Chapter 560: The new season begins

Since this season's UEFA Super Cup will be played on August 13, except for the players who participated in the World Cup, the rest of the players of Atletico Madrid will start the new season on July 18.

Although Feng Quan did not participate in the World Cup, due to the entrance examination of Wonder International Football School, the team's coach Diego Simeone allowed him to join the team after the entrance examination to start the preparation for the new season.

Originally, Atletico Madrid did not have a plan to accept Chinese football teenagers into the youth training system, but under the strong recommendation of a number of youth coaches who had worked in the club, the club's general manager Paul Forley, who has been planning to develop the Chinese market for many years, immediately issued an olive branch to Wonder International Football School, inviting those teenagers who performed well in the entrance exam to come for trial training and bear the round-trip plane ticket.

After a night of adjustment, eleven Chinese teenagers, including Wang Xiaobei, went to the Espino base of Atletico Madrid under the leadership of Feng Quan.

Although the eleven Chinese teenagers had just undergone a physical examination a few days ago, in order to grasp their physical information more accurately, Atletico Madrid still conducted a more detailed physical examination on the morning of July 21 than that of Wande International Football School.

After the morning physical examination, Wang Xiaobei and other 11 Chinese teenagers began to train with the junior team of Atletico Madrid.

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As the club's chief scout, Gerardo Guzmán rarely pays attention to the team's youth work, but because the club invited 11 Chinese teenagers to come to the trial, he was arranged by general manager Paul Fortley to come to the junior team's training ground to observe the performance of the Chinese teenagers up close, in order to make the most accurate and professional assessment of the strength.

Although because of the relationship between race and eating habits, there is a gap between Chinese teenagers such as Wang Xiaobei and Spanish teenagers of the same age in terms of strength. But at the same time, they have a slight advantage in terms of physical flexibility, reflexes, and physical coordination.

Therefore, in terms of physical ability alone, Wang Xiaobei and others at this stage can at least compete with Spanish young players of the same age. However, in terms of personal ball control ability and the rationality of the use of technology, there is a big gap with the Spanish young players.

Many Chinese teenagers chose to pass the ball when they should have chosen to do it alone, even if they chose to pass the ball to their teammates, there were many problems in the grasp of the passing point or the passing power. And when they should have broken through resolutely, they made a "seemingly safe" choice - pass to their teammates.

Therefore, less than half an hour after the first day of tryouts, five or six Chinese teenagers were labeled as "failing" by Gerardo Guzmán, who was already not very interested in Chinese players.

However, Wang Xiaobei and a defender from the northeast, as well as a wide player from Guangdong province, still attracted the attention of Gerardo Guzman.

Especially Wang Xiaobei, whose playing style is similar to Messi, makes Gerardo Guzman, who is very picky in the selection of people, also can't help but express a burst of admiration.

So, before the first day of "trial" was over, Gerardo Guzmán strongly recommended that general manager Paul Forley sign Wang Xiaobei. At the same time, he also keeps his assistants keeping a close eye on defenders in the northeast and wide players in Guangdong province.

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Although Diego Costa can be regarded as an important contributor to Atletico Madrid's treble last season, he won the double top scorer in La Liga and the Champions League, and Griezmann, who joined the team in the middle of the season, quickly integrated into the team.

As a result, Diego Costa, who scored 56 goals in all competitions last season, submitted a transfer request to the club before Atletico Madrid regrouped.

A day after Diego Costa submitted his transfer request, Chelsea FC, which had been preparing to recruit him during last season's winter break, made another offer to Atletico Madrid.

In fact, even if the team already has an increasingly versatile style and Griezmann who can play anywhere up front, Atletico Madrid still have no intention of selling Diego Costa.

Not only will the transfer of Diego Costa weaken the overall strength of the squad and make it more difficult for the team to defend their league title, but Chelsea, who will also participate in this season's Champions League, could be a serious rival for Atletico Madrid in defending their Champions League title if they get a Spanish striker.

Unfortunately, because Diego Costa's contract has a "minimum release fee of 50 million euros" clause for foreign clubs, when Chelsea FC made this offer, Atletico Madrid had no choice but to let it go.

It seems that Diego Costa's primary purpose for joining Chelsea is to get a higher salary, but in fact, the most fundamental purpose of his choice to leave is to "just want to be a red flower" and not be willing to "be a green leaf for others".

Diego Costa, who scored 56 goals in all competitions last season, although he set a record for Spanish players in the past ten years, in the eyes of many media and fans, although Diego Costa's scoring ability is very strong, but if it is not for Feng Quan's super individual ability, he can attract the attention of two or three defenders of the opponent every game, creating a lot of offensive space for him, and his goal statistics are bound to shrink. Therefore, the reason why Diego Costa was able to score so many goals last season was largely due to the fact that Feng Quan helped him take the pressure off his defence. What's more, Feng Quan's direct assist for Diego Costa's goals reached 21.

Staying at Atletico Madrid and playing alongside Feng Quan may be able to achieve more championship honors, but for Diego Costa, who wants to be the absolute core of the team and does not want to be seen as a "cake eater", proving his worth is obviously more important than honor.

Therefore, when Chelsea FC made an offer of 50 million euros, Atletico Madrid gave the green light to Diego Costa's transfer in a symbolic retention.

At the same time, as early as January this year, Bayern Munich announced that Lewandowski will join on a free transfer this summer. As a result, Mandzukic, who knew he would lose his starting centre-forward position, applied for a move to the club after last season's league game.

Mandzukic, who had already made a name for himself in the Bundesliga, did not want to leave Germany, but when his agent told him that Atletico Madrid, which had just lost Diego Costa, offered him an olive branch, Mandzukic immediately said that he was willing to go to Spain at any time to sign a contract.

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