Chapter Seventy-Nine: Royce
If Manchester City win the final title after the season, it is destined to be the most expensive title in football history. If not, it would be the most expensive joke in the history of football.
Last summer, Manchester City spent a lot of money to bring in ten players, the most expensive of which was David Silva, 30 million, followed by Bale, 27 million, and then Robben 25 million, only these three transactions cost Manchester City 82 million, and in January this year, just when everyone thought that Manchester City finally died down, Manchester City made one more move, respectively with 20 million to get Di Maria and 15 million to sign Linsen's old Reus. This makes their total transfer investment this season no longer hundreds of millions, but close to 200 million.
For the crazy Manchester City, the British media can only lament Manchester City's deep pockets, and the British tabloids, which like to dig into people's privacy, have begun to dig into the two deals, and Peter Rose, a well-known column for The Sun, wrote a transfer evaluation about the transfer to various Premier League teams this winter, in which he criticized the two teams.
One is Arsenal, he thinks that Wenger's re-signing of Campbell is simply a donkey kick in the head, a player who has not even been able to gain a foothold in League Two before, in the blink of an eye, is actually going to represent Arsenal in the Champions League, which is simply a big joke in the world. And his other target of criticism is none other than Lin Sen. Peter Rose first affirmed Manchester City's ambitions, but he believed that Di Maria's inability to join immediately was a "mistake" on the part of Manchester City, and he blamed Linsen for this mistake, believing that the transfer eventually became a reality for only one reason, and that was because Di Maria and Linson were the same agent. If Di Maria's strength is still affirmed by Peter Rose, then Royce was hacked out of him or something. He directly ridiculed Linson for his penchant for collecting "glass goods", as his "glass man" Bale had just been injured and now he bought another glass man, as Reus has only made eight appearances in Malaga this season. Scored two goals, and the time spent out of the game with injury adds up to almost two months. But just because it was the old ministry, Lin Sen spent fifteen million for him......
In short, these two transactions are closely related to Lin Sen.
Gossip is inevitable, especially in England.
Linson doesn't intend to pay attention to Peter Rose's comments, just like Angel Gonzalez last season, they eat on saliva, you eat on results. If you respond, you're right in their hands.
Moreover, their conclusions may not be the facts, but they are based on the facts, he and Di Maria are indeed the same agent, and Royce is indeed his old department, and the response at this time is really unnecessary, except for the darker and darker the description, which will only make them more and more excited. Ultimately. Such rumors can only be a reason for them to attack themselves at two points in time. One is now, because Lin Sen can't prove that his choice is right. The other is after the season. And only if Lin Sen's choice turns out to be wrong.
To put it simply, if Reus and Di Maria end up being bad or unworthy, then Linson will be held accountable, even if he wins the championship in the end. This will also become his black spot. But if Royce and Di Maria end up giving a convincing table xiàn, then, black dots. It became a red dot.
Gossip will turn into a song of merit.
This kind of thing has been proven in Mourinho's body, analogous to Linsen's current situation, that is, Quaresma and Carvalho, the former suffered Waterloo at Inter Milan, Mourinho also suffered, and when Carvalho was successful at Chelsea, it was not necessarily said that Mourinho was crony.
For Di Maria, who will join next season, Linsen is destined to bear some criticism in a short period of time, but for Reus, who has already joined, Linsen's criticism does not need to endure for too long.
Royce is in good form.
At least in Lin Sen's opinion, there is no problem with his physical condition, and his feelings are also very good. Therefore, Reuss, who joined almost at the last minute when the transfer window closed, ushered in his debut at Manchester City after only two days of joining. Of course, the reason why Lin Sen dared to do this was also because of the relationship between the opponent.
Manchester City's opponents are a relatively unfamiliar team, Scunthorpe United.
Scunthorpe United, who successfully qualified for the Championship in the promotion play-offs last season, don't look at his unknown origin, in the birthplace of modern football, like many other English teams, Scunthorpe United is also a team with a history of 100 years, although they have never qualified for the Premier League in history, so today's game is not a Premier League game, but the fourth round of the FA Cup, that is, a game of 32 into 16.
In this game, Linson still implemented his rotation system to the letter, almost all the main players got the opportunity to rest, including goalkeeper Given, was also replaced by Hart, Linsen also called in Boyata and Guideti from the youth team, the latter got the chance to start, and the former got the opportunity to play in the second half of the game, because at the end of the first half, Manchester City had a three-0 lead.
Reuss had a good look, and although he didn't get the back of the net, he assisted the second goal, although Linson replaced him with Suarez in the 60th minute of the second half.
Reuss is destined not to get too much time for him to slowly adapt, it's not that Reuss doesn't need it, whether it is compared with La Liga or the Bundesliga, the Premier League's style of play is completely different, the pace is faster, and the physical confrontation is more intense, and Reus's physical condition has always been his shortcoming, although when he was in Malaga, Linsen deliberately strengthened his training in this area, but to reach the level of "confrontation" in the Premier League, it is obviously far from enough. But Linsen still introduced Reuss, and of course he can better adapt to the Premier League with his body, but body is not the only condition for gaining a foothold in the Premier League.
Scunthorpe's strength is certainly not comparable to the Premier League team, so this game is certainly not comparable to the Premier League game, but the English team is in the same vein, the style is the same, this game, it has become a great opportunity for Royce to "taste" the Premier League, and now it seems that Royce's tasting effect is not bad, of course, since it is a tasting, it must be done in moderation. What's more, Linson also intends to put Reus on the field in the next game.
The game ended up being 4-2. It looked like Scunthorpe played well in the second half as they were even the lead if you looked at the second half, but in reality, the game was still uneventful as City scored four goals and Scunthorpe's second in stoppage time. Of course, not all games of disparity can be uneventful, and after Manchester United were upset at home to Leeds United in the last round of the FA Cup, it was Arsenal who were shot in this round, and they were beaten 3-1 away by Stoke City.
Since then, this season's FA Cup, the four traditional giants, have gone to the second -
The media, which expected Lin Sen to plant a follower on Royce, was doomed to disappointment. The skinny German made his first Premier League substitute appearance after providing an assist on his debut, and once again provided a crucial assist for Adriano to equalise for Manchester City, although he was unable to secure the three points away to Hull, but Reus's performance was remarkable.
Then in the 26th round of the Premier League, facing Bolton at home, although Petrov returned from injury, Linson still chose to start Reuss in this game, Reuss did not disappoint Linsen, in the 31st minute, he received a pass from Robben on the left side, opened the scoring for Manchester City, and scored his first goal for Manchester City, and this goal became the only goal of the game.
Three games, two assists and one goal, for a winger, even the most demanding critics, such a result is impeccable. In the post-match press conference against Bolton, it was not revenge, and Linson deliberately teased Peter Rose, who had previously criticized him for this: My glasswork is not bad, right? Mr. Peter Ross?
After 26 rounds, most of the Premier League this season has passed, and the championship shape is still confusing, however, from the perspective of the entire standings, the gap between the Champions League and European groups has begun to be revealed.
The first place is still Ancelotti's Chelsea, but their lead is still not large, although Manchester City has planted a heel in Hull City, but Chelsea fell to the bottom of Everton in the last round, they lost to their opponents 1-2, but because they won the play-up, they are currently able to lead the standings with a four-point advantage, Manchester City with 16 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss with 56 points, followed by Manchester United with 54 points, Arsenal 51 points, This is the top group in the table at the moment, with more than a dozen rounds to go in the league, and theoretically, the top four teams still have title hopes, with Manchester being the closest and Chelsea at least as long as they are not careful.
As for the fifth-place Liverpool, let alone winning the championship, even next season's Champions League qualification has now almost become a luxury, because they are eight points behind Arsenal, the four-mad devil, has reached as many as eight points, this season's Benitez is gradually approaching the familiar end in Linson's memory, if Inter Milan really wins this year's Champions League, if Mourinho really goes to Real Madrid, then Benitez may really be the first witness to the Nerazzurri to begin to fall. (To be continued......)