Chapter 6 The current state of Manchester City

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Suarez is undoubtedly quite a talent.

He was born in Salto, Uruguay, Suarez has a total of 7 brothers, his parents divorced when he was a child, and his mother raised 7 boys alone, and his life was very poor.

At the age of seven, Suarez moved with his mother to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, where he began to hone his skills in the dusty streets.

At the age of 11, Suarez received an invitation to train with the Uruguayan national junior team, but he had to turn it down due to lack of money.

Three years later, at the age of 14, Suarez was spotted by the Montevideo national team and officially began his professional career here.

In the 2005-2006 season, Suarez made rapid progress with the Uruguayan national team, which won the Uruguayan league championship in the same year, and Suarez scored 10 goals in 29 league appearances.

At the beginning of the year, Suarez was only 18 years old and he began his path to take-off.

The following year, Suarez accepted an offer from Dutch FC Groningen for €800,000 and in his first season in Europe, he scored 17 goals in 37 games, and Suarez's outstanding performances quickly caught the attention of other powerhouses.

Soon Suarez transferred to the Eredivisie giants Ajax at a price of 7.5 million euros (about 63.3225 million yuan at the time).

After Suarez joined Ajax, it didn't take him long to adapt to becoming the team's leading goalscorer.

In his first season, he made 40 appearances and scored 20 goals.

In his second season, he scored 22 goals in 31 appearances and finished second in the league.

Last season, Suarez once again helped Ajax to second place in the Eredivisie, becoming a top scorer in the league with 35 goals (49 goals in all competitions) and being voted the Dutch Footballer of the Year.

Suarez is now leading Uruguay to the World Cup in South Africa.

So far, Suarez has scored one goal in three group games and helped the team reach the knockout stages of the World Cup round of 16.

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Everyone knows that Suarez is a talented goalscorer, and it is not easy to recruit such a talented goalscorer.

After Wan Sheng decided, he immediately let the transfer department operate.

Although Atletico Madrid has enough transfer funds, it is not spent casually, Wansheng does not want his team to become a big wrongdoer, every transfer is meaningful, so that the club can also operate healthily, instead of losing money every year as before.

In other words, the player's complement to the team's strength and the commercial value of the player must exceed the player's transfer fee and several years' salary in order to be a successful transfer.

When he was in charge of Manchester City and Derby County, Wan Sheng only had to think about the ability to bring in players, and now he has to think about that.

In the end, through the communication with the athletic and commercial departments, as well as his own understanding of Suarez, Wan Sheng also had an assessment in his heart.

30 million euros.

If the transfer fee does not exceed 30 million euros, you can consider buying Suarez, and if it exceeds 30 million euros, you can change to other targets.

30 million euros is a lot!

Suarez is not C-Ronaldo after all, he is a Uruguayan player who does not have so much commercial potential, and in addition, after he transfers to the team, he will definitely get a big contract, at least more than 5 million euros per year, which is also a very large expense.

In addition, Suarez will also have to occupy a non-EU spot, which must also be considered.

Therefore, Wansheng's maximum transfer price for Suarez is 30 million euros.

Then it's time for the transfer department.

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After that, Wan Sheng began to think about the team's midfield again.

In Wansheng's tactical planning, the midfield is always the most important, with an excellent midfield, the front and back can really be smoothly connected, otherwise no matter how strong the forward team is, it will not play much role.

But in fact, Wan Sheng is not in a hurry to bring in midfielders, because he already has a goal.

Before the acquisition of Atletico Madrid was completed, Mansheng had already contacted Morris privately.

Needless to say, Morris has a personal relationship with Wansheng, who has never left Morris for several years and uses him as a core.

As soon as he heard that Wansheng was going to return to Europe to coach, Morris immediately wanted to join Wansheng's team.

At the moment, Morris is already a 'free man'.

Morris has not signed a new contract with Manchester City, or the club believes he is too old to offer him a big contract.

In two years, Manchester City has changed dramatically.

After the Abu Dhabi consortium moved into Manchester City, they brought in former Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes to take charge of Manchester City.

Mark Hughes has been very successful in charge of Blackburn, leading a team that has been fighting for relegation every year, stabilizing their results in the middle of the league and qualifying for European competitions.

However, it was the first time Mark Hughes had coached the 'Big Club'.

Manchester City was originally a big club, after winning the 'Grand Slam', many fans regarded Manchester City as a 'giant' team, and when Wan Sheng left, Manchester City's strength had reached its peak.

That's how Mark Hughes took over Manchester City.

As a team that won the 'Grand Slam' last season, Manchester City's front, center and back are very complete, so even if there is a change in the club's top management and the Abu Dhabi consortium is very rich, there is no change in the summer transfer.

However, it soon became apparent that Mark Hughes was doing the job.

The key problem is that he doesn't know Wansheng's 'OS-F' in so much detail, and even, he is not as good as the team's main players Morris, Silva and others, in tactical training, many times, he himself is at a loss, originally he also reformed the tactics, let alone the transformation, even if he played normally, he didn't know what to do.

It's not actually to blame Mark Hughes.

The basic theory of 'OS-F' may be fine, but in the three years he has been in charge of Manchester City, Wan Sheng has used the Football Trainer system to modify 'OS-F' to the level of 'the best fit for Manchester City'.

A lot of what Wansheng uses is the football training master system, he can clearly see the ability of the players, he can practice in the 'lineup' system, and those data can tell him a lot of things.

Mark Hughes certainly doesn't have a soccer trainer system, so he's at a loss for City's complex and well-organized tactics.

As a result, in the summer preparations, Mark Hughes almost did one thing - to learn the tactics himself.

Wansheng still has the foundation left, and if the lineup does not change, even if the team is allowed to play normally, it can play a very good result, but that season, Mark Hughes did not play much role, and Manchester City still played third in the league.

However, third in the league is very good, but it is far worse than Wan Sheng's coaching, especially Manchester City only reached the round of 16 in the Champions League, not even the quarterfinals, which is equivalent to the worst result in four years.

The media, the fans, are quite unhappy with Mark Hughes.

Last summer, Mark Hughes narrowly retained his managerial position, determined not to be an 'outsider' anymore, he was determined to make Manchester City his own team, and spoke his mind to the club's president, Hosni Mubarak, who expressed his support for Mark Hughes.

And so the Manchester City makeover began.

In order to make Manchester City completely 'their own team', Mark Hughes has sold Torres, Boateng and Leto Ziegler, and eliminated the veteran Robert Carlos, Ivan Crewe, Sun Jihai and others, and Manchester City also has a large number of reinforcements, Robinho is the most heavyweight, his transfer fee is as high as 32.5 million pounds, almost equivalent to the price of selling Torres, Manchester City also signed Tal Ben Haim from Chelsea and the returning Wright Phillips, and then bought Villa captain Gareth Barry, Blackburn Rovers forward Roque Santa Cruz.

After a few sales and signings, City changed dramatically.

In fact, Morris is also on Mark Hughes' purge list, but Morris does not want to leave, he still has a one-year contract with Manchester City, and he hopes to fulfill his one-year contract and become a free agent, and then he can join other teams at will.

In this way, Manchester City began the journey of the new season.

But in the end, Mark Hughes failed, and the team's results plummeted the following year, and in the middle of the season, Mark Hughes led the team to poor results and was sacked, and Roberto Mancini took charge of Manchester City.

At the end of last season, Manchester City finished fifth due to a defeat in a league duel with Tottenham Hotspur.

So this summer, Manchester City will definitely face turmoil again.

The first is Morris' departure.

Morris has been at the heart of the team for five years at Manchester City, and even though he is over 33 years old, he is in great physical condition and can play the full game most of the time.

As the 2008 Ballon d'Or winner, Morris has been influential.

Morris's departure will definitely have a big impact on Manchester City.

But Wan Sheng doesn't care so much, the current Manchester City has little to do with him, some of the players are still very familiar, but the main squad has changed a lot.

That's the way it is in professional football, when a manager leaves a team, even if he has feelings for that team, he has to keep it in his heart.

Wansheng needs to think about his team.

When Morris comes to the team, he will definitely be able to increase the midfield ability, and with Morris, who has reached the peak of strength and experience, then the midfield has a basic structure.

Morris is 33 years old, which must also be considered, so Wansheng still needs to find other suitable candidates for the team, and two other players from Manchester City have also entered Wansheng's sights.

Mesut Ozil and Silva.

Mesut Ozil and Silva are both quite good, but in reality, it is difficult for other managers to combine the two because their positions are somewhat duplicative and it is enough for a team to have a core.

Like last season's Manchester City, Mark Hughes always put one of them on the bench, so City are likely to consider selling one of them.

Wansheng wants to get one of the two.

Morris is getting older, and Mesut Ozil and Silva, either of them, will be able to make the team's midfield more solid. (To be continued.) )