Chapter 236 Tulalang and Carboni, New and Old

After taking down Gabriel Milito, Valencia's back line is enough, Changsheng should consider cleaning, not signings.

Harvey Palatz hasn't had many chances to play in these two seasons, and he is useless.

Chang Sheng intends to sell him this season, there is no need to stay in his team,

If there is no team in La Liga, then buy a team in the second division.

Anyway, I don't want it anymore.

It goes without saying that he can't perform well in his own team, and he still gets a salary.

Caboni himself also wants to persuade him to quit.

Aurelio and Arbeloa on the left are enough.

On the right side are Paulo Ferreira and Curro Torres. Two people are enough.

The central defenders include Ayala, Carvalho, Marchena, Navarro and Gabriel Milito, and then Navarro is loaned out, leaving only four central defenders, ensuring that each position has one substitute.

This is the ideal staffing of the first team that Chang Sheng hopes for.

The striker bought Ronaldinho and the defender Gabriel Milito.

Now there is a shortage of midfielders.

There are three midfielders in the main force, but there are only five players, one less.

Guardiola has already planned to say goodbye to his playing career completely.

Although he is still on a player contract, this summer, he has already gone to take the coaching certification test.

So there are actually only four left - Albelda, Baraja, Deco, Cambiasso.

This is obviously not enough, as long as one person is injured, it will be very tense. Although Marchena can play as a midfielder, he is not a serious midfielder. It can only be used for emergency rescue, not as a standing force.

So I have to buy people myself.

It is the same as buying Gabriel Milito. You must be capable, but not too capable, otherwise you will not be willing to play in the rotation. Age doesn't matter.

After much deliberation, this time Chang Sheng quickly thought of someone.

Is currently the most suitable for Valencia.

Jeremy Toulalan playing for Nantes in Ligue 1.

Tulalan in Nantes is very consistent with Changsheng's team building ideas.

That is one specialty and many abilities.

He can play as a defensive midfielder, as a central midfielder, and as a central defender.

The technical characteristics are relatively concise, with good foot skills on the court, simple passing, and excellent tackles in defense. Offensive and defensive balance. The ability to defend, control the tempo and pass the ball is also good.

But maybe it was too balanced, causing him to have no outstanding features and be relatively mediocre.

But Changsheng needs such mediocre players.

No matter how mediocre a player is, he can occupy a suitable position and play a reasonable role under his own mad dog tactical system.

At this time, the 19-year-old Tulalan was still playing as a substitute in Nantes, and he was indifferent.

He played only 13 games in Nantes last season and was not a main player. So if you want to dig him from Nantes, it should not be difficult.

Chang Sheng has one advantage. That is to do it when you think of it.

Changsheng, who thought of it, made an offer to Nantes on behalf of the Valencia club. Two million euros to buy Tulalan.

Although at this time Tulalang has not yet become a master, it is not difficult to take him away. But it's not all about the price.

At least Tulalang is still a member of the French u17 national team.

If two million euros can make Nantes think "this is an unbelievable offer, only a fool would refuse", that would be too fantastic.

The reason why the Changsheng report is so low is that they don't want Nantes to take advantage of it.

Nantes returned four million euros.

Chang Sheng cut off another million and got back three million.

Nantes added half a million euros, three and a half million.

Changsheng made a final decision—a deal!

In this way, Tulalang also came to Valencia.

Tulalang himself may not be willing to leave, but the club wants to sell him, which proves that he is in the team. He has no status, and if he continues to stay, he is probably a substitute.

In that case, let's go.

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After winning Tulalang, Chang Sheng felt that his lineup was basically complete. Whether it is the main force or the substitute, the strength is very good.

The so-called thickness of the bench does not depend on the number of players. No matter how many substitute players there are, it is useless if all of them are crooked.

Soldiers are more expensive than elites.

Chang Sheng feels that the current lineup of the team. It can already be regarded as the top level in Europe, and participating in the Champions League will not be eliminated in the quarter-finals like last season.

He doesn't plan to buy people anymore, but wants to concentrate on selling people.

Although only three people were bought this summer. But they are all important players.

And the lack of signings also proves Valencia's current maturity. It is impossible for a mature team to buy and sell people every summer. It often only needs to add one or two players in one or two positions.

Because they always buy a lot of players and then sell a lot of players, this can only show that this team does not even have a fixed lineup, and the head coach has not found a mature and stable tactical play and lineup configuration. Could be a strong team.

A team at its peak must have its objective laws, and the lack of action in the transfer market is one of them.

Take Guardiola's Dream Three Barcelona as an example. More players are bought every year, the basic framework of the team remains unchanged, and the main lineup of the team remains stable. Most of the players in their main lineup have been together for many years, and at most they have only changed players in two or three positions.

Only teams that need to rebuild will frequently attack in the transfer market.

The current Valencia is very stable and mature in terms of tactics and lineup. Chang Sheng will naturally not throw checks in the transfer market and cause trouble for himself.

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After buying three players, Chang Sheng devoted all his energy to training and selling players.

First persuade Carboni to retreat.

Carboni has played for Valencia for many years and lasted six seasons, so he can be regarded as an old courtier of Valencia.

It has a lot of influence in more meanings, and it is also loved by fans.

But Chang Sheng had to take Caboni to the knife.

Because I can't play the game for a long time. Make Carboni very unhappy with himself. Considering his status in the locker room, his complaints will lead to internal instability of the team. If a player like Harvey Palatz is dissatisfied, Chang Shengli ignores it.

Carboni is different, and has too much influence. If he does not make a decisive decision, what should he do if the team's hearts fluctuate at a critical moment?

It is precisely because of Carboni's high status and great influence that Chang Sheng was able to act in person.

Changsheng gave Caboni two ways to choose, one is to transfer and leave. He promised that Valencia would not deliberately make things difficult for the transfer fee. The other one is retirement.

He clearly told Carboni that the 38-year-old Italian veteran was not in his future plans.

"As you can see, the players I buy are young people with long enough careers and time, so obviously there is no place for you in the team. Amedeo."

Naturally, Carboni was unwilling to leave Valencia just like that—he had feelings for Valencia, and he still expected to retire in Valencia. Although Chang Sheng gave him the option to retire, it's not now. The 38-year-old Caboni has the same ambition as before, and feels that he is not yet old enough to retire.

In fact, in the original time and space. Carbone did just that.

When Caboni left Rome at the age of thirty-two and switched to Valencia. Everyone thought that the veteran was going to retire.

But I didn't expect him to write a new peak of his career in Valencia.

Since the 1997-1998 season, he has been the absolute main left back of Valencia every season. Aurelio once brought him a brief threat, but he quickly regained his main position. Until the 2004-2005 season, he was still the main force of the team, playing 28 times a season, and at that time he was already 39 years old. He announced his retirement after one season and went straight to Valencia's sporting director at the age of forty.

During his nine years in Valencia, Caboni won two La Liga titles with the team. A UEFA Cup champion, and a Spanish King's Cup champion.

Chang Sheng is very familiar with this period of history.

But Carboni was able to maintain such a good competitive state in that time and space, but not in this time and space.

Because he is here.

In fact, Chang Sheng doesn't have any personal grievances against Caboni—Caboni has one against him, but he really doesn't have one against Caboni. Although Caboni complained in private how many times he didn't give him a chance to play, Chang Sheng's attitude towards bringing Caboni has always been very professional. It's completely different from him to Zahovic.

Chang Sheng doesn't like or dislike Carboni either.

The reason why he didn't let Carboni, who performed well in the original time and space and was the main force actively, play the main force. the reason is simple.

Thirty-six or seven-year-old Caboni is not physically fit.

In the defensive counterattack tactics of Benitez and Ranieri, he can defend wholeheartedly, shrink the defense line, and stay honestly in the backcourt. Rely on your own experience and awareness, technology to defend. He doesn't need to plug in frequently to participate in the team's offense.

But in Chang Sheng's mad dog tactics, he has no such treatment. The mad dog tactic requires every player to run non-stop, just like a tireless mad dog.

Carboni can't do this no matter what, it has nothing to do with his determination and fighting spirit, but with his physical fitness. Physical fitness declines, lacks physical strength, and if you can't run, you can't run. This cannot be compensated by willpower and experience.

The left-back has always been an important part of the ever-victorious offense. In Getafe, the left-back Balzaretti made him the assist leader in La Liga.

In Valencia, although the number of assists by Aurelio has dropped, it is because Valencia has more powerful players in the team, and there is no need to put all the assists on Aurelio. But Changsheng also requires Aurelio to often step in to assist the team. Even if he can't directly assist, at least he can restrain and pull the opponent's defense.

Can Carbone do it?

Obviously not.

Carboni expressed to Chang Sheng that he wanted to stay and believed that he should get more opportunities to play.

But Chang Sheng rejected him without hesitation, and proposed that Carboni's physical fitness was the main reason why he was not in the plan.

Carbone said he could accept the fate of playing as a substitute and play in rotation.

But Chang Sheng said: "We have 20-year-old Arbeloa. He can play left back and right back, and can also play central defender. He is young, physically fit and comprehensive."

Hearing what Chang Sheng said, Carboni fell silent.

He knew that all his roads were blocked by Chang Sheng.

If you insist on not leaving...you can refer to Zahovic's end.

Carboni found himself seemingly only one way out.

But if you leave, where can you go?

The 38-year-old left back has not played well in Valencia for two seasons, and he is completely unattractive to other teams.

If he still wants to continue playing football, he may have to lower his requirements and go to a team in a lower league.

Finally, Caboni bowed his head and made a decision: "I apply for a transfer."

Chang Sheng smiled: "Good luck, Amedeo. You can leave the club on a free transfer, and the club will not ask your new club for a transfer fee of one euro."

Under his command, Caboni also won two league titles, one Copa del Rey title, plus one Copa del Rey title under Cooper, which is two Copa del Rey titles.

Such a result is actually not bad.

However, at the age of 39 years and 43 days, he became the oldest champion member in the history of the UEFA Cup and was selected as the best team of the UEFA Cup that season. It will never happen again.

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