Wright Phillips will transfer to Chelsea, which is expected by many people.

Some media used a "positive" tone to describe Phillips joining Chelsea. Because of this, when the two clubs announced the transfer of Phillips, the media was not surprised by the news, but what they were surprised was the high transfer fee.

That's £26 million!

According to the current exchange rate between the pound and the euro, 26 million pounds is basically equivalent to 40 million euros. This money is enough to buy a Shepchenko, Henry, and Van Nistrui, but Chelsea only bought one Wright Phillips. Compared with the first three famous players, Phillips is really a bit out of fame.

At first, some people thought they had read the news wrong, and they had just made a decision after watching it several times in a row. They were surprised by Chelsea's big deal. They bought a Wright Phillips and actually spent 26 million pounds. It can be said that they were too rich.

Chelsea has truly shown people the money side of the football world!

Neutral media saw the news about transfer fees. For them, this is the biggest gossip. It doesn’t matter if Wright Phillips or something. It’s not Henry’s transfer or Rooney’s transfer. What is Wright Phillips? Manchester City’s ‘local’ star?

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However, the media following Manchester City still felt disappointed when they heard the news. After all, Wright Phillips is a Manchester City player. He has always performed very well and has made a lot of contributions to the team. His performance in the previous warm-up match can also be seen in his condition. Such a player must have improved a lot in the team, but he left, which is also a loss for Manchester City.

Manchester City fans have similar ideas. They have long known that Phillips is likely to leave, but they are still disappointed when they hear this news. Extreme fans even organized protests in front of the club department. This has caused a lot of trouble for Chairman Wald.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Wansheng.

On weekdays, he basically doesn't go to the club, and his workplace is the training base, so no matter how powerful the club is, he doesn't care about him. Instead, on the training open day, fans who come to the training base to watch the football will greet him very friendly.

The training base and the club are completely equivalent to two worlds.

In fact, Wan Sheng had long been looking forward to Phillips' transfer, and of course he also wanted to keep outstanding players on the team. But when he first came, he knew that it was impossible to keep Phillips, so he knew there was no need to make unnecessary efforts to think about how to keep Phillips. It would be better to think about what to do after Phillips left. When he thought about it, he thought of the team's lineup problem.

Before the summer preparation, the team had already added a lot of players, goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei, Ziegler, Lescott, midfielder Morris, David Silva, forward Darren Bent, Andy Cole, and many powerful players with good lineups in Manchester City. The team's lineup is already complete.

But this kind of completeness is only in the eyes of outsiders, and in Wansheng's eyes, the lineup is obviously flawed, that is, in the central defender position.

Dunn and Disney's midfield combination can be ranked first in the entire Premier League schedule. It was considered as the most stable position of Manchester City when Keegan coached, but in Wan Sheng's eyes, the combination of these two people has a considerable problem, that is, the lack of creativity and activity.

Both of them are 28 years old after all.

28-year-old players, especially central defenders, have become rigid in their game style and lack creativity and activity. They will only follow their abilities and experiences. It is not easy to adapt to a brand new tactical system, and even if they adapt to them, it is difficult to show their characteristics.

Wansheng doesn't need such a central defender combination.

In the "kill" tactic, full attack and defense are no longer just a concept, and the insertion of the central defender is also a very important offensive method. Because of this, the central defender has become extremely important because they also have to take into account the defense at the same time. In this way, the combination of Dunn and Distin cannot meet the requirements.

In addition, in the current lineup, Sun Jihai can find the position of the central defender.

Dunn has not returned to the team to train. Distin just reported two days ago that it would be too risky to rely on these two people in the new season, so it is urgent to add central defenders. In fact, Wan Sheng has long been optimistic about players, but the transfer funds have not been in place. The team has always been in a state of "negative transfer funds". They have no money and lack confidence and cannot take action even if they want to take action.

Now, Phillips sold it and sold it for 26 million pounds. After this money fills the club's fund loophole, it can still make 8 million yuan to serve as transfer funds for Wansheng. This will not be a problem to supplement the central defender.

Wan Sheng took action soon.

Correspondingly, Manchester City issued a offer to Portuguese giant Porto for 6 million euros to buy Coperel Ferreira and Ricardo Costa.

Kopelle Ferreira, the name generally sounds unfamiliar to fans, but if you talk about his nickname, you probably know a lot of people. Perhaps someone knows the answer. Yes, he is the future main central defender of Portugal and the world-renowned "master" Pepe.

Pepe is 24 years old. He was born in Brazil, grew up in the Portuguese League and once played for Maritimo.

Porto won the Champions League championship in 2004, but in the summer that year, from head coach Mourinho to core players Deco, Ferreira and Carvalho went to Europe to make gold, which forced the new European champions to dig new mines in the transfer market. Pepe, who was strong and flexible, was the number one candidate for Chairman Dacosta to sign. In the end, the "Dragon" won the Brazilian central defender for 1 million euros.

Pepe joined Porto with three other teammates for 1 million euros.

Of course, Maltimore's team is not without Pepe's potential. Pepe's contract stipulates that Maltimore will receive 20% of all transfer fees for Pepe's next transfer.

However, Pepe's first season in Porto is hard to say. Pepe, who is new to the country, did not win all the trust of Dutch coach Adrians. He had to serve as substitutes for Pedro Emmanuel, George Costa and Ricardo Costa. Last season, the Brazilian played only 14 times.

Such performance is difficult to attract attention.

But Porto is a Portuguese team and has always been the cradle of talented players. Even if Pepe performs mediocrely, Porto cannot give up on him easily. Because they introduced Pepe because they took his potential.

Wan Sheng's other player is Ricardo Costa.

He is also Porto's substitute central defender, from Boa Vista's youth training system. When he was still a famous apprentice, he joined Porto. In 2002, Ricardo Costa had already started playing in the league for Porto, but due to the large number of central defenders, the young Ricardo still can only serve as a substitute most of the time.

It is worth mentioning that he is similar to Sun Jihai, both of which are panaceas in the backcourt.

This is also what Wan Sheng likes. He needs to buy a scattered oil player to supplement the lineup. Ricardo Costa's ability is probably the same as Sun Jihai. With these two scattered oil players, it will be much easier for Manchester City to arrange the backcourt in the new season.

Porto was still very surprised by Manchester City's purchase information.

They originally thought Manchester United would buy the team's main players, but they didn't expect that they were two substitute defenders. They actually didn't like Kopeller and Ricardo, otherwise they wouldn't play as substitutes.

At the same time, 6 million euros are also very exciting. The two substitute defenders sold at this price is quite good, but the Porto club did not directly agree. Buying and selling players is one of their biggest sources of income, and they are of a 'professional nature' in this regard. They are very clear that these two players performed averagely, but they both have potential. Because of this potential and possibility, they will definitely not buy cheap prices.

6 million euros. It’s a bit less to buy two potential stocks.

Perhaps this has something to do with their business last season.

Last season, Chelsea bought Carvalho and Ferrera from them. The combined value of the two exceeded 45 million euros, plus the 20 million euros brought by Deco's transfer to Barcelona. They were really full in a summer, so they wanted to take a high-end strategy. For example, if you sell one, it will be enough for a season's income. It doesn't matter if you bring some losses to this. For example, in this transfer, Kopelle and Ricardo are not the players they like, but if one of the two can become famous, that person's transfer value may exceed 20 million euros. In comparison, 6 million euros are nothing now.

Even if no one can become a superstar, the two of them combined are worth more than 4 million euros, and Manchester City only offers a price of 6 million euros, which makes it a little less profitable.

So after some discussion within Porto, they finally refused the offer. They left and transferred to train players.

However, what they did not expect was that Manchester City was determined very firm. They quickly raised the offer to 8 million euros. After some discussion, Porto refused the offer again, so Manchester City quickly raised the offer to 10 million euros.

It's a watershed here.

10 million is an order of magnitude more unit. Porto knows that refusing again means that they don’t want to sell Kopeller and Ricardo to Manchester City at all, and Manchester City is likely to give up because of this. This is a result they are unwilling to accept. After all, the transfer quotation has reached tens of millions. For two players who are just "potential", this price is enough.

Finally, after some discussion, the Porto Club agreed to the offer.

Next is the discussion between Manchester City Club and Kopelle and Ricardo himself. These are no longer problems. Whether for Portugal's domestic players or South American players who have landed in Europe through Portugal, Porto is just a springboard. Those who can skip may become big stars, and those who cannot skip will naturally be an ordinary player.

So when there are European big balls to buy them, they will only be happy and will not be sincere to Porto, because they know that in Porto's eyes, they are just a potential product.

This is reality.

Both sides know this, so there is nothing to say. As long as Manchester City raises the contract well enough, Kopeller and Ricciardo will not refuse the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

As expected, the transfer was soon reached.

In this way, with one week left before the league, Manchester City added two new defenders Kopelle Ferreira and Ricardo Costa, which was also the team's final addition.

Wansheng was satisfied with the news of the transfer.

With two such players joining, the team's lineup can be said to be complete. Next, you can close the transfer window and devote yourself to the league preparation. At this time, the whole team has actually begun to prepare for the first round of the league.

Preparation for a single game didn't have to be so early, but this game is different because their opponent is Manchester United.

Manchester City and Manchester United are arch rivals in the same city. The game between the two teams is called the "Manchester Derby". The significance can be imagined. For many Manchester fans, the victory or defeat of the two teams is even more important than the league championship. Therefore, this game must be fought for by Manchester City. For Wan Sheng, it is also an opportunity to show the new team in front of fans. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!