On January 27, the fourth round of the FA Cup begins. In this round, Manchester City will go to Selhurst Park in south London to face Crystal Palace.
There are no seeded teams in the English FA Cup, and the opponents and home and away games are entirely determined by draws.
Manchester City was quite lucky this round and were drawn against Crystal Palace, but they had to play away from home.
The 22nd round of the Premier League is currently over. Because Swansea defeated Liverpool 3-2 at Anfield and Crystal Palace lost 0-1 to Everton, they are currently ranked third from the bottom in the standings.
Falling into the relegation zone.
In addition, the quarter-finals of the Champions League are approaching, and the upcoming Premier League schedule is not very friendly to Manchester City, as they have to compete with strong opponents, so Guardiola made a large-scale rotation in this FA Cup match.
Because of this, Chu Zheng didn't even make the squad for the competition, but he was happy to be at ease.
Because today happens to be New Year's Eve in the Chinese lunar calendar.
During the festive season, I miss my family even more. At this time of year, Chu Zheng feels particularly homesick and wishes he could leave everything behind and return home.
This year was even more deserted. Not only were the four brothers unable to get together due to the competition, but even the tigress at home took 20 days of annual leave and went back to China.
In the morning, Chu Zheng seemed a little listless when he got up.
After washing up, I sat on the sofa in the living room with my eyes wide open in a daze.
After a while, three idiots, Lai Fu, Ba Wan, and Chang Wei, jumped out of nowhere.
Perhaps they noticed that Chu Zheng was a little depressed today, but these three dogs were particularly well-behaved today.
The three dogs came under Chu Zheng's knees and rubbed one's thigh, and licked that one's thigh, wagging their tails rapidly.
Chu Zheng stretched out his hand and rubbed the dogs' heads one by one, and said with a smile: "Are you three dogs trying to comfort me?"
Seeing Chu Zheng smile, Sangouzi noticed the change in his master's mood and waggled his tail faster.
As soon as he finished speaking, the doorbell rang suddenly.
Chu Zheng picked up the mobile phone on the sofa and opened the door monitoring APP. He saw Mario jumping at the door and waving to him, smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum.
Opening the courtyard door directly on his mobile phone, Chu Zheng fell on the sofa.
After a while, the sound of heavy footsteps came, and then Mario's bear-like figure appeared.
"Mario, I'm not in a good mood today. If you don't want to get beaten, you'd better not tell me that you took another job or some weird endorsement!" Chu Zheng looked at Mario who walked into the living room with a smile on his face.
said.
This guy dug a crater for him half a month ago and tricked him into accepting a brand endorsement from Balenciaga.
As a result, I didn’t expect that I would even walk in a show at Paris Fashion Week.
It made Chu Zheng act awkward when he came on stage. If it weren't for the fact that he was getting 500,000 euros per meter, Chu Zheng would have beaten this fat guy who is getting more and more like a thief.
As soon as he heard this, Mario thought of Chu Zheng's stiff steps on the stage, and he was immediately overjoyed.
Chu Zheng was so angry that he smashed the pillow over.
"I didn't lie to you, you agreed to it yourself." Mario took the pillow and sat down on the opposite side with an expression that looked like he was blaming me.
"But you didn't tell me to wear underwear for a walk." Chu Zheng was so angry when he mentioned this.
Fortunately, it was just a pair of fancy boxer briefs, otherwise he would definitely beat this guy up afterwards.
"Haha!" Mario laughed loudly as he leaned back, "Chu, didn't you see the expressions on those women's faces when they saw your figure? I guarantee they were secretly swallowing their saliva, eager to swallow you in one gulp?"
"Fake Squid!" Chu Zheng laughed angrily, but whether he should say it or not, the money was still quite easy to earn.
After arguing with Chu Zheng for a while, Mario smiled and said: "Chu, before I go to see Begiristan, I need you to know your plans for the future."
Hearing this, Chu Zheng was stunned.
After hesitating for a while, Chu Zheng smiled and said: "If their request is not too excessive, just agree. I am very happy staying in Manchester City."
Just before the game against Tottenham, Chu Zheng met with Manchester City sporting director Begiristain.
Good thing!
Manchester City is going to give Chu Zheng a big gift package with a salary increase.
But Chu Zheng also knew very well that Manchester City wanted to renegotiate a new contract and increase their say in whether he should stay or leave in the contract, so as to restrain him and prevent him from being suddenly poached by other wealthy clubs.
Chu Zheng personally has no objections.
He feels very comfortable here.
And if Manchester City wants to increase its voice, it will inevitably pay a corresponding price.
If the liquidated damages clause, which is less common in the Premier League, is used, and the higher the liquidated damages are set, his salary and bonuses will also increase significantly.
In the contract with Manchester City last summer, although Chu Zheng's annual salary was reduced due to image rights, the various bonuses were not reduced much.
Since the beginning of this season, if you include the goal and assist bonuses in each game, Chu Zheng's weekly pre-tax salary has actually exceeded 150,000 pounds.
If it is a double match a week, and Zhou Chuzheng has a lot of assists and goals, his weekly salary can even be as much as 250,000 pounds before tax.
Hearing Chu Zheng's words, Mario nodded, knowing in his heart the scale of this new contract negotiation.
But Mario was not prepared to make life easy for Manchester City.
He had to take a big bite of meat, Manchester City was too fat.
Besides, he also has the confidence now.
Chu Zheng's current double data of 17 Premier League goals and 18 Premier League assists is his best negotiating weapon.
He would be a fool if he didn't take the opportunity to bite Manchester City.
In Mario's view, as long as he speaks just right, there is a high probability that Manchester City will not refuse.
Because if you include the Champions League and England domestic cup, Chu Zheng's personal data will be even more terrifying.
So far, Chu Zheng has scored 25 goals and 23 assists for Manchester City in half a season.
Chu Zheng only used such data for half a season.
What if we include the second half of the season?
Chu Zheng's current state is recognized as stable in Europe.
Therefore, if the second half of the season is played without being affected by injuries, even if his goal and assist efficiency fluctuates due to fatigue at the end of the season, it is estimated that he will maintain a certain goal and assist efficiency.
Once Chu Zheng rewrites the total number of goals and total assists in the season to 30+ or 40+, it means that Chu Zheng has reached the altar built by Messi in 2012 and has the qualifications
He is qualified to challenge Messi and may be the second player after Messi to ascend to the altar.
The reason why Messi is considered a god is because since the beginning of the 2008-09 season, his goals and assists every season have reached a level that can be called terrifying.
His craziest season was the 2011-12 season.
That season Messi set a unique single-season scoring record in football history.
Messi played a total of 60 games throughout the season. Counting the national team games, he scored a total of 83 goals and even assisted 34, creating a total of 117 goals.
This is a piece of god-level data that has been covered in dust for at least half a century.
In the following seasons, Messi still produced unparalleled double statistics every year.
Therefore, once Chu Zheng's goals and assists can both break through 30 or 40 after the end of this season, then Chu Zheng, who has such super data, will not only directly compete for the Golden Globe Award, but also directly become a demigod.
's golden body.
And this kind of super player with the potential to become a god will definitely keep Chu Zheng at all costs unless the top management of the Manchester City club are a bunch of imbeciles.
You must know that Chu Zheng is only 22 years old now.
Judging from Chu Zheng's performance in the past two seasons since he entered professional football, his current season at Manchester City is likely to be far from his peak.
In Mario's eyes, the most valuable thing about Chu Zheng is that people can't see the upper limit.
In fact, this is why Guardiola knew that placing Chu Zheng in the midfield and backfield would stabilize Manchester City's defense, but was unwilling to do so.
In addition to worrying that the team's frontcourt offensive efficiency would decrease with Chu Zheng's withdrawal, he also wanted to see if he could train another ball-champion-level player.
In Guardiola's view, Chu Zheng has the potential to become a historical star.
It was rare that he encountered a seedling with rare talent in the world, and his hands were itchy.
