Chapter 832: Countdown to the Qatar World Cup

Premier League: The final week of the countdown to the kickoff of the 2022-23 Premier League season, with the league standings officially updated.

During this season's summer transfer window, Manchester United acquired two "Mr. Hundred Million" players, both top-tier strikers perfectly suited to the team's lineup.

Kane is undoubtedly impeccable, but as for Antony...

Since Ten Hag was willing to pay 100 million euros to bring Antony over, there must be his reasoning behind it.

No rush; let's wait and see!

With the starting lineup receiving a super enhancement, Manchester United fans can be said to be the group most anticipating the new season.

Last season Manchester United maintained an unbeaten record with 106 points; so what kind of results will the team achieve this season after optimizing the squad?

Just as the new Premier League season was preparing to begin, Transfermarkt Germany announced the latest player valuation update.

Repost: New season Transfermarkt valuations updated: Dembélé enters the 200 million euro bracket, Tang Ye returns to 300 million euros.

Transfermarkt Germany: Global Football Player Valuation Rankings (August 3, 2022):

1. Tang Ye (Manchester United, China), 300 million euros (↑20 million euros).

2. Dembélé (Manchester United, France), 200 million euros (↑40 million euros).

3. Mbappé (Paris, France), 180 million euros (-).

4. Haaland (Dortmund, Norway), 160 million euros (↓20 million euros).

4. Rodri (Manchester United, Spain), 160 million euros (↑10 million euros).

In this new season's valuation update, as the Champions League titleholders, Manchester United naturally became the biggest winner; just the combined value of Tang Ye and Dembélé equals the entire starting lineup value of other top-tier powerhouses, which can be said to be incredibly exaggerated.

Fans are certainly very happy, yes, but now a new problem troubles them.

Tang Ye's valuation dropped from the previous 300 million euros to 280 million, and now has returned to 300 million; the entire process was extremely tortuous.

So, is 300 million euros the ceiling valuation the current market can offer?

In other words, is it impossible for Tang Ye to take even one more step forward?

This question is very interesting, sparking discussions and even betting pools among numerous fans domestically and abroad.

The discussants are divided into two camps.

First is the initial camp; they point out that Tang Ye is currently 23 years old, and his talent potential has largely been realized; unless Tang Ye could suddenly become five years younger to expand his career expectations, it is fundamentally impossible for his valuation to rise higher.

People in the first camp account for only 35% of the surveyed population, meaning they are the smaller portion.

This is because many fans cannot remove their "star filter" regarding Tang Ye.

Everyone is a fan of ggbond, a loyal devotee, so naturally they would hope ggbond's valuation rises even higher; this is also the viewpoint of the second camp.

Fans in the second camp point out that the main reason Tang Ye's valuation is stuck at 300 million euros is because Manchester United's overall strength is too great.

Recall, when was the first time Tang Ye's valuation surged to 300 million euros? Wasn't it right after winning the Champions League title with Dortmund!

Precisely because he dragged Dortmund to the Champions League title, Tang Ye's valuation suddenly skyrocketed by 40 million euros after the season ended.

Then, returning to Manchester United the next season, although the results were not bad, his valuation corrected downward by 20 million after half a season.

Based on past experience, it is not entirely impossible for Tang Ye's valuation to take another step forward.

"If Manchester United's strength declines while TY's competitive form remains unchanged, then I believe his valuation could reach at most 340 million euros; this should be TY's true ceiling."

Thus spoke the editor-in-chief of Mundo Deportivo.

Of course, setting aside whether Manchester United will decline, if you wait for them to decline, you might have to wait until 2030; by then Tang Ye will have entered the late stage of his career, so how could his valuation still rise?

However... it doesn't necessarily have to be the Premier League; there is one tournament that can perfectly meet the requirements for Tang Ye to increase his valuation (absolute individual heroism).

That is the World Cup!

Lluís Mascaró, editor-in-chief of AS: "If he leads the Chinese national team to win the Qatar World Cup championship, TY's valuation could exceed 360 million euros."

"..."

Looking at the Spanish news on his phone, Tang Ye was first and foremost speechless.

Being famous is good; whenever one doesn't know what to do next, a bunch of reporters and fans appear to offer suggestions.

However, the suggestions offered by reporters and fans are not all good ones.

Leading the Chinese national team to win the World Cup championship could allow his Transfermarkt valuation to break through by another 60 million euros.

Isn't this fucking nonsense?

If Tang Ye had that capability, he would have been worth 400 million back in Russia in 2018; why would it be Lluís Mascaró's turn to babble?

Leading the Chinese national team to win the World Cup championship is a difficulty no less than winning ten consecutive Champions League titles; at least, that is how it appears currently.

Tears soaking the pork trotter rice, Tang Ye swore to lead the Chinese national team to achieve great accomplishments, alas, halfway through he encountered a crackdown by FIFA.

Infantino, can you redraw the lots and kick Germany and Argentina out of Group C!

France Football front page in bold: 2022 FIFA Ballon d'Or Candidate List.

First batch: Courtois (Real Madrid), Leão (AC Milan), Nkunku (Leipzig), Salah (Liwupu)...

Second batch: Benzema (Real Madrid), Mané (Liwupu), Fabinho (Liwupu), Mahrez (Mancheng)...

Third batch: Dembélé (Manchester United), De Bruyne (Mancheng), Rashford (Manchester United)...

Fourth batch: Lewandowski (Bayern), Rodri (Manchester United)...

Fifth batch: Tang Ye (Manchester United), Mbappé (Paris), De Jong (Manchester United)...

2022-23 Premier League Standings (as of Round 5):

1. Manchester United, 13 points.

2. Mancheng, 12 points.

3. Newcastle, 11 points.

4. Arsenal, 11 points.

5. Tottenham, 9 points.

If one were to ask which teams have been the most surprising in this Premier League season, it would undoubtedly be Liwupu and Newcastle.

As a former member of the "Three Kingdoms," Liwupu's start to this season was baffling; after five matches, they had managed only seven points, a performance so abysmal compared to previous seasons it was practically crippling.

Then there was Newcastle.

After the Middle Eastern consortium injected capital and went on a signing spree, Newcastle suddenly became terrifyingly strong, even drawing against the ascendant Manchester United in the fifth round, leaving everyone wide-eyed.

Could Newcastle truly be on the rise!

Would they replace Liwupu as a member of the "Bandit Suppression Team"?

Tang Ye: Liwupu's slump should only be temporary; Newcastle is indeed formidable and gave me quite a scare, but next time at Old Trafford, they won't be as lucky as they were today.

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Tang Ye (23 years old)

【Ball Control: 94; Passing: 98】

【Shooting: 93; Heading: 62; Set Pieces: 95】

【Speed: 87; Stamina: 86; Physicality: 92】

【Defense: 85; Vision: 100】

Overall Rating: 97

The interface had been slightly optimized once again.

Tang Ye's plan was to raise his Overall Rating to 98 before the Qatar World Cup arrived, thereby unlocking the second layer of Wang Ding's rewards; judging by current progress, this plan was theoretically feasible, with a fairly high probability of success.

Additionally, after playing for a month in the new season, Tang Ye now had a fairly comprehensive understanding of the team's situation.

It was time for his remaining 【Talent Optimizer (Legendary)】 to fulfill its purpose!

【You used Talent Optimizer (Legendary) on Shooting: Once-in-a-Lifetime...】

【Shooting: Once-in-a-Lifetime → World-Shaking Mastery】

【Shooting: 93 → 94】

At present, the vast majority of Tang Ye's attribute talents had reached the World-Shaking Mastery level or higher.

The only somewhat lackluster one was Heading, but that didn't matter; Tang Ye maintained a completely laissez-faire attitude toward his heading ability.

It was good if it improved, but if it didn't, so be it.

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FIFA Official Website: 100-day countdown to the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

France Football — The 2022 Ballon d'Or ceremony preliminarily scheduled for October 15th.

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FIFA Official Website: 80-day countdown to the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

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FIFA Official Website: 50-day countdown to the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

"Vamos!"

"Beautiful! Tang Ye!"

"4:0!"

"Thanks to Tang Ye's second goal, Manchester United has now completely widened the gap against Porto!"

"Indeed, if this match ends, Manchester United can practically announce in advance that they have secured their spot in this season's Champions League knockout stage."

The camera cut to Tang Ye, who had just scored; the Manchester United captain roared directly at the Porto fans in the stands.