Chapter 158: The New Season Begins
Manchester City is much more attractive than Hertha Berlin.
The Premier League is hotter and more influential than the Bundesliga, in addition, Manchester City is the league champion last season, although it is not as good as Manchester United, Arsenal and other giants, but a team that has just won the top league championship must be in a glorious moment of rise, which is always much better than the declining Hertha Berlin.
Hertha Berlin is a team in the German capital, but in reality, they are not ranked among German football clubs at all.
The Bundesliga has always been dominated by Bayern Munich, followed by Stuttgart, Dodmund and other giants, in addition, in recent years, Werder Bremen, which has risen in recent years, has also become the aristocracy of Germany, but it has nothing to do with Hertha Berlin, even if he stays in Hertha Berlin, as long as he performs well, he will definitely leave for other teams, so Boateng faced the choice of Manchester City and Hertha Berlin, and he did not hesitate to choose the former.
The most attractive thing to him is actually the head coach of Manchester City, that is, Wan Sheng.
In recent years, Europe's most famous coach has been Jose Mourinho, who led Portuguese giants Porto to the top of Europe, but then won the Premier League, leading Derby County and Manchester City to back-to-back Premier League titles.
Wansheng's ability to train young people has also spread beyond England, throughout Europe and even the world.
In recent years, there have been countless outstanding young people under Wansheng - Ribery, Van der Vaart, is the best among them, Bolton Reiter, Alfred is also stable in the top league, and Leiton Baines, Lescott, Leto Ziegler, Leon Osman and then last season's David Silva, Darren Bent, etc., in just three seasons, there are so many young players who can perform well, and it also proves Wansheng's ability to cultivate young people, many people have put him and Wenger together, and some people say, Arsene Wenger is actually not as good as Wansheng, and one thing can be seen. Young players under Wansheng will become famous faster, while young players from Arsenal often need a few years to adapt to the top game.
That's the gap.
Because of this, Boateng's agent, Nobauer, dared to imagine that Boateng might become a member of the German national team in a few years, and Boateng himself could not refuse Wansheng's call.
In this way, Hertha Berlin came under pressure from both Manchester City and Boateng.
The pressure on Manchester City doesn't matter, they bite and don't sell players, and Manchester City can't do anything about it. After all, Boateng is a player belonging to Hertha Berlin, but Boateng wants to leave by himself, and Hertha Berlin knows that he can't keep it, because their contract with Boateng is not a real professional contract, and the liquidated damages are only more than two million euros, which is even lower than Boateng's current value.
Hertha Berlin was naturally annoyed, knowing that City must have approached Boateng privately, which is not allowed under UEFA rules.
But they didn't have anything to do.
Premier League club Chelsea are the first club to have violated this rule in recent years, but UEFA still can't help it. Because of some punitive measures under the regulations, Chelsea simply don't care, not to mention, Chelsea are not the only ones who do this. A lot of clubs do that, it's a default rule in football, it's just that Chelsea went too far and got caught.
Now it's City's turn. They must have approached Boateng privately, otherwise Boateng's attitude would not have changed so quickly, but they have no evidence. In modern society, everything needs a piece of evidence, and it is useless to know that it is true without evidence, because UEFA does not sanction a club based on a guess.
So Hertha Berlin could only press down and think about how to deal with it.
In fact, there is nothing to think about, Boateng himself wants to leave, they can't stop it, the only thing they can do is to hope for more transfer fees.
City didn't go too far.
Although Wan Sheng called Boateng privately to inform him that he was very optimistic about him and hoped that he could come to Manchester City to play, the transfer proceeded smoothly as usual, and Manchester City gave Hertha Berlin an offer of 3 million euros, which is almost a price that cannot be refused for a young player who has not landed in the professional league.
Even if Boateng is a genius, what about genius? There are too many geniuses in Europe to count! How many can really grow? Will Boateng be a special one? No one can guarantee that.
So Hertha Berlin was quite satisfied with the transfer fee, plus Boateng himself was leaving, the two clubs quickly finalized the transfer, and then Manchester City gave Boateng a formal professional contract.
From this point on, Boateng was a regular professional footballer.
Due to Wansheng's intervention and urging, Boateng's transfer proceeded quickly, and everything was done in just three days, and in the afternoon when the contract was finalized, Manchester City officials had not yet chosen Boateng to join, and Boateng had come to Manchester with his agent Nobauer.
Wan Sheng met Boateng.
He still attaches great importance to Boateng, in his memory, this young man is the main defender of Germany in the future, and he is also quite famous in the team, that is, even if he does not rely on his training, Boateng can play on his own, which shows that his talent is supreme.
This is a talented defender no less than Copelle Ferreira, and it should be said that the two have their own strengths and weaknesses in football.
After all, they are all geniuses.
The difference is that Kopele Ferreira has already made his mark at Manchester City and has taken an absolute starting point, while Boateng is a bit younger and has only just joined the professional league, but he is certainly an important addition to the team's backline in the new season.
Boateng and agent Nobbor came to Manchester City in a bit of a hurry, and after the transfer was completed, the two came directly, and they didn't even find a place to live in advance, which shows how eager Boateng wants to join Manchester City.
Wansheng can understand this mentality.
An 18-year-old who is always hopeful for the future, he will expect to be a big star in the limelight.
Coming to Manchester City was an opportunity, so Boateng came.
When Wan Sheng saw Boateng, he saw the fiery and fighting spirit in the eyes of this young man.
But before Wan Sheng could speak, Boateng walked over and said directly, "You are Mr. Wan Sheng!" I've seen you on the news many times! Is it true that you said on the phone that you were optimistic about me? Sorry, I'm not skeptical, but I'm too excited! I still can't believe it."
Wan Sheng didn't expect Boateng to react so violently. He smiled and said, "Young man, you should believe in yourself!" ”
Boateng, who waited for Wansheng to confirm it, was even more excited, so he said, "Nobauer said to come back in a few days, but I think I should come soon, I moved to a new club, I have to get used to the environment first, and I have to do some training to maintain my condition." I can't wait for the new season! ”
Wan Sheng was a bit surprised by Boateng's excitement, but it is clear to consider that he was still in Hertha Berlin's youth team.
Boateng has just transferred to Manchester City, and next season, in fact, it will be his first time playing in the professional league, which is like reading for more than ten years, and finally graduating and finding a good job, it is naturally impossible not to look forward to it, and in a few years, the feeling of changing jobs will be completely different.
So Wan Sheng patted him on the shoulder. He kindly said, "I believe that you are a genius and you will succeed here!" ”
Boateng immediately nodded excitedly.
At the same time, Wan Sheng was also smiling. Boateng's attitude gave him a sense of accomplishment.
Since becoming a football coach, people around him, the media, journalists, even fans and his own players have been skeptical of him. There were very few times to believe, and he was in doubt all the way, and now he has achieved some success. Then the impact comes out, like Boateng in front of him, and his words will make the other party full of confidence.
This is not success, what else is success?
While reaping a sense of achievement, Wansheng did not forget to explain to the staff to carefully arrange Boateng's life problems, Boateng does not even have a place to live, this needs to be solved by the club, he still attaches great importance to Boateng, if the staff because Boateng is a young player neglected to take care of him, so that Boateng has something dissatisfied with the club, this is very much more than worth the loss, professional players should not involve too much energy for life problems, their energy should be used in training, used in the game, This is extremely important.
With Boateng's arrival, the pre-season gathering time is approaching, and new players are reporting to the club one after another, and the club has arranged a signing ceremony for them to announce that they will become part of Manchester City.
After that, Wansheng began to think about Schweinsteiger.
Manchester City has made an offer to Bayern Munich for Schweinsteiger, but has repeatedly raised the offer, and Bayern Munich has not replied, apparently not wanting to talk to Manchester City about Schweinsteiger's transfer.
Perhaps more importantly, Schweinsteiger performed quite well in the World Cup, even if he wanted to buy him must be a sky-high price, even if he could not get a stable main position at Bayern Munich, but his excellence was recognized by everyone.
In such a situation, it is very difficult to get Schweinsteiger.
After thinking about it, Wan Sheng decided to give up Schweinsteiger, because Schweinsteiger is already a famous player, and his so-called 'good at cultivating young people' cannot attract famous stars at all, and Bayern Munich is more attractive than Manchester City.
Another consideration is that there is no shortage of midfielders in the team lineup for the new season.
David Silva has grown up and can be used as a main force, Morris is still in a stable position, Joey Barton is also quite good, and with the addition of new arrivals such as Mesut Ozil and Ivan Crewe, Wansheng can't even guarantee Schweinsteiger's main position, so even if he comes, it will bring more trouble.
There is no need for the club to spend a lot of money on transfers.
So then Manchester City FC announced that the club's transfer work was over.
Manchester City's transfer ended very suddenly, you know, this is just the end of July, the summer transfer window will be open until the beginning of September, what are they doing in such a hurry to end the transfer work?
A lot of people don't understand.
As a result, some media began to summarize Manchester City's summer transfer work, and the team has four important players to leave - Andy Cole, Robbie Fowler, Musampa and captain Distin.
The departure of two strikers, a full-back, a captain and centre-back, and four heavyweights still has a big impact on Manchester City as a whole.
Look at the people who came.
Downing, Middlesbrough's main wing-back and a member of the England national team, will certainly have no problem replacing Musampa.
Bergkamp, famous, but a little too old, is a bit worse than Andy Cole, not to mention adding a Robbie Fowler.
The most important thing is the departure of captain Distin, can the new German kid Boateng take his place?
It's almost impossible
Not to mention talent or anything, the defender is more important about experience, Distin is experienced and is one of the most stable central defenders in the Premier League, while Boateng is a rookie who has not yet entered the regular professional league, no matter how talented he is, he can only be a substitute in the new season.
As a result, the media can only interpret Distin's departure as making way for the younger Copelle Ferreira.
Dunn was injured most of last season, so Copelle Ferreira was able to start, and later became a regular because of his performance, and when Dunn recovered from injury, his position was actually a little awkward.
But with Copelle Ferreira's performance, it is impossible to be a substitute for the team, so only one of Dunn and Distin can leave.
So Distin left.
By the way, there is also Mesut Ozil, a young player of the Schalke 04 young team, what is he here for? Maybe he is a young genius again, and he is favored by Wan Sheng, who is good at cultivating young people?
Many people have a wait-and-see attitude.
By now, most people don't easily question Wan Sheng, because Wan Sheng has given them too many surprises, and one young genius after another has shown themselves under him, so many young Germans are actually nothing.
There are only two young Germans who have come to Manchester City this summer, and with the arrival of Downing and Bergkamp, Manchester City's transfer is also in order.
In this way, although Manchester City's strength has not improved, it has not declined either.
Amid the media discussions, with the return of players one by one, Manchester City has also begun to prepare for the new season
On the training ground, all the players stand together.
Wan Sheng looked at everyone seriously and said, "Many of you have gone through last season, and there are new additions to the team, but no matter who it is, from now on, your nerves will be tense!" ”
"Forget about the relaxation of the previous month, forget about the World Cup just past, and take all the energy back! It's at the club now and we're about to enter the new season! ”
"Now, I declare the start of the new season! You know my rules, and here, I'm in charge. All of you, you must complete the required amount of training. Have to! Do you understand!? ”
"Understood."
There was a sparse shout in the training ground, and it was clear that many people had not yet recovered from the summer holidays.
Wan Sheng yelled dissatisfiedly, "Again!" Do you understand! ”
"Understood!"
The voice immediately became much louder and more energetic, and even Bergkamp, who had just entered the team, roared along.
Several new players are feeling the atmosphere of the team and have more expectations for the new season. (To be continued.) )