club made huge investments for several consecutive years.
It is conceivable that with the massive influx of capital, it will become increasingly difficult to create a wealthy team in the future, and the threshold to become a wealthy team will become higher and higher.
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Manchester City rested for three days after returning to Manchester from London.
On the evening before the Europa League final, the team crossed the Irish Sea and arrived in Dublin, Ireland.
At this moment, Porto has arrived in Dublin and has been training secretly for two days.
Porto head coach Villas-Boas made it clear that they are fully prepared for the Europa League final.
Everyone knows that after Chelsea fired head coach Ancelotti in an almost humiliating manner, no famous coach in European football was willing to take over Chelsea. Villas-Boas, who rose to fame in Porto, became the popular candidate for Chelsea's head coach in the new season. Some media have even asserted that Villas-Boas will officially take over Stamford Bridge after the Europa League final.
Because of this, Villas-Boas wanted to win the jackpot for his new club in the Europa League final, give the Premier League champions Manchester City a warning and show his power.
In an interview with the media, he said that he watched the FA Cup final between Manchester City and Manchester United, and he believed that Manchester United did not do well in many areas, such as marking Su Dong.
"We won't let Su Dong move freely, which is not allowed for any defensive team."
"I have told my players that we must keep Su Dong 100% contained for 90 minutes and not allow him to get any chances or passes."
Boas also revealed that Su Dong came from the Portuguese Super League. He has been following Su Dong for many years and is considered to be the person who knows Su Dong best in the world football today, so he knows how to defend and contain Su Dong.
"We won't give him a chance to show his ability!" Boas said in a loud voice.
When Su Dong heard the retelling from the media, he just smiled faintly.
"I don't know if he really knows me as well as he says, but the last person who said that always lost miserably!"
Well……
Someone cried out sadly: You can just report my ID card!
(End of this chapter)
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