Five Hundred and Forty-Nine Transfer to Add Head

In the past life of Gao Shen, I once saw a question on Zhihu: With so many positions on the football field, which position is the most difficult to play?

This is a very interesting question, but also a very boring one.

Said he is interesting because everyone has a different understanding of football, different preferences, and completely different conclusions.

So, under that question, there are various answers, some say goalkeeper, some say central defender, some say midfielder, some say striker, and some say full back... everything.

Saying it's boring is because the answer is already there.

Strikers are the hardest.

In other words, the forward is the position with the highest overall quality requirements.

Physical, technical, willpower, hard work, ability to read the game, passing, dribbling...

Up to now, even forwards are required to be able to defend.

The Olympic spirit is: higher, faster, stronger, more united.

These requirements are almost necessities for strikers, especially modern strikers.

Starting from the scoring rules of football, it can be understood that the closer to the opponent's goal, the greater the pressure of the game and the higher the requirements for players.

Especially when fighting tough, tough battles.

Therefore, when Gao Shen chose a center, he chose a very comprehensive and versatile center like Suarez or Benzema. Their own strong strength can continue to form a fatal threat and consumption to the opponent's center and back line. .

But no matter how strong a player is, there will be times when the opponent's defense will stop him. For example, if the opponent directly sets up the bus and cannot attack for a long time, what should we do?

That's when a replacement is needed.

The main player requires continuous and stable output, requires comprehensive and excellent personal ability, it is best not to have shortcomings, so that it will not be easily contained by the opponent.

But that's not the case with substitutes.

What the substitute needs to do is often to provide the team with some means that the opponent cannot resolve in some key occasions to help the team break the deadlock on the court.

They can have many, many flaws and deficiencies, but as long as the strengths are long enough, that's it.

This is also commonly known as a fresh player, or a tactical player.

After understanding this, the advanced choice is easy to understand.

If Manchester City did not introduce Suarez and let Gao Shen choose a center, then there is no doubt that Gao Shen would choose Dzeko without hesitation, because Dzeko is comprehensive enough, his body and skills are very good, and Gao Shen can completely adjust him. Become a complete center.

But the question is, there is already a stronger Suarez, why should Gao Shen buy Dzeko?

The two players have overlapping positions, and the result of buying Dzeko is to repeat the mistakes of Manchester City having Dzeko and Aguero before.

On the contrary, a tactical player like Pellet is more suitable.

In terms of personal ability, Pellet is definitely not as good as Suarez, and there is no objection to this.

But if it is from the perspective of breaking the game, in many cases, even some critical moments, Pellet can play a role that Suarez can't play.

That's what a substitute does!

It is also the standard for advanced material selection.

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"Mark Hughes coached the black cat Sunderland, and he offered to buy Wright Phillips." Marwood looked at Gao Shen and asked.

Black cat Sunderland was first coached by former Manchester United midfielder Keane last season, but his performance was poor. He was sacked in December and replaced by assistant coach Sbragia, and the thrilling relegation succeeded.

Originally in Gao Shen's previous life, they should have invited former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce to coach, but because of Gao Shen's appearance, Mark Hughes was dismissed from Manchester City ahead of schedule, and Sunderland invited the more famous Mark Hughes. to coach.

This team gives a deep feeling that there is a heavy Manchester United complex.

Keane, Mark Hughes and Steve Bruce are all former Manchester United players.

This is actually quite normal,

Because inviting such people to coach, it is often easy to find leaks from wealthy teams, or rent good players from wealthy teams, which is also a very cost-effective way of living.

As for Wright Phillips, he is a player that Mark Hughes likes very much. Mark Hughes decided to introduce him from Chelsea at the beginning, and he also spent 11 million euros for Manchester City.

Now, Wright Phillips is about the same price.

Gao Shen pondered it carefully. At present, Robben has been introduced on the right side. Both Suarez and Sturridge can play on this side. There is also Gareth Bell. Speaking of which, Gao Shen is really interested to see A quick whirlwind lightning storm.

As for Wright Phillips...

"Tell Mark Hughes that Wright Phillips can be sold, but I have a request for him to add Jordan Henderson in Sunderland midfield."

Gao Shen was secretly happy, just when he said that the thickness of the midfield bench was not enough, Mark Hughes immediately handed over the pillow.

Jordan Henderson is Sunderland's direct youth training, but so far, he has only played in the Premier League once, as a substitute at half-time against Chelsea, and in three League Cup games, with few appearances. During the winter break, he was loaned to Coventry in the Championship.

Such a player will not be worth too much, even if it is a household account book, and is favored by Sunderland, Gao Shen believes that Sunderland should agree to such a transaction.

In the end, it's a question of how much money.

In addition to Henderson, Gao Shen also asked Marwood to contact Southampton.

The team played in the Championship last season, but were relegated to League One in 18th place.

Gao Shen want to bring in their midfielder Adam Lallana from Southampton.

The 21-year-old midfielder was the main force of the Saints' midfield last season. He made 40 appearances in the Championship, scoring one goal and providing five assists. His performance was only average.

In Gao Shen's previous life, when Southampton was coached by Pochettino and made a big splash in the Premier League, Adam Lallana left a deep impression on Gao Shen. Later, he moved to Liverpool and performed well. He is known as an English technology best player.

In coaching Manchester City, whether it is from the local youth training or from the local influence, Gao Shen has no reason to let this player go.

The most important thing is that his current transfer fee is not worth mentioning for Manchester City at all.

It's just that Gao Shen is very suspicious. If Adam Lallana is poached by Manchester City, will Southampton, which has fallen into League One, be able to usher in a revival?

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The British media is indeed magical.

Gao Shen had just arrived in Manchester the day before and moved to a new home. The next morning's newspaper immediately reported the news, and even published photos of the exterior of Gao Shen's new home, and also gave the location, but it was only specific to Austria. The small town of Derry Edge did not give more detailed coordinates.

But it was enough to draw attention from the outside world.

More importantly, Manchester City also officially sent invitation faxes to many authoritative and influential media in the UK, hoping that they can participate in the high-level signing ceremony and press conference held at the Etihad Stadium.

Usually, the signing of a head coach is not so grand, but Gao Shen is the head coach who has won two Champions League titles, and even won the treble in Naples last season, which can be described as a brilliant moment.

In this case, marketing director Fogel Harkin convinced Gao Shen that he couldn't be so low-key anyway.

The day after Gao Shen arrived in Manchester, he took the coaching staff to the Carrington training base in the western suburbs.

Manchester City has plenty of funds and moves very quickly. The various transformations and equipment introduced by Gao Shen and the coaching staff have been basically implemented, and recently, Carlo and the coaching staff have been watching in Manchester. .

The original space was limited. Manchester City even built a single-storey building next to the training building for the analysis team and the medical team. At present, the decoration has been basically completed, and the equipment is in place. It is just a matter of installation and debugging.

The original location of the infirmary has been expanded into a gym, which belongs to Antonio Pintus' space. There is a passage in the middle, which is very convenient.

Gao Shen turned around and was basically satisfied.

It’s a pity that the venue is limited, and Manchester City is about to build a new training base. Otherwise, they should really build an indoor training ground. In this way, the team’s training will be much more convenient in rainy or snowy weather.

Of course, the drainage system of the training grounds of the Manchester City training base is very complete, and two of them also have floor heating. Even if it snows, it will not affect the team's training.

When Gao Shen inspected Carrington, many media reporters with a keen sense of smell stayed there and wanted to interview him, but they were politely declined by Gao Shen, saying that if there were any problems, they would wait until the press conference.

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Wright Phillips eventually moved from Manchester City to Sunderland for nine million euros.

As an addition, Jordan Henderson moved to Manchester City on a free transfer.

The deal caused quite a stir in the Premier League, and Manchester City fans also reacted to it. After all, Wright Phillips is Manchester City's youth academy and performed well last season.

No one thought that even he was sold.

Wright Phillips' father also questioned Manchester City in the media, believing that Gao Shen did not respect his son enough, and he did not inform him in advance of the sale.

"I don't think someone like that can be successful in the Premier League!" Ian Wright accused.

As a former Arsenal legend, he obviously does not want to see Manchester City rise.

Everyone knows that when Manchester City rises, the most dangerous thing is to protect the four maddened Arsenal.

Therefore, Wenger and Ferguson, Manchester City's mortal enemy, were the first to criticize Manchester City and Gao Shen.

No way, the butt decides the head.

Gao Shen secretly decided that next time they reach the Champions League final, these two old guys don't expect to get tickets from him.

torn!

Manchester City's deal to bring in Adam Lallana from Southampton went more smoothly when the Wright Phillips deal was completed, Saints are now financially weak and have fallen back into the third tier, making it difficult to retain people.

Adam Lallana came to Manchester City for one million euros when he transferred.

Whether it's Jordan Henderson, or Adam Lallana, or even the likes of Gareth Bale, transfers have not received much attention.

The British media mainly focuses on the deep cleanup and the transfers of stars such as Robben, Rakitic and David Luiz. At best, people such as Neuer and Harvey Martinez have a sense of presence.

This also makes many media do not have a very accurate understanding of Manchester City's overall strength.