In just half a month, Dick's operational ability and Manchester City's financial resources instantly set off a storm on the entire European continent, with an investment of 136 million pounds and thirteen reinforcements, such an expenditure was not achieved by Chelsea back then, but it was normal for this to be true, Chelsea at that time was also capable of impacting the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup, and there was no need to replace so many people to strengthen it, and Manchester City is now almost a big change from beginning to end, which is relatively speaking, not a lot.

However, there is one thing that Manchester City have done with a lot of money, and that is that none of the players that Dick thinks are not on the list can be sold for price - Corradi, Dickov and Danny Mills were loaned to Parma, Crystal Palace and Charlton respectively, Distin, Sinclair and Steve Jordan went to Portsmouth, Cardiff and Burnley on free transfers, Matthew Mills and Miller went on loan to West Bromwich Albion, Mponsa went to Atletico Madrid as an add-on, Trabelsi was terminated by the team. French midfielder Dabo was also terminated by Manchester City, and then he joined Lazio in Serie A on a free transfer, while defenders Boer and Onouola moved to the lower leagues for zero - Manchester City did not think much about recouping much money, either on loan or on a free transfer, without making a penny from the transfer market.

Now it has not been sold, only midfielder Ireland and striker Samaras remain, now Manchester City's forward line is almost saturated, Samaras is still looking for a home, it is estimated that he will leave this day or two days, and Stephen Ireland as a Manchester City youth product, joined the Manchester City youth team at the age of fifteen, and after entering the Manchester City first team in the first two seasons, the performance is still quite good, both seasons are the main team, and it can be regarded as conscientious, in the case that there seems to be no other better choice in the midfield, Dick reversed his move – at least as a substitute in midfield, Ireland would still be suitable.

As a result, Manchester City's first-team squad is now almost confirmed.

There are three goalkeepers, Ixasson, Schmeichel Jr., Joe Hart, right-back Richards and Sun Jihai, left-back Barnes, Hart and Bale, central defenders Samuel, Kompany, Joel Luka, Gary Cahill and David Dunn, midfielders Joey Barton, Yaya Toure, Hamann, Parker, Vidal, Ireland, forwards Ribery, Young, Torres, Di Natale, Vassell, a total of 24 first-team members, in the absence of European games, it is definitely enough.

After successive recruitments, Dick stopped his own acquisitions, and at this time, the acquisitions on the European continent began to be in full swing, Dick is now only concerned about the acquisition of the Premier League, in contrast to Manchester City's large spending, other team acquisitions are a bit shabby - although in fact they spend a lot of money, but they always have to sell some players to fill, the entire Premier League in terms of net investment, maybe not as good as Manchester City's net investment.

In the face of the menacing Manchester City, the first to bear the brunt of the threat is the defending champion Manchester United, you must know that Manchester City and Manchester United are both in Manchester, from the perspective of local support, Manchester City's supporters are not less than Manchester United, or even more - this situation is not uncommon in European football, Juventus is the most successful team in Italy, but their support in Turin is not as good as the little Torino, in Munich, Munich 1860 support rate is not worse than Bayern, Liverpool may not be able to do Everton locally...... These are typical examples.

Ferguson beat Chelsea to win the league title last season, and after three years without winning the title, Ferguson began a strong resurgence, Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo are the new generation of Manchester United began to re-emerge, with Ferguson's character, this group of players alone should be enough to dominate the Premier League for three or four years, but after the arrival of Dick, Ferguson also began to be vigilant......

For the same 17 million pounds, Ferguson has brought in three young players, Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson, and they also signed Argentine striker Carlos Tevez from West Ham United, although the transfer fee was not disclosed, but it is definitely not less than 17 million pounds - after all, Tevez from Boca Juniors to Corinthians is already worth 15 million euros......

After spending almost 70 million pounds on these four new signings, Manchester United also recovered some funds from the transfer market, Argentine defender Heinze 8 million pounds to Real Madrid, teenager Rossi 6 million pounds to Villarreal, Smith 6 million pounds to Newcastle, plus wide player Richardson 5 million pounds to Sunderland, Manchester United also recovered more than 20 million pounds, this summer investment of nearly 50 million pounds, for Manchester United in recent years is also a big deal. It has to be said that Manchester City's investment has also stimulated Manchester United to a large extent.

Because Dick's more than a dozen players are not all second-rate stars, Torres, Ribery, Yaya Toure, Samuel are all top players, their addition has given Manchester City a backbone, plus a group of powerful factions, Manchester City now has the strength to win the championship is beyond doubt, and Manchester United, which bears the brunt, naturally has to invest more.

Arsenal are also starting to spend money - four million pounds to buy Las Diarra from Chelsea, eight million pounds to bring in Croatian striker Da Silva, seven and a half million pounds to buy full-back Sagna, two million pounds to bring in Polish goalkeeper Fabianski, two million pounds to bring in Norwegian central defender Nordvede, a total of more than 20 million pounds - of course they still made money, because their King of Highbury, Thierry, was poached by Barcelona for 16 million pounds, plus Reyes, who left for 8 million pounds, The three million pounds left Ljungberg...... They are still profitable in the transfer market, and there are concerns about how Arsenal's forward line will make up for Thierry Henry's departure......

Benitez continued to buy and sell a lot of his lot, and the departure of Cisse, Pongele and Bellamy and others, bringing in Benayoun, Lucas, Babel, Vononen and other attacking players, is also constantly filling its own strength.

But Chelsea's actions are a bit strange, they have spent more than 50 million pounds in the past three seasons and they have started to make money from the transfer market this summer, Mourinho's transfer power has been withdrawn, Robben was sold to Real Madrid for 25 million pounds, and then they brought in Malouda and Belletti, these two people are also the only two Chelsea spent money this summer, and other reinforcements such as Brazilian defender Alex, Peruvian striker Pizarro and local midfielder Sidwell are all free to import, This approach makes everyone feel a little strange - even if Abu loses a lot of property after the divorce, it will not be impossible to get this investment......

'Well, I feel like we've got Chelsea out of the competition.'

Dick said to Marina with a private smile, of course, this is also a joke, even if Chelsea will encounter a lot of things this season, but their foundation is there, there will not be too many problems, let alone the results will decline so quickly - in the world that Dick knows, although Chelsea suffered a series of things such as the dismissal of Mourinho halfway, and the Chelsea players are unhappy with the new manager Grant, but they are still tenacious in the league, League Cup and Champions Cup three runners-up - Although this is a tragic matter, it cannot be said that it is not a competitor of Manchester City, unless Manchester City is not even qualified to compete for the runner-up.

However, at this time, it is true that Abou has no trust in Mourinho, and their transfer this year has not gone through Mourinho's hands at all, and Abou does not want to spend any more money this summer, and Chelsea's civil unrest is inevitable.

Dick vaguely remembered that Mourinho was fired not long after the start of the season, which also made Dick a little regretful - the number of meetings with Mourinho was not too much, and if he didn't play in the Premier League, he didn't know when it would be in the future......

It's just that there are opponents like Ferguson Wenger Benitez in the Premier League, which is not lonely.

The Premier League has always started relatively early, and the first round of games will start on August 11 this season, but Manchester City has the advantage that they have no other games to play before the league starts, and for Manchester City, who start training on July 10, they still have enough time to adjust to their form.

The location of Manchester City's training camp is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi Group is a multinational group relying on the UAE royal family, and entering football is just a small step for them, but because of the hiring of Dick, the Abu Dhabi Group also attaches great importance to the first concentration of the team, and the training camp is outside Dubai, and the environment arranged for the entire Manchester City club is also staggering......

Needless to say, the whole of Manchester City will stay at the Burj Khalifa for 20 days, with luxury car transfers, air-conditioned stadiums, and ...... In Marriner's words, he has never trained his players in such a comfortable environment.

"Today, we are in Dubai...... Well, it's really luxurious, it's very luxurious, but you know, we're here, we enjoy when we deserve, and if anyone is lazy during training, then don't fucking blame me...... Some of you are familiar with me, most of you have only heard about me, and I will tell you now that most of those rumors are true! Outside of training, you can play as much as you want, as long as you don't break the law, I don't care about you, but on the training ground, if anyone dares not train well, then the first thing I do is kick him into the reserves, no matter how much money I just spent on him, understand? We have 24 people in our squad now, which is a bit of a lot for me because we don't have European competitions, just the League Cup, the FA Cup and the league, and I can last a season with 14 people! In front of me, no one is indispensable, the only indispensable one in my team is me, and it is because of this that I have won seven league titles and six European titles in seven years, and what about you? Do you think you'll get more credit than I do? ”

On the first day of his arrival in Dubai, Dick gave all the players a dismissal, and among the twenty-four players, except for Torres, Di Natale and Yaya Toure, none of the other players had worked with Dick, so now, they began to gradually understand Dick's characteristics......

"The boss seems to be much more brutal than when he was at Inter Milan." Yaya Toure whispered to Di Natale.

Di Natale smiled slightly, but did not answer.

Torres laughed - I hadn't seen him in five years, and the style of the boss was still the same......

The rest of the Manchester City players looked at Dick with awe - there are really no outstanding players in Manchester City's current players, and in front of Dick, they really are nothing.