Chapter 1 Niang Attacks Manchester City

After learning that Adam Johnson intended to transfer, Niang focused his firepower on Manchester City.

Manchester City isn't really Liverpool's arch-rival; their arch-rival is Manchester United. And Manchester United's arch-rival is Liverpool. If someone really couldn't be retained, then selling him to Liverpool might annoy Manchester United.

Manchester City wasn't short of money and didn't need to sell players to make money. Often, they got rid of players by simply giving them away.

The key was whether they were willing to sell Adam Johnson. Although after Nasri came, Johnson found it difficult to get a starting position in Mancini's tactics. But for the team, he was at least a useful supplement. In addition, Adam Johnson was a versatile player who could play on both wings, which could be very useful in a long season. In short, Liverpool could see Adam Johnson's advantages, and so could Manchester City.

Under such circumstances, Adam Johnson had to be incited to rebel…

Niang once again signaled to Adam Johnson, hoping that he could put pressure on the club. He had even prepared a personal contract for Johnson, replacing Dalglish, and showed it to him. In terms of personal treatment, it was only higher than what he had in Manchester City. Whether in terms of personal honor, personal vanity, or personal treatment, he tried his best to satisfy Adam Johnson.

The people he sent over described Liverpool's prospects in glowing terms. And they had a very convincing example, that was Chen Hero's joining. Look, the Champions League top scorer, the Serie A top scorer for three consecutive years, has joined us. Are you still afraid of not getting any honors? Don't worry, you will definitely get more than you got in Manchester City!

It has to be said that Chen Hero's joining was a really critical step. With him in the team, Liverpool had much more confidence when negotiating with people. Look, such a great figure as Chen Hero is in Liverpool, dear, what are you still hesitating about? Quickly jump ship and join us!

As for whether Liverpool's future was really as wonderful as Niang described, he didn't care now, he just wanted to trick people over first.

Sure enough, news soon came from Manchester that Adam Johnson felt slighted and unfairly treated by the club because of the upcoming Nasri, and that his starting position was in jeopardy, and he wanted to transfer away.

Of course, Manchester City would not terminate negotiations with Arsenal because of him. This matter was almost successful, so why give up before the finish line?

Mancini couldn't possibly say to Adam Johnson, "It's okay, buddy. Even if Nasri comes, you're the starter, he's the substitute." Even if he could say such a thing with a straight face, Adam Johnson probably wouldn't believe it.

There was also something that worried Manchester City. This summer, Manchester City bought players in a big way, which increased the team's strength, but it also inevitably made the players already in the team have some ideas: Only new people smile, and old people cry in emergencies?

If everyone followed Adam Johnson and made a fuss for a position, then how could there be a moment of peace in Manchester City's already complicated locker room?

Manchester City thought about it and finally decided to talk to Liverpool about Adam Johnson's issue. Of course, they naturally wouldn't sell players cheaply.

So they directly quoted 20 million pounds.

Niang quoted 10 million pounds without even thinking.

Directly cut it in half.

His reason was also very simple: We are working hard to pursue Downing, and Downing's transfer will also make a breakthrough in the near future. We have spent too much money on Downing, so naturally it is impossible to spend more money on Adam Johnson. Although we really need Adam Johnson, your 20 million is completely robbing us!

Adam Johnson didn't mind whether he would lose his position because of Downing's arrival, because he could play on both wings, so he always had his own position.

He continued to put pressure on the club.

As a result, Manchester City couldn't hold on anymore.

Anyway, the two clubs finally reached an agreement to buy Adam Johnson for 15 million pounds, just waiting for the announcement.

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After Niang settled Adam Johnson, Dalglish also settled Aston Villa and Downing.

Both sides had drafted personal contracts, just waiting for signing to take effect.

Although in English clubs, the power of transfer is controlled by the head coach, everyone has forgotten that in a club, the chairman is always bigger than the head coach. The head coach is at most a thicker arm, while the chairman is a much thicker thigh.

Usually, the chairman does not interfere with the head coach's affairs, he buys whoever he wants. But if the chairman must intervene, then the head coach has nothing to say. Because the club belongs to the chairman, and the money is also paid by the chairman, he does have the right to make such a decision…

So just after Dalglish and Aston Villa settled on the transfer agreement for Downing, Chen Xing, who had not participated in it, appeared.

He directly denied Dalglish's transfer plan for Downing in the capacity of club chairman, on the grounds that "Downing is not worth 20 million pounds at all!"

Then he agreed to Niang's led transfer agreement for Adam Johnson.

In this way, Adam Johnson joined Liverpool from Manchester City for 15 million pounds.

And he himself did not know that his transfer was the result of a contest between the two giants of Liverpool's senior management. If he knew the whole process of his transfer, and that Liverpool coach Dalglish didn't even know… maybe he wouldn't have agreed to transfer to Liverpool at all!

Anyway, Niang used an unglamorous but effective method to dig Adam Johnson over and put him into Liverpool's lineup. Next, he kicked the ball to Dalglish to see how Dalglish would arrange Adam Johnson.

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When Dalglish knew that the agreement he had painstakingly reached with Aston Villa and Downing himself had become a pile of waste paper, he was furious. But what made him even more mad was yet to come. Just one day later, the official websites of Liverpool and Manchester City clubs simultaneously announced the news of Adam Johnson joining the team.

This made him feel as if he had been slapped in the face by Niang, that bastard, in front of everyone!

His ominous premonition had finally become a reality. He had been fooled and蒙蔽ed in the transfer market, and the club's manager had completed a transfer behind his back. Where should he, the head coach, put his face?

Although in today's English football, more and more clubs have dedicated people in charge of transfers, and the head coach only has the right to make suggestions, but not the right to decide, the most typical is Chelsea. At Chelsea, the boss Abramovich has the final say, and even Mourinho has to go through the boss to buy people. He writes the transfer list on paper and then gives it to the boss, who arranges it.

But Dalglish is an old-school British coach, he is very traditional and conservative. Tradition is simply the bible for these people. The power of transfer has always belonged to the team's head coach, why should it be given to a general manager?

He couldn't tolerate this happening to him, so he went to see Chen Xing.

No one knows what the two of them talked about, but after the talk, Dalglish could only grit his teeth and accept Adam Johnson. Outside, he had to express his love for Johnson. He did like Johnson, but not as much as he liked Downing.

But after that, he never said a word to Niang again, and Niang never went to Dalglish to have a heart-to-heart talk or anything like that.

An ordinary transfer eventually evolved into a split between the two giants. In the eyes of outsiders, this is quite incredible, but everyone in the circle who knows the inside story feels that it is very normal.

Dalglish wanted to be Manchester United's Ferguson, but unfortunately he met a general manager from Italy. In Italy, the status of the head coach is really no different from a dog… so in Italy, there will never be a Ferguson.

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Chen Hero didn't know how much the transfer of an Adam Johnson involved in the internal and senior management of the club.

He was just happy that he finally had a reliable player to cross the ball.

In this way, it would be easier and more likely for him to score goals in the game. He always tried his best to maintain a good relationship with the people who passed the ball to him, so Adam Johnson received a warm welcome from last season's world football star on the first day he came to the team.

This made him a little surprised and… flattered. Gerrard is currently not training with the team due to injury. So Chen Hero is the biggest star in the team.

His performance last season was so outstanding, especially in the Champions League seven knockout games, he scored thirteen goals, and the final staged a hat trick, reversing and defeating Messi, and winning the Champions League title and the top scorer, which made people addicted to watching it. The final was held at Wembley Stadium, which left the most profound impression on English fans and players.

Adam Johnson is just an ordinary player, he never thought that he could achieve Chen Hero's achievements, so he admired Chen Hero even more.

Now that he has just joined Liverpool, he has received a warm welcome from such a big star as Chen Hero, he immediately felt that Liverpool is like a big family, it seems that his transfer to Liverpool was the right choice!

The teammates were surprised that Downing, who had been rumored to be all over the city and had almost stepped into Melwood, had not successfully transferred. But it was just a surprise, and they didn't say that they were disappointed that Downing didn't come. They were still very happy about Adam Johnson's joining.

Especially since Johnson is still a local player, everyone is a compatriot, there is no problem with language when talking, there is no obstacle to communication, so the relationship is naturally easy to get close to…

Such a great start made Adam Johnson full of hope for his future in Liverpool, unaware that he has become a battlefield for senior management to compete, and his future in Liverpool may not be as good as he imagined…

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