Finally down the tree!
On a calm midweek night, City did not let the fans "wake up" and wait for the official announcement. Less than an hour after a number of authoritative media outlets said that Haaland's transfer had been finalized, Blue Moon confirmed in a concise manner - the club and Borussia Dortmund reached a principled consensus on Haaland's transfer to Manchester City on 1 July 2022, and the transfer operation still needs to be agreed between the club and the players. Earthquake-level transfers, that's it.
With Real Madrid all-out efforts to win Mbappe to join, it is no secret that Manchester City wants Haaland, and Although Guardiola's team is luxurious, it is still missing the puzzle of the top center. Not long ago, in the Champions League semi-finals, the first leg was Mahrez's crazy spitting, and in the second leg, There were several missed opportunities in Glalis, resulting in Manchester City being eliminated by Real Madrid. Manchester City signed Haaland at this time, it became a "logical" thing, when the universe team put together the most important puzzle, even the fans directly called "the end of the Premier League, the end of the Champions League".
But all the friends who have paid attention to football in recent years understand what kind of status Haaland has in today's football world, he is a goalkeeper, a record harvester, a magic man buu on the court, and he is regarded as a "new generation of double pride". The rise of the Champions League in 2019/20 is just a footnote to the emergence of genius, and the Norwegian has contributed 85 goals and 23 assists in 88 games for Borussia Dortmund, which is simply a natural goalscoring machine.
According to statistics, Haaland can score in the Champions League on average every 64 minutes, scoring a goal in 87 minutes is also proud of the historical efficiency of the Bundesliga, when such a big killer joins Manchester City, even the institution can't wait to open next season's Premier League Golden Boot odds - behind de Bruyne such a midfield master, the Norwegian genius Golden Boot odds are as low as 1 to 3. England star Owen commented: "In this Manchester City, any good striker can score goals, not to mention Haaland. ”
An hour before City's official announcement, Guardiola attended the Premier League pre-match press conference, and when asked about Haaland, the Blue Moon manager said "out of professionalism there is no comment", but the smile could not be hidden. Indeed, Haaland's addition is a move that breaks the mold, and it's hard to imagine a team with an offensive line of Sterling, Mahrez, Foden, Glallish, Jesus, B-seat, De Bruyne and Haaland, and which team can stand in the way.
As we all know, Manchester City is never short of money, but always lack a top centre-forward, since Guardiola took office in 2016, the Blue Moon transfer market has invested 972.49 million pounds to sign 41 players, if they do not make mistakes, they can win the Premier League title for the fourth time in the past 5 seasons. However, in the Champions League, Manchester City, who has the first daily odds, always lacks a super goalscorer with a hammer, which also leads to the Premier League "Cosmic Team" repeatedly folding the dream stage in an "incredible" way.
Although Guardiola said in an interview that "Manchester City did not ask me to win the Champions League", with Manchester City's input and squad configuration, the top of Europe should be the pursuit of this team. Last summer, the Blue Moon chased the British emperor Kane, because Tottenham did not want to let people go and did not follow, and now can finalize Haaland for 60 million euros, which is undoubtedly a good deal for the "not bad money" local tycoon, and after the reinforcement of the center position, one can even say that Manchester City no longer has a "theoretical shortcoming".
Because of this, at the moment when Haaland joined Manchester City, there were fans who talked about the "football finale". With a top commander like De Bruyne in midfield, and a goal-scoring Haaland in the front, this is a team without dead ends, and the super blue moon that is no longer "frontless" is enough to destroy any defense, there is no reason for the Premier League champions to fall by the wayside, and if they continue to fold in the Champions League in a staggering way, they will obviously become a laughing stock.
But is there really a "grand finale" in football? Of course not. Barca's Dream Three, at the peak of the year, could not defend the Champions League; Everton, who had thrown 200 million reinforcements, not only failed to go to the next level, but now even relegation; after Varane joined, people discussed "who can break the Manchester United defense", and now the Red Devils experience the worst season in the Premier League; and the last Paris, which was named "who can block this group of fronts", fell in the Round of 16 of the Champions League this season...
If the Premier League is a long marathon, then the Champions League is like a 400-meter sprint, Manchester City's "physical reserves" do not need to be doubted, but the Champions League, which may determine the outcome in a flash, relies not only on paper strength, but also needs to comprehensively consider the coach's scheduling, the will of the players and the care of fate. Based on this, there is never a real finale in football, and Manchester City may rule the Premier League, but if they want to run to the top of Europe, they must "help themselves".
In any case, Haaland returned to England, where he had an indissoluble relationship with his father, and another longed-forward journey ushered in the starting point, when the flowing manchester city met the god Haaland who blocked the god, how will the story go down in history? No one can predict the script of football perfectly, only time will give the final answer!
