"You really bought Mbappe?"

Lin Quan felt very unbelievable about Guardiola's poaching of Mbappe at the last moment before the end of the winter break.

He didn't think that Monaco would let him go so easily, after all, Mbappe has attracted a lot of attention in France.

But when you think about it, it seems reasonable.

After all, Mbappe is still very young now, although it can be seen that he is very talented, but Monaco does not have the ability to predict the future, and there is no way to be 100% sure that he will be able to grow up in the future.

And as the hours go by, it's not uncommon in football to see things that aren't necessarily good.

As for the importance that the French attach to Mbappe, what does that matter to me in Monaco?

Monaco may be small, but it is an independent country.

The French want to keep their talents on home soil, but Monaco doesn't have that idea, because Mbappe is not a Monaco nationality, so for them, selling to a team in Ligue 1 is a sale, and selling to a team in other leagues is a sale.

Even the latter is more beneficial to them, because selling Mbappe to a Ligue 1 side is strengthening the strength of the rivals and does them no good.

"Hehe, it's just a fluke, I didn't expect Monaco to agree without hesitation at the last minute, originally I just had the mentality of trying it out!"

Pep Guardiola seems a little proud, and this transfer can be said to be his proud.

If Mbappe can really play in the future, then when his value skyrockets in the future, people all over the world will praise him for his insight and wisdom.

Of course, if Mbappe can't play, then he may inevitably be ridiculed, just like Barcelona's Bojan back then.

This kid has broken the record of the Barcelona youth team, and even Messi's statistics are not as good as his.

But when he was promoted to the first team, he was out of the crowd, and he didn't show the amazing feeling that Messi brought to the world back then.

As a result, Bojan, who was once the prince of Barcelona and had high hopes for Barcelona, was sold to Serie A for a few years after a few years in Barcelona.

There have been lessons like Bojan's failures in front of us, which makes Guardiola a little worried about Mbappe.

After all, he signed him with a record-breaking transfer fee, and he will be bound to his name for a long time to come.

Pep Guardiola was right, and the whole football world was in an uproar after learning that Manchester City had signed a 17-year-old winger from Monaco.

"Is Pep Guardiola crazy? Spending so much money on a 17-year-old kid? ”

"Guardiola's eyes have always been very accurate, since he dares to do this, there must be something to rely on, I guess, this kid must not be simple, either he has extraordinary talent, or he has a very close relationship with Guardiola, for example, his illegitimate child or something."

"Poof, I can't hold it back, can you look at Mbappe's race first and then say this?"

"Maybe Pep Guardiola thinks he's a black woman?"

"Are you really a genius?"

……

The outside world is more shocked and questioned about this transfer.

40 million euros is not a small amount, and it seems to them to be gambling to buy a young player who is 17 years old.

Even if this guy really has the talent to follow people, this transfer is very risky.

Pep Guardiola ignored the suspicions and asked the club to find him a host family to settle in after Mbappe came to report to the team.

Then he was sent to the youth team to practice!

The Premier League is all about physical confrontation, and defenders are notoriously ferocious and brutal when it comes to their feet.

They don't care what kind of genius you are, they get down and have black feet, so they can do whatever they want, without any scruples.

Pep Guardiola is afraid of Mbappe's injury, so he does not plan to let him play in the Premier League for the time being.

What he has to do now is to level up well and adapt to the Manchester climate as soon as possible.

After he has established himself in the youth team, Guardiola will give him some opportunities according to his performance.

At that time, he can be allowed to come off the bench to play for more than ten or twenty minutes when the victory or defeat has been scored.

Or let him play in a cup competition like the League Cup, where the strong team is a little worse and often meets the weaker team.

In short, in the case of making sure that he is not injured, let him develop with peace of mind so that he can meet the expectations in Guardiola's heart as soon as possible and be promoted to the first team as soon as possible.

"Coach, I'm very strong, I can play in the Premier League, I promise!"

Mbappe clearly has a different opinion on Guardiola's arrangement.

He has already played in Ligue 1 and naturally does not want to be sent back to the youth team.

He wants to play with his idols in the first team, he doesn't want to go to the youth team to play with those little kids.

This is the disadvantage of becoming famous too early, and Mbappe, who is only 17 years old, is already a little above the top.

He looked down on the players his age, felt that they were far inferior to him, and that playing with them was not interesting at all.

Guardiola glanced at Mbappe and said:

"There's no shortage of people on the wings of the first team now, if you think you can get a foothold in the first team, then find someone you think you can beat, and as long as you can beat him, I'll give him his place to you, how about it?"

"Good!"

Mbappe's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers and happily agreed.

So Pep Guardiola called off the training and called the players over for Mbappe to challenge them himself.

Mbappe automatically ignored a few main forces, although he really wanted to challenge his idol Lin Quan, but he also knew that the gap between his strength and his idol was very large, and it would be self-inflicted to challenge him at this time.

Among the several substitutes, Nasri played for Manchester City for several years, won multiple titles with the team, and although he was not the main player, he was still no problem as a rotation main player.

Mbappe looked at Nasri's strong muscles and gave up on challenging the Frenchman.

So, the last to enter his challenge option are Son Heung-min and Leroy Sane, who has just joined the team.

"I'm going to challenge you!"

Mbappe finally chose to challenge Son Heung-min, in his impression, the strength of Asian players seems to be weak, this guy has not been in Manchester City for a long time, and it doesn't look very strong, plus the other party is the same as himself, he is also known for speed, so he feels good about himself and feels that he has a good chance of winning.

"Are you sure you want to challenge me?"

Sun Xingmin laughed angrily, damn I'm a head taller than Nasri, you didn't even challenge Nasri, but chose to challenge me, is this treating me as a soft persimmon?

"Yes, that's right, I'll beat you!"

Mbappe went up with confidence, however, after a few rounds of fighting, he was completely defeated.

When Sun Xingmin attacked with the ball, he couldn't defend the opponent at all, and when the opponent feintmed, he was shaken, and the center of gravity of his body was easily handed over, and then he could only watch the opponent drive straight into the goal.

And when he attacks with the ball, as long as the opponent gets stuck in the position and then goes up to the body to fight, he will be knocked out far away, and he can't hold the ball at all, so naturally he can't complete the attack.

"You cheat, don't bump into me if you have the ability!"

Mbappe is dying, his strength lies in his speed and explosiveness.

But the other party didn't give him a chance to start acceleration at all, so that he had no force, but he couldn't exert it at all.

"You're here to be funny, aren't you? When you get to the court, let alone the level of physical confrontation just now, any kind of trick will be used by defenders who pull, drag, push and shovel, do you think the opponent will give you the opportunity to accelerate so easily? ”

Son Xingmin looked at Mbappe with a stupid expression, he couldn't understand how the other party, a professional player, could say such naïve things?

Football is not a child's game, no one will let you, not only will the opponent not let you, but will do everything to stop you from completing the attack.

Mbappe was still not convinced, he felt that Son Xingmin was old, an old oilman, and had bad water in his stomach.

So he chose to challenge the younger Sane, who is three years older than him and just 20 years old this year, and Sane is indeed less experienced than Son Heung-min.

However, Sane is not a fool either!

He just witnessed how Son Xingmin dealt with Mbappe, so he followed the gourd and used Son Xingmin's method to deal with Mbappe.

Both of them are taller and stronger than him, and when the two sides are engaged in physical confrontation, he is not an opponent at all.

And once the physical confrontation fails, you can't hold the ball at all, and you will naturally lose a mess.

Two defeats in a row frustrated Mbappe.

Although he was still very unconvinced, he had to admit that he was indeed too weak in the physical confrontation.

"Take your time, don't worry, when you are seventeen years old, your body is not fully developed, and it is normal that your physical confrontation ability is not strong, and you don't need to be too anxious to strengthen your training in this area.

Seeing Mbappe bow his head in frustration, Lin Quan handed him a towel to wipe his sweat, comforted him a few words by the way, and taught him his experience!

"Uh-huh, I will, Brother Lin!"

Mbappe was originally very depressed in his heart, but when he was comforted by Lin Quan, it immediately turned cloudy and sunny, and the smile on his face was almost uncontrollable.

"Sure enough, as rumored by the outside world, Ringo's people are so good, my decision to transfer to Manchester City is really right!"

One-on-one heads-up may not reflect the full strength of a player, so Pep Guardiola then arranged an intra-squad match to give Mbappe a chance to show what he can do in action.

Mbappe put on a blue vest that symbolized the main force and became teammates with Lin Quan as he wished.

Guardiola saw the little guy's eager expression, and nodded secretly in his heart:

Being able to adjust his mentality so quickly and not be hit by the defeat just now proves that he has a good mental quality and is likely to be a player with a big heart in the future.

Psychological quality is very important for professional players, some people are very fierce during training matches, but because of poor psychological quality, they are easily affected by mentality when they arrive in the professional arena, and then there is a decline in state and abnormal performance, and it is difficult to fully exert their strength.

And some people are born with a big heart and are very resistant to pressure, and even the more important the game, the better their performance will be, and they can be called Mr. Big Scene!

Before the start of the training match, Pep Guardiola specially explained to Lin Quan and De Bruyne to pass the ball to Mbappe more to see how he performed on the pitch.

The strength of the main team is obviously stronger than that of the substitute team, so in the team's training matches, Mbappe got a lot of offensive opportunities.

He squandered most of those chances, but also took a couple of chances, and even scored a goal from Lin Quan's clever pass.

After scoring the goal, Mbappe was happy like a child, came to kneel on the spot to celebrate, and then was called over by Guardiola to criticize for a full five minutes!

Kneeling celebrations are dangerous, especially for young players, and it is easy to hurt your knees.

The last thing Guardiola wants right now is Mbappe injured, which is why he is so annoyed.

In addition, although this guy scored in the game, the shortcomings are too obvious.

His technique at his feet is too rough, the technique of shooting, the rationality of handling the ball, etc., is simply a mess.

Everything is afraid of comparison, but Mbappe's main team is full of top players with top skills and ball quotients.

Compared to these players, Mbappe is so rough that he can't see it.

Of course, Guardiola also sees the merits of Mbappe.

His physical talent is very strong, explosiveness, speed, physical flexibility, coordination, etc., are very good, although now because his body is not fully developed, so he suffers more in terms of physical confrontation.

But these can be practiced slowly, and these innate talents cannot be practiced.

For players, talent determines the upper limit, and effort determines the lower limit.

Mbappe's talent is destined to have a very high ceiling, as long as he can stay healthy and work hard, his future achievements will definitely not be low.

Thinking of this, Guardiola decided to spend more energy and train this kid well.

After the team's training match, Guardiola personally brought Mbappe to the echelon to report.

After handing over Mbappe to the youth director, he looked at a training ground and asked:

"How have the little guys over there been doing?"

Pep Guardiola asked about the three post-00s players in Manchester City's academy, namely Foden, Sancho and Haaland.

All of them were born in 2000 and are currently under the age of 16.

Although they are still young, they have already shown great talent and quality in the youth team competition, so they have attracted a lot of attention from fans.

Pep Guardiola has also been watching them and is very concerned about their growth.

He firmly believes that in time, when these people grow up, they will become the mainstay of Manchester City!

(End of chapter)