Chapter 139: San Remo's Guide to Buying Players - This Is How Football Should Be Played

Shanghai Port training base, San Remo open training day.

Reporters and fans looked at the players on the training ground with excitement.

"Who is that? It's so fast! In the 50-meter race, he almost beat the second place by four or five positions!"

"Baizami! Former Inter Milan youth training player, San Remo starting left winger, Serie A is known as one of the fastest young stars!"

"Where is that yellow-haired midfielder? I feel like he is very good at his skills. He and Lu Yang have been passing long balls to each other for three minutes, and the football has not touched the ground. There is no mistake at all!"

"Yes, Lu Yang still had a few passes that were not very accurate, but Huang Mao picked them up easily."

"That's Moric! He's Brother Lu's die-hard younger brother, San Remo's midfielder, and a good cake maker! There was news a few days ago that Moric brought a family of more than thirty people to visit China, and it was Lu Yang who helped them clean up their troubles. They have a good relationship."

"Where's that tall guy? His header feels so fierce! With this figure, he can completely destroy the Shanghai Port defense."

"Nagy! San Remo's First Striker!"

"A center forward?"

"No, he is a central defender, San Remo's best central defender! Last season, he scored more than ten goals and own goals in Serie C. He was the only central defender in Europe to score in double figures last season."

"The veteran over there is Beretelli, who was also a striker who played against Serie A back then. His dribbling skills are two levels ahead of the domestic strikers!"

"Fernandez, San Remo are young players who are the starting right wingers all year round. Although their skills are comprehensive, there are no breakthrough points but there are no shortcomings."

"San Remo big center Soguer, European Under-21 Championship performed well this year, and is known as the future pillar of Italy's forward! Friendly reminder, he is a loan player of Milan, and San Remo spent a lot of money to keep him this season!"

"Versace, San Remo All-Round Midfielder, they all scored more than eight assists and goals last season! A typical all-around warrior!"

"Camihon, left back and center back swingman, is very strong. It is a great weapon to defend against domestic strikers who have neither body nor speed!"

"Latuidi! Former Milan superstar! Once a world-class midfielder!"

"Canyes! Juventus supernova, San Remo summer support!"

"Bernulini! Former Juventus superstar! World-class central defender! At his peak, he was a strong contender for the world's No. 1 central defender!"

Not only the fans, but also some players of Shanghai Port were looking at the players of San Remo in a daze.

Is this really just the player Serie C?

No, it is already Serie B.

No wonder!

Even Chinese Super League might not be able to match the level of competition in foreign secondary leagues in China.

Otherwise, why would China National Football Team, composed of Chinese Super League famous generals, be far from a rival to a team composed of players working in various secondary leagues?

Of course, as professional players, the players of Shanghai Port can also see the "imbalance" of the San Remo team.

San Remo The gap in player ability is actually quite large.

Some players' abilities are probably above Serie C and below Serie B.

But there are still some players who can be regarded as heroes in Serie A.

For such a team, it is obvious that their strength has not yet completely stabilized, and they are still in the period of soaring ability.

"Little Shitou, how are you? Are you sure you can replace their Fernandez?" Shanghai Port players were making noises together.

Little Shitou's name is Shi Tian. He is 21 years old and is one of the main forwards in the Shanghai Port team. He is very talented.

Shi Tian shook his head in embarrassment. "Compared with Baizami, Soguer, Beretelli, Lu Yang and others, Fernandez seems to be mediocre, but compared with me, I feel that he is simply an all-around forward!"

In terms of speed, small skills, coordination, and physical confrontation, Fernandez is slightly better than Shi Tian in every aspect.

In this way, it is said that Fernandez will mainly play in the rotation in the new season and San Remo, because Fernandez is only nineteen years old and cannot be overused.

All Shanghai Port players were embarrassed by this.

"Ding!"

The cellphones of some media present rang, and then several reporters took out their phones.

San Remo people are sitting in China, and the transfer will come from the sky!

News came one after another, making the transfer window that had become silent become active again before it was about to close.

For a time, everyone began to carefully analyze San Remo's lineup.

Why are they waving checks so generously?

Impact Serie A?

This... Calculate the investment of San Remo this season, even if they succeed in attacking Serie A, they will not make any profit.

And now they are at Serie B.

At the same price, it is definitely cheaper to buy players from Serie A's team.

If they really have plans to impact Serie A, one or two years of polishing the existing lineup will be enough.

Soon, a senior reporter put forward a reasonable analysis, that is, San Remo is... reserving energy!

"San Remo will definitely have an impact on Serie A in the next three seasons, that's for sure. But the current operations of San Remo's management reflect their foresight." The reporter's ID is Night Ranger. The view is, "There have been many teams that have the ability to compete in the top leagues in recent years, but it is very rare to truly stay in the top leagues."

"One of the important factors is that after being promoted to the top league, they have to face the situation of players being poached, and on the other hand they have to accept the dilemma of not being able to buy anyone."

"With this ebb and flow, it will be difficult for them to stay on the big stage of the top league."

"As for San Remo, it is obvious that they have begun to reserve talent resources in advance. They have bought a large number of people in the past two years and have been polishing their skills in Serie B for one or two years. Then if they find opportunities to be promoted to Serie A, even if some players are poached, their main structure will not have too many problems."

"When the time comes, if we invest heavily in two strong players, we may not be able to stay in the top league."

This is an in-depth analysis with a very correct angle.

The biggest headache for the newly promoted team is actually not being able to buy anyone.

In other words, you can buy it, unless the price is high.

Because everyone knows that the newly promoted team is in urgent need of reinforcements.

In the same top league, the old team may be able to buy someone for 10 or 20 million, but the newly promoted team will spend 30 million or even 40 million to sell it to you, because they know that you have this urgent need.

In the business world, once your needs are expressed, you are a lamb to be slaughtered.

Instead of waiting until the time comes to be ripped off, it is better to be prepared in advance.

Although it will still be inevitable to buy people at high prices, the less you buy, the less you will be ripped off.

Of course, San Remo's purchase this time came fast and furious.

So soon the media raised the question again, that is, have these buyers communicated with Lu Yang?

Although San Remo made a fortune from the transfer of player Becherci, the original discord between Becherci and Lu Yang within the team was obvious to all.

A four million euro Becherci is like this. If the seventeen million euro Ceballos really comes, he and Lu Yang...

But when the media were writing headlines, they suddenly remembered European Under-21 Championship, which ended not long ago.

Italy's winning lineup includes Cortino, Ceballos and others.

Ceballos, as the top leader of Italy Youth National Team, how did he get along with Lu Yang in the end?

Didn't Brother Lu tell Xiao Sai to rush forward, and Ceballos rushed forward without hesitation?

Brother Lu said to Xiaoke, "Retreat," Cortino, just retreat to the back line of defense?

So, why is San Remo worried that this kind of buying will lead to the instability of Lu Yang's core position?

So when San Remo was buying someone, how could he not consider Lu Yang's feelings?

The truth is exactly the opposite.

Precisely because San Remo regards Lu Yang as the absolute core, when purchasing players, the first priority is whether they can have a positive interaction with Lu Yang.

As far as buying people is concerned, San Remo, who has gone through the wrong path once, now understands it.

Even, for the sake of safety, they directly copied the homework.

Italy Youth National Team This year was very successful, right?

Okay, then buy according to this lineup and quote one by one!

So, just when the media were tortured by San Remo and didn't know what headlines to write, San Remo transfer rumors spread again, and this time they were settled at an extremely fast speed.

<Yang·Lam, who is he? As a youth training student of Reds, he only played ten times for the Liverpool first team!>

For a time, the once unknown young player Yang Lam became the headline figure in today's transfer.

There are three main points in discussing him.

One is worth eight million!

Do you think this value is high?

Not high.

After all, the upper limit for young players has been raised to 40 million by Mancini. A rising tide lifts all boats.

But... considering that Lam had never gained a foothold in Liverpool before.

A mediocre youth training of a wealthy family can sell for 8 million euros. No matter how you look at it, it feels a bit like a stupid wealthy family.

Even Soguer, a youth training player from a wealthy club, was not worth more than four million before he played.

Basically, those who have not made it through the youth training of wealthy families are worth about three million.

Lam That's almost twice as much.

It's not unreasonable to say that Lam has the halo of Liverpool Champions League.

But it happened that Lam didn't enter the Liverpool first team at all last season. Instead, he was loaned to Eredivisie or Primeira Liga, so naturally there was no Champions League buff.

In this situation and at this price, we can only say that San Remo is... astounding.

A European Under-21 Championship is definitely not worth the price.

What's more... Lam's performance at this year's European Under-21 Championship... is hard to describe.

Almost one of the players with the lowest Italy Youth National Team rating.

Pirola, who is also a central defender, has been criticized for his slow turning speed, but he has also shown his strong points of strong frontal defense, strong organizational skills, and strong aerial ball. His advantages and disadvantages are clearly distinguished, and his value has steadily increased.

On the contrary, it is Lam, which is unremarkable.

Not only did his speed advantage not come into play against top strikers, but his body was also beaten by Pavlovsky. His defensive ability was second only to Pirola and was outshone by Mancini and Enriquez. He was only 1.85 meters tall and was very weak against high-altitude balls.

After the first battle, Italy Youth National Team was basically the only one whose value did not rise but fell, which is outrageous!

San Remo shopped around according to Italy Youth National Team's list, and finally bought such a money-losing thing. It was... so accurate that I eliminated all the correct answers and bought a wrong answer.

Absolutely.

"Ding! You led the team to win the European Under-21 Championship championship and won the European Under-21 Championship championship gift package!"

"Ding! You have obtained basic points*3, essence points*1, Beckham Moment Card"

Because I have been busy recently, the European Under-21 Championship gift package Lu Yang will be opened at this time.

Don't tell me, it's true that the explosion rate is better if you endure one move and then open the pack.

Beckham Moment Card...

Lu Yang couldn't be more satisfied.

Now he holds Messi+Beckham and asks who else is there!

These two Moment Card are enough for him to make a comeback in any game!

As for adding points, Lu Yang gave all three basic points to short passes, bringing his short passes from 74 to 80.

After all, short passing is the ability that a player uses the most, and adding it is beneficial.

As for the highlight, Lu Yang gave the speed a boost from 80 to 81.

Because of the star barrier, Lu Yang can just increase the top data to about 83, leaving some space for Moment Card to avoid data overflow too early.

This is another life skill that zero krypton players have to worry about.

Krypton gold players don't need to think about this, they can just fill up the data they want, regardless of whether it overflows or not.

Lu Yang was in a great mood after receiving the gift package, and even felt better when he came to pick him up at the airport.

By coincidence, a foreign friend appeared at the airport exit at this time.

"Hey, Lam!" Lu Yang waved his hand.

When Lam saw Lu Yang, his eyes lit up and the haze in his heart dissipated a lot.

Yes, Lam is here!

The official announcement was made in the morning and flew over in the afternoon. Lam expressed his feelings with attitude.

As a Liverpool youth training, his career in Liverpool was not successful. At least, he failed to stay in the Liverpool first team, which is indisputable.

In fact, he was very unlucky.

Originally, the head coach told him to let him go out for training last season. If the results were good, he would start joining the Liverpool first team as a substitute this season, and then next season he could gradually take over the current Liverpool defense and become one of the starters.

The speed of Lam is still very important in Premier League.

However, man's fate is destined by God.

Just when Liverpool was about to fall from the top Premier League team to the level of a first-class team, it backhandedly won the Champions League championship!

The dignified Champions League champion has won it all!

Management, why don't you strengthen the team and bring in a few superstars?

If there is a shortage of defenders, let alone the world's best central defender, it's okay to have a few of Bernulini's level, right?

It would certainly be better if we could trade for a superstar defender in his prime from another strong team!

Fans' expectations have reached this threshold. Now you say you promote a young player from youth training. Do you think the fans will be satisfied?

If Lam wants to play as a substitute for a strong team in the upper reaches of Premier League, it is okay, but if he wants to play as a substitute for a top team, the Champions League champion team, then... he is not qualified.

Moreover, the head coach and management cannot bear this kind of pressure and rashly hire new players when the team reaches its peak. This is only done by teams in the decline and trough periods.

As a result, Lam's bright future was shattered in an instant.

He will either be loaned out again or simply sit on the bench for a year, which is a cruel reality.

Fortunately, San Remo acted righteously at this time and took away Lam.

Lam is no longer picky now, the Serie B team is completely worthy of him, not to mention that San Remo also has Europa League this year, which is not much worse than the top teams Primeira Liga and Eredivisie.

But I didn't expect that the media had bad words for San Remo's transaction, and they all thought that San Remo bought the wrong person.

Lam Can you feel better now?

"Brother, you came at the perfect time!" Lu Yang gave Lam a warm hug.

Lam's eyes turned red and he almost cried.

It's better to be Brother Lu!

Everyone looks down on me, but Brother Lu understands me. He knows what a great central defender I will be!

Just as Lam was thinking about it, Lu Yang said in Lam's ear, "I know those rumors have an impact on you. Relax. Although your conditions are difficult to become an excellent central defender, you might be able to shine brighter in other positions?"

Lam died!

Two hours later, Lam completed the contract with the team, and then went to Soto's temporary office in Shanghai Port. Only then did he realize that Brother Lu was not joking with him.

San Remo didn't buy him because he was a central defender.

Camihon, Palacios, Bernulini, Nagy, Mathias, Canyes, San Remo have a very strong, well-fitted, and complete defensive starting lineup.

There were even two more people.

These six people can completely rotate San Remo's defense line at full capacity to cope with any emergencies.

Lam is not very competitive here.

Playing as a central defender, he is not as strong as Bernulini, not as stable and tall as Palacios, and not as tall and able to score goals as Nagy.

Playing as a full-back, he is even worse than a professional full-back.

San Remo Why buy him?

"Lam, you are a player with very distinctive characteristics. Lu has talked to me about you a long time ago. To offend people, we all agree that in the position of defender, unless you are unlucky, it will be difficult for you to become a first-class central defender." Soto said, it was really offending.

But who made him the Butcher?

Lam didn't dare to lose his temper, so he could only nod and listen.

"But... if your position moves forward, your advantage will actually be very prominent!" Soto changed the subject, "This is what Lu Yang inspired me."

"I think from our signings this season, you can actually tell what San Remo needs most now."

Having said this, Lam would be stupid if he didn't know better. He replied, "Waist?"

Soto nodded.

Yes, it's the waist!

This is a dilemma that most teams in football will encounter in the future, and San Remo has already encountered it.

San Remo's back midfielder is not enough!

Among San Remo midfielders, Moric can be used as a deep-lying organizing midfielder. However, this style of play is facing the impact of football trends. The new attacking midfielder headed by Izelet and the high-pressure frontcourt headed by Barcelona are very destructive to the organizing midfielder.

Versace can play as a defensive midfielder, but only as a guest player.

Latuidi can take on this important task, but he is old and needs rotation. One problem is that he is slow and easily eaten alive by speedy players. The second problem is that he is slow.

It is true that Lu Yang can play as a defensive midfielder, and it is very good.

But... putting a player who can score 60 goals and 33 assists in a whole season in the midfielder position is definitely one of the most luxurious things in world football.

Just like buying Messi to defend and Cristiano Ronaldo to guard the goal.

Even if they really could, no one would use it like this, well... it seems that Paris head coach Pochettino has a different view on this.

So while San Remo has perhaps the best talented defensive midfielder Lu Yang in the world, he is really starting to lack a waist.

If the waist is not good, the team will not be good no matter how good it is.

Senior "waist player researcher" Guardiola verified this at the cost of a Champions League trophy.

So San Remo quoted Cortino.

But it's a pity that Turin has a keen eye and will not let people go.

Therefore San Remo can only find other ways.

At this time, Lu Yang recommended Lam.

Perhaps among central defenders, Lam's frontal defense, physical confrontation, height, aerial ball challenge and defense are all average.

But if you put him in the midfielder position, his disadvantages turn into advantages, and even his speed advantage is further strengthened.

He and Latuidi may be able to form the strongest defensive midfield combination of Serie B!

Of course, if a "double pull" combination like Latuidi and Lam is played at the same time, then how should San Remo's midfielder arrange his troops, this becomes a new problem.

But that can all be solved.

"In the new season, San Remo will use two main lineups to cope with different challenges from the league and the European war. In one of the lineups, your main position is to rotate players between midfielders and central defenders, while in the other lineup... you will be the starting midfielder or the starting central defender!" Soto said.

Lam's eyes were instantly filled with light.

He had a hunch that he would follow San Remo in Serie B and have a big fight!

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