Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 215

Soon it was Sunday.

Today Manchester City will challenge the Magpies at St. James Park.

The match time is 2pm London time, 10pm China time.

For East Asian fans, this is a very comfortable time to watch football.

And this may be the reason why the Premier League has gradually widened the gap with La Liga and leagues such as Germany, Italy and France in recent years.

After all, in order to make money and for ratings, the English Football Association will really put the game at noon!

Today, there was a rare sunny day over St. James Park, and the temperature rose a little from the previous few days to 7 degrees.

The biggest problem with playing an early game in the afternoon is that one side on the court must play the game facing the sun.

Unfortunately, Newcastle United was unlucky and they had to play towards the sun.

On the court, before the fans sat down immediately, the players of both sides were warming up on the court.

Newcastle United's recent performance is not ideal.

Former coach Bruce did not win a single game in the new season!

In the first 9 rounds, Bruce only got 3 draws!

It is said that Leeds United and Watford will find it difficult to hold on in the new season, but Newcastle United is even worse.

Later, Bruce was dismissed, and assistant coach Graeme took over the coaching position temporarily. His performance was not good either, with 2 draws and 1 loss in 3 games.

Then Eddie Howe, who was unemployed at home, took over.

Guess what?

From the 13th to the 17th round, a total of 5 games, Eddie Howe only won one game!

Then the Newcastle management understood.

This is probably not the coach's problem. It is estimated that the problems in Manchester United's locker room also exist in Newcastle.

Then there was news from Newcastle that the suspected insiders, midfielders Hendrick and Sean Longstaff, would be loaned out in the winter window.

"Sky Sports" and "TA" followed up with reports on Newcastle's possible signing targets.

Isn't it true that Haaland can't come to Manchester City in this winter window?

So Chen Chen later recommended someone to Guardiola, that is Chris Wood, who is both a father and a mother in Burnley.

He is 191cm tall and has a very good ability to compete for headers.

And his reaction and running position are also very good, he can be used as a standing striker.

It can be regarded as a low-profile substitute for Kane.

At the beginning, Barcelona chose to buy Leganes center forward Braithwaite for a transition. Compared with other forwards, his performance is definitely very average, but the transfer fee is there, and it is enough to be a fire-fighting role.

So this time Chen Chen's recommendation means to regard Chris Wood as a fire-fighting role.

Rent him for half a season, renew the contract next summer if you think it's okay, and end the lease when it expires if you don't want it.

Maybe someone will say.

You Chen Chen is so arrogant! You rent when you say to rent, and buy when you say to buy?

Don't say it, you really have this "tone".

The Times disclosed a piece of news a few days ago, saying that among the relevant participants in Manchester City's current recruitment work, Soriano is the leader, Guardiola is directly involved, and several captains in the team, including Fernandez and De Bruyne, have the right to know and recommend.

Then the Times emphasized that "Chen Chen, who came in the summer transfer window, will directly participate in possible transfer matters like Guardiola!"

Chen Chen directly participates!

This is something De Bruyne can't experience!

Of course, it is reasonable to think about it carefully.

De Bruyne will be 31 after the Chinese New Year. If he waits for another two years, the Belgian midfielder may have to leave Manchester City.

Since De Bruyne transferred in 2016, Manchester City's several recruitments have been carried out with De Bruyne as the core.

It is obvious that Chen Chen will definitely be the core in the future.

So Soriano accepted Chen Chen's recommendation, and he asked his men to investigate Wood.

Not a few days later, Manchester City made a suitable offer.

Then here comes the point. Didn't we say that Newcastle's record is very poor?

The actual controller behind Newcastle is the Saudi Public Investment Fund. Bin Salman is not short of money, so this time Newcastle's sports director Ashworth said that the team will make big moves in the winter window!

Their goal is to return to the top ten in the second half of the season!

Therefore, before the game with Manchester City, Newcastle United finalized three transfer information.

Lyon striker Guimaraes, Brighton defender Dan Burn and Atletico Madrid defender Trippier!

Later, Ashworth also said that Chris Wood is infinitely close to joining Newcastle United. They beat Manchester City in the transfer competition for Wood!

The price given by Manchester City is very pragmatic. The Spanish Marca reported that there are two types of rent-to-buy and direct buyout. The latter transfer fee may reach up to 12 million euros.

As a result, Newcastle increased it to 28 million, andNot considered floating!

After that, Sky Sports specially organized a program to evaluate Newcastle United's crazy winter window shopping.

Wood, who is worth only 6 million euros, was hyped up to 28 million. Is this "stupid and rich" or "desperate to try any possible means" to avoid relegation?

For Wood, he definitely wants to go to Manchester City. After all, Manchester City is a strong contender for the championship in various competitions, and there is no problem in getting a championship in the past.

However, Newcastle does pay a lot of money. Guimaraes will definitely be the main player, so his weekly salary before tax is 120,000 pounds.

What about Wood?

100,000 pounds before tax!

What about Manchester City?

If it is really bought, the Blue Moon can probably give about 65,000 pounds before tax.

It should be noted that Manchester City pays more money to big-name players, and the salary level of other role players is in line with the market price.

And it's not just Manchester City, the other big6 teams are very pragmatic.

When Chelsea can field three starting lineups, their average salary is only 60,000 pounds before tax.

So now let's go back to the topic of Wood above.

Wood is already 30 years old, and he needs to consider whether he has finally "made a fortune".

The pre-tax salary at Newcastle United for a whole year is nearly 4.7 million, which is very tempting, and it is hard not to be tempted!

And Wood also considered one thing, that is, if Spider-Man returns in the winter window and stays, the competition between him and him will be.

In addition, he also thought that Manchester City will definitely buy people in the summer window next year, and he will only have the fate of sitting on the bench.

Finally, after a few days of thinking, Wood agreed to join Newcastle United!

Of course, this is all later.

Newcastle bought a lot of people, but they couldn't immediately participate in today's game with Manchester City.

The Magpies, who are weak in offense and poor in defense, can't stand Manchester City's attack at home!

The third minute of the game.

Newcastle right back Jacob Murphy kicked forward to clear the ball.

But the kick went astray.

The ball quickly came to Chen Chen who moved to the middle.

Then Chen Chen passed the ball to De Bruyne.

There was someone blocking in front of the Belgian, so Ding Ding chose to pass it back to Chen Chen.

After Chen Chen got the ball again, he didn't hesitate and directly passed it with the outside of his left foot!

Jesus, who broke out from the opponent's defense line, swung his arm to meet the ball and pushed it to the near corner!

"Swish!"

Newcastle United's 541 formation was impossible to defend!

Dubravka in front of the goal could only watch the ball go into the net and was powerless!