Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The next day, a rumor suddenly appeared in the English transfer market.

Manchester United and Manchester City scouts were investigating Middlesbrough's England winger Stuart Downing and seemed to be offering him a price!

However, Middlesbrough was a little confused by the news.

We didn't receive any offer?

But when the rumor reached the ears of the Glazer family, it was not so simple.

They were excited: "Manchester City is interested in Downing, which means he is really good! It seems that we should buy him!"

So they immediately contacted Middlesbrough Club: "We want to buy your left winger, Stuart Downing."

Middlesbrough Club naturally did not want to let go of their new star during the season: "Sorry, Stuart Downing is not for sale."

Manchester United did not hesitate and directly made an offer of 8 million pounds.

But this offer was directly rejected by Middlesbrough.

The Glazer family was a little discouraged.

Now they have only 10 million pounds in the budget for transfers. Even if they can pay in installments, they don't plan to bleed a lot.

But looking at Middlesbrough's attitude, it seems that they can't do without a big bleed.

Just as they hesitated, another piece of news was exposed.

Manchester City Chairman Bernstein actually appeared in Middlesbrough where Middlesbrough is located!

This made the Glazer family feel a sense of urgency.

When they thought of this, they did not hesitate any more: "12 million pounds, 6 million pounds down payment, and the remaining 6 million pounds to be paid in two years!"

Middlesbrough was shaken: "20 million pounds!"

Manchester United saw the light, so they bargained with Middlesbrough and finally set the transfer fee at 16 million pounds, including 8 million pounds down payment and 8 million pounds to be paid in two years.

There was no obstacle on Downing's side, and the two parties signed the transfer contract soon.

This time Manchester United's action was not slow. It took only three days from the beginning of determining the target to completing the transfer.

When they officially announced Downing's joining the team, Yang Luo was making the final preparations before the League Cup semi-finals.

After he saw the news, he immediately laughed.

Although Stuart Downing is also a famous Premier League player, his more famous nickname is "Tang Ling".

He once played 36 games for Liverpool and completed the amazing feat of zero goals and zero assists, which also proved that he does not seem to be suitable for a wealthy team.

Manchester United spent a lot of money to buy such a player, and it must be said that their vision is very unique.

Of course, Yang Luo played a big role in fueling the flames.

He first released the news to make Manchester United feel a sense of crisis, and then asked Bernstein to go around Middlesbrough Club.

As a result, Manchester United was really fooled.

It can be said that he did not spend any economic cost, but Manchester United really believed it!

Seeing him smiling so happily, Tuchel immediately came over with a curious look: "Boss, why do you look so smiling..."

Yang Luo raised his eyebrows: "Sly eyes?"

Tuchel smiled embarrassedly: "No, no..."

Yang Luo glared at him: "Hurry up and make pre-match preparations!"

Tuchel smiled and ran away quickly.

Because he was sent to the stands in the last game, he was not qualified to conduct on-the-spot command in this game, so he could only take on more pre-match preparations.

Manchester City's opponent in this game is Arsenal, which is a game that cannot be sloppy.

But the League Cup itself is a game for Yang Luo to train his troops, so he still mainly rotates in this game.

The starting lineup for this game is Schmeichel, Maicon, Uifalusi, Lescott, Felipe, Xabi Alonso, Makelele, Kaka, Messi, Milner and Mario Gomez.

But when they got Arsenal's starting lineup, Yang Luo was stunned.

He thought he had rotated a lot, but he didn't expect Arsenal to send a full substitute lineup.

Goalkeeper Almunia, defenders Eboue, Sigan, Senderos, Clichy, midfielders Reyes, Alexander Song, Flamini, Larsson, Bergkamp and Van Persie.

This is clearly to give up the League Cup to protect the league and the Champions League!

This made the Manchester City players happy.

In the fifth minute, Maicon dribbled the ball to the front court,

Aiming at Mario Gomez in the penalty area, he sent a cross ball with extremely accurate landing point.

Mario Gomez directly shook off Senderos' defense, jumped high and headed for the goal!

Almunia did not make an effective save, and Manchester City easily led by one to zero!

This also brought Mario Gomez's League Cup goal number to eight!

In the next game, Manchester City did not slack off because of the lead, but continued to attack Arsenal's goal.

In the 23rd minute, Messi dribbled past Clichy's defense on the left and dribbled into the penalty area.

Facing Senderos's defense, he lightly defrauded the Swiss's center of gravity with a dunk, and then made a horizontal pass.

Kaka in the middle followed up with a push shot, and the football once again went into the goal!

2 to 0, Manchester City expanded its lead!

Although Arsenal was also trying hard to find opportunities, there was still a big gap between their substitutes and Manchester City's lineup, so Manchester City was besieging Arsenal most of the time in this game.

In the 44th minute, Kaka dribbled into the 30-meter area and passed the ball to the left.

Milner rushed in at high speed, crossed the ball in front of Eboue, and sent the ball into the penalty area.

Mario Gomez once again found an opportunity in the entanglement of the central defender. He directly shoveled the ball and sent the ball into Arsenal's goal again!

3-0, Manchester City almost locked the victory in the first half!

As long as the midfielder doesn't open champagne...

Shortly after the start of the second half, Yang Luo made a substitution adjustment.

The young right back Micah Richards replaced Maicon. Yang Luo wanted the young man to accumulate more game experience.

Ten minutes later, Joey Barton came on and replaced Makelele.

While the game was already decided, he began to rotate and prepare for the next game.

After a while, he replaced Milner with Wright-Phillips, and Messi moved to the left.

It can be said that Manchester City did not use much effort in the second half, and the final score did not change.

3-0, Manchester City beat Arsenal at home.

This also means that there should be no suspense in this two-round game.

As long as I am not AC Milan and Barcelona...

And the smoothness of this game was beyond Yang Luo's expectations.

It can be said that this game between Manchester City and Arsenal can be described as a bloodless battle!