Chapter 968
Yang Huan didn't know that Manchester United was determined to poach his own corner, and he was not interested in knowing.
After announcing Messi's joining, he handled some aftermath in Southampton and returned to China for vacation.
Once this person has worked for a long time, even if it is a machine, he has to stop and change the oil. Isn’t it clearing the oil path?
It was not until Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes called a bloody and tearful accusation that Young Master Huan returned to the whirlpool of European football.
There is no way, as a secular person, how can you ignore common things?
Jorge Mendes' crying was not completely unreasonable. He worked hard to seduce Barcelona, persuaded him to sue his grandfather and finally convinced Barcelona to take out 35 million euros and decided to buy Argentine midfielder Biglia in Monaco.
But as a result, Michael Bolingbrook, the CEO of Neme and Monaco, had already reached an agreement with Manchester United to sell Biglia to Old Trafford for 45 million euros.
Didn’t this make all Jorge Mendes’ previous efforts in vain?
Yang Huan had no choice but to comfort her, promising her with kind words and promised to ask Mendes to do any big deal.
The Portuguese simply wanted to ask for favors in front of Young Master Huan, and they stopped when they saw the good news and agreed readily.
Yang Huan sighed, shook his head and smiled in his heart.
Michael Bolingbrook is making money for himself, earning an extra 15 million euros for no reason. Am I still unhappy? Such a good subordinate is not easy to find with a lantern!
After hanging up Mendes' phone call, Yang Huan also felt that the holiday was almost over, so she set off for the United States.
One of the important reasons why Southampton has arranged training in China this summer is that the Premier League carnival held by WeChat Video, including the Southampton Championship Trophy Exhibition.
As the European overlord who has won three consecutive Premier League titles and two consecutive Champions League titles, and coupled with the background of Chinese investors, the Saints have quickly become the most popular European giants among domestic fans in recent years.
Under the traction of Miracle Media, the first warm-up match after the summer training camp in Southampton was arranged in China's Longhai, the opponent was Tottenham Hotspur, who had just introduced Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.
This game has caused a huge response in the country, and it can be said that the whole country is paying attention.
Messi's gamble against Cristiano Ronaldo is absolutely attractive.
However, it is very regrettable that Cristiano Ronaldo played the whole game in this warm-up match, but Messi only played halftime and was replaced by Sanchez.
But even so, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and Messi scored one goal.
The game ended with Southampton beating Tottenham Hotspur four-two, winning its first win in the warm-up match.
This peak showdown between the Premier League giants and the world's number one superstars quickly detonated the entire summer warm-up match.
After playing this game, Southampton rushed to the United States, and the two major international Champions League competitions were also played in a hot game.
The Saints once again proved their strong appeal in North America.
Southampton's first international champions Cup match in North America was arranged to be held in Seattle's Century Internet Stadium on the West Coast.
This is the home court of the Seattle Seahawks, with a capacity of 67,000 people, but this game has flooded with more than 70,000 fans.
As a result, under the witness of the fans on the scene, the Saints defeated Manchester City 3-1 without any danger.
Although Manchester City's two new players Abu Bakar and De Bruyne both appeared, while Southampton spent 150 million euros to introduce Messi, who did not even make the roster, the Saints still proved their strength with their dominant performance.
Judging from the two games against Tottenham and Manchester City, the media is quite satisfied with Ancelotti's coaching.
The Italian coach basically inherited Bielsa's tactical system and did not make much changes overall.
Even in the arrangement of troops, it basically followed Bielsa's main force last season.
The goalkeepers are Neuer, Luke Shaw, Laporte, Varane and Chambers in the back of the midfield, Tony Cross, Pogba and Fabregas are in the front, and Hazard, Suarez and Sanchez are in the trident.
Superstar Messi only played halftime in Longhai's Premier League match, and did not even make the roster against Manchester City in the International Champions League.
It’s not that Messi was injured, but because the team doctors gave suggestions after conducting detailed examinations on Messi’s body.
Several players participating in the Copa America this summer, such as Danilo, Oscar and Di Maria, and Southampton are given extended holiday treatments to allow them to rest well.
Although Messi was stimulated by the Copa America and was unwilling to continue on holidays, the team doctors were unwilling to let him participate in high-intensity training and competitions too early, but instead formulated a targeted recovery training plan for him.
This is also a solution.
You should know that Messi has been overused in the past few years, especially in the past two years, and his body has been quite tired. It can even be said that if he does not adjust and recover properly, Messi will continue to suffer injuries in the future.
So, out of protection, Southampton will not arrange Messi to participate in the game too early.
After defeating Manchester City in the first game, the Saints continued to move south along the West Coast, and soon defeated Juventus three-to-zero respectively, narrowly defeating Bayern Munich 2-1, and won three consecutive victories in the group stage of the International Champions League.
Later in the knockout round of the semi-finals, the Saints defeated Atletico Madrid 2-0 and successfully reached the final.
This time, the final was scheduled to be held in New York, against Southampton and Real Madrid.
Ancelotti met his old club again, but showed no mercy. While Benitez's team had not yet been formed, he completely defeated Real Madrid 4-0 and won the North American championship in the International Champions League.
Suarez was elected the top scorer in the North American division with six goals in five games.
But unexpectedly, the Saints midfielder Paul Pogba was elected as the best player.
After Di Maria delayed returning to the team due to the Copa America, Pogba played as the team's midfielder, but the French midfielder star was surprisingly able to perform with four goals and five assists in five games.
Especially in the final, Pogba scored one shot and two passes and was elected as the best player in the final.
This also made everyone sigh at the Saints' strong bench strength, and it also made people curious about the arrangement of Southampton's new season. With Pogba's outstanding performance, he is definitely worthy of a main position.
However, Di Maria's performance last season was also impressive. Who should do it?
Some people believe that Fabregas, who performed well in the International Champions League, should be defeated, and Pogba will partner with Di Maria.
The combination of the frontcourt Trident is also expected.
Perhaps due to the stimulation of Messi's joining, Sanchez performed quite vigorously in the International Champions League, and he had the determination and courage to defend his main position even when facing Messi.
If Messi will definitely occupy one of the positions, it has become a big suspense to who Ancelotti will take.
Atletico Madrid, which also in the North American division, won third place.
Simeone's team has only one signing this season, that is, to introduce Brazilian player William from Tottenham Hotspur.
But for the bed sheet army, this is more like strengthening the strength of the bench.
However, judging from the performance in the International Champions League, the four midfielders of Isco, Crichoviak, Ilia Lamendi and Cork performed very steadily, and their overall strength has steadily improved compared to last season.
The North American competition area is very popular, and the Asian competition area is also exciting.
Especially Inter Milan, which introduced a midfielder's strong aid to Pjanic, won five consecutive victories in one go, defeating Barcelona, Manchester United and other giant teams to win the Asian championship.
Klopp's arrangement is not surprising. The defense line basically continued the configuration of last season, and the main change was in the midfield and frontcourt.
Pjanic plays the role of midfield organizer, and he has partnered with Khdira and Nayinggolan, and the results are both very good.
In the front midfielder position, Dybala undoubtedly suppressed Jovitic and took charge.
On the front line, Aubameyang is the main player, Felipe Anderson on the left and Quadrado on the right.
Inter Milan's forward combination is very powerful. In five games of the International Champions League, he scored fifteen goals, which was quite fierce and his defense was very strong, so he conceded three goals.
This also makes people look forward to Klopp's team's performance in the new season.
On the contrary, Monaco, which shined last season, was eliminated in the group stage this season.
Koman's team ushered in a round of metabolism after sending away players such as Biglia, Tularang and Capue.
The joining of Schneiderlin, Sanson and Wan Yama made the competition in the midfield fierce.
Koeman tried many different sets of combinations, but the results were not very satisfactory.
Judging from the performance of the International Champions League, Koeman still has a long way to go if Monaco wants to continue his outstanding performance last season.
However, on the front line, although the newly-joined Hernandez was a newcomer, he showed aggressive spirit from the beginning, and he was very stunning to compete with Mitrovic for the number one striker. His performance in the International Champions League also beat Warcraft II.
Due to the recent lack of plans to expand the international Champions League, and the shortage of places in the competition, Hamburg, Ajax and other teams were unable to participate in the International Champions League, but they all participated in the North American Challenge and Asian Invitational organized by Miracle Media.
It is worth mentioning the burger.
With the strong recommendation of Tuchel, Hamburg signed German midfielder Geis from Mainz this summer, and spent 30 million euros to introduce Gotze from Bayern Munich. These two players and Weigel formed the Hamburg team's midfield lineup for the new season.
On the defense line, Gentle replaced Dick Meyer as the right back, Dante and Emre Jan formed a central defender combination, Kolashinac was the left back, and goalkeeper Oblak, the Hamburg team's lineup was also strong.
Judging from the performance of the warm-up match, Tuchel's team is also worth looking forward to.
At least, with Hamburg's current card, the possibility of competing for the league championship is still relatively small, but there should be no problem in maintaining the qualification for the Champions League.
This is also in line with Yang Huan's positioning of the Hamburg team.
At least in the next two or three years, the Hamburg team will accumulate more.
To take the initiative to compete with Bayern Munich for the championship too early, this may not be a good thing for Hamburg.
Of course, Hamburg will not target the championship, but if you have the chance, you will definitely strive for one.
After all, the Bundesliga Peking University kings have not seen the championship trophy for decades. If they can win one and stimulate the fans, it will definitely be a good thing.
As soon as the International Champions League came to an end, August was approaching.
Southampton returned to the United Kingdom from the United States and began preparing for the Community Shield Cup, against Arsenal.
And Yang Huan also ushered in a major event.
That is the Premier League Presidents Summit in March.
Chapter completed!