"Lister, when I come to Manchester City, I represent the face of a big Arab family."
The Premier League is everything. This is the consensus of all European football agents. Although Serie A has Juventus, Inter Milan and Naples attacking in the transfer market, the overall environment of Serie A is not good. The attractiveness of Serie A has dropped significantly, not to mention some
The appeal of small teams, even mid-range teams, has dropped significantly. Even the most important forces in Serie A like Milan are now quiet during the transfer period.
In the current Serie A, only Juventus and Inter Milan are attractive to bring in good players. But they are slowly losing their appeal. In a few years, Riester understands that few stars are willing to join Serie A.
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The La Liga clubs are all small and medium-sized teams. La Liga is because the Spanish economy is not good, and the economic conditions of the major clubs in La Liga are too bad. Almost nine out of ten clubs in Spain are in debt. So it is not
There may be any outstanding moves in the transfer market. Only in the Premier League, even mid-table teams can throw out 30 million pounds in the transfer market.
Although Riester has many partners, at his current position, he only cares about some important clubs. If there is nothing important, it usually won't happen easily. And those small clubs are no longer enough for Riester to personally come forward.
But Manchester City is different. Manchester City is a big customer of List, and List has made a lot of money from Manchester City since the cooperation between List and Manchester City. And Manchester City will also be an important base for List in the future. List believes that within a few years
It is not a big problem to get hundreds of millions of euros from Manchester City. Therefore, List is very concerned about Manchester City.
This time at Manchester City's Etihad home court, Lister watched Manchester City's home game against Aston Villa. Sitting with Lister was not only Al Fahim, whom Lister is familiar with, but also the big boss behind Manchester City.
Sheikh Mansour.
At present, everything in Manchester City is managed by Al Fahim, but in terms of status in the Abu Dhabi Consortium, Al Fahim cannot even catch up with Sheikh Mansour. Mansour is the real core figure of the Abu Dhabi Consortium.
He is the youngest son of the former president of the United Arab Emirates. His own assets alone are worth more than 14 billion pounds. Coupled with his status, he is the representative figure of the Abu Dhabi Consortium to the outside world.
Just like how Manchester City is usually managed by Al Fahim, but when Mansour came to Manchester City, Al Fahim was Mansour’s follower. Mansour, this group of rich second generation people from the Middle East, are basically accepted in Europe and the United States.
He has a higher education and speaks several languages. However, Mansour's dress is typical of Middle Eastern Arabs.
"I see."
Lister nodded. When Mansour came to England, the English media did not have a good impression of him. Even many English media were very resistant to these Middle Eastern capitals, not even as much as Abramovich back then: "
These chiefs actually don’t understand football at all. They buy a yacht today, a plane tomorrow, and a football club the day after tomorrow, just for fun. They have so much money that they can use it for bathing, so they have nothing else except entertainment.
Pursue."
This is the mainstream view of the English media. In their opinion, the wealthy people in the Middle East don't understand what football is at all. They just come to have fun because they have too much money and don't know what to do with them. Mansour is very satisfied with their ironic attitude.
Not convinced.
Rich people from the Middle East like Mansour are not very popular among the upper class in England. They are just a group of wealthy people who made their fortune from oil. They really regard themselves as a person.
"Lister, now the whole Middle East knows that Manchester City is the club of our Al Hayyan family. So I want to do the best for him. If there are outstanding players like Torres, as long as you can convince them to join Manchester City, then
I won't be stingy with money."
As the English media said, Mansour and the others have enough money to take a shower. Therefore, what he cares about most is money. On the contrary, what he cares about most is face. It is the face of their family. Football is also a very influential sport in the Middle East.
Therefore, he wants to make Manchester City successful and let other families in the Middle East see the success of their Al Hayan family.
"Manchester City will definitely succeed."
List nodded. Manchester City has the backing of the Abu Dhabi consortium. If it fails to succeed, it will be too bad. Commercial football is simply a game of money. As long as there is money, success is impossible. Not to mention a team like Manchester City.
Such investment is bound to succeed. Although Pellegrini's ability to integrate the new team is not as good as Mourinho's, it is still very strong.
Historically, Pellegrini joined Real Madrid in 2009. Although he failed to win any championships because he encountered the powerful Barcelona, Pellegrini was still quite effective in coaching Real Madrid during his one year at that time.
It was very strong in La Liga. Then Pellegrini came to the new upstart Málaga and successfully turned Málaga into a powerhouse in La Liga. It also entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League and almost eliminated Dortmund.
The important thing is that both clubs spent a lot of money to replace nearly half of their players. But Pellegrini's integration effect was very good. There was no lack of coordination because of too many substitutions. This time in
The same is true for Manchester City. After a period of competition, Manchester City slowly showed its strong strength.
"Modric. Modric got the ball. Sidwell came up, Modric, his technique is very good. Modric passed Sidwell!"
Modric is definitely a real talented player. He usually plays as a midfield organizer, and he has his own advantages and disadvantages compared with Alonso. Alonso is tougher than Modric, has better defense, and can pass long balls
The dispatching ability is stronger. But Modric is better than Alonso in controlling the ball, getting rid of, and breaking through. His short passing coordination is also better than Alonso.
Pellegrini is the Chilean coach and has coached in Spain for a long time. Therefore, his coaching prefers technical players. And now there are not just one or two technical players in Manchester City, from Modric to David Silva.
, Torres, Hleb, they are all players with excellent skills and can play the offense that Pellegrini hopes for.
Although Modric is the organizer of the midfield, his ability to break in after dribbling the ball is still very good. The same is true this time. Modric suddenly got rid of Sidwell with the ball, and immediately let the Villa midfielder come out
There was a huge gap. Villa's midfield defense was Leo Koke and Sidwell, and the two wings were Pedro Fei and Milner. After Modric broke through Sidwell, the front was empty.
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"Modric, pick the ball!"
Villa's two central defenders are Curtis Davis and Zat Knight. Curtis is 1.88 meters tall, while Knight is 1.98 meters tall. Both of them are very traditional English players.
All central defenders are strong in frontal defense and high-altitude defense. The problem is that they lack positioning sense and flexibility.
Modric passed the ball, and Torres sped away from them like a loach. Although the two of them saw Torres, it was too late to chase him. Torres is a speed forward, and as long as he speeds up, there are few
The central defender can catch up with him. What's more, Villa's two central defenders are both big defenders, and speed is not their strong point. They can only watch Torres succeed in countering offside.
"Torres, Torres succeeded in countering offside. Torres, shoot!"
"In the 22nd minute of the game, Manchester City led Villa 1-0 with Torres' goal. Torres continued his excellent form at Atletico Madrid after coming to Manchester City, scoring seven goals in ten games. Torres
As Manchester City's biggest signing of the season, it did not disappoint."
Money, the role of money. Villa also spent more than 30 million pounds this season, and they are also a big spender in other leagues. But compared with Manchester City, an upstart who spent 250 million euros, they are nothing.
I saw a great witch.
The new players who started this game alone include Torres, David Silva, Hleb, Thiago Silva, and Bari. The total transfer fee for these players is more than 170 million.
Euro. The effect is of course far better than Vera.
In fact, let alone the starting players, you can tell what luxury is just by looking at Manchester City's bench. De Jong has 20 million euros, Baines has 10 million pounds, Krarov has 16 million pounds, and
Zabareta, who has more than 10,000 euros, is on the bench.
"good."
Seeing Torres' goal, Mansour was very happy and clapped excitedly. Then he smiled at Rist and said: "Rister, Torres performed so well. It's not a loss, it's not a loss."
The transfer fee for Torres is very high, but for Mansour it is a drop in the bucket and he doesn't care about the money at all. As long as he performs well, he will be satisfied.
"Sheikh, Manchester City's strength is already very good now. As long as they use one or two more transfer periods to introduce a few players, then Manchester City will have the strength to compete for the championship."
Manchester City's current strength is good, but it is not that easy to win the championship. Because any heavyweight championship cannot be won with just one lineup. Now that Manchester City has added some important players, it will have the strength to hit the Premier League.
Championship, of course, if you continue to invest, even pursuing the Champions League championship is not impossible.
"Well, I'm looking forward to that time. Riester, I'm very patient. I won't ask for any championship within one or two years. I can give Coach Pellegrini three or four years. I hope he can win it by then."
