When Du Yue came to Ji Ya's office again, he felt a little uneasy.
But this is normal. After all, although he felt that his performance was pretty good during this period, everyone can see that Otamendi is back. Under such circumstances, Du, who was originally coming in to replace him for a few days,
Yue, of course, will return to the youth team.
Of course Du Yue is not willing - who would be willing to go to the youth team after playing for the first team?
"Hi, Du Yue, I don't think we need to be too polite... To be honest, everyone has seen your performance in training and competition during this period. You work hard and perform well. We all know this.
." Ji Ya said.
Du Yue was a little happy, but obviously he didn't know the dangers of the adult world. Generally speaking, such words would be followed by one sentence - but...
Sure enough, Ji Ya's next sentence was "but".
"However, we analyzed it and found that it is difficult for you to gain a foothold in Southampton now, and we can't even loan you out," Noriya said.
Du Yue was struck like thunder.
"Listen to me and let me analyze it for you." Ji Ya said.
Hearing this, Du Yue felt a little relieved. After all, if the club wanted to eliminate him, would Mr. Chairman have so much time to talk to him?
Just listen patiently.
"As a central defender, your current strength is not enough to gain a foothold in our first team. I think you also know this. Your characteristics overlap with Chambers and Otamendi, and they are not very old.
, but your physical condition is better than yours and your experience is richer. It is difficult for you to get a chance to train in our first team. If you only play a few League Cup and FA Cup games a year, it doesn’t mean much." Noriya
explain.
Du Yue nodded thoughtfully, this is indeed the truth...
"Generally speaking, in a situation like yours, we will rent you out, or find a Championship club to sell you, and then set up a buy-back clause so that you can get better training... However, this
This approach may work for others, but it may be a bit troublesome for you." Ji Ya said.
"Ah? Why?" Du Yue, who was fascinated by what he heard, couldn't help but ask.
"To be honest, I don't really care about your height. Because we play in top-level competitions, whether it's the Premier League or European competitions, there are actually very few traditional tall centers. If you think about it,
Manchester United's striker is Robin van Persie, Manchester City's striker is Aguero, and Dzeko has begun to serve as a substitute, and Dzeko is not a strong center. Liverpool's center is Suarez, and Arsenal's center is Giroud and Podolski.
, Giroud is not good at strength alone. Tottenham is Defoe, Chelsea is Torres, Demba Ba and Sturridge. None of them are high center forwards in the traditional sense. Even other teams in the Premier League rarely have such players.
You are a forward, so even though you are not tall, it won't be a big problem if you actually play in the game. The main thing is to accumulate experience." Noriya continued to analyze.
"Yes, that's why I've never worried about my height!" Du Yue shouted.
Ji Ya laughed: "But if you want to gain experience, what opponents will you encounter in the British Championship?"
Du Yue was stunned.
Nowadays, traditional high center forwards are probably extinct in top leagues, but in competitions like the English Championship and League One, there are a lot of them!
Traditional powerful centers are still very useful in lower leagues!
If Du Yue is loaned to a British Championship team, he will definitely be abused by high center forwards every time.
At that time, he really wants to be extremely high in every game.
Thinking of this, Du Yue became distressed.
"Now one way is to sell you to a foreign team. In this case, there are not many such high center forwards in their league, and you can accumulate experience. However, we lack satellite teams in other European leagues, and it will be difficult for them to accept it.
There is a buy-back clause, and one thing I'm worried about is that when you get used to the style of other leagues, you won't be able to adapt when you return to the Premier League. This kind of thing is also very common."
Du Yue had to admit that Ji Ya's words made sense, and it was really embarrassing...
And the dilemma is that Ji Ya should be optimistic about him, so he is in such a dilemma, otherwise he would just sell it abroad, and it would be sold for two to three million, and his training fee would be paid out.
Looking at Du Yue who was very embarrassed, Ji Ya laughed in his heart.
If you don't let him know how difficult it is, it will be really difficult to operate next.
"So now I actually have a suggestion. I don't know if you want to do it. This road will be difficult, but the prospects will be very broad." Ji Ya said.
Du Yue immediately nodded repeatedly.
What else could he do without nodding? At this time, as long as there is a road, it is worth walking!
"Actually, I don't think it's appropriate for you to play center back. Do you want to change your position?" Ji Ya said.
Du Yue wasn't particularly surprised. In fact, he often heard the suggestion of changing positions. Because of his height, playing as a center back was a bit too outrageous.
"Full-back? Or defensive midfielder?" Du Yue asked.
"Actually, you are not suitable for a full-back. Although you are also very fast, your speed is short-distance bursts, rather than long-distance running. Full-backs need this characteristic, and relatively speaking, your breakthrough ability is poor.
It's not enough to play as a full-back without breaking through. The same goes for the defensive midfielder. Your awareness of lateral interception is insufficient. You are good at grabbing in a straight line instead of running horizontally. At the same time, in terms of understanding the opponent's passing route, you only have
He is good at judging the placement of the ball, not the passing route of the ball, so this is not suitable either."
Du Yue nodded thoughtfully, then became a little frustrated - is he so useless?
"Let's play forward." Ji Ya looked at Du Yue and said suddenly.
Du Yue opened his mouth in surprise and looked at Ji Ya - the striker? This was something he really didn't expect...
"I have analyzed your characteristics and you will have various shortcomings when playing other positions. But when you play as a forward, whether it is a winger, a second forward, or a center, your weaknesses will not have any impact, and you
The strengths are very consistent.”
Ji Ya began to count him with his fingers: "First of all, you have a strong ability to judge the landing point, your running position is not bad, you have excellent jumping ability, explosive power and speed. Although you are short in stature, you have good confrontation ability and good footwork.
He can also hold the ball, and his awareness of passing the ball is also good... It's just that he doesn't have good passing skills, but if he is a shooter, if he has enough running and response abilities, even if he is a forward
, will be very useful.”
"Boss, you don't have to say anything, I'm going to be the forward!" Du Yue interrupted Ji Ya's words and said decisively.
This time it was Ji Ya's turn to be stunned - I haven't properly advised you yet, why did you agree so quickly?
"Boss, since you asked me to play forward, you shouldn't let me practice by myself, right? Do you need to arrange a personal training plan?" Du Yue quickly said with a playful smile.
Only then did Ji Ya suddenly realize—are you waiting for me here?
