What new ideas will Guardiola bring to Manchester City when he is appointing a captain for the first time?

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No matter whether the Club World Cup is good or bad, I believe Premier League fans will be curious about Manchester City that will be about to debut. The point is not how much hope they have to win the championship, but the "progress of the reconstruction project". In the "Football World Cup Special Transfer Window" in early June, Lan Yue gained 4 new players in one breath, including Reindez, Sherki and Ait Nuri, all three are expected to become the main players in the new season. So how will "New Manchester City" show itself? Before the battle against Casablanca's love at 0 a.m. Thursday, Guardiola had already shown some "new ideas".

New, it is that Guardiola personally appointed the team's captain for the first time. Before this, the Spanish coach's habit was to adopt "democratic elections" within the team, allowing players and members of the coaching team to vote for the captain. However, this time, Guardiola changed his mind: "I am the head coach of this season (Manchester City), and this is the first time in my career that I decided to choose the captain myself. I don't like what happened last season, so I will decide who to represent the team this year."

However, after changing the habit, the selected captain does not have much "newness". He is still one of the oldest players in the team - Bernardo Silva, a 30-year-old Portuguese midfielder. His election also easily triggers external associations: Does this mean that the reconstruction work this summer will definitely not include the departure of the B seat? Before this, Lan Yue had sent away two captains in a row: Kyle Walker was rented to AC Milan half a year ago, and although he was not bought out, he would not stay; De Bruyne, who succeeded him, had already transferred to Naples freely. Of course, these two are both "elected captains", and they are not much the same as those of the B seat being officially appointed.

Given that the existing contract of B seat is only one year left, Guardiola Guardiola seems to have the intention of using the veteran to take the lead in the end, and it is also considered to express some respect to the former heroes. B, and B, also understood it. He said in an interview: "I know what I want to do, but now is not the time to talk about this (stay or stay). My contract has one more year, so I can leave next year. I had a choice in the past, and now it is the same, and this year my choice is to stay in Manchester City." In addition to B, Ruben Dias, Rodri and Haaland were appointed as deputy captains. The last three people are distributed in the front, middle and back three lines, with ages of 28, 28 and 24 in turn, with enough experience and a focus on cultivating Haaland. Guardiola also clearly stated: "Considering the future of this club, Haaland must start learning to be a captain. Think about what this means and what is the best for the team. Sooner or later he will become the first captain."

In addition to appointing a new captain himself, Guardiola also revealed some details about inviting new assistant coach Linders at the pre-match press conference. "I talked with Klopp, but the main topic was not about Linders. As usual, we had a long conversation. Then I said I was considering Linders, and he gave me his opinion - a very high evaluation." According to Guardiola, he specifically sought Klopp's consent and did not want to cause any misunderstandings or barriers.

As Klopp's former right-hand man, Linders once helped the former Liverpool coach create a glorious era. They are the Champions League champions, Premier League champions, and they are also Guardiola's strongest opponents. Now that Guardiola has brought the enemy's left and right hands to the corps, it is very curious what kind of chemical reaction this combination will produce. In addition to Linders, new faces in Guardiola's coaching team include French and Crowe Toure. Among them, French was once Liverpool's chief analyst and now is Manchester City's set-piece coach. Former Côte d'Ivoire defender, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool legend Toure were promoted from a youth training school to the first team.