I am the king of football

Chapter 259 Where is the old friend now?

Qin Hu's departure is definitely the most concerning thing for Hull City this summer, but there is more to it than that.

In one summer window, the team's two top talented forwards both left, Qin joined Manchester United, and Kane returned to Tottenham, which also brought rich returns to the team.

First, Tottenham gave Hull City a thumbs up because of Kane's good training in Hull City, and then loaned Velikovic, a young defender introduced by the team last year, to Hull City again for free.

The Hull City coaching staff assessed the young player's ability and determined that he was capable of playing in the team's regular defensive rotation, so the club naturally accepted his offer.

Hull City then used the nearly 40 million pounds directly raised from the sale of Qin Hu to repay the club's debts and maintain the stadium and club construction needs after the team was promoted to the Premier League.

As for the rest, under Bruce's leadership, the club began to wave checks and introduce the players the team needed to compete in the Premier League.

Compared to the top clubs that spend tens of millions of pounds on signings, their main focus with the remaining 20 million pounds is to pursue cost-effectiveness. If they can rent talents from the youth training camps of top clubs, they will do so. If not, they will find players who have performed stably for several seasons.

It doesn’t matter if they are not outstanding or even lack star power. As long as they can maintain stability, the team will be able to walk steadily on the road to relegation.

Bruce spent 6 million pounds to bring in former Liverpool and Tottenham player Peter Crouch from Stoke City. Although the striker is over 30 years old, his stable offensive efficiency and versatility in the frontcourt are very much favored by Bruce.

Three million pounds were spent to bring in another center forward, Graham, from Swansea City. The striker also played in the Championship last season and scored twelve goals. Compared to the comprehensive Crouch, he is a standard center forward and is very useful in set-piece attacks.

In addition to the signings on the front line, Hull City spent another 5 million pounds to negotiate a serious deal with Tottenham in the midfield. They bought the defensive midfielder Huddlestone, who only played two games for Tottenham last season.

In Bruce's view, the midfielder has strong intercepting and defensive abilities on the field, which is just right for him to be a defensive midfielder.

Again, many players may seem a little lacking in the eyes of top clubs, but they may be the most suitable for a relegation team.

On the defensive line, because Maguire and Coulson are very young, although their performance has always been very good, Bruce still used his own connections to get a very promising 22-year-old defender Chester, and they only spent 500,000 pounds on this deal.

As the summer window was about to end, Hull City brought in a winger, Sabo, at the last minute. They brought the young man from Marseille in Ligue 1 for four million pounds.

This is all that Hull City did in the summer transfer window. They can be said to have introduced half of the team. At the same time as these new players arrived, many of the team's veterans were quickly cleared out.

Although it is cruel, this is professional football. When your strength is not enough to help the team gain a foothold in the league, being eliminated is the cruel reality.

After the start of the season, Tiger City began to experience the pain of adjusting their lineup, but judging from their current performance, ranking 17th in the league, this adjustment was obviously not so successful.

However, some of the new players have gained a firm foothold. They have gradually squeezed out several teammates Qin Hu is familiar with, such as Cavelli and Paul, and secured their positions as the team's main players.

In addition to these old teammates sitting on the bench, many teammates that Qin Hu is familiar with have disappeared from the team's roster. It can be said that although the old friends have gone, the old team is still in full swing.

On the other hand, during Manchester United's training in preparation for the match against Hull City, Qin Hu won the recognition of all Manchester United players with his professional attitude and level. Although this teammate who can show top concentration once he steps on the field was a little worried about gains and losses when facing interviews before, he did not show it at all on the training ground.

At the pre-match press conference, Ferguson personally named Qin Hu as the player who would accompany him to the interview and attend the press conference.

"Hull City are a great team and they have created an amazing history in the Championship that I don't think anyone will be able to break for many years."

Ferguson gave his favorite disciple a lot of face and directly praised Hull City, and then expressed his confidence in the team.

"But we will not be afraid of this. The team will do our best to win this victory at home. I believe this will be something we must do on our way to the championship."

When it came to Qin Hu, it was much easier for him to speak because Ferguson had already set the tone.

"I miss the fans and friends of Hull City very much. I will do my best to show my best when I can meet them again on the court."

In fact, on the day of the game, Qin Hu received messages from Cooper, Maguire and others. These friends who were of similar age and used to play together were more free and easy than Qin Hu.

"Qin, you can book the best restaurant in Manchester in advance. It must be of the highest standard. You are a big star now!"

"Qin, I will do my best to defend you on the court, don't underestimate me~"

Cooper was still lively and Maguire was still serious. The words of these old friends made Qin Hu feel less nervous. It was just a game, he should play seriously and then reminisce with old friends after the game.

Time flies. When Hull City's bus appeared on the street outside Old Trafford, the home team Manchester United had already warmed up on the field.

Perhaps because of the relationship between Qin Hu and Hull City, out of gratitude for sending Qin Hu to their team, Manchester United fans surprisingly did not boo the away Hull City team excessively, which made the Hull City players who were huddled on the bus and looking at the crowds outside the window feel relieved.

This is Old Trafford, one of the most famous stadiums in the Premier League and also one of the most devilish home stadiums. No team can come here without any psychological pressure.

"CCTV, CCTV, good evening, viewers, you can see that the players from Manchester United and Hull City are already standing on the pitch."

Zhan Jun's voice was heard after the captains of both teams finished the rock-paper-scissors game. Zhan Jun, who took over the commentary task of the Championship in the second half of last season, is no stranger to either team and is commenting on the game with a different mentality at this moment.

"I don't need to elaborate on the highlights of this game. Our Chinese genius Qin Hu will play his first game of the season against his former club Hull City."

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