Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 348 The Surprise of the Transfer

The World Cup has entered the knockout stage. The top [-] will be played first, followed by the top eight. In nine days of competition, twelve teams will be eliminated.

There are a total of sixteen teams, and it is cruel enough to quickly eliminate twelve teams.

This kind of rule has long been known, and fans will accept it. If a certain team is eliminated in the quarterfinals, even top teams such as Brazil, France, and Italy, it is no big deal.

The England team was eliminated, but it was always accompanied by various news.

Perhaps it is because England has attracted the attention of the world. They are one of the most expensive teams in the World Cup in Germany. To be precise, they are ranked third, second only to Italy and Brazil.

Such a high player value, coupled with being known as "the strongest England team in the past 30 years", will naturally become the focus of fans' attention.

It's a pity that 'Focus' failed in 'Traditional Weakness'.

penalty.

Penalty shootouts in the World Cup are brutal, but they are even more brutal against the England team. They have been beaten by penalties in major competitions, whether it is the 'heartbeat' Beckham or the 'calm' Gerrard , Lampard, both have missed penalties.

It's embarrassing.

Among the many media reports, coupled with Zhang Yang's early guess that 'England will fail with a penalty kick', it becomes even more embarrassing.

In fact, the situation is more interesting than the illustration.

Zhang Yang said 'England will lose the game on penalties' before he boarded the plane back to London and the England team in Germany became very lively. Eriksson rebuked this statement and said, "We'll end the game in nine 10 minutes!"

Lampard, Joe Cole, and Terry also stood up and said, "The final winner must be the England team!"

Even David Beckham said, "Everyone is very confident, the situation is not as he said, we will work hard to win the game."

Then, England lost on penalties.

After the game, many media and fans also attributed the reason to Zhang Yang, thinking that his statement put pressure on the England team, which caused the England team's penalty kick to be "so stinky".

"My reason?"

In an interview, Zhang Yang was very surprised, "A word of mine can actually affect the state of the England team? It's a great honor. Maybe there will be a major competition in the future, and all participating teams should ask my opinion. If I criticize Opponent, the performance of the opponent will be affected. Maybe this can be a good way to work?"

This is of course irony.

Then Zhang Yang said his 'voice', "I like the England team, like Lampard, Gerrard, Beckham and other players. In fact, when I was young, I used to be their fan and I liked watching their games very much. .”

This sentence made the reporter very sad, because Zhang Yang is much younger than him, and the other party actually said "when I was young", how old was that?
ten years old?

15 years old?
"I just don't like the Swedes. He likes to bring his personal feelings to work. My team is number one in the league, and none of them entered the national team. This is unimaginable."

"I remember that in May, I mentioned this issue, but no one agrees with me. They think that without Bent, without Simpson and Morris, the England team is still a strong team in the world. Yes, I admit this is true, but With a manager like that, it's no wonder that the England team can perform well, and the players will be affected and lose confidence."

"That's probably why they missed the penalty. It wasn't me. Of course, everyone will know about it. They should look at themselves, the players who missed the penalty, the whole team, what happened. What's the problem? Why do you always end up in penalty shootouts? If this happened to a club, I'm sure the coach will be fired if he can't solve it, otherwise all opponents will know their weaknesses, but the England team has been playing for more than ten years It didn’t work out, so what’s the reason?”

"Those players performed very well at the club, but they couldn't even score in the national team. I'm sorry, I said that. I only scored one penalty in four rounds. I can't imagine that even a non-professional team can do it. better!"

Zhang Yang criticized and satirized the England team, but the reporter was very happy. Of course he supported the England team, but more importantly, he had a lot to report.

After Zhang Yang was asked about Millwall, this period of time is of course about transfers.

Zhang Yang said, "There should be reports on the news. We have finalized three players, Abbearo, Zambrotta and Quaresma. But what is certain is that our lineup is not complete, and there will be more players in the future." New additions."

This sentence is very important.

When the content of Zhang Yang’s interview was reported, not to mention how uncomfortable the disbanded England team was, the media began to dig deeper into Millwall’s transfer description, and they quickly found new news——
Millwall have signed a young Chinese goalkeeper Li Wei.

Li Wei?

This is a very strange name.

"Television Sports" made a special report on this, and mentioned in the report, "Li Wei was introduced by Zhang Yang, and the transfer fee was only a symbolic RMB 1. His arrival seems to be related to Millwall's China promotion plan. , but he's probably going to be Millwall's third goalkeeper anyway?"

Millwall's first goalkeeper: Hislop.

Second goalkeeper: Graham Stark.

The former third goalkeeper, Masterson, is determined to be loaned out, and Li Wei will be Masterson's replacement.

Of course, a third goalkeeper can hardly attract attention.

Just three days later, the "Times" reported new news that Millwall was in contact with the Liverpool club, possibly related to the youth talent Barragan.

This is 'grape' news.

The British media's 'grape' news has always been accurate. Two days later, the Millwall club announced that it had introduced Liverpool defender Antonio Barragan for £250 million.

"It's a complementary transfer."

Media comments.

Antonio Barragan is a Spanish player. He was born in 1987. He is only 19 years old. He was born in the Seville youth training camp. He joined the Liverpool club last year and only played three times for Liverpool. , It can also be regarded as a defender genius. What is worthy of him is that he was also selected for the Spanish U-17, U-19 and U20 national youth teams.

Barragan's experience is enough to prove that he is worth cultivating, but Liverpool found that Barragan could not often represent the team in a short period of time, so they decided to sell him.

Millwall just needed to supplement the lineup, so he chose to introduce Barragan.

Young players like Barragan are still lacking in strength, but they are enough to supplement the depth of the bench. Zhang Yang stood up and welcomed Barragan, "I am very happy to complete this deal. Barragan is in Liverpool. Already got experience and would add nicely to our squad."

Zambrotta was determined to transfer next. Millwall and Juventus reached an agreement on the transfer offer. Zambrotta's transfer fee was 1600 million euros. The difference was that the three parties officially signed the contract.

Zambrotta's transfer is confirmed, and all the media are unanimously acclaimed. No one will question Zambrotta's ability. He has already proved his excellence and excellence in the world arena.

Some Millwall supported the media and said, "Millwall's defense will be more solid!"

"Looking forward to Zambrotta's performance!"

Soon another heavyweight news was revealed. Former Arsenal winger Pires chose to join Millwall on a free transfer.

This is big news!

Pires has always been a player who has attracted much attention. Before the end of last season, Pires and Arsenal quarreled endlessly over the new contract. Pires hoped to extend the contract for two years after the contract expired in the summer, but Arsenal insisted on players over 30 years old. Players can only renew their contracts year by year, and the incident has not been resolved until May.

On May 2006, 5, the UEFA Champions League final held at the Stade de France in Paris, France, was the last game Pires played for Arsenal.

Afterwards Pires was free.

Due to a dispute with French coach Domenech, Pires missed the chance to appear in the World Cup, and he received much less attention. Many media speculated that Pires would choose to return to France or join other league teams. Unexpectedly, , Millwall actually persuaded Pires to join.

This is amazing!
In fact, Pires was also a surprise for Zhang Yang. Pires was not on his transfer list, but when he said that the team needed a winger, the club began to contact some outstanding players, and Pires was among them. His The signing was single-handedly brokered by Wilkinson.

Zhang Yang couldn't help giving Wilkinson a thumbs up, "You can actually convince Pires!"

"He wanted to stay in England, provided his salary requirements were met. I thought about it and said yes."

Wilkinson explained.

"How much?" Zhang Yang asked with interest.

"The annual salary is 300 million." Wilkinson's answer, the suffix unit is of course the pound.

"It's worth it."

Zhang Yang nodded affirmatively.

Carefully understand the process of Pires not renewing his contract with Arsenal, but chose to sign with Millwall. In fact, we still have to thank Wenger and the Arsenal club who are 'foolish'.

Wenger is a good coach, but he is a bit too stubborn in some things.

The Arsenal club has a player contract policy: players over the age of 30 need to sign a contract once a year. The club's consideration is that it can motivate players to maintain their state, but at the same time it will also make players over the age of 30 feel uneasy.

That was the case with Pires.

Pires is almost 33 years old, but he has always been stable. When the contract expires, he only hopes to renew it for two years, but Arsenal directly chooses to refuse. Choose to leave.

Arsenal club is also helpless.

Pires is just a player, and players who perform well should be taken care of, but Pires is not alone in making an exception. Other similar players will definitely ask for an extension of the contract period, and the problem will become bigger by then.

(End of this chapter)