In this year's winter transfer, Lin Sen can probably have a clean year.

Winter transfers, commonly known as the "halftime break" of the season, have always been more about giving charcoal in the snow than icing on the cake. If in the first half of the season, not many teams are willing to make a big move in the winter, whether in or out, this is as easy to understand as if the first half of a football game is a one-time adjustment, and not many managers will make adjustments at halftime.

Goalkeeper Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, David Luiz and Baines lined up in defence, Yaya Toure partnered Vidal in midfield, Robben, Sergio Aguero and Reus up front, and Falcao in front.

This was originally the main squad of Manchester City predicted by the media at the beginning of the season, however, as the season progressed, by now, there have been several changes in the theoretical main lineup, one is that Baines in the back line does not occupy the absolute main force, and Spaniard Azripiqueta has become the first choice in some heavy games in the hands of Pellegrini anyway, in this regard, the media has not even been without rumors of Baines's dissatisfaction, of course, only limited to rumors.

Then there is the place of Vidal in midfield, which has been completely replaced by Javi Martinez, and the place of right winger has been mostly occupied by Sanchez.

It should be said that there is an objective reason for the changes in these two positions, that is, the trouble of injuries. The difference is that Vidal has a small injury, while Robben has a major injury that has not healed. Therefore, even if Pellegrini has the intention of rotation, he has to accept that many times it is just the only option, and the main position, when a player sits firmly, unless it is a manager who likes to rotate, it is not so easy for other players to pry again. What's more, it's still in the case of a good table.

In addition to these few major changes. Basically, Manchester City's lineup is stable, the team's only serious injury Robben, and because of Sanchez and Navas's storage, there is no need to make up for it in the winter, in addition, it must be said that Pellegrini has done a good job in the arrangement of the number of appearances, at least throughout the first half of the season, Linsen has not received many "complaints" from the player's agent complaining that his players do not have enough playing time, of course. If there is not much, it means that there will still be many, but in Lin Sen's view, it is basically not a big problem.

However, there is no big problem, there is one small problem, the only one.

The problem comes from Negredo.

As a striker brought in by Pellegrini, Negredo's table last season was actually not bad, but Falcao's table was even better. Coupled with injuries, he had to be relegated to the bench with a similar type, and Negredo's agent spoke to Pellegrini about the player's position at Manchester City this summer and received a positive answer. That's why Negredo stayed at Manchester City.

However, one reply doesn't really change Negredo's situation at Manchester City. After all, want to earn a place in the team. It has always been better to rely on others than on oneself.

This season, due to Falcao's injury at the World Cup, Negredo became Pellegrini's main striker in the early stages. However, Negredo failed to seize the opportunity to completely establish his footing, scoring only three goals in the first ten games, which is not enough as City's main striker. Sure enough, after Falcao's return, Negredo was back on the bench once again.

This situation made Negredo extremely frustrated, and at the same time made his agent Camano a little helpless. Because even if you have the heart to negotiate terms with Manchester City, you must be qualified to negotiate with others, but Negredo's expression makes Camano really unable to blame Manchester City. Of course, even so, given the player's current awkward situation, Camano can still give his opinion.

For example, transfers.

In Camano's view, Negredo is not short of market, this player from Real Madrid's academy, although he is not satisfactory at Manchester City, he has already proven his ability in La Liga, so since he has not been given a chance at Manchester City, there is no need for Negredo to continue to waste his time on the Manchester City bench.

Linson was not in a position to answer Camano's request, leaving the decision to Pellegrini, who brought in Negredo.

Then, Pellegrini nodded.

As a result, Negredo was pushed into the transfer market, and then, for Linson, it was as simple as listening to the price merit.

As for Negredo's replacement, Linson doesn't need to worry about it, because he doesn't.

This season, Pellegrini's main formation is four-two-three-one, theoretically only one main striker, although Negredo is gone, but Falcao, Aguero, Sanchez, Jovetic and even Navas and others actually have the ability to play forwards, so Pellegrini is not worried about the lack of depth in this position after Negredo's departure.

It's just that the transfer market is ready to move, but Manchester City's luck is not good.

In the draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Manchester City once again met an old acquaintance, Barcelona. This is undoubtedly a signing, not that Manchester City are afraid of each other, but just running into Barcelona at this stage is obviously not something that everyone wants to see, and even for Barcelona, it is not a good thing to meet Manchester City, the strongest of the second in the group, as the group leader.

The draw was unlucky, and Manchester City were also in trouble in the league.

In the last game before the arrival of the new year, Manchester City's seven-game winning streak was ended, and it was not the giants who ended Manchester City, but the bottom-ranked vice-captain Burnley, and then, in the first game of the new year, Manchester City won 3-2 at home to Sunderland, but then Manchester City suffered another draw, and was forced to draw 1-1 away by Everton......

Three games, one win and two draws.

Such a result is by no means a good result for a title contender, but it is consoling to see that City are once again close to Chelsea in the table, as they are not the only ones in the Christmas schedule, as Chelsea staged a goal shootout against Tottenham Hotspur in which Jose Mourinho's side lost 3-5.

Coupled with a smooth run to the next round of the FA Cup, it's not all bad news for Manchester City fans.

Along with Manchester City in the FA Cup, there is also an inconspicuous team, which is Tang Hua's Cambridge United.

In the third round of the knockout round, Cambridge United's opponent was also from Luton Town in League Two, although the opponent was higher in the standings than Cambridge United, and Cambridge United, which had excelled in the recent stage, finally eliminated the opponent with a score of 3 to 1 and advanced to the round of 32. (To be continued......)

PS: In the event of a power outage, the number of words is a little less, forgive me.