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23. The curtain of the league kicks off

There was no movement in Manchester City's transfer. Richards, Krish and Nasri, who were originally planned to leave, were all kept, and of course there was another Balotelli in the air.

Before the new season arrived, Wensheng finally bought a house in Manchester. He had no shortage of money. Originally, he was not at the forefront of Manchester City, but real estate was also an asset. With his descendant Wensheng also had the intention of buying a property, so he didn't consider renting a house in Manchester at all, just buy it.

A villa worth 2 million pounds was bought on the outskirts of the city, but it still needs to be renovated. Cheryl and Lydia can only stay in London for the time being. However, the house has hired a housekeeper and a servant, so Wensheng will not worry about the lives of the mother and daughter.

The Premier League schedule has already come out as early as June. Manchester City will face the promoted Southampton in three rounds of the league before the national team match in September, Liverpool, and the thrilling relegation last season. Overall, it is good.

For Wensheng, he must win the game and the team must get a good start. No matter how good a new player like Southampton is, there will be no more.

On the morning of August 18, Manchester City held a pre-match press conference at the Carrington base.

After all, this is the first press conference of the team in the new season, and there are quite a few reporters.

Everyone knows that Wen Sheng always loves to engage in closed training. It would be good if the media can enter the game once a week. Don’t even think about it at other times. When the paparazzi was indignant, Wen Sheng actually arranged for the club to renovate the wall of the club’s training base to block some loopholes in the original wall and prohibit paparazzi from peeping.

The Carrington training base is relatively old, with a ventilated wall, and there are holes everywhere. Paparazzi used to use these holes to conduct secret photography activities. Otherwise, where would the photos of Balotelli fighting with people come from?!

Wensheng obviously pays great attention to privacy.

When he arrived at the press conference, Wen Sheng was a little surprised when he remembered something. He remembered that this seemed to be the first time he held a press conference at the Carrington base after he took over Manchester City.

The publishing hall is very small, almost the same as the Crystal Palace.

"Good morning for everyone! Long time no see!" Wensheng and Kompani sat down and greeted everyone with a smile.

This guy is too disrespectful to anyone. He rarely accepts interviews during the training camp. Many reporters greet Wen Sheng with resentful eyes, thinking to him that you still know that we are "long time no see you"!

After a brief greeting, the press conference soon got to the point, and reporters raised their hands to ask questions.

"Daniel, can you talk to us about the team's status first?!" The Times asked.

"We are in good condition now! Due to the impact of the European Cup, we have not been practicing together for too long, but I am satisfied with the training results of the players! The team has no major injuries, Richards and Kolarov have some minor problems. If you can't play in this game, other players can play!"

"You are about to play against the newly promoted Southampton in the first game of the new season. Do you think this arrangement is beneficial to your team?!" A reporter from the Daily Mail raised his hand and asked.

"Southampton has not appeared in the Super League for four seasons. For us, they are an unfamiliar team! I don't think they are promoted teams. It is not the opponent who has an advantage over us that is Southampton, but we will play against them at home. We will have fans as our backing. I hope that in Etihad we can perform well enough, and we will work hard to defeat them in the first game of the new season!" Wensheng said seriously.

After Southampton was relegated from the Super League, Manchester City had never played against Southampton, even in the FA Cup or the League Cup. Wen Sheng himself led Crystal Palace and never played against Southampton. He said that Manchester City and Southampton were unfamiliar.

If you really want to say that Wensheng’s connection with Southampton was probably the goalkeeper coach Webster that year.

However, Wensheng said that facing the newly promoted team in the first round is not an advantage. This is just a scene. The newly promoted team in Southampton is very different.

Southampton was still in the League One field during the 10-11 season. Last season, the team immediately won the top spot in the Championship, so the team itself is still slightly lacking in terms of strength.

Of course, don't forget that Southampton's youth training has always been excellent. There are some young talents in the team, and the potential is hard to say. There is also a possibility of confronting Manchester City.

"Daniel, can you talk to me about Nigel Adkins?!" The Daily Telegraph reporter turned the question to the Southampton head coach.

Nigel Adkins is really awesome. At least Wensheng is absolutely admirable. You should know that it is not easy to bring the team from the League One to the Premier League in just two seasons. Adkins' ability to do this shows that his ability is indeed very outstanding, so Wensheng is not stingy with praise.

"I don't know Mr. Adkins very well, but I admire him very much! His achievements in Southampton are amazing! The Southampton he led is very tactical and I like them! I wish them good luck in the new season!"

"Daniel, how do you feel when you meet Klein again?" A reporter asked the topic jokingly.

Wen Sheng was stunned, then came to his senses and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

If Klein can continue to stay in Crystal Palace, he should have a Premier League champion, but he left.

The development of Liverpool Klein was not going well. He was always at a disadvantage in the competition with Johnson. Wensheng occasionally saw his news on gossip. This summer, Brandon Rogers didn't seem to have a special cold to him, so Klein sought to loan to Southampton.

From a rational point of view, this is a win-win deal. Klein was at least the strength of the main full-back of Crystal Palace. Liverpool could loan the young Klein to exercise for a year, and maybe he could get a better right-back candidate in the future. As for Klein, he didn't have to continue sitting on Liverpool's bench and wasting his youth.

However, the main right-back who was the third team in the Premier League actually made it to the new team to play football, which was really shocking.

"If he could play, I would be happy for him! I know that he did not have a very smooth life in Liverpool, but he is still young now. Being able to loan to Southampton is a good choice. I think he can still become a top right-back in the future!" Wen Sheng could not give up the years of sharing joys and sorrows, and expressed strong expectations in his words.

The reporters were a little silent. There were not many players around Wen Sheng who had developed better. Is this a curse?!

But when everyone thought about it, they felt that it was not. There were only two types of players who left Wensheng. One type was not strong in itself, so it was naturally impossible to develop very well. The other type was talent and ability, but they did not go to the right place. For example, Boateng, everyone knew that Wensheng admired him more and had unique features in his use. When he was the front midfielder, he complemented De Bruyne, the role of the front midfielder, but he was tempted to go to Chelsea in the internal strife. Ancelotti was leading Chelsea to carry out technological innovation, and Boateng was naturally not favored by him.

Let me give you another example. Liverpool clearly has the British first right-back Johnson, why do you still have to compete?!

Liverpool also has some problems. Johnson insisted on introducing Klein, and then dealt with Johnson but couldn't handle it. In the end, Johnson firmly took the lead, which really revealed all kinds of weirdness.
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