Glory Greenery

Chapter 410 Kanter
In this warm-up match that Manchester City is about to start, no one cares who the Boulogne Football Club has. The media has only one goal, and that is the performance of Manchester City's new players this season.

Perhaps in order to see the tacit understanding between the new aid and the team, Mancini's starting lineup at the beginning did not disappoint the media who came from afar.

The usual formation of 4231, from defender to forward, several new aid coefficients played.

On the defense line, the left back is Kolarov, who won the championship last season, the center back is the deputy team Kompany, and the new aid Dial Silva who chose the No. 3 jersey. It was Maicon who chose the No. 28 jersey.

In the defensive midfielder position, Yaya Toure is partnered with England star Rodwell. With this arrangement, Mancini is obviously ready to try the quality of the England star.

In the midfield, Silvare can't move the midfielder. As the Premier League assist leader last season, he can be called the brain of Manchester City's midfielder.

The position of the left midfielder is the most attractive player in this warm-up match, Manchester City captain, No. 17 Yang Mo.

Needless to say, the right midfielder, No. 16 Aguero, although he joined halfway last season, Aguero also made a contribution that cannot be ignored to Manchester City's double crown.

The last center position is Ibrahimovic, the hottest topic among Manchester City's signings this season.

In the eyes of the outside world, Ibrahimovic, a player with a strong personality, will settle in Manchester City, and he will inevitably erase some friction with Yang Mo. Many people are waiting to watch the excitement.

But these outside public opinions are actually nonsense in the eyes of discerning people. This can be seen from Ibrahimovic's choice of jersey skills.

After Adebayor and Dzeko left, Manchester City's No. 9 and No. 10 jerseys were all vacant.

After Ibrahimovic joined, these two jerseys can be chosen arbitrarily. In his previous career, Ibrahimovic actually wore No. 9 the most.

As we all know, No. 10 is recognized as the core number in the team, but when Ibrahimovic chose the jersey, he chose No. 9.

On the day Ibrahimovic joined, Yang Mo also jokingly said to Ibrahimovic: "I thought you would choose No. 10."

Ibrahimovic did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "Didn't you also choose No. 10?"

Both of them are extremely talented and arrogant people. Needless to say, everyone knows that the real core cannot be determined by a jersey number.

Now Yang Mo's No. 17 jersey is the best-selling jersey in the world, and Manchester City can make a lot of money every year just relying on Yang Mo's jersey.

Especially in China, although domestic pirated jerseys are rampant, the problem is that the fan base is large enough. After all, the Chinese market alone accounts for more than half of Yang Mo's genuine jersey sales.

If Yang Mo suddenly changed his jersey number to 99 now, the sales of the No. 99 Manchester City jersey would immediately soar.

This really proves that the significance of the number does not lie in itself, but in who is wearing him.

With the referee's whistle blown by Boulogne's assistant coach, the first warm-up game of Manchester City's new season officially began.

After Ibrahimovic and Aguero kicked off, Aguero turned around and passed the ball to Silva. Silva did not hesitate, and sent a diagonal pass to the running Yang Mo.

Manchester City's opening tactic was very simple, just to beat Yang Mo.

Of course, this is what the fans and the media most want to see.

Bearing the obstruction of Boulogne's right midfielder, Yang Mo put his right foot on the ground, and easily unloaded the ball from Silva in front of him, and quickly got rid of the defender.

Dribbling the ball along the left side and advancing continuously, Yang Mo's eyes were also scanning his teammates, preparing for the next move.

Seeing that both Ibrahimovic and Aguero were heading towards the Boulogne penalty area, he felt that he cut in to attract the attention of the opponent's players, and then looked for opportunities to pass.

But at the moment when Yang Mo dribbled the ball and started to cut inside, he felt a small black player from Boulogne suddenly burst out from the blind spot on the right side of his body, stretching his leg towards the football under his feet and stealing it.

The Boulogne player's interception, whether it is timing or skill, is quite accurate.

Although the opponent is not tall, he is not weak in confrontation, and it is very uncomfortable to hold Yang Mo.

Yang Mo was a little surprised to encounter such a high-quality defense in a Ligue [-] team.

However, it was just a surprise.

The player's choice is good, but he is still a bit inexperienced, especially against him.

If an ordinary player encounters this kind of steal, he may be intercepted by the opponent, but Yang Mo is definitely not an ordinary player.

The strong physical fitness first resisted the defensive player, and suddenly pulled the football with his right foot while running, and the player who was running next to Yang Mo couldn't stop the car and rushed out.

And Yang Mo, who was pulling the ball, turned around by inertia, and went around the defensive player's inside.

Immediately after Yang Mo dribbled the ball and accelerated again, this Boulogne defender, who had performed well just now, immediately lost his position.

But it is a pity that although Yang Mo passed two players in a row, although the pass was beautiful, Ibrahimovic and Aguero failed to seize the opportunity to score the ball in front of the goal.

Ibrahimovic completely lacked tacit understanding with Yang Mo and failed to grab the spot in the first place. Although Aguero touched the football with his foot, he had no choice but to shoot the ball too crookedly and directly missed the post.

Although Manchester City's first attack at the opening failed, many media still saw something from it.

First of all, Yang Mo, the absolute core of Manchester City, is still in terrible condition after the summer break. Although Boulogne's defensive players have been very active, they still have nothing to do with Yang Mo.

Although the topic of new aid Ibrahimovic is high enough, because of the short joining time, he obviously does not adapt to the rhythm of Manchester City, and also lacks the tacit understanding with his teammates.

But despite this, Manchester City easily won the game in the end.

A random star from the Manchester City team is worth as much as Boulogne's team. With such a gap, Boulogne will be damned if he doesn't lose.

When the game ended, the score was fixed at 0-4, which is not an exaggerated number. After all, it was a warm-up match, and it was still on their home court. Manchester City showed some sympathy.

In the game, the best performer was still Yang Mo, who contributed super data of two shots and one pass.

Interestingly, one of the two goals was scored with Yang Mo's most unusual header.

And this header is by no means what it used to be, it looks like it was scored by luck, but it was scored with a top kick in a free kick taken by Kolarov.

Although Yang Mo's header skills do not seem to be top-notch, having and not having it are two different things.

And Yang Mo's only assist in the game was to help Ibrahimovic score his first goal after joining Manchester City.

At that time, Ibrahimovic's running position was very tricky. It is reasonable to say that it is difficult for even familiar teammates to send the ball immediately, but Yang Mo seemed to know it in the preliminaries, and he passed the ball tacitly. The long leg scored with a swing of the ball.

After the goal, Ibrahimovic was also very surprised by Yang Mo's pass.

I don't know why, Ibrahimovic always feels that after joining Manchester City, Yang Mo is getting more familiar with his habits day by day, it feels as if Yang Mo was an old teammate with him.

Ibrahimovic, who was puzzled, could only attribute this to Yang Mo's talent in the end.

At the end of the game, the performance of the new players has also come to light, vividly on paper.

Although Ibrahimovic's first goal was scored against the underdog Boulogne, a goal can at least prove that Ibrahimovic can integrate into Manchester City and make contributions to Manchester City.

In addition to Ibrahimovic, the other new players who started this game, Maicon's excellent experience allows him to perform with ease no matter whether he is attacking forward or defending in the backcourt.

And Thiago Silva's performance as a central defender has caused Boulogne's offensive players to suffer countless hardships on him, and he is also worthy of his worth of 4600 million euros.

However, not all the performances of the new players are satisfactory. The performance of the starting midfielder Rodwell made Mancini very annoyed.

I don't know whether it's because of my nervousness or lack of skills. Rodwell made many mistakes in the first half when facing a Ligue [-] team like Boulogne, and gave Boulogne an impulsive Penalty.

Had it not been for Joe Hart's brave play to save the penalty kick, the final score would have been 1-4.

Mancini obviously couldn't be satisfied with this performance, he was replaced by Barry before the end of the first half, and Rodwell was also depressed when he left the field, obviously he was not satisfied with his performance.

For Rodwell's experience, Yang Mo did not sympathize, because the professional arena is so cruel.

British superstars, the next-generation midfield core of English football, are all blown out by the media, and they are all falsehoods. Only strength is the foundation of everything.

Rodwell can't say that he has no strength, but it's definitely not as exaggerated as the British media touted. If it weren't for the reason of the British household registration, Rodwell's worth would definitely not be sold at the price of 1400 million.

It's fine for others to listen to this kind of nonsense, but if the parties involved also believe it, then the problem will be big.

The high-profile transfer to the double champion Manchester City, under the brainless praise of the British media, Rodwell, who is only a few months older than him, has been somewhat lost in the vanity bubbles of the British media, and cannot see his own strength clearly up.

In the recent days of training, Yang Mo could feel the arrogance that Rodwell tried to hide, and there was a kind of enthusiasm to prove himself in Manchester City.

But apart from these, Yang Mo didn't see Rodwell doing what a player would do, that is, learning, training, and integrating into the Manchester City team.

The praise of outsiders and one's own pride cannot improve one's own strength.

If you don't recognize the gap, don't work hard to improve your own level, you will only complain that others don't give you the opportunity, so you will only stop moving forward, and you will not be able to grasp the opportunity when you are given it.

On the contrary, Yang Mo felt that the short player in Boulogne's defense was better than Rodwell in this game.

This defensive player caused him a lot of trouble after the whole game, and as the game progressed, as he defended him more times, Yang Mo could clearly feel the opponent's progress.

Yang Mo was shocked by the prediction of talent, accurate positioning, and amazing learning ability.

The most important thing is that when Boulogne fell behind by four goals in the second half and other players started to give up, this player's fighting spirit remained undiminished. Yang Mo admired this attitude of not admitting defeat.

After the game, Yang Mo took the initiative to exchange jerseys with this player. This is definitely a player with great potential.

N'Golo Kanter, a Frenchman, was born in March 1991 like Rodwell.

This is the player's information that Yang Mo found out after asking the Boulogne staff after the game.

Because of the ability shown by the opponent in the game, Yang Mo was going to suggest that Manchester City buy him, but before Yang Mo could speak, he met the opponent again.

On the afternoon after the game, when Yang Mo walked into Boulogne's training room, he found that Kanter had come earlier than him and was doing training inside.

Seeing Kanter, Yang Mo took the initiative to reach out his hand and said, "We meet again, Mr. Kanter."

As an unknown player in the French third team, Yang Mo took the initiative to exchange jerseys with him on the field today, which is enough to surprise Kanter.

But I didn't expect Yang Mo to be so friendly this time, without any airs of a superstar, which really made Kanter a little confused about what to say.

The most important thing is that Yang Mo actually knew his name. With a trace of doubt, Kanter stretched out his hand, his voice trembling, "You... hello, how do you know my name?"

Seeing Kanter's strange look, Yang Mo smiled slightly, "I asked Mr. Cliff."

Cliff was an assistant coach at Boulogne, and Kanter naturally knew him.

But after solving Kanter's doubts, Yang Mo's next sentence made Kanter's heart beat wildly, and he could no longer keep calm.

"Kante, are you interested in playing for Manchester City?"

When he said these words, Yang Mo was in a trance for a while. When he was a fledgling in the Eredivisie, the captain of Feyenoord had invited him like this.

But today, he has also become the captain who can invite others to join.

"Are you sure you're not joking?" Kanter's expression was four words, unbelievable!
He is just an ordinary player in the lower leagues of France. His performance was mediocre last season, and the team was even relegated from the second division to the third division.

But now just because of a warm-up match, he has been invited by Yang Mo, one of the best players in world football today, to join last season's double champion Manchester City.

No one cares about France C, and the brilliant Premier League, how big the gap is between the two, even if you are not a professional player, just an ordinary fan can know.

That's why Kanter couldn't believe it, and felt that Yang Mo was joking.

"Of course you can come, but whether you can gain the trust of Mr. Mancini depends on your own efforts." Yang Mo didn't say anything big, "So, are you willing to accept my invitation and come to Manchester City?"

Hearing Yang Mo emphasize it again, Kanter finally understood that the one of the world's top stars in front of him was indeed not joking with him.

Trying hard to suppress his frantically beating heartbeat, Kanter found that he couldn't do it at all.

Seemingly afraid that Yang Mo would go back on his word, Kanter said in an excited and fast voice: "Of course I would like to join Manchester City! Mr. Yang."

After Kanter agreed, Yang Mo brought Kanter to Mancini the next day.

"Yang... are you serious?" Mancini looked at the short Kanter with a headache.

In yesterday's warm-up match, although Yang Mo felt that Kanter had caused him a lot of trouble, in the eyes of outsiders, the immature Kanter couldn't guard Yang Mo at all.

Therefore, including Mancini, no one can see what is outstanding about this short player, and the opponent still plays such an important position as a midfielder, which makes Mancini feel that Yang Mo's suggestion is not reliable. Spectrum.

But the problem is that now it is Yang Mo who suggests that Manchester City sign this player, which makes Mancini a headache.

It stands to reason that players should not dare to transfer the team, after all, that is the authority of the head coach, but Yang Mo is different in Manchester City.

Whether Manchester City can win the double crown, Yang Mo has played a decisive role in both the league and the Champions League.

In today's Manchester City, Yang Mo is the treasure in the eyes of the big bosses Mansour and Mubarak, the king in the eyes of the fans, the leader in the hearts of the players, and his status far exceeds that of the head coach Mancini.

If it wasn't for Yang Mo's help in the middle of the season and Manchester City won the double at the end of the season, Mancini might have been swept out by Manchester City long ago.

If Mancini doesn't pay attention to Yang Mo's wishes and conflicts with Yang Mo, then it is self-evident who will leave in the end.

Thinking of this, although Mancini still felt that it was unreliable to buy Kanter, a short midfielder, he still bit the bullet and asked Mubarak to make a recommendation.

"French third player? Yang suggested?" Hearing what Mancini said, Mubarak thought for a while before making a decision. "Go talk to Boulogne and buy him. As for how to use it, you decide."

From the beginning to the end, Mubarak agreed without even asking the name of the person to buy. The purpose is quite clear, because this is the player suggested by Yang Mo.

After being affirmed by Mubarak, Manchester City quickly submitted a transfer request for Kanter to Boulogne.

Faced with Manchester City's "sky-high price" transaction request of 50 euros, Boulogne was stunned by the euro on the spot, and immediately agreed to the transfer application.

On July 7, an accurate message appeared on Manchester City's official website. Manchester City bought Kanter, a 16-year midfielder, from France's Boulogne for 50 euros.

After such heavyweight transfer news as Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, and Rodwell, the mere 50 euros has not attracted the attention of the media, let alone an unknown player from France [-].

Immediately afterwards, Manchester City announced that Kanter from France [-] was loaned to the Serie A team Parma. Now it seems that no one cares about the player who has just been bought by Manchester City.

PS: 5000-word chapter, I hope everyone will be satisfied
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