"Manuel, you must be prepared this season. It is impossible for UEFA to let Manchester City easily compete in the Champions League."
"I'm prepared."
Pellegrini nodded. After Pellegrini came to Europe, he actually didn’t have any championships in hand. But when many people evaluate Pellegrini, they don’t think he has won the Serie A championship.
The Mancini difference.
Mainly because Pellegrini's performance in the Champions League is so good. At a small club like Villarreal, he can play in the Champions League basically every season, and has won the top 16 once and twice.
He reached the quarter-finals, and once even entered the semi-finals. Such achievements were rare in European football at that time, and could be compared with many giants. It is because of his achievements in the Champions League that he is where he is now.
Fame.
"I guess Manchester City will have to enter the group of death. I don't know who they will be grouped with."
"I think they will be scared too."
Although Pellegrini speaks softly, Lister can tell that he still has a lot of confidence. Indeed, he basically relied on some young players to achieve good results in the Champions League at Villarreal.
Achievements. Not to mention that he now has many world-class players on his hands.
Torres, the top scorer in La Liga twice and the top scorer in the Premier League once, performed very well in last year's European Cup. David Silva was Pellegrini's core player during his time at Villarreal and has been training him until
Today, Yaya Toure, who transferred this summer, has experienced Barcelona from Meng II to the establishment of Meng III. The other players introduced, although their experience is not as good as the previous three, are still in the current European football world.
First-class players. Modric, Tevez, Kompany and other players are all highly sought-after talents in the transfer market.
With so many good players, Pellegrini is still very confident. He has great confidence to communicate with strong teams in European football and is not afraid of any of them.
"Well, Manchester City still has many young players, but as long as they have enough experience, they will definitely shock the European football world."
"Don't talk about this. Gilberto, are you really going to take him away?"
"Yes. Now Manchester City has just introduced Yaya, and Manchester City also has outstanding defensive midfielders such as De Jong and Barry. Gilberto is old after all, and Sparta Prague also needs veterans like him to take charge."
Gilberto Silva is already 33 years old this year, and it has been two years since he came to Manchester City. During these two years, Gilberto's contribution has been great, and he has always been Manchester City's main defensive midfielder. It is a pity that he is old
It's too big. Facing Yaya Toure and De Jong, Bari's competition is no longer advantageous. So List discussed with Manchester City and hoped to take Gilberto Silva away for free.
Manchester City did not stop him. In addition to the special relationship between List and Manchester City, the more reason is that Manchester City also wants to control the increasingly inflated team salary if they have the opportunity. Gilberto's current salary is not low, with an annual salary before tax
It’s about 6 million pounds. Since there is no place left, it would be good to give it away for free.
Of course, Sparta Prague needs veterans like Gilberto Silva. Naples, which just sold Melo this summer, is interested in Sparta Prague's midfielder Matic. Naples spent 18 million
The 21-year-old young midfielder Matic was introduced from Sparta Prague at a price of euros.
Therefore, after losing the defensive midfielder, Sparta Prague began to think about bringing in veterans. Among them, Gilberto Silva was the most likely. That's why List negotiated with Manchester City.
"Too."
Pellegrini nodded. Pellegrini is not worried about Gilberto Silva's departure now. Because compared to others, the young De Jong and Barry are not inferior to him. And they have just been introduced
Needless to say, Yaya Toure is an outstanding defensive midfielder that is rarely seen in world football.
"What do you think are the shortcomings of Manchester City now?"
Although they spent nearly 400 million, Manchester City's foundation is too poor after all, and there must be many shortcomings.
"The wing, what I've always been worried about is the wing."
"Wide path?"
List thought for a while and said: "Tevez, Hleb, don't they all play on the wing now? David Silva can also play, and the young Sturridge is also good."
"No, no. They still don't meet my requirements. It would have been better if they could have brought in Franck Ribery."
"hehe."
Lister couldn't help but smile. When Pellegrini was at Villarreal, there were basically no problems in this regard. But after becoming the head coach of Manchester City, the requirements have become more.
"You have too many demands now. Manchester City is strong enough. Look at how many good players you have occupied. I talked to coach Wenger a few days ago. He doesn't know how much he envies the thickness of Manchester City's bench now.
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"Libor is still young, he needs to play. Martin. If you just want him to come over as a substitute, then there is no need to talk."
The Czech League has attracted a lot of attention now, especially in recent years, the Czech League has been full of talented players, so many clubs have begun to buy players from the Czech League.
List has not been able to take time off at all in recent times, so List will not be personally responsible for the transfer of many players in the Czech League. These include the transfer of Kadlec to Bayer Leverkusen, the transfer of West Walker to Besiktas, etc.
.Although these players are all Czech national team players, Lister does not attach great importance to them. There are not ten or eight players of this level under Lister, but dozens or hundreds. Therefore, those transfers are
Made by Riester's staff.
Aston Villa also wanted to sign players from the Czech league, but the player they were interested in, List, came out personally. The youth training base opened by List in the Czech Republic has now begun to produce many outstanding players. They began
They are all over the Czech league, as well as some Eastern European leagues. For example, the Turkish League, the Slovak League, and the Swiss League all have Czech players in them, and they all have the shadow of the youth training base run by List.
But among the hundreds of youth training base graduates, there are only a few that Riester values the most. One is Neshid who is currently promoted with Southampton.
I like Nesidrist very much. The biggest reason is that he knows how to cooperate. He is not a traditional center and is completely different from Jan Koller. He has very good skills with his feet, good shooting and passing. He is a fulcrum in the frontcourt.
Very perfect. If trained properly, he will definitely be able to shine in the single forward tactics currently popular in world football. Although he is not as good as a talented center like Ibrahimovic, he is not worse than Kiessling in the Bundesliga.
The other one is Kozak, who is currently famous in the Czech league. This player is more like Jan Koller. He is 1.93 meters tall and has excellent headers and powerful impact.
If anyone is more like Jan Koller, then it is definitely Kozak. His body is very strong, he is not afraid of any collisions, and he is not afraid of physical contact with people. A standard center playing style, when passing the ball from the wing,
His header shooting ability is extremely good. And he is a Czech player. Although his foot skills are not as good as those of Nessie, his foot skills are much better than those of England's centers. Kozak is very powerful in the Czech league, and in Rist's opinion, it is far better than anything else.
Carroll is excellent. He can header the ball and score the ball with his feet.
Both of these men are talented forwards trained by Liszt's youth academy. Liszt attaches great importance to these two men because they will be the best forwards in the Czech Republic in the future.
So when Villa wanted to discuss the Kozak issue, Lister came here immediately to meet Villa's head coach Martin O'Neill in person.
"Although List and Villa have money, they don't have the luxury to spend tens of millions of pounds to bring in a substitute. He is very suitable for my style of play. Together with Agbonlahor and Ashley Young, I need
Such a high center forward."
Martin O'Neill gave Lister the answer with certainty. If the opponent was not Lister, Martin O'Neill would not have time to explain it in such detail. Kozak is the type of center that Martin O'Neill likes very much. At present, Aston Villa is all
With fast players, paired with a center like Kozak, the style of play will be much richer.
Villa does have money. Now Villa's boss is from the United States, but this American boss is completely different from Glazer and Liverpool's American boss. He is an American boss who dares to invest and is willing to invest. He came here in 2006
After Villa, Villa's investment has been very high every year. Basically, it can guarantee a transfer fee of about 30 million pounds every summer.
"Martin, Libor is the future of our Czech football. I can't be careless."
"I understand."
Although Martin O'Neill said he understood, he actually never thought about understanding List. In Martin O'Neill's opinion, an agent like List would care so much. As long as he makes money for himself, any future is nonsense.
After Martin gave List his promise, List also agreed to the transfer. After List agreed, the transfer was easily accomplished. Half of the ownership of this player is still in List's hands. After all, he was acquired from List.
They came out of the unique youth training base. Currently, three-quarters of the outstanding talented players in the Czech Republic are players trained in the Riester youth training base.
Before the start of the Premier League, Aston Villa finally finalized the transfer. For 14.7 million pounds, Aston Villa introduced the 20-year-old young center Kozak, who suddenly rose to prominence in the Czech League last season.
After completing the transfer of Kozak, List once again brought a veteran from the Premier League. The Czech veteran Jankulovski, who played for Tottenham, also chose to return to his country to retire.
Sparta Prague only sold Matic this summer, and then retained the other main players. They also introduced two veterans Gilberto Silva and Jankulovski, and also introduced young players from Atletico Madrid
