Usually, Pep Guardiola works 10 hours at the base, 6-7 days a week. When there are no races, the 50-year-old Spaniard drives 15 minutes from his home in the Dinsgate District to the East Earth Base at 8:30 a.m.

Then they have breakfast with the players and coaches in the first team building, sometimes Manchester City CEO Soriano, and the pair of friends who have known each other for many years discuss football and politics over fruit or cereal.

After breakfast, the players will go to the gym to stretch or go to the massage table for a massage, and Guardiola will set up training sessions with his coaching team.

Training sessions begin at 11 a.m., with strength and conditioning coach Buenaventura leading the team in a warm-up, followed by a game of 2-for-6 in the box-sized area.

The aim is to improve the player's ability to touch the ball with the first touch and pass the ball in tight spaces, which is the basis for City to score many quick goals in small areas up front every season.

Because Guardiola also places great emphasis on the stability and accuracy of the ball at the back, even the two goalkeepers, Ederson and Carson, also have to participate in the circle. Monkey Walk is a great way to improve the reaction and speed of the players with each other. Often, it takes days for a new player to get used to this kind of super-fast-paced passing.

After that, all the players will go back indoors and listen to Pep Guardiola plan the next training sessions, and the players will either go for a massage or a workout in the pool, and after the practice, it will be lunch.

The players go home around 2pm, while Pep Guardiola stays behind to analyse footage of his team and opponents with his assistant coaches before planning training sessions for the next day.

– It's something that the players experience every day.

But today, when the Manchester City players returned indoors, they found that Pep Guardiola did not start planning the next training sessions, but clapped his hands at everyone and said loudly: "Hey guys, if we have a new striker to join, do you want Ronaldo or Haaland?" ”

Hearing this, except for the two strikers - Sterling and Jesus - the faces were a little unpleasant, the rest of the team was full of joy.

The core midfielder De Bruyne hesitated for a moment, and said with a look of resentment: "Boss, can you have both?" I want to be the assist leader every season. ”

"Hahaha," the players were stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Kevin, you can only choose one. You know, two world-class strikers that Manchester City can afford and can afford, but the other teams will be desperate and have to give them a little thought. Guardiola also touched his bald head and couldn't help laughing.

Speaking of De Bruyne's grievances, we have to mention the Premier League's best playmaking core award from the 17-18 season.

Premier League Best Organisation Core Award – Assist King of the Season. Also known as the Best Midfielder Award, this award has been established since the 2017-18 season, and this season will be the fifth season of the award.

2017-18: Kevin De Bruyne is the assist leader with 16 assists, followed by Leroy Sane, who was still a Manchester City player at the time (15), and third and fourth by Manchester City's David Silva and Raheem Sterling, both with 11 assists.

Manchester City players dominated the top four assists charts and were in the limelight for a while.

2018-19: Chelsea's Eden Hazard topped the assist list with 15 assists, while Kevin De Bruyne played just 19 league games due to injury, picking up a measly two assists.

2019-20: Kevin De Bruyne won the assist title again with 20 assists, and the last time so far.

2020-21, last season: Tottenham striker Harry Kane won the assist title with 14 assists, while Kevin De Bruyne was second with 12 assists.

Last season, De Bruyne lost to Tottenham striker Kane in the race for the assist king (best midfielder) because the team had two extremely unreliable strikers in the team, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus, the king of proflamations, who wasted a lot of good feeding from De Bruyne.

In De Bruyne's view, if the Manchester City striker is replaced by Ronaldo or Lewandowski or Haaland, he can brush up at least 50+ assists per season.

As a central midfielder, he wants a great striker so much that he dreams of buying a top striker.

Now, when he suddenly heard that his boss Pep Guardiola wanted to buy Cristiano Ronaldo and Haaland, De Bruyne was suddenly excited.

He was already looking forward to Shenfeng.

De Bruyne thought for a while and said: "Boss, if you can only choose one, then I will choose Ronaldo." ”

Cristiano Ronaldo is old and strong, and his performance in the Champions League is obvious to all, compared to Haaland, who is still just a rising star for the time being.

From the perspective of the long-term interests of the team, it is naturally better to choose Haaland; But if Manchester City wants to win the Champions League in the short term, it must be Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time Champions League goal/assist duo and the active first. With 11 Champions League semi-finals, six Champions League finals and five titles, he is the undisputed winner of the Champions League.

This is naturally the main reason why Guardiola wants to buy Ronaldo.

The Champions League has become a knot in Manchester City's heart.

Pep Guardiola nodded, motioned for the other assistant coach to arrange the training sessions for the players, and walked out of the base with Juan.

He's going to meet Mendez for a while.

……

When Guardiola and Mendes met, Zheng Yaxin also had an uninvited guest at home.

On August 1st, there was no need to train, Zheng Yaxin got up early in the morning and packed up the rented courtyard.

He decided to clean up the backyard and keep a big turtle he had just bought here, and then when he was fine, he pulled the turtle out for a walk.

The turtle is a quiet and long-lived animal, especially suitable for raising, not only is it simple and convenient to take care of, as long as you look at it every day, you can quickly calm down people's impetuous hearts, and it will not let the owner experience the pain of losing his pet.

Even, if you are lucky, it can send the owner away, and the owner's son and grandson away.

That's pretty good.

Zheng Yaxin brandished a shovel and it in the backyard.

At this time, a bright girl with blond hair and black eyes walked over from the front yard, and the clothes on her chest were propped up in a full arc, and when Zheng Yaxin looked over, this arc quickly rippled up and down.

The first time the blonde girl saw Zheng Yaxin, she quickened her pace and almost trotted over.

The glamorous youthful atmosphere is blowing in the face.

Chen Bishuo girl, Ling De to teach.

Bright eyes and bright teeth, slender posture.

Zheng Yaxin couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hello!"

"You're the Chinese player from Arsenal, right?"

"My name is Lisa! Live next door..."

"Can I take a picture with you?"

……