Chapter 607: Manchester City Strategy
"Are you really not going to respond?"
At Grinwald's home, Mendes was instigating Su Dong in order to create chaos. He was eager for Su Dong to stand up and confront the media, which would make European football lively.
Su Dong had just brought back the European Super Cup from Monaco. He didn't expect that the media in his hometown in Germany would prepare such a generous gift for him, which made him feel a little funny.
Ibisevic?
Who gave him the courage to challenge Su Dong? Su Dong was not angry, because as a professional player, he knew that Ibisevic was chasing him as his target. The media hype was the media's business and had nothing to do with Ibisevic.
Su Dong was not opposed to this kind of pure football competition at all, which was why he did not intend to respond.
If the media likes to hype, let them hype. Things that happen on the football field should be resolved on the football field.
"What's there to respond to?" Su Dong understood Mendes's little tricks. Ma Dawei was also amused. "Of course you should fight back. An unknown guy wants to hype you up. This is too outrageous. If you don't want to fight him, let me do it for you."
Su Dong smiled slightly when he heard this, "Let the news fly for a while!"
What does that mean? Mendes and Ma Dawei were both stunned, not understanding what Su Dong meant.
Su Dong did not intend to explain. He was still quite interested in Ibrahimovic and understood the media and fans' desire for someone to challenge them. This was also a good thing for him.
At least it is clear that not everyone is convinced by him, and he is far from being invincible.
The pressure from challengers will eventually turn into motivation for Su Dong on the training ground and the court.
Therefore, for the time being, Su Dong did not plan to respond. He even wanted to see how far Ibisevic could go and whether he could really put pressure on him. This summer, because of the European Cup, and because Su Dong and Wang Chuqing had just broken through their relationship, they were both very greedy for each other's bodies, so Su Dong was a little slack in training, so his current state has not been adjusted to the best.
Su Dong now wants to see how long Ibisevic can maintain this form.
Everyone knows that the main reason why Su Dong can achieve his current achievements is not his short-term burst, but his long-term state, so he can score more than 50 goals for several consecutive seasons.
The requirements for Ibrahimovic are certainly not that high, but at least he should be able to score 30 goals.
Su Dong is looking forward to his performance.
…
Mendes is a busy man right now.
As the saying goes, one does not visit a temple without a reason. If he had nothing to do, he would definitely not run to Su Dong's side.
In recent years, his agency's business has grown very fast. Although he is the number one star under his command, Mendes cannot do everything himself. He mostly leaves it to his subordinates, especially some daily chores.
But it must be a big deal that he came here in person, especially bringing Ma Dawei with him.
According to this guy's habit, he usually talks about something else first and then gets to the point.
The news he brought to Su Dong was that the Abu Dhabi consortium had officially acquired Manchester City and was starting the acquisition process.
Su Dong had heard about this acquisition a long time ago, but it had never been confirmed. Now it is finally settled.
Thaksin spent more than 80 million pounds to acquire Manchester City, and now he sold it for 200 million pounds. Even if all the loans and debts are deducted, Thaksin can at least make 50 million pounds. It is definitely a big deal with huge profits.
Now the former Thai prime minister has been in exile, and selling Manchester City will undoubtedly solve his urgent needs.
"After acquiring Manchester City for 200 million pounds, the Abu Dhabi consortium has a long-term grand plan, including the recent launch of Manchester City's Carrington training base renovation plan, which will also invest a huge amount of money, and they are also contacting five superstars, including Robinho, Kaka and Aguero, who are all in Manchester City's plan."
Mendes talked about Manchester City's plans and blueprint.
Su Dong exclaimed, "I didn't expect that Manchester City really encountered a big money sponsor this time. It's a big deal right from the start."
Renovating the training base and introducing superstars all require huge investments.
Judging from Manchester City run by Thaksin, the team has no money at all now, so it can only rely on the Abu Dhabi consortium to continue to make additional investments. This also shows the Abu Dhabi consortium's ambition and determination to operate the team for a long time.
If they just want to make a quick buck in the short term, they should be like Thaksin and there is no need to renovate the training base.
"Robinho has always been linked with Chelsea. Real Madrid wants to use him to exchange for Robinho with Manchester United. It would be really interesting if Manchester City really snatched him away." Su Dong laughed.
Robinho left in anger this time.
The reason was simple. Calderón wanted to pursue Ronaldo, so he wanted to use Robinho as a bonus in a transfer with Manchester United. As a result, Robinho was unhappy. After all, he was considered the top figure in European football, a top star in Brazil. Wasn't it a humiliation for him to be used as a bonus in a transfer? So Robinho decided to leave the team.
Real Madrid wanted him to go to Manchester United, but he refused to go and instead went to Manchester United's arch-rival Chelsea.
Of course Calderon refused, and the negotiations remained at a stalemate.
When Su Dong heard the news about Robinho, he felt somewhat sad.
When the new Brazilian Pele joined Real Madrid, he was compared with Su Dong and was considered a genius who could challenge and even defeat Su Dong. However, a few years later, Robinho still failed to meet the expectations of the outside world, and even his position as the number one player in Real Madrid was unsettled. That's why he was used as a bonus in the transfer.
This is how European professional football works. Every year, a large number of promising stars emerge and the media hype them up to create chaos.
Players should stick to their original intentions and not get lost! …
If it was just Manchester City being acquired, Robinho might transfer, and Mendes would definitely not come.
The real big news is that two of Su Dong’s friends are about to join Manchester City.
"What did you say?"
Mendes looked at Su Dong, who was full of surprise, and nodded continuously. "Soriano and Begiristain will join Manchester City as chairman and technical director after the acquisition. Soriano just contacted me yesterday to ask about the possibility of your transfer to Manchester City."
This is why Mendes came to Greenwald in person.
Su Dong was very surprised. He didn't expect that Soriano and Begiristain would join Manchester City.
As for these two people, Su Dong has a good relationship with them. Soriano is a very capable person, especially among the vice presidents of Barcelona, he is one of the few professional talents. And Begiristain, the technical director, also does a very good job and has outstanding abilities. The key is that he is a professional player and understands football.
From this point of view, the Abu Dhabi consortium should have reached a consensus with them before acquiring Manchester City, otherwise they would not have contacted Mendes before the acquisition was actually completed.
"What did Feilan say?" Su Dong asked with concern.
It is not difficult to see from the fact that Soriano took the initiative to contact Mendes instead of Su Dong that Soriano was actually very unsure in his heart, so he was willing to contact Su Dong directly, otherwise, he always had Su Dong's phone number.
Sometimes, when friends have something to say, it is often more difficult to speak up, because once you speak up and get rejected, it will be a very sad tragedy. That's why Soriano went directly to Mendes.
"He said that Mansour, the boss behind the Abu Dhabi consortium, is your fan. After acquiring Manchester City, the most important thing he wants to do is to bring you to Manchester City. But he also knows that Manchester City is not strong enough for this now, so for the time being he just wants to keep in touch and let us know their sincerity."
Su Dong nodded. This made sense.
With Su Dong's current identity and status, going to Manchester City is a very risky thing, because this team only finished ninth in the Premier League last season, let alone the Champions League, it can't even play in the League Cup.
Such a team is really not suitable for Su Dong.
No matter how much money the other party offered, Su Dong would not take the risk at this time.
If you want to attract Su Dong, you must at least work hard for a few years to lay a solid foundation, let Su Dong see the prospects of this team, and see the sincerity of the investors behind the scenes, then this will be possible.
"According to Soriano, Manchester City has a long-term plan. They intend to transplant the system that Barcelona used when they defended the Champions League. The first year is more about reform. Mark Hughes just joined in June and his penalty clause is very high, so Manchester City temporarily plans to let him serve as the team coach, but Soriano and Begiristain have already found a successor."
"Who?" A name suddenly popped up in Su Dong's mind.
"Guardiola!"
really!
Su Dong cried in his heart.
Begiristain was a professional player for Barcelona. He is very familiar with Guardiola and trusts him very much. It was he who strongly promoted Guardiola's coaching of the Barcelona B team. Even Guardiola's various reforms in the B team were supported by Begiristain behind the scenes.
It can be said that Begiristain has great confidence in Guardiola's ability.
In terms of results, Guardiola's performance in Barcelona's second team is not eye-catching, but the fact that he is so highly praised by Soriano and Begiristain really makes Su Dong quite interested.
Does Guardiola really have the potential to be a famous coach? You know, Guardiola was also on the list when Barcelona selected a coach before. Many people, including Cruyff, highly praised him. He just lost to Mourinho in the PK, but this in itself is a recognition of Guardiola.
In today's world football, how many head coaches who have not officially coached a first-team can make it to the final round and face off against Mourinho?
Guardiola can be said to have won glory in defeat.
"Guardiola agreed to coach?"
"Well, after Mourinho took office, his assistant Vilanova was poached to be an assistant coach of the first team. He originally planned to leave Barcelona, but Soriano and Begiristain persuaded him to stay and coach for another year, and then go directly to Manchester City, and he agreed."
Su Dong nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
The Abu Dhabi consortium has money, Soriano and Begiristain understand football, and there is also the mysterious Guardiola.
This combination of Manchester City is quite interesting!
(End of this chapter)
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