The next day, Chu Zheng got up early and opened the door, drove Chang Wei, Laifu, and 83,000 dogs into the yard and escaped by themselves. He then drove straight to the training base with his bag on his back.
After winning against Liverpool, today is also New Year's Day, so it stands to reason that we should have a happy holiday.
But Manchester City players failed to get a holiday from Guardiola.
Because two days later, on January 3, Manchester City will usher in the 20th round of the Premier League.
I don’t even have enough time to prepare for the war, I still want to take a vacation, I want to eat shit!
Half an hour later, Chu Zheng walked out of the base's open-air parking lot, but instead of going straight to the locker room as usual, he waited at the entrance of the parking lot.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, Chu Zheng finally received a small carrot head.
Looking at the boy with naturally curly hair riding on the bicycle, Chu Zheng smiled and said: "Phil, you are late!"
"Sorry, boss!" Foden smiled, a little embarrassed, but did not explain that being late means being late.
"I forgive you, put the car away and follow me!" After saying that, Chu Zheng turned around and left. Foden quickly locked the car and jogged to follow.
Foden was promoted to the first team a few days ago and is also the first Manchester City echelon player promoted by Guardiola.
Chu Zheng knows Foden very well because they often practice together.
Judging from Foden's current personal skills, it no longer makes much sense to stay in the U18s and play in the English Football Youth Super League.
In fact, Foden's two young partners Sancho and Dias are also very good, but it is a pity that Manchester City does not lack offensive players in the frontcourt.
Although Foden is not physically very good, he is very flexible. His ability to control the ball at close range, dribbling in the penalty area, and passing ability have reached the average level of the first team. Especially his spirituality on the court is a very rare talent.
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As for the reason why this kid called him immediately after learning that he was promoted, Chu Zheng also knew clearly in his mind that he was looking for a backer.
Although there is no clear division of camps within the Manchester City team, there are still some small circles in private.
For example, there is a small circle of English players headed by Sterling, a circle of South American players headed by Sergio Aguero, and a circle of Spanish players headed by David Silva.
Although we usually have a good relationship and talk and laugh, we don't have much contact in private and they all play in their own circles.
As for Chu Zheng, he and De Bruyne are actually in a circle, specializing in taking in orphan players.
For example, Nigeria's Iheanacho, Chile's Bravo, and Serbia's Kolarov are all very close to Chu Zheng and De Bruyne. Recently, Yaya Toure has also come closer.
In fact, even if Foden doesn't look for him, he can easily integrate into Sterling's circle in England.
After a while, Chu Zheng brought Foden to the locker room and introduced Foden to De Bruyne and others.
Everyone gave Chu Zheng face and was very friendly towards Foden, some even seemed a little over-enthusiastic.
Seeing everyone's attitude towards him, Foden finally understood Chu Zheng's status in the Manchester City locker room.
Now he believes the rumor circulating in the youth training echelon. Guardiola loves Chu Zheng so much that he would even sell any other player for Chu Zheng.
He didn't believe it before, but now he sees the attitude of the big guys in the first team towards Chu Zheng, and he believes it.
At the same time, Guardiola was talking to Begiristain in the office of Manchester City's sporting director.
"Pep, actually you don't need to put so much pressure on yourself. The club has enough patience and confidence in you. We don't have to be so hasty and can wait until this summer." Looking at Guardiola sitting opposite with a frown, he said
Begiristain said with a smile.
Guardiola nodded but said nothing, his attitude was already obvious.
Yes, the top management of the Manchester City club did not set any rigid goals for him this season. Even if he is empty-handed, Guardiola does not want to achieve nothing in a season.
Now that the season is halfway through, the team can bite Chelsea and not be thrown away. Guardiola knows very well that this is not entirely his fault.
But if the defense is not strengthened, they will definitely have a hard time in the second half of the season when they face intensive multi-line battles. Now the facts are before his eyes. Kolarov, Zabaleta and other junior players in the team will definitely have a hard time.
The veterans on the defensive line are no longer able to play in the starting lineup.
Given the current situation, Guardiola feels that if they can strengthen their defense in time, they still have hope of competing for the title.
Even in the Champions League, he is confident of reaching the semi-finals after the defense is strengthened.
Before the winter transfer window opened this year, Guardio had already selected the three players he wanted through Manchester City scouts scattered around the country.
One is Southampton's Dutch center back Virgil van Dijk, the other is Tottenham's English full-back Kyle Walker, and the last one is the goalkeeper, Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson who plays for the Portuguese Super League club Benfica.
But after several contacts with Southampton, Guardiola gave up on Van Dijk.
There's no way, it's too expensive. The asking price is 80 million, and a central defender is not satisfied with even 50 million. It's too greedy.
Manchester City is rich, but they are definitely not taken advantage of. Southampton is clearly treating them like pigs.
As for Kyle Walker and Ederson, the current signings are going very smoothly. Both Tottenham and Benfica are willing to sell the players, and the players themselves are also willing to join Manchester City.
As for the reason for buying Ederson, in addition to the player's own excellence, it was also the preparation made by Guardiola after being disappointed with Bravo.
In addition, Caballero's contract expires next year and he is expected to leave, so Manchester City needs a goalkeeper.
As for who is more important between Ederson and Bravo, it depends on performance. Guardiola is not saying that he has completely given up on Bravo.
But now there is a problem standing in front of Manchester City, and that is the roadblock of the Financial Fair Play Act.
Last summer, Manchester City already spent more than 200 million pounds. It would be a bit excessive to spend more this winter window.
At that time, UEFA will have to come and kill them with the sword of Financial Fair Play.
But Guardiola couldn't wait and wanted Walker and Ederson now.
The combined value of these two players exceeds 80 million pounds, which is really not cheap.
"Then UEFA..." Guardiola looked at Begiristain.
"Don't worry about that, it's easy to deal with them!" Begiristan smiled extremely confidently.
"Rent before you buy!" Begiristain raised his eyebrows at Guardiola with a look that you know.
Suddenly Guardiola slapped his head and smiled.
In recent years, under the pressure of UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act, many scandalous operations have occurred in the transfer market.
Rent to own is one of the measures in response to the Financial Fair Play Act.
In fact, this is a kind of delayed purchase in a different direction, so that a player can be allocated to two or even more transfer periods to complete. While cleverly avoiding being punished by UEFA, you can also get your favorite players as early as possible.
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In order to avoid UEFA's supervision, the loan parties will also set trigger conditions for a formal transfer in the future in the contract, but these conditions are all subject to points, such as the league champion guaranteeing that he will not be relegated.
Although UEFA has been adjusting the bill every year in recent years, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
It can be said that UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act has been clearly played by major wealthy clubs.
