From the man behind the football king to the football king

The Italian media are generally not optimistic about this deal for Udinese. Because the 22-year-old Egyptian winger, apart from his two years in Basel, which was pretty good, his performance in Chelsea this year was very disappointing.

There is no need for Udinese to exchange for a player who cannot succeed in the top league, let alone the exchange object is Udinese's main defensive midfielder in the past two years or so.

Indeed, from a book perspective, Udinese's deal is a very good deal. After all, Udinese spent only 3 million euros to buy out Alan last summer, but Chelsea spent a full 15 million pounds to buy Salah, which is more than 18 million euros converted in euros.

However, everyone knows what happened when Udinese bought out Alan.

In fact, the current price offered by the German transfer market for the Brazilian defensive midfielder is 15 million euros, while Salah has experienced a year of sluggish performance and is currently worth only 10 million euros in the German transfer market.

The major European media's pricing for this transfer is actually 18 million euros!

In other words, Salah's premium for this transfer is as high as 80%, while Alan's premium is only 20%.

At the end of the winter break, Roma had 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in 16 rounds of Serie A, scoring 36 points and ranking third in the Serie A standings, second only to Udinese with 41 points and Roma with 37 points. Juventus.

Being flatly rejected by Bruno, Mourinho had no choice but to continue looking for another target in the transfer market.

"Have a good rest today and prepare for tomorrow's game." Guidolin said.

Totti passed the ball, and Astori's header hit the lower edge of the crossbar and then bounced over the goal line. The referee decisively indicated that the goal was valid. Although Udinese protested, the slow motion of the TV showed that, The referee's decision was correct.

The game has gone on for sixty-five minutes, and the score on the field is still 1:1.

When he was at Udinese, his annual salary was 800,000 euros, which was considered a mid-range level among the team. But after moving to Chelsea, his weekly salary was 30,000 pounds, and his annual salary was 1.56 million pounds. When converted into euros, it was almost 2 million euros, more than double.

After the intermission, the two sides were still locked in a battle.

Because both men's agents are Mendes, Mourinho also asked Bruno through Mendes if he was interested in playing for Chelsea. Bruno refused without hesitation.

On the afternoon of January 5, Guidolin met Salah in the gym at the Udinese training base. The Egyptian young man who had just completed strength training was sweating profusely.

"Then, what else do you have to worry about?" Guidolin said with a smile, "I bought you from Chelsea in exchange for the team's main midfielder. I have confidence in you."

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"Hey hey hey." Salah was also amused. He imagined such a scene and looked forward to it in his eyes.

More than that, what really tempted him was the real money.

When Salah heard this, his mood obviously changed.

"I will use goals to tell them that Salah has the ability to help the team." Salah immediately expressed his position.

"What do you think?" Guidolin asked.

Therefore, when he learned that Udinese was interested in signing him, Salah agreed without any hesitation, even though his income was almost cut in half after transferring to Udinese.

In addition, Bruno also knows that Mourinho's good days at Chelsea are numbered. Next season, after entering Mourinho's third year, he will soon fall into a position of betrayal and alienation, and then be fired by Abramovich.

With that said, Guidolin imitated the tone of the media and said: "Well, what will the media say after the game? Young Salah came on as a substitute. He told everyone with his outstanding performance and goals that he is an excellent shooter. , Coach Guidolin’s vision of people has been confirmed again.”

Among them, the signing that Udinese has just completed is also the focus of many Italian media reports.

In third place is Louis van Gaal's Manchester United. The Red Devils scored 37 points, beating dark horse Southampton in third place with a 1-point advantage.

January 6, Friuli Stadium.

However, now that he was about to see Salah's performance, Guidolin became a little hesitant.

In fact, the current Premier League standings are very interesting, because Chelsea at the top and Manchester City at the second place have exactly the same record, even the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded are the same. Both teams scored 44 goals and conceded 44 goals. 19 goals.

In the first half, Bruno scored with a long shot to give Udinese the lead, but before the end of the first half, Roma equalized the score.

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"You won't start," Guidolin said with a smile.

Mourinho, who entered Chelsea for the second time, is performing well so far. After 20 rounds of the Premier League, Chelsea has a record of 14 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, temporarily ranking first in the Premier League with 46 points.

It’s simply too exciting!

Under such circumstances, Bruno will naturally not go to Chelsea.

Seeing that the Egyptians were not in high spirits, Guidolin smiled. He knew that such young people needed more encouragement to build confidence.

This season, Roma is still rated as the favorite team to win Serie A by the media. After the start of the season, Roma's performance did not disappoint, ranking at the top of the standings for a long time.

Salah immediately became a little depressed and said dullly: "Yes, coach."

For Alan, although Udinese is currently at the top of Serie A, it is just a small team. Chelsea is at the top of the Premier League and is the most popular football team today. In this transfer, he definitely completed an identity transition.

Salah looked at Guidolin and didn't understand what the coach meant.

Salah has studied Udinese's staffing situation. In fact, this team is extremely lacking in forwards. In the current Udinese formation, except for Di Natale, who is top-notch, the rest of the strikers are very average.

Looking at Salah who was a little disappointed, he continued: "However, I will send you in the second half of the game."

"Thank you, coach." Salah asked immediately, "Coach, tomorrow I..."

It can also be seen from the scores that the gap between the current Red Devils and the two blue teams is still very large.

And Udinese is not bad either. They won the Europa League last season, are also at the top of the Serie A standings this season, and have also entered the knockout rounds of the Champions League. Their performance is not inferior to Chelsea.

"Excellent, coach, I'm ready to play," Salah said immediately.

"Very good." Guidolin nodded, pondered for a moment and then asked, "Do you know what the media said?"

As a result, the deal was concluded without any surprises.

After Udinese and Chelsea reached an agreement on January 3, Salah flew to Italy that day, passed Udinese's physical examination, and joined the first team training.

Salah is confident that if he has a top passer like Bruno behind him, his statistics will definitely be better than those of Muriel and Taylor.

"What you have to do now is to prepare for everything. We need your goals tomorrow." Guidolin patted Salah on the shoulder and said.

"That's the attitude." Guidolin praised, "Muhammad, you will have a great career. You have talent, and the most important thing is that you work hard."

"Okay, coach." Salah said dullly.

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On January 6, 2015, Udinese will usher in the first game of the new year, facing Roma at the Friuli Stadium.

Guidolin was actually skeptical about trading Alan for Salah, but the team general manager insisted and Bruno persuaded him, so he finally agreed.

In the eyes of these Serie A media, Udinese's player transaction is a huge loss!

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He sent out 41 assists in one natural year, breaking the record set by Messi. It is hard to imagine that such a person could be possessed by a small team like Udinese.

The stadium was buzzing with people.

However, both players are very happy with this transfer.

Guidolin stared at Salah and asked: "Mohammed, do you believe me?"

In fact, the player Mourinho wants to buy most from Udinese is Bruno.

He is already 22 years old and can no longer afford to delay. Since you can't get an opportunity at Chelsea, it's better to leave and seek opportunities.

This kid is very smart and has a good attitude. Guidolin knew that Salah was afraid that he would no longer trust him because of the media's comments.

"Good coach." Salah said happily.

"Yes, they all say you have a very good vision."

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"How do you feel?" Guidolin asked.

As for Salah, he is also happy to leave Chelsea. On the one hand, he did not receive much attention from Mourinho in the Blues, which almost doomed him to have a hard time getting a chance at Chelsea.

"I have a good eye for people, admit it," Guidolin said.

Looking at the Egyptians leaving in high spirits, Guidolin's face was no longer as confident as before.

It is true that with his playing style, he is actually very suitable for the M Moser Blues who are good at defensive counterattack tactics, but Bruno has no interest in joining Chelsea.

As a strong dialogue between the top team in Serie A and the third place in the standings, this is a focus battle that attracts worldwide attention. Therefore, this game is also focused on by all Italian media.

Naturally, since entering the new century, Roma has been an important force in Italian football, especially in the past two seasons. Last season they achieved 8 consecutive victories and led the Serie A standings for a long time. Although there were some declines later, it was still the strongest contender for the Serie A championship and eventually ranked second in Serie A.

Don't look at the good statistics of Udinese forwards such as Muriel and Taylor. In fact, it is just because the Udinese midfielder has Bruno, a super genius. The assist ability of this European Golden Boy Award winner last season is too strong. .

Such a strong team is actually the last thing Udinese wants to encounter.

Today, the Roma team, which was a guest at the Stadio Friuli, played very proactively and seemed to be playing against the visitors.