Chapter 121 Two Signings to Increase the Thickness of the Midfield

In terms of buying players, Chang Sheng took a fancy to Porto's midfielder Meireles and Brazil's Sao Paulo's Hernanes.

The common feature of these two players is that they can adapt to multiple positions on the field, that is, they are all-rounders in the midfield, which is in line with Changsheng's signing principle-one specialty and many abilities.

Meireles is Porto's main defensive midfielder, but last season due to injuries, he only played ten times, and he returned from injury a month before the end of the season.

Still in recovery period.

But Chang Sheng, as a traveler, naturally knows the later achievements of this currently unknown Portuguese midfielder.

As the main defensive midfielder of the Portuguese national team in the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 European Cup, although Meireles is not well-known, his role is very important.

In the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, Meireles was the only player in the Portuguese team who had played in all twelve games. He also ranked first in the total playing time of 1,042 minutes. In the last play-off match with Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was his goal that helped Portugal win 1-0.

In the 2010-2011 season, he moved from Porto to Liverpool. In the first season, he won the Fan's Most Popular Player Award selected by the English Professional Players Association. He won the award after beating Torres, Nasri, Berbatov and David Ruiz.

After staying in Liverpool for a season, he moved to Chelsea and became Chelsea's main force, performing well in the league and the Champions League. He missed the final due to suspension due to accumulative yellow cards.

For such a midfielder at the level of the main force of a wealthy family, Chang Sheng can now win him before he is famous. This is the advantage of the traverser.

Meireles has plenty of stamina, and the stadium is mainly responsible for the defensive interception of the midfield. Although his physical condition is not outstanding, his tireless running makes up for it.

Running ability is the main reason why Changsheng chose Meireles, because in Changsheng's tactics, running is the most important thing, and any player needs to have enough running. Especially midfielders have higher requirements for running.

In every game, Lazio's midfielders run the longest distance, and the average running distance of each midfielder is more than 13,000 meters per game.

In addition, in addition to his best midfielder, Meireles can play any position in the midfield, has excellent passing skills, and has a beautiful long shot. This is also in line with Changsheng's requirements for midfielders to be both offensive and defensive.

The only problem with taking Meireles is money.

Although as a black shop, Porto is not as famous as Lazio now-Lazio earned 170 million euros in transfer fees last summer, and it deserves to be the number one black shop in Europe-but it is an old-fashioned black shop and wants to buy cheap from Porto. Goods are not easy.

Especially when Lazio wants to...

When Meireles went from Porto to Liverpool, it cost the Liverpool club 14 million euros in transfer fees.

Now that he was seriously injured last season and his performance was sluggish, he may be able to reduce some transfer fees, but not too much. After analysis, Chang Sheng believes that Lazio needs about 10 million euros in transfer fees to introduce Meireles.

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Even if Meireles can join the team smoothly, Lazio still only has five midfielders, which is one person short of the winning principle of "every position must have a substitute".

Another goal of Changsheng is Anderson Hernanes, who is currently playing for the Sao Paulo club.

In the memory of Chang Sheng, Hernanes did go to Lazio later, and the transfer fee was around 13 million euros.

As a Brazilian player who directly joins a European team, this price is not cheap.

However, worth can also reflect the ability of a player.

After joining Lazio, he quickly became the core of Lazio's midfielder. In the first season, he played 36 times and scored 11 goals. In the second season, he made 31 appearances and scored eight goals. In the third season, he made 34 appearances and scored 11 goals.

This performance is definitely the core performance.

Because Chang Sheng knew that Hernanes had succeeded in Lazio, so he would feel confident and bold to buy him.

Hernanes is a talented Brazilian player with real talents.

Hernanes, who is now playing for Sao Paulo, is already the main core of Sao Paulo.

So it's really too cheap to take this player away.

Like Meireles, Hernanes is also a versatile midfielder who can play right back, right midfielder, front midfielder and defensive midfielder.

His dribbling skills are also very good, and he often rides a bicycle to pass two or three people in a row. He can sometimes make a beautiful stop and turn to get rid of the players marking him. More often, he still relies on his body and determination to confront the opponent directly when he is under pressure. He has the foundation of the attacking midfielder, so he has a certain strength in passing and threatening the ball.

He is well-balanced with both feet, but prefers to use his right foot. He has simple and practical movements when holding the ball. He can control the ball well when he is closely marked, and can often send direct passes or make transfers. His back attack is very sharp, coupled with his organization and long-range shooting ability, the overall performance is quite comprehensive.

Take a look at these technical characteristics, this is the midfielder you need to win!

In Sao Paulo, the Brazilian media regards Hernanes as the new Rai, or Kaka's successor, but in Italy, everyone prefers to think that he is Pirlo's successor.

In the 2007-2008 season, he became the main core of Sao Paulo, led the team to the league championship, and was selected as the best player in the league.

In 2008, he participated in the Beijing Olympic Games as a main player.

Hernanes has attracted the attention of many giants, such as Inter Milan, Milan and Barcelona.

If Chang Sheng wanted to buy him, he would have to face competition.

At this time, the player's own intention becomes particularly important.

At present, Tare, the new manager of the Lazio club, has already left for Brazil to talk to the Sao Paulo club and the player himself.

But even if the player himself is willing to join Lazio, the Lazio club has to be prepared to pay a transfer fee of 10 million euros.

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Porto has no strong desire to keep Meireles.

Because they originally relied on selling players to survive, and they trained players not to let them play for Porto for a lifetime and finally retire...

As long as there is a suitable price, there is no one who can't sell it.

Since Lazio is interested in Meireles, well, let's sit down and talk, the price has been negotiated, Meireles must be your Lazio man!

The São Paulo club had promised that they would not sell their players abroad, but in the case of Hernanes, this promise was useless.

Tare's feedback to Chang Sheng is that Hernanes himself is very interested in playing in Europe, and he is also very happy about Lazio's invitation.

"Although he didn't directly tell me why he was happy to play in Lazio, Chang. But I can still guess that it must have something to do with you!" Tare laughed on the phone.

"It has something to do with me?" Chang Sheng also smiled after realizing it.

Needless to say, it must be another young player who is impressed by his level of training young people and hopes to play under his command.

Just like Gotze.

Chang Sheng really didn't expect that his fame in this area would actually make Lazio's actions in the transfer market much smoother.

If Hernanes really wants to play under his command, then this transfer will be much easier. At least no matter what other European giants are facing competition, Hernanes just wants to come to Lazio, so Sao Paulo can only talk to himself.

Then it's all about money.

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Seeing that Lazio was interested in their Meireles, Porto took advantage of the situation and proposed their desire to exchange Meireles for Coentrao.

But Chang Sheng refused the other party without hesitation: "It is impossible for Coentrao to give them, and even if they want to exchange, they need to add another 10 million. Tell them, Coentrao belongs to Coentrao, Meirelles To Meirelles. A yard is a yard."

Of course, it is impossible for Porto to give in so easily. They contacted Coentrao in private. Hope to bring Coentrao back to Portugal.

Coentrao is not waiting for Lazio, who can win the Serie A championship and has the strength to hit the Champions League, so he has to go back to Portugal? Is he crazy?

Although he did not play the main force in Lazio, but because of Changsheng's rotation tactics, Coentrao has a lot of opportunities to play. He made 21 league appearances last season, which is not the number of appearances for an ordinary substitute player.

So Coentrao refused Porto's invitation without hesitation. Returning to Portugal from Serie A, Coentrao believes that he chose this because his career has gone downhill. But now he thinks that his career is still on the rise. Even if he wants to leave Lazio, he will only go to a team like Real Madrid or the Premier League giants. Returning to Portugal is a choice that he can't survive outside.

And he used to be a player of Benfica, Benfica and Porto are rivals in the same country... Even if he wants to return to Portugal, he will choose Benfica instead of Porto.

Seeing Coentrao's firm attitude, Porto had no choice but to give up.

As Chang Sheng said, Coentrao is Coentrao's business, and Meireles is Meireles' business.

They had no choice but to return to the negotiating table and talk to Lazio about the transfer of Meireles.

In the end, after some bargaining, the two parties reached a consensus on the price of 10 million euros.

As a player who was seriously injured last season and only played ten games, Porto is already very satisfied with being able to sell for 10 million euros.

Meirelles himself has no resistance to joining Lazio.

Today's Lazio is one of the most powerful teams in Europe. In Italy, they have won the league championship for four consecutive seasons and completely dominated the Serie A.

For a little girl like him, it was hard to refuse the invitation of such a team.

In this way, the Porto and Lazio clubs have officially announced that the midfielder Meirelles has transferred from Porto to Lazio for 10 million euros.