Ding Ding's hesitation was completely expected by Yang Feng and Pellegrini.
In fact, it was Pellegrini who suggested that Kroos drop back as a defensive midfielder and then create an attacking frontcourt. Yang Feng only provided him with a personal choice.
Germany's success in the World Cup proved that Kroos can shine in the defensive midfielder position, which is why Manchester City no longer coddles Yaya Toure.
Everyone thinks that Kuan is a defensive midfielder and is a civil servant, but in fact, as long as you arrange a sweeper next to him, he can play like a Confucian general and clean up your offense clearly.
Pellegrini had no say in the transfer. The introduction of Ding Ding was entirely the responsibility of Yang Feng. Now that he was in trouble, Yang Feng had to make a special call to Ding Ding.
"Hello, this is Kevin De Bruyne."
"Hello, I am Yang Feng."
"Yang," De Bruyne guessed that the call should be from the UK, but he didn't expect it to be Yang Feng himself. He was immediately flattered, "Hello, long time no see."
When Yang Feng was in the sand mine, Ding Ding was loaned to Werder Bremen. The two had played against each other on the court, but there was little communication at the time.
De Bruyne never dreamed that in just two years, he would become one of the top three players in the world, but he would be tossed around and now he can only look up.
"Long time no see," Yang Feng said, "Are you ready to be the world's number one midfielder?"
"..." De Bruyne was speechless for a moment, "As far as I know, Manchester City does not lack midfielders."
"Yes, Manchester City does not lack midfielders, but as I just said, we lack the world's number one midfielder."
"...Have you ever thought about what David Silva and Kroos would think if they heard this?"
"Oh, okay, let me put it another way, are you ready to be the third midfielder in the world?"
"No, no," De Bruyne is also arrogant, "but I am ready to be the world's number one midfielder in the future."
"Great, whatever number you want to wear, I'll let them free up."
"Including No. 9?"
"It's not impossible if you score more goals than me next season."
"...No. 17, thank you."
"I checked the schedule for you. Our game against Chelsea this season is September 21. I hope you will have established yourself in the main lineup by then."
"I assist and you score?"
"It's the best."
"See you in Manchester then?"
"See you in Manchester."
De Bruyne spent 21 million when he transferred to Wolfsburg. Now it only takes half a year. He has played 16 times, scored 3 goals and 6 assists. His edge has been fully revealed. Wolfsburg definitely does not want to let him go. Manchester City has never wanted to let him go. 30 million was added all the way to 35 million before they relaxed.
Van Dijk and De Bruyne only cost over 50 million, and with the addition of a few small fish and shrimps introduced by Begiristain, they cost 60 million. It really doesn't match Manchester City's tycoon style, but it has weakened invisibly. Some people have the impression of Manchester City's nouveau riche, and Manchester City is now troubled by UEFA's Fair Play Act. This style of spending small money to do big things is undoubtedly more in line with Manchester City's current situation.
Not only were they scrupulous about signings, Manchester City was also quite generous in letting people go. In addition to Yaya Toure who was still waiting to be sold, Xavi Garcia sold for more than 16 million, and Ronaldo De Vere sold for nearly 13 million. These three transactions alone can ensure that Manchester City will not only not lose money this summer, but may also make a small profit.
In addition, Lescott moved to West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer, Negredo joined Valencia on loan, etc. The main lineup of the Champions League final only lacked Lescott and Yaya Tu. As expected, the position will be filled by Van Dijk and De Bruyne.
Just like this, almost half of this Manchester City are "Yang Feng's people".
Among the remaining people, whether it is Aguero, Silva or Kompany, they are all veterans of the previous dynasty.
Neither Ferran Soriano nor Begiristain can accept this, but now both the fans and Mansour have unconditional trust in Yang Feng. Yang Feng can even talk to Mansour directly, and they also There was no way around it, but Begiristain still made a cool move.
In July, Lampard's contract with Chelsea expired, so he signed with New York FC for two years as a free agent and received a contract with a weekly salary of 90,000 pounds, but he has not yet played for New York City. After one game, Begiristain wanted to loan him out from New York City...
After hearing this, Yang Feng "accidentally" leaked, "It's better to buy Alonso..."
Alonso is also preparing to leave Real Madrid and find another home. Manchester City is definitely a contender, and Uncle Long has been proven to be able to play in the Premier League. Although it is impossible to occupy a main position in the current Manchester City team, he can play as a substitute. It was definitely more than enough, and as a Spanish fellow, Begiristan immediately took it to heart.
If it works, then this deal can be attributed to him. Only when he is the official director can he have a sense of existence, right?
In fact, Uncle Long is not convinced by his old club, but he doesn't really want to face his old club Liverpool in the league. However, Begiristan is moved by his affection and understands the reason. The most important thing is that Real Madrid is interested in Yaya Toure, and everything is fine. Easy to talk about.
Regarding this rumor, the outside world generally believes that Manchester City is taking it for granted. After all, the whole world knows that Yaya Toure does not meet the aesthetics of Real Madrid. You must know that they could even let Makelele go because his style and Real Madrid's "Elegance" and "nobility" are far apart.
Only Yang Feng thought this deal was reliable.
After all, he is a person who has lived through it, so he is not impressed by the black half of Real Madrid.
Times have changed, and even the arrogant Knights of the Galaxy have to bow to reality and move closer to the pragmatists.
Yang Feng clicked his tongue in surprise.
Kroos and Yaya Toure swap clubs, Alonso comes to Manchester City instead of Bayern? I messed everything up...
In short, Lang Youqing is interested. Real Madrid and Manchester City, who were injured and killed in the Champions League final, quickly reached a consensus. Yaya Toure transferred to Real Madrid for 20 million euros + Alonso. The price was 30 million, which was considered a cheap sale.
At this time, July has not yet passed halfway. According to Manchester City's style in previous years, it is just warming up now. But unexpectedly, after the deal for Alonso was negotiated, Manchester City's official website announced that this summer's transfer work has been successfully completed.
I bought what I wanted to buy and gave away what I didn't want to keep, and acted vigorously and resolutely.
Compared to Manchester City's low profile in the transfer market, their neighbors have made more moves.
Moyes was defeated at Old Trafford, and Van Gaal's new manager took office with three things in mind.
Kagawa Shinji, Ferdinand, Welbeck, Hernandez, Evra, Vidic and others packed up and left. Then Chef Fan started to act like a monster. He wanted to buy Cesc Fabregas and chase J. Ronaldo. At one moment, they wanted to recruit Robben, and at the same time, they wanted to get rid of Rooney and make Robin van Persie the captain. Anyway, there were all kinds of rumors. After the uproar in the city, only Luke Shaw's joining made the fans excited.
Yang Feng knew that Lao Fan was holding back his ultimate move.
I don’t know which month it is, but it is this transfer window anyway. Di Maria will join Manchester United for a record transfer fee in the Premier League and spend the most unbearable short period of his career. Manchester United’s investment this summer will be With more than 100 million euros, Van Gaal liked to give him a new nickname "Fan Chu Yi", and because the entire team was almost changed, the Red Devils also got a new nickname: Yi Jianlian.
Other big news include Ronaldo and Real Madrid, Portugal and Barcelona, Costa and Chelsea, etc. Such blockbuster transactions will naturally not be implemented like Manchester City's, which can be implemented in one or two phone calls. Basically, It won't be finalized until two or three rounds of the league.
After a relaxing and enjoyable holiday, the team reunited.
The new season of the Community Shield will start on August 10, which is still twenty days away. During this time, Manchester City will go to the International Champions Cup in the United States.
The name is Awesome and Honghong, but it is actually just a warm-up competition, but each participating member is more awesome than the last.
In addition to the Champions League runners-up Manchester City and Real Madrid, there are also AC Milan, Roma, Liverpool, Manchester United, etc. A total of eight teams are divided into two groups. After the group rankings are determined in pairs, the top two groups will compete for the championship.
Manchester City assembles in Pittsburgh, located in southwestern Pennsylvania, USA.
The players arrived one after another, and the team held its first training session of the new season.
Van Dijk and De Bruyne consciously came to report to Yang Feng.
Yang Feng shook hands with the two of them respectively and said with a smile: "I know, you still can't figure out why you are here, and I believe others can't figure it out either, but they will know it soon, because in the end It’s only natural that great players make the greatest teams.”
De Bruyne looked at the big man next to him, then at Yang Feng, and said: "I can't wait to play."
"Then you have to conquer the head coach in training first."
Van Dyke said: "I really can't help but want to ask, where did you know me, really from the FM game, as they said?"
Van Dijk has just celebrated his 23rd birthday. He has been in the league for five years and only moved from the Eredivisie to the Scottish Premiership last year. At this stage, joining Manchester City, which has just won the Triple Crown, is a high-flying dream.
"Ha! Don't be like this, buddy, you are the champion of the Scottish Premiership. You are much better than you think. Do you know that even if you don't come to Manchester City, one day Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, etc. will fight for you. Broken head," he said, looking at De Bruyne again, "I'll give you the same words."
"Maybe I decided too early," De Bruyne laughed. "I'm a Liverpool fan."
"Very good, we happen to be in the same group as Liverpool. You'd better do something that fans should do and let them remember your name..."
As soon as De Bruyne nodded, Aguero and Cross had already walked over.
"Yang, new friend?"
"Yes, a new friend and a new comrade-in-arms."
"Hello, I'm Cross, you can call me Kuan."
Van Dijk and De Bruyne looked at each other.
De Bruyne said: "Sorry, isn't Akun Aguero's nickname?"
"No, no, no, it's Akuan, not Akun. You heard it wrong, buddy."
"Okay, I'm De Bruyne, you can call me... um, Tintin."
"Huh?" Now it was Kroos and Aguero's turn to laugh out loud, but it was Van Dijk. He should have specifically checked the information of this new teammate who joined at the same time as him, so he was not surprised.
De Bruyne was very sad. He had played in both the Bundesliga and the Premier League, but these two influential figures in the Bundesliga and the Premier League didn't seem to know him very well. The feeling of frustration that drove him crazy appeared again.
Yang Feng explained to him: "Do you know "The Adventures of Tintin"?"
"I know," Aguero patted his forehead, "No wonder you look familiar..."
De Bruyne is very similar to the protagonist Tintin in "The Adventures of Tintin", whether it is his hairstyle or some of his expressions. Moreover, he is from Belgium and is from the same country as the author of "The Adventures of Tintin". This nickname is so natural. The ground screamed.
"I am Van Dyke, Virgil Van Dyke. You can call me Virgil or you can call me Van Dyke..."
Yang Feng originally wanted to pat Van Dyke on the shoulder, but after looking at the opponent's height, he patted him on the back instead, "Okay, according to our rules, it is best for new players to introduce themselves on the court. .”
In fact, he also wanted to have a face-to-face encounter with this guy to see what level he had reached now, and to see if he was just pulling the seeds to make things worse, or letting the gold shine in advance.
From the perspective of latecomers, Kante, De Bruyne, and Van Dijk are all princes of the future Premier League, absolute leaders of wealthy families. The combination of the three can theoretically defeat almost all the invincible opponents in the world, but football has never been It's not 1+1=2. Whether they are scattered will make the sky full of stars, and if they are united, they will be a pile of shit, or if they are divided, each will be king, and if they unite, the world will be invincible. In the end, it must be tested by actual combat.
Soon Alonso also arrived at the training ground.
Uncle Long's status in the world was still very high, so Yang Feng didn't dare to make any mistakes and took the initiative to shake hands.
Alonso said with a smile: "Thank God, I won't have to defend you anymore."
Pellegrini came over and said: "You thanked him too early..."
Naturally, he also wanted to know the quality of several new players, so he quickly arranged a small group confrontation.
Unfortunately, Alonso is not on the same team as Yang Feng...
"Group A, Yang, Akun, David, Akuan, De Bruyne, Kompany, Clichy, Wright, come and get your vest!"
"Group B, Dzeko, Nasri, Alonso, Kante, Van Dijk, Zabaleta, Oblak! Quick warm-up, starting soon! Others go to the team doctor first, those who are overweight can go by themselves Report to Jose (strength coach)!”
This grouping was obviously well thought out. Almost all the main attackers were grouped together. Naturally, it was to test Van Dijk's defensive ability. De Bruyne was thrown into Group A, of course, to see if he could follow up. Akun and Yang Feng had a chemical reaction.
A whistle blows and the game begins.
Group A kicked off first, and everyone passed the ball to De Bruyne's feet in a tacit understanding.
De Bruyne was inexplicably nervous, but fortunately he was very skilled and flexibly passed the oncoming Dzeko and dribbled the ball across the midfield.
Yang Feng went straight into the heart of Group B.
Kante missed him and faced Van Dijk.
Van Dyke originally reserved some strength, fearing that he would accidentally crush Yang Feng, but as soon as the opponent took action, he knew that he was too big.
This guy is not weaker than me in terms of physical strength and absolute strength...
With just such a loose move, De Bruyne passed the ball.
The football was passed close to the ground, but it magically drew an arc and appeared in front of Yang Feng.
Yang Feng knocked away Van Dyke, easily caught up with the football, and shot through the net with his right foot.
Everyone looked at Van Dyke intentionally or unintentionally, causing the big man to panic a little.
Alonso's eyes were vicious and he saw some clues. He couldn't help but said: "What do you think, you still have the strength to deal with him? Do you know who he is?"
Van Dyke opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak, and suddenly realized that nothing he could say could cover up his stupidity just now.
Yang Feng also came over and said: "There is an old Chinese saying that even a male lion must use all his strength when hunting rabbits. What's more, now I am the lion and you are the rabbit."
"..." Van Dyke gritted his teeth, "Come again!"
People in Group A looked at De Bruyne and kept saying "Oh!"
Cross and Silva raised their thumbs at the same time and said, "Beautiful!"
De Bruyne was equally overjoyed.
Damn it, with such awareness, such movement, and such shooting skills, I can feed you until you burst in one season!
He only had one thought in his mind now, he had come to the right place.
The game continues.
Group B kicked off. Uncle Long and Nasri played a wave of coordination, but the football was destroyed by Kompany and then passed to Ding Ding's feet.
Kanter didn't dare to let him pass this time and quickly stepped forward to press him.
Ding Ding did not dare to be careless and patiently protected the ball, but in the end he had to cooperate with Silva to hit the wall to get past Kanter.
"Be careful, it's here again!"
"Watch him, watch him! Get started! Don't be so gentle!"
This time, no one needed to remind him. Van Dyke had already used his hands and feet to cling to Yang Feng and block his running route.
"Huh?"
Not even retreating?
It seems that the evolution is still not completed.
Yang Feng also wanted to try out the newly acquired World of Warcraft card and chose to go head-to-head with Van Dyke.
The two of them were playing rugby, pushing each other and pushing each other, but they were evenly matched.
The opportunity was too good to miss. Although Yang Feng had not yet gotten rid of Van Dijk, De Bruyne subconsciously passed the ball out.
Yang Feng suddenly stepped back, then turned and rushed forward, but Van Dyke blocked Yang Feng with a very precise foot, tripping Yang Feng to the ground.
"Beep!"
"Free kick!"
Van Dyke quickly pulled Yang Feng up, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
"It's okay," Yang Feng said, "It stuck very accurately."
Others were immediately impressed by Van Dyke.
These days, not many people can successfully foul Yang Feng in one-on-one situations.
This season, there’s something going on...
"It's a free kick, where's the wall?"
"Zabaleta go a little to the left, big guy, you are in the middle..."
Oblak adjusted for a long time before raising his hand and saying, "That's it."
Yang Feng retreated and made a prelude to the full moon scimitar, but the football he finally played did not fly towards the goal. Instead, he bypassed the wall and found Aguero who was ambushing behind the goal.
Akun Linghu went out to shoot and broke the net...
In the one-hour match, Group A was basically playing against Group B, but as Van Dijk got better and Kanter gradually regained his form, it became more and more difficult for Group A to score goals.
What makes Pellegrini even more delighted is De Bruyne. He can't figure out how Mourinho was willing to let such a treasure player go... no, drive him away?
After a training match, Van Dijk and De Bruyne were initially recognized by their teammates and coaching staff. Pellegrini also put them into the starting lineup many times in the International Champions Cup.
Although Manchester City ended up second in the group and missed the final, Pellegrini was very satisfied with this team.
Because the main thing is to run the lineup and improve the state, the players are exchanged. The performance of each team is very unstable, and no one cares too much about the results of the game. What really makes them treat it carefully is the upcoming Community Shield Cup and the minor leagues. European Super Cup held later.
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