Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

Time flies, and it's the day before the Champions League final.

Manchester City's players have already arrived in Istanbul to start their final preparations.

Kaka has recovered from his injury, but Stam has confirmed that he will not be able to catch up with the Champions League final.

This has affected Manchester City's deployment.

However, in order to confuse his opponents, Yang Luo still brought Stam to Istanbul.

This morning, Yang Luo was eating breakfast while reading the newspaper.

In addition to reporting the pre-match news of this Champions League final, the sports section of the newspaper is the most eye-catching news.

The Glazer family has finally completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Manchester United and has become the controller of Manchester United.

They started planning this acquisition two years ago, and now they have finally completed the whole game.

However, what makes Manchester United fans quite dissatisfied is that their acquisition as a whole reveals a sense of speculation.

Because in the process of spending 790 million pounds to acquire Manchester United, the Glazer family actually only took out 250 million pounds of their own funds, and the rest was all obtained through various loans.

Among them, they mortgaged the fixed assets of Old Trafford and other teams for more than 200 million pounds, and also borrowed more than 200 million pounds from a hedge fund with the value of Manchester United as collateral.

In this way, Manchester United Club has an additional debt of more than 500 million pounds for no reason, and the high interest requires Manchester United to pay nearly 100 million pounds every year.

This is clearly a small snake swallowing an elephant and a small horse pulling a big cart. The Glazer family used leverage to take over Manchester United at a price far below the market value, and wanted to use Manchester United, this cash cow, to work for them.

So many fans expressed their dissatisfaction with the Glazer family, and even pulled banners to protest at the door of Manchester United Club.

Yang Luo raised his eyebrows. It seemed that all the fans were the same, and they would protest at the gate at any time.

But compared to the vampires like the Glazer family, he really wanted to build the club well back then!

From this point of view, Gran Stone was really not a human being back then!

But unexpectedly, David Jones, a reporter who was known as a Manchester United diehard, publicly supported the Glazer family in his column: "It is actually a good thing for American capital to take over the team. The management style of Manchester United Club is a bit behind the times. We need a new business philosophy to lead Manchester United to move forward. I believe that Manchester United will get better and better under the leadership of the Glazer family!"

When Yang Luo learned that this guy actually said this, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

The Glazer family recharged David Jones!

However, there are also great risks in the Glazer family's play.

Once they can't repay the loan, the hedge fund will have the right to forcibly acquire the Manchester United Club at a 70% discount on the market price.

More than a decade later, a Chinese businessman also played this trick and acquired the Rossoneri with high leverage.

But just one year later, he was forced to take over the club by a hedge fund because he was unable to repay the loan.

Yang Luo raised his eyebrows. Although Manchester United's revenue can ensure that they have enough funds to repay the loan, he really wants the Glazer family to experience the feeling of being forced to take Manchester United away...

But at this time, he can't care about these things. Let's finish the game in front of him first.

This game naturally attracted a lot of attention, and experts from all sides also gave their own opinions.

In general, more experts are optimistic about AC Milan.

Indeed, their lineup is really scary.

Almost all of their three lines look top-notch.

In the backcourt, Cafu, Nesta, Maldini, and Kaladze, except for Kaladze, the other three are historical figures.

In the midfield, Seedorf, Gattuso and Pirlo, with Rui Costa in the front midfield, they are either top masters or top bulldogs. I just want to ask you if you are afraid.

Not to mention the forwards, Shevchenko plus Crespo, even Jiu Ye Inzaghi has to play as a substitute.

Tell me, who wouldn't be confused by this lineup?

Even Lineker wrote in his column: "Although I have broadcast countless Manchester City games this season and I know how strong they are, I may still be more optimistic about AC Milan in this game. Their experience and technical ability are top-notch, and in the final of such a big competition, experience may be the decisive factor."

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David Jones, who was a fan of the Ze family, did not change his nature as a Manchester City hater: "Manchester City, which failed in the Premier League battle, still exposed some problems. The instability of young teams will make them make mistakes that should not have happened at critical moments, so I am unconditionally optimistic about the Rossoneri in this game."

Yang Luo seemed to be unconcerned about the unanimous underestimation of public opinion.

The Rossoneri's lineup looks scary, but Cafu is already 35 years old and Maldini is already 37 years old. No matter how strong they are, they cannot defeat time.

And Maldini has appeared more in the position of central defender this season. Although he can play this position, he is definitely not as comfortable as the left back, so this will also be a weakness.

In addition, the attacking midfielder Rui Costa is also 33 years old. In the original time and space, he should have been a substitute for Kaka, but now he can appear in the starting lineup of the Rossoneri, which shows that the Rossoneri's strength is not as good as the one in the original time and space.

Take a step back and say that even that Rossoneri has contributed a super famous scene in Istanbul, right?

And their opponent is Liverpool, who was beaten by him in the league and couldn't raise his head...

So Yang Luo is not afraid of them at all.

Of course, Manchester City also has hidden dangers here, that is the position of central defender.

Although Kompany has proved his ability in previous games, this is the Champions League final after all, whether he can keep his mentality is the most critical.

In this game, Manchester City's starting lineup is Cech, Sun Jihai, Kompany, Distin, Evra, Xabi Alonso, Makelele, Kaka, Robben, Ronaldinho, Torres.

The reason why Sun Jihai and Makelele were sent to start this game is, first, to let Sun Jihai fill in for Kompany, and second, the starting lineup is too young, and a player with experience in winning the Champions League is needed to hold the line.

If it is really necessary to fight hard at that time, Yang Luo will naturally make adjustments.

As for the Rossoneri, their starting lineup is Dida, Cafu, Nesta, Maldini, Kaladze, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Rui Costa, Shevchenko and Crespo.

They are arranged in a 4312 formation, which is consistent with Yang Luo's prediction.

As the players of both sides began to enter the field, this focus battle was about to start!