Chapter 628: Rock joins, Guatu retires, the sky of dreams is exceptionally blue
For a long time, traveling to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, MLS and other events meant the demise of a football player's career.
It was not until 2023 that Ronaldo, who joined Saudi Arabia, returned to Europe and led the team to win the Champions League, which became a new path.
yyds!
Desailly's family was still trying to persuade him, but Desailly's phone was already ringing.
It was his former national team teammate Deschamps calling.
"Hello, Didier." Desailly answered the phone.
"Marcel, thank God you finally answered the phone." Deschamps' tone was a little panicked, "Hierro is gone! There is an empty position at Manchester City's center back, will you come?"
Desailly was stunned. Is this... so direct?
Seeing that Desailly was silent, Deschamps quickly said: "I will be the first to call you if this is a good thing. You should hurry up and think about it. Maxa, Schmeichel, Guardiola, they are all contacting other people.
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"If a capable player agrees first, then it will be impossible for you to come back."
"In order to ensure that the team's strength remains at a high level for a long time, Manchester City has strict control over the age of its players."
"As far as I know, 80% of Manchester City's signings this season are young people. There won't even be players over 22 years old!"
Desailly was startled.
So young?
Of course, it's not suspicion, just surprise.
Because Manchester City has used one season to prove that their Youth Storm is reliable.
Last season, 18-year-old Deng Kai led the team, 19-year-old Ribery and Toure, 21-year-old Maicon, Cech and Adriano, 19-year-old Chiellini, La
Tom and Thiago Silva, and 18-year-old Ashley Young, these players are all thriving.
Ribery was almost shortlisted for the Premier League's best team.
He is rated as one of the most difficult wide players to defend by more than ten Premier League clubs.
Yaya Toure was even named one of the top four midfielders in New England along with Gerrard, Lampard and others!
Correspondingly, Manchester City treats veterans very favorably.
If you don't give in to old age and are in good shape, you can even play like Hierro in every game.
If you want to maintain your condition and health while playing the game, you can be substituted whenever you want like Baggio did.
If you only want to play key matches and cup matches, you can still do what you did in Manchester.
In short, Manchester City is a team that does not have strict requirements for veterans.
And... who doesn't want to be surrounded by a group of geniuses called teacher?
Desailly's football career is coming to an end.
But he also hopes to bring out a few stars who will stand up in the future.
In this way, his historical status will also change and improve.
Chelsea's John Terry is very good.
But Terry had already learned enough from Desailly, and Desailly had nothing to teach him.
And Manchester City has more young Terrys.
The most important thing is, I heard that Deng Kai is very good at winning championships.
Some media believe that Manchester City is likely to have the ability to compete for fourth place in the Premier League next season or even compete for the championship.
Because Deschamps pressed so hard, Desailly had no time to hesitate. He even panicked: "But Abramovich doesn't seem to want to let me go."
"He was talking to me about the same thing before. There is no problem with the contract and salary, but he hopes that I can stay on the team as a substitute."
"And I happen to think that a lower salary is okay, but I still want to hang on to the tail of my youth and play hard for another year or two."
Deschamps and Desailly hit it off immediately: "That's sure! Our salary is really low here, ah... we can guarantee your position here!"
"As for Abramovich, our Manchester City chairman, Mr. Mansour, will personally talk to Abramovich. They are both wealthy people, so they should have a lot in common."
Desailly nodded repeatedly.
Soon, Mansour found Abramovich.
Mansoor moved Abu with just one sentence.
Mansour: "In the future, if Chelsea wants to introduce players from Manchester City, it will only need to be done at the market price. We will never regard Chelsea as the enemy, and we will always respect Abramovich!"
Abu almost cried because he was not moved.
Sure enough, there is no such thing as empathy in this world, there is only sympathy for others.
No wonder Manchester City always buy bargains, young people.
It must be because they want to buy stars, but other Premier League teams cheat them and all pay a premium!
It's a pity that Chelsea has a big business and cannot cultivate it slowly like Mansour's Manchester City.
Chelsea must succeed in a short period of time, and Abramovich continues to build his personal popularity and recognition in Europe.
After being understood, Abu even said directly that Desailly sent it to you!
Mansour shook his head repeatedly, how could I take advantage of you, brother?
Finally, after some pulling and pulling, Chelsea and Manchester City completed the deal.
With two years left on his contract and currently at the tail end of his career peak, Desailly moved to Manchester City for a broken price of one million euros.
This is even cheaper than Hierro’s transfer price!
In terms of strength, Hierro withdrew from the Spanish national team after the 2002 World Cup.
But Desailly just helped the French team win the Confederations Cup.
Subsequently, Chelsea and Manchester City officially announced the deal.
"Chelsea: Desailly moves to Manchester City, I hope he continues to sail in another touch of blue!"
"Manchester City: French superstar Desailly joins Manchester City! From London to Manchester, the dream sky is exceptionally blue!"
"Legacy! Desailly posted a picture of the captain's armband and liked his disciple Terry!"
"The new leader of the Blues! John Terry officially becomes the captain of the Blues! I forge my loyal soul with iron blood!"
"Alternative inheritance! The current and former captains of the French team gathered in Manchester City. Desailly bluntly stated that Deschamps had a decisive influence on his transfer!"
Then, just when people expected Manchester City to make more signings.
Manchester City held two retirement ceremonies one after another.
One was held at Maine Road.
This was also the last public event at Maine Road before its demolition.
Eighty thousand people, every seat was packed.
They all came to witness the official retirement of Spanish legendary player Guardiola.
In the past year, Guardiola has hardly played for Manchester City. He has appeared more on the coaching staff and discussed some things with Deng Kai, Maxa and Deschamps.
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People are not surprised by this.
At Guardiola's retirement ceremony, Deng Kai personally delivered a speech and expressed his expectations for Guardiola: "I have no doubt that you will become the best head coach in the world at some point in the future!"
This sentence made many people at the scene smile knowingly.
Kai is still so kind.
Sasandu has not yet become the best head coach in the world.
Guardiola pulls him as a bald man, can he understand football?