Chapter 215 De Bruyne’s transfer turmoil

Author: Xue Niao

Chapter 215 De Bruyne’s transfer turmoil

In the highlight of this round, Moyes' Manchester United defeated Arsenal, second in the standings, 1:0 at home, allowing Manchester City to once again expand its lead.

After 11 rounds, their current record is 10 wins and 1 draw, ranking first with 31 points.

Arsenal has 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, temporarily ranking second with 25 points.

With Arsenal's unexpected loss, the point difference between the two teams has widened to 6 points.

With the current status and schedule of the two teams, Manchester City is very likely to lock in the half-time championship in advance.

In the history of the Premier League, the probability of the half-time champion winning the championship is over 60%, and this is the result of Arsenal continuously lowering the probability.

Therefore, the gold content of the half-distance championship is relatively high.

Among the top clubs in the Premier League, except for Chelsea and Arsenal, the remaining teams have all won.

Chelsea's condition has become particularly sluggish since they were tied by Manchester City at home. In the last round, they were swept 2:0 by the Magpies on the road.

In this round, they were tied 2:2 at home by mid-lower team West Bromwich Albion.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that something is wrong with Mourinho's Chelsea.

And the problem is very serious!

This is a result that no one expected.

At the beginning of the season, when it was learned that Mourinho was about to return to Chelsea, the outside world was generally optimistic about Madman's coaching prospects with the Blues.

However, in just a few months, there have been more and more doubts about Mourinho and Chelsea.

The Blues are second only to Manchester City in terms of investment in the transfer market. Their goal this season is definitely to win the league championship and the Champions League.

However, after 11 rounds, Chelsea had 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, and only scored 19 points, which was lower than the score of Manchester United, which was not optimistic at the beginning of the season.

This record is completely unworthy of Chelsea's investment and outside expectations.

On the contrary, it is Moyes, the head coach of the Red Devils. After Manchester United has overcome the initial setbacks, its performance in recent games has improved.

After a wave of three consecutive victories, Manchester United's points reached 20 points, temporarily ranking fifth in the standings, beating their old rivals the Blues.

Mourinho's criticism of Moyes in the second round of the league seemed to have turned into a boomerang and hit himself on the head.

Seeing their old rivals being unlucky and their own team's state continuing to improve, the Red Devils fans began to sneer at Chelsea.

Who told Mourinho that he likes to criticize Manchester United?

Manchester United has many opponents in the league, including city rivals Manchester City, league rivals Liverpool and Arsenal, and blue team Chelsea, all of which have deep grievances with Manchester United.

However, the fans of the Red Devils did not attack other teams, but only attacked Chelsea, which speaks volumes.

For Moyes, after successive home victories against his two bitter rivals, Liverpool and Arsenal, he gradually began to gain recognition from Red Devils fans.

The demands of the Red Devils fans are simple. As long as Moyes can lead the team to crush some of Manchester United's old rivals, it doesn't matter even if they don't win the Premier League championship in the end.

Now, Manchester United has defeated Arsenal and Liverpool. As long as they can complete their revenge against Chelsea and Manchester City, it will be perfect!

However, with Manchester City's current state, it doesn't seem that easy to defeat them at home.

Of course, some people don't think so.

The reporter who previously wrote an article in the Manchester Evening News criticizing Manchester City for suffering from Lin Quan dependence published another article after the end of this round of games.

"Manchester City's away game against Sunderland proved my previous inference that Manchester City relies too much on Lin Quan!"

"By observing the operation of Manchester City's offensive system in the frontcourt in this game, we can find that Lin Quan almost dominated all the offenses in Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt.

I think this is not a good thing. Football is a team sport, and relying too much on one player will lead to serious consequences.

In this game, Sunderland restricted Lin Quan's breakthrough and shooting very well, and did not give him a good chance.

If he hadn't been a bit unlucky in the end and he scored a free kick, the weak Sunderland might have been able to draw with the powerful Manchester City in this game.

I think this game should serve as a warning to Manchester City.

They must change their reliance on Lin Quan, otherwise, once he is restricted by opponents or his own condition fluctuates, Manchester City's offensive threat will be greatly reduced.

If Manchester City cannot make changes as soon as possible, their record will inevitably plummet."

After this report was published, it attracted a lot of attention.

Although the game between Manchester City and Sunderland is not the focus of this round, for many mid-to-lower teams, this game is far more important than the strong showdown between the giants.

The countermeasures adopted by Sunderland in the game are a style of play that they can all imitate.

The Black Cats' lineup is not much better than other teams. Since they can make Manchester City so embarrassed by setting up a bus at their home court, then other teams can naturally do the same.

Lin Quan also saw this article. Except for the second half of the point of view, which he did not agree with, he did agree with the analysis of the first half.

After David Silva's injury, Manchester City lacked an organizer in the frontcourt.

Moreover, he is the only person in the Manchester City team who is qualified for this role, so he can only wear multiple hats, taking on the responsibility of blaster and forward attack.

In positional battles, he is also responsible for organizing the offense, distributing the ball, and even controlling the rhythm of the game like a defensive midfielder.

Lin Quan himself is not willing to be the core.

He would rather imagine that when he was at Werder Bremen, there was De Bruyne behind him who could pass the ball to him all the time. In that case, he could shoot with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Lin Quan suddenly remembered, why has De Bruyne been so silent recently?

I took a look at Chelsea's lineup for this round, and I didn't see De Bruyne in either the starting lineup or the substitutes.

It seems like this guy hasn't played in a game for a long time!

Thinking of this, Lin Quan picked up his mobile phone and called De Bruyne, wanting to ask him what he was doing recently.

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At the Cobham training base about 20 miles away from Stamford Bridge, a young player wearing a dark blue jersey with the number 15 on the back is practicing free kicks one after another on the field.

Sweat kept falling down his temples and dripping on the jersey on his shoulders.

The dark blue jersey was wet with sweat and stuck tightly to his body, completely highlighting his figure.

Several club staff hurriedly passing by the training base were a little surprised to see someone coming to practice so early.

But after discovering that it was De Bruyne who was practicing, they all shook their heads.

"Oh, this kid is working hard, but what's the use of working harder?"

The old doorman sighed, feeling somewhat unworthy of De Bruyne.

The opponent came to the Cobham training base on time to train every day, rain or shine.

The doorman witnessed with his own eyes that De Bruyne was as thin as a bamboo pole when he first came to Chelsea, and he has developed such a muscular body.

Based on his years of observing professional players, De Bruyne's current physical confrontation is completely fine for him to gain a foothold in the Premier League.

However, I don't know whether it is because of prejudice or other reasons, Mourinho just doesn't like to use him.

De Bruyne has not played in a game for two months since he came on as a substitute for five minutes in the fifth round of the league.

In recent rounds of games, whether in the league or the Champions League, he has not been included in the 18-man roster.

After De Bruyne missed many games in a row, he realized that he had no future at Chelsea.

Therefore, De Bruyne, who once wanted to return to Stamford Bridge, has now extinguished his enthusiasm and began to seriously consider leaving Chelsea during the winter break transfer window to work hard for other teams.

He was the Bundesliga's assist leader last season and also broke the Bundesliga's assist record.

Therefore, De Bruyne is not worried that he is not strong enough and no one wants him.

It's just that he doesn't meet Mourinho's requirements, or in other words, Mourinho is biased against players of his type!

After a day of training, De Bruyne returned home and met his agent Patrick.

"Kevin, have you thought about where you want to go?"

After De Bruyne was benched by Mourinho, Patrit began to contact other teams to find a suitable next home.

He has full confidence in De Bruyne's strength and does not believe that Waterloo at Chelsea will have too much impact on the players.

Even if De Bruyne cannot adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, he can return to the Bundesliga to play football.

He has proven his strength in the Bundesliga and has been recognized by many Bundesliga teams.

There are many teams that want to introduce De Bruyne, Leverkusen, Werder Bremen, and Wolfsburg have even expressed interest in him.

In addition to these mid-range teams, there are even strong teams like Dortmund who also want to buy De Bruyne.

Among these teams, except for Dortmund, which cannot guarantee the main position, other teams have promised to give De Bruyne the absolute main position and guarantee his playing time.

In Patrick's opinion, going to these teams is better than staying at Chelsea.

"I don't know, I haven't thought about it yet."

De Bruyne was a little hesitant. He actually didn't want to leave Chelsea in such a dejected manner.

That's why he trained so seriously and tried hard to impress Mourinho and regain his trust.
To be continued...