Chapter 141: An Important Competition
In the next few days, the Derby County club reported the news of the renewal of several core players, which was disclosed by the local media of Derby, which was tantamount to a reassurance to Derby County fans, Derby County fans are unwilling to see their team's stars leave the team, the recent transfer rumors of the Derby County club are a bit violent, and Derby County fans are also very worried about the club, but these news of contract renewal let them know that the team is sincere in keeping players.
The voices in the media have also calmed down somewhat, after all, everyone knows very well what the renewal of the contract represents at this time.
But in reality, other clubs have not given up on targeting Derby, and even though Derby's refusal is very obvious, they are still using various methods to buy the players they need from Derby.
Derbyshire is like a delicious lamb now
It's not an exaggeration to say this, no one was optimistic about Derby County before the season, but now Derby County is the first in the league, and the FA Cup table is also very good, such a League One team, it is conceivable that there must be a lot of outstanding players in it, especially many of their players are still very young, the future of these players is bright, and more importantly, most of the players in Derby County have not participated in the top league and European competitions, and they are still quite cheap and young, powerful, and cheap. This kind of player is definitely something that every club wants to bring in, so clubs that have their eye on Derby County players are not going to give up easily, and some of them are even increasing their offers.
After a few days, Cahill's offer has been speculated to 6 million pounds, which is still because Everton, who want to bring in Cahill, has a lot of foreign debt, and it is difficult for them to come up with more transfer budgets to buy stars.
Ribery's value has also been speculated to 5 million pounds, and outside comments suggest that Ribery's value will be higher in the summer, because there are many clubs who want to get Ribery. Now Arsenal, Middlesbrough and other teams have joined, and German side Marseille are also interested in Ribery, asking Derby County FC about the transfer, of course, they get only one reply, "Frank Ribery is not for sale at Derby County FC." β
'Not for sale' or something, absolutely bluffing, in fact, club chairman Jie Smith and general manager Wilcox are still very excited about the 5 million pound offer, after all, the purchase of Ribery at that time, plus the year's salary expenditure. It adds up to less than Β£1 million, and selling Β£5 million directly is equivalent to a direct gain of Β£4 million, not including Ribery's contribution to the team, and the deal is definitely a sure deal.
But Wansheng's words made them extinguish the idea of selling Ribery, "Without Ribery next year, I dare not guarantee that the team can stabilize its position in the Premier League, and if you wait another year, Ribery's worth will definitely exceed 10 million!" β
One word. Contains coercion and inducement.
For Derby County, next year's Premier League results are naturally very important, and if they are promoted to the Premier League, they will not want to fall back in a year. Wan Sheng said that it was tantamount to coercion; In addition, Wansheng said that Ribery's worth, a year later, Ribery's worth will exceed 10 million? Derby County has never had a player of this high value in the history of Derby. Hearing this, the thoughts of the two immediately changed.
Now keep Ribery and be available for the club next season. can also skyrocket to the tens of millions level at the end of next season; Selling Ribery would only make a few million pounds, and the choice was easy to make.
However, both of them were still a little skeptical.
Frank Ribery? Can he really become a multi-million-level star? But why was this guy not famous in France before?
Wan Sheng won't explain so much to them, as long as the club doesn't sell the players they need, but he is still very unhappy that his players are being stared at by various clubs, which means that the players are popular, but it will also affect the team, and the team is already a little unstable at the moment.
Everybody's thinking about transfers, everybody's thinking about the future of next season, and that's going to affect the team's performance.
The season isn't over yet!
Wansheng knew he had to do something.
After the day's training, Wan Sheng gathered all the players, after the team was assembled, he just stood in front of everyone, scanned everyone with a cold face, many players lowered their heads in front of his gaze, when Wan Sheng put on this strict expression, everyone still felt a little frightened, and after a while, Wan Sheng spoke, "I know what you guys are talking about lately, summer transfers?" Next season? Club so and so interested in some of you? Is it? β
Hearing Wan Sheng's words, the player's head lowered.
Wan Sheng continued, but what he continued to say was a little surprising, "You are all professional players, it's nothing to talk about this, professional players think about themselves, it's normal to want to transfer, Derby County is just a small club, it's impossible to keep everyone's hearts, but"
Wan Sheng raised his head suddenly, his eyes sharpened a little, "I don't care what you think, and I don't care if anyone of you wants to leave in the summer, my team, the transfer problem will only start at the end of the season." If any of you have a personal problem that affects your performance, I wouldn't mind knocking him out of the squad for the FA Cup final! β
The last sentence is still very deterrent!
FA Cup final!
In this kind of event, some players will never want to participate in the last time in their lives, not to mention, if Derby County can enter the FA Cup final this time, the opponent will definitely be one of Manchester United and Arsenal, and it is conceivable that the final will be watched Cheng DΓΉ.
If you can show yourself in this battle, you will definitely be worth more, and it is possible to go to any club you want to go to, and if you want to stay in the team, you can also have the confidence to ask for a salary increase, in short, this kind of competition is a must.
On the other hand, if he is not included in the squad, others will think: "This player is not in the squad for such an important game, so it shows that he is not an important player in Derby." "Naturally, the outside world won't pay much attention to it.
Everyone in the squad, including the likes of Ian Taylor, Pesquisolidore and other veterans, is eager to play in this game, let alone the younger players.
The effect of Wan Sheng's words is still obvious, at least on the second day of training, everyone is much more serious, and the players talk a lot less privately during training, and the atmosphere in the team seems to have returned to the way it was before.
Wansheng is still satisfied with this
On April 3, in the 40th round of the league, Derby County hosted Walsall.
It's an ordinary league game, but it's very important for Derby, not because they are against Walsall, but because it has a special meaning β if Derby County win this game, they will be able to secure a promotion place six games ahead of schedule.
Derby County are top of the league with 105 points, while West Bromwich Albion, who are third in the league, have only 86 points, and the difference between the two teams is 19 points.
If Derby County win this game, even if West Bromwich Albion also wins, but with only six rounds left in the league, the 19-point gap means that West Bromwich Albion will not be able to shake the position of Derby County in any case, Derby County is equivalent to locking the top two in the league in advance, according to the promotion rules of the English First Division, the top two in the league can be directly promoted to the Premier League next season, that is, Derby County will be promoted six rounds earlier.
The situation is amazing.
That's 19 league points, six rounds ahead
West Bromwich Albion's results are not bad, but Derby have had a stellar season with 34 of their previous 39 league games, a result that any team can only look up to.
Because of this, the attention of this game is not small at all.
With so many media reporters pouring into the Pride Stadium for post-match interviews, and with the ticket window selling out within two hours of opening, promotion is definitely a top priority for Derby County, who have been looking forward to two seasons and can't wait to see the team back in the Premier League.
There is now one game left before Derby County secure a promotion spot.
Derby County fans are still quite confident.
Derby County have exploded strongly this season, leaving all Derby County fans confident in the team, not to mention that this is a game played at Pride Stadium. Although promotion or even the League One title is not a question based on the team's results, they believe the team will not give up the opportunity to be promoted at home
In fact, Derbyshire's early escalation has been talked about for a long time.
appeared in the media, it was after Christmas, and Derby's results before Christmas were also very good, but the media mostly discussed Derby County as a dark horse, and I didn't expect Derby County to be so strong, and the results did not decline after Christmas, but the performance was getting better and better, and it felt like their strength was strengthening day by day.
It feels weird, but that's what Derby County achieves.
They struggled to beat Norwich City before Christmas, but after Christmas, they were able to beat Tottenham Hotspur and Everton away and beat Birmingham City at home, and they also had a standout league result.
So the media began to discuss the possibility of Derby County winning the championship a few rounds earlier, after all, Norwich's points had not been pulled down too much at that time, but West Bromwich Albion and Derby County had a big gap in points.
Some people say 'one round', 'two rounds', and some people who are optimistic about Derby County say 'three rounds', but no matter how optimistic they are about Derby, they can't guess that the real result will be 'six rounds'.
Faced with such a situation, the media has mixed feelings.
Some media outlets have been talking about Derby County all season long, and have been reporting some negative news about Derby, but in their reports, Derby County has achieved a miracle of league results. (To be continued......)