831 The 1st Champion in 2012

"It's better to prepare more quickly."

After the game, when the Manchester City players were happily celebrating the goal, the Leeds United players were a little disappointed, but they had no regrets.

They have all done their best.

Gao Shen walked over to shake hands with Sarri.

While preparing for the podium, he and Sarri, as well as Borel and Fernando Lucas who came down from the stands, stood aside and chatted.

When he said this, Gao Shen's expression was helpless.

Because many things have exceeded his expectations.

If Gao Shen's original plan had been followed, he didn't want the team to make such a splash so early.

why?

Because European football is really too hungry now.

Yes, literally, hunger and thirst.

In the past few years, from Manchester City to Paris Saint-Germain, from Malaga to Rome...

More and more foreign capital is pouring into European football, and they are frantically searching for football talents.

At the beginning, they snapped up those famous stars. When they arrived at Paris Saint-Germain, they snapped up players at the level of Pastore and Cavani. A group of famous generals.

But this is only a small part. What is really scary is the purchasing power of the Premier League.

With the skyrocketing income from local copyrights and overseas copyrights, the current purchasing power of Premier League teams is astonishing.

If nothing else, just talk about Newcastle.

This team was promoted from the British Championship to the Premier League in 2010. This season is their second season back to the Premier League.

During the winter break, this team introduced Cisse from the Bundesliga Freiburg. The transfer fee was not much, but the weekly salary was as high as 100,000 pounds.

Including Demba Ba and Andy Carroll in the team, Newcastle's current overall strength is not weak at all.

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is a sporting goods retailer,

When he took over the team in 2007, he spent 134 million pounds and assumed a debt of 70 million pounds. As a result, the Magpies' performance went from bad to worse and they were relegated.

why?

Because Mike Ashley just wanted to take the route of buying low and selling high to train young players, and the head coach he reused was the legendary Keegan. Needless to say, this road went into a dead end and fell down.

But in the English Championship, Mike Ashley figured out the way. After returning to the Premier League this time, he kept the lineup more stable and targeted signings in several positions. The overall investment was not large, but The results were even better.

Especially this season.

Head coach Alan Pardue can be regarded as a credit.

Not only Newcastle, but also Southampton with a profound past life.

After the Saints were promoted from the British Championship to the Premier League, although they spent more than 20 million pounds to introduce Jayon Rodriguez and Gaston Ramirez, the role of the most expensive Ramirez was limited.

This proves one thing, after being promoted from the English Championship to the Premier League, the best choice is stability.

Maintain the stability of the existing lineup, and then strengthen the local positions, thereby improving the overall strength of the team.

This is the best and most effective way to keep relegation in the Premier League.

But now, Leeds United is getting too much limelight, which is not a good thing.

Because other Premier League teams and teams in other leagues are all eyeing it.

In the current European football, talent is hard to find. Leeds United now has a group of young players in their twenties who have performed so well. Which one is not staring at them?

During the winter break, a team had already made a shot, but it was rejected by Leeds United.

When it comes to summer transfers, Leeds United will inevitably enter a dilemma.

Sell ​​or renew.

Neither of these are good options.

Selling people will lead to instability in the team lineup, and the tactics and formations honed and matured in the British Championship will be broken.

Renewing the contract is also not a good thing.

Leaving aside the difficulty of negotiating a contract renewal, Leeds United may not be able to offer the bargaining chips that other teams can offer.

One person's increase will drive a group of people to increase, and finally the salary structure gets out of control.

So in many cases, the team would rather be cruel and sell people than give a salary increase.

It's not just as simple as being stingy.

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Lucas, Borrell and Sarri all share deep concerns.

In fact, they all know that there will be such problems.

This is not a bad thing, it can only be said to be a very headache and happy trouble.

If the team plays poorly, that's a real problem.

"Next, we must further stabilize and improve the team's overall tactical framework, create a mature set of technical and tactical play, and at the same time, we must be mentally prepared to lose core players."

Gao Shen reminded.

It's almost inevitable.

It's like Courtois, who was conceded six goals tonight, but Manchester City kicked nearly 35 shots in total, 16 shots were on target, and only scored six. What else do you want to do?

Leeds United also performed well, taking 18 shots, seven shots on goal and scoring three goals.

Now Tottenham Hotspur, which is in desperate need of a goalkeeper, has been eyeing Courtois during the winter break. The first bid was 5 million pounds, but Leeds United did not talk to them at all, and their attitude was very firm.

But what about summer transfers?

In the Belgian league, there are also concerns about whether the players' performances are authentic.

But now we played in the League Cup and the FA Cup, especially in the final against Manchester City. Is this false?

This final is Leeds United's best touchstone.

Of course, Gao Shen and the Leeds United management are very aware of this, so they all support Sarri's confrontation with Manchester City.

To put it bluntly, if you can't keep it anyway, then show your best side and try to sell more at a higher price.

"We plan to increase the intensity of training other players, give them more opportunities, and make multiple preparations." Borrell said.

This was actually proposed by Gao Shen before, but Sarri did not do a good job in the rotation.

"Jorginho and Brozovic can try to play an organizational midfielder, or try to play a double midfielder with Schneiderlin, try more, not to mention the striker, Mane, Salah, Harry Kai En, Incardi and Zaha need to give more chances."

"And Keylor Navas, this goalkeeper is still very capable, I have seen him play in the national team."

Gao Shen has always been very cautious in doing things.

As a Virgo, he never likes to leave flaws for himself, so the bureaus he lays out are usually prepared with multiple hands.

The current Leeds United should do what Gao Shen did in Naples a few years ago, give more opportunities to substitute players, try more other tactics, and improve the team's overall technical and tactical level.

As long as the tactical framework is stable and mature, even if the core players are poached, the problem will not be too big.

It's like Southampton in the previous life, after their outstanding performance in the Premier League, they were directly dug out, the entire central axis was hollowed out, and with the addition of other players, almost the main lineup was gone.

But what happened?

Southampton did even better.

Why?

Because they have created a very mature and stable technical and tactical system.

To achieve this, no matter who is sold, as long as the corresponding players are introduced according to the needs of the team.

Of course, this technical and tactical system is not static, it also needs constant innovation and improvement.

This is within the grasp of technical director Borel.

"Don't worry, we have already prepared the plan. We will try to keep two of the three midfielders, and try our best to keep the defense line, especially the central defenders, to maintain the stability of the entire midfield." Borrell said.

Leeds United is different from Naples that Gao Shen coached back then.

Naples' goal that year was to win the championship after promotion, while Leeds United was promoted to relegation.

The goals are different, and the things that need to be done are also different.

Benteke is currently the top scorer in the British Championship, Paulinho is ranked third as a midfielder, Adam Lallana is the assist leader, and they are currently the best players in the Leeds United team. Most expensive.

And Courtois.

Although Manchester City scored six goals tonight, the Belgian goalkeeper's evaluation will only be higher.

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Just like running a club, the operation of the transfer market is also a profound and complicated knowledge.

Even many times, it seems like a silent contest.

Just like Manchester United, after Ferguson retired, people found that Manchester United's transfer operation seemed to be beaten back to before liberation. San Dezi spent a lot of money and raised the price, but the effect was not ideal.

"Sun and Moon"

In the final analysis, this is still the problem of the team itself.

From Ferguson to Moyes, from Van Gaal to Mourinho to Solskjaer, Manchester United does not have a mature and stable tactical system and play ideas at all.

For example, Di Maria and Pogba were introduced at a high price. Have you ever thought about how to arrange tactics around these two players?

Even if Di Maria was an accident, what about Pogba?

After staying for so many years, with the halo of the world's top midfielder, the core of the World Cup champion, but can he play his best position in Manchester United?

What can I do if I have to use blue and white porcelain as an ashtray?

Leeds United's team is still relatively immature, but it has been growing and improving.

The most important thing is that the general direction of the team is right.

And this general direction has always been controlled by Gao Shen and Su Qing.

Therefore, who to sell next and who to keep will also be a choice and choice.

It even has to be decided according to the dynamic changes in the transfer market anytime and anywhere.

For example, originally planned to keep a certain player, but suddenly a local tycoon is willing to pay a sky-high price, will they sell it?

The operation in the transfer market will in turn affect the formation of the coaching staff, which in turn will affect the team's performance on the court.

Gao Shen is very clear about these, as are Lucas and Borel.

The operation of the transfer market this summer is a big test for the Gaoshen team since taking over Leeds United!

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After the podium was properly arranged, the two teams began to prepare to receive the award.

Runner-up Leeds United took the stage first, followed by champions Manchester City.

This is the first time Gao Shen has won the League Cup since he came to the Premier League.

It's only the end of February, and it's really special to win a championship first.

But the next Champions League and the FA Cup are the venues that Gao Shen attaches the most importance to, especially the Champions League.

Spalletti is not easy, given him enough time to prepare for the battle, and went south to adapt to the climate in advance, Zenit St. Petersburg will be very difficult, and he cannot be careless at all.