Every head coach will have his own set of concepts and logic when building a team.
As Valdano and Sacchi said to Gao Shen before, they will choose different tactics based on their respective personalities and risk preferences, and then select different players.
But these are general directions. From a technical level, we basically establish the central axis of the team first.
That is goalkeeper, centre-back, midfielder and centre-forward.
Don't look at the past few years, Roma's strikerless tactic and Barcelona's Messi's false nine tactic, both seem to be very popular, making it seem as if there is no need for a center in European football, but in fact this is not the case.
Roma played without a striker because they lacked a strong high center forward. Barcelona let Messi play as a false nine. In fact, it was also because Eto'o couldn't hold the ball in the middle of the frontcourt. Otherwise, why would Guardiola want to bring in Ibrahimovic?
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The center position is very important, and its role will change, but it is indispensable.
Because he is closest to the goal.
Whether you advocate defense or offense, in professional leagues, scoring goals is essential.
Therefore, any team can do without wingers or wingers, but it can never reject a center.
Especially when fighting in difficult positions.
But now, with the popularity of high-post pressing and the rise of pass-and-control play, the requirements for centers are getting higher and higher.
The earliest centers were required to score and score. Later, tactical centers represented by Kluyinvert and Drogba emerged. Now, the requirements for centers have begun to change.
For example, Yin Brahimovich.
Gao Shen has always felt that it is difficult for the Swedish center to adapt to Barcelona, because he cannot drag his burly body of nearly two meters to press and press like other short players in Barcelona who are about 1.7 meters tall, and the rhythm is definitely not in the same channel.
If you don't believe it, take a look at the midfield cooperation between Yaya Toure and Barcelona. It is obvious that because of his tall stature, the Ivory Coast midfielder has good footwork, but his frequency of movements is not in sync with other players.
Yaya Toure is the kind of player who must organize the team's tactics around him, so he played very awkwardly in Barcelona because the core of Barcelona is Xavi and Iniesta.
To a certain extent, Yaya Toure's biggest competitor is really not Busquets, but Xavi and Iniesta ahead of him.
Look at his characteristics when he performed best at Manchester City. Xavi and Iniesta are responsible for these in the Barcelona team.
Judging from the current lineup configuration of Manchester City, almost the entire central axis needs signings, and the investment will not be small. At the same time, it is also very difficult to integrate the team, so summer training is particularly important, and advanced moves must be fast.
At the center position, what Gao Shen wants most is Benzema, but Manchester United and Real Madrid have already taken advantage of him. Even if Manchester City steps in with a check, it is estimated that it will be difficult to steal someone from Real Madrid.
According to the news obtained by Gao Shen, Benzema has basically signed with Real Madrid.
After all, it's all Benzema's fault, why are you so anxious?
Gao Shen had candidates for other positions and drew up a list and gave it to Mubarak.
Among them, Gao Shen also wants to introduce Neymar from Brazil's Santos.
As far as he knows, this young player has just made his debut in the first team and his performance is very good, but as long as he can afford the money, he should be able to find him.
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After his trip to the Middle East, Gao Shen took Emirates Airlines back to the capital.
As soon as he landed and returned home, Gao Shen called Carlo and Lucas respectively in Europe.
Carlo is still on vacation, but Gao Shen hopes that he can take time to go to Manchester first, visit Manchester City's Carrington training base, and tell the people at Manchester City some things that need to be rectified, so that they can rectify them as soon as possible.
The equipment that needs to be imported must be imported as soon as possible.
After the Abu Dhabi consortium took over Manchester City, preparations for the construction of a new training base were put on the agenda, but this was a protracted matter. According to Gao Shen's memory, it was many years later, so they also immediately paid attention to the training base.
Corrections have been made.
Carlo has worked with Gao Shen for three years and has always been in charge of training, so he knows the requirements of Gao Shen and the coaching staff very well. He went to Manchester first and could do a lot of work in advance.
Lucas also has a heavy task.
On the one hand, Gao Shen asked him to collect various information on the European transfer market this summer. He needs to keep abreast of the transfer trends in European football and at the same time look for players who meet his requirements.
He already has some ideas and candidates in mind, but this is also a good opportunity to train the team.
After all, as a member of the coaching staff, there are really very few people who can be so deeply involved in transfer operations.
Even if Lucas doesn't work with Gao Shen in the future, having such experience and examples will be enough for him to serve as technical director.
On the other hand, Gao Shen asked him to start building Manchester City's technical team. It is initially estimated that there will be five people including Lucas. If it is not enough, more can be added when the time comes.
The good thing is that Lucas previously studied at Loughborough University and has enough contacts in this area.
Many of his classmates and alumni are now working in the English league. The Premier League was also the first league in European football to attach importance to data analysis. When Ferguson sold Stam, it came from data analysis.
Of course, many people think that this is a negative teaching material.
"I guessed that you would want to go to the Premier League." After receiving Gao Shen's confirmation, Lucas smiled and said that he was already prepared.
Although he is on vacation, he has always paid attention to the news of the Premier League. At the same time, he is also collecting some intelligence and information about the Premier League last season, hoping to help Gao Shen and the coaching staff become familiar with and adapt to the Premier League earlier.
"I like challenging work!" Gao Shendan said with a smile.
For him, coaching Manchester City in the Premier League is really challenging.
This is not the first time he has reorganized a team on a large scale, but this time it is different from before.
In Naples, Gao Shen mostly used his own foresight to buy people, but this time he also hoped to use the capabilities of the existing team to prepare early for losing the advantage of being a traveler in the future.
Of course, he will not be so stupid as to give up his own advantages, such as Neymar.
It can only be said that this time he lost some ground and wanted to train himself and the team.
"By the way, I have some news for you. Xabi Alonso's transfer to Real Madrid has been decided. The transfer fee is 35 million euros."
Gao Shen was not surprised when he heard the news.
Xabi Alonso is very capable, both offensive and defensive, but as a Spaniard, it is normal for him to go to Real Madrid.
But what really surprised Gao Shen was the next news.
"After Liverpool sold Xabi Alonso, Benitez asked the club to fully introduce Biglia. Liverpool had previously made an offer of 30 million euros, but it was rejected by Naples. It is said that the Red Army will make the offer this time
Directly mentioning 40 million euros and competing with other clubs, Benitez is determined to win Biglia."
This was something Gao Shen didn't expect.
Originally, Liverpool was supposed to bring in Aquilani from Roma this summer, and they even sold Xavi Alonso just to bring in Aquilani, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be Biglia.
But upon further reflection, it turns out that it’s not completely traceable.
Biglia's good friend Mascherano in the national team and the national youth team is now the core of Liverpool's midfield. If Biglia goes to Liverpool, he can form a double Argentine midfielder. I believe it will still be very competitive.
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Moreover, Xabi Alonso was born in 1981, while Biglia was born in 1986, which is a full five years younger than the Spanish midfielder.
With the double midfielder combination of Biglia and Mascherano, plus Gerrard, Liverpool will not need to worry about the midfield in the next few years.
But Gao Shen also began to realize that the butterfly effect he brought was getting bigger and bigger.
In his previous life, Benitez should have sold Xabi Alonso and then introduced Aquilani, a big parallel importer. As a result, the Italian midfielder performed poorly, Liverpool's results plummeted, and Benitez was fired directly.
But that doesn't seem to be the case now.
Gao Shen is well aware of Biglia's strength. If he goes to Liverpool and cooperates with Mascherano, a national team partner, I believe that adapting to the Premier League is still a high probability event. By then, Liverpool will decline like Gao Shen did in his previous life.
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If Benitez really sells for 40 million euros, then De Laurentiis and Marino will basically let him go. After all, Kaká only sold for 65 million euros, and Biglia can sell for 40 million euros.
Euros are already quite high.
But when Gao Shen thought about it, why did he feel like he was setting up obstacles for himself?
Manchester United poached Valencia and Liverpool poached Biglia. The competition in the Premier League will definitely become more intense now.
"Where are Sanchez and Di Maria?" Gao Shen asked with concern.
These two players are also very strong, which is what he expects. If possible, he really wants to bring them to Manchester City, so that he will have a regular team of his own and a more familiar playing style.
But he was obviously still slow.
"I heard from Catalan journalist friends that Barcelona has temporarily given up on Ibrahimovic and is fully attacking Sanchez and Thiago Motta. There is news that Barcelona has offered 50 million euros for Sanchez.
sky-high price.”
"Real Madrid also made an offer of 50 million euros for Di Maria, and it is said that De Laurentiis and Marino have agreed."
Gao Shen smiled helplessly.
Although Manchester City is backed by wealthy people from the Middle East and can afford 50 million euros, it still cannot compete with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Water flows to lower places, and people move to higher places.
How could they leave the two giant teams and come to Manchester City?
Gao Shen is confident that he can fill some gaps by personally persuading him, but why bother?
His friendship with the players should never be wasted on this kind of thing, right?
At this moment, Gao Shen really didn't know whether he should be happy or helpless.
From now on, Naples can get at least 165 million euros from selling four players, Valencia, Biglia, Sanchez and Di Maria.
In other words, Gao Shen's 20% commission can be divided into 33 million euros.
