Chapter 245: War of Resistance, War of Resistance!
On July 16, the last match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia ended, and the two sides were France and Croatia, although the Croatian team had the advantage, but suffered a heavy defeat and missed the World Cup championship, and the French team also won the championship again after 20 years after 1998.
However, none of this has much to do with Dai Zhiwei, who has returned to China.
After losing to England and being eliminated, all the members of the Chinese team were met by the No. 1 leader in the locker room, and Dai Zhiwei, as the captain of the team, was comforted by the leader's warm words.
After the Chinese team returned to China, it was greeted by tens of thousands of fans at the airport, flowers were indispensable, and some fans sent warm hugs and took photos.
However, Dai Zhiwei is more of a chicken thief at this point, and the male fans have taken the initiative to avoid it, but the beautiful fans basically do not refuse, and even a few female fans rub oil on him.
After returning to China, as the most "hot" Chinese this summer, he has become a guest chased by major programs, running man, happy base camp, and ace to ace have all invited his domestic economic team.
And just when Dai Zhiwei was participating in major programs in China, the Premier League transfer on the other side of the ocean was in full swing.
Dai Zhiwei is naturally not for sale at Liverpool, but he is still extremely concerned about the top six in the Premier League and the transfers of major European giants.
This year's Premier League summer transfer window closed on August 9, and the transfer window for the remaining five major leagues is basically still on August 31, so the time left for the Premier League powerhouses is very tight this time, and the transfer operations of the Premier League teams are also intensifying, and some deals have been confirmed or are close to being finalized.
Manchester City, who pose Manchester United's biggest threat in the Premier League, have given Red Devils fans a cold water at the beginning of the transfer window
On July 10, Manchester City officially announced the signing of Riyad Mahrez from Leicester City for 67.8 million euros. The 27-year-old has signed a five-year contract with Manchester City and will wear the number 26 sky blue shirt.
A 2016 Premier League champion and FA Player of the Year, Riyad Mahrez says he can't wait to start his Manchester City career. He thinks City can give him a chance to win trophies and where he can improve.
'I'm very happy to be at Manchester City and to have a great team under Pep Guardiola. It would be a pleasure to see Manchester City as an outsider. Guardiola's insistence on attacking football couldn't be more appropriate for me. Manchester City's performances last season were also unbeatable, they redefined English football, and it made me very eager to be a part of it. I think we can do it together with my teammates in the next few years. I also believe that under the guidance of Gua Shuai, I can also make personal progress. ”
Riyad Mahrez has joined Manchester City and will largely play as a substitute, but he will go a long way towards relieving the pressure on Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling, which will be a great boost for City.
However, seeing that Manchester City spent nearly 70 million euros to buy a substitute, Dai Zhiwei not only sighed that the blue moon is really wealthy, and the price increase is far from being so bold.
Liverpool, Manchester United's sworn rivals, did not let Manchester City dominate the United States, and Jurgen Klopp's team has been greatly strengthened to compete with the Manchester giants.
On July 11, after a series of negotiations, Liverpool and Roma agreed to bring in goalkeeper Alisson for 72.5 million euros, successfully breaking the record set by Gianluigi Buffon in 2001.
In 2001, Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon transferred from Parma to Juventus for a transfer fee of 52.88 million, a record that was finally broken after 17 years of dominating the list.
As one of the world's top goalkeepers, Alisson played his part on the pitch. In this World Cup, Alisson, who plays for the Brazilian national team, has been calm and calm in the game. Brazil conceded a total of 3 goals throughout the World Cup. Although Brazil did not make it to the last four, Alisson's performance on the field still deserved to be cheered on by the fans.
This time, after Liverpool won Alisson, the shortcomings on the pitch were filled. The current Liverpool team can be described as luxurious.
Prior to this, Liverpool had spent 50 million euros at the end of May and early June to bring in Monaco defender Fabinho and 60 million euros to bring in Leipzig defender Keita.
Although 182.5 billion euros have been spent, Klopp is still not satisfied.
On July 12, Liverpool spent another €14.7 million to bring in Stoke City winger Shaqiri.
197.2 billion euros, this is Liverpool's transfer spending so far, which is more than the local giants Manchester City
Liverpool's overall strength and bench depth have been significantly strengthened, and they are considered to be the number one rival to challenge Manchester United, and it is worth looking forward to how Klopp will play this good card well.
Chelsea have changed a lot this summer, but not in terms of the squad but in terms of managerial changes, with former Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri replacing Conte this season as Chelsea manager.
Maurizio Sarri has simply brought his henchman Jorginho to Stamford Bridge for a £57million fee, but Blues' top goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has been clamoring for a move to Real Madrid, leaving their squad in constant uncertainty.
Arsenal also changed their own head coach this summer, the meritorious veteran coach Arsene Wenger left, the former Germans coach Emery coached, and the introduction of reinforcements has been a small fight, Dai Zhiwei was stunned that he didn't see any news in China, and he was speechless.
After seeing Manchester City and Liverpool's big spending, Mourinho couldn't sit still at all, because at present, Manchester United has not brought in a single player except Ricardo Pereira, but has sold a lot of players.
Blind left the team to join Ajax for a transfer fee of 14.4 million pounds, Sam Johnstone left the team to join West Bromwich Albion for a transfer fee of 6.62 million pounds, the old captain Carrick chose to retire, and the youngsters Cameron Jackson, Tuunzebe, and Joel Pereira have left the team on loan, and now Manchester United is in urgent need of reinforcements
In the transfer market this summer, the Premier League team has smashed nearly 1 billion, and many teams have become the protagonists, but Manchester United is relatively quiet, they have only introduced 1 person at present, which also makes Mourinho very anxious, he has asked the team to continue to introduce 3 people, of which 2 places are hoped to be given to the central defender position, because now Manchester United's central defender has become the team's sinkhole.
Last season's Manchester United conceded 28 goals, which is not the worst among the title contenders, but more because of De Gea's play, it is the Spaniards who wipe their butts behind their backs to concede fewer goals, and more often Manchester United's defenders do not pay attention, do not mark people tightly, and continue to make low-level mistakes, which makes Manchester United lose a lot of points that should not be lost.
Mourinho must know the bad of this, you must know that Manchester City invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the defense line in order to win the Premier League last season, and the current Manchester City defense is piled up with money, Mourinho sighed "Use the money to buy forwards to buy defenders." ”
Manchester United are now close to England international and Leicester City centre-back Harry Maguire, who has become Mourinho's number one target, Manchester United's first offer
60 million pounds have also been given to Leicester City.
Maguire has been a star in England at this summer's World Cup, and he is willing to join Manchester United, but Leicester City are not under financial pressure, and the Foxes are expecting £70 million.
In addition to Maguire, Manchester United also has two favorite prey, that is, Tottenham's Alderweireld and AC Milan's Leonardo Bonucci, but the former is difficult to negotiate, and the latter, as an Italian, Manchester United will really eat it will be a dangerous gamble, after all, the team currently has Italian central defender Darmian, he is obviously not adapted.
In addition to this, just as Chelsea have Thibaut Courtois, Manchester United also have Pogba.
In the Premier League, the summer transfer has not yet begun, and rumors such as "Pogba wants to transfer" and "Pogba has conflicts with Mourinho" have not stopped.
Although Mourinho publicly said that "there is no problem with Pogba" and "the contradictions are all made up by you", it is an indisputable fact that Pogba repeatedly had friction with Mourinho last season, if it weren't for the team's number one star Dai Zhiwei, Pogba would have jumped up a long time ago
Media reports and analysis have pointed the finger at Mourinho, believing that Mourinho will not use Pogba, and his style of play is not suitable for Pogba, so Pogba is unhappy, and it is normal to have friction.
But analyzing Pogba's career path, and then analyzing his different performances in different teams, you will find that the contradiction between Pogba and Mourinho is only the tip of the iceberg, and he wants to escape not only from Mourinho, but also from Manchester United and the Premier League.
In 2016, Pogba moved to Manchester United from Juventus for a record £89.3 million, with some media describing it as a "return to Manchester United", as Pogba was originally a Manchester United academy player.
But in August 2012, he joined Juventus as a free agent. After its fame, there were many media and fans who believed that Manchester United had no vision and let such a genius go.
So why didn't Manchester United renew Pogba's contract in the first place?
The reason is simple, Pogba's time at Manchester United has caused extreme dissatisfaction among then-manager Alex Ferguson.
Speaking at the time of Pogba's move to Juventus, Ferguson said: "It's a bit disappointing because I don't think he showed any respect for us. Honestly, if Pogba and Raiola continue to do this, I'm glad to see them stay away from me. ”
It can be seen from this that Ferguson has a big opinion of Pogba, and would rather lose than renew his contract.
In 2015, Ferguson also unreservedly complained about Pogba's agent in his autobiography: "There are one or two football agents that I don't really like, and Pogba's agent Raiola is one of them. ”
And Pogba also said in an interview with ESN that "Ferguson is a coach, I respect him, but this does not include his personality".
It seems that Pogba and Ferguson are also deeply conflicted, and it is not surprising that he has left Manchester United. And Ferguson's successor, Louis van Gaal, has repeatedly rejected deals for Pogba during his tenure, believing that it is not worth paying such a high price for Pogba.
Pogba's agent, Raiola, played a decisive role. Raiola is one of the two ace agents in world football, his style of acting is high-profile and arrogant, scheming, not easy to compromise, and he is greedy for money, often buying buyers, sellers, and players, and especially likes to push players to transfer in order to get more brokerage fees.
Back to Pogba. In fact, Ferguson's refusal to renew Pogba's contract also has technical factors. From a technical point of view, Pogba also doesn't seem to fit in with the Premier League. There is no doubt that the confrontation of the Premier League is far greater than that of other leagues, and the pace is also the fastest, which is reflected in the fast transition between attack and defense.
Pogba, on the other hand, likes to keep the ball and stick to the ball, and basically as soon as he gets the ball, the team's speed immediately slows down. The high confrontation of the Premier League also made his ball not so smooth and smooth, and he was repeatedly violated. It is precisely because of the high confrontation and high offensive and defensive conversion of the Premier League that players are required to lose the ball and immediately return to the spot, which requires players, including attacking players, to also participate in defense, not to mention defensive maniacs like Mourinho.
Even Dai Zhiwei last season was asked by Mourinho to make a tackle in the frontcourt, and Pogba is naturally no exception.
Quick play and aggressive defence are all requirements that Pogba cannot meet in the Premier League.
And Pogba also knows this, so the rhythm of Serie A is very much to his liking, and he can be like a fish in water at Juventus and play at the peak of his career.
Leaving Juventus, he prefers to go to La Liga, and on several public occasions he has expressed his preference for Barcelona or Real Madrid.
For example, at the 2016 Ballon d'Or ceremony, Pogba said to Messi: "I very much hope to play for Barcelona with you. ”
Around Euro 2016, Pogba once told Zidane that he was "willing to play for the Real Madrid coach".
His agent, Raiola, even publicly stated that "Paul wants to win the Ballon d'Or, and Real Madrid is good at making Mr. Ballon d'Or." ”
Barcelona did want to get Pogba, but were scared away by Pogba's €100 million value.
Real Madrid even negotiated with Raiola and proposed to sign a five-year contract with Pogba with an annual salary of 8 million euros and bonuses, but Real Madrid could not meet Juventus's asking price of 100 million euros, nor could it satisfy Pogba's annual salary, let alone brokerage fees.
Pogba didn't think about going to Manchester United or even the Premier League at first. When the transfer to Real Madrid was blocked, Manchester United came to the door with great momentum, and Mourinho's arrival and Manchester United's deep pockets impressed Pogba.
During the European Championship, Manchester United began negotiations with Juventus, by which time Mkhitaryan and Ibrahimovic had already confirmed their move to Manchester United, and their agent was also Pogba's agent Raiola, and finally Pogba chose to join Manchester United.
He also had to join because Real Madrid had withdrawn and Juventus he couldn't stay because Raiola had already turned against Juventus.
In order to ask for a brokerage fee of 20 million euros, he threatened Juventus that if Juventus did not give the money, he would mess up the transfer and wait until the expiration of Pogba's contract with Juventus before transferring, Juventus had no choice but to agree.
In fact, Pogba joined Manchester United in 2016 and did not intend to stay for a long time, but was just an expedient measure to "ride a donkey to find a horse", which can also explain Mourinho's criticism of his "attitude problem".
In the 2018 World Cup, Pogba performed well to help France win the title, and when could there be a more appropriate time to transfer?
Therefore, the World Cup is not over yet, and Raiola has already begun to operate Pogba's transfer.
In the previous life, because there was no Dai Zhiwei, Mourinho and Manchester United were puzzled, and they simply ignored the offers of all parties about Pogba, but this time, Mourinho and Sandezi seemed to have different attitudes.
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