The most expensive match in history

(Baonghean.vn) - At 6:30 p.m. on September 10, the top match between Manchester United and Manchester City will take place. This is the match that the football world has been waiting for since the two great strategists - Pep and Mou appeared on the coaching benches of both sides at the same time. The Manchester Derby will also become the most expensive match in the history of world football, breaking the record previously set by the "El Clasico" match between Real and Barca in 2015...

The Manchester derby has now become a classic.

In recent seasons, the Manchester “civil war” has always attracted the attention of experts, fans and especially the media. That is partly due to the strong rise of “Man City” with the determination to elevate the team to become a “big boss” of the rich owner from the Middle East. However, only when two great strategists Mou and Pep appeared at the same time, the Manchester derby was truly expected to become a top match. All because these two people have run out of friendship, and the fate of a pair of “arch-rivals” full of deep hatred has not been broken.

Over the past decade, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola have been the two most successful coaches in Europe. While Mourinho won the Champions League twice, 8 national championships (Liga Sagres, Premier League, La Liga, Serie A)... then Guardiola also won the Champions League twice, 6 national championships (La Liga, Bundesliga)...

Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola are a legendary rivalry.

Both of these strategists are very good at approaching the game and directing the players to play according to their tactical intentions. However, what fans can easily see is that they are as incompatible as fire and water, from philosophy to style. Mou is very extreme, with a pragmatic tactical mindset, as long as he wins, while when mentioning Pep, people think of tiki-taka passing smoothly, victories are created from the eye-catching moves of his students... That is part of the reason why the encounters between these two coaches are always classic battles, the whole world seems to "hold its breath" waiting.

The Manchester Derby is considered a top match in terms of squad value for both teams. Continuous losses both domestically and in the Champions League have forced the owners of both teams to open their wallets strongly in recent transfer windows to add top superstars to their squads.

The total value of the 11 players that Mourinho is likely to field in the upcoming match is around 350.55 million pounds. Of these, the most notable is the world's most expensive player, French midfielder Paul Pogba, when the "blockbuster" returned to Old Trafford from Juventus with a transfer value of up to more than 93 million pounds...

Man City's expensive squad

Meanwhile, Man City's expected lineup is actually not much worse than Man United's. The total value of The Citizens' squad is about 321.82 million pounds. Thus, the total transfer value of the two Manchester teams in the upcoming match is expected to be about 672.4 million pounds. According to statistics from Sky Sports, the most expensive match before belonged to the clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona in November last year with the total transfer value of the El Clasico match falling to about 562 million pounds. That is part of the reason why this year's Manchester derby has become a super classic match when it broke the record of squad value set by Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Squad value of two Manchester teams

Obviously, Manchester City cannot compare with the team in the same city in terms of reputation. However, thanks to the seemingly endless flow of money from the Middle East, they quickly "turned into a dragon" and surpassed their "neighbors" with 2 NHA championships (2012, 2014) and are now at the top of the rankings after 3 rounds. However, everything will become unrealistic and obscure when they have to enter the "Devil's lair". Because tomorrow, the "Special One" and his team will have a way to prove that they are the most attractive team on the planet and the sacred Old Trafford has returned to the reputation of "Theatre of Dreams".

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