Chapter 888 Golden Ball Group
Castelldefels Villa District, western suburbs of Barcelona, Spain.
Good friend Aguero came to Barcelona from Madrid to visit, which made Messi's family very happy. They warmly entertained this friend of many years. The two were roommates from the national youth team to the national team.
This is not the first time Aguero has come to Messi's villa, but he always sighs every time.
So big!
Messi's current home covers a large area. Originally it was two plots of land, of which the best-located one belonged to Sudong. But after Sudong transferred to Bayern Munich, he sold the villa to Messi. So Messi demolished it and rebuilt it, building the current large villa and garden.
Aguero is also a well-known star in the world football arena. He also lives in a mansion in Madrid, but compared with Messi, he is inevitably much inferior, which makes him quite envious.
"To be honest, it's a good thing you bought it early. If it was two years later, you probably wouldn't be able to afford it." Aguero sighed.
Messi is a lucky man. He happened to meet Su Dong, who not only lent him money to buy a villa, but later sold the villa to Messi at a friendly price. This allowed Messi to own the most luxurious top mansion in the entire Castelldefels.
"I should thank Su. If he hadn't lent me money, I wouldn't have been able to buy the house. Later, he sold the house to me and asked me to pay it back." Messi was full of gratitude when mentioning Su Dong.
He is a grateful person.
Aguero is no stranger to Su Dong. He knows a lot about Messi and Su Dong. He is even a little envious of the friendship between Messi and Su Dong. It is not gradually cooling down as the outside media and fans have speculated.
Although they meet less and less often, Su Dong's status in Messi's mind has not changed, and is even more important.
This is actually not surprising, because with the improvement of experience, Messi increasingly realized how precious and important everything Su Dong did for him and taught him was.
For example, if Su Dong had not lent him money, would he and Iniesta have been able to solve the housing problem so early? With the soaring housing prices in those years, it was those years that a lot of money was lost.
"Are you sure you don't want to go to Poland?" Aguero asked suddenly.
Messi flashed a complicated look and shook his head. "No."
Aguero sighed, "Then I won't go either."
Messi looked at his friend and said nothing in the end.
"I don't understand what those people in the Football Association are doing. The America's Cup is just around the corner. Since they attach so much importance to this year's domestic America's Cup, why do they have to organize such a training camp before the training camp?" Aguero complained.
The Argentine national team is preparing for a warm-up match in Nigeria, Africa. Their opponent is Nigeria. After playing against Nigeria, the team will go to Europe and play another warm-up match in Poland.
To put it nicely, this is to observe the players, but the problem is, why can't we observe them alone? Why do we have to observe them in Africa and Europe?
More importantly, the opponents of the America's Cup are all from South America. What does it have to do with African and European teams? In fact, many people know that it all comes down to appearance fees.
But is it interesting to run back and forth like this and play a game that has no targeted value?
So players like Messi and Aguero all refused to participate in the warm-up matches.
Of course, head coach Batista also knew their thoughts and allowed them not to participate in the game. The purpose of these two warm-up matches was to observe the team's substitute players.
"I just want to concentrate on doing my own thing and preparing for the America's Cup. As for the Football Association's affairs..." Messi shook his head and sighed.
There are many things that he has no control over.
All crows are black. Which country's football association is not like this?
So far, Su Dong has not even been able to enter the national team. Who can he blame?
In comparison, Messi's situation is relatively good. At least he can still represent the national team and play in the America's Cup and the World Cup. He is much luckier than Su Dong.
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The two of them stood in the outdoor garden on the second floor, overlooking the coastline below the mountain. The scenery was extremely spectacular.
This was also Su Dong’s favorite angle to enjoy the beautiful scenery when he lived here.
"Have you really decided to transfer?" Messi asked with concern.
Aguero had mentioned this matter to Messi as early as the winter break, but he was not very sure at that time. But now, Aguero has publicly stated to the media that he hopes to leave Atletico Madrid.
"Yes, I am not very optimistic about Atletico's current situation, especially in the last two seasons."
In the past two seasons, Atletico Madrid ranked ninth and seventh in La Liga respectively, and seemed to have no competitiveness and no improvement.
The club doesn't seem to have much ambition, and has no money to invest in the transfer market.
Judging from the current situation, Atletico Madrid really does not have much development potential. What Aguero wants, whether it is annual salary or championship, Atletico Madrid cannot satisfy him. Leaving is a good choice for both parties.
"I have asked Hermann to contact them. Since Atletico Madrid asked not to transfer to Real Madrid, the only team left for me to choose is the Premier League." At this point, Aguero suddenly grinned at Messi, "Hermann said that Manchester City is also interested in me. Maybe I can become teammates with Su Dongcheng."
"Good news." Messi smiled. "Su is the strongest player I have ever seen. It is a great blessing to be his teammate, but it is also a painful thing because you have to live under his wings forever."
At the end, Messi also showed hesitation.
If he were given another chance to choose, he was not sure whether he would become teammates with Su Dong, because that would mean he would miss out on the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or.
In the past, he wouldn't have thought so much, but now, he has to think about it.
People always change their views and opinions as the environment and situation change.
This is true for Messi, Su Dong and everyone else.
"Manchester City now has only two truly competitive forwards, Sudon and Dzeko. Sudon is definitely the main player, but it is not enough to rely on him alone, and the pressure is too great, so Manchester City wants to share Sudon's pressure. Dzeko has played for half a year and proved that he is not the most suitable candidate."
"Your goal efficiency doesn't seem to be very high." Messi joked.
If we look at goal efficiency alone, Aguero's data at Atletico Madrid is far inferior to Dzeko's data at Wolfsburg.
But these two players are completely different. Dzeko is the kind of center forward who needs the support of his teammates, while Aguero is the kind of player who can make a name for himself with his personal abilities.
"Every time I hear you praise Su Dong like a flower, I really look forward to working with him," said Aguero.
Messi nodded and looked into the distance. "Believe me, he will not let you down!"
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The Premier League's summer transfer window began with the departure of two head coaches.
Former Manchester City manager and Fulham head coach Mark Hughes has been fired! This is undoubtedly a surprising news, because Mark Hughes has a good coaching record at Fulham, ranking eighth last season and qualifying for the Europa League through the Fair Play Award. Unexpectedly, not long after the end of the season, Mark Hughes announced his resignation.
The Sun revealed that Mark Hughes resigned because he wanted to coach Aston Villa.
Aston Villa head coach Houllier is the first head coach to be sacked in the Premier League this summer.
As soon as Houllier was dismissed, Mark Hughes resigned. It is hard to say that there is no connection between the two.
However, Mark Hughes clarified through his agent that he refused to renew his contract because he did not get the operating budget for the summer transfer market. He felt that the team would participate in European competitions in the new season and should invest in the transfer market.
"It was clear that I had a huge disagreement with management."
This unique coach therefore announced his resignation.
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If the resignation of Mark Hughes, the former Manchester City coach, caused quite a stir, then another big move by Manchester City shocked the entire European football world.
The Mirror revealed that Manchester City, who had just won the treble, launched a fierce attack on Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Mansour has decided to build the best and most luxurious lineup for Manchester City. Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly an important part of it. He is a close friend of Su Dong and is also the top star in world football."
The Mirror said that Real Madrid's asking price for Cristiano Ronaldo is 100 million pounds, which is within Manchester City's budget. At the same time, Manchester City is willing to offer Ronaldo a weekly salary of 400,000 pounds, which will allow Ronaldo to surpass Rooney and become the second highest paid player in world football after Suarez.
The Mirror analyzed that if Ronnie could join Manchester City, he would partner with Su Dong, a Golden Ball winner. This would be a dream lineup that would greatly enhance Manchester City's offensive firepower and would become a nightmare for all teams in the world.
"Manchester City will become the new generation of galactic battleship!"
This undoubtedly fits Mansour's goals very well.
But the Mirror's revelations were quickly refuted by Real Madrid officials. A Real Madrid spokesperson said that the club had no possibility of selling Cristiano Ronaldo.
Real Madrid's mouthpiece AS also said that Manchester City's acquisition of Cristiano Ronaldo was pure nonsense.
"Manchester City's real target is Aguero from Atletico Madrid."
According to AS, Aguero has negotiated with Atletico Madrid through his agent Herman Regera.
"Although the contract has been renewed, Aguero's buyout clause has been reduced from 60 million euros to 45 million euros, which is within the acceptable range of many teams, including Manchester City."
AS revealed that Manchester City hopes to get a strong scorer to become the team's goal guarantee after Su Dong.
After all, Su Dong also needs rotation.
Last season, whenever Su Dong was absent, Manchester City's goals were greatly affected, which led to the team's unstable performance.
"Guardiola is also very optimistic about Aguero and he is looking forward to his arrival."
In addition, AS also revealed that Guardiola has made it clear to the management that he wants a strong right-back, and the first target of recruitment is Daniel Alves from Barcelona.
(End of this chapter)
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