Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The two sides have been in a state of panic, and the two sides have been in a state of panic.

Since the purchase of Roma Club has completely failed, Yang Luo can only go to Livorno to purchase Chiellini.

At this time, Chiellini was still a little transparent playing left back. His height of 1.86 meters made him not have any advantage in the position of left back, which requires interlaced running.

It was not until after the phone gate incident in 2006 that coach Deschamps put him in the position of central defender, and since then he has gradually become the top central defender in Serie A.

Sure enough, they did not encounter much resistance in Livorno, and soon reached an agreement at the club level at a price of 5 million pounds.

As for the player himself, although he was a little hesitant about going to the Premier League, he did not persist for long in the face of a weekly salary of 20,000 pounds, and soon agreed to the transfer.

In this way, Chiellini became the third person bought by Manchester City in the summer window after Van der Sar and Evra.

There are now three people who can play as central defenders in the team, Dunn, Distin and Chiellini, but Dunn is a guest player and Chiellini's transformation will take some time, so Yang Luo needs to buy at least two more central defenders.

Yang Luo's next target is Ujfalusi, the Czech central defender of the Beidawang Hamburg team.

As the main central defender of the Czech golden generation, although Ujfalusi's name is not as loud as Nedved, Cech, Rosicky and others, he is a very strong defender.

Whether in Hamburg or Florence, his performance is very outstanding.

Now he is 25 years old and has just entered the peak of his career. It can be said that he is a very good combat force.

And although Beidawang won the fourth place in the league this season, in the Bundesliga today, the fourth place does not have a Champions League seat, so Ujfalusi has no obsession with participating in high-level competitions.

In the end, the two sides reached a deal at a price of 6 million pounds, and Manchester City signed a four-year contract with Ujfalusi with a weekly salary of 40,000 pounds.

After taking Ujfalusi, the main framework of the back line was basically completed. Now one or two more substitute players are needed, and then it is basically done.

After returning to England, Yang Luo went to Wolves again and bought a young player named Jolyon Lescott from the Wolves youth training camp.

Jolyon Lescott is also a frequent visitor to the England youth team. In reality, he eventually transferred to Manchester City, but it was the local tyrant Manchester City in 2009.

Although he is not a top central defender, he has been regarded as the first substitute central defender in the England national team for a long time, and it is perfect to supplement the team.

The deal cost 3 million pounds, and the two parties signed a five-year contract with a weekly salary of 15,000 pounds.

On June 15, 2003, the day when the English transfer market opened, Manchester City announced the signings of Chiellini, Uifalusi and Lescott.

This caused some small shocks in the English football world.

Is the frequency of this new boss buying players too high?

David Jones of the Guardian jumped out again: "Manchester City has started to spend a lot of money again. But who are they buying this time? Chiellini? A mediocre left back? Can he compete with Niklas Jensen and Evra? What's the point of buying him? Lescott? A 20-year-old central defender, is he bought to supplement the youth team? But your first team is not full yet? Sometimes I really don't understand the new boss's team building ideas. He is a bit like some women with shopping addiction. No matter whether the things are suitable or not, he just buys them first."

This remark naturally made Manchester City Club quite dissatisfied.

Chairman Bernstein directly retorted to David Jones when he was interviewed by reporters: "Some reporters like to show off their so-called little football knowledge to show how different they are. In fact, his remarks are very ignorant, but he himself doesn't think so."

And just then, Van Gaal found Yang Luo.

Before, except for Van der Sar, he had not been involved in the team's transactions, but after Yang Luo's various purchases, he finally couldn't help but put forward his own request.

Yang Luo was a little surprised: "You want to buy Stam?"

Van Gaal nodded: "Although Stam is over 30, his experience and will can greatly help the team."

Yang Luo clapped his hands: "Okay!"

In fact, he had considered Stam before, but on the one hand, he was a little old, and on the other hand, he might not look down on Manchester City, so he didn't

Take action.

But with Van Gaal's participation, maybe he can be persuaded?

So he said directly: "Mr. Van Gaal, if you can convince Stam, I will directly offer the transfer fee!"

Van Gaal nodded: "Wait for my news!"

Although Stam is not from Ajax, Van Gaal's status in Dutch football is there, and maybe he can really convince Stam.

Sure enough, one day later, Van Gaal called Yang Luo: "Mr. Yang, I have done the ideological work for the players, you can communicate with the Lazio club."

So, Yang Luo once again went to Rome, Italy, but this time he went to another club in Rome, Lazio.

Today, Lazio is under the custody of financial companies and banks due to financial problems, so for them, as long as the club's players have a suitable enough offer, they can be brought to the negotiating table for negotiation.

Sure enough, when Yang Luo raised the offer to nine million pounds, the trustee agreed to their offer.

Then it’s time to negotiate the contract with Stam.

Stam has had very in-depth communications with Van Gaal before, so there is no obstacle in terms of contract.

In the end, Stam signed his name on a two-year contract with an annual salary of 60,000 pounds.

Although this deal is not commendable in terms of economic benefits, Stam's experience and popularity are enough to bring great help to Manchester City.

On June 18, 2003, Manchester City officially announced that experienced Dutch center back Jaap Stam had joined the team.

The 31-year-old Dutch center back can also play as a right back. With him, the entire Manchester City back line has become more plump.

Manchester City now has at least three players capable of playing each position in the back line, so the reinforcement of the back line for next season has come to an end.

Manchester City, which only has domestic combat tasks, has a defense line of Sun Jihai, Dunn, Stam, Ujfalusi, Distin, Lescott, Chiellini, Evra and Niklas Jensen. It's simply an enviable luxury.

Next, Yang Luo's task was once again assigned to the midfield and frontcourt!