Football King Bale

Sandoko frowned and said with some hesitation: "Although Mata is not reused in Mourinho's hands, he has been Chelsea's best player of the season in the past two seasons, especially in the past 2012-2013. This season, he has a super performance of 19 goals and 35 assists in the season. In addition, he is only 25 years old and in his prime. We are Chelsea's direct competitors. If we want to win him, the price will be very high. I It’s estimated to be around 35 to 40 million pounds!”

Bell nodded. He knew Mata's value well, but he didn't care about Mata. Instead, he asked: "Where is De Bruyne?"

Santoku was stunned for a moment, not expecting Bale to pay so much attention to De Bruyne. He pondered for a moment and said: "Two years ago, Chelsea spent 9 million pounds to sign De Bruyne. In the past two years, De Bruyne has not been able to get any chance to perform in the Premier League, but he joined Werder on loan. Werder Bremen had a good season, but now he can't get a chance to play under Mourinho and intends to transfer and leave. Several German teams are interested in him. As far as I know, Wolfsburg has A transfer fee of 15 million euros was offered to Chelsea, but Chelsea are still hesitant."

15 million euros? At current exchange rates, that's about £12.5 million. Bell couldn't remember the final price of the transfer, but it seemed to be more than 15 million euros, so it might have been 13 to 14 million pounds.

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Bell thought for a while and asked: "If we sign them both as a package, will there be any discount?"

Santoku was silent for a moment and said: "It's difficult. After all, our relationship with Chelsea is a direct competitor. Although these two players do not fit Mourinho's tactics, their strength is unquestionable. I guess, packing To capture them, it will cost at least 50 million pounds!”

Bell said: "If you can really sign them for 50 million pounds, then don't hesitate."

Santoku frowned and said: "Isn't that necessary? We currently have a very sufficient number of midfielders and frontcourt players. To spend such a huge price to sign them, isn't it..."

Bell said: "It is very necessary. We do have a lot of midfield personnel reserves now, including Paul (Pogba), Luka (Modric), Michael (Carrick), N'Golo (Kante), Darren (Fletcher) and Ryan (Giggs), Phil (Jones), Antonio (Valencia) and Ashley (Young) can also play, but Ryan Xia will retire. In addition, Darren’s condition has declined significantly since he fell ill, and he is no longer suitable for the team’s tactics, so our midfielder reserve is not as rich as expected.”

Sandoko added: "We also have Adnan (Januzai), Jesse (Lingard) and Tom (Cleverley), how could you forget them all? They are our youth training A gem!”

Bell shook his head,

Said: "With the current strength of Jesse and Tom, it is difficult to gain a foothold in the team. It doesn't make much sense to stay in the team. It is best to rent out and practice. Adnan...if there is a good offer, it is best to both Sell ​​it!”

These three so-called treasures of Manchester United's youth training, in the eyes of Bell, really don't have much potential.

Cleverley, a midfielder who is only one month older than him, performed brilliantly when he debuted, but his subsequent development was unsatisfactory.

Although Lingard performed well for a period of time and was even a regular player in the England national team for several consecutive years and earned the nickname "The Great British Emperor", he also had no outstanding characteristics.

As for Januzaj, the Belgian midfielder who was called Jia Baoyu by Manchester United fans in the East when he debuted, in Bell's opinion, he really lives up to his name, just like Jia Baoyu, he is a good player but not useful.

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Santoku's face turned dark. He didn't expect Bell to be so unfavorable to these three outstanding representatives of Manchester United's youth training.

However, given Bell's vision for players that he had shown previously, Santoku had no choice but to trust his judgment.

Ferguson smiled and said to Santoku: "Ed, just do what Gareth said. Let them rent out for training first. If there is a suitable offer, you can also agree to their transfer."

Seeing that Ferguson was like this, Santoku didn't want to do anything else, so he nodded and agreed.

Bell reminded Santoku again: "Ed, if Mourinho and Chelsea want to set up obstacles for the transfer of Mata and De Bruyne, then we would rather give up Mata than get De Bruyne." Inside!"

Santoku looked at Bell in confusion, and the meaning in his eyes was very clear: You didn't do the opposite, did you? Matako has been Chelsea's best player for two consecutive years and has proven his strength in the Premier League, while De Bruyne is a 22-year-old young man who has barely been able to prove himself in the Premier League. If possible, wouldn't it be better? Should Mata be taken?

Bell said: "Mata's strength is indeed good, and he has proven himself in the Premier League. But I think he has reached his peak, and it will be difficult to improve next. And although De Bruyne has not proven it in the Premier League, For me, that's because he has hardly got any opportunities. And he is only 22 years old, which is the time for his rapid growth. After buying him, if he is trained well, he will grow very fast."

After a pause, Bell said: "In my opinion, De Bruyne's talent is not inferior to Paul, he can even grow into another Paul!"

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Santoku looked at Bell with wide eyes. Of course he knew that the two Pauls Bell mentioned were actually two real Pauls.

Ferguson also looked at Bell with some surprise. He did not expect Bell to value De Bruyne so much.

You know, the last person Bell mentioned was Paul, but he was his favorite player and even the best midfielder in the world in his impression. How good and capable is De Bruyne? Can he be compared with him?

Bell smiled and said: "Boss, Ed, don't look at me like this. I am very confident in my judgment. I even think that if De Bruyne can get enough guidance, his future achievements will even exceed Paul.”

After a pause, Bell added: "You should know Paul's situation very well. His insight into the overall situation, top passing awareness and judgment of the ball path all make him a top midfield commander." Home. Especially his shooting power, ability to make accurate substitutions, and even his sensitivity to save the goal, which he developed in the Premier League environment, are much higher than those of his contemporaries Xavi Iniesta."

"But in the Premier League, where physical confrontations are fierce, Paul also has his own shortcomings. His body is not strong enough. In order to avoid high-intensity head-on confrontation, he always tries to avoid direct contact. This also limits his space to handle the ball. , his ability to steal and counterattack under high-speed confrontation is not as good as Ryan and David. He also lacks the willingness to break the defense with the ball or take the initiative to get rid of it."

Ferguson nodded. He knew the strengths and weaknesses of his proud disciple better than anyone else, and Bell's analysis was also very accurate. He asked: "Do you think De Bruyne can have both Paul's strengths and weaknesses? His current skills are very rough!"

Bell smiled and said: "Skills can be developed through training and competition. How were my skills when I was at Southampton and at Tottenham? How are my skills now?"

"Physical endowments are innate and difficult to change through subsequent training. De Bruyne is naturally stronger than Paul. If his skills can be trained properly, he will definitely be more comprehensive than Paul. At least. , he has his own know-how, he is good at passing the ball from the center to break through, and the accuracy of long ground passes is getting higher and higher. Judging from the skills of his left and right feet, De Bruyne also has huge potential."

"The only thing I worry about is how to deal with the coexistence of De Bruyne and Paul if we sign him. They both have the potential to grow into the world's top attacking midfielders, and they may even compete for the Ballon d'Or in the future. Losing any one of them is our loss!”

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Sandoko looked at Bale with disdain, and thought to himself, are you just fooling me into trying to win the Golden Globe? With your son's existence, is it possible for those two sons to succeed?

In Santoku's view, Bell is of the same generation as De Bruyne and Pogba. After all, he is only two years older than De Bruyne and only more than three years older than Pogba.

With the stability shown by Bell, when his peak period is over, De Bruyne and Pogba will almost reach the middle and late stages of their careers.

Santoku couldn't help but feel sad for those players who were born in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s, because there was not only Bale in front of them, but also two guys, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. Although they are not as good as Bell, there is no doubt about their talent. This can be seen from the advantage of the top three in the Ballon d'Or in the past three years.

The most uncomfortable thing is that of these three guys, even Ronaldo, the oldest, will not turn 29 until next month. Based on his understanding of Ronaldo, that guy can maintain his peak period for at least five years. And Messi still has at least five years of his prime, after all, he is only 26 years old.

Of course, the most terrifying thing is the guy in front of me. He is only 24 years old. Based on my understanding of him, this guy can still maintain his peak period for at least ten years.

And ten years later, even Pogba will be in his early thirties.

In fact, with Bell's level of self-discipline, he may be just another Giggs. If this is the case, people like De Bruyne and Pogba may retire earlier than him.

De Bruyne and Pogba hope to win the Ballon d'Or?

Listening to these words, Santoku couldn't help but think of some people in the Roma team and someone in Buckingham Palace.

Shaking his head, Santoku put aside some disrespectful thoughts and said: "Okay, I will try my best to win De Bruyne."

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