Volume 1: Males Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 4 The Big Purchase Begins (Fourth Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 4: The Big Purchase Begins (Fourth update, please vote for me)

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While Chen Yingxiong is busy signing contracts with businesses, shooting advertisements, and attending various commercial and charity activities, Niang has never been as busy as this summer.

After last season ended, he had a detailed discussion with head coach Martin O'Neill. In this conversation, the two people analyzed why Liverpool played so hard in the end when they were ten points ahead of Manchester United and almost defeated Manchester United. They made a comeback at home, if they didn't have Chen Yingxiong...

But as a team with high aspirations, we can't always count on Chen Yingxiong to step up and save the team at critical moments, right?

No matter how strong Chen Yingxiong is, he cannot be the team's savior every time. Otherwise Liverpool would not have been eliminated at the Allianz Arena.

So we need to find out why the team played so hard in the final stage of the season.

The two people have always believed that the team's bench is not thick enough, which makes Martin O'Neal dare not rotate at the most critical time. Even if they know that the eleven main players on the field are exhausted, they can only grit their teeth and persist. . Fortunately, the players were very good this time. They didn't let up at the critical moment. Instead, they gritted their teeth and persevered and won the championship. But you can't always expect Liverpool's players to explode at the critical moment, right?

To put it bluntly, we still need to buy people and add new blood.

Not only must we buy players who can be the main players, but we must also buy players who are not as strong as the main players, but can increase the thickness of the bench.

Martin O'Neill gave Niang a list of the players he needed, and Niang negotiated with him for replacement parts. He crossed out all the players who were unlikely to come to the team at first sight, and then evaluated the transfers of others. feasibility and cost-effectiveness. For example, no matter how strong a player is, no matter how suitable he is for Liverpool, if the other club's asking price is too high, higher than his own level, and far beyond Liverpool's psychological bottom line, then Niang will not waste time on him.

In the end, the two people agreed on a list, and then Martin O'Neill went on vacation while Niang negotiated around the world with this list.

Martin O'Neill actually needs a lot of players. According to the position, the team needs to add players in the goalkeeper, center back, left back, and midfielder.

Reina is already thirty-two years old. As he gets older, his condition is gradually declining, although it is not particularly obvious now. But Liverpool must be prepared to identify goalkeeper candidates in advance. They cannot wait until Reina leaves the team to find a replacement for him. By then it will be too late.

The goalkeeper is a very special position, which requires stability and quick adaptability. If the team spends money to buy a goalkeeper, but he is still unable to adapt, performs sluggishly in the game, and makes low-level mistakes, it will not only be a matter of losing a few games, but also affect the morale of the team.

Look at how many replacements Arsenal have found after Seaman, and look at their results in the league during this period. Liverpool don't want to follow in Arsenal's footsteps.

At the left back position, there is only Enrique now. The team urgently needs a player who can rotate with Enrique, or someone who is better than Enrique and can play the main role.

As for the central defender, Agger is still recovering from injury, Carragher has retired, and Coates has never been trusted by Martin O'Neill. The team plans to rent him out and sell him directly if the price is right. In this case, Liverpool's only real central defenders are Skrtel and Agger, and they need at least two quality central defenders.

In the midfield, the defensive midfielders include Lucas and Inler, which is enough. But there was no one in the attacking midfield. Gerrard's injury last season showed that his body is now becoming more and more like a "glass man". What if you get injured again and miss the game at a critical moment?

Shaheen, who was originally bought to replace Gerrard, was unable to be used due to frequent injuries. And Shaheen's ankle seems to have become a chronic disease, which means that there is always a time bomb tied to his ankle, and he doesn't know when it will be detonated.

So now the team needs a high-level organizing midfielder. This is not only a matter of finding a successor for Gerrard, but also related to the team's tactics. When Liverpool's rise has become unstoppable, they have gradually replaced Manchester United and attracted the hatred energy of other teams. During the game, they will encounter more resistance and will be studied over and over by their opponents. In this case, there will be some changes in tactics. , It will not work to always rely on long passes to find Chen Yingxiong. An excellent organizing midfielder can increase the diversity of the team's offense, help improve the team's strength, and make it more difficult for opponents to defend.

In addition to these positions where the team originally needed to supplement players, there are also some positions that were not lacking in players now.

Because when someone comes, someone has to leave.

Although Kuyt is very popular among fans and well-liked among the team, after all, there is no longer a place for him in the team. He cannot compete with Sanchez and Adam Johnson on the wing, and he cannot compete with Sanchez and Adam Johnson at the forward position. He is no match for Suarez and Chen Yingxiong. Even Klashnic is ranked higher than him. Moreover, he is almost thirty-four years old and he also plans to leave Liverpool and return to the Netherlands.

Also leaving is veteran Bellamy. He is almost thirty-five years old, and Liverpool has completely lost his place. There are Gareth Bale and Adam Johnson on the wing, and Suarez is on the front line. He can't squeeze anyone away, so he has to go by himself.

So many people are coming, so many are leaving, and then there is the need to find replacements for those people who are leaving. Niang has been having a really hard time this summer.

It’s not just him. All the staff in Liverpool’s department responsible for transfer matters have no vacation. They are sent out to search for suitable players – after all, there are only a few people on the list discussed by Martin O’Neill and Niang, and there are many The substitute players are not named and Niang needs to find them himself.

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Niang decided to get everyone on the list first.

The summer of 2014 was the World Cup in Brazil, and Liverpool's scouts went to Brazil to observe the game and observe the performance of players who were on the list and those who were not on the list.

Niang has already started recruiting.

The first thing he contacted was the German club Borussia Dortmund.

This time he is eyeing the super genius Mario Gotze who is being pursued by the whole of Europe!

Gotze, who is about to turn 22, is one of the hottest super talents and stars in German football today. He has been hailed as "the next Ozil". However, his template has already taken the core position in Real Madrid, while Gotze has not yet left Germany.

This is not because he is not attractive enough to wealthy clubs. In fact, he has received offers from wealthy clubs such as Bayern Munich, Arsenal, and Barcelona since he was 19 years old. Among them, Arsenal's highest offer was 40 million euros.

However, he chose to renew his contract with his parent team Dortmund again and again.

This is because he loves home - it was not until last season, when he was 21 years old, that he moved out of his mother's house and lived alone. In this way, he often goes back to his mother's house for dinner. It's like a child who can never grow up without his mother.

Over the years, Dortmund has also rejected numerous offers from wealthy clubs.

This did not stop the giants from pursuing Gotze. This summer, Gotze served as the main player of the German national team, and a group of outstanding talented players such as Ozil, Khedira, Thomas Muller, Toni Kroos and so on. They compete in the World Cup in Brazil.

The World Cup hasn't even started yet, but his value has already risen.

Now Gotze can no longer be taken away with an offer of 40 million euros. Although Dortmund has always insisted that Gotze is not for sale to them, media analysts believe that it will take about 50 million euros for those giants to take Gotze away from the Westfalenstadion, and it depends on Gotze. Are you willing to leave the team...

If Liverpool is asked to spend 50 million euros at a time to buy Gotze, Niang will definitely not agree. Starting next season, the club will restart the construction plan of the new stadium. By then, Niang, Chen Xing, and head coach Martin O'Neill will all realize what "spending money is like running water", so it is better to save a little now. Spending 70 million to buy Chen Yingxiong like he did when he just took over the team, this kind of thing will never happen again. In Niang's eyes, no one else would be worth this price.

His calculation is a cash-plus-player deal.

And he is confident that Dortmund will be very interested in the addition he has made...

He plans to send Shaheen, who has also failed to succeed in Liverpool, back to Dortmund as a bargaining chip in the Gotze trade.

Shaheen was once the core and midfield engine of Dortmund. He was also the key figure and the biggest contributor to Liverpool's ability to win the Bundesliga championship and defeat Bayern Munich. However, after transferring to Real Madrid, he was confused by frequent injuries and an unfamiliar and highly competitive environment, and he could never find his form. Even the transfer to Liverpool was unsuccessful.

Maybe returning to the familiar Dortmund will be a good thing for him.

Moreover, if Liverpool wants to buy a core midfielder from Dortmund, it will naturally have to send back a core midfielder, so that Dortmund has a higher chance of letting Gotze leave. Because Gotze was sold, they had to find a new midfield core.

Shinji Kagawa has been locked up by Manchester United. The Japanese refused to renew his contract with Dortmund. If Dortmund doesn't sell him now, they will lose everything after one season.

If we look outside for the core midfielder again, it's hard to say whether he can adapt to the team. This position is very special. It would be great if there is someone who is familiar with the team and the team is familiar with him as the core.

Shaheen is such a suitable candidate.

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