Up to now, Manchester City has bought a total of four players, namely Bernardo Silva, Bony, Denayer and Ederson, although these players are not big stars, but they also have a certain strength, especially Bernardo Silva, who has been selected for the new Portuguese national team and will accompany the team to the Confederations Cup.

It stands to reason that the transfer market has not yet fully opened, and Manchester City will continue to buy people. But Pep Guardiola said: "We won't buy top strikers this year, what we're going to do is strengthen the midfield." It was this sentence that attracted Xu Ziyi's dissatisfaction.

As we all know, Manchester City's strongest place is the midfield, and the weakest point is the forward line, Milan's Zhang Shujie passed and shot in the game, but Manchester City's Sergio Aguero did nothing. Xu Ziyi believes that if Manchester City wants to continue to win the league title next season and want to continue to make a difference in the Champions League, the most needed place is the striker, followed by the back, but Guardiola's words blocked all the roads.

Xu Ziyi is a championship-level player, he is eager to win the title, but Guardiola does not want to bring in a top striker, so Manchester City is likely to be frustrated again in the hard game.

Xu Ziyi talked to Guardiola about this issue, but Guardiola did not take his advice. For this reason, Xu Ziyi was a little unhappy, so she released the idea of wanting to leave Manchester City.

Besides, with his strength, it is not a problem to go to a team with a more historical background.

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich have all joined him in the race, and at this time, another team is also involved, and this team is AC Milan!

Bid: 72 million, unit: Milan This is a clear liquidated damages that want to use money to directly smash Xu Ziyi, Manchester City hurriedly signed a new contract with Xu Ziyi, wanting to increase his liquidated damages to 300 million pounds, but Xu Ziyi refused to sign.

After AC Milan's offer, Chen Zihua, Zhang Shujie and Yan Tao also began to warmly invite Xu Ziyi to come, while Manchester City's Ma Junqiang and Liang Xiran continued to retain Xu Ziyi. And Xu Ziyi did not make a public statement on this matter, only saying that "my agent will handle everything for me".

Milan fans are desperate for Xu Ziyi to arrive. The reputation of the "Twins" has been known for a long time, and they hope to see the "Twins" as well at the club. Manchester City fans don't want him to go and want him to stay at Manchester City until he retires. Xu Ziyi also thought, but if Manchester City can't give him what he wants, there is no need for him to stay here.

Compared with Liang Xiran and Ma Junqiang, Xu Ziyi, who has only been in Manchester City for a year, does not have much affection for this team, and his two Chinese compatriots have become today's top stars in Manchester City, but Xu Ziyi is different, and it is obviously inappropriate to talk about loyalty when he has not found a real "belonging".

The iron-clad battalion is a soldier with flowing water, and professional football is like that.

Just a day later, the news about Xu Ziyi's transfer was a little more flat as the Confederations Cup began. Although the overall attention of this event is not high, China attaches more importance to it, of course, this is not about the event itself, but to see how far the national team will go without Zhang Shujie's gang in this year.

It's also important to note that the Confederations Cup is often considered a pre-World Cup rehearsal. This year's Confederations Cup and next year's World Cup are both held in Russia, so this aspect is also a small attraction, although many giants don't really care too much about it.

In any case, there are still many people who have their eyes on this cup competition. China and Portugal are in the same group, as are Mexico and Russia, and they must be very happy to play against a star like Cristiano Ronaldo.

In addition to the standing substitutes of the "first team" such as Liu Jianwei, Wu Xiao, Yuan Chengye, Liao Dongyuan, Xiao Feng and other players, this national team also has a few new faces, one of which is the twenty-two-year-old striker Lin Li, who was personally selected by An Rong, and his number in the national team is No. 9.

That's right, he was wearing Zhang Shujie's jersey number, just because Zhang Shujie was not there, so An Rong gave him this number. This shows from the side that An Rong has high hopes for him.

At 11 p.m. Beijing time on June 17, the opening match of the Confederations Cup was played at the St. Petersburg Stadium in Russia, against the host Russia and the Chinese team for the first time.

More than 50,000 fans poured into the stadium for this game, with the Russian ball being the largest and the Chinese fans not a few. Many people found that the Chinese team participating in the Confederations Cup this time was very unfamiliar, and none of them were top stars. However, there are still several players in the team who play in non-mainstream European leagues, such as Liu Jianwei playing for Glasgow Rangers in the Soviet Super League, Xiao Feng playing for Groningen in the Eredivisie, Qin Tianzhu playing for Besiktas in Turkey, and Yuan Chengye playing in Standard Liege in Belgium.

Last season, Liu Jianwei played 28 games for Rangers, scored 11 goals and had three assists, Xiao Feng played 21 games in the Eredivisie, scored two goals and assisted twice, Qin Tianzhu and Yuan Chengye only joined in the second half of the season, did not play much, and have not scored yet, but they are defensive players, and it is not a shame to not score goals.

Overall, the performance of these four players is acceptable, Xiao Feng has the possibility of competing for the main force next season, Liu Jianwei will also be the No. 1 candidate on the Rangers front, Qin Tianzhu and Yuan Chengye have also found a place in the team, so although this national team lacks superstars such as Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, it is not completely without highlights.

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After the opening game, Russia took the lead in launching an offensive under the cheers of the home fans, and the Chinese team looked a little passive on the field, after holding on for 14 minutes, Li Yongxuan accidentally rubbed the ball into his own door in a clearance, and Russia led 1:0.

This is the first own goal of the Chinese team in the national competition, Li Yongxuan is a little embarrassed, and he can't imagine that this inglorious record was created by him.

The Chinese team, which was behind by one goal, seemed to wake up and gradually counterattacked, with the two full-backs Yuan Chengye and Yang Wei attacking the Russian defense with speed again and again. In the next 15 minutes, the Chinese team had a total of six shots on goal, twice as many as Russia, but they were never able to score, and in the 23rd minute, the "temporary nine" Lin Liben had a great chance, but unfortunately he rushed into the opponent's defender during the battle for the top, and was whistled for a foul before he could get up his feet.

The Chinese team, which had been unable to attack for a long time, conceded another goal in the 38th minute, Fedor Smolov received a cross from his teammate and grabbed the goal from seven meters in front of the goal, and Russia led 2-0.

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