"Lister, I'm here at Manchester City, and I'm representing the face of a big Arab family."

The Premier League is everything. This is already the consensus of all European football agents. Although Serie A has Juventus, Inter and Napoli attacking in the transfer market, the overall environment of Serie A is not good. Now the attractiveness of Serie A has dropped sharply, not to mention some small teams, even the attractiveness of mid-table teams has dropped sharply. Even Milan, the main force in Serie A, is now quiet in the transfer period.

In the current Serie A, only Juventus, Inter Milan and Napoli are attractive to bring in good players. But they are also slowly losing their appeal. In a few years, Rist understood that there were few stars willing to join Serie A.

La Liga, on the other hand, is a small and medium-sized team that has all fallen. La Liga is because of the bad economy in Spain, and the economic situation of the major clubs in La Liga is too poor. Almost nine out of ten clubs in Spain are a butt of debt. So it's impossible to make any great moves in the transfer market. Only in the Premier League, even mid-table teams can throw £30 million in the transfer market.

Although Rist has cooperated with many people, he has only cared about some important clubs in his current position. There is nothing important that generally does not come easily. And those small clubs are no longer enough for Rist to come forward in person.

Manchester City is different. Manchester City is a big customer of Lister, and since the cooperation between Lister and Manchester City, Lister has made enough money in Manchester City. And in the future, Manchester City is also an important base for Lister. Rist believes it won't be a big deal to get a few hundred million euros from Manchester City in a few years. That's why Rist is very concerned about Manchester City.

This time at Manchester City's Etihad home, Rister watched Manchester City play at home to Aston Villa. Sitting with Rister was the exception of Arfahim, who was familiar with Rist. There is also the big boss behind Manchester City, Sheikh. Mansour.

At present, everything in Manchester City is managed by Alfahim, but in terms of his status in the Abu Dhabi consortium, Alfahim can't catch up with the Sheikh. Mansour. Mansour is the true central figure of the Abu Dhabi consortium and is the youngest son of the former president of the UAE. With his own assets of more than £14 billion alone, and his status, he is the representative of the Abu Dhabi consortium to the outside world.

Just like usual, Manchester City is managed by Alfahim, but when Mansour came to Manchester City, Alfahim was Mansour's henchman. Mansour, a group of rich second generations in the Middle East, basically received higher education in Europe and the United States, and they know several languages. However, Mansour's attire is typical of Middle Eastern Arabs.

"I understand."

Reesette nodded. Mansour came to England. The English media did not have a good impression of him. Even many English media have a lot of resistance to these Middle Eastern capitals. It's not even as good as Roman Abramovich back then: "These chiefs don't really know football at all, they buy a yacht today, they buy a plane tomorrow, and they buy a football club the day after tomorrow." Purely for fun. They have so much money to spend on bathing. So in addition to entertainment. They have nothing else to pursue. ”

This is the prevailing view of the English media. In their opinion, the rich people in the Middle East don't know what football is at all, but because they don't know what to do with a lot of money, they just come to play. Mansour was not convinced by their sarcastic attitude.

Middle Eastern tycoons like Mansour are not very popular in England's high society. It's just a group of local tyrants who made their fortune on oil. I really think of myself as a character.

"Lister, now the whole Middle East knows that Manchester City is our Ale. The club of the Hayan family. That's why I'm going to do the best for him. If there are players as good as Fernando Torres, if you can convince them to join Manchester City, then I won't be stingy with money. ”

As the English media said, Mansour has a lot of money and can take a bath. Therefore, what he cares about the most is money, on the contrary, what he cares about most is face. It's the face of their family. Football is also a very influential sport in the Middle East, so he wants to make Manchester City successful. Let other families in the Middle East take a look at their Ale. The success of the Hayan family.

"Manchester City will succeed."

Reesette nodded. Manchester City have the backing of the Abu Dhabi consortium and it would be a shame if they didn't succeed. Commercial football is a game of money, and as long as there is money, then nothing is impossible to succeed. What's more, if it's an investment like Manchester City, it's sure to succeed. Manuel Pellegrini is not as strong as Mourinho in putting together a new team, but he is also very strong.

Historically, Manuel Pellegrini joined Real Madrid in 09, although he failed to win any championships because he met a strong Barcelona. But Pellegrini was in Real Madrid for a year at the time, and it was quite effective to coach Real Madrid. Very strong in La Liga. After that, Pellegrini came to the new upstart Málaga, and successfully trained Malaga into a La Liga powerhouse, and also entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League, almost knocking Dortmund out.

The important thing is that both clubs have spent a lot of money on almost half of the players. But Pellegrini's integration worked very well. There is no unfamiliarity with cooperation because there are too many substitutions. This time it was the same at Manchester City, who slowly showed their strength after a period of competition.

'Luka Modric, Modric got the ball. Sidwell came up, Modric, his technique was good. Modric has passed Sidwell! ”

Luka Modric is definitely a real talent. He is generally a playmaker in midfield and has his own strengths and weaknesses compared to Alonso. Alonso is tougher than Modric, better defended and has a better ability to dispatch long passes. However, Modric is better than Alonso in terms of ball control, getting rid of and breaking through, and his short pass combination is also better than Alonso's.

Manuel Pellegrini is a Chilean coach and has been coaching in Spain for a long time. That's why he prefers skilled players. And now there are not one or two technical players in Manchester City, from Modric, David. Silva, Fernando Torres and Hleb are all very technical players who can play the attack that Pellegrini wants.

Although Modric is the playmaker of the midfield, his ability to cut in after the ball is still excellent. It was the same this time, with Luka Modric dribbling the ball out of the blue, leaving a huge void in the Villa midfield. Villa's midfield defense is Leo. Cork and Sidwell, with Pedro and Milner on the wings. After Modric broke through Sidwell, there was an empty space ahead.

"Modric, pick the ball!"

Villa's two centre-backs are Curtis. Davis and Zatt. Knight. Among them, Curtis is 1.88 meters, and Knight is 1.98 meters. Both of them are very traditional English centre-backs, both have strong frontal defensive ability and high altitude defensive ability, and the problem is that the sense of position and flexibility are not good.

Modric picked a pass and Torres got out of the middle like a loach to get rid of the acceleration. Although the two of them saw Torres, it was too late to chase him. Fernando Torres is a speedy striker, and as long as he is up to speed, few centre-backs can match him. What's more, Villa's two centre-backs are both big defenders, and speed is not their strong suit. I could only watch Torres succeed in countering offside.

"Torres, Torres was offside. Torres, shoot! ”

"Friedel, he didn't get the ball."

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

Twenty-two minutes into the game, Manchester City led Villa 1-0 thanks to a goal from Fernando Torres. Torres continued his excellent form at Atletico Madrid after arriving at Manchester City, scoring seven goals in ten games. Fernando Torres did not disappoint as City's biggest signing of the season. ”

Money, the role of money. Villa have also spent more than £30 million this season and are also a big spender in other leagues. But compared to Manchester City, a nouveau riche who spent 250 million euros, it is a drop in the bucket.

The new players who started this game alone were Torres and David. Silva, Hleb, Thiago. Silva, Barry. The combined transfer fees of these people are more than 170 million euros. The effect is certainly far better than Vera.

In fact, not to mention the starters, just looking at Manchester City's bench can tell what luxury is. Frenkie de Jong with 20 million euros, Baines with 10 million euros, Klarov with 16 million pounds, and Zabareta with more than 10 million euros are all on the bench.

"Okay."

Seeing Torres' goal, Mansour was very happy and applauded excitedly. Then he smiled at Rist and said, "Rist, Torres is doing too well. No loss, no loss. ”

Torres' transfer fee is high, but it's a drop in the bucket for Mansour, who doesn't care about the money at all. As long as he performs well, he is satisfied.

'Sheikh, Manchester City's quality is good now. As long as a few more players are brought in in in one or two more transfer periods, then Manchester City will have the strength to compete for the title. ”

Manchester City are good at the moment, but it will not be so easy to win the title. Because no heavyweight champion can be won by a lineup. Now Manchester City plus the addition of some important players, then have the strength to attack the Premier League title, of course, if you continue to invest, even if you pursue the Champions League, it is not impossible.

"Well, I'm looking forward to that time.; Rist, I'm patient. I don't want to win anything in a year or two, I can give Coach Pellegrini three or four years. I hope to see a strong Manchester City when the time comes. ”

"He won't let you down." (To be continued......)