Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1172 The big purchase begins

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While Chen Yingxiong was busy signing contracts with those merchants, shooting commercials, and attending various commercial and public welfare activities, Niang had never been as busy as this summer.

After the complete end of last season, he had a detailed conversation with head coach Martin O'Neill. In this conversation, the two analyzed why Liverpool played so hard in the end when they were [-] points ahead of Manchester United, and almost let Manchester United They turned the game over at home, if they didn't have a Chen Yingxiong...

But as a team with lofty aspirations, we can't always expect Chen Yingxiong to stand up to save the team at critical moments, right?
No matter how strong Chen Yingxiong is, it is impossible to be the savior of the team every time.Otherwise Liverpool would not have been knocked out at the Allianz Arena.

So find the reason why the team played so hard in the final stage of the season.

The two always believed that the team's bench was not thick enough, which caused Martin O'Neill to dare not rotate at the most critical time. Even if he knew that the eleven main players on the field were exhausted, they could only grit their teeth and persevere. .Fortunately, the players were very strong this time. They did not lose the chain at the critical moment, but gritted their teeth and persisted and won the championship.But you can't always expect Liverpool's players to explode at a critical moment, right?

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

It is not only necessary to buy players who can be the main players, but also 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 bargained with him for replacements, crossing out all those players who were unlikely to come to the team at first glance, and then evaluated the transfer of others. It will be feasible and cost-effective.For example, no matter how strong a player is, no matter how suitable he is for Liverpool, if the opposing club's asking price is too high, which is 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 agreed on a list, and then Martin O'Neill went on vacation, while Niang negotiated with the list all over the world.

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

Reina is 32 years old. As he gets older, his condition is gradually declining, although it is not particularly obvious now.But Liverpool must be prepared to find a good goalkeeper candidate in advance. They cannot wait until Reina leaves the team to find someone to replace him. By then it will be too late.

Goalkeeper is a very special position, which requires stability and quick adaptability.If the team spends money to buy a goalkeeper, but he is slow to adapt, has a sluggish performance in the game, and keeps making 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 time.Liverpool don't want to follow in Arsenal's footsteps.

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

As a central defender, Agger is still recuperating from his injury, Carragher has retired, and Coates has never been trusted by Martin O'Neill. The team intends to loan him out and sell him directly if the price is right.In this way, Liverpool's real central defenders are only Skrtel and Agger, and they need at least two qualified central defenders.

In midfield, there are Lucas and Inle in the midfielder, which is enough.But the attacking midfielder was empty.Gerrard's injury last season shows that his body is now more and more inclined to the "glass man" physique.What if you are injured and miss the game at a critical moment again?
Shaheen, who was originally bought to replace Gerrard, was useless due to frequent injuries.Moreover, Shaheen's ankle seems to have become a stubborn disease, which means that there is always a time bomb tied to his ankle, and it does not know when it will be detonated.

So now the team needs a high-level organizational midfielder. This is not just 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 of other teams. In the game, they will encounter more resistance and be studied by their opponents over and over again. In this case, there must be some changes in tactics , It is not feasible to always rely on long passes to find Chen Yingxiong. An excellent organizational 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 already needs to replenish players, there are also some positions that were not short of people and are now short of people.

Because someone comes, someone has to go.

Although Dirk is very popular among the fans and popular among the team, but after all, he has no place in the team now. He can't compete with Sanchez and Adam Johnson on the wing, and he is in the forward position. Not to mention Suarez and Chen Yingxiong's opponents, even Klashnic's playing pick is higher than him, and he is almost 34 years old, and he also plans to leave Liverpool and return to the Netherlands.

Also leaving is the veteran Bellamy, who is almost 35 years old, and Liverpool has completely lost his position.There are Gareth Bell and Adam Johnson on the wing, and Suarez on the front line. He can't squeeze anyone, so he can only go by himself.

So many people have to come, so many people have to go, and then they have to find replacements for those who leave.Niang had a really hard time this summer.

He is not the only one, all the staff in Liverpool's transfer department 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, there are many The substitute players are not named, and Niang needs to find them by himself.

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Niang decided to get rid of everyone on the list first.

The summer of 2014 was the World Cup in Brazil, and Liverpool's scouts went out to Brazil to watch the game and see how the players who were on the list and who were not on the list performed.

And Niang has already started to sign up.

He first contacted the Borussia Dortmund club in Germany.

This time he is eyeing the super genius Mario Gotze who is being pursued by the whole of Europe!
Goetze, who is about to turn 22 years old, is a hot super talent and a popular star in German football.He was hailed as "the next Ozil".However, his template has already taken the core position in Real Madrid, but Gotze has not yet left Germany.

This is not because he is not attractive enough to giants. In fact, he has already received offers from giants such as Bayern Munich, Arsenal, and Barcelona since he was 19 years old. Among them, Arsenal's offer is the highest at 4000 million euros.

But he chose to renew his contract with his home team Dortmund time and time again.

This is because he is more family-loving-until last season, when he was 21 years old, he moved out of his mother's house and lived alone.In this way, he often went back to his mother's house for dinner.It's like a child who can never grow up without his mother.

In recent years, Dortmund has also rejected offers from countless giants.

This has not stopped the giants from pursuing Goetze. This summer, Goetze, as the main player of the German national team, and a group of outstanding talented players such as Ozil, Khedira, Thomas Muller, and Toni Kroos They compete in the World Cup in Brazil.

Even before the World Cup started, his value had already risen.

The current Gotze can no longer be taken away with an offer of 4000 million euros.Although Dortmund has always insisted that Gotze is not for sale, the media analysis believes that it takes about 5000 million euros before those giants can take Gotze away from the Westfalenstadion, and it depends on whether Gotze willing to leave the team...

Let Liverpool spend 5000 million euros at a time to buy a Goetze, Niang will definitely not agree.Starting next season, the club will restart the new stadium construction plan. At that time, Niang, Chen Xing, and head coach Martin O'Neill will all see what it means to "spend money like water", so saving a little now is a little bit.Spending 7000 million to buy a Chen Yingxiong like he just took over the team, this kind of thing will never happen again.In Niang's eyes, no one is worth the price anymore.

His abacus is the cash plus players deal.

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

He intends to send Shaheen, who was also unsuccessful in Liverpool, back to Dortmund as a bargaining chip in the Gotze deal.

Shaheen used to be the core of Dortmund, the midfield engine, and 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 couldn't find his status.Even the transfer to Liverpool was unsuccessful.

Perhaps returning to the familiar Dortmund is a good thing for him.

Moreover, if Liverpool wants to buy a midfield core from Dortmund, they will naturally have to send a midfield core back, so that Dortmund will have a higher chance of letting Gotze go.Because of the sale of Gotze, they must find a new midfield core.

Shinji Kagawa has been locked by Manchester United. The Japanese refused to renew his contract with Dortmund.

If you go outside again to look for the core of the midfield, it is hard to say whether you can adapt to the team, this position is very special.If there is someone who is already familiar with the team and the team is also very familiar with him as the core, that would be great.

Shaheen is such a suitable candidate.

(End of this chapter)