Mister Legend

Chapter 367 Poached

At the press conference after the game, Li Moody expressed his happiness for his team's successful promotion, but he still maintained enough calmness. He said: "This is a great victory, everyone is very happy to reach the semi-finals , the most important thing is that our players have shown an important attitude and they are very committed to the game. Due to various reasons such as the schedule and injuries, our performance has experienced certain ups and downs, but for Roma this This victory has helped everyone rebuild their confidence, and it also shows that the team's performance has been improving, and we must maintain this state in order to be able to achieve the goals set before the end of the season."

Defender Silvestri, who was the first to break the deadlock for the team in the game, also said: "It's really great. We have qualified for the semi-finals. At present, except for Chiro (i.e. Immobile) Besides, no one has had this experience yet, so everyone enjoyed the victory. I and some teammates have been suffering from injuries before, so the results are not stable, but now only poor Andrea is still there. It takes some time to recuperate, and the rest of the players are gradually returning. Everyone has begun to slowly recover, and we are always full of confidence in future games."

As for the fact that some reporters congratulated them for drawing the weaker Atlanta in the semi-finals and advancing to the finals, the Turin coach immediately refuted it. He responded: "How can there be a team that can enter the final four? The underdog? Gasperini is the third best coach in Serie A in 2017. Atalanta's performance in the current league is only due to the slow start of the season. You must know that they drew with Juventus and won completely. I have passed AC Milan, so I don’t think there is anything to be thankful for Torino to meet this opponent. Those three teams are strong opponents. No matter who is drawn, we must use 120 to survive this level. % effort, or get your ass kicked."

The Roma coach who attended later was not very happy about losing the game. He repeatedly emphasized that the Roma team was unlucky today, but still recognized that the opponent's victory was won by strength.Of course, it can be seen from the lineup sent by the home team that they don’t attach much importance to the Coppa Italia. The focus of this season is still on the league and the Champions League. big negative impact.

When Shalawi answered the reporter's question, he brushed off the regret of the loss and left more time for the next round of the league. He said: "We created a lot of opportunities today, but we still need more efficient performance. I It was a pity that we were so close to the goal, but the shot hit the bottom of the crossbar and hit the goal line very unluckily. But it also brought us a warning, so that everyone Think and reflect in this game and try to get a positive result against Atalanta at the weekend. At the moment Roma are 11 points behind Napoli in the league, which seems like a lot, but we have one game less and we still have a second In a direct confrontation in the second round, we lost at home in October, and we will work hard to win it back next time, and there is still hope for the championship."

In short, in a game where the importance of the two sides is not small, the result of the Red Bull's narrow away win and promotion did not cause too much controversy. The honor brought by the Coppa Italia champion and the qualification for the European League are very important for the two teams aiming at the top three in the league. Even the winning team doesn't mean much.Relatively speaking, the Turin team, which has not had the slightest honor for more than 20 years, obviously needs such a championship title, so it is reasonable for them to send more main players to win.

With the end of this game, the semi-finals of this season's Coppa Italia are officially released. In the last two days of January, the Turin duo, who ranked higher in the league last season, will go to their opponents' home courts to challenge Atlanta and AC Milan. .The second round of the contest was scheduled for the last day of February. The home and away games were reversed, and they were able to usher in the key battle that determined their promotion in their own territory. This gave the teams of Allegri and Li Moody a greater chance to meet in the final .

During the three days when the dust settled in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals and the last league game before the holiday, the entire European football world, including the Apennine Peninsula, was harassed by countless transfer rumors.According to media reports, few well-known players will definitely stay in the original team, and most of them have more or less suitors behind them, which annoys many club management and team coaches Very annoying.

Just when the winter transfer market had just opened on January 1, Turin club chairman Urbano Cairo said in an interview with a reporter from "Turin Sports": "The team is not sure that it will Reinforcement operations will be carried out this winter, but if any players leave, then we will try our best to find their replacements. Will we loan Juventus winger Pjaca? I have not heard any proposals for this player from Coach Lee , and at the moment, I don't think Juventus will allow transfer operations that may strengthen the strength of the arch-enemy."

Croatian international Marco Pjaca, after the European Cup in 2016, switched from Dinamo Zagreb to the Bianconeri with a transfer fee of 2300 million euros, but the situation in the Serie A giants in the past year and a half is not ideal.Last season, he barely played 22 games for a total of 700 minutes. Before the season started last summer, he was affected by a cruciate ligament injury and directly missed all the games for the first two and a half months.After recovering from injury, he could only train with the U19 youth team to find his status. However, because he missed the run-in with the first team, he has not been able to get 1 minute of playing time so far.Considering the future development of this player who is not yet 23 years old, the old lady decided to rent him out, so as to get the opportunity to exercise in official games.

Just because of Belotti's injury, the Turin team is a little tight in the configuration of the striker, and some media have fabricated false news that they intend to rent Pjaca.Yes, there is no insider breaking the news, and there is no corresponding sign. This news was made up by some unscrupulous reporters sitting at their desks. It is ridiculous.But anyone who is a little more professional knows that what the Red Bulls need is a center forward, and Li Moody, who is more willing to play a 3-5-2 formation, has no idea about an extra winger.

However, after experiencing the frenzy of the first day of the transfer window, the European transfer market immediately showed a cooling trend. The total amount dropped suddenly, with an average daily total of about 200 million euros. There was no news of a big-name star changing hands, and he looked very calm.

But Li Mudi, who has been following the dynamics of various giants and other teams in Serie A through the FM system in his spare time, knows that these are just the calm before the storm, and the transfer operation that is even crazier than that on New Year's Day will soon occupy all sports. media front page.However, none of those focus events have anything to do with the Apennine Peninsula. Although there are various rumors flying all over the sky, all Serie A teams seem to be unaware that the transfer window has opened. Signs of change have also been poached by foreign teams, Turin is one of them.

On the morning of the 5th, after eating the breakfast prepared by his mother, Li Modi called up the system in his mind to check the latest transfer situation, and suddenly found that the word "interest" appeared before the names of some of his players , indicating that someone started to play the idea of ​​​​the red bull, and then he saw the news that AC Milan intends to introduce midfielder Baselli in various media in reality.Italian Sky Sports transfer expert Di Marzio revealed on his personal website that due to dissatisfaction with the team's midfield organization ability, Gattuso hopes that the club can find an excellent commander as soon as possible to help the team improve its performance.And because of the fierce competition in the team this season, Baselli, whose playing time has decreased compared with before, has become the primary target of the Rossoneri.

Di Marzio also stated in the follow-up supplementary news that AC Milan is willing to rent the Turin midfielder for half a season first, and will officially buy it out this summer.In order to make room for Baselli, they are willing to loan Locatelli to the Red Bulls for free, and agree to transfer him if the price is right.The Milan young midfielder, who emerged suddenly last season, lost a lot of living space after the team's lineup was updated last summer. Apart from being able to start in the Coppa Italia, he has been completely reduced to a substitute in the league. In the last round of the match against Fiorentina, they only got the chance to play in the last minute. Before that, they sat on the bench for three consecutive rounds.For a better career development, Locatelli, who was once hailed as the core of the Rossoneri's future midfielder, does not reject joining the Turin team.

If there is no premise of selling Baselli, Li Moody is very willing to bring this young talent with a potential value of 163 into his own team. After all, this is a good seed who may become the core of the new generation of the Italian national team.However, for the current fierce situation of hitting the top three in the league, Baselli, whose current ability is much higher, is obviously the more important immediate combat power. Look at the losing trades now.

But just as he was planning how to use the empty-handed white wolf method to win the young midfielder without paying the main force of the team, Valentino Cairo called and had just taken Sergeant. Montella, who was coached by Villa not long ago, sent a message through an intermediary that the La Liga team that once ruled the European League is also willing to introduce Baselli in the winter window, and also made an inquiry.Moreover, according to gossip from the Prince of Turin, the Sevilla club may have met with Baselli's agent and made preliminary consultations on the transfer of the latter's client.

Li Mudi, who was not very clear about the player's intentions, felt that this matter was beginning to be troublesome. He immediately checked the player's personal status carefully through the FM system, and found that he had no obvious intention to leave the team, so he let go of his concerns one time.After that, he immediately dialed the mobile phone of director Pantario Longo, hoping that the latter could meet with Baselli's agent today and ask him what he thought.The Turin coach himself didn't wait for Faulsina to drive over to pick him up (because his mother cooks, he doesn't have to get up early to eat in the cafeteria, so he goes out much later than usual these days), he took a taxi by himself in a hurry Headed to the clubhouse.

And when he walked into his office and was about to have a private communication with Baselli himself before he arrived here for training, assistant coach Kevin Summerfield, who was also used to going to work early, found him with the latest news. The Boss of the team, because Inter Milan also joined this chaos unwillingly. At 5:08 on the 30th, Gazzetta dello Sport revealed that the Nerazzurri intend to introduce Turin midfielder Baselli on loan with a mandatory buyout clause.The reason why it is not a direct buyout is because they must comply with the Financial Fair Play Act. Spalletti's team does not have much money for signings this winter and is currently negotiating with Benfica to introduce Argentine defender Lisandro Lo. Pace's plan is to rent first and then buy out, otherwise it may trigger UEFA's punishment.

Although other media have subsequently reported that Inter Milan's operation was to interfere with the reinforcement of the rivals in the same city, and they were not too concerned about the success of the transaction, but the relevant staff of the Turin Club knew that the former had already sent The official quotation letter stated the willingness to rent and set the buyout amount at 2100 million euros.This figure is 500 million higher than the player's real-time value estimated by the German media "Transfer Market", and depending on the situation, the opponent can accept a certain increase in the price. It should be said that they are buying with sincerity.

With little progress in the signings plan, and his generals being poached by many clubs, Li Mudi is naturally in a bad mood.He really wanted to reject all these buyers, and label Baseli as not for sale, directly crushing all poaching plans against him, but this is obviously impossible.Although the club attaches great importance to his right to speak in the transfer as the team coach, but after the monopoly of power in the previous few transfer periods, he found that the director Longo has already developed a little dissatisfaction with being a puppet figure.Even Valentino Cairo, who has always been on the same boat, has repeatedly tried to make his own voice in lineup adjustments, so before making a decision now, Li Moody will first listen to the opinions of these two club executives, Otherwise, there will be greater hidden dangers.

In the short communication with Baselli himself on this day, I didn’t get any useful information, because he himself was noncommittal about leaving the Red Bull, that is to say, he can stay. If there are better conditions, he will not reject the transfer. .For this result, Li Moody has no special emotions, because this is the normal football world, you can't expect everyone to be a loyal team member, not to be moved by external temptations, but to serve his club with his life.It is really rare to be consistent like Maldini and Totti. Banners like Raul can be driven away. How can you ask players to have no other ideas in front of a club with little affection? ?

Now it seems that as long as the player does not take the initiative to have the idea of ​​leaving the team, it is good news for the Turin team, which increases the probability that Li Moody can keep Baselli a lot.Because in the current transfer market where the premium is extremely excessive, it is difficult to use the same funds to buy excellent players with comparable strength. Even if it is barely achieved, the team's performance will be affected by the running-in of new players and players. , so Li Modi doesn't want to lose any of the core players in the team this winter.

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