Chapter 711: Chapter 710: World Class, Premier League Class, Rising Star Class
Similarly, Deng Kai was honored with the title of European Assist King... if such an award existed.
Moreover, this marked the third time in his career that he received this honor, and it was the third consecutive time at that.
But UEFA really doesn’t have such an award.
Deng Kai’s fans have already issued a warning to UEFA about this.
They demand that UEFA establish the award starting from the year Deng Kai first became the European Assist King.
"Crown our Kai the King of Assist Kings in Europe!"
The initiator turned out to be the leader of Deng Kai’s global fan club, Feng Te!
It was none other than the Manchester City defender, Feng Te, who scored an own goal in the last round of the league, nearly helping Arsenal to win the championship!
Feng Te: MMP!
Premier League assist chart.
Below Deng Kai, the second place also belongs to a Manchester City player... Ribery, with fifteen assists.
The third is Leicester City’s midfield maestro, Mustafa Izet, with fourteen assists.
Fourth place is shared by Manchester United’s true core, C Ronaldo, and Charlton star Paolo Dicanio, both with twelve assists.
C Ronaldo: ...
In fifth place are Wales’ king of football, Giggs, and Blackburn’s Australian star Brett Emerton, both with eleven assists.
In sixth place, with ten assists each, are Arsenal’s Henry, Fulham’s Marc Blanco, and Manchester City’s left-back Lahm!
In seventh place with nine assists are Pires and Chelsea’s Da Fu.
Those on the list are basically the hot stars of the Premier League.
There are also some all-around stars who score and assist, whose ranking doesn’t fully reflect their excellence.
For example, Liverpool’s core Gerrard with four goals and eight assists.
Chelsea’s core Lampard with ten goals and five assists.
The understated maestro Scholes with nine goals and four assists.
Everton’s emerging talented striker Rooney with nine goals and four assists.
Leeds United’s last star, Alan Smith, with nine goals and three assists.
Aston Villa’s talented player Gareth Barry with three goals and nine assists.
Chelsea’s striker Crespo, who joined in the winter window and scored ten goals!
All these players have quite high transfer values.
Many giant clubs are drooling over them.
But...
Players of this caliber, or with these stats, at Manchester City... are a dime a dozen!
C Ronaldo: A dime a dozen! Don’t mess with me! Stay away!
Yaya Toure, with six goals and eight assists in the Premier League and two goals and two assists in the Europa League so far.
And the data still can’t fully showcase his fighting spirit.
On the defensive end, he’s also a monster-level player.
Torres, with ten goals and three assists in the Premier League and three goals and three assists in European competition, is just a little substitute.
Villa, with nine goals and six assists in the Premier League and three goals and one assist in European competition, is mainly a rotation player.
Fabregas, with five goals and eight assists in the Premier League and two goals and one assist in Europe, is a budget version of Deng Kai.
Maicon, with six goals and seven assists in the Premier League and five assists in Europe! He, along with his teammate Lahm, Arsenal’s Ashley Cole, and Wu Xudong, is touted as one of the Premier League’s top four fullbacks!
What about the likes of Gary Neville? They have to step aside.
Essien, with three goals and two assists in the Premier League, has ordinary stats, but this season more than thirty percent of fans believe he has performed better than Arsenal’s defensive midfielder Vieira!
If it weren’t for an injury at the end of the season, this percentage might even be higher.
And perhaps... Manchester City might have clinched the championship earlier, giving Arsenal no chance to challenge them in the last round!
If we have to categorize the levels...
Manchester City currently has one "World No. 1 level" player, Deng Kai.
This is a level unique in the world.
Former "world-class giants" like Ronaldo and Zidane are currently half a step behind Deng Kai.
Adriano, whose popularity is skyrocketing, is considered one of the strongest strikers in Europe.
Ribery, who is beloved throughout the Premier League, is one of the strongest wingers in the league and can be the team’s main core.
Yaya Toure is undisputedly a first-class midfielder in the Premier League, and so is Essien. Considering the scarcity of defensive skills, their competitiveness is comparable to top players, stronger than ordinary first-class midfielders.
Lahm and Maicon, one of the strongest wing players in the Premier League.
Cech, a first-class Premier League goalkeeper with huge potential, is very likely to transform into one of the strongest goalkeepers in the Premier League and perhaps even in Europe in the next two seasons.
The only thing limiting him is time.
Last season, he was one of the worst goalkeepers in the Premier League.
But just looking at this season alone, he is one of the strongest goalkeepers in Europe!
Chiellini, a first-class Premier League centre-back, but his potential seems limited.
Thiago Silva, at the bottom end of Premier League’s first-class centre-backs, but his future potential may be slightly stronger than Chiellini’s.
Torres and Villa, Premier League’s rising star strikers, data-wise on the same level as England’s star Rooney, but several notches higher in terms of honors and major tournament performance.
Fabregas and David Silva are the Premier League’s emerging midfielders, on the same tier as Gerard and Lampard were two seasons ago.
Kompany, a rising Premier League centre-back with the highest potential amongst those at Manchester City, with a ceiling worth looking forward to!
Ashley Young, an emerging Premier League wing player, umm... he has always been emerging and hasn’t made much progress.
He has obvious strengths in speed and such, but lacks sufficient brain capacity, and at the moment, his ceiling is not visible.
It may be that his ceiling is quite high, or perhaps there isn’t much of a ceiling left.
Neuer, a rising Premier League goalkeeper, better than last season’s Cech, but not by just a little compared to this season’s Cech.
Mainly because he’s too young and still needs polishing.
But his ceiling is extremely high!
Sun Jihai, a second-tier Premier League wing player, who can be a starter in mid-tier clubs.
Even before this season has completely ended, there are already more than three Premier League clubs wanting to recruit Sun Jihai.
As for players like Vidal, Nainggolan, and Mandzukic, they’re also pretty good, although not considered Premier League stars, they definitely haven’t disappointed the fans.
Manchester City fans treasure them well.
And the third goalkeeper Caballero... a third-tier Premier League goalkeeper.
He might have a chance to start in a weaker team.
Soon, the Premier League officials also announced this season’s various...
Feng Te: Hold on, didn’t you all forget someone?
Oh, right, right.
Indeed, we forgot a few players.
Of course, veterans like Baggio and Desailly are not included in this discussion.
Thanks to Feng Te’s reminder, we almost crossed the honoured veterans.
Manchester City’s unbeaten run this season could not have happened without their contributions.
At critical moments, these veterans have played their part.
Soon, the Premier League officials also...
Feng Te: ???
Feng Te: What about me? Damn it, what about me?
Ok!
Feng Te, a mediocre Premier League player. Not only is there no ceiling to look forward to, but his current strength seems to be his ceiling, and it’s on the decline!
Feng Te: ???
That’s your choice, idol!
Feng Te: My god!
Of course, this player is not without merit.
Feng Te: Out with it, let’s hear it!
He has a profound mastery of scoring own goals.
Suggesting Manchester City send Feng Te to their biggest rival team.
At critical moments, Feng Te for the win!
Feng Te: ...
Soon, the Premier League officials also announced this season’s awards.
The Best Premier League Newcomer was jointly awarded to Manchester City’s Fabregas and Villa.
Following them was Everton’s Wayne Rooney.
To tell the truth, the English media really tried their best.
But it’s hard to compete with Manchester City’s momentum this year.
