In recent years, with the popularity of the American football market, more and more European giants have chosen to come to North America for summer training camps. This has become commonplace.
Manchester City aren't the only Premier League team to do so this summer either.
City rivals Manchester United train in Bridgeview, Illinois, just south of Chicago.
Wearing a gray summer uniform for Manchester United's training, Ferguson waved to the media reporters and fans outside with a smile. He looked very friendly, and the Manchester United coach's face was also glowing, and he was very happy.
This summer, he finally got the Glazer family to dig into their pockets again and buy Las Diarra.
This will be a considerable boost to Manchester United's overall strength.
Of course, judging from the entire summer transfer market, Manchester City's strength has improved most obviously.
After winning the Premier League championship last season, Gao Shen once again invested nearly 100 million euros in the transfer market this summer. Blue Moon's overall strength has once again soared. It is not difficult to see that Gao Shen has great plans.
More importantly, there is an [exciting star] about whom no news has been released so far.
Ferguson had a hunch that the person appointed by Gao Shen was definitely not simple.
Lichtsteiner spent 30 million euros, so this player must be at least of this level.
The most likely one is Cesc Fabregas.
But after introducing Yaya Toure, Ferguson was a little unsure again.
If it's Cesc Fabregas, then is Manchester City's midfield too bloated?
Gao Shen has always been very rational in team building, and he would never bring in Yaya Toure if he didn't have the position.
The most likely one is the striker.
Is that Torres, Adebayor, Drogba, or...Rooney?
Rooney did not appear at Manchester United's training camp in the United States. He is still on vacation before participating in the World Cup.
Ferguson called him, but Rooney denied that he had any contact with Gao Shen, but his agent said otherwise.
When he thought of this, Ferguson felt as if his head was as big as a bucket.
Although the Mexican player Hernandez was introduced, Rooney is still an indispensable player for Manchester United.
It's all that damn Gao Shen's fault!
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Ferguson walked back to the temporary office of the coaching staff with a serious look on his face.
But at this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Caller ID: Martin Ferguson.
He is a scout for Manchester United and an intelligence expert on Ferguson.
"Brother, it's Van Persie!"
As soon as the call was connected, Martin Ferguson shouted impatiently.
"What?" Ferguson didn't hear clearly.
This sentence has no beginning and no end, who knows?
"I said, the person Gao Shen wants to introduce is Robin van Persie!" Martin Ferguson said louder.
Ferguson obviously paused, and a very complicated feeling that he didn't know how to describe came over him.
It's him!
"you sure?"
"It is absolutely true. Now Manchester City has officially made an offer to Arsenal. It is estimated that the transfer will be completed in the next few days. Obviously, Arsenal has agreed before, and Robin van Persie also nodded."
Ferguson looked very complicated. After being silent for more than ten seconds, he slowly said: "I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Ferguson found a chair and sat down. He suddenly felt very tired.
A helpless feeling of fatigue came over me.
He wanted to do something big, but he couldn't do anything.
He should feel relieved now, even a little bit happy, because it is not Rooney that Manchester City wants to poach.
But he felt very depressed because Van Persie was actually a player he had always been very optimistic about.
Few people know that as early as last summer, before Arsenal renewed Van Persie's contract, Ferguson had already been in contact with Wenger and Arsenal, trying to poach Van Persie, but later, Wenger came forward to renew Van Persie's contract and gave him
His new contract, worth £80,000 a week, kept the Dutch striker at Arsenal.
Five years after joining Arsenal, Van Persie, as an attacker, has never had a high scoring ability. Even in the Dutch national team, his scoring efficiency is also not very good. Therefore, when people discuss the Dutch national team, they only mention Robben.
When it comes to Sneijder, no one thinks how powerful Van Persie is.
But only those who are truly familiar with and understand him know that Van Persie is really strong.
Always strong!
Some people may ask, if it is really strong, why didn't it perform well?
The answer is simple, because Van Persie has been injured over the years.
Not to mention anything else, last season Van Persie played 16 times in the Premier League, scoring nine goals and seven assists.
If you don’t look at the playing time and just look at the data, it’s really not that good. It’s far inferior to players such as Cesc Fabregas, Adebayor and Arshavin who dominate the top scorers and assists.
But he only played a total of 1,253 minutes.
What concept?
On average, he creates one goal every seventy-eight minutes.
More importantly, in the first twelve rounds of the Premier League, he scored seven goals and provided seven assists. Then, in the national team's game against Italy, he injured his ankle after being tackled by Chiellini and missed more than five years.
moon.
Ferguson has been coaching for so many years, and he knows better than anyone else that the rhythm of players' explosions has been abruptly interrupted.
No one can guarantee that Van Persie can regain his peak form before the serious injury in the new season, but Gao Shen's choice to sign him proves that he believes that Van Persie can continue his peak form in the first twelve rounds of last season.
Last season's players such as Suarez, Robben, Hazard, Robinho, Gareth Bale, and even Sturridge and Giroud were already difficult enough, and now there is another Van Persie.
Gao Shen is going to heaven!
Ferguson thought of this and let out a long sigh of relief.
Manchester City is really stronger in the new season!
So powerful that it makes people feel a little afraid!
This feeling was something Ferguson had never experienced before. Even when he faced Newcastle, the undefeated Arsenal, and the record-breaking Mourinho's Chelsea, Ferguson was fearless.
But now, he is really worried, can Manchester United survive the new season?
In the past, this kind of fear was given to his opponents.
Maybe, really old!
………
Robin van Persie moves to Manchester City!
Arsenal and Manchester City both posted the news on their official websites.
However, neither team disclosed the specific transfer details, the transfer fee, or Van Persie's salary after the transfer. Everything is a mystery.
The pervasive Sun revealed that Van Persie's transfer fee was 30 million euros, far exceeding Van Persie's current worth. After moving to Manchester City, Van Persie's weekly salary soared from the current Arsenal's 80,000 pounds to 150,000 pounds.
It is the highest salary in the Manchester City team, which shows how much Gao Shen attaches importance to Van Persie.
Arsenal fans are very dissatisfied with this and believe that the Gunners should not sell Van Persie to their competitors.
But when Wenger faced questioning from fans, he said helplessly: "This is a painful decision!"
Everyone understood immediately.
After losing the Champions League, Arsenal must sell people to make up for the revenue shortfall, either Fabregas, Adebayor and others, or Robin van Persie and Arshavin, or Nasri, Clichy and others.
Pricey players.
Now, selling a Van Persie may not be enough.
Adebayor also wants to leave!
Fabregas was even "put on" a Barcelona jersey during Spain's championship celebrations.
Everyone can see that Arsenal can no longer keep anyone.
Gao Shen expressed his welcome to Van Persie's joining on Manchester City's official website, saying that Van Persie has made a great decision and believes that he will be able to bring a different change to Manchester City in the new season.
But what makes Gao Shen most happy is that after the World Cup, neither Suarez of Uruguay nor Robben of the Netherlands took a vacation. Instead, they stayed for two days after playing for the national team to deal with some personal matters.
, they rushed to the United States one after another to join the team and participate in summer training.
Van Persie also went to the United States to participate in a training camp after signing a contract with Manchester City in Manchester.
As a result, it was only mid-July and Manchester City already had all the players present.
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Goalkeepers: Neuer, Given and Courtois.
Defence: David Luiz, Kompany, Felipe Luis, Zabaleta, Gary Cahill, Trippier, Jerome Boateng, Leighton Baines and Leahy
Steiner.
Midfielder: David Silva, Rakitic, Javi Martinez, Fernandinho, Ireland, Henderson, Adam Lallana, De Bruyne and Yaya Tou
**** Line: Suarez, Robben, Hazard, Gareth Bale, Robinho, Sturridge, Giroud and Robin van Persie.
A total of 29 players participated in Manchester City's summer training camp. Except for Courtois, the other 28 players will be part of Manchester City's first-team lineup in the new season.
Each one of them was selected and introduced by Gao Shen himself. He is full of confidence in the abilities of these players and is also full of confidence in the journey of the new season.
After the last player, Robin van Persie, arrived in Portland, Gao Shen personally brought the Dutch forward to the locker room, solemnly introduced Van Persie to everyone, and also expressed his welcome to Van Persie on behalf of the team.
Kompany, Rakitic and others also welcomed Van Persie.
Long before Gao Shen decided to introduce Van Persie, he had already sought their opinions. Gao Shen even specifically talked to Suarez about this matter. They basically kept an open mind.
Although Suarez was a little worried about the pressure of competition, after chatting with Gao Shen, he also expressed his willingness to compete with Van Persie or play side by side.
And Gao Shen was very excited when he looked at the talented lineup in front of him.
"I want to say that I am proud of everyone being able to gather together in Manchester City and fight side by side!"
"I believe that you all came to this team with strong determination and desire. You are eager to succeed here and win more championships and honors."
"The new season is about to begin. I am confident that I can lead everyone and Manchester City to advance on all fronts. I firmly believe that we have such strength, and you will not disappoint me!"
"What I want to tell you is that I guarantee that you will never regret joining Manchester City, because you are joining a team that is about to hit the Premier League, the Champions League, and all championships!"
"I can not wait any more!"
The players were deeply encouraged and gave Gao Shen a warm round of applause.
