/When negotiating with Villa, Su Yun first started to deal with some players within the team.
The first person Su Yun cleaned up was Lee Clark.
Lee Clark was brought in from Newcastle when Su Yun first moved to Sunderland. Speaking of which, Lee Clark was of great help to Su Yun.
Because Su Yun came to Sunderland from the English League Three.
Many Sunderland fans are unconvinced by Su Yun
At this time, Su Yun introduced Lee Clark, a player from Newcastle's youth academy, which satisfied Sunderland fans. Therefore, Su Yun received support from many fans when he first moved into Sunderland.
It's a pity that Lee Clark came at the wrong time
When he came to Sunderland, Lee Clark was on the bench for two years because Su Yun trusted Williams, and Williams was a pervert who didn't know what injury was or what tiredness was. Therefore, Lee Clark was a middle-aged player in order to play.
I played as a midfielder, left midfielder, and right midfielder before getting some playing time.
Two years later, Barry's growth made Su Yun very happy. Su Yun no longer needed Lee Clark.
So I threw him out right away.
Su Yun sold Lee Clark to Fulham of English League One
Although Lee Clark has been a substitute for Sunderland for two years, he is still very marketable, especially as a local player in England. Su Yun also sold for 2.7 million pounds.
Two million and seven hundred thousand pounds, not a small amount
When Villa bought Southgate, it was at this price. A few years ago, it was the historical record transfer fee for a defender in English football.
Now selling a replacement for £2.7 million is pretty good.
Lee Clark's departure has no impact on Sunderland fans
Lee Clark was never a Sunderland player
The reason why Sunderland fans were happy about this transfer two years ago was mainly because they got players from Newcastle and that was all.
I don’t have much favorable impression of Lee Clark himself.
Sunderland fans are like this, Lee Clark himself is like this
As soon as Lee Clark left Sunderland, he immediately cursed Su Yun in front of the media.
"Su Yun is a liar. When I came to Sunderland two years ago, he promised me the starting position. But after I came to Sunderland, he completely forgot about his promise. Su Yun gave me the starting position."
His direct descendant Williams"
"Su Yun doesn't care what I think. He only values Williams and ignores my requests. He is a complete liar."
Su Yun did not respond to Lee Clark’s criticism
Speaking of which, I did lie to others.
When Su Yun contacted Lee Clark, he indeed expressed his willingness to give him a main position.
This was not done properly
So Su Yun didn't say anything
But some media are different. As a player from Newcastle's youth academy, Lee Clark actually joined Sunderland. At that time, many media were criticizing Lee Clark's behavior.
Now that Lee Clark is criticizing Su Yun, some media are laughing at Lee Clark
They think that Lee Clark has no self-awareness at all. Williams is now the hottest young midfielder in England. If any coach has a choice, he will choose Williams instead of Lee Clark.
Of course this is a small thing
With Su Yun sitting in Sunderland's hands and getting involved in the transfer market, all the media know that Sunderland's transfer has just begun.
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Lee Clark passed away without any disturbance
When on July 8, 1999, Sunderland announced the signing of Villa's England international Gareth Southgate for eight million pounds, all the media became excited.
Because Sunderland finally started taking action
The long-awaited summer transfer window is here
Sunderland are indeed very ambitious
The first transfer was extraordinary.
Although now, the transfer fee of eight million pounds is nothing
Needless to say attacking players
Far away is Shearer, and close is Chris Sutton, who has just transferred. Blackburn's main center forward just transferred back to Chelsea on July 5. He only scored three goals at Blackburn last season.
, but still created a net worth of 10 million pounds
Even defenders are now worth a lot
Stam, the Dutch centre-back who joined Manchester United last season, is worth over £10 million
So eight million pounds is really nothing
But Southgate is different
Most of the current Sunderland players are already international players, but except for some players from weak national teams, the other players are from marginal countries. However, Southgate is an excellent central defender in England.
During Euro 1996, Southgate was England's main centre-back.
After a season in England, everyone knows that Sunderland’s defense has problems.
Su Yun's transfer clearly shows his ambition and his determination to transform the defense.
They are all waiting for Sunderland's next move
While Sunderland has not made any move yet, something big has happened on Arsenal's side.
Anelka, who had just won England's best young player, switched to Real Madrid for an astonishing transfer fee.
£22.3 million
For a young man who is only 20 years old, this is a very amazing value. Arsenal can be said to have made enough money in the middle.
When Anelka came to Arsenal two years ago, he was worth only 500,000 pounds. Two years later, Anelka was worth 23 million pounds.
Wenger is really smart
Just like that, Arsenal earned 20 million pounds.
"Does Wenger also have the eye of God?"
When Su Yun was alone, he couldn't help but wonder whether Wenger, like himself, had the ability to see the potential of players.
Otherwise, how could it be so powerful?
Not only Anelka, let’s talk about the young player Vieira
When Vieira was in Milan, he was just a young player who was playing tricks. Unexpectedly, in Wenger's hands, he immediately became a world-class defensive midfielder. This kind of Midas touch is something that Su Yun admires very much.
But what does Arsenal’s matter have to do with me?
Su Yun is now concerned about Sunderland's transfer situation
"how's it going?"
"It's almost settled."
"good"
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On July 26, 1999, Sunderland announced the second transfer.
Sunderland bought young talent Damien Duff from Blackburn Rovers for £7.6 million
This transfer did not disappoint the media at all
Damien Duff is young
He is only 20 years old this year and is the same age as Anelka. They are even born in the same month of the same year. Although Duff is not as popular as Anelka, he is also a very outstanding player in England in recent years.
A full midfielder
Don't look at youth, he has actually been in the industry longer than Anelka
Duff had already entered the first team of Blackburn Rovers when he was seventeen years old. Blackburn Rovers was still a strong team in England at that time. When he was eighteen years old, he was already the main player of Blackburn Rovers. He was the absolute main player of Blackburn Rovers for two consecutive seasons.
In his first season as Blackburn's main player, Duff scored four goals in the UK, and Blackburn was also sixth in the UK that year. As a full-back, Duff really shocked the UK.
Duff was only eighteen years old at the time in football.
Blackburn's performance last season was very poor and they could only be relegated.
So Su Yun took action to snatch the player Duff.
Not because he is young
But because he is a powerful player and one of the best full-backs in England. With him, Su Yun can fly with both wings.
It took a lot of effort to buy DAF.
Blackburn are not short of money
Although the championship team built by Jack Walker has completely disintegrated, especially with Sherwood joining Tottenham in the winter and Chris Sutton joining Chelsea just now, the Blackburn Rovers team has completely disintegrated.
But that's because Blackburn has limited appeal
At first, Jack Walker used money to attract these players to join, but when a strong English team invited them, they immediately gave up on Blackburn Rovers.
This doesn't mean Blackburn are short of money
And Duff is a youth training player from Blackburn and it is not so easy to introduce him.
Fortunately Blackburn were relegated
As a young player, Duff certainly wanted to make a difference, but Jack Walker didn't want to be a bad guy, so the two parties bargained and finally reached a price of 7.6 million pounds.
Actually it's quite cheap
If Blackburn hadn't been relegated, it would have cost around 10 million pounds to buy Duff.
Less than a month after the transfer market opened, Sunderland bought two heavyweight players at a cost of over 15 million pounds.
Sunderland fans are very happy
Southgate and Duff are both famous players. Sunderland used to dare not even think about them, but now they have become Sunderland players.
The media’s reactions were also varied
There are some who are optimistic about it and some who are not optimistic about it.
The reason for those who are not optimistic is very simple. They think that Sunderland's lineup is already very good, and buying big-name players now will definitely cause conflicts in the dressing room, especially Southgate, who wants to replace Melville.
Although Melville is not from Sunderland youth training, he is also a veteran of Sunderland.
He has witnessed Sunderland’s ups and downs over the years and contributed to Sunderland’s promotion last season.
Su Yun's behavior is likely to cause a backlash from the old players.
This is the reason why they are not optimistic about it
But too many are promising
The article of "London Post" is the most representative
"Sunderland, who finished seventh in England and won the League Cup last season, are not satisfied with their current results. They spent huge sums of money to bring in Southgate and Duff in the summer. Their ambitions have been exposed."
"Sunderland was already very strong last season. The addition of Southgate and Duff will bring Sunderland's strength to a higher level. Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, you all should pay attention. Sunderland is coming.
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"I'm really curious to see where Sunderland will be this season."
