Chapter 363 The Transfer Period Begins, Manchester City Is Eyeing Kimmich, Rudiger, Kante and Other Little Monsters

Since Chelsea also won this round, Manchester City did not close the point difference between the two teams after playing against Arsenal.

The gap between the two sides still remains at 3 points. Manchester City will challenge Chelsea away from home in the next game. Therefore, in order to preserve their strength, Guardiola chose to hide a large number of main players in the FA Cup match against Millsburg in midweek. Played as a semi-substitute.

Unexpectedly, Manchester City was unexpectedly upset in the away game, losing to their opponents 0:2, and were eliminated from the FA Cup.

This result caused an uproar from the outside world. After Guardiola joined, Manchester City lost a lot of games!

This record doesn't look much better than when Pellegrini was absent.

As a result, many people began to wonder whether Guardiola's approach was really not suitable for the Premier League as Mourinho said?

The opponent was unexpectedly upset, and Mourinho naturally wanted to stand up and ridicule.

Especially since the two teams will face off directly in the next round, conducting psychological warfare at this time to affect the opponent's mentality will significantly help Chelsea improve their winning rate.

"I have long said that Guardiola's method can only be used in La Liga. It will not work in another league. The loss to Millsburg is proof!"

"The next game is at Stamford Bridge. I will personally teach and tell Guardiola how to play in the Premier League, the world's best league!"

Originally, everyone was skeptical about Mourinho's words to teach Manchester City a lesson at Stamford Bridge, but based on Manchester City's state in recent games, everyone began to believe Mourinho's words again.

Manchester City's state still looks very sluggish, and their recent record is not very good either.

If they go to Chelsea's home stadium, which is the most difficult place to play, in this state, it may be really bad luck.

Guardiola didn't even bother to respond to Mourinho's rhetoric.

When he was in La Liga, he learned a lot about Mourinho's psychological tactics. Talking is the opponent's strength. If he is really irritated by the opponent, he will be fooled.

However, these games did expose some problems within the Manchester City team. After Yaya Toure took leave to return to Africa to play in the African Cup of Nations, Manchester City's midfield was somewhat short of manpower.

In addition, there are many problems in the defense line, which need to be supplemented by continued signings.

So, taking advantage of the window that had not yet closed during the winter break, Guardiola began to try to buy people.

He first sent away defender Mangala, who was bought from Porto during the summer window for 23 million euros.

Mangala played very poorly in this half of the season for Manchester City. In the limited number of appearances, he often made low-level mistakes.

In addition, he was dissatisfied with the weather and food in Manchester City. It was difficult for the player himself to integrate into the team. Continuing to stay in Manchester City was just a torture for both parties.

As a result, the two parties broke up, and Manchester City lost 7 million euros and let him leave at a reduced price.

Manchester City's defender manpower reserves are already insufficient. After letting Mangala go, they urgently need to introduce a defender to strengthen them.

However, it is not easy to buy a good defender. After Paris Saint-Germain persists in driving up prices, the prices of defenders in football are now generally inflated.

Judging from the high transfer fee of David Luiz, it is impossible to buy a good defender without spending some money.

If you encounter a black shop like Porto, you will definitely be beaten severely.

Guardiola has taken a fancy to Bayern's two defenders, Boateng and Alaba.

Although Boateng was famously knocked down by Lin Quan, his defensive awareness is very good.

The reason why he was knocked down was entirely because his consciousness could keep up with Lin Quan's speed, but his body could not.

If it were an ordinary defender, he might have been passed cleanly by Lin Quan as soon as he adjusted.

It is already very difficult for Boateng's brain to keep up.

And except for being unable to guard Lin Quan, Boateng performed very well when facing other players.

After being tempered in the league and the Champions League in the past few years, Boateng has performed better and better, and he has the air of a general.

As for Alaba, Guardiola valued his potential when he was at Bayern.

Alaba, who is not yet 23 years old this year, may still lack some experience, but his talent is very high.

Alaba is strong, fast and flexible.

He is the kind of player who can attack when advancing and defend when retreating. Guardiola is very optimistic about him and believes that he will most likely become the number one left back in football in the future.

Manchester City's right back Zabaleta is very strong, but left back Kolarov is almost useless.

Kolarov's offensive ability is very strong, but his defensive ability is not strong.

In the last game against Arsenal, Arsenal opened the situation on his side, allowing Manchester City's goal to be breached twice.

Therefore, Manchester City's left back often rotates, with Kolarov and Clichy taking turns.

Guardiola hopes to introduce a more comprehensive full-back to completely solve this problem.

Like Wenger, Guardiola also likes to buy young players.

This kind of player has a relatively large room for transformation and is more amenable to management. After buying it, he can transform it. If successful, he can become the cornerstone of the team and play for the team for a long time.

Even if it is unsuccessful, the price will not be very high, and someone will take over if it is sold.

He has just arrived at Manchester City and there is not much pressure on him to achieve results, so now he is thinking about how to build a team lineup that satisfies him.

So after the transfer period opened, Manchester City submitted a transfer offer to Bayern as soon as possible.

Manchester City plans to spend 80 million euros to take away these two people.

The offer was not low, but Bayern didn't even take a second look and directly rejected Manchester City's offer.

The Bundesliga is only halfway through, and the Champions League has only reached the knockout stages.

At this time, if Manchester City takes away their two main defenders, how will Bayern play in the second half of the season?

After Heynckes comes back, he is very ambitious and ready to do something big!

After being rejected by Bayern, Guardiola gave up on Boateng and made a separate offer to Alaba for 40 million euros.

It's difficult to take two people away, but if you take one person away, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?

And the price is very high. With Paris Saint-Germain's defense not short of players, it is impossible for any other club to offer a higher price than Manchester City.

However, Bayern still rejected Manchester City's offer. Bayern's general manager Hoeness even said that as long as Guardiola is in Manchester City, Bayern will not be able to make any transactions with Manchester City.

It seems that due to the previous termination of the contract between Guardiola and Bayern, the relationship between the two parties has been completely deadlocked.

With Bayern having no chance, Guardiola tried to make offers to several other teams, such as Real Madrid's Calhava, Dortmund's Hummels, etc., hoping to take away the opponent's main defender.

However, these offers were either rejected by clubs that were ambitious about performance, or some teams took the opportunity to drive up the prices and raise the prices to the sky.

A series of rejections hit Guardiola hard.

“It’s really hard to buy people during the winter break!”

After returning home tired, Guardiola took off his suit, threw himself on the sofa and lay down.

Lin Quan happened to be returning from playing football with his younger brother Marius. After hearing his words, he couldn't help but ask:

"Haven't you got the defender yet?"

"No, it's not that easy!"

Guardiola shook his head and sighed:

"These days, good defenders are as scarce as gold. You can't buy the ones you like at a high price. Are you going to buy the ones you don't like and use them as time bombs?"

Hearing Guardiola's words, Lin Quan nodded in agreement.

"How about I give you the detailed information?"

"you?"

Guardiola glanced at Lin Quan with some confusion. Does he also understand these things?

With the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living horse, Guardiola nodded:

"Well, tell me!"

"You just came from the Bundesliga. Have you followed the Bundesliga games?"

Guardiola nodded, indicating that he had paid attention.

The German league is running very well. Whether it is the Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2 or even Bundesliga 3 teams, their finances are relatively healthy.

Healthy finances allow them to operate stably, and a large football population base can also provide these teams with a steady stream of talents.

In addition, many teams, including Bayern, will loan young players to the Bundesliga 2 for upgrading, so the teams in the Bundesliga 2 are very strong and the games are not ugly.

"So do you have any impression of RB Leipzig's right back Kimmich?"

Guardiola thought for a while and nodded:

"Well, I have an impression. This kid has a very high football intelligence, has an excellent sense of defensive position on the field, and has a very good cross!"

Guardiola recalled it in his mind and found a memory fragment about Kimmich.

Guardiola will basically never forget this kind of player who can make his eyes shine once he sees it.

"Kimmich is just 19 years old now and is still very young. He can definitely be bought and trained as Zabaleta's heir.

And his worth is not expensive, estimated to be only around 7-10 million euros.

When he gets the hang of it, Zabaleta will probably retire, and he will be the perfect successor! "

"You think so highly of him?"

Guardiola was very surprised when he heard Lin Quan said that he wanted to train Michy to be Zabaleta's successor.

Guardiola knows Zabaleta's strength very well. He is one of the few players in Manchester City's defense that Guardiola can use with confidence.

Even captain Kompany has never achieved this!

"It's not that I'm optimistic about him, it's Bayern that is optimistic about him. Considering Lahm's age, Bayern will probably take action and buy him in the summer!"

"So if you don't want to miss the opportunity, now is the last time to take action. After Bayern expresses its intention to buy Kimmich, do you think you have a chance to steal someone from Bayern?"

Guardiola has coached Bayern, so he has a deeper understanding of Bayern's huge influence in the Bundesliga.

For the vast majority of German players, going to Bayern means that their probability of entering the German national team will be greatly increased.

Therefore, Bayern's invitation is almost impossible for them to refuse.

Many German players even lowered their worth and went to play for Bayern after learning that Bayern was interested in them.

This is also the reason why it is difficult for other Bundesliga teams to resist Bayern's poaching, leading to the dominance of one Bundesliga team.

All the good prospects have been poached by Bayern. Of course, other teams cannot compete with Bayern.

Guardiola didn't take it seriously at first, but Lin Quan's words made him dare not take it lightly.

It's no secret that Bayern are considering a successor for Lahm.

Lahm, who was born in 1983, is already quite old. He may only be able to play for Bayern for the last two or three seasons.

In this case, Bayern must identify candidates early and train them in advance to fill this vacancy after Lahm retires or leaves the team.

Kimmich's talent is outstanding and Bayern will take notice of him sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Guardiola made a decisive decision:

"Okay, I'll ask someone to make an offer to Leipzig!"

"Remember to be a little secretive and try not to let Bayern know in advance. Once Bayern intercepts the rumor, the possibility of buying someone will be very small!"

Lin Quan reminded.

"Well, I'll pay attention!"

Under Guardiola's instructions, Manchester City submitted an offer of 5 million euros to Red Bull Leipzig.

This price is completely sky-high for Leipzig Red Bull. They only paid 500,000 euros to buy Kimmich from Stuttgart. This guy has only played in the team for one year, and he can earn 10 times if he changes hands!

This gives Red Bull Leipzig an unreal feeling!

However, since the other party has made a bid, they have to bargain for it no matter what, right?

As a result, Leipzig Red Bull cautiously raised the price to 7 million euros.

They didn't dare to improve too much for fear of scaring away the sponsor.

However, after receiving Leipzig's offer, Manchester City didn't bother to bargain with the other party and directly agreed to the other party's price.

This made Leipzig stunned!

They feel like they are going to be short. With Manchester City's generous attitude, it seems that if they add more money, the other party will agree?

After the two parties reached an agreement, Manchester City's money was transferred to Leipzig Red Bull almost immediately.

Getting the money so quickly made Red Bull Leipzig very emotional.

It’s so cool to do business with a rich man like Manchester City!

Manchester City is not only generous and does not bargain, but the speed of payment is also leveraged.

It's a pity that the other party only takes a fancy to Kimmich. If they can take a fancy to others, then they can make more money.

Kimmich arrived at Manchester City quickly and passed the team's trial and medical examination.

During the trial, Guardiola was very satisfied with the 19-year-old player.

He believes that as long as Kimmich is properly trained, given time, he will definitely become the anchor of Manchester City's left defense!

Considering that this transfer was entirely based on Lin Quan's advice, this gave Guardiola a blind confidence in Lin Quan.

After completing Kimmich's transfer, he immediately came to ask Lin Quan for advice:

"The team still lacks a centre-back, a midfielder and a forward. Do you have any good candidates to recommend?"

Not to mention, Lin Quan really has it.

"As for the centre-back, Rudiger from Stuttgart is good. He should not be expensive at this time, and he has just suffered a serious injury. He can be purchased for less than 15 million euros."

"As for the midfielder, I know a very good defensive midfielder!"

"Oh? How powerful is it?"

Guardiola asked enthusiastically.

"Well, the upper limit can be as high as Makelele's, right?"

Guardiola's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

He and Makelele are players of the same era, and both are midfielders, so he knows better than anyone how terrifying Makelele was at his peak!

This is a strong man who can play as a defensive midfielder.

Without his presence, it would have been difficult for Real Madrid, which was top-heavy back then, to win the Champions League.

No wonder Casillas said that the player he misses the most is Makelele.

After all, after Makelele left the team, even though it had a large number of top stars such as Zidane, Ronaldo and Beckham, the Galaxy Battleship lacked a bottom line and quickly fell.

And after him, there are almost no players in football who can play as a single defensive midfielder.

That's why Guardiola was so surprised. He was very curious about who could be praised so highly by Lin Quan.

"He is a Frenchman who currently plays for Caen in Ligue 1. His name is N'Golo Kante!"