Guardiola only has one trick: rent first and then sell! Manchester City s cleaning plan is blocked, and high salary is the core

Premier League giant Manchester City, this summer, was surprisingly quiet in the transfer market. There is no spending a lot of money like Liverpool, nor is there a squad cleaning like Chelsea. It seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact it is undercurrents. Because Guardiola's "sickness to seek medical treatment" in the winter window, and some of the previous high-paying players who have served as a player, the team must clean up some players before they can free up salary space to strengthen the lineup, but they encountered unprecedented resistance. High-paying players cannot be sold because they still have contracts. If you want to recover the cost, it is dreaming of heaven, which has become the biggest headache for Guardiola and Manchester City management.

In the past few years, Manchester City has been almost the big winner in the summer window. Guardiola has taken the pound to poach people all over the world. Regardless of whether it is easy to use or not, it is a premium, and then the signings are efficient and accurate. Then last season, the Blue Moon Army also won the first triple-champion in team history as expected. Last season, the team was defeated by injuries. It was originally possible to make a big improvement this summer. In addition to Reindez, Aitnuri, Sherki and Bettineri who were urgently introduced before the Club World Cup, after the summer window officially opened, only two young players Nipan and Trafford were signed, and Manchester City basically "stopped work".

In the winter window of last season, affected by the wave of injuries, Manchester City signed four players, Marmush, Nico Gonzalez, Vittor Rees and Husanov in one go, and now six more people have come in the summer window. In other words, Manchester City's locker room is already overcrowded, and Guardiola has to admit in person: "We need to streamline the lineup, otherwise half of the people will sit in the stands every week."

Glalish and Carlwin Phillips, two representatives of "high salary and inefficiency", are no longer in Guardiola's plans for the new season. Gallish joined the team for 100 million pounds and was highly expected. He was indeed good before the triple-championship, but he was in a sluggish state for two consecutive seasons recently and has become a marginal figure of the team. Although many teams are still interested in him, Manchester City insists on selling it at one time, and the price is not low. In this way, who dares to spend a lot of money to bet that he can recover from his peak? The result is that the interested teams are waiting and watching.

Phillips's situation is even more awkward. The former Leeds United midfielder left the team on loan last year and is still not in Guardiola's plan after returning. There was a rumor with his old club Leeds United, but Manchester City asked to sell it forever directly, but it was finally settled. For most mid-range Premier League teams, Phillips' salary and transfer fees are a heavy burden. What makes Manchester City bigger is the situation of England's central defender John Stones. This former defensive core has been plagued by injuries in recent seasons and has almost lost its main position. He didn't even get any chance to play in the just-concluded Club World Cup. However, Stones had no intention of leaving the team, and his contract was still one year left, and his body was finally back to health. From a personal point of view, he has reason to stay and complete the last year's high-paying contract; but from a Manchester City point of view, this is a typical burden of quota and high-paying. The high salary also makes the interested team laugh.

The Athletic reporter Jordan Campbell pointed out that Manchester City executives are aware of a reality: these high-paying players are also hot potatoes in the eyes of other clubs. It is almost impossible to recover the investment in one go. Therefore, this plan can only be used to clean up this type of player. However, these former top players contributed their peak period to the Blue Moon Legion. They will definitely not easily cut their salary and join other teams. At least they will leave the team after the contract expires, so that they can get a considerable signing fee. If Manchester City does not adjust its strategy in time, an embarrassing situation may arise: new players are coming, veterans are not leaving, the lineup is expanding, and even the registration quota is not enough. It can be foreseen that in the next month, Manchester City may gradually lower the asking price, or accept proposals of renting first and then buying. For Guardiola, it may be the most difficult summer window for his coaching career.