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Chapter 006 The Transfer Market (Part 1)

For Zhang Yang, as a shooter, having such abundant physical strength can ensure that he is an absolute threat on the court.

In Zhang Yang's goals, many of them are scored by him running back and forth, pulling, mobilizing and tearing the opponent's defense line. The defensive players are dizzy when they are led by him and will eventually reveal flaws. Such goals not only require Zhang Yang's keen sense of smell and shooting skills, but also sufficient physical fitness is also essential.

In addition, Zhang Yang also allowed the Manchester City coaching staff to see his superb shooting skills on the training ground. For a shooter, the first move when receiving a teammate's pass is the most critical. Whether the first move is handled well is directly related to the quality of the shot this time.

Zhang Yang obviously did a very good job. He has a keen sense of smell and superb shooting skills. He can judge at the first time whether the ball can shoot directly. If it is directly shot, what kind of footwork and shooting angle should be chosen. If the first choice is difficult to shoot, how should he stop the ball to ensure that the football stops in the most appropriate position and facilitates his further actions.

This is a small detail, but it is the biggest difference between a first-class shooter and a super shooter.

Although Zhang Yang's partner has not been confirmed yet, and his current partner Bozinov's performance is unsatisfactory, the goal-scoring ability shown by Zhang Yang has made all Manchester City coaches and fans look forward to the new season.

As Manchester City head coach, Mark Hughes is still having a headache when he is happy about Zhang Yang's outstanding state.

It is already late July, and in the middle of next month, on August 15, the 2008/2009 Premier League season will start. Now, Manchester City's new lineup is still being formed, and the construction in some positions is far from satisfying Mark Hughes. This is not to say that Mark Hughes is too greedy and hopes to introduce more superstars. In fact, Zhang Yang is very happy to come to Manchester City, and he dare not expect too much. On the front line, he believes that it is acceptable to have a powerful shooter to join, and it is not necessary for Robinho. Of course, if Robinho can join, he will naturally be unlucky.

What he is worried about now is the team's midfield. Judging from the players' strength and fame, it is not an exaggeration to say that Manchester City's midfielder is shining with stars. Petrov, Errano and Sabaleta are both powerful stars. Of course, the midfield composed of these three is still far from the giants.

Petrov and Errano both performed well last season, and Sabaleta is a celebrity in the Argentine National Olympic Team. The midfielder of the three of them is still good at first glance.

However, what Mark Hughes is most worried about is the midfield. The team's conceded goals last season was a huge number of goals in the Premier League. Manchester City's defense is a problem, and the biggest problem lies in the midfield. Because Manchester City lacks a powerful midfielder that can really make people feel at ease! In the midfielder position, Manchester City has never had a reassuring candidate, and Sun Jihai has even played guest-starred midfielder many times.

With the continuous development of football, the role of the back midfielder in the game has attracted more and more attention. The back midfielder is the team's brain and the hub of offense and defense. Whether it is technical, powerful or complementary back midfielder, they must have the ability to attack and retreat and defend. They are the "first person" in the entire defensive half. The role of the back midfielder in defense is to intercept the opponent's offense, delay the opponent's offensive speed, reduce the chance of the central defender directly facing the opponent's forward, or directly intercept the ball from the opponent's feet and launch an attack.

Mark Hughes knows the crux of Manchester City's midfield. His tactical intention is to make up for the gaps and gaps in the midfield. To be precise, it is to use double midfield tactics in the midfield. Double midfield tactics refer to the team's arrangement of two players in the midfield position when the team is deploying troops, and at the same time, the attack, defensive strategy and matching of the double midfielders are determined based on the situation on the field. The midfield tactics can build a solid defense line in the midfield to provide replenishment for the defenders.

The protection of points limits the opponent's offense in the midfield, or even completely kills the opponent's offense. Today, with increasing emphasis on the control of the midfield, the effective control of the double midfield by the double midfield tactics has become the magic weapon for many teams to win. This means that in the offensive system of modern teams, the back midfield has gained more room for performance, and the straight passes and long passes in the midfield have become important offensive weapons. In the defensive system, the double midfielder can provide strong guarantees for the team's defense.

In the past few years, the "super double midfielder" composed of Vieira and Emerson was regarded as a classic by Mark Hughes. Vieira and Emerson are both coaches who can attack and retreat and defend. They can attack and defend, so that they can make up for the problems that the opponent has caused due to defense or attack. Vieira's strong defensive ability liberates Emerson and allows Emerson to devote more energy to the offense. The offensive and defensive hubs of the two world-class teams in Brazil and France are concentrated in a club. Such a double midfielder in today's football world, and even in the Serie A league in the past 10 years. Perhaps only the midfielder of the Milan dynasty composed of Rijcard, Ancelotti and Albertini can be compared with it.

Of course, Mark Hughes knew that it was impossible for his Manchester City to have super midfielders like Vieira or Emerson at the same time. It was his dream to have one of them.

As of now, the first thing he is looking for is a strong defensive midfielder to truly stabilize Manchester City's first barrier in the midfield.

However, the importance of the back midfielder is well known to everyone in modern football. Therefore, a good back midfielder is the focus of many wealthy families. Even wealthy families like Real Madrid have been worried about the back midfielder position. As long as there is a good back midfielder, they will definitely be the first to take action. It is not the turn of Manchester City to pull out their teeth.

There is no chance to introduce excellent midfielders who are in their prime, so Mark Hughes's attention is on veterans who are experienced but are just approaching their twilight careers.

This time, he once again set his sights on Chelsea.

Chelsea immediately started a big "blood exchange" after Brazilian coach Scolari took office. So far, the "blood exchange" has been implemented very firmly. Wright Phillips was bought by Manchester City for 11.25 million euros, and Pizarro was sold to Bremen, Bremen for 1.5 million euros. While these powerful players were sold at a discount, the club had already completed several signings when the European Cup just ended, among which Bossinwa had 20.5 million yuan from Porto.

In terms of high-priced euro joining, Scolari also introduced his confidant Deco, the Portuguese national team, from Barcelona for 10 million euros. Now, Scolari is urging the team to get Robinho quickly. When Robinho took over Chelsea, he named the player he wanted. Scolari's tactics, the winger played a great role. He looked down on Wright Phillips, so he dealt with the English winger to Manchester City in order to give Robinho a seat.

In addition, several high-paying players in the team are also being dealt with, the focus is Shepchenko and Marklele. In Scolari's tactics, there is no Shepchenko's position. Now the team has basically agreed to loan the former Milan scorer back to Milan.

As for Marklele, this outstanding French veteran's years at Chelsea are coming to an end. Because, he is not in Scolari's tactical blueprint for the new Chelsea.

At Stamford Bridge, Marklele provided a classic way of playing for all the midfielders in later generations - he is a pure defensive midfielder, who takes defense as his responsibility, never leave the defensive area in front of the penalty area easily, and try every possible way to reduce the number of touches. He handed it to the midfield commander as soon as possible after intercepting the ball. He never hopes that he can rush into the penalty area and score points when the set piece is set. Like a good referee, people forget to stand on the court.

This is Marklele's style. He is the most important cornerstone for Mourinho's Chelsea to win the Premier League. Even in Real Madrid that year, the most indispensable person was also the forgotten Marklele. At that time, Real Madrid shone with stars, Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo, Raul, several super superstars shine with stars, but Casillas once said, "If you must be there,"

There is a person left in the team who has always been my teammate. I don’t want Zidane, Figo, and I don’t even need Ronaldo. I just want Marklele.” As a goalkeeper, Casillas understands the importance of Marklele the best, but unfortunately, Real Madrid president Florentino will never understand the meaning of this sentence. In his eyes, there are only superstars. Marklele’s tiring work can never be seen by him.

The important value of Marklele seems to be forgotten except that Mourinho and his teammates know his value. Scolari has publicly stated that he wants to play beautiful football, and in the beautiful football map, how can there be a blue-collar position of Marklele? In Real Madrid, Marklele almost alone protects the backyard for the superstars in the frontcourt, and its role is no less than Casillas behind him, but he has never been valued. Zidane,

Ronnie's salary was several times more than his, and his dissatisfaction eventually broke out. He repeatedly said, "I need to get treatment that matches my value." But Real Madrid's high salary will only give off attacking players who are more likely to attract attention. When his reasonable request was ruthlessly rejected by Real Madrid, going to Chelsea became the only choice. Everyone knows what happened next. Mourinho attaches great importance to Marklele... It's a pity that it seems that only Mourinho pays attention to Marklele.

At the end of the 2007/2008 season, when the season ended, Chelsea Club told the two sides that they could break up peacefully. In order to thank Mark Lele for his contribution to the team, the club will not set any obstacles for his departure. In other words, Mark Lele can freely transfer to any team he wants to go to.

The media are speculating on where Marklele's future is. The general speculation is that the French veteran may return to his roots and return to the Ligue 1.

What the media knows now most closely related to Marseille is not Marseille, which he played for in his early career, but the French capital team Paris Saint-Germain.

According to The Sun, Marklele has almost reached an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain on personal treatment.

In London, Marklelai is accompanying his wife and children shopping. His wife is a supermodel full of wild temptations and the image spokesperson of the famous brand Marksamp; Spencer.

At this time, his cell phone rang. It was called by his agent Nomi.

"Hi, old guy, is there anything wrong?" Marklelai said with a smile. "I'm shopping with the kids. I'm just hanging up if there's nothing important."

"Claude, of course there is something wrong with you, about your future..." said the agent.

"I believe in you in negotiations with Paris. As long as you tell me the results of the negotiations at that time, I think it's okay." Marklele said. He really wanted to return to the Ligue 1 as the media said. After all, a veteran who is already 35 years old has also received a lot of glory. He also told himself that it's time for Ye Luo to return to his roots.

"Do you think if it was a negotiation with Paris, I would disturb your reunion with your family at this time?" Agent Nomi said with a smile.

"Not Paris?" Marklele was stunned. He covered the microphone and touched his child's head indulge in spite of himself, signaling not to make trouble, and then frowned, "Which is that? You know, old man, I only consider the French team now."

"Really, Claude, you're really ready to go back to Ligue 1, spend the last two years of your career, leave the Premier League, leave this important stage?" the agent asked.

"Okay, old guy, stop teasing." Marklele was a little angry, "Tell me, which team is it?"

"Manchester City." said agent Nomi.

When he heard this name, Marklelai was stunned. He subconsciously wanted to ask the agent to refuse directly.

The agent on the other end of the phone seemed to know Marklele very well. Before Marklele said something to ask him to reject Manchester City, he immediately said, "Claude, don't you want to hear Manchester City's offer?"

This sentence made Marklele hesitate.

Football players' careers are short because they have to earn enough money before retirement to make them live without worries. For many football players, this is not easy.

Of course, Marklele's net worth is very rich. He is not valued in Real Madrid and his salary is not high. However, it is compared to superstars such as Zidane, not to mention that he later transferred to Chelsea, with an annual salary of up to 5 million euros. In a sense, Marklele made a lot of money, which can make him have no worries about food and clothing in the future.

However, no one thinks that the money is too much, especially for veterans like Marklele, their careers have already been in full swing. Now that their careers are approaching their twilight years, of course they don’t mind making another fortune to make their lives better after retirement. Therefore, at this time, the personal treatment provided by the new owners is generally the first issue they need to consider.

After experiencing a European Cup defeat, Marklele chose to avoid his future issues. He took his family to New York for vacation and just returned to Chelsea a few days ago to participate in pre-season preparations. Perhaps in Marklele's plan, Paris is not his next stop. However, with Chelsea's change of coach and Deco's joining, Marklele's future at Chelsea is finally about to draw a question mark. In the position of the central striker, Marklele has to face fierce competition, which is a worse injury.

The veteran of Lsea was not in Scolari's plan. At this time, Paris Saint-Germain president Vilan Nuef seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He used the good personal relationship between himself and Wenger in time, allowing the professor to intervene in the transfer as a "lobbyist". In the end, Paris' sincerity brought Marclayle to the negotiating table. In a sense, the professor wanted to be happy to let Marclayle leave his arch-rival Chelsea in the city, and the professor was also very clear about the help that Marclayle could provide to Chelsea.

During the negotiations with Manchester City, the "money" journey has become the focus of negotiations between the two sides. Marklele's salary with Chelsea is about 5 million euros, which is unbearable for Paris. You should know that the new contract signed by Lyon striker Benzema and the team did not reach this number. Their acceptable salary is between 2 million and 3 million euros.

This salary is not something Marklele is willing to accept, so it is also the key to the failure of him and Paris Saint-Germain to reach an agreement.

Of course, Paris Saint-Germain has great advantages. Paris is also sincere in wanting to return to the French Ligue 1. Paris is also hinting that after Marklele retires, he can stay in the management of Paris Saint-Germain, which has attracted Marclayle.

"What does Manchester City say?" asked Marklele.

Nomi said a number that moved Marklele slightly. Then the two of them said a few more words and hung up the phone.

"What's wrong, my dear?" asked the wife.

Marklele's expression was serious, "Manchester City wants me. They bid well."

"Higher than Paris?" asked the wife.

"Yes. It's much higher." Marklele nodded, it's much higher, otherwise he wouldn't have been a little moved.

Three days later, Manchester City Club officially announced that the team signed with French midfielder Claude Marklele, and the French star transferred freely from Chelsea to Manchester City, and the two sides signed for two years.

Apart from this announcement, Manchester City did not disclose any more transfer details.

However, the omnipotent English media still dug up the inside story of the transfer. Manchester City started to contact with Marklele and had a fierce offensive. Manchester City club chairman Alfaim and club general manager Cook both expressed their determination to improve the team's strength and the team's grand blueprint. At the same time, they promised to provide a position in the club management after Marklele retired to eliminate the worries of the French midfielder. Finally, with the efforts of both sides, they reached an agreement that Marklele played for Manchester City for two years as a player. After retirement, they would work in Manchester City's club management. Marklele's salary for two years was 10 million euros. It was basically the same as his salary at Chelsea.
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