Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 372 Chelsea and Manchester United's Money-Burning Spectacle

Guardiola's arrival truly surprised Shan Yongzhuo.

He knew that Guardiola did eventually come to Manchester City in his previous life, but that was several years later. He never expected that Guardiola would arrive now.

The team has officially announced that Guardiola will sign a four-year contract with Manchester City, which means that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Guardiola will lead Manchester City for the next four years.

Shan Yongzhuo didn't know what to say about Guardiola's leadership.

He didn't really like Guardiola's style, but since he was already there, there was nothing he could do; all he needed to do was score goals.

But he knew that one person was very unhappy.

That was Yaya Toure.

Shan Yongzhuo is very clear about the feud between Yaya Toure and Guardiola, which started at Barcelona.

This time, however, Yaya Toure didn't show anything, only complaining to his teammates, including Shan Yongzhuo, who he was close to.

Manchester City then made several moves in the summer transfer window.

Adam Johnson, Bridge, Hargreaves, and a number of other fringe players left the team, while new teammates arrived one by one.

Rodwell, Maicon, Sinclair, Javier Garcia...

Manchester City has been relatively restrained this season, not spending money recklessly. They only spent around £4000 million in the summer, and after deducting the players sold, they only spent a little over £2000 million in total.

Manchester United is the biggest player in the Premier League transfer market this summer.

The departures of Berbatov, Park Ji-sung, and others from Manchester United were largely expected by the media.

However, the £2400 million signing of Robin van Persie from Arsenal immediately garnered significant attention.

Robin van Persie was Arsenal's captain and the biggest contributor to Arsenal's top-four finish last season. However, Arsenal has now sold their captain, and van Persie has moved to Manchester United in pursuit of more glory.

Arsenal fans may feel bitter, but what's done is done, and they can only vent their anger on the traitor Van Persie.

Meanwhile, the other deal also garnered a lot of attention for Manchester United.

Japan has signed Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa from Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund for £1700 million.

This deal is not viewed favorably by the English media.

Although Shinji Kagawa is a key midfielder for Borussia Dortmund and made significant contributions to Dortmund's Bundesliga title defense.

However, whether Shinji Kagawa's technical characteristics can adapt to the Premier League remains a big question mark.

After all, he's not a versatile, all-around player like Park Ji-sung; Shinji Kagawa is more of a technically gifted and agile offensive player.

However, this deal really excited the Japanese media.

After all, Shinji Kagawa joined a powerhouse like Manchester United, and the Japanese media, who had been struggling to breathe under Shan Yongzhuo's pressure, gave it a good boost.

Arsenal lost more than just Robin van Persie this summer; they also lost their defensive anchor, Alex Song, whose £1900 million move to Barcelona was another major blow to Arsenal.

Arsenal immediately began to stem the bleeding, purchasing Malaga midfielder Cazorla for £1650 million, French striker Giroud for £1300 million, and German striker Podolski for £1100 million.

It seems that Arsenal has made up for the absences left by Van Persie and Alex Song.

However, Cazorla is already a veteran.

Podolski has already proven himself unreliable, and whether he can rise from the ashes at Arsenal is anyone's guess. As for Giroud, no one believes that a big, clumsy player from Ligue 2 can carry Arsenal's attacking banner.

Similar to Arsenal's predicament, Chelsea has also entered a period of growing pains.

Since Villas-Boas left, Matteo has been the team's head coach, but Chelsea doesn't seem to be making any changes. They seem to think that Matteo's performance in leading the team to the Champions League semi-finals is excellent.

However, a group of Chelsea's veteran players have left one after another.

Drogba's free transfer to Shanghai Shenhua marked the beginning of a series of deceptions, with Kalou, Bosingwa, and Essien all leaving as well.

However, they have also been quite active in the transfer market.

Chelsea spent £3200 million on two deals: £2500 million to acquire talented Belgian players Jan Koun and Eden Hazard from Lille, and £5700 million to acquire Brazilian midfielder Oscar from Internacional.

With the addition of players like Azpilicueta and Moses, Chelsea spent a total of 100 million euros this summer, demonstrating their ambitious aspirations.

The combined spending of Chelsea and Manchester United alone has already exceeded the total spending of all 20 La Liga teams.

This also allowed the media to see the smoke of battle. Being suppressed by Manchester City for two consecutive years has obviously become unbearable for Manchester United and Chelsea, and they seem to have decided to fight Manchester City head-on.

But what will ultimately come of it, only God knows.

Compared to other teams, Liverpool, one of the traditional top four, kept a low profile in the summer, making only minor adjustments to the squad, maintaining the original core players and clearing out some fringe players.

Tottenham, who performed exceptionally well last season, made a big splash by signing their midfield maestro Luka Modric to Real Madrid for £3000 million.

As a result, Tottenham's performance next season has been collectively viewed negatively by the English media.

Not enough, Shan Yongzhuo didn't think it was a big deal. After all, he knew Bale was about to have an explosive performance, and Tottenham wouldn't be greatly affected.

Compared to these big teams, Granada, owned by Shan Yongzhuo and Kroos, is relatively small and doesn't attract much attention.

They brought in a new coach, Ankara, purged some unsuitable players, and recruited some new ones.

However, Van Dijk, Yuya Osako, Daley Blind, Sadio Mane, N'Golo Kanté, Shawcross, Gunnarsson, Franjic...

They were all relatively unknown players, including players like Mane and Kanté, who had just been relegated to the French third division with their teams, and Yuya Osako, who was only a player in the Japanese J-League.

Shawcross and Gunnarsson are seasoned Championship veterans.

Van Dijk and Blind are in a slightly better position, since they both play in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Van Dijk is in a slightly better position. Although he is young, he has already established himself as a regular starter for Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Blind Jr. made 31 appearances for Ajax over two seasons, a fringe player among fringe players.

The most eye-catching player is veteran Forlán, but Forlán's performance last season was really terrible.

Spain is paying close attention to Granada's major overhaul, but it's clear they don't have high hopes for it.

Even Kroos was not optimistic.

However, Shan Yongzhuo was very confident that, apart from the two Championship players who were added to the team and Forlan who was added as a veteran, the other players were all capable of making a name for themselves.

Even the worst player, Yuya Osako, proved himself in the Bundesliga in later years.

Shan Yongzhuo believes that even if this group of players cannot be his teammates, he can still make a huge profit by reselling them.

(End of this chapter)