The capital of Estonia, located in southern Finland, is Tallinn on the Baltic Sea coast.

The city is not only the capital of Estonia, but also the core of football in this country.

Since the country left the Soviet Union and formed its own domestic league, Tallinn's team has almost monopolized the championship throne of the Estonian League. In the past few years, it was Flora, but in recent years it became Tallinn Livadia and NK Tallinn.

But for a country with a total population of only one million, one-third are in Tallinn. It is conceivable that such a country will not have too high football level, and there will not even be too many fans entering the stadium to watch and enjoy football games, because they are better at personal events, such as rowing.

As the home court of Flora, the top domestic team in China, the total capacity of Alec Stadium is only 12,000. However, in this game, even in the European Cup qualifiers, the stadium still seems empty, because all fans know that Estonia has almost no chance to defeat its opponents. They suffered five consecutive losses, zero goals, and conceded ten goals in the first five rounds of the European Cup qualifiers.

Such a result is a great shame in the European Cup peripheral qualifiers, so not many Estonian fans came to watch the game in this game. After all, this time they were facing Croatia, the number one in the group.

When Ye Qiu and Peter DeVisel and Roland arrived at Alec Stadium, they found that they could sit at will, so they naturally chose the best position and were most suitable for observing the positions of the players they were paying attention to. But what they did not expect was that they met an old acquaintance.

Wenger, and Arsenal's chief scout Steve Lawley.

"Hi, Alcena." Ye Qiu walked over and said hello with a smile. Unexpectedly, he met again in a foreign country. "I really didn't expect that I would meet you in this place."

When Wenger saw Ye Qiu and the other two, he felt a sudden heart. This guy is famous for not entering the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Could it be that he really aimed at the player like himself? Otherwise, how could he appear here?

"Why are you here?" Wenger stood up and shook hands with Ye Qiu, Roland and DeVisel politely, as well as the fat Steve Lawley. Both of them were obviously wary of Ye Qiu and others' arrival.

Ye Qiu smiled, "You guess", and he pointed to a farther place, "Let's go there and sit there."

Wenger met Ye Qiu, and she felt a little unaware of what Ye Qiu wanted.

The reason why he came to Estonia specifically was to watch Croatia's game on the spot. His focus was on Croatia's striker, Brazilian Eduardo da Silva. This Brazilian player came to Croatia at the age of 15 and became a Croatian nationality in 2019. He performed very well and is currently the number one striker in Croatia.

In the Croatian League last season, Eduardo scored 34 goals and won the top scorer. He broke Arsenal's goal in the qualifier against Arsenal last season, which impressed Wenger.

For Arsenal now, Henry's departure is inevitable. Barcelona is obviously more attractive to Henry, especially as Henry's age increases and Arsenal's current financial situation is severe

Previously, the board of directors decided to make short-term real estate investments and build commercial housing on the ground of the original Highbury Stadium. However, unexpectedly, the US subprime mortgage crisis hit and Europe is now beginning to fall into a crisis, which makes commercial housing unable to be sold after it is completed. The club's finances are even more urgent than the time when it is planned to build a new stadium. Selling Henry can fill the holes to the greatest extent.

But Arsenal must have the right players to fill the gap left by Henry, so Wenger targeted the affordable and affordable Croatian striker Eduardo. Moreover, Arsenal's scout team also gave high praise to the Croatian-born Brazilian player, which led to Wenger and Steve Lawley's trip to Estonia.

"It seems they don't need this type of striker, right?" Steve Lawley, who was standing beside him, looked at Ye Qiu and others walking away and said.

Wenger was reminded by him, and it seemed right. In addition to Van NY, Tottenham Hotspurs currently have faster explosive power, or to be more rigorous. This is also a feature of Tottenham Hotspur. Moreover, they have substitutes like Van Persie, Cavani and Carroll in their team, and Eduardo is more than that.

"Didn't it" Wenger immediately realized that Ye Qiu's target was another person.

Not far away, Ye Qiu and the other two found a place to sit down. This was the first time he watched a game in such an empty stand. It felt a little awkward, especially considering that there was a Wenger not far away from him who was paying attention to him from time to time, Ye Qiu felt that this game looked quite uncomfortable.

"Wenger also fell in love with him?" Roland Shepars asked, looking at Wenger and Steve Lawley.

Ye Qiu shook his head, "I received the news that he seemed to have fallen in love with Croatia's forward Eduardo da Silva."

After hearing this, Roland felt relieved.

As the fans entered the field one after another, the game finally started.

This is obviously not a game that can be enjoyable for everyone. On the contrary, this game is a bit hard to swallow, so Ye Qiu was a little drowsy, and Roland also smiled bitterly at Ye Qiu from time to time.

The venue is bad, Estonian players have relatively rough skills and cannot cooperate, so they concentrate on defense and destroying the opponent's offense. Croatia adopts typical technical cooperation, but it is obviously not suitable for the poor away field. In addition, Estonian concentrates its troops on defense, so they cannot easily score goals.

But what surprised Ye Qiu was that Peter Devithel was very focused on reading, but he was obviously not just watching the football. He carried a small notebook with him, while watching the football, but he was holding a pen in his hand and writing something on the notebook.

The numbers are the player's numbers, followed by some details that impressed him.

The game ended with Eduardo's goal, and Croatia also defeated Estonia away with this goal. After the game, almost all the players against both sides looked at the rostrum, because the live commentator mentioned the arrival of Ye Qiu and Wenger long before the game started, which made this group of players perform more vigorously in the game.

And now that the game is over, they all seem to want to see the answer from the two Premier League coaches.

Wenger obviously had contact with Eduardo, so when the latter saw Wenger, he obviously nodded and said hello.

"How about No. 14?" Ye Qiu asked Peter Devithel with a smile.

The old Dutch man took off his glasses from his nose, rubbed his eyes and Meishan with some fatigue. After putting on his glasses again, he looked through his notes, "For the time being, I can't give an answer, it's just a game, but I don't think he should play as a front midfielder."

In this game, Croatia's two players in the middle of the midfield are No. 14 Modric and No. 10 Niko Kovac, the latter is a famous player in Croatia, while the former is currently a rising star in Croatia, but it is still not well-known on the European continent.

Ye Qiu listened silently and didn't say anything, because he knew that Devithel had obviously not finished speaking.

The Dutch old man was flipping through notes, and before he knew it, he had recorded more than ten pages of a 90-minute game.

"He plays a bit strange in style. How do you say it? I always feel that his breakthrough and dribbling ability are stronger than his ball control and protection ability. Such a player should be on the wing, but the problem is that he does not have much advantage in speed. If he goes to the wing, he should also be in the organizational form."

"However, I can clearly feel that the current midfield offenses in Croatia actually come from his organization and connection, especially the midfield and the frontcourt. His connection role is very obvious, but this player still lacks the control of passing timing." After Peter Devithel finished speaking, he clearly realized the problem and added another sentence.

If you use the simplest sentence to describe the difference between a top superstar, a first-class star and an ordinary professional player, then it must be the ability to seize opportunities. That is to say, when the opponent has a loophole, can you catch it, or can you catch it several times, and the more times you catch it, the stronger your strength will be.

Modric had several pass opportunities in the previous game, but he missed the best time to pass.

And anyone who watches the game carefully can see it.

"Of course, this is compared to top teams. If it is in the mid-level Premier League or a team like Eindhoven, he is definitely worthy of the core main force because he has an excellent overall view, but lacks insight into seizing opportunities and gaps. This is why I say that he should not play as a front midfielder, and his position should be further back."

After hearing this, Ye Qiu nodded constantly, and Roland laughed aside.

The world's number one scout is the world's number one scout. I saw a rough idea in one game, but many details were obviously not clear, but I have already observed a player to a certain extent.

Tottenham Hotspur has been paying attention to Modric since last year. Ye Qiu even thought that if he could not introduce Beckham or Sneijder, he would consider Modric. But later Tottenham Hotspur introduced Beckham, so he did not introduce Modric.

But after half a year of last season's game, Ye Qiu also realized the problem of the team's midfield configuration, that is, when the team encounters an opponent suppressing the midfield, when the ball output of Beckham and Fabregas is threatened, how will the team respond?

In the report given by Tottenham Hotspur scouts, they have a good review of Modric's skills, but they also think that he is a relatively embarrassing player type, or his technical characteristics are quite special.

Of course, every professional player has his own special features, and no two players are exactly the same.

Modric's skills are excellent, but relatively speaking, they are definitely not top-notch, especially when facing intensive defense, his technical weakness is more obvious. In addition, his ability to pass behind him is not strong, and his attack is weak after being inserted. If this situation is said, should he retreat?

But the problem arises. Once he is allowed to retreat, his long pass accuracy is not enough and he has a certain defensive ability, but his defense is also average. Of course, this is compared to the defensive midfielder. Then his position is dragged down, and his only function is to connect and dribble the ball.

Therefore, Modric's embarrassment is that he is very comprehensive and has his own advantages and disadvantages. But the problem is that he is not at all top, and even his dribbling and breakthroughs are obviously inferior to many midfielders.

This determines that Modric either plays the core main player in mid- and lower-level teams, or plays role players in giant teams.

Modric is now old, and his style of play and technical characteristics are basically mature. Many things may be improved, but it is difficult to make any breakthroughs in many aspects, so in general, that's it.

"A player like him can play in the Premier League," Ye Qiu judged.

Premier League teams are generally loose in defense and lack integration. The most integrated teams are Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur are also relatively integrated now, but they are not very strong yet.

But whether it is Chelsea or Manchester United, they still use defense against the ball, so they make more steals, but now football is increasingly inclined to another defensive method, that is, cutting the passing route.

For example, in Barcelona in Ye Qiu's previous life, the most typical and best-in-class defense method of this team is not defense, but cutting the opponent's passing route. The frontcourt players pressed just to put pressure on the opponent to force the opponent to get the ball as soon as possible, and then through teammates to complete the cutting of the passing route, and then complete the defense.

Therefore, teams that are good at cutting pass routes often intercept more.

Stealing is a destruction. After the destruction, the ball's operation is interrupted and needs to be reorganized. Interception is to complete the defense without destroying the ball's operation and counterattack in the shortest time.

Liverpool pays great attention to interception. Xavi Alonso is a very good interception-type midfielder, but only Xavi Alonso is the only one, and Tottenham Hotspur will gradually turn to interception-type defense. Even Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassoti have been committed to building a line cutting defense system for the team that combines Italian defense and all-off and all-defense concepts this year.

OpT-Ju does not provide interception data, but Tottenham Hotspur has it internally, and the team is the team with the most interceptions per game among all Premier League teams.

"That number 5 is also good, tall, good skills, and good defense," Peter Devithel introduced with a smile.

The fifth is Wedran Joel Luca, the player is also the main central defender of the Croatian national team. He performed well in the Croatian league last season and is the core of the defensive defence of Dynamo Zagreb.

Currently, Dynamo Zagreb's central axis is Eduardo in front, Modric in the midfield, and Joel Luca on the defense line.

"Here" Rolander heard this and whispered, "Manchester City's scout"

Ye Qiu and DeVisel looked along Roland's eyes and saw someone looking at them not far away. Ye Qiu didn't recognize him, but Roland clearly knew that he was Manchester City's chief scout Gripp, and this scout was Eriksson's right-hand assistant when coaching the England national team.

Ye Qiu thought of Wenger and Manchester City. He even felt that he didn't know if there were scouts from other clubs in the stands in this game. It was obvious that as the information became more and more developed, the exposure of players became higher and higher. In many cases, players only performed well tonight and became famous tomorrow, which made fewer and fewer players buried.

Of course, if you can't emerge under this situation, it must be that you were buried.

With the end of the Premier League and the Champions League, all national leagues have entered a period of adjustment. Correspondingly, the transfer market is full of fire, and the signing and sale between the clubs are in full swing.

Tottenham Hotspur announced two transfers in June, both midfielders and both were for sale. The first of them was Edgar Davis reached an agreement with the club no longer to renew the contract. The Dutch Boars announced that they would leave Tottenham Hotspur and return to Ajax. He expressed his hope to end his career in Ajax.

Tottenham Hotspur posted on its official website, thanking Edgar Davis for his contribution to Tottenham Hotspur over the past two years, hoping that he will continue to achieve outstanding results in Ajax, and said that everyone in Tottenham Hotspur will remember him and everything he has done for the team.

The second transfer was midfielder Heddlestone. This formerly popular player Tottenham Hotspur never got a good chance of playing last season, which made the players themselves a little unsatisfied. However, considering that the team currently has powerful stars such as Beckham, Yaya Toure, Mascherano, Fabregas, and Ye Qiu is obviously more optimistic about Lucas, Heddlestone decided to transfer.

Tottenham Hotspur did not make much trouble in his transfer, and directly sent him to the newly promoted Black Cat Sunderland this season for 1.5 million euros. The coach of this team is former Manchester United meritorious player Roy Keane.

Interestingly, Ferguson's two former disciples have led the team to advance this season, one is Roy Keane of Sunderland and the other is Steve Bruce of Birmingham. Both are former Premier League stars and Manchester United's meritorious contributions.

After selling two players, Tottenham Hotspur also announced that it would recall the former Brazilian left-back Marcelo who had loaned from Ajax. This was also the team's first signing, but as for other signings, there is no movement yet. The most criticized central defender signing last season has not been made yet, which has made Tottenham Hotspur fans a little anxious.

As the league champion last season, Manchester United made a big move from the beginning, announcing the introduction of England international midfielder Irving Hargreaves from Bayern Munich. This player is seen as an important sign of Ferguson's strengthening midfield defense.

At the same time, Ferguson also announced the introduction of winger Nani from Sporting Lisbon. The Portuguese rookie is regarded as Cristiano Ronaldo II. Compared with Ronaldinho II Anderson who was introduced from Porto this season, both young players were highly expected by Ferguson, believing that they will take on Manchester United's frontcourt in the near future.

All three transfers were heavy signings, and the value of the three players exceeded 20 million euros, which made the transfer market just begin, but Manchester United had burned more than 60 million euros in one go. This made everyone feel that Ferguson was addicted to burning money this season.

Manchester United's signing operations were already done before the end of the season, so they were announced one by one shortly after the end. However, relatively speaking, other teams cannot be so fast, and unlike the big squanders in the past few years, Chelsea has been constantly circulating this season that Abramovich may stop investing in the team.

This news also made Chelsea fans worried about the team's competitiveness next season.

Everyone knows the strength of this team, so even if they don’t make any signings, they will still be the most powerful contender for the Premier League championship next season.

That is, when other teams' transfers are in full swing and there are endless rumors in the market, Tottenham Hotspur has also become the focus of the transfer market, but the main reason is that the players in the team are poached. There seems to be little noise about the club's transfer signing, which also makes many fans at White Hart Lane Stadium feel worried.

After all, no one wants the team's performance to decline in the new season.
Chapter completed!