On August 14, 2009, when the new Premier League season was about to start, Manchester City officially announced that the team's recruitment in this summer transfer market had ended - this news immediately made many European giants breathe a sigh of relief. You know, there is still more than half a month left before the transfer market closes, and if Manchester City continues to stir up trouble in the transfer market, these giants will really collapse.

Since Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich entered the market to play football, the Premier League has gradually become the largest importer of the transfer market, from strikers to midfielders, many records have been broken by Chelsea, in addition, Benitez has bought in large quantities from La Liga, and Spanish players have become a hot commodity in the Premier League. When Real Madrid and Abu Dhabi Oil Kings joined the team, Chelsea's monopoly on the transfer market came to an end, and Manchester City became the new oligarchy of the transfer market, not only against the top four, but also against Europe, and snatched Yang Fan from Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Chelsea, and set the craziest transfer record in the history of football with 150 million pounds, which shocked and alerted the old giants including Real Madrid, Barcelona and Inter Milan and AC Milan.

Although there is now a voice in the media who slammed Manchester City as an upstart, saying that they are not optimistic about City's future prospects. And asserted that if Yang Fan stayed in Manchester City for two seasons and achieved nothing, he would definitely flee the city stadium.

However, BBC journalist George Gordon does not see it that way, as he writes in his column.

"Manchester City are following the path of Chelsea, the blue is better than the blue, and if the game continues, sooner or later Manchester City will become a member of the big clubs. The suspense is only: Abramovich found Mourinho when he needed the most championship self-affirmation, Mourinho won five trophies for him, and Chelsea became a regular in the last four of the Champions League, the legal hot-door of the Premier League, and Manchester City did not know if Hughes had such ability and luck.

But Manchester City have gone further than Chelsea. When Abu first arrived, he only started to pry Arsenal's famous superstars such as Ashley Cole when he was in a stable position, and he chased Shevchenko for several years, and finally got his wish, even though the Ukrainians were past their peak.

Manchester City is different, they don't look at the seller's origin at all, as long as it is a star, they will pick it. As soon as he came, he intercepted Chelsea and grabbed Robinho, and then, Manchester City operated Kaka's transfer in the winter window, not caring at all about his lack of weight for Kaka, who won the Champions Cup and the Ballon d'Or. This summer, Manchester City's recruitment has finally fully blossomed, and the core of first- and second-rate clubs have surrendered.

With Real Madrid besieging and attacking outside, and Manchester City 'pumping' wages from the bottom of the kettle, the Premier League semi-finals fell into an unprecedented embarrassment. Barry, who originally wanted to join Liverpool to play the Champions Cup, was also poached by Manchester City, not so much that this is Villa's brain drain, but rather that Liverpool saw that the strong reinforcements in their hands were robbed by Manchester City halfway, Gareth Barry joined Manchester City, and the most affected was actually Liverpool, losing Alonso, and without Barry's help, Liverpool may play quite hard in the new season. Manchester United must now regret not taking Tevez the most, losing Ronaldo and Yang Fan at the same time, Tevez is also gone, and Manchester United can only desperately chase Berbatov now. Arsenal did not sell the captain this summer, however, they did not 'spend' a lot of money to bring in reinforcements, and their strength did not increase.

Chelsea are used to digging into other people's walls, and finally have their own day to be pried against. Scolari's dismissal was largely linked to Robinho's move to Manchester City, who were the first victims of Manchester City's arrival. But Manchester City did not stop there, and this summer to pry Terry again, which caused great panic at the Bridge. The loss of Terry is far greater than the weakening of strength. If the flag-bearer and captain he has cultivated are still greedy for a high salary to leave the team, how can Chelsea attract strong reinforcements in the transfer market?

Manchester City is like a scoundrel who has broken into the world of rules, they unscrupulously wave the checkbook, 'lure' and 'confuse' all the stars they want, although the big 'goal' club hates it, but it has a great effect on improving the overall competition in the Premier League. The semi-finals have dominated the Champions League for five seasons and Manchester City are poised to turn that order upside down, with no one in the semi-finals protected from the impact of City's continued spending, and it will be interesting to see if they will be among the Champions League winners, as well as who will be the victims of City's rise. ”

George Gordon's article didn't catch the attention of many of the Premier League's biggest clubs, or they didn't want to believe that Manchester City, a traditionally slumped side in the Premier League, would rise so soon.

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On 14 August, the entire Manchester City squad travelled by bus to Blackburn Rovers to prepare for the first round of the 2009/2010 Premier League season.

Mark Hughes did not dare to underestimate Blackburn Rovers, despite the fact that the team had previously finished in the bottom half of the Premier League last season. However, Blackburn is a well-known nerve knife in the Premier League, sometimes any team dares to lose, and sometimes he can become a strong team killer.

Manchester City also suffered from Blackburn Rovers last season, leading 2-0 on the road before being held to a 2-2 draw by Blackburn.

Of course, what really makes Mark Hughes nervous is because of the huge pressure, this summer, Manchester City invested close to 250 million pounds in the transfer market, especially the 'spent' spent 150 million pounds to introduce Yang Fan, Manchester City's current strength on paper can definitely rank in the top five of the Premier League, so, the first game of the new season, Mark Hughes is also under great pressure, this game, almost the whole world is paying attention to Manchester City, if Manchester City can not win, it will be subject to greater doubt and criticism.

It should be said that not only Mark Hughes is facing tremendous pressure, but Yang Fan is also facing tremendous pressure, the world's first value of 150 million Premier League, which is both glory and huge pressure! Yang Fan's watch in every game will be observed with a magnifying glass, even if a game table is not good, he will face huge criticism.

In some people's minds, Yang Fan must be a little nervous now. However, in fact, Yang Fan is not what the outside world wants, and now he is a little excited about tomorrow's game, and he is eager to try. He certainly knows the pressure on his value, and the move from Manchester United to Manchester City has in itself exposed him to huge controversy and doubts, and the only thing that can silence some people is to play a good role in the game and hit back with a goal. In fact, he has been waiting for the start of the new season for a long time, and he is looking forward to today.

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On August 15, 2009, the first round of the new Premier League season was fully launched.

Ewood Park in Blackburn.

Seizing pre-match time, Mark Hughes revisited the squad in the dressing room their tactics, how to limit Diouf's play, and how to cut McCarthy and Roberts off from the midfield behind them......

These tactics have been implemented in their usual training, but Mark Hughes still has to repeat them before the game. The pressure on him was just too much in this game...... The club has spent so much energy and money that football fans have high hopes for Manchester City's new season, and if the first game is lost. Mark Hughes really didn't know how to deal with the club's hierarchy.

After reviewing all the tactics and making it clear to everyone what they were supposed to do again, Mark Hughes pulled out a pair of captain's armbands from his coat pocket.

Since Richard Dunn moved to Aston Villa a few days ago, Manchester City's captain has been vacant for the time being, and the game is about to be played, how can there be no captain on the field?

He glanced around the dressing room and found that Wright Phillips was probably the best candidate for age and experience. Although he only arrived at Manchester City from Chelsea last summer, Wright Phillips is a star that City has cultivated themselves, having played for seven seasons at Manchester City, and is indeed a suitable captain for the club...... However, Mark Hughes remembered the club's request, and despite his reluctance, he could only shout at Yang Fan: "Yang." You come here. ”

Yang Fan stood up and walked over, he was not too surprised by what happened next, although he did not ventilate with him in advance, but, when he was in Wolfsburg, Yang Fan was the captain, and when he was at Manchester United, Ferguson also once 'revealed' that he wanted Yang Fan to be the leader and captain in the future, so Yang Fan is no stranger to the captain's armband.

Mark Hughes put the captain's armband on Yang Fan's arm.

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The others did not speak, watching the scene quietly, of course, their hearts were not at peace.

Some people are naturally unconvinced, after all, Yang Fan has just arrived, and he was appointed as the captain at the beginning just because of his value and fame, which more or less makes some players who have played for Manchester City for many years unhappy. Among them are Wright Phillips, Ireland and several other players.

In addition, Robinho is also quite unhappy, he is the first big-name star that Manchester City really introduced, after the transfer of Richards Dunn, Robinho thinks that he is the natural candidate for captain, but now he is cut off by Yang Fan, which of course makes Robinho unacceptable, Yang Fan's worth of 150 million pounds is several times that of Robinho, with the glory of the world's first value in Manchester City, now people talk about Manchester City, they must talk about Yang Fan, and Robinho seems to have been forgotten, this gap makes Robinho very unhappy, and now he is consciously snatched away by Yang Fan his own captain's armband, which makes Robinho even more angry。

Among the other players, Adebayo was also a little unhappy in his heart, he just couldn't get used to Yang Fan, or in the light of pure jealousy. In the summer, Adebayo joined Manchester City and immediately got the top salary of the Premier League, which made Togolese very proud, after all, the status and strength of a player are mainly considered to be worth and salary, and to get the top salary of the Premier League, Adebayo really thinks that his strength is also the most powerful in the Premier League...... However, this pride did not last long, and Yang Fan joined Manchester City with more than twice Adebayo's salary, which made Adebayo both jealous and disappointed.

Of course, there are also people who are very happy, Tevez is very happy, the Argentine was 'convinced' by Yang Fan when he was in Manchester United, in the eyes of Tevez, Yang Fan is strong, righteous enough, and is a good friend, for Yang Fan to Manchester City, Tevez is only happy, he and Yang Fan were happy partners when they were in Manchester United.

Of course, there are more people who have a wait-and-see attitude, whoever is the captain can do it, and the important thing is to use the watch xiàn in the following season to prove that they are worthy of the captain's armband, then they will be convinced and will support.

Also, not everyone is interested in being a captain. Some people may think that wearing the captain's armband looks awesome and has status, but most people may only have endless responsibilities when they see the ground, and they can never relax their requirements for themselves, in a word-tired!

Mark Hughes turned his head and asked the players in the locker room: "Yang Fan is the captain of the team, do you have any opinions?"

No one spoke, this was announced by the head coach, and everyone knew that the club's senior management was 'supporting' Yang Fan, so naturally no one jumped out at this time to say something to destroy the harmony.

Mark Hughes glanced at Yang Fan quite complicatedly, and then slapped Yang Fan's arm hard: "From now on, that is the captain of the team." ”

Of course, Yang Fan also knows what the captain's armband represents, knows what the captain of a team does, and knows the responsibility of the captain's armband.

Yang Fan didn't speak, he is not a person who speaks with his mouth, he speaks with his actions, he knows that as long as he leads Manchester City forward with a goal and leads everyone to win victory and honor, everyone will be convinced.

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Manchester City squad for 2009/2010 is attached:

'Goalkeeper': 1-Given, 12-Taylor;

Defenders: 2-Richards, 16-Silvinho, 3-Bridge, 28-Chloe Toure, 19-Lescott, 8-Zabaleta, 15-Garrido, 33-Kompany, 4-Onuoha, Midfielders: 24-Vieira, 17-Petrov, 18-Gareth Barry, 8-Wright Phillips, 34-De Jong, 7-Ireland, 11-Adam Johnson, 6-Michael Johnson, 48-Ibrahim, Forwards: 27-Benjani, 14-Santa Cruz, 32- Tevez, 25-Adebayo, 9-Yang Fan;