Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 129 New teammates

The results of his medical examination yesterday have come out, which means he has officially joined Manchester City.

The atmosphere at the press conference was very lively.

Shan Yongzhuo's performance is now completely different from what it was when he joined Roma last year. His phenomenal performances in Serie A and the Europa League have made him one of the most sought-after stars in Europe.

This summer, he joined Manchester City for €6500 million, attracting a great deal of media and fan attention.

Manchester's local media and most fans are full of expectations for Shan Yongzhuo's arrival, after all, Manchester City has more fans than Manchester United in Manchester.

The signing ceremony was very grand, but Shan Yongzhuo had experience, so it was easy for him to handle. In the end, Shan Yongzhuo held his number 10 Manchester City jersey and took a group photo with club chairman Mubarak, head coach Mancini, and some unknown extras.

After the press conference ended, major media outlets in England began to report and analyze the events in great detail.

However, most English media outlets are still quite optimistic about Shan Yongzhuo.

One reason is that Shan Yongzhuo's performance last season was so strong that he was already rivaling the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Kaka, Ibrahimovic and other big-name stars.

On the other hand, there is the current predicament facing the Premier League.

Since Cristiano Ronaldo left for Spain last summer, England has had very few star players to boast. Moreover, the Premier League teams suffered setbacks in European competitions last season, which has made the English media very excited about the possibility of big-name stars joining the Premier League.

However, Shan Yongzhuo didn't care about any of that. He had already flown to Italy to begin his journey to receive the trophy.

Last season, Shan Yongzhuo's performance was amazing, winning many awards, including Serie A top scorer, player of the season, and youngest player of the year.

These are the major awards; there are countless smaller awards as well.

Shan Yongzhuo flew back to Rome, and then went to Milan and Turin, attending some award ceremonies as a formality.

At first, he enthusiastically took photos with fans and organizers, but in the end it was just a formality.

Once back in Manchester, Shan Yongzhuo began living the life of a recluse.

They live in a villa with a gym and swimming pool.

As the housekeeper, Marina also hired bodyguards, personal assistants, cleaners, and so on.

All Shan Yongzhuo has to do every day is exercise, eat, sleep, and play games; he doesn't need to think about anything else.

With the new season approaching, Manchester City's first team has begun training together.

Some people arrived at the locker room of the training base early, and some had already gone to the training field very early.

However, most people arrived right on time, and Shan Yongzhuo was one of them. He arrived at the training base at 9 o'clock. After wandering around the locker room, he locked his locker.

This is important in any team, because as a newcomer, bullying newcomers is inevitable in any team's locker room.

When Shan Yongzhuo was in Rome, he was lucky and quickly got on the good side of the team's bigwig, Totti. But now that he's joined a mercenary club like Manchester City, the team doesn't have a dressing room icon like Totti to keep things in check, so Shan Yongzhuo has no one to rely on.

Moreover, Manchester City is not like Kaffinborg, which is a rural team with fewer intrigues in the dressing room.

Manchester City is different; everyone who comes here, big or small, is a star player, making the competition for positions much fiercer.

When joining a new team like this, it's important to maintain proper distance at the beginning, and everyone else does the same.

There were already over a dozen people in the locker room at this point, but they weren't greeting each other or chatting. Manchester City had undergone a major overhaul this summer, with a large number of veterans like Robinho, Ireland, and Petrov leaving in exchange for a host of new players. Silva, Toure, Milner, Balotelli, Boateng, Kolarov…

This also includes Shan Yongzhuo.

All seven players were new additions and played almost the entire day along the central axis. They were all star players worth over ten million euros, with even the lowest-paid player, Boateng, costing over ten million euros. Many more players left or were loaned out.

This situation is also giving Mancini a headache. The team undergoes a major overhaul almost every year, and the starting lineup is not fixed, which puts a lot of pressure on him.

The competition for positions, especially on the forward line, is truly formidable.

This season, Manchester City retained Carlos Tevez, who had previously made transfer requests, and Brazilian striker Jo also returned from loan. Although they loaned out Adebayor and Santa Cruz again, the competition among the four strikers is still fierce, especially with the addition of new signings Shan Yongzhuo and Balotelli.

Furthermore, the new team also faces integration issues. The players are unfamiliar with each other and most of them have never even spoken to each other. Before they can achieve tacit cooperation, they need to get to know each other.

Some outgoing people will take the initiative to chat and communicate with others.

Shan Yongzhuo remained relatively silent.

That's just his personality; he can't be so shameless as to try and curry favor with others.

Small groups naturally formed in this way.

The veteran players huddled together for mutual support. However, players like Milner, who were native English speakers, easily joined the group of English players like Wright-Phillips and Lescott. Tevez and Zabalet, the two Argentinians, formed their own faction, and Toure Jr. also successfully teamed up with Toure Sr.

As for the others, most of them became lone wolves, such as Kolarov and Silva.

Standing beside Shan Yongzhuo were two people who gave him a real headache.

Boateng and Balotelli.

These two guys are also new to Manchester City and don't know anyone in the team, so it's understandable that they stick together.

However, this is clearly not the case for the two of them.

Two men stood on either side of Shan Yongzhuo, grinning at him with arrogance that was a condescending look to their teammates.

Clearly, these two guys simply look down on their teammates.

“But we’re teammates now.” Boateng extended his right hand, his smile friendly: “With your attack and my defense, Manchester City can finally win the championship.”

Balotelli laughed and said, "Single, with me, Super Mario, and you as a team, we will become the strongest attacking duo in the Premier League, no, in the world. Let's save Manchester City!"

amount……

These two guys were speaking loudly, clearly disregarding their teammates. They didn't think before they spoke, immediately drawing a lot of unfriendly stares.

These two guys, however, ignored everything and maintained their arrogant expressions, as if they were the best in the world, and didn't care much about what their teammates thought.

Dan Yongzhuo gasped. These two guys didn't seem like good people at all; they were definitely destabilizing factors in the locker room!

He decided to stay away from those two dangerous guys.

(End of this chapter)