Red Rebels

No one knew what Xiao Yu and Mourinho talked about in the conference room, but everyone could see that when leaving the conference room, the arrogant and confident smile on Mourinho's face that had disappeared for a long time returned. .

The most obvious thing is that in the subsequent training, Mourinho took the lead in announcing the penalties for Curtis, Essien and Drogba. All three players were fined a certain amount, and the club will pay their fines to Donations are made to charitable foundations in their name.

During the training process, Mourinho always treated the players with a loud voice. Especially when the players made even the slightest mistake during training, he would stop and reprimand them.

What is strange is that the players who should have been scolded were not very happy, but at this moment they were scolded by Mourinho. Instead, they performed more and more energetically in training, as if they would not be scolded. As if unhappy.

Only those who truly understand will understand that the feeling and morale of being far away from the team is gradually coming back!

However, when the players returned to training, the transfer of Yaya Toure was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Manchester City is anxious to make signings because Van Gaal pointed out in his report to the club that the team needs to make appropriate additions on all lines because he is not very satisfied with the existing players.

Originally, Arnesen wanted to get it right in one step and introduce stars during the winter transfer period, which would not only strengthen the team's strength but also increase its influence. However, several stars they valued, including Beckham and Barcelona, Ronaldinho, Juninho and Makelele of Real Madrid have all failed.

The only one who has a chance to take advantage is Arsenal. This London team is in financial difficulties due to the preparation of a new stadium. It has been revealed by the outside world that it is likely to sell off its stars on a large scale to fill the financial hole. The first one to bear the brunt is captain Vieira. He is also a star that Van Gaal admires very much.

Manchester City made an offer of 30 million pounds to Arsenal. Arsenal's board of directors was a little tempted and hesitated for a while, but Vieira's mood to leave Arsenal has long been obvious. He has long wanted to leave Arsenal. , go to other teams to get higher salaries, so there has been endless farce about Vieira's transfer in the past few years.

However, when the two sides were about to nod and officially enter the negotiation stage, Wenger suddenly stopped the transfer. Two days later, Arsenal officially announced that captain Vieira decided to stay with the team, and Vieira also said in an interview that he He has no intention of leaving Arsenal for the time being.

Yes, fans can easily overlook a key word in this sentence, for now!

Who can know what will happen in the future?

After being frustrated in the introduction of many first-class stars and seeing the transfer market coming to an end, Manchester City spent 20 million pounds on the forward line to grab Ajax forward Ibrahi from Juventus. Mović, this is also the biggest transfer during the winter break.

At the same time, in terms of central defenders, Manchester City snatched Anderlecht's talent from them at a high price of 10 million pounds under strong competition from Chelsea, Inter Milan, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and other wealthy teams. Central defender Vincent Campani, this young player had a very good performance in the Champions League.

In terms of goalkeepers, Manchester City spent a lot of money to introduce Shay Given from Newcastle. This goalkeeper is known as one of the most stable goalkeepers in the Premier League. The Magpies, who were in deep operating difficulties, had to sell their head goalkeeper for the pounds in Manchester City's hands.

Stars of sufficient strength have joined the three lines, which makes Manchester City fans emboldened, but Van Gaal is troubled by the midfield. He originally thought that Vieira, who was a sure winner, is not in place, and now there are powerful stars in the midfield. It's hard to find, which gives Arnesen a headache.

The last two players they finalized were Gareth Barry and Yaya Toure from Aston Villa. The former is worth a lot of money and is an all-rounder in the midfield and backfield, but Villa is reluctant to play during the winter break. Selling the star player,

In addition, the price offered by Manchester City was not satisfactory to Villa.

After suspending the transfer of Gareth Barry with Villa, Manchester City could only turn its attention to Yaya Toure, especially after Xiao Yu's return, according to the feedback from Yaya Toure's agent According to the news, Yaya Toure's transfer application has been allowed, but only if a satisfactory offer is obtained.

What kind of quotation can satisfy people?

Arneson called to get in touch and was greeted by Mark David from the Ministry of Commerce. He said that the club was indeed considering offers from some teams for Yaya Toure, but Manchester City was not among them.

Barcelona also hopes to get this defensive midfielder. There were rumors that Barcelona was interested in a defensive midfielder. At that time, everyone including Xiao Yu thought it was Cesc Fabregas, but it turned out that it was Cesc Fabregas. Yaya Toure.

With Xavi and Iniesta on their side, Barcelona indeed lacks players like Yaya Toure.

Although the two clubs have a good relationship, they are in a stalemate over the transfer fee. Barcelona is clinging to 10 million pounds, but said that this price is not satisfactory and requires at least 15 million pounds.

Seeing that the winter transfer door is about to close, Manchester City made an offer for Yaya Toure for the first time, 12 million pounds. This offer immediately scared off Barcelona. The biggest golden tiger in the current transfer market is Manchester City, whoever touches it will be unlucky.

But he still didn't let go, and he refused to let go of the 15 million pounds.

In the words of Mark David, if it were Barcelona, ​​they might consider lowering the price, but now everyone knows that Manchester City is taken advantage of, and they all need a defensive midfielder. Whoever lowers the price is a fool.

After that, Manchester City raised the offer again, but still did not relent.

After another two days of wasted time, there was even news that the transfer deal fell through.

On January 29, he went to an away game to challenge Derby County. Although Xiao Yu had clearly stated that he wanted to win a championship, Mourinho still sent out a lineup of half the main team and half the substitutes in this FA Cup, which was originally thought to be Yaya Toure, who got the chance to start, did not appear in the squad.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that Yaya Toure's transfer was almost done.

Sure enough, with the 1:3 away win over Derby County, the club officially announced the transfer of Yaya Toure. The transfer fee is as high as 15 million pounds, and it will also have 10% of Yaya Toure's next transfer. .

Once this news was revealed, the whole of Europe was in an uproar. No one thought that just one substitute player was worth 15 million pounds. What if he was the main player?

However, some people have questioned Manchester City's recruitment strategy. They believe that Manchester City's actions this winter are like a nouveau riche and are being tricked like Kaizi. Especially their poor performance in the transfer market is even more ridiculous. .

This is not to say that Manchester City’s introduction of players is not good, but that Manchester City’s prices are generally too expensive, just because the whole world knows that Manchester City has money and wants to buy people. The more this happens, the more stable the club’s strategy should be. But look at Manchester City, not to mention making enemies everywhere, the price is so expensive.

If Chelsea made a smart business before, then Manchester City can no longer continue Chelsea-style signings, because there are not many world-class stars on the market, and there are very few players willing to come to Manchester City. Among them, Bayern's Ballack, although making noises about transferring, also clearly refused to join Manchester City.

Of course, Manchester City, managed by Van Gaal, has indeed improved a lot recently. With his relationship with Ajax and Arnesen's connections in the Netherlands, it is rumored that Manchester City has reached an agreement with Ajax. According to the agreement, Dutch twin stars Van der Vaart and Sneijder will join Manchester City in the summer. The transfer fee has not been announced.

This is another group of talented stars trained by Ajax. It is said that when Van Gaal was the technical director of Ajax, he admired Van der Vaart and Sneijder very much, two hot young stars in Europe. The move to Manchester City can be said to be a matter of course, but as for the transfer fee, outsiders generally estimate that the package price must be high.

Originally, Arnesen hoped to avenge his embarrassment by poaching Robben, but he had no choice but to take a break from the season due to injury. It is still unknown how much he can recover after returning from injury. After all, there are many fast players who can't play in the same season. After suffering a serious injury, he failed to recover, which also made Arnesen give up his coveting of Robben.

…………While Manchester City is spending a lot of money on signings, the low ebb is still continuing.

Although morale has been greatly improved after the rectification movement, it will take some time to get back to the state.

Although the FA Cup defeated Derby County and entered the top 16, in the subsequent away game against Birmingham City, Mourinho's team faced this team that can always cause trouble. Still unable to crack the tough nut of Steve Bruce, the two sides tied at 0:0.

However, Steve Bruce still spoke highly of it after the game, believing that even if this team is at a low ebb, it is still very strong and has a solid defense. This has prevented Birmingham from finding a chance to score, but he He also pointed out that he should play more patiently and calmly.

"I have always firmly believed that Mourinho is doing a good job, better than anyone else. He is the leader of the rise. There is no reason to question him. I believe that under his leadership, we will recover soon." Status!" This book will be updated soon. Baidu search {half}[^floating^}{^生]

On the third day after Steve Bruce's prediction, we met another tough opponent at home. Chelsea had just won the best team in January.

Carlo Ancelotti's team has entered the new year with a strong performance, winning consecutive games and leading the standings. It is now 7 points more than the second-ranked Arsenal, 9 points more than Manchester United, and more than 10 points. 11 points.

This game is related to the battle for fourth place in the league. If they lose points at home, they will definitely be surpassed by Liverpool and fall out of the Champions League qualifying area, because Liverpool has already defeated Fulham 3:1 at home in the just-concluded game. .

As for the recent poor situation, the outside world has even predicted that Chelsea is likely to become the terminator of the unbeaten home game, because although their 60-game unbeaten record was ended by Charlton, they still maintain an unbeaten record at home. This record even dates back to the National League period.

The home fans are also worried about the current situation of the team. They even chanted a series of slogans at home such as "Defend the home team to the death" and other slogans. The fans frequently use their own abilities to influence Chelsea, hoping to help the football team. The team wins.

But they were clearly out of form, and there was no problem with the player's strength. The key was that they were in a very sluggish state, and their mentality was somewhat unbalanced. Although Mourinho continued to make adjustments on the sidelines, the team still made mistakes after all, and was defeated by Chelsea in the first half. Seizing two opportunities to score goals, the team fell behind 0:2.

The most frustrating thing is that Beckham, the main core, fell to the ground in a collision with Emerson before the end of the first half and was unable to continue to participate in the second half of the game.