Chapter 724 Why Don't They Come?

March 20, Old Trafford.

Sun Wu on the bench did not pose as a "thinker" this time, but leaned lazily on the chair, chatting with Miguel next to him in a low voice.

"Most of the contracts have been negotiated and will be announced as soon as the summer transfer window opens." Miguel has been staying in Spain for the past few days, specifically in the city of Bilborough in the Basque Country.

"It's not bad. I didn't expect the price to be lowered to 22 million euros." Sun Wu gave a thumbs up. He remembered that the original time and space transfer price of the Egyptian political commissar was not so low.

"Actually, the club has been in contact with other targets during this period." Mike Phelan interrupted suddenly: "For example, Cesc Fabregas, who was very unhappy in Barcelona, ​​and Bayern's Kroos, his contract extension was not smooth... But They all refused!"

"Yeah, it's all your fault, Best!" Miguel sighed.

"Why!?" Sun Wu looked left and right ignorantly, and he was stunned for a while before he realized it.

Today, among the European football midfield masters, Sun Wu will definitely be ranked in the top five, and even higher because of his age. After all, Harvey and Pirlo have reached the end of their careers.

Under such circumstances, those midfielders who are ambitious and have higher expectations of themselves are unwilling to come to Manchester United, because they know that in front of them, there is a mountain that is almost destined to be impossible to climb.

On the contrary, the midfielders of those middle and lower teams, they look forward to honor, they hope to enter the rich, they are willing to work hard, and they are willing to help Sun Wu...

Thinking of this, Sun Wu began to recall that Herrera seems to be a versatile midfielder, who can even play as a defensive midfielder!

Miguel was about to say something when suddenly boos came from the stands. He looked up and saw the thick "Hulk" running back with the ball in his arms.

"Goal again." Jesus said dissatisfied: "Evans is too careless!"

Uh, just a few days after the double red game, and three days later is the 31st round of the Premier League, Manchester United will challenge West Ham United away, so today's Champions League 1/8 second round match, Pochettino played Large areas of rotation.

Of course, this is based on the premise of a 5-2 sweep in the first round.

In addition to Ferdinand and Evra, Klose, Evans, Hernandez, Cleverley, Giggs all started, and even Lingard served as the starting right winger.

in addition,

Thomas Muller suffered a minor injury and needed to be out for a week. Both Sun Wu and Griezmann were on the bench.

Although Motta was there, the core of Manchester United's game was Pogba. He made a pass within half an hour of the first half to expand the total score to 7-2.

Evans made consecutive mistakes in the second half. Hulk picked up a miss once and grabbed a header before Evans once to tie the score at 2-2.

Although Manchester United's promotion is 100%, Pochettino is very dissatisfied with Evans.

Miguel whispered to Sun Wu: "He has submitted a transfer application..."

"Evans?" Sun Wu blinked, "A wise choice."

"The central defender has to be supplemented in the summer. Ferdinand has already signed the contract with QPR." Mike Phelan said: "It is difficult for Alderweireld, Phil Jones, and Smalling to last a season."

"Kean is good in the reserve team."

"Kean? He is going to leave the team on loan, it seems to be going to Burnley."

"Best, what's your suggestion?"

"Let's talk about it in summer." Sun Wu shook his head, "It is too difficult to find a good central defender in the market now, the finished product is very expensive, and it is too risky to buy young people. The key is that good seedlings may not grow smoothly, and they also lack experience. , An excellent central defender needs too much experience."

"Unless we buy an Italian defender..." Jesús put in a line that made everyone laugh.

"The main goal of this summer transfer window is two ends, an excellent center forward, and an excellent defender." Miguel bumped Sun Wu with his shoulder, "Going to Brazil?"

"Of course, the tickets are all bought." Sun Wu is interested to see if the German can be successfully crowned in the World Cup in Brazil, and also to see if the Brazilian team will be swept away again.

"Lindegard!" Mike Phelan suddenly roared.

Sun Wu was shocked immediately, jumped up from his position, set up a pergola and looked towards the goal. De Gea was clutching his wrist...

Seeing Lindegaard coming off the bench, the team doctor accompanied De Gea into the player tunnel, Sun Wu paced back and forth worriedly, and suddenly turned around... All the colleagues in the coaching staff were looking at him with strange eyes.

"Please, although I have played in almost all positions, I have never played as a goalkeeper!" Sun Wu growled in a low voice.

"Maybe you want to get together..."

"Mauricio shouldn't have left him on the bench!"

"Oriental people always have some incomprehensible qualities... such as witchcraft, Best Time proved it!"

In fact, since Sun Wu's second season in the Bundesliga, he has seldom come off the bench. This is mainly due to his never getting injured, as well as his healthy and scientific lifestyle and training methods. However, at that time, his "wizard" The reputation has spread far and wide.

But after landing in the Premier League, because of the frequent matches, Sun Wu often sits on the bench. The "Sun" once counted that in the three seasons of the Premier League, when Sun Wu sat on the bench, the chances of his teammates being injured reached . 81 percent.

This is a rather exaggerated statistic... But Sun Wu thinks it is a rather nonsensical statistic. Although he has not been able to start every game in the past three seasons, the number of times he sat on the bench is quite limited. Such statistics are quite unscientific.

Sun Wu simply didn't bother to sit back and stood beside Pochettino to watch the battle.

"Actually, Pogba..." Pochettino coughed twice, "It's really outstanding..."

Sun Wu said nothing, waiting for the other party to say no.

"But it's too slow." Pochettino really continued: "The Danish midfielder at Tottenham is very good, but unfortunately..."

"It's a pity that he won't help me." Sun Wu took over the words blankly, "In fact, Eriksson and I cannot coexist. Both of us need the ball and space, and the main activity areas are in the In the middle, there is no advantage in playing on the side."

It was already the 81st minute of the game. Zenit took a corner kick. Ferdinand made a difficult header to clear the siege. Pogba from the outside rushed in with the ball. Although he missed the player who rushed over, he was immediately chased by the Zenit player After getting entangled, the ball rolled out of the boundary after three or two strokes.

Pochettino spread his hands, "This is the problem, too slow in every aspect, of course, I admit, he is very good."

Sun Wu continued to remain silent, and he also discovered the problem in this regard.

Although Pogba's physical fitness is very good, he prefers to use his skills rather than rely on his body, which is not the key.

The key is that he does not handle the ball fast, and his super self-confidence makes him unconsciously consider himself the core. He will not use diligent running to open up space in the midfield, run out of the gap, and try to pass the opponent with skills , and then sent an exquisite pass to his teammates.

The handling of the ball is not decisive enough, and the running position is not diligent enough, which is incompatible with Pochettino's tactical system.

Trying to be the core, it goes against Sun Woo's thinking.

Both of them stood silently on the sidelines and watched the game. The final score was fixed at 2-2. Manchester United eliminated Zenit St. Petersburg 7-4 on aggregate and entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League. This was Manchester United's best result in European competition after Ferguson retired. .

Pochettino is thinking about how to persuade Sun Wu to talk to Pogba and integrate into the tactical system as soon as possible.

And Sun Wu was thinking, should he find a more low-key second in command, but unfortunately it is too difficult to find a deputy like Rakitic who is hardworking and has a high level of skill. I don't know if Herrera is qualified enough.