Manchester City is indeed making two preparations this season. On the one hand, it is striving to enter the European competition in the league, and on the other hand, it is increasing its efforts in the cup, hoping to make a difference in the cup.
The League Cup reached the semi-finals, but encountered city rivals Manchester United.
The two-leg semi-finals to be held in February will be a considerable test for Manchester City.
The league has always struggled to improve, and the cup competition has encountered strong opponents. The possibility of Manchester City qualifying for the European competition is not high.
Soriano and Begiristain both knew this.
Mansour's face also became ugly, because he invested so much money to build such a team, but the results still did not improve much. This has to be said to be very shocking.
Guardiola's Manchester City can be said to have been completely overthrown and rebuilt. After Mark Hughes stepped down, Guardiola took office. From Mansour and Mubarak to Soriano and Begiristain, all of them were
Support him, so he can purge players he doesn't want like Robinho as he wants, and he can also reject players he doesn't want like Tevez.
It can be said that he is drawing a blueprint for Manchester City from a blank piece of paper.
From the current point of view, the blueprint drawn by Guardiola is very interesting. From a certain strategic perspective, it is surprising because this Premier League team plays a passing and controlling game similar to Barcelona's.
The team has a good style of play, very high technical and tactical content, and is definitely the most surprising team in the Premier League.
But competitive sports still have to rely on results to speak for themselves. If the results are not good, everything will be in vain.
Therefore, Guardiola is very controversial now.
The media and fans all feel that this guy is doomed and should be dismissed as soon as possible. He is just a parallel coach.
But in the eyes of many professionals, Guardiola's coaching is still worth discussing.
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"To be honest, I'm a little surprised." Su Dong smiled bitterly when he mentioned Manchester City's results.
"I originally thought that Manchester City would have a stable performance in the league this season and would be relatively weak in the cup. Unexpectedly, they reached the semi-finals of the League Cup and were ranked outside the top ten in the league."
Su Dong made his judgment based on his understanding of Guardiola's coaching style.
The biggest feature of Guardiola's Manchester City is stability, very stable passing and controlling of the ball, and lack of sharp breakthrough points. Both Di Maria and Sanchez have strong personal abilities, but both players have great limitations.
They are more of a deputy, like a wingman, and it is difficult for them to act alone, and their breakthroughs are more on the wing.
If you look carefully at Manchester City's games this season, it is not difficult to find that Guardiola often asks Santa Cruz to move to the ribs to support him. He just wants to hit the joint between the opponent's full-back and central defender, but the effect is not good.
Santa Cruz is obviously not used to this style of play.
This kind of team, which is stable and lacks explosive points, should logically do well in the league.
Because the league emphasizes protracted battles and relies on overall strength. Manchester City is definitely not bad in this regard. The overall strength can definitely rank among the top six in the Premier League. On the contrary, it is more targeted and resolves the battle within 180 minutes.
In the cup competition, Manchester City actually performed well, which was indeed difficult for Su Dong to understand.
Football is like this sometimes, it's hard to have a formula.
Soriano and Begiristain both understood Su Dong's thoughts and immediately explained the reason to Mansour, then smiled at Su Dong and said: "The main reason is that the style of the Premier League is different from other leagues. The rhythm here is too
Soon."
"Yes, when the pace is fast and the ball is not well connected in the midfield, after a mistake is made, it is easy for the opponent to make a quick counterattack, which becomes very fatal. Many times we concede the ball or even lose the ball. This is the case.
appeared."
If you use offense instead of defense, or in other words, Guardiola's Manchester City uses control instead of defense, there will be a problem.
That is, when your offense is not good or your ball control is bad, your defense will also become very stretched.
At this time, it is particularly important to see if there are stars with super personal abilities in front of you.
Not to mention anything else, if Su Dong is there, Manchester City will have a very stable contact point in front that will not lose the ball easily. Even if the ball is intercepted and then counterattacked, with Su Dong in front, the opponent will not dare to press hard.
Nowadays, who would meet Su Dong and dare to let him go one-on-one?
Even if it is a counterattack, you must not leave two or even three players behind?
Sometimes, football is just a game of pieces.
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Soriano and Begiristain made a special trip to Abu Dhabi in the hope of persuading Su Dong to join Manchester City.
The two are still confident in Guardiola's coaching, because Manchester City is indeed undergoing earth-shaking changes under Guardiola's training. More importantly, it is difficult for Manchester City to find a more suitable person than Guardiola.
, a head coach with a stronger technical and tactical level.
Mansour also promised face to face that there is no upper limit on his investment in Manchester City. He hopes to build Manchester City into a business card and make this team the top giants in the Premier League and even European football.
"I know that this is not easy, and it requires the help of an outstanding superstar like you."
But even so, Su Dong still did not respond directly. He only said that he would seriously consider it and study it with his team. He tactfully said that many of the decisions he made now were out of his control.
Mansour, Soriano and Begiristain also expressed their understanding of this and hoped to get a positive answer from Su Dong. Manchester City welcomes Su Dong at any time.
Not only that, Mansour also revealed that he had talked with Nellinger about Pepe and hoped to see Sudong and Pepe join Manchester City together. This would be a great thing for Manchester City.
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Watching Su Dong leave, Mansour couldn't hide his disappointment.
From beginning to end, Su Dong did not express any clear intention, which was somewhat contrary to his previous expectations.
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Just agree to move to Manchester City?
The plot seems not to follow his script!
Su Dong didn't play according to the routine at all.
Soriano and Begiristain had expected this.
In fact, both of them disagreed with meeting Su Dong in Abu Dhabi, not because of anything else but because the time was not mature enough.
But Mansour was a little too anxious and wanted to lock in Sudong early to avoid being taken advantage of by other teams.
This is actually not difficult to understand.
It can only be said that Mansour does have "true love" for Su Dong.
"Actually, it's a good thing that we talked about it. Although he didn't agree, he didn't refuse either. This shows that he is not opposed to joining our Manchester City. I guess what worries him more is the results." Begiristain comforted.
Soriano nodded, "With Su Dong's strength and status, we must at least enter the European theater to match him, and he not only has to consider himself, but also the interests of his sponsors. At his age
To be honest, for a superstar of this level, as he said, which team he transfers to, sometimes he can’t help himself.”
No one else knows how many sponsorship contracts Su Dong has tied up in him, but Soriano knows better.
The more sponsorships, the more income, which is a good thing, but proportionally, the greater the responsibility.
To give a simple example, the sponsor signed Su Dong because he could play in the Champions League.
Okay, if Su Dong transfers to Manchester City, and Manchester City cannot play in the Champions League or even the Europa League, what will Su Dong's current sponsors think? Will they sue Su Dong in anger if their interests are damaged?
Claim?
At this time, Su Dong needs more time to think and prepare.
At least get a sponsor.
Mansour actually didn't know much about football, and he knew very little about a superstar like Su Dong. After hearing Soriano and Begiristain's analysis, they both immediately felt that they should really think about it carefully.
More importantly, Su Dong is the athlete with the highest commercial value in the world.
Note that not only football players, but all athletes have the highest commercial value.
The reason why Manchester City selected Su Dong and the reason why Soriano concluded that Su Dong's joining could bring an opportunity for Manchester City to transform was because of this. He has amazing commercial value that other superstars cannot match.
If nothing else, looking at the rapid growth of Bayern's revenue in recent years, it is not difficult to see Su Dong's value.
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Su Dong left Mansour's luxurious private room and took the elevator back to Bayern's floor.
He had previously received many promises from Manchester City from Mendes, including annual salary, bonuses, and various benefits and conditions. It can be said that the sincerity provided by Manchester City is still very high.
From Mansour's conversation tonight, Su Dong can also appreciate Manchester City's sincerity towards him.
He is not disgusted with Manchester City. He does not have the bad impression of the so-called nouveau riche that many people have, nor does he look down upon Manchester City, because he knows that as long as Manchester City continues to invest and as long as Guardiola performs normally, I believe it will not be long before Manchester City
It will definitely become a competitive team in the Premier League.
To some extent, Guardiola's tactics are still very attractive to Su Dong.
However, Mendes was right when he said that the initiative in this matter rested with Su Dong, and there was no need for him to make a decision in such a hurry.
Now, the most important thing for Su Dong is to ensure his results at Bayern.
He is eager to win three consecutive Champions League championships, complete the tasks given by the Road to Champions system, upgrade as soon as possible, and open up a new world. All of this must wait until the completion of this season.
In order to complete this task, Su Dong has been waiting for five years. Now that the realization is imminent, he does not want to be distracted and think too much about other things at this time.
Only after the season is over, regardless of whether the task is finally completed, Su Dong will make a decision.
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When Su Dong returned to the hotel room, he found that in addition to Pepe, who was in the same room, Marcelo and Toni Kroos were also there.
Needless to say about Marcelo, the relationship between Toni Kroos and Su Dong is quite good, especially recently, when he gave Su Dong a hat trick of assists, and his performance was also remarkable.
When seeing Toni Kroos, Su Dong suddenly remembered something.
