Soon the game against Sheffield United arrived.

In order to rush to the Premier League last season, Sheffield United has used a huge team of nearly 50 people to deal with the league, the transfer and loan density is staggering, and at the end of the season, 43 people in the team have been given the opportunity to play, but then there is an equally considerable scale of "departure action", a total of 15 players who have terminated their contracts, retired, transferred and loaned.

Measured from the perspective of the Premier League, Sheffield United manager Warnock's move is not a "grinding and killing donkey", after all, powerful players like Freecroft and Brian Dean are too old, and they can still dominate the Championship game, but they can only occupy empty places when they play in the Premier League, and more players are not experienced enough in the Championship, let alone play in the Premier League.

There are those who leave and there must be those who enter, and in terms of the strength of transfers, Sheffield United is not lost to other teams.

Coach Warnock's vision of a Premier League team began in the second half of last season, and after many years in charge of the Championship, Warnock is well aware of the potential of players in that division, and the club will not allow for extravagance like Manchester City in Keegan.

Warnock's main acquisition targets are Championship players who can stand up to the big scene and a few Premier League abandonments, and the club bought Akinbiyi for £1.75 million at the beginning of '06, and last season, the aging Akinbiyi suddenly got a knack for shooting accuracy, scoring 16 goals in 39 games at Burnley, and this return to the Premier League is eager to show those who once despised him. At the end of July, the club bought Leeds striker Jose for £2.2 million, who played in the Premier League during his time at West Brom but was subloaned to Leeds United, and this time also returned to the Premier League. A French scout who had played at Sheffield United and had a good personal relationship with Warnock recommended Nader, and there are precedents for Thierry Henry and Anelka, and since the French striker is so popular in the Premier League, Warnock's introduction of a cheap fighter is also considered a good choice by the media.

In the construction of the back line, Warnock showed his skills, successively buying Claude Davies and Luctelli from Preston for a package of 3 million, and signing Sommer from Manchester City who could not play. Leggettwood, who won Crystal Palace for 600,000 yuan, plus Craig Short, who was already planning to retire, extended his contract for another year, and the back line has been crowded with 15 or 16 players.

However, none of the above players are well-known and many people don't care about them at all, but one of the signings has attracted much attention, he is Li Tie, a player from China, and many fans are looking forward to Li Tie being able to represent Sheffield United in the Premier League, especially with Wan Sheng's Manchester City. It is even more worth looking forward to, when there are likely to be four Chinese (including Wan Sheng) in a single game of the Premier League, which is really a feast for Chinese football, but unfortunately, due to long-term injury before, Li Tie needs to wait and hone for a while if he wants to win the opportunity to play.

No matter how big the Sheffield United are, it is the team's results that are really what they look at. Sheffield United have won just one of their previous seven league games against Middlesbrough. Two of the other six have been drawn, and they have only picked up five points in the last seven rounds of the league, which is not a good result, so Wan Sheng led the semi-substitute squad to face this team in Manchester, in fact, there is no pressure.

Wansheng's only concern is the team's forward line. Even if he has the strength and tactical pressure, he can't win the game without scoring in the front, so he focused on attacking before the game, and in the selection of strikers, he also let Darren Bent partner Anelka to play together. He was also 'equipped' with Bergkamp and David Silva, two players who are very capable of creating chances, so as to ensure the attacking ability of the frontcourt, and he hopes that the team can score as soon as possible to ensure the victory of the game.

The first fifteen minutes of the game proved that Wan Sheng's worries were warranted.

Even if there is a quality advantage, but the last shot is also very important, in this game, Anelka and Darren Bent failed to adjust their form as soon as possible, the two wasted four shots in a row, plus David Silva and Leto Ziegler each once, in the first fifteen minutes, Manchester City overwhelming six shots, but failed to score a goal, but fortunately, the old and strong Bergkamp with a push goal to calm the whole Manchester City team.

When Bergkamp pushed the ball firmly into the goal, the Manchester City fans in the stadium were boiling.

They are frantically chanting Bergkamp's name!

It wasn't because of the first goal, but because it was Bergkamp, the first league goal Bergkamp scored for the team since joining City, and the first goal for Bergkamp for Manchester City, which was quite meaningful anyway.

If the average striker doesn't score until the eighth round of the league, it is likely to be considered to be 'before' 'Goal drought', just a goal that broke the goal drought, in fact, it is nothing, but Bergkamp is different, he is almost 39 years old, such an old player, can still play in the Premier League, itself is a miracle, not to mention, Bergkamp has never said a goal drought, because his performance in every appearance is not bad, so far he has played in the league, has not exceeded 230 minutes, but has 4 assists, an average of 58 minutes of assists, anyone will feel very amazing.

Many fans are looking forward to Bergkamp's goal, but His Royal Highness the Ice Prince chooses to pass the ball to his teammates more on the field, he is very good at creating opportunities for his teammates, and he does not find many opportunities to find opportunities himself, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to face the goalkeeper directly every time he plays, which is why Bergkamp's goal is precious.

At this time, even Sky TV commentator George Woodgate congratulated Bergkamp, "Congratulations to Dennis, he is one of the greatest players of the century!" Now he has scored another goal, his first goal for Manchester City, and we can expect more goals and more performances from him in the future! ”

"1-0, the great Bergkamp gives Manchester City the lead!"

'Looking at this goal, I think the media who thought Manchester City had failed to sign Bergkamp in the summer, should take a fresh look at the Dutch veteran, even though he is almost 39 years old, his form on the pitch and his wealth of experience in the game cannot be compared.

'Young Manchester City need such consistent veterans, and having Bergkamp probably makes more sense than them signing a couple of young talents!'

“……”

In George Woodgate's comments, the Manchester City players also celebrated with a goal.

Bergkamp stood between his team-mates with a smile and patted each other's hands, and he was happy to have scored.

In the summer, joining Manchester City was his choice and an unexpected choice.

At that time, when he was invited by Wansheng, he felt that this was simply impossible, he had long thought about living a relaxing life with his wife and children, and he felt physically and mentally exhausted after more than 20 years of busy professional footballing career, but considering his future, he still agreed to join Manchester City, and more importantly, the promise of the assistant coach persuaded him - playing for Manchester City for a year, and after retiring, he directly became an assistant coach, this temptation was too great for Bergkamp to refuse, so he came to Manchester City.

Originally, Bergkamp wanted to be a veteran player who was about to retire after coming to Manchester City, and this season he was just recuperating at Manchester City, even if he wanted to do something, it would be difficult because his physical strength could not support it.

But what he didn't expect was that after coming to Manchester City, he experienced some gossip about Wansheng's evaluation, "It is a young man who is very good at kinesiology, and he can even translate his theory into practice, using sports to regulate the physical condition of players......"

It's really hard to be convinced, even a 'Milan lab' wouldn't have such a powerful effect.

But after a period of training with the whole team, Bergkamp felt the effect, he felt that his form did not drop, his fitness did not drop, but he felt better than last season, and at the same time, on the field, he also became in good shape.

It's a feeling that excites Bergkamp.

Anyone who wants to be younger, who goes to the football field, doesn't want to be an 'old man who is about to retire', and now Bergkamp has found some form to run with other people, play together, and gradually, he likes Manchester City more and more, and he is extremely happy to have joined Manchester City in the summer.

Although I can't play every game seriously like those young people, and it's hard to play the whole game again, but if I can play like this, I can play, I will play well, I will have a good performance, almost the most ideal state, and retire in this state...... I don't think I have any regrets, right?

Or in the final year, can you still rush with Manchester City?

Another championship medal?

Bergkamp is content to think about it, and now he's scoring a goal for Manchester City, and with so many fans shouting his name like crazy, he feels like he's back in his youth, when he was racing in the Premier League, trying to be the best player in every game, and playing in the Dutch league during the international break......

Recalling this, Bergkamp looked a little excited, and he unconsciously glanced at the team's dugout, because now these are all brought to him by the young man, if he hadn't invited himself, maybe he could only sit in the audience and watch the game now? No, maybe I have nothing to do with football anymore, and I will only live quietly at home with my wife.

It's a good life, but can you adapt to it?

Although it was only a matter of thought, Bergkamp knew the answer. (To be continued.) )