Given feels that this is more real. Last season, Given was only 19 years old. His performance in Sunderland for half a season was extremely outstanding. Given also misses those years at Sunderland very much.
He helped Sunderland gain promotion from League One.
He was also one of the heroes at Logga Park at the time.
"Shay, you should know what we mean by looking for you. I know that Newcastle's coach Dalglish has also extended an invitation to you. But you have to know that Newcastle's current strength is only stronger than Blackburn, and it will never be better than Blackburn.
Blackburn is bad.”
Compared with Robbie Savage, Su Yun is more confident in persuading Given.
Sunderland and Leicester City were both newly promoted teams in the Premier League last season, but Leicester City stayed in the Premier League, while Sunderland was relegated. Now Leicester City is also recruiting players to prepare for a major expansion in the Premier League.
Have a fight.
So the attraction for Robbie Savage is for sure.
But Ji Wen is different.
"Shay, I think you have the ability to be the main goalkeeper in the Premier League. But why have you played two games at Blackburn in three years? Because Blackburn has been a strong team in the Premier League in recent years and they don't dare to play the goalkeeper position.
Use young people. Do you think Newcastle will use a goalkeeper as young as you?"
This sentence really hit Ji Wen's weakness.
Although Dalglish was very optimistic about Given, when Dalglish was the head coach, he never gave him a chance.
And Newcastle has competed with Manchester United for the championship these two years.
"It's different when you come to our Sunderland. I am willing to give you a main position. You are 21 years old now. If you continue to be idle, when will you get a chance to play. And you also know the strength of our Sunderland.
It is very strong in League One. This summer the club will continue to replenish players and increase the strength of the team. We will not stay in League One."
Ji Wen was very tempted by Su Yun's invitation.
Given has come all the way from strong teams to now. From Celtic to Blackburn, the biggest problem of strong teams is that there are too many good players. Unless young players are real geniuses, it will be difficult for young players to get a chance to play.
Ji Wen has witnessed this personally.
Now Ji Wen just wants to play games.
So compared to the illusory and somewhat unreal Newcastle, Given is more willing to go to a place where he can grasp it.
Ji Wen didn't have that kind of nagging and answered simply.
"Coach Su, I'm waiting for notification from the club."
"Shay, you will definitely not regret your choice today."
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After receiving Given's assurance, Sunderland moved quickly.
If only Sunderland was interested in Given, then Given's worth would only be around one million pounds. But now that Newcastle are also interested, his worth will be even higher.
Sunderland made an offer of one million pounds, which was rejected by Blackburn.
Newcastle's initial offer was already over one million pounds.
But Su Yun, who had a transfer fee of 6 million pounds, was not afraid at all, and was followed by a transfer fee of 1.2 million pounds.
Similarly, Given also said that he wanted to go to Sunderland, not Newcastle.
This way it will be easier to lower the price.
Blackburn have again rejected an offer from Sunderland.
Su Yun finally quoted 1.4 million pounds, and if Sunderland were promoted, he would add another 200,000 pounds.
In the end, Sunderland bought Given for a total price of 1.6 million pounds.
After buying a goalkeeper for more than one million pounds, many English League One teams are laughing at Su Yun. They think that Su Yun, the coach, has just become the head coach of Sunderland and has started spending money randomly. When did English League One teams become extravagant?
To the point where you can buy a goalkeeper for more than one million pounds.
Even the transfer budgets of many teams in the middle and lower reaches of English League One for a season are not as high as Given's worth.
But the transfer was unanimously cheered by Sunderland fans.
It's not because Given has had brilliant results in Sunderland. It's because Su Yun snatched Given from Newcastle. For Sunderland fans, as long as they can beat Newcastle, they will give up in every aspect.
They are very happy.
Sunderland's transfer moves are quick.
When the transfer period opens, all kinds of transfer news are dizzying.
First, Jack Williams and Kevin Kilbani were brought in from Dagenham for £700,000.
Immediately afterwards, Danny Mills was brought in from Norwich for 150,000 pounds, and Lucas Neal was brought in from Millwall for 230,000 pounds.
And Robbie Savage, who was rumored to have an affair with Leicester City, also came to Sunderland.
Sunderland spent 400,000 pounds to introduce Robbie Savage from Crewe.
Until news of another transfer came, which shocked the entire Sunderland.
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Lee Clark arrived at Sunderland on a free transfer.
As soon as this switch was announced, Lee Clark suddenly became a key figure in the English media reports. Lee Clark was a youth training student of Newcastle and played more than 200 games for Newcastle. Such a player actually transferred to
Sunderland.
The Newcastle media were furious.
What is the relationship between Newcastle and Sunderland?
The conflict between these two places is not just about football. The grudge between them goes far beyond football. The grudge between them began in the 17th century. The period of the bourgeois revolution led by Cromwell in the 17th century.
As the largest city in northwest England, the people of Newcastle are resolute royalists and oppose revolution. Sunderland, a small town dozens of kilometers away, is a small town mainly engaged in mining and shipbuilding. The emerging industry has made the people of this city revolutionary.
They were very strong and firmly supported Cromwell in overthrowing the monarchy. As a result, in this long revolution, as the Revolutionary Party and the Royalist Party saw each other, many people became victims of the revolution, and the two cities ended in a struggle of blood and fire.
Deep hatred and hatred.
It is also this period of history where there is a blood debt between Newcastle and Sunderland.
During the tug-of-war, many people from Newcastle and Sunderland died in the conflict.
Therefore, there has always been an incompatibility between the two places.
After the emergence of modern football, this relationship has not changed at all. There have been constant conflicts between fans from both sides, and there have even been bloody conflicts many times. During the previous game between Newcastle and Sunderland, a fan was killed in the fight.
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Finally, the Football Association had no choice but to issue an order.
That is, when the two sides are playing, fans of the away team are not allowed to watch the game with the team. In the end, it created a big spectacle. When Newcastle and Sunderland played, the fans of the away team watched the big screen at their home stadium.
Even so, the stadium can still be full.
Only Newcastle and Sunderland can do this.
Because the conflict between the two sides lasted for hundreds of years, Lee Clark defected to Sunderland and was immediately cursed by Newcastle fans. Many Newcastle fans even sent death threats to Lee Clark.
All the English media are focusing on this transfer.
And Su Yun, the head coach who had just moved into Sunderland, actually received unanimous cheers from all Sunderland fans in an instant. Su Yun first snatched Given from Newcastle, and now he directly gave away their youth training players.
Digged.
These two actions of Su Yun completely conquered the hearts of Sunderland fans.
Su Yun has not played a game yet, but he has already become a hero in the hearts of Sunderland fans.
Newcastle, on the other hand, was gnashing its teeth at Su Yun.
It's too much.
Su Yun thought that Lee Clark's transfer would definitely cause a sensation, but he never expected that it would have such an effect.
It was fun all day long.
Then I calculated my transfer fee, and I didn't expect that I had only spent 2.5 million pounds so far. I still had nearly 3.5 million pounds left to spend.
