Football giants

Chapter 979 I Remember!

"What? Sell Carol Navas?"

When the Big Three in Monaco heard Yang Huan's first words, they were all taken aback.

The head coach Ronald Koeman even changed his face all of a sudden. I believe that if the boss, Mr. Huan, is not reliable on weekdays, it is estimated that the Dutchman will definitely be furious and may even leave on the spot.

Koeman's fiery temper is already well-known.

Yang Huan sighed, picked out a few words from his conversation with Florentino, and roughly talked about it. The main point was to hope that they would understand that he really owed Florentino a favor and had to pay it back.

Hearing Master Huan's explanation, Ronald Coman also sighed and his face softened.

He is a sensible person, knowing that Master Huan is not out for money, it will be much easier.

"Jean, please follow up on this matter later, Real Madrid is very urgent and should contact you soon."

Jean-Luc Bissin nodded, "I understand, Master Huan."

After a pause, Jean-Luc Bissing said again: "Actually, Master Huan, the substitute goalkeeper Subasic is also very capable. Although he is 31 years old and has always been inferior to Keylor Navas in the past, he is capable enough to be the main player."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Yang Huan waved his hand, "No, we want to introduce another goalkeeper who is younger and also has excellent strength, to compete with Subasic and make plans for the future."

Yang Huan's move was to prove to everyone that he had no choice but to sell Navas, not to make money.

This time, even Ronald Koeman completely let go of his knots, and looked at Master Huan apologetically.

"Now, the most important thing for us is to finalize the candidates as soon as possible."

Yang Huan looked at the three people present, "The transfer fee is not a problem, the most important thing is to be able to come, what do you have to introduce?"

Michael Bolingbroke is in charge of operations and business development. In terms of transfer operations, he is a layman, not within his purview. He will only be responsible for giving reference on financial aspects.

In terms of introducing a goalkeeper, the technical director and the head coach have the most say.

"Master Huan, there is a shortage of talent in European football nowadays, good goalkeepers are hard to find, and good goalkeepers in the transfer market are basically sold out..." Ronald Koeman shook his head and sighed.

"Master Huan, if you really can't find a suitable candidate, Subashiqi can be the main force!"

Obviously, Ronald Koeman is not optimistic about immediately finalizing a goalkeeper in just one or two days.

If it was so easy to find, then Real Madrid wouldn't have to take the initiative to beg Master Huan.

Yang Huan also felt the same way. He just looked at the scouting system, and there was no goalkeeper that caught his eye, so he was a little disappointed.

"Master Huan, actually, I have a few candidates on my side." Jean-Luc Bissin said with a slight smile.

"Oh?" Yang Huan was a little surprised, this Frenchman always surprises people, "Let's hear it."

"Many teams paid attention to Navas before. Manchester United wanted to use Navas to fill De Gea's vacancy. Bayern Munich's goalkeeper has always been a hole. Liverpool and Arsenal have all sent news to Navas."

"Of course, Navas himself has always reiterated that he has no intention of leaving Monaco, but I am the technical director of the team, so I must plan ahead. Therefore, I identified a few goalkeeper candidates who have become famous in European football in the past one or two seasons in advance, and arranged for people to investigate."

Yang Huan immediately nodded appreciatively towards Jean-Luc Bissin.

What does a technical director do?

That's what they do!

Plan ahead, Jean-Luc Bissin said it well, this is the responsibility that a qualified technical director should take on, instead of thinking about fighting for power with the head coach all day long, that is what he should do?
If you really think the head coach is not suitable, why not just fire him?

"First of all, in my list, the goalkeeper of Basel, Switzerland, Yann Sommer, ranked first. His performance in Basel last season was absolutely impressive. He was also favored by many teams in the four major leagues this summer, but he failed to make the trip. His strength is beyond doubt, and coming to Monaco is not a problem at all."

But soon, Jean-Luc Bissing changed the subject, "However, his height is a big weakness, only 1.8 meters three, of course, his jumping ability is enough to make up for his shortcomings in this aspect, but..."

Needless to say a lot, everyone knows it well.

A 1.8-meter-three goalkeeper, no matter how good his jumping ability is, is still a major weakness.

Even if he is as tyrannical as Casillas, why don't Capello, Mourinho, and even Ancelotti treat him very well?
Is it just because of his age and decline?
It's not that simple, because of his height!

Casillas' height reaches 1.8 meters [-], but with such a height, no matter how fast you react and how good your jumping ability is, you will inevitably have weaknesses when facing high balls and flying saves.

If it is said that every goalkeeper has a dead corner that cannot be saved, then in theory, the shorter the goalkeeper, the bigger the dead corner, and the easier it is for the opponent to take advantage of it.

Of course, today's football pays attention to the scavenger-style goalkeeper, which incorporates the goalkeeper into the team's defense system and ball delivery system. Therefore, some goalkeepers who are not tall have a certain advantage in this respect.

But in general, height is indeed a great natural enemy of goalkeepers.

"In the past few years, German football has produced a large number of talents, and the same is true for the goalkeeper position. I once arranged for people to go to Frankfurt to inspect Trapp, but in July, he went to Paris Saint-Germain."

"However, I have two other players here, both from Germany. One is the goalkeeper of Cologne, Timo Horn, and the other is the goalkeeper of Mainz, Loris Karius. Both of them are from [-], and they are still very young."

Yang Huan smiled when he heard this, this Germany is simply an assembly line goalkeeper manufacturing machine.

These good goalkeepers emerged one after another.

There was Neuer before, then Ziller, Leno, Kraft and others, and then there were Trapp, Ter Stegen, and now there are two Timo Horn and Loris Karius in [-].

It's funny, though.

Don't look at the abundance of talents in Germany, right, but they are mainly concentrated in the goalkeeper and midfielder. The competition for these two positions is so fierce that it is unparalleled.

Relatively speaking, the back line is a little bit better, but what the hell, there is no one on the front line, especially the center position, and there is no one to be found, do you think it is sad?

"These two players have their own strengths. Karius is good at attacking, and his attack success rate is quite high, reaching 80.00%.

"Comparatively speaking, Timo Horn has equally obvious advantages and disadvantages. He is tall, has a good position in front of the goal, is good at blocking short-range shots, has a strong ability to save consecutive saves, and has an extremely outstanding stretching ability. He can use his height of 1.9 meters to the extreme, which is quite rare."

"However, his weakness is also quite obvious, that is, his attacks are terrible, and he is not good at long balls and quick attacks. His pass success rate is only 60.00%, which is quite low, which makes him not a modern goalkeeper at all, at least not for the time being!"

Yang Huan and Ronald Koeman looked at each other, and they both realized that Jean-Luc Bissin seemed to have a higher evaluation of Karius, so they nodded.

"Jean, you mean, you are more optimistic about Karius?"

Unexpectedly, Jean-Luc Bissin shook his head quickly, "No, no, Master Huan, if I had to choose, I would prefer Timo Horn."

"Why?" Yang Huan was a little surprised.

Looking at Ronald Koeman, he was also a little surprised.

Just now you yourself criticized Timo Horn so badly, especially the pass success rate, and attacking, etc. These are very unsuitable for Monaco, okay?
You know, Monaco adopts high-position pressing tactics, and the goalkeeper assumes a large defensive area, so it is best to be the kind of attack-type goalkeeper, but Timo Horn is obviously not it!

Jean-Luc Bissin smiled slightly, "Master Huan, I always believe that technology and skills can be continuously improved."

Without waiting for others to say more, he smiled and continued.

"Reality is not a game, not a lot of data. If you set upper and lower limits, you can't break through and make progress. On the contrary, in reality, any player has the possibility to break through his own limit and achieve higher achievements."

"It is true that Timo Horn has many weaknesses and flaws, but these are not irreparable. With the increase of his experience and his own efforts, he can completely make up for these flaws, but he has a kind of temperament that Karius and even many goalkeepers do not have."

"What?" Yang Huan's first reaction was, is this guy extremely ugly?
Didn't someone say that?

If you praise an ugly person, you praise him for his temperament.

"He has a breath in his heart!"

Just this one sentence really stunned Yang Huan and Ronald Koeman.

It's an indescribable feeling.

It's like the Southampton game, the same lineup, but it's Neuer standing in front of the goal, or the second goalkeeper, which gives people two completely different feelings.

Even, Yang Huan believed that the players on the field would feel this way even more strongly.

It's hard to say exactly what's going on, but it seems that as long as Neuer stands in front of the door, the breath on his body is reassuring, making people feel that he can be trusted.

This aura comes from Neuer's own persevering character, but at the same time, it also depends on his own hard work, his own hard training, and his hard-working performance on weekdays. Slowly, bit by bit, he accumulated.

"Timo Horn?" Yang Huan read the name, which was the first time he heard the name.

He remembered!

"Ronald, what do you think?" Yang Huan looked at Coman.

The Dutch coach looked at Jean-Luc Bissin, then at Young Master Huan, nodded and said, "We have Subasic here, so there is no problem with the goalkeeper position. However, I am very interested to see the player that Mr. Bissin admires so much, and see how special he is!"

"OK!" Yang Huan nodded vigorously, "Then I'll leave it to you, let me!"

"Don't worry, Master Huan. Although Cologne and Timo Horn have just renewed their contract, the team is heavily in debt. I estimate that we can get Timo Horn for up to 800 million euros."

Yang Huan nodded, indicating that the deal would be handed over to Jean-Luc Bissin.

As for the money from the sale of Navas, the expenses for the introduction of Timo Horn were deducted, and all the rest came to smash the Mavericks.

Today's Monaco is not only full of talents in the first team, but also in the second team. With the help of the talent blowout of the French youth training in the past few years, talented Mavericks are emerging one after another.

Sometimes, Yang Huan even thought that in another year or two, he might have to sell a few first-team stars in order to provide the Mavericks with more room to play.

This should be regarded as the happiest trouble!
(End of this chapter)