Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions

After the tentative offer for Tang Long was met with a frenzied counterattack from Manchester City, and the duck that was already in their mouth was instead snatched away by Ranocchia, Manchester United did not feel disheartened. Instead, they set their sights on another rising passing maestro in European football, De Bruyne!

51 matches, 16 goals, 27 assists, such impressive double-double stats were the beautiful answer sheet De Bruyne delivered in the Bundesliga last season with Wolfsburg.

Through in-depth discussions with the coaching staff and Manchester United management, Van Gaal analyzed that although De Bruyne's assists per unit efficiency weren't as high as Tang Long's, he scored more goals. In terms of overall attack efficiency, he might even be superior to Tang Long!

If failing to reunite the former Inter Milan super duo, Tang Long and Icardi at Manchester United was a regret, then successfully landing De Bruyne would eliminate that regret.

Furthermore, De Bruyne, born in 1991, is 24 and has years of top-level professional league experience in both the Premier League and Bundesliga.

Based on Van Gaal's many years of coaching experience, De Bruyne is more mature and stable than Tang Long.

Bringing De Bruyne to Manchester United would also entail less risk.

The Manchester United management put together funding from all directions, adding the budget intended for Tang Long onto De Bruyne, eager to give it a shot.

However, they still faced fierce competition from Chelsea!

Mourinho was determined to bring back his former player.

He wanted to bring this Belgian to Chelsea to make up for the disappointment of missing out on Tang Long.

But at this critical juncture, just like Tang Long, De Bruyne's personal will played a key role!

He told his agent that compared to Chelsea, he preferred to go to Manchester United.

"I was originally kicked out mercilessly by Chelsea, why should I go back there?"

"Manchester United has a fantastic lineup, they brought in Icardi, they definitely have the strength to win the Premier League title this season!"

"This guy is the youngest Golden Boot winner in the century-long history of Serie A. When I was at Wolfsburg, if Icardi were there, my assists might have doubled! After all, my teammates at Wolfsburg always wasted my playmaking."

De Bruyne only mentioned half of his reasons for wanting to join Manchester United.

The other half, he kept in his heart, motivating himself to keep getting stronger!

Last season's UEFA Europa League Round of 16, Wolfsburg faced Inter Milan.

Due to their poor Bundesliga standings, Wolfsburg hoped to take a shortcut by winning the UEFA Europa League to qualify directly for next season's Champions League, but they were defeated by Inter Milan 5-3 over two legs!

In those two-legged matches, Tang Long's performance was even more dazzling than De Bruyne's.

Especially in the first leg after losing 1-2 to Wolfsburg, Inter Milan made a huge comeback in the second leg!

Tang Long frequently delivered god-level through balls from the middle, astonishing the Wolfsburg players.

And what was more embarrassing for De Bruyne was that in that game, Tang Long used an identical Ground Strike long pass just like his!

In the eyes of the Belgian genius, Tang Long's Ground Strike pass, in terms of ball speed and spin, might be slightly inferior to his own;

But his timing in executing the pass was extraordinarily precise, and his judgment on the forwards' positioning was far superior to his own!

Seeing his signature skill that was infamous in the Bundesliga being overshadowed by a young 18-year-old from Serie A, De Bruyne was initially shocked, then filled with endless unwillingness.

"Since Tang went to Manchester City, then I should go to their arch-rival Manchester United and compete in the same city to see who is the passing king of the new Premier League season!"

Icardi was also delighted with De Bruyne's arrival.

The frustration he felt from missing out on joining because of his old teammate Tang Long was quickly swept away by the Belgian repeatedly setting up sublime assists for him in training!

He often wrapped his arm around De Bruyne's shoulders in training, chatting and laughing as they discussed positioning and passing.

"Yes, I like to run like this. You guessed it. I really didn't expect that!"

"A bit more power would be fine too, I'll get behind a bit faster."

Although meeting for the first time, on the field, they hit it off immediately.

De Bruyne was amazed by Icardi's forward instincts and choice of runs in front of the goal;

And for Icardi, he could always comfortably get De Bruyne's through balls!

He was almost ready to exclaim that the person who understood his positioning the most in this world, apart from Tang Long, was De Bruyne!

The mutual appreciation between the two stars made Manchester United manager, the Dutchman Van Gaal, also beam with joy.

He told his assistant coach: "See that? That's the chemistry between stars, it doesn't need many words because the language of football is always universal, I've been coaching for nearly 30 years, and in this, I firmly believe."

Meanwhile, Tang Long and Ranocchia were also sweating it out at Manchester City's training ground.

After repeatedly watching Aguero's video clips, Tang Long's AI system received big data feeding, and in a very short time, he basically mastered Aguero's positioning habits and understood his football thinking.

The assists he provided for Aguero in training were in no way less than what De Bruyne gave to Icardi, and potentially even more.

The 27-year-old Argentine star displayed excellent form and kept telling people that he and Tang Long were a match made in heaven, and that the club's historic transfer was worth every penny!