In the end, Jose Fonte's transfer value was 1.2 million.
Spending this amount of money during the winter break would definitely be nothing to change to a Premier League club, but if it were spent on Southampton, it would be a very extravagant performance.
At least the fans know that after Perry was confirmed to be absent, the club quickly spent money to buy a central defender who has performed well in the English Championship, which also shows their ambition.
"I know that the club's economy is not very good, but we still spent a lot of money in the transfer market this season, which makes me feel very happy. Although our ranking does not seem to be very good, there is still more than half of the league time.
It’s enough for us to catch up with the team in front!” A Southampton fan said confidently during an interview.
Although the ranking is only twelfth, and although it seems that there is still a big gap between the top six, Southampton's fans and players are full of confidence.
This situation also made Wundt, who had just joined, feel a little curious.
He joined the team very quickly. After all, he was a player in the English Championship before and is used to the rhythm of the English league. This is why Ji Ya thinks he is a good choice. The rhythm of the English league is faster. It doesn't matter if he buys someone in the summer. If he has time,
Let them adapt, and it will indeed be easier to poach local players during winter transfers.
And as a central defender, he is also a plug-and-play talent.
In the past, Perry mainly played as a deep-lying defender, but the central defender configuration of one deep-lying and one attacking forward has long been outdated. Ji Ya has long wanted the two tall central defenders to take turns attacking and taking turns filling in. Now is the opportunity.
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However, there was no reason for the newly arrived player to play immediately. The next two games happened to be back-to-back during the Christmas period, and both games were away games, so Noriya did not let him play.
However, the next two league games continued to expose the flaws in Southampton's defense...
In the twenty-third round, the away game drew 1-1 with Brundford.
In the twenty-fourth round, they lost to Cochester United 1-2 away from home.
With only one point scored in two games, Southampton's ranking began to decline again, which also made Ji Ya couldn't help but smile bitterly - after the New Year, it seems that it will really be impossible without Wundt...
In any case, Southampton did not let the fans have a good time in these two games from Christmas to New Year.
"I will win the next two games no matter what." Ji Ya said to himself.
Of course he was not talking about the next round of the FA Cup - Southampton drew a good draw in the third round of the FA Cup. Their opponent was Luton, who had fallen to the fifth tier. A team like Southampton
Don won't worry, and Noriya won't send out all his main forces in such a game.
He was talking about the next two rounds of the league.
Southampton actually doesn't have much room for losing points now. Although the cup competition will also draw their attention, they still have to perform better in the league.
In the first game after the New Year, Southampton won easily. Chamberlain and a group of substitutes defeated Luton 2-0 away from home. Southampton advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup.
However, Southampton fans really don't care too much about this. After all, Southampton has never encountered a Premier League team along the way. It has reached the fourth round and seems to have very low gold content.
And neither Kiya nor Southampton fans have the luxury of expecting the team to achieve a breakthrough in the FA Cup - the most important thing is that Kiya feels that even if they win the FA Cup, it will not be a happy thing.
Thing, who made Southampton's only significant championship in history the FA Cup?
Winning another FA Cup is not making history, there are no additional rewards!
After the FA Cup, Southampton ran into Exeter City, which was ranked 18th. However, compared with them, Southampton seemed to have nothing to be proud of. After all, their current ranking has also slipped to
Fourteenth place.
Only four places higher!
However, from the perspective of Southampton fans, this is only a temporary ranking. We are normally ten places higher than them, so there is no problem!
The final result of this game also made them happy. Southampton defeated their opponent 3-1 at home and achieved another victory after two rounds of winlessness. It once again proved that even if they are in poor condition, their winning rate against mid-to-lower teams is still the same.
very high……
Wundt started this game, but obviously the cooperation between him and Lovren was not skilled enough. The only goal conceded was scored between the two of them.
"My fault, my fault." Wundt immediately began to reflect, which made Lovren a little embarrassed.
"This guy has a good personality and can be reused." Ji Ya thought in his mind.
Although the technical characteristics of Wundt and Lovren seem to be somewhat similar, their personalities are different. Wundt is more stable, has strong tracking ability and accurate blocking position, while Lovren is more brave and has great ability to grab.
It's outstanding.
If these two people work together, Southampton's defense may be taken to a higher level.
"This signing is a good buy." Ji Ya thought in his heart.
This victory brought Southampton back to the 12th position with 33 points, while Huddersfield, currently ranked sixth, has reached 42 points, which is a full amount more than Southampton.
Nine points.
The next round of the league is against Huddersfield at home.
"This game is very important. We must win... If we win, the gap with them will be narrowed to six points. If we fail to win, it will be difficult to catch up with nine points."
Football coaches' mathematical judgments are always so magical, but Southampton's players believe this.
The most important thing is to use victory to inspire fighting spirit and confidence when facing the top six teams.
In fact, Huddersfield does not have a particularly outstanding point. What they are good at is overall offense and defense. After 25 rounds, they have scored 48 goals. This number can rank third in the league, second only to the top two Leeds and Novi.
Oddly, they conceded 29 goals, which ranked fifth among the top six.
And their goals do not rely on a single outstanding forward, but rely on the overall performance, and there are no particularly strong players.
Their defense is also average.
Against such a team, if you can show strong defensive capabilities during the game, it is very likely that the opponent will have no chance of victory at all!
Control their offense and their defense will always have problems.
They can always score big scores like seven to one or six to zero, and at the same time they will be suffocated by the lower ranked teams one to zero or two to one.
From this perspective, they are more extreme than Southampton before.
As a similar team, Southampton does not seem to be difficult to defeat such an opponent...
