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Chapter 003 Preparing for the new season (2)

After introducing everyone to Zhang Yang, Dunn led Zhang Yang to a cabinet and told Zhang Yang that this was the cabinet in the locker room of his future Carrington training base in Manchester City.

Zhang Yang looked at the location of the cabinet. It was the best location. Needless to say, it must have been vacated just now. I just don’t know which unlucky guy was forced to give up the cabinet. However, this was not what Zhang Yang cares about. He was very satisfied with the location of the cabinet. He nodded, took out his personal belongings from his backpack and put them in the locker.

Then, Zhang Yang chatted with Sun Jihai while changing clothes. When he chatted with Sun Jihai, he naturally used Mandarin. His teammates looked very happy when they watched him chat with Sun Jihai, and they laughed from time to time, which was strange.

Although they knew that Zhang Yang and Sun Jihai were compatriots, they had asked Sun Jihai before, and Sun Jihai said that they did not know Zhang Yang. So, Zhang Yang and Sun Jihai had never met before. Unexpectedly, the two had such a happy chat, which surprised them because even if they were compatriots, it would not be easy to get along with if this person was not easy to get along with.

"It seems that Zhang is still good and should be easy to get along with." Richards whispered.

"Who knows?" Bodinov shook his head and said with a heart-wrenching look on his face.

Zhang Yang changed his clothes and followed the team to the training ground. Head coach Mark Hughes has not arrived yet, but the assistant coach has arrived, and the players are warming up under the leadership of the assistant coach.

Most people laughed during the warm-up and looked very relaxed. After all, after a holiday, everyone was in a good mood. In addition, the club is now rich and with the Arab investment, everyone will not be as panic as they did in the last few games last season.

However, when the warm-up was going on, some people were frowning and worried. That was Bodinov, who seemed absent-minded when he was talking to Richards just now.

Bozinov almost became the representative of the new generation of "Injured Zhongyong". On January 22, 2002, Bozinov, who was not yet sixteen, started his career. He also set a record for the youngest appearance of foreign players. When he was eighteen, he transferred from Lecce to Fiorentina for $13 million. Speaking of which, compared with Zhang Yang and Bozinov, Bozinov was truly famous at a young age. When he was in Fiorentina, Bozinov performed well, and his forward partner with Lukatoni was also majestic. However, Boninov opened high and fell, and later was loaned to Juventus. After returning from Juventus on loan, he transferred to Manchester City for 8 million euros, but his performance has always been very bad.

After Zhang Yang's transfer to Manchester City, the media has been hyping up to buy a forward partner for Zhang Yang, and it seems that everyone has forgotten Bottinov.

It can be said that when Zhang Yang transfers to Manchester City, Bozinov is the most hit. Of course, this does not refer to position competition, because before Zhang Yang came to Manchester City, Bozinov had no advantage in the competition for the forward candidates of Manchester City, and now he cannot compare with Zhang Yang. For Bozinov, the biggest blow comes from psychological. Looking at Zhang Yang's current starlight, Bozinov remembered his glory when he first debuted. He became famous in the Serie A League under the age of sixteen. When he was eighteen, he transferred to Fiorentina for more than 10 million US dollars. In terms of these, Bozinov still has many to be proud of. Unfortunately, the most feared Phoenix with hair is memories.

Bozinov is very pessimistic about his prospects at Manchester City. However, speaking of this guy's luck is really not very good. His current position in Manchester City is embarrassing, and his strength is not the biggest factor. The biggest reason is injury. On August 19, 2007, in the "Manchester Derby" game against Manchester United at home, Bozinov left the court due to an injury. He suffered a serious injury of torn cruciate ligament in his knee, which made him miss the club for a year, which was just the third game he participated for Manchester City.

Speaking of which, Bozinov has only played less than three games in one season with Manchester City. Now, everyone has already said NO to him. This is indeed a bit too cruel for this talented shooter who was once praised by the media.

Since Zhang Yang came, Bozinov has not been in a good mood. When he greeted Zhang Yang just now, he frowned and looked very cold. He is in a bad mood now. The media are saying that Manchester City should introduce Robinho, Villa, and who should introduce him to partner with Zhang Yang, but he did not mention Bozinov, who has just recovered from injury, which hurts Bozinov and his self-confidence.

At this time, Bozinov was thinking about whether he should consider leaving Manchester City in this situation...

After everyone had initial contact with Zhang Yang, they also felt that this person was not as difficult as the media said, so there was also a burst of laughter on the training ground. Because it was the first day of the training camp in the new season, there was no larger training volume. Zhang Yang also knew that he had just arrived here. He was not only a pride, but also a burden, and even a barrier with everyone. Therefore, Zhang Yang also took the initiative to communicate with everyone and soon became a part of his teammates.

As a 75 million pound gentleman, he has no airs at all, which makes many teammates have a good impression of Zhang Yang. This is also a very important factor in some players' quick acceptance of Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang's first day of training class at Manchester City attracted more than 60 media to watch at Carrington Training Base.

Among these more than 60 media outlets, a small half are Chinese media.

Zhang Yang is now a banner in the Chinese sports world. There is a saying in China that Zhang Yang, who plays football, Yao Ming, who plays basketball, and Liu Xiang, who runs hurdles, are the three giants of Chinese sports. Although Zhang Yang transferred from a giant AC Milan to Manchester City, whose strength and influence were much worse than Milan, Zhang Yang's net worth of 75 million is enough to make up for all this in a short time. This is also the reason why Mendes asked Manchester City to introduce Zhang Yang at a sky-high price, and Manchester City nodded in agreement. They all knew that from Milan to Manchester City, no matter what, it could be considered that Zhang Yang made a sacrifice, and it could even be said to be a small downturn in his career. It is appropriate to make some compensation.

So many reporters were gathered off the court and just watching a training class by the team. This was really an unprecedented grand occasion.

Even the lively training sessions of Manchester United, the next neighbor of Manchester City, are not as lively as Manchester City. You know, Manchester United is the new European champion.

Manchester City Club Chairman Alfaim and club general manager Cook naturally seized every opportunity to promote their new Manchester City. They not only allowed these media to enter the field to shoot, but also temporarily adjusted the public shooting time. Generally speaking, the opening time of the public training class is fifteen minutes. However, the public training time of Manchester City's first training class today was thirty minutes, which was twice as much. This is also to facilitate the media to further get close contact with Manchester City and expand the team's influence and publicity.

The media set up long guns and short cannons on the sidelines for interviews, which was very lively.

Moreover, there are at least a few hundred fans outside the training ground today, and they are all here to cheer for Manchester City. Of course, so many fans are here to come to see the training class, which is largely due to Zhang Yang. Last season, Zhang Yang won the Golden Boot by setting a new goal record in the Serie A and Champions League. It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhang Yang is the most powerful scorer in football today. Manchester City fans are still doing this for the team to have Zhang Yang.

The likes of the stars were ecstatic. This popularity did not fade due to time, but continued to heat up. According to statistics from the Manchester City Market Development Department, in the club's specialty store, Zhang Yang's No. 10 jerseys have been out of stock, and the orders ordered by fans have been queued for more than a week. Because Zhang Yang's jerseys are out of stock, many fans did not return empty-handed after ordering Zhang Yang's jerseys, but instead bought other players' jerseys or souvenirs.

Therefore, although Zhang Yang has not played a game for Manchester City, he has already had a large number of fans in Manchester City. The fans kept shouting Zhang Yang's name on the side of the training ground, and Zhang Yang also knew how to please the fans. He waved his hand to the sidelines from time to time, which immediately caused a burst of cheers and applause from the fans at the scene, and there were many screams from female fans.

Manchester City’s training base and Manchester United’s training base are separated by a wall.

The lively scene here in Manchester City was naturally seen by Manchester United players.

"I really didn't expect that the guys next door would have such a glorious time." Carrick whistled and said.

"Hmph, this is just a superficial sight." Rooney snorted coldly, "When the league meets them, let us clean up them well and let Manchester City people see that their team is still so bad."

"Do you have to wait until we play against them?" Vidic curled his lips contemptuously, "They will be revealed in the first round of the league. Don't forget, who is their opponent?"

"Which one?" someone asked.

"Aston Villa." Rooney said in a deliberate voice.

“Ah hahaha.”

"Ha ha."

Many people laughed because in the final game of last season, Aston Villa defeated Manchester City 8-1 at home. That game was simply a massacre. Maybe it brought psychological shadows to Manchester City players.

Unexpectedly, in the first round of the league this season, Manchester City met Aston Villa again. Now, everyone knows that Manchester City is a nouveau riche. Well, everyone knows that nouveau riche is very hateful, and Aston Villa must be happy to give some colors.

The media were also very happy to watch the Manchester United players talking and laughing, and the shooting on the sidelines of Manchester United’s training ground.

"It seems that Manchester United's morale is very strong," said Jordan, a reporter from the Times. He also glanced at Manchester City and said to his partner, "There is a good show in the Manchester derby this season."

"March derby?" His partner did not hide his inner thoughts. "What qualifications do Manchester City have to fight against Manchester United, relying on Zhang Yang to be alone? Now is not the era of Maradona, not the kind of time to conquer the world with just one person superstar!"

"Hey, you guys say, Zhang really came for Manchester City's high salary?"

"Not that, he came to Manchester City and lost more than he got."

"That's right, but why did he choose Manchester City? He even refused Manchester United."

"It's only God knows."

"Oh, the Eastern people's thinking is unreasonable. Maybe he was moved by the Arabs' words."

"Hahaha."

Zhang Yang naturally didn't know that at the Manchester United training base, many reporters were talking about him and there were many speculations.

He felt good about his first day training at Manchester City. He got along well with everyone, of course, the most important thing was the cheers of the fans, which made Zhang Yang feel very exciting.

Zhang Yang was also in good condition during training, and even had a barb shot, which caught a dead corner, which attracted a scream from the fans. The media crowd on the sidelines also flashed constantly, and the focus of the camera was naturally mostly on Zhang Yang. The sound of Titicaca pressing the shutter and the cheering of the fans mixed together, setting off the atmosphere of the training class on the first day of the new season in Manchester City, which also made the senior management of the Manchester City club who were watching the team's training not far away happy. They seemed to see the future of Manchester City.

Especially Alfaim, the head and second place of Manchester City club, of course, he knew that all the good effects of this were brought about by Zhang Yang. This chairman has always felt proud of himself for helping Zhang Yang join.

Chinese journalists are in a good mood. Some fans who did not understand Zhang Yang's transfer from Milan to Manchester City have gradually adapted. In Manchester City, Zhang Yang is the team's banner and the biggest player, and enjoys the treatment of a super star, which is better than when he was in Milan. In Milan, it's not that Zhang Yang is not a super star, but because Zhang Yang's teammates are also super awesome. Everyone is very powerful, so they can't show that someone is particularly awesome.

After the training, Zhang Yang and his teammates went back to the locker room together, took a shower and changed clothes, and prepared to go home.

"Hey, Zhang." Ellano came up and took a photo of Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang looked back at him, meaning something was wrong?

"Ahem," Ellano continued, "How did you come to the training base?"

"Well, my car is still in Milan, so I can only take a taxi." Zhang Yang said, and there is no embarrassment to say that I can take a taxi. With his value, even if I do a tricycle, others will only think that he is playing cool and will not say that he is losing his share. Of course, in foreign countries, it is not a loss for a rich person to make a taxi.

"I'll take you back where you stay!" Ellano said enthusiastically. Brazilians are cheerful. Moreover, Ellano is a smart guy. Knowing that it is good for him to have a good relationship with Zhang Yang. He is a midfielder and Zhang Yang is a striker. If the two have a good relationship and become friends, they will practice more during training, and they will have a more tacit understanding in the game, which is also very helpful for Ellano's position and position in the team.

Zhang Yang didn't want to bother others, but when he thought about it, this was also an opportunity to have more contact with his teammates. Isn't it just that everyone became friends that started slowly from small things? Ellano knew that his car was still in Milan and had no car for the time being, so he enthusiastically said that he wanted to give it to you. If he refused, he would be a little dissatisfied with the other party.

Ellano is the team's front midfielder, and the tacit understanding between the front midfielder and the shooter is very important. It is not bad if the two can become good friends. Moreover, if they are new to them, they also need to have a few friends in the team.

"That's thank you." Zhang Yang said with a smile, "I'll treat you to a meal later."

“Haha, OK.”

Seeing Ellano and Zhang Yang having a good conversation, Bozinov still looked bad. In today's training, there were twenty-five minutes of confrontation practice. He and Zhang Yang were on the front line. Bozinov felt that it was difficult to find a tacit understanding between him and Zhang Yang. He felt that Zhang Yang was too unique. With such a big-name shooter, his future was dim.

Zhang Yang, who was chatting with Elano, heard Bozinov's sigh and glanced at the Bulgarian saber with a strange look. However, he was not familiar with Bozinov and said nothing.

Sun Jihai originally planned to send Zhang Yang back to the hotel and invite Zhang Yang to dinner. Seeing Ellano taking the initiative to chat with Zhang Yang, he greeted Zhang Yang and said that he would invite Zhang Yang to visit his house another day, so he left first.

Zhang Yang sat in Ellano's BMW X5 and drove to the hotel where he was staying. He had a great conversation with Ellano. Zhang Yang was still very happy about Ellano's initiative to show kindness. In Zhang Yang's philosophy, in a strange and bad situation, someone was willing to extend his hand to him and take the initiative to help him. This friendship can be maintained for a long time.

Ellano is a Brazilian national team international, participated in the Copa America, and has been teammates with Kaka and Ronaldo. Therefore, when the two chatted, Kaka and Ronaldo were naturally unavoidable to avoid the topic. Kaka and Ronaldo are both Zhang Yang's former teammates and friends. Because of this relationship, his relationship with Ellano seems to be closer.

Errano is not a Brazilian star in the sense of "orthodox". Errano, who was born in Santos, later transferred to the Donetsk Miners team. Brazilian football is full of talents. The head coach of the Brazilian national team only pays attention to players who play in the Brazilian league, as well as strong teams in the five major leagues, and even giant teams. Naturally, he is too lazy to take a look at the distant Ukrainian league.

If Ellano had not joined Manchester City later, he would not have had the opportunity to play for the Brazilian team. Therefore, he cherished his career very much. Zhang Yang's arrival gave him the opportunity. He knew that a star like Zhang Yang would not be willing to have no results in a team. Therefore, Zhang Yang would definitely want to make a difference when he came to Manchester City. Then, Zhang Yang naturally needed help. Erlano also hoped to achieve something, hoped to win glory with the team, and then attract the attention of the head coach of the Brazilian national team, and hoped to be selected for the 2010 South Africa World Cup Brazilian team. Therefore, he took the initiative to show goodwill to Zhang Yang, hoping to work together and become Zhang Yang's right-hand man at Manchester City. From now on, his first step is relatively successful.

"What's wrong with Bodinov? I think he was in a bad mood during training today, and he sighed." Zhang Yang asked. He was not gossiping, but he was indeed a little concerned, because head coach Mark Hughes made a major adjustment on the front line, terminated the contract with Koladi and Mponsa, and sold Bianchi to Turin. However, he did not mean to clean Bodinov. It can be seen that Mark Hughes still admires Bodinov more and plans to give the Bulgarians a chance.

So, even if Bozinov is only a substitute for the team in the future, he is also one of the candidates for Zhang Yang's forward partner. Boninov became famous very early. When Zhang Yang was still in the football school at that time, Bozinov was already a Serie A star. He played in Serie A under the age of 16, which made Zhang Yang envious at that time. Therefore, he was quite looking forward to Bozinov's partner at the beginning. After all, this striker of the same age as him is also a legendary genius shooter. However, the performance of this Bulgarian shooter today disappointed Zhang Yang.

Originally, Manchester City's current striker was relatively weak, and Zhang Yang hoped that his partner could be in excellent condition, which was normal. Since he chose to come to Manchester City, he hoped to do something, so he naturally had more requirements for the team, and there were more things to worry about, so he cared more about Bozinov.

"You said Valery?" Ellano thought for a while and said, "I think his luck was too bad. He only played three games last season and was injured. He rested for one season. After he recovered from injury, he found that you came to Manchester City. Maybe this made him feel very depressed."

Although I knew Elano was a flattering word, Zhang Yang liked to listen to it, and he laughed, "Maybe what you said makes sense. Today, he has good basic skills. However, I feel that he is not calm enough. Although he wants to score a goal too much, he is too impatient when shooting and lacks confidence in scoring."

"Maybe." Ellano sighed, "No matter who it is, he was injured and rested for a season after just coming to the team, and he would be very affected."

The two of them chatted, but soon they arrived at the hotel where Zhang Yang stayed.

At the entrance of the hotel, Zhang Yang thanked Elano, bid farewell to the Brazilian midfielder, and Zhang Yang returned to the hotel room.

He was about to open the door, but he saw the door opposite the door open, revealing a pretty face, looking at him with a smile, with a pair of beautiful talking eyes, blinking playfully
Chapter completed!
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