Golden Greenery

"Golden greenery ()"

After the last game in November, Guardiola fell into deep thought.

The last game was not the Champions League away game against Borussia Monchengladbach. Less than 72 hours after that 2:2 game, Manchester City went to Turf Moor Stadium in Lancashire without stopping to play the 13th round of the Premier League with Burnley.

Burnley and Bournemouth are two completely different teams, 350 kilometers apart.

Manchester City won this game 2:1, with Aguero scoring a goal in the first and second half. Zhuoyang replaced Nolito in the 78th minute, but had no outstanding performance.

Yaya Toure also started the game again and his performance was quite satisfactory. None of his four shots were on target, but his score after the game was above the average.

This was another game where Manchester City had a huge advantage on the field, but although they won, they were not happy at all. There were 24 shots in the game, but in the end it was Aguero who had to rely on him.

Burnley attacked the goal 10 times and scored one goal three times.

The forwards were weak, the midfield was weak, the defense was shabby, the goalkeeper was a regent, and Guardiola's face was filled with worry. To be honest, Manchester City's current lineup is enough to be among the top players in the Premier League, and there is no big problem in European competitions every year, but for the ambitious perfectionist Guardiola, these are far from enough.

To stabilize the performance in the top five, just bring in any coach. Why do you need me, Josep Guardiola?

In the summer, Manchester City made signings in accordance with Guardiola's wishes. In fact, the strategic purpose was barely achieved. Zhuo Yang doesn't mention another line. The most delicious signing in the summer is Gundogan. Stones himself is a potential stock and is not yet fully mature.

Sane is more prepared for the future, but Nolito is a bit disappointing. After only a few high-profile games at the beginning of the season, he began to have ups and downs. However, from the perspective of a forward role player, Nolito is also qualified.

But if you comfort yourself this way, who on Manchester City's front line is not a role player now? Without Aguero, scoring goals becomes more difficult than eating shit. It all depends on the midfielders taking turns to show off their character.

So when we entered December and were about to usher in the transfer winter window, when the management asked Guardiola about his expectations for signings, he first shouted for a striker.

In the summer, Manchester City also purchased a player at a high price, 1 Riel Jesus, for 32 million. But based on the actual situation at the time, Manchester City continued to put him in Palmeiras on loan, and originally planned to officially recall him next summer.

Jesus is known as the 'New Pele'. To be honest, after Ronaldinho and Ronaldinho, the Samba forwards have become worse and worse. This name is already a bit bad, just like Argentina's 'Maradona' successor'.

However, the momentum of Jesus' rise is not weaker than that of Robinho, Pato, and Neymar in the past. He performed very well in this year's Brazilian Olympic men's football gold medal journey. Not to mention in the club league, he is the biggest favorite for the Brazilian Footballer of the Year this year.

The 32-year-old Robinho left the Chinese Super League Evergrande in February this year and returned to Brazil to join Atletico Mineiro. After the dust settled, he returned to a mediocre forward.

The 27-year-old Pato went to La Liga Villarreal this summer and played well, but he said that he was not happy and his agent was contacting him to go to the Chinese Super League in the winter window.

It is still unclear whether Jesus is the next Robinho or the next Neymar, but at the request of Guardiola, Begiristain has gone to Brazil in person to discuss with Palmeiras an early contract in January next year. Take Jesus back.

It was obviously not enough to have Jesus, who was unsure of his magic power. It happened that Barcelona heard that Messi was in a mood again, and this time Guardiola was really tempted. After some contact, Manchester City revealed unofficial gossip: they are willing to provide Messi with an annual salary of 30 million.

Guardiola is not telling the truth now, and Messi is acting like a liar. Zhuo Yang was sure he wouldn't come, so he bet on two packs of 1985 limited edition spicy strips.

The most terrible thing is the defense. The three defenders in the battle with Burnley.

Sagna and Kolarov were rated 5 points, and Otamendi was higher, 5.5. The three of them also have the lowest scores on the team, lower than Bravo.

The goalkeeper also needs to re-evaluate. Although Bravo's passing ability with the soles of his feet is top-notch among goalkeepers, his most basic save success rate is really shameful. Because of him, the British media never gave up scolding Guardiola for Joe Hart.

In the defense, Guardiola is interested in his old Bayern player Badstuber, Southampton's Van Dijk, and AC Milan's 17-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The midfield is also a headache, especially the defensive midfielder. The people that Guardiola is interested in are the Frenchman Nzonzi of Sevilla and Rakitic of Barcelona.

There are also Lewandowski, Aubameyang, Cesc Fabregas, Wilshere, Griezmann and Sanchez, Tisci, Hernanes, Ma retreat, B seat B Femba wear……

The winter window is never a good time to make big moves, both for teams and players, because there is a lack of necessary break-in time. Manchester City can't buy all the people above. Mansour is an oil player, not a money printer, and there aren't that many places.

Moreover, all of the above people are only rumored to have left the team, and none of them have been officially promoted to the transfer market by their clubs. Among them, not one out of ten people really wants to leave. Most of them use the transfer window to hype their worth, or Put pressure on the club.

Guardiola knew nothing about this kind of scenery, but after resisting his nausea and looking away from the training ground, he could only let the club cast a wide net and catch everyone one by one.

Then, he fell into deep contemplation about the future.

Zhuoyang didn't have time to pretend to be serious with him, nor was he interested in listening to his difficulties. After playing against Burnley, he had a week to spare, and Zhuo Yang couldn't help but ask for leave and fly to the United States.

Because Koko is in the United States.

Kou Kou traveled around the world busy with the couple's careers, and the separation of more than twenty days really tortured the two of them. A week's interval is considered a luxury in the Premier League. After a few words on the phone, Zhuo Yang immediately decided to fly to the United States to spend two days with his wife.

"What if I don't give you a holiday? How about I go back to Manchester?"

"If he dares, I can't beat him to death."

Once the desire is aroused, there is no possibility of it calming down. When Zhuo Yang approached Guardiola to ask for leave, his heart was so full that his words were incoherent.

"Pep, I want to ask you to pretend to be sick... No, I want to ask you to be sick... Bah, I'm going to pretend to be sick to rest for a few days... Damn it, I mainly want to apply for a menstrual leave..."

"Pfft——, ahhahaha~~~Oh shit, ahhahaha~~"

Guardiola laughed so hard that he couldn't afford to offend him, and quickly approved the leave without saying a word.

Zhuoyang headed straight to the airport with a black line. Guardiola held on to the wall and almost laughed himself to death. This was a rare happy moment for him recently.