On New Year's Day, January 1, which is the first day of the winter window, Chelsea officially announced several transactions.
First of all, of course, the Oscar transfer rumors came to a conclusion, and it was announced that the Brazilian star would transfer to Shanghai SIPG for 80 million euros.
Then the team's goalkeeper Cech was loaned to Arsenal for half a season, with a buyout clause attached.
Chelsea also bought 19-year-old young winger Gnabry from Arsenal for 5 million pounds.
Of course, there is also the 22-year-old Argentine goalkeeper Martinez, and this deal only cost Chelsea 2 million pounds.
Such news, of course, has aroused widespread discussion among the media and fans.
For Chelsea fans, it is definitely not satisfactory.
Mainly from a book perspective, Chelsea's strength has declined.
Oscar, plus Schürrle, who had officially announced his departure from the team earlier, and the meritorious goalkeeper Petr Cech, these three are all long-established and absolute stars;
And where is this Gnabry, a kid from?
Poaching a wicketkeeper from Arsenal is also a puzzling operation.
Even if Cech really wants to leave, wouldn't it be okay to replace Szczesny? Even if it's to bring Ospina!
As a result, we have a No. 3 goalkeeper who has not been able to play a game at Arsenal for several years...
The only advantage seems to be that the price is cheap.
Among the several deals that have been reached in the winter window, Chelsea's income is almost 120 million euros, but the expenditure is only 7 million pounds...
How does this look like Chelsea’s style?
Even a small team like Swansea has spent more than 10 million!
Suddenly there were constant voices of doubt.
Of course, some sensible fans pointed out that whether the team's strength will improve or decrease depends on the subsequent games.
When Pan Yi brought Cancelo and B-seat stars from Portugal during the summer window, including the little-known Marcos Alonso from Florence, weren't there many people who questioned it?
But as soon as the Premier League started, everyone shut up.
These people have all performed to a high level under Pan Yi and are also important members of Chelsea's current half-season championship.
Especially Marcos Alonso, before him, no one had ever seen a full-back with such a slow speed...
Therefore, you still have to believe in Pan Yi’s vision and his training ability!
Moreover, now that the winter window has just begun, perhaps coach Pan Yi is still planning some big news, preparing to shock the world!
Some fans are even thinking about whether they really want to go to Barcelona to bring Messi over...
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Of course what Pan Yi wants to get is not Messi, but the person who is carrying Messi - Lingard!
This originated from a meme on the Dragon Kingdom Fans Forum.
Probably when Messi wants to leave Barcelona in the future, many people will of course be concerned about his next club.
Many teams want to get Messi, and countless fans are watching this big show. There are piles of fans in the trees, and it is impossible to squeeze them out.
Zhang Lu commented at the time that lack of physical fitness and running ability are Messi's current weaknesses. Having him in the team is equivalent to missing half a person to play the game.
This news immediately sparked heated discussions on the Internet, with countless Messi fans complaining about Zhang Lu’s ignorance of football.
Fans with great imaginations even came up with an excellent plan: let Messi transfer to Manchester United, where there is an immortal player who can help him.
"Messi's current physical fitness is the biggest bottleneck, while Lingard's only advantage is running."
"Inspired by this, we can let Messi move to Manchester United. During the game, let Lin Lin run on his back. When he reaches the right position, put Messi down and start playing like a king. This can make up for the physical disadvantage to the greatest extent."
"Another obvious advantage of this tactic is that once Messi loses the ball, Lin next to him can launch a counterattack on the spot to regain the ball for Messi."
"Messi is good with the ball, Lingard is good without the ball, Lingard runs with Messi on his back, uses strengths and avoids weaknesses, and join forces, we will be invincible!"
Of course, this so-called "solution" has also caused widespread discussion, and some people have even proposed a better solution:
"You don't have to go through so much trouble. After buying Messi, sign Bolt over. Wouldn't it be more powerful to use Bolt to carry Messi on his back?? He can directly run to the goal with the ball and save a lot of trouble." p>
……
Of course, Pan Yi wants to buy Lingard not just to let him carry Messi.
But doesn’t this joke just show that Lingard has a wide range of activities on the field, runs without hesitation and has a positive attitude?
This in itself is Pan Yi's favorite player characteristic, whether it is Kanter or Ward Prowse.
Of course, Lingard has more than these advantages.
From the perspective of court position, Lingard can serve as a central midfielder, shadow forward, and left and right wingers. He is basically a versatile frontcourt player, which is very suitable for Pan Yi's comprehensive requirements for players.
As a right-footed player, he can be more conducive to getting the ball by running smoothly on the right wing.
Going to the left wing, Lingard has a strong effect of cutting inside the ribs and launching attacks.
Lingard's ability to create chaos through his ribs can be said to be his personal characteristic.
And his technical skills are also good, plus he has a certain flexibility advantage, as well as flexibility, balance and ball touch.
When there is no absolute gap in strength, he is able to make good moves and often has a stroke of genius.
During his later loan spell at West Ham, he thrived in the tactics created for him by Moyes and scored many beautiful goals.
Of course, his shortcomings are also obvious.
That is, in addition to his good physical fitness, his physical condition is not very good, and it is easy to become invisible in strong confrontations.
He occasionally has a world-beating kick, but more often than not, his shooting performance is not very good.
The bad reason is that on the one hand, his shooting level is not high, and on the other hand, his shooting timing is relatively poor.
Lingard can actually shoot with both feet, but the problem is that the shots with both feet are not very good...
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But for Pan Yi, these shortcomings can all be improved.
If his body is not strong enough, he can ask Pintus to give him more supplements;
If you’re not good at shooting, just practice!
Look at Lukaku, some people still say that his shooting is not good enough?
After all, Lingard is only 22 years old this year and still has a lot of room for development.
In fact, the main reason is that Pan Yi understands that Lingard's technical characteristics make him more suitable as an assistant.
When he was at West Ham United, he played as an attacking midfielder, and the two cores of the team were actually tactical center Antonio, and defensive midfielder Shaucek, who was very capable of penetrating and scoring.
Lingard kept running back and forth in the attacking midfielder position, connecting the space between Soucek and Antonio, while looking for opportunities to get the ball in the ribs and attack inside.
In the current Chelsea, there are also all-around center Lukaku, as well as powerful defensive midfielders Kante and Matic to help Lingard deal with the damage, so that Lingard can hide behind and output as much as he likes.
At the same time, Lingard does not make many mistakes when playing football, which gives him a chance to become a qualified Green Leaf player.
This also allows him to play at a high level in the England national team behind Harry Kane.
It can be seen from the statistics of the 2018 World Cup that Lingard directly participated in 3 goals and played almost all the games.
In other words, even in his previous life, as long as Lingard was used properly, he could perform brilliantly whether in the club or the national team.
Therefore, Pan Yi is confident to bring out Lin Huang, who is currently doing nothing at Manchester United, and make him a true "Lin Huang" in this life.
It’s just...
What he never expected was that Manchester United was unwilling to let him go!
The reason is similar to Liverpool's unwillingness to sell Alexander-Arnold, just because Lingard is the prince of Manchester United!
Although Lingard is not a native of Manchester, he joined the Manchester United youth training camp in 2000, when he was less than eight years old, so he had the famous scene of coaching Cristiano Ronaldo not long after. p>
It was not until 2012 that he was promoted from the Manchester United U18 youth team to the first team.
At this time, he could not play in the star-studded Manchester United, so he could only be loaned to Leicester City in the British Championship, where he made his career debut.
After returning to Manchester United, he was loaned to Birmingham again.
However, when he returned to Manchester United again, although the head coach Louis van Gaal wanted to use Lingard, he did not have many opportunities to play in the context of practicing large circle tactics.
But Manchester United obviously doesn't want to give up this player from their youth training, so they still plan to hone themselves in the first team, and if it doesn't work, they can loan him out to practice again.
Therefore, at this time, Chelsea suddenly said that they wanted to buy Lingard, and Manchester United just said one word, not selling!
But the problem is, Lingard wants to leave.
Although he is from the youth training of Manchester United, although he has been a Manchester United fan since he was a child, although he really wants to stay at Manchester United in his heart...
But unlike Ward-Prowse, he has already had relatively stable playing time in the first team.
After all, your career is the most important!
If you can't play in the first team of Manchester United and are always on loan, how can you be considered a real Manchester United player?
In the current Manchester United team, it is obvious to the naked eye that Lingard has no chance, so he can foresee that his future can only be constantly rented out.
Although it stands to reason that there is no chance at Manchester United, let alone at Chelsea?
But Pan Yi extended an olive branch to Lingard, which had to make Lin Huang feel excited.
This is obviously to use him to replace the vacancies left by Schürrle and Oscar!
Chelsea has officially announced the joining of Arsenal youngster Gnabry before, so the other position seems to be left to him by Pan Yi.
Although Lingard really doesn’t know what is good about him that Pan Yi likes, but as long as he likes him, it means that his career is saved!
After all, Pan Yi is good at cultivating young players. All the young people Pan Yi likes and introduces will perform well and make great progress under his hands.
Lingard couldn't refuse such an opportunity.
Therefore, Lingard also quickly made a decision: go with Pan Yi!
For this reason, the day after Chelsea made a formal offer to Manchester United to buy Lingard at a price of 6 million pounds and was rejected, Lingard's agent found the top management of Manchester United and officially submitted the transfer to the Manchester United club.
Apply.
Not only that, Lingard's agent also directly stated that Lingard is very eager to join Chelsea.
After the communication, Manchester United also understood that it seemed that they really could not keep Lingard.
But for Manchester United, selling Lingard is not as simple as it seems on paper.
Although Lingard is not yet able to play stably in the first team, Van Gaal recalled him to Manchester United this season instead of continuing to rent him out, because he wanted to use him again and try for a while.
More importantly, after all, he is also an outstanding product of Manchester United's youth training in recent years, and has also been selected for the England U17 national team.
Although Chelsea is not a mortal enemy, it is also a direct competitor in the league in recent years.
Selling one's own young talent and future star to a competitor like this is bound to make fans have objections.
Therefore, the Manchester United representative finally proposed that if they can add some more chips to the transfer fee to convince the coach and Manchester United fans that the deal is worthwhile, then the negotiation can continue.
As a result, they increased Lingard's transfer fee to 12 million pounds, directly doubling it.
One word: You have to pay more!
However, although Chelsea has money, they are not taken advantage of.
Arsenal's Gnabry is also a star of hope and a fringe player in the first team. He is two or three years younger than you. Chelsea only spent 5 million pounds to buy it;
The price for Lingard has been raised to 6 million pounds, but you still want to jump to 12 million pounds?
This is already the price of players who can play the main role in the five major leagues.
To give two examples, last summer window, Liverpool bought 20-year-old midfielder Emre Can from Leverkusen and 19-year-old forward Origi from Lille, both of which cost only 10 million.
Left and right.
And they all became famous at a young age and have stable playing time in their respective home teams.
Even Pan Yi bought Seat B and Cancelo from Benfica in the summer window. They also had outstanding performances in the Portuguese Liga, winning the Most Improved Player Award, and many times being the Player of the Month.
Best player title.
When Lingard was loaned to Leicester City in the English Championship, he only played 5 times, with 0 goals and 0 assists, a true zero king.
After such a comparison, is Lingard not worth the price at all?
Therefore, the negotiations reached a deadlock.
But Pan Yi is not anxious about this.
The winter window has only been open for a day, why are you anxious? It’s not like Chelsea has no one left, so Lin is the only one.
Maybe in a few days, it will be Manchester United who is anxious...
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What a coincidence, Chelsea's first opponent in the second half of the season is Manchester United!
This is also the difference between the Premier League schedule and other leagues.
Whether in Italy or Germany, generally speaking, the schedule for the second half of the season is basically completely symmetrical to the first half of the season.
That is to say, if you play Team A in the first round, and then play against all opponents in the first round, the first opponent you encounter in the second round will also be Team A.
But not the Premier League.
It seems more random. There is no pattern between the opponents in the second round and the first round. In addition, make-up games are canceled and inserted from time to time, which makes it even more chaotic.
Of course, this is something that is not surprising to experienced FM players.
Anyone who often plays the Premier League knows that, with various cup competitions, it often happens that they play four or five games in a row against the same opponent within a month. What is this?
But for Pan Yi, it is really great to meet Manchester United now.
Last time at Old Trafford, they used 5-1-4 to beat Van Gaal's big circle tactics to a score of 5:0. This time they were so unwilling to do anything about Lingard's transfer.
Crisp, don’t blame me for being heartless!
Aren't you, Van Gaal, good at weird formations? This time, I'll give you a knife to pull your ass - open your eyes!
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"Viewers, what you are watching now is the focus of the 20th round of the 2014-2015 Premier League season, with the league leader Chelsea facing Manchester United at home at Stamford Bridge."
Zhan Jun's commentary voice sounded.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is a focus battle.
In recent years, Chelsea and Manchester United have always been strong contenders for the Premier League championship, and the clash between the two teams would have attracted a lot of attention.
As far as this season is concerned, Chelsea has been on a roll and is far ahead in the standings;
Manchester United has slowly regained its form after experiencing the pain at the beginning of the season, and is now ranked third in the standings after half the game.
The first versus the third, such a powerful dialogue is naturally very eye-catching.
In fact, this Premier League match will be broadcast live to more than 120 countries and regions around the world, and fans all over the world will come to enjoy this focus battle.
Therefore, Dragon Kingdom is no exception.
Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, the golden partners in the Premier League, also provided fans with commentary on the game at prime time in Dragon Kingdom.
"In the first round of the match between the two sides, Chelsea defeated Manchester United 5:0 in the away game. Manchester United must have been thinking about revenge, and coach Van Gaal should have been fully prepared for this."
"The good news for Manchester United is that on the first day of the winter window, Chelsea let go of the team's two wingers Oscar and Schürrle, as well as goalkeeper Petr Cech."
"Chelsea's corresponding complement is just a young player from Arsenal who also plays as an attacking midfielder and winger. His name is Gebuli... No, it's Gnabry. And a third goalkeeper who is also from Arsenal.
Martinez."
"This will undoubtedly weaken Chelsea's strength. However, it seems that coach Pan Yi still trusts these two young players and has included them in today's 18-man roster."
"Also, Chelsea's captain Terry is suspended due to accumulated yellow cards and cannot play today. This will inevitably have a certain impact on Pan Yi's formation, and Chelsea's defensive hardness may also be weakened."
"Oh, the lineups of both sides have just come out, let's take a look..."
Zhan Jun began to think about Manchester United’s lineup:
"Single striker, Falcao."
"The four midfielders are lined up, Ashley Young, Fellaini, Rooney, and Mata."
"The single defensive midfielder is Herrera."
"The four people on the back line are Luke Shaw, Paddy McNair, Smalling and Valencia."
"Goalkeeper De Gea."
"It seems that when Van Gaal faced Pan Yi again, he no longer used the big circle tactic that failed last time, but used a more conventional and relatively conservative 4-1-4-1 formation." "The most obvious change here is that Carrick has withdrawn from the lineup, and the team's youth training youngster Paddy McNair has also been used in the defense."
"He only played for Manchester United for the first time this season, but he has performed well recently and won the trust of Van Gaal, so he also got the opportunity today."
"Speaking of young players from the youth training, Lingard, who has been involved in transfer rumors recently, is also sitting on Manchester United's bench, and the one who wants to buy him is today's opponent Chelsea..."
"Lingard also made his Premier League debut for Manchester United's first team in the first round of the Premier League this season when Manchester United played against Swansea City Football Club at home. Perhaps Van Gaal wanted to use Lingard.
That’s why I don’t want him to leave.”
"I also heard that the two teams have some differences on the transfer price. I wonder if Van Gaal will send Lingard to play today? Will Chelsea make up his mind to pay a high price? This may also be a problem for Van Gaal.
A dilemma..."
Then, Zhan Jun started talking about Chelsea’s lineup:
"The forward line is still the combination of Hazard, Lukaku and B seat. It seems that today coach Pan Yi still wants to use the strongest forward combination to attack Manchester United's defense. This can also minimize the impact of Oscar and Schurrle.
The impact of leaving.”
"The double defensive midfielders are still Kante and Matic. It can be seen here that Chelsea's lineup is more conventional, not as innovative as the 5-1-4 last time against Manchester United. Today's home game, we still need to be stable.
For the Lord.”
"On the back line, the two wing-backs are Cancelo and Ivanovic. Hey, this is using two full-backs that are often used for rotation. Maybe Pan Yi has some new ideas?"
"Look at the three central defenders today. David Luiz has no problem, so the one who replaces Terry is... Azpilicueta. Huh? Azpilicueta? The other one is... Marcos
Alonso?"
"Is this... the wrong lineup? Why did Chelsea throw in all four wing-backs at once????"
Zhan Jun was startled there, and Zhang Lu was also surprised:
"This is a brand new line of defense. I really can't guess what he is thinking. I'm afraid Van Gaal also didn't expect that Pan Yi would arrange this. No, no one in the world would have thought that he would arrange it like this, right??"
Indeed, as long as fans around the world are paying attention to this game, when they see the lineups of both sides in the center of the screen, they are all surprised by Chelsea's strange-looking four-wing-back formation.
This is really weird!
Does Pan Yi not want to win???
For many current fans, seeing this lineup is probably a bit like seeing Carlos Marcelo Cafu and Alves appear on the back line together.
Is this something a normal person can do?
The TV broadcast cameras also focused on Pan Yi, who had come to the sidelines.
I saw him calm and confident, waving to the Chelsea fans easily and enjoying the bursts of applause given to him by the fans in the stadium.
Others don't know that Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso can play as central defenders, but Pan Yi knows.
In his previous life, after Conte took charge of Chelsea, Azpilicueta was actually the main force in the three central defenders, and he could play both left and right central defenders, and eventually helped the team win the league championship.
Marcos Alonso was almost the best in the world when he played as a wing-back, and when he moved to Barcelona, he also started to play as a left-center defender with ease.
Therefore, in recent training, Pan Yi also deliberately asked these two people to play the central defender position to increase the team's defensive and offensive routines.
In terms of defense, since Marcos Alonso has very good physical conditions, it is not difficult at all to play as a central defender;
Although Azpilicueta is of average height, he has speed and flexibility, and has advantages in chasing back and filling in.
In addition, both of them are fullbacks themselves, and they are much better than ordinary central defenders in terms of ball control and passing. It is really best to serve as a ball-playing central defender.
In other words, Pan Yi asked them to partner David Luiz to play as the three central defenders. Not only did their defense not drop too much, but their offense was greatly strengthened.
Pan Yi arranged such a lineup today. In addition to having to make adjustments due to captain Terry's suspension, his real intention is also obvious.
He just wants to use such a four-wing-back formation to beat Manchester United hard!