When Marino received Gao Shen and Lucas at the Naples Airport, he didn't quite believe it.
After running around for half a month, Gao Shen seems to have really lost weight.
Gao Shen smiled faintly.
Although he flew from Europe to South America in the past half month and took some time to travel around, he was mostly busy.
Fortunately, the harvest is very rich.
"How is the progress in Europe?" Gao Shen asked with concern.
"Pellet, Bonucci, Hamsik, Handanovic and Gervinho have all been successfully signed."
After Marino finished speaking, he hesitated and asked: "I'm quite curious. Although Pellet is a player of the National Youth Team, he is quite controversial. Many people are not optimistic about him. Why would you want to buy him?
Woolen cloth?"
Graziano Pelle, who will be 21 years old, is a player of the Italian National Youth Team. He performed well in the friendly matches of the National Youth Team in 2005. In the U.S. U20 World Cup, he scored four goals in five games.
, veteran coach Paolo Berrettini praised him highly and believed that he would be the hope of Italy's striker.
But in 2006, after the national youth team changed coaches, under new coach Casiraghi, Pellet's performance was unsatisfactory, and could even be described as terrible. Starting from the second half of 2005, the entire
From the peripheral qualifiers to the official matches of the U21 European Youth Championship, he scored zero goals and was criticized.
Not only that, he also performed poorly in Lecce. From 2004 to 2005, he was loaned to Catania in Serie B. As a result, he failed to score a single goal in fifteen games.
In Lecce last season, he played ten games and still scored zero goals. It was not until he was loaned to Crotone in Serie B after the winter break that he made some achievements, but he scored five goals in seventeen games.
goals, this report card is equally bad.
It can be said that Italy is not satisfied with Pellet's performance, and even feels that his development is far less than expected.
This is also the reason why Napoli was able to buy out Pelle from Lecce for one million euros.
Therefore, Marino also felt very puzzled, why would Gao Shen want to buy Pellet?
Gao Shen knew that not only now, but also in the next few years, Pellet's fate would be in vain.
In 2007, he was attracted by Van Gaal, who coached Alkmaar, and bought him for a high price of 6 million euros. As a result, Van Gaal left not long after, and Pellet was quickly relegated to the sidelines. After returning to Italy,
, still not reused.
It wasn't until 2013 that Ronald Koeman coached Feyenoord and brought Pellet to the Eredivisie again.
This time Pellet shined, scoring 27 and 23 goals in two consecutive seasons, which was an instant success. Then he reached the peak of his career with the Saints Southampton in the Premier League.
Unfortunately, he was already in his early thirties at that time.
The reason is that Pellet's technical characteristics are incompatible with the current mainstream technology and tactics.
Van Gaal was the first to see Pellet's point, but due to various reasons, Pellet was not able to be played under Van Gaal.
Sometimes I really have to admit that fate plays tricks on people!
Gao Shen admires Pellet very much. His characteristics are in line with Gao Shen's requirements for a center. He is tall and strong, can grab, run and compete for the top. He is a very important tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt.
But now the mainstream centers in Italy are scorers like Inzaghi, Luca Toni, Iaquinta, and Amauri.
This makes Pellet look out of place, and his low scoring efficiency also makes him questionable.
Of course, this is not an accidental phenomenon. In 2006, even a fulcrum center like Drogba was criticized by countless people for his low scoring efficiency, let alone Pellet?
In terms of advanced tactical positioning, Pellet and Cavani are two different types, dealing with different tactical environments.
Although Cavani is tall, strong and has excellent header ability, what he is better at is impact and diligence. He is the kind of alternative center who can go all the way back from the opponent's goal to his own goal.
Pellet is the tactical fulcrum.
How to use the two and who to use will depend on the game situation and the opponent.
Regarding Marino's question, Gao Shen chuckled and did not answer.
This makes him look very mysterious.
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The sophisticated coaching, coupled with the verbal spat between De Laurentiis and Juventus, made Naples attract much attention before the season even started, and the signed players gradually attracted media attention and reports.
The closer to July, the more media reporters pay more attention.
Especially when the signings one after another were gradually announced on the official website, the Italian media were surprised to find that Naples had actually introduced a group of young players in their twenties.
At the same time, after Gao Shen took over the team, he asked Marino to step in and sell off a large number of players, some of whom could not play last season. This is understandable, but even David Chiobiratu and Romito
, players such as Gatti and Caparella were also sent away one by one by Gao Shen.
What is this intended to do?
Could it be said that Gao Shen still wants to make it to Serie A with a group of young players in their twenties?
Not only were the Italian media unable to understand, but Sacchi also said that he was completely unable to fathom Gao Shen's intentions.
Tuttosport even wrote a satirical article, saying that Gao Shen wanted to copy his success in Real Madrid, but he foolishly forgot that in Real Madrid, the core combat effectiveness is not young players such as De La Rede and Negredo.
"Real Madrid won the double crown relying on superstars such as Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham and Raul!"
Turin Sports News believes that Gao Shen is blind and impulsive, and Naples will pay the price for his choice.
Even Gazzetta dello Sport believed that Gao Shen's personal recruitment seemed immature.
"According to insiders in Naples, Gao Shen spent more than 15 million euros on signings. This is a huge expenditure even in Serie A, let alone Serie B, but the players he introduced are seriously lacking in immediate
Combat strength."
"If you invest a huge amount of money but fail to lead the team to promotion to Serie A, then Gao Shen will pay the price for his wrong decision!"
After Juventus coached Napoli, after many twists and turns, Blanco finally came forward and successfully persuaded Deschamps to let this Juventus hero come to coach the Bianconeri that had been relegated to Serie B.
Sporting director Secco oversaw the transfer. Although Ibrahimovic, Emerson, Gianluca Zambrotta, Vieira, Mutu, Cannavaro and Thuram were sold, Juventus
Si still has strong troops and horses.
This summer, Juventus only spent a total of 3.6 million euros to introduce central defender Bumson from Newcastle in the Premier League, Marchionni from Parma, and Cristiano Zanetti from Inter Milan.
All pens are free transfers.
In other words, Juventus sold people for nearly 80 million euros, but only 3.6 million euros were actually invested in signings.
In this regard, sports director Secco proudly stated that the reason why Juventus did not invest more money was because they were confident of advancing to Serie A.
"Only teams that have worked so hard to get promoted from Serie C need to invest huge sums of money to transform their teams. We don't need that," Secco said with hidden sarcasm.
Regarding the advanced signings, Seko said that he could not understand them at all.
"This is why I refused to invite him to coach at the beginning. I found that he knew nothing about professional football. He even didn't know how to handle a transfer. Therefore, I refused to give him the power to transfer."
"Yes, Naples gave it, but look at the good things he did in Naples!"
"I don't understand. He has demolished the entire foundation of the team. Does he just want to reach Serie A with a group of 20-year-old players?"
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While Secco was ridiculing Gao Shen in Italy, far away in Spain, Real Madrid's former chairman Martin also stood up and publicly accused Gao Shen of betraying him at a critical moment and reminded Naples president De Laurentiis.
"He'll bankrupt you, just like me!"
Martin said that it was he who overcame all opinions and finalized Gao Shen's coaching at Real Madrid; it was he who paved the way for Gao Shen to coach and smoothed over the superstars in the locker room; it was he who gave Gao Shen unconditional support and trust, and that was how Gao Shen became a coach.
Success at Real Madrid.
"But what did I get?"
"At the most critical moment of my campaign, he betrayed me. I know why. He wanted to use this to please my opponent. But unfortunately, it is Capello who will coach Real Madrid in the new season, and he can only go there in despair.
Coaching a newly promoted team from Serie B.”
Martin said that Gao Shen actually didn't understand football at all, and his coaching came entirely from the help of his assistant Maguida and others.
"I'm afraid many people don't know that when he was coaching Real Madrid, he visited Carlo's house every day and asked for his help. He himself didn't know how to organize his troops or prepare for a game. So, this
The first time he went to coach Naples, he hired Carlo as his assistant coach."
Martin took the initiative to reveal this inside story with only one intention, which was to tell the world that Gao Shen's results at Real Madrid were fake!
Gao Shen is the biggest liar in the world!
Now not only Spanish media, but also Italian media and other mainstream media in Europe have followed suit.
Many people have long been suspicious, how could a 25-year-old young man coach Real Madrid and achieve such great success?
Now, the answer may be obvious.
Especially after he coached Naples, he spent more than 15 million euros and only brought in a group of little-known young players. This is simply ridiculous.
Even authoritative media such as France's L'Equipe and Germany's Bild have expressed concerns about Gao Shen's prospects of coaching Naples.
They do not question Gao Shen's achievements in Real Madrid, because Martin's words are full of errors and omissions. Apart from deliberately sensationalizing the news, no one will believe it at all. It will only attract those fans who do not know what is going on, or fans of the team that Gao Shen defeated.
But Gao Shen's signing in Naples is indeed very worrying.
After all, this is his first season after achieving great success in Real Madrid, and he is coaching a newly promoted team from Serie B. He is also recruiting a group of young players. How can people not be worried about this?
However, precisely because of this, Serie B in the new season has received unprecedented attention.
There are not only down-and-out giants like Juventus, but also many well-known Italian teams, as well as newly promoted teams with experienced coaches. It can be said that there are all kinds of elements to attract fans.
It was also under such attention that Naples summer training camp quietly started.
