UEFA's "Financial Fair Play Policy" has no impact on the transfer market, it is definitely there, and it is definitely not small. Although Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, and Bayern have made a big deal, so they have affected the European transfer market. But this year's European transfer market is much quieter than last summer, not to mention last summer.

Last year, the transfer fees of Europe's top five leagues reached almost 2.7 billion euros in the summer, setting a new record in the European transfer market. However, the total transfer fees of the five major leagues this summer did not add up to 2 billion, and only just reached 1.5 billion euros.

However, the player's agent is not discouraged. Because although the hot transfer market this summer cannot be compared with the previous two years, the player's salary has skyrocketed. Barcelona's Messi renewed his contract and received 13 million euros after tax. He has become the highest-paid player in world football at the moment.

And behind him was Cristiano. Ronaldo and Kaka, both of whom have salaries of more than 10 million euros. The three of them are currently the only three players in European football with an annual salary of more than 10 million euros after tax.

Of course, if the three of them are the three best superstars in world football today, no other player needs to compare with the three of them. So Yaya. Toure's move is a milestone in European football.

Yaya. Toure's contract has definitely brought more influence than Messi and Cristiano. Ronaldo's contract. Because of Yaya. Toure is a first-class player in European football, and there are still many players who can compare with him in European football. Therefore many world-class players are able to play Yaya. Toure is the benchmark.

Yaya. Toure came to Manchester City and received a weekly salary of 220,000 pounds, which rewrote the history of the Premier League. Immediately afterwards, Torres also received a weekly salary of 220,000 pounds. Silva was given £150,000, and Thiago. Silva was given £130,000. In addition to them, although Tevez asked for a salary of the same level as Torres, he only agreed a weekly salary of 190,000 pounds with Manchester City.

Other Manchester City players have changed their contracts with Manchester City. For example, Modric got a salary of 170,000 pounds, Kompany was a salary of 130,000 pounds, and so on.

Manchester City's contract renewal this time has made European football clubs frown, but it has made European football agents crazy. They are all gearing up to demand higher salaries for their players.

It was in this situation that the new season began.

'Group C, Manchester City.'

On August 31, 2009, the Champions League draw ceremony was held. With the secretary general of UEFA, in fact, the secretary general is the CEO of UEFA. Platini had just been elected president of UEFA, and the CEO of UEFA at that time was Johansson's die-hard Olsson. In other words, the CEO of UEFA is the CEO of UEFA, and he has a very important position in European football, and his power is even greater.

Therefore, Platini proposed the creation of the position of UEFA secretary general, whose responsibilities would be the original chief executive. Platini appointed Merkley. Barwell became the secretary general, and of course this was agreed upon. Later, Olsson resigned, but the position of CEO, that is, CEO, was abolished, because the power was in the position of secretary general. Later, he was called UEFA secretary-general.

But because everyone is used to it, so when I talk about it, I still talk about the CEO of UEFA. With UEFA Secretary General Bavier. Merkley's announcement, the face of Manchester City club president Mubarak in the audience collapsed. Of course, Pellegrini's face is not good-looking.

But the camera shifted to Mourinho, who was still cool and couldn't see what he really thought. Galliani on Milan's side is also an old fox, and he can't see his thoughts at all. Only Milan's head coach Leonardo has an ugly face.

As for the other club, Marseille, everyone ignored it. This group is a veritable group of death, with Real Madrid, Milan, Marseille and finally the upstart Manchester City.

Mubarak and Pellegrini looked at each other with a wry smile. They understand that Manchester City, as a team in Pot 4, is prone to a group of death. But the emergence of such a group of deaths must have been deliberately suppressed by UEFA. In particular, Real Madrid has also been included, which is to suppress the arrogance of Florentino.

"Coach Pellegrini, who do you think will be in this group?"

This group is the only group of death in the Champions League group stage this time, so reporters poured in as soon as the draw ended. Manchester City has been a very beautiful club in European football in recent years, and this summer is the most glamorous club. It's not okay to make UEFA angry.

"Those who can play in the Champions League are strong teams, but we are not weak teams at Manchester City."

Although he met real Champions League champions such as Real Madrid and Milan, Pellegrini was not discouraged. On the contrary, now that there is a stage like Manchester City, he still wants to fight with them.

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The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. What Manchester City's players lack most compared to Real Madrid's players is tournament experience. The players on Real Madrid's side are basically all experienced.

Cristiano. Needless to say, Ronaldo was the top scorer at Arsenal. That period was the most glorious time for Arsenal in the Champions League, and they also reached the last four of the Champions League and the final of the Champions League. Needless to say, Ribery has even played in the World Cup final and won the Champions League at Manchester United. Harvey. Alonso has won two Champions League titles with Benitez at Liverpool. As for Casillas, needless to say, he already won the Champions League with Real Madrid nine years ago. There are also things like Essien and Carvalho, which were the absolute main players of Mourinho's Chelsea period.

But Manchester City is different. Like Luka Modric, the heart of the midfield, he played for Borussia Dortmund before coming to Manchester City. He didn't play in the Champions League at Dortmund at all, and he didn't play in the Champions League at Manchester City. David. Although Silva is Pellegrini's descendant, he was always a follower of Quelme at the beginning, and he has only been in charge for two years. Torres' Champions League results at Atletico Madrid are not very good either.

At present, Manchester City is the only one who has Yaya. Toure has a lot of experience in the Champions League. But the Manchester City backline is a very young squad. Richards, Thiago. Silva, Kompany, Baines, their Champions League experience is relatively lacking.

Although the transfer fee of Manchester City's players is very high, in terms of Champions League experience, it is one level behind Real Madrid players. As soon as the game started, it showed itself. Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid is fast and quick to counter-attack. Although Pellegrini is not pursuing the possession of the ball like Barca, it is also an attacking style of play after possession. But in the face of Mourinho's Real Madrid, they were beaten and almost dismembered.

"Alonso, give it to Di Maria...... Di Maria, long pass! ”

In order to deal with Barcelona, Mourinho came up with a defensive counter-attacking strategy. Of course, the counter-attack at Real Madrid is very different from Chelsea's, it is a complete whirlwind style of play.

It takes a few kicks to complete an attack. Pep Guardiola created the most amazing possession at Barcelona, and Jose Mourinho created the most amazing counter-attack at Real Madrid.

After Michels created an all-attacking and all-defensive tactic in the development of world football for a hundred years, after Cruyff put forward the concept of controlling the ball, many coaches have adopted the pass-and-control style of play. But like Guardiola, who went to the extreme of complete possession, Guardiola was the first.

Similarly, there are many coaches who have played defensive counter-attacks in football so far. Even now, there are quite a few who are active in European football. But like Mourinho, who plays such an extreme counterattack speed, Mourinho is definitely the first.

That's it this time. The midfielder broke the ball and then just passed it with two feet, and the ball was already on to Cristiano. At Ronaldo's feet. Di Maria looks skinny, but he has a lot of breaking ability. But what he is even more powerful is this 45-degree cross. The goal went right around the City defence and into the middle of two of City's centre-backs.

"Cristiano. Ronaldo, he's fast. Kompany clearly couldn't keep up with him...... Cristiano. Ronaldo, he waded past Joe Hart. ”

Cristiano. Although Ronaldo was strong when he was at Arsenal, the attacking points on Arsenal's side were very scattered. In comparison, he is not the same at Real Madrid. Mourinho's counter-attacking defence is perfect for Cristiano, who is strong, fast and shoots well. Ronaldo plays.

"Empty door, this is empty door. Cristiano. Ronaldo, shoot! ”

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

"One to zero, one to zero. With Cristiano. A counter-attack by Ronaldo gave Real Madrid an away lead over Manchester City. ”

"In their home stadium, Manchester City still have a big advantage. But it was clear that City were attacking too hard. On the contrary, Real Madrid was very low-key away from home, and even greeted the game with a low profile. It should be said that Pellegrini lost to Mourinho in the pre-match set-up. ”

That's true. Manuel Pellegrini has come to an upstart like Manchester City, and his mentality has begun to change somewhat. When he was at Villarreal, he was able to consciously lower his profile because he knew that Villarreal was a weak team. But after arriving at Manchester City and starting to spend lavishly, he now has ambitions to wrestle with the giants.

Therefore, this time at home, Pellegrini really wants to compete with Real Madrid. So Manchester City attacked, Real Madrid defended. It's a pity that the opponent is Mourinho, and Mourinho doesn't care what kind of face. Winning is his only purpose. Once the game started, it looked like Manchester City were in the ascendancy, but the last thing Jose Mourinho's side feared was the so-called possession.

"The group of death, the group of death. It's really a group of death. (To be continued.) )