Chapter 155 The best of the month in the Premier League

The end of the third round of the Premier League marks the end of August and the end of the 2016 summer transfer window.

The Manchester City duo are undoubtedly the two most crazy teams in the transfer market.

Manchester City has invested more than 200 million, and Manchester United has invested close to 200 million.

It has to be said that the high promotion of the Premier League has made the Premier League teams generally have higher incomes, so the investment is also very high.

Especially since the Premier League has just signed a huge broadcast contract, which has caused the entire league to burn money like crazy.

Over the course of the summer window, the Premier League has accumulated a net investment of an exaggerated €800 million.

Among them, Manchester City invested 190 million, Manchester United invested 180 million, and Chelsea also invested 100 million.

In other leagues, the Bundesliga has a net investment of more than 70 million, Serie A has a net investment of more than 30 million, and La Liga has a net investment of more than 20 million.

Not to mention Ligue 1, which is the youth base of the four major leagues, where most of the years have been making money, and this year is no exception.

Pogba, Zhang Chaoqiang, Higuain.

The trio are three of the most high-profile deals of the summer transfer window.

In addition to the trio, there are also a number of important transfers from other teams.

Chelsea brought in N'Golo Kante and David Luiz, Bayern Munich brought in Hummels and Sanchez, Manchester United brought in Mkhitaryan and Bailly, Arsenal brought in Xhaka and Mustafi, Liverpool brought in Sadio Mane, Shanghai SIPG brought in Hulk and many more.

In addition, in the free transfer market, Ibrahimovic joining Manchester United and Alves joining Juventus are also in the spotlight.

Manchester City also made a couple of deals in the final days of the transfer window.

Bravo from Barcelona, Gundogan from Borussia Dortmund, and Zinchenko from the Russian Premier League.

With Bravo, there is no place for Joe Hart in the Manchester City team.

He was loaned to Torino in Serie A.

In addition, Nasri was loaned to Sevilla, Mangala was loaned to Valencia and Bony was loaned to Stoke City, all of which were purged by Pep Guardiola.

The only exception to this is Zinchenko's loan move to PSV Eindhoven, which is due to his young age and the need for training.

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At the end of August, the Premier League officially organizes the first monthly award of the new season, the Premier League August Monthly Awards.

The shortlisted players are Manchester City striker Zhang Chaoqiang, Chelsea striker Eden Hazard, Manchester United full-back Antonio Valencia and Hull City centre-back Curtis Davies.

Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea have all started the game with three wins in a row, while Hull City have started with two wins and one defeat, including a win over defending champions Leicester City in the opening game, and only a defeat to Manchester United.

So all four teams started well, and each had a representative shortlisted.

The other three finalists were nothing, but Zhang's entry caused some controversy.

Because there were a total of three games in August, Zhang Chaoqiang only played two games, and he actually became the shortlisted representative of Manchester City.

Many fans believe that Manchester City's De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and others are more qualified to be shortlisted.

The reason why Zhang Chaoqiang is provoked is clearly that the Premier League official is deliberately praising artificial stars and currying favor with Asian fans at the same time.

And when the final results were announced, Zhang Chaoqiang was really successful.

Now there are more people talking about it.

"Zhang has only played in two Premier League games, but he has scored four goals and is temporarily the top scorer in the Premier League, and he was voted Man of the Match in both games."

Premier League officials also gave comments when announcing the results of the awards.

In the Premier League's scorer list after three rounds, Zhang Chaoqiang ranked first with 4 goals, and Ibrahimovic ranked second with 3 goals.

Due to the small number of games, this temporary first place does not have much practical significance.

But this made the Chinese fans very happy.

"Brother Qiangzi is too good."

'It's only two games to be the top scorer and that's not the case in the Premier League. Gu Yu

'Don't forget, Manchester City are currently top of the Premier League table.

"The British are obviously biased, and Brother Qiangzi deserves to be the best of the month."

"Those who are waiting to see Brother Qiangzi become a parallel commodity are going to be disappointed, and the Premier League still can't stop Brother Qiangzi's progress."

"Brother Qiang Zi has equaled Son Heung-min's goal tally for an entire season in two games, let's see what else they have to say."

Regardless, Zhang Chaoqiang was still voted Premier League Player of the Month, becoming the first Asian player to win the award.

When receiving the trophy of the month, Zhang Chaoqiang also said: "It feels great to get this trophy, and it is a huge encouragement for me to win the best of the month when I first joined the Premier League. ”

"August was a fantastic month, but we still need to keep moving forward and try to achieve better results in September......

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In September's first game, Manchester City will face a key game – the Manchester derby.

The most famous derby in the Premier League is, of course, the Double Red Club, a contest between Manchester United and Liverpool.

But this summer, both of them have spent a lot of money, so expectations for the Manchester derby are high.

In terms of players, Zhang Chaoqiang and Pogba competed on the same field, which is a topic in itself.

What's more, Ibrahimovic is also at Manchester United at present, he and Zhang Chaoqiang competed with each other in Ligue 1 last season, and now they have switched to the Premier League to compete.

In terms of coaching, Pep Guardiola and Mourinho have always been rivals, and Guamu is also highly anticipated when he sees him coming again.

The derby is not yet in earnest, and the English media are already in high spirits.

Jose Mourinho was the first to say in front of the media that the derby was inevitable.

'I know what the Manchester derby means to Manchester United and if you want to be successful at Manchester United, the derby is a game you have to win.

Louis van Gaal did not help United finish in the top four of the Premier League last season, but he has beaten Liverpool twice and is unbeaten in the Manchester derby.

Mourinho certainly doesn't want to lose to Chef Fan.

'We're like a big family now, we're stuck together and we're enjoying playing for a club like Manchester United.' But Mourinho's assessment of the atmosphere in the team always feels a little weird.

Guardiola's response was a bit soft.

'I like to win, but I don't hate losing, because that's part of professional football.

"The next game is just a normal game, it's not a big final."

The English media interpreted this as Guardiola preparing for the loss.

At the same time, Zhang Chaoqiang was also affected.

In Manchester City's last win over West Ham United, Sergio Aguero had a late skirmish.

The referee on duty did not punish Aguero, but the FA later confirmed through replays that Aguero had deliberately elbowed the foul, so Aguero was suspended for three games.

So in the next Manchester derby, Aguero will not be able to play.

Zhang Chaoqiang played well after joining the Premier League, but the Premier League of the Month event brought him some disputes.

Some English media hyped that the reason why Zhang Chaoqiang was able to achieve rapid success after joining Manchester City was due to Aguero's sacrifice.

The team's tactical position, penalty rights, Aguero made corresponding concessions.

Sergio Aguero has been in the Premier League for many years and has been doing quite well overall, so he has a large number of supporters.

Now that Sergio Aguero will be absent from the Manchester derby, he naturally needs Zhang Chaoqiang to lead the team.

The English tabloids said that the reason why Guardiola confessed was because he knew that after Aguero's absence, Zhang Chaoqiang could not be trusted.

"If Chinese can lead the team to beat Manchester United in Kun's absence, that will be a real testament to his quality......

Aguero's shirt has always been printed with kun agüero on the back, so familiar people call him kun, and Chinese fans call him kun.

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