Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 507 At worst, we can just rely on our own abilities.

With the match against Tottenham over, the league is now in its final stages.

Manchester City are training with a lot of energy and determination. The double glory of winning three consecutive league titles and defending their Champions League title is a huge motivator for them.

Shan Yongzhuo also trained quite diligently. Even though he had basically finalized the transfer, if he could win such an honor before leaving, he could leave without any mental burden.

The news from Kroos's side is that the transfer is basically finalized.

Because Blind's intentions were not yet certain, Shan Yongzhuo's negotiations presented two proposals: one was 160 million euros plus Mane, Kanté, Blind, and Osako, and the other was 175 million euros plus Mane, Kanté, and Osako.

Manchester City are more inclined to accept the former, and they are trying to persuade Blind.

Daley Blind's performance for Granada this season has been remarkable; he is an exceptional full-back, and even Pep Guardiola has expressed his admiration for him.

However, Blind himself prefers to stay in Granada and has always seemed hesitant and resistant to going to Manchester City.

Of course, if Blind cannot reach an agreement in the end, Manchester City will accept the second option. After all, Mane and Kante have performed very well this season, and they are players that Guardiola has strongly expressed his desire to acquire, while Osako is an additional option.

The transfer negotiations are almost complete; all that's left is to discuss the contract.

However, Granada's owners are Shan Yongzhuo and Kroos, and Shan Yongzhuo's agent is Kroos, which means they are essentially negotiating with themselves, so there is basically no suspense.

Shan Yongzhuo accepted a weekly salary of 15 euros, which is the highest salary in the team, but it is obviously not enough compared to his status as the world's number one star.

Meanwhile, Kroos was quite efficient, and the transfers of Harry Kane and Nainggolan were basically finalized.

Harry Kane will join Granada for £700 million, while Radja Nainggolan will be slightly overpriced at €900 million.

Shan Yongzhuo was very happy to have finalized these two deals.

Harry Kane goes without saying, and as for Nainggolan, as long as his temper can be controlled, he is definitely a super-value, high-performing player.

As for Salah, Son Heung-min, Mustafi, Yarmolenko, and others whom Shan Yongzhuo admires, the two of them no longer have the financial resources to acquire them.

However, there were other surprises as well. The transfer of Moroccan youngster Hakim Ziyech, who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie, has been basically finalized for a bargain price of 200 million euros. This is another deal that will definitely make a fortune in the future.

With the appointment of head coach Pellegrini already finalized, Granada's summer transfer activity is unlikely to see any major moves; the remaining tasks will be minor clean-up and reinforcements.

Of course, after confirming his transfer, Shan Yongzhuo's task is to fulfill his promise and help Manchester City win three consecutive Premier League titles and two consecutive Champions League titles, creating a dynasty team.

Having achieved this goal, my three-year career at Manchester City can be considered a perfect end. In that case, I can leave with more confidence, and at least I can give a complete account to Manchester City and its fans.

Furthermore, Shan Yongzhuo maliciously thought that when his transfer was announced, Guardiola would probably also bear some of the blame, after all, there were many rumors of discord between him and Guardiola in the early part of the season.

It wasn't really a scandal; the two were genuinely at odds back then, but they've since moved on. In fact, Shan Yongzhuo still admires Guardiola, even though he doesn't like his playing style. But he can't deny that Guardiola does have his own level of skill and a certain personal charisma.

of course.

Whatever the reason, Shan Yongzhuo will definitely leave. Playing for your own team always feels different.

He wasn't someone with any particular fondness for elite clubs; otherwise, he wouldn't have rejected Liverpool and Arsenal from the start, choosing instead to join a struggling Roma. He also wouldn't have rejected Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Bayern Munich, joining the then-despised nouveau riche Manchester City. To be precise, he was more of a sophisticated egoist.

However, he still felt somewhat guilty towards the lovely Manchester City fans, a feeling similar to when he left Roma. Fans are always the most lovable group, supporting you unconditionally.

Therefore, Shan Yongzhuo was determined to repay Manchester City's lovely fans with the highest honor.

The upcoming match is the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.

The opponent is Borussia Dortmund, their group stage opponent.

The match against Borussia Dortmund left Manchester City players feeling somewhat humiliated; if they had a choice, they would have preferred to face Bayern Munich or Barcelona.

The media is not very optimistic about Dortmund, and there is even a collective pessimism.

But Manchester City players who have actually played against them know how tough this opponent is, because Klopp's team is incredibly fast and tenacious in pressing.

Their high-pressing and counter-attacking tactics are very sophisticated, and dealing with them is quite tedious.

Guardiola's training also targets this point, constantly emphasizing the importance of one-touch passing and avoiding getting bogged down in local battles with Dortmund.

Shan Yongzhuo also had a headache.

He vaguely remembered that in his previous life, after Klopp went to Liverpool, he faced Guardiola more and more often, and was eventually dubbed Guardiola's nemesis.

In fact, Klopp's tactical thinking does have some effect on Guardiola. Even though Shan Yongzhuo isn't very good at tactics, he understands a little why Klopp's approach is effective.

Guardiola's key to ball control lies in the fact that midfielders must possess ball control and strong passing ability. Through constant ball control and passing, they seek out weaknesses in the opponent's defense, allowing players like Messi to use their individual skills to break through and directly exploit those weaknesses to deliver the decisive blow.

This is why Guardiola was able to thrive at Barcelona, ​​because Messi, Xavi, and others were all at their peak, and their combination of control and dribbling was at its most outstanding.

When Guardiola went to Bayern Munich, he forcibly transformed Bayern's strengths in wing play and high ball play. However, the midfield lacked a master of control, and the frontcourt lacked a decisive player like Messi. In the end, they were able to thrive in the less competitive Bundesliga thanks to the last bit of brilliance from Robben and Ribery.

After joining Manchester City, with players like De Bruyne and Silva, Guardiola's tactics shone again, but it was difficult to replicate the glory of the peak Barcelona.

As for the current Manchester City, Guardiola has transformed them into something somewhat of a hybrid. Although they still have Silva, players like Yaya Toure are still far from being midfield maestros.

Although Manchester City had the better results in the two group stage matches against Borussia Dortmund, in reality, Dortmund made Manchester City play somewhat awkwardly during the games.

Ultimately, it relied on Shan Yongzhuo's personal abilities.

However, Shan Yongzhuo was not worried at all.

In football, no matter how detailed the tactics are, the ultimate goal is to score a goal.

He doesn't actually need any tactics to score goals, which is why he's so confident in not caring about tactics.

In the match against Dortmund, we can simply rely on individual abilities.

(End of this chapter)