Fang Jue felt that he had caught a loophole in the system.

The system only requires the team to win a championship in order to complete the mission.

So:

The Premier League champion is the champion.

Cup winners are also champions.

And in England, there are two cup competitions:

English FA Cup and English League Cup.

Tomorrow, Aston Villa will play their first FA Cup game of the season, which is the third round of the FA Cup, with Aston Villa hosting Blackburn Rovers.

However, if Aston Villa are to claim a cup title, the English League Cup is the closest they can get.

Aston Villa have reached the semi-finals of this season's Carabao Cup.

They will face the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final twelve days later.

Interestingly, Aston Villa's opponent in the Carabao Cup semi-finals was Blackburn.

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January 2, 2010.

The third round of the English FA Cup in the 20092010 season.

Aston Villa beat Blackburn Rovers 4-1 at home.

Portugal's Quaresma scored twice, making it the second time in a row that the player has scored twice in a cup competition.

Ahead of the League Cup quarter-final against Portsmouth, Quaresma also scored twice and was in excellent form.

In addition, Quaresma has an assist.

Quaresma's excellent performance in the cup competition is related to Fang Jue's tactics and personnel in the cup.

Aston Villa's focus is on the league and they often rotate in cup competitions.

For example, Deisler and Gareth. Key players like Bale will be rested in cup competitions.

In this case, Fang Jue will be tactically tilted towards Quaresma, and the Portuguese star is treated like a core player in the cup competition.

Quaresma has also played a central role in the team when he has performed well in the Portuguese Super League before.

It was precisely because Fang Jue noticed this that he focused on Quaresma's ability in the cup and entrusted him with heavy use.

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England veteran Hesty started the game and provided one assist.

In the second half, Fang Jue replaced Husky and gave the 'new signing' the courtesy and opportunity to receive cheers from the home fans.

In the stands, some fans unfurled banners: Welcome home, old man!

Yes, you read that right, Husky is a new signing for Aston Villa.

Husky's move to UAE League giants Al Ahly was completed a day earlier.

The Emirati giants are willing to pay £7 million for the England international, who is set to celebrate his 32nd birthday in nine days.

Yes, Husky is an active England international.

The England head coach favours a centre-forward, and his strategy for England is crucial to have a strong centre-forward who can stand in position, have strong physical confrontation and can cover for bridgeheads.

Then, an embarrassing thing happened, Capello looked at English football, also looked at many players, and finally found that it was the veteran in his thirties who worked.

Heskey's status as an active England international is what motivated Al Ahly to be willing to shell out £7 million for a transfer fee.

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Speaking of which, there are still some twists and turns in Husky's transfer.

England national team manager Fabio Capello opposes Heskey's departure from the Premier League to pan for gold in Asia.

He even threatened that if Husky went to Al Ahly, he would miss out on the World Cup in South Africa.

However, herein lies the problem, Al Ahly's aim is to get a veteran England international who can play in the World Cup in South Africa.

That's why they're willing to pay Husky a lot of money.

And for Husky, it's also a great opportunity to get a lucrative contract in the twilight of his career.

However, he was unwilling to give up the last chance of his career to play in the World Cup.

At this time, Aston Villa came out to be a peacemaker.

Fang Jue made a very creative new suggestion.

Huskey first moved to Al Ahly, and then Al Ahly loaned Husky to Aston Villa for half a season on a free loan.

In this case, the actual ownership of the Husky is still Al Ahli's.

The player will continue to play for half a season at Aston Villa and will be able to maintain his good form for the World Cup.

You see, this ...... How perfect.

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The Arabs thought about it, and it was a good idea.

So, on the morning of the FA Cup tie with Blackburn, the official process was completed for Huskey to join Aston Villa on loan from UAE League giants Al Ahly.

Al Ahly first spent seven million pounds to get the Husky.

Al Ahly has loaned veteran Husky to Aston Villa on a free loan for six months.

During this half-year period, as a reward for the player's willingness to join Al Ahly, Al Ahly will voluntarily bear Husky's salary, which is calculated according to the large contract signed by Hesky at Al Ahly.

The Arabs are satisfied, the Aston Villa is satisfied, Capello is satisfied, the Husky is satisfied.

Everyone was satisfied.

That's why there was an interesting scene of fans welcoming new signing Huskey in the stands at Villa Park.

The media in England were stunned when they reported this special transfer case of 'export to domestic sales'.

Aston Villa netted £7 million and then continued to use Husky for half a season, without having to afford the player's salary......

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Husky is a 'fake' departure.

Ashleyyan is really leaving.

In this game, Ashley Young started half the game and was substituted in the second half to say goodbye to the fans.

Talks between Aston Villa and Manchester United over Ashley Young have finally been completed.

Thanks to Ashley Young's red-hot form in recent games, especially in the last few rounds:

Direct dialogue with Manchester United, an assist, a goal.

Against Arsenal, one goal, one assist.

Against Liverpool, he scored the equalizer.

The Premier League also officially announced the name of the best player of December 2009, none other than Ashley Young.

In December, Ashley Young played five games, scoring three goals and providing two assists; Helped Aston Villa win two and draw one from Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.

Ashley Young's 'crazy' form strengthened Manchester United's determination to buy him.

Despite facing Aston Villa's high transfer fee demands, Ferguson finally made a domineering decision:

The transfer fee – £26.5 million – is agreed!

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Yes, you read that right.

It's £26.5 million.

Aston Villa had insisted on an asking price of £25 million.

In fact, the real psychological price of the Aston Villa side was £20 million at the start.

However, there is no way, who would have thought that Ashley Young, who wanted to seek a big contract for Manchester United, would explode without warning.

In the end, a transfer agreement was reached at a price higher than Aston Villa's initial 'lion's mouth':

Ashley scored Arsenal's goal and Aston Villa raised their asking price to £26.5 million.

Ashley Young scored Liverpool's equaliser and Aston Villa raised their asking price to £28 million.

Ashley Young was named Premier League Player of the Month and Aston Villa raised their asking price to £30 million.

It is said that Ferguson almost got angry.

Well, Fang Jue still can't stand it, he thinks it will be detrimental to his good friendship with Ferguson.

Fang Jue personally stepped forward and agreed to sell Ashley Young to Manchester United for £26.5 million.

What made Fang Jue unhappy and resentful, and even aggrieved, was that the old Scottish man still didn't appreciate it.

Ferguson called Fang Jue and scolded very politely: Don't think that Lao Tzu doesn't know, you originally thought that you would be very satisfied if you could sell it for 20 million pounds.

Fang Jue was very angry, thinking that this old man was messing around, and he was cheap and behaved.

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Aston Villa fans are unhappy with the deal to sell in-form Ashley Young to Manchester United.

Fans opposed the deal.

In fact, during the FA Cup match against Blackburn, the banners in the stands had slogans protesting the team's sale of Ashley Young to Manchester United.

Their concerns were also voiced by Birmingham's local media outlet Birmingham Evening News, which raised two questions:

One is that the team sold Ashley Young, who is in very good form, for what reasons? Is it a player who kicks out and sells it for cash?

Second, Ashley Young left, who will add? It is not enough to rely on Gareth Bell alone on the left side.

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