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Chapter 137 Selling Barton

Chapter 137 Selling Barton

The news of Barton's listing quickly spread throughout England.

In fact, this is not the first time such news has come out.

When Manchester City's former head coach Pierce was in office, Barton was put on the transfer list by the team for beating his teammate Richards and became a player who was sold off.

But then Pierce dismissed get out of class, and Barton's fire sale was over.

Later, Duncan took office and brought Barton back from the reserve team.

Back and forth, this is the second time Barton has been sold off.

A player is capable, but because of his temper, there are many people who cannot perform at their original level, such as Gascoigne, Riquelme...

Barton is that kind of combination of devil and angel.

The decision to abandon Barton was indeed painful, but for Duncan, it had to be done.

Because with Button on the court, it was like setting off a time bomb. At some point, the team would be blown up into the sky.

Although Button is very important in Duncan's tactical system, Duncan decided to give up this player for the long-term stability of the team.

Moreover, with the recent performance, Duncan can realize that Barton's complacency has begun to rear its head again.He regards himself as a character, not the coaching staff.

This violated Duncan's inverse scales. In Duncan's eyes, the entire team must be under his overall control. If there is another voice, it must be killed.

So Barton's listing is not so surprising.

Duncan's decision was so hasty that Barton himself first heard about it from the media.

"Coach, is this true?" Button still didn't believe it. He called Duncan, hoping to get confirmation.

"I think it's true," Duncan said.

"Why?" Barton asked.

"You should know the reason yourself. I once thought of you as the future leader of my team, but you really let me down! What the team needs is not a captain who fights and fights, but a captain who can fight at the key moment. A leader who always stands up and saves the team in times of crisis. But in you, I have not seen such growth..."

Duncan said.

Button was silent, he knew what Duncan said was true.But for a player like him, style has become his trademark.If he is allowed to give up his current way of playing football, then Button may become an inconspicuous ordinary player.

Therefore, for irreconcilable conflicts, leaving alone is the best result.

Although Barton is aggressive, he is also a player who knows how to use his brain.In this contradiction, he can only go by himself.

In a way, Barton was driven away by Duncan.

Although the reputation of "bad guy" is well known, Barton is not without market.

When the news of the listing came, many clubs expressed their strong interest.

Since the new season, Barton is the player who played the most in Manchester City.On the court, he performed extremely well on both ends of the floor.Among OPTA's midfielder rankings, Barton is second only to Double Virtues.

In Duncan's tactical system, Barton is the first link in offense and defense, which is very important.

So focusing on his ability, Barton's bad temper is actually acceptable.

Of the interested clubs, Newcastle and Aston Villa are the most interested.

Newcastle has a poor record this season, and coach Allardyce is under a lot of pressure.He urgently needs someone to help him control the field, and Barton's character is just right for such a position.

Aston Villa lost the core midfielder Barry in the summer, and the team's midfield hardness decreased, resulting in a decline in performance.After learning from the pain, Martin O'Neill decided to introduce a midfielder to make up for the vacancy.Barton is undoubtedly very suitable for Aston Villa's requirements in terms of ability.

Duncan offered Barton a price of 2000 million pounds, and Aston Villa countered with 1800 million pounds. Duncan notified Aston Villa that he could negotiate a personal contract with Barton.

Negotiations between the two sides went smoothly, Aston Villa was hungry for talent, and Barton needed to flee.After solving the most important salary issue, Button joined Aston Villa with basically no difficulties.

On December 12, in the 8th round of the league, before Manchester City's away game against Tottenham Hotspur, the Manchester City club announced that midfielder Button joined Aston Villa at a price of 16 million pounds.

At the same time, Aston Villa's official website confirmed the news.

Because of the two-month suspension, the game against Wigan became Button's last game in Manchester City.

At the same time, this game against Tottenham has also become the first game in the "post-Barton era".

In this game, the midfield combination Duncan sent was Elano and Hargreaves.

Compared with the "one trick" like Mido, the appearance of Elano has obviously improved the defensive ability of the midfielder.

The Brazilian midfielder who shined in this year's America's Cup finally got his start.

In the game against Tottenham, Elano played 80 minutes, sent 8 key steals and a threatening pass, and won the best player of the game.

This kind of performance has slightly reduced the outside world's doubts about Manchester City's sale of Button.

Elano's performance also made the outside world think that this game is his turnaround battle.

Of course, there are also people who are unhappy, and that is Miduo.

Originally in order of appearance, Button and Hargreaves are the main central midfielders, and Mido and Elano are both substitute players.Whoever wants to play depends on the needs of the team.If the team wants to attack, then go to Mido; if they want to strengthen the defense, then Elano is definitely the first choice.

But in general, Mido played more time than Elano.So Mido has always believed that after Button leaves, he will be able to regain the main lineup.

But it can be seen from this game that Duncan still likes Elano in the main position.

This made Mido feel a little uncomfortable.

But Mi Duo knew that even if he couldn't be the main player, his chances of playing would definitely increase, so he reluctantly accepted it.

After the game against Tottenham, the team ushered in the FA Cup.

Implementing Duncan's rotation tactics, Manchester City relied on a semi-main lineup to eliminate Norwich and advance to the next round of the FA Cup.

On December 12th, Manchester City ushered in the last battle before the "Christmas Battle", they challenged Bolton away.

Relying on Shevchenko's brace and Elano's iron tree blooming, the team defeated Bolton 3:0 and won the encounter.

But in the standings, due to the previous loss to Wigan, Manchester City's ranking fell to second place, a four-point gap from third-ranked Manchester United.

Ranked first is still Arsenal, which is still making progress so far. Arsenal has gone hand in hand in all competitions. So far, they have only lost one game, and that is the game against Manchester City.

This game is over, and other European leagues have entered the Christmas holiday, with a truce of about 10 days.

But for the Premier League, it is the hardest and most devilish "Christmas schedule".

Manchester City will play three games in these 10 days.

They are on December 12, away to Aston Villa.

On December 12, they played against Blackburn at home.

On December 12, against Liverpool at home!

(End of this chapter)