Chapter 969: Digging Messi?

Halfway through the season, the league has played 22 rounds, and the team has begun to expose problems one after another.

As the technical director of Paris Saint-Germain, Antero Enrique has just completed an assessment of the team, which has been handed over to Nasser Halaifi, and if nothing else, the report has been handed over to Tamim.

In this evaluation report, Antro Enrique evaluates and summarizes the performance of Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1, French Cup and Europa League in the past six months or so, and he confidently says that if there are no surprises, Paris Saint-Germain will be the strongest contenders for these three trophies this season.

For the current team's style of play, Antro Enrique believes that Gao Han has brought the team an advanced pass-and-control style of play that is ahead of the mainstream of Europe, although it is not as crazy as Manchester City's three, four, three, but the victory is more balanced, it is easier to produce results, and Gao Han's coaching style is very pleasing, and the fans are very fond of it.

Antro Enrique also cited a questionnaire from the French team newspaper, Paris Saint-Germain is the team with the highest satisfaction of home fans in Ligue 1 this season, and the fans are very satisfied with the team's performance.

After investing more than 300 million euros in transfer fees in the summer, Antro Enrique also paid close attention to the value of players, citing data from Germany's more authoritative player transfer fee value evaluation agency, Paris Saint-Germain's recruitment is basically satisfactory, and the value of players has generally increased significantly.

Among them, the highest value improvement is Neymar and Suarez, these two attackers are the sharpest offensive weapons of Paris Saint-Germain this season, and the two are shortlisted for the first time in the top ten of the FIFA Golden Ball Awards, Suarez is ranked sixth, Neymar is ranked tenth, and they are among the ranks of European first-line stars.

At the end of Antero Enrique's assessment report, the Portuguese made it clear that the level of coaching in the cold is as admirable as ever, and the selection of materials is still unique and amazing, and the team's performance on the pitch may have some ups and downs, but the overall development is still towards a bright future.

Antero Enrique has been at the helm of Porto for many years, and it can be said that he has single-handedly created the pinnacle of Porto's glory in the past decade, achieved the reputation of Porto's black shop, and opened up a business route for Portuguese Super League teams to gain a foothold in European football.

The Portuguese Super League team has its own uniqueness in tapping young players, but compared with Gao Han, Antero Enrique has to admit that it is indeed far behind.

Speaking of Paris Saint-Germain's reinforcements this season, although there are already recognized stars such as Neymar, Suarez, and Thiago Silva, there are also little-known youngsters such as Matuidi, Kante, Aurier, Kurzava and Azpilicueta, but they all played at the level of PSG.

Cesar Azpilicueta, in particular, has been firmly in the main position at right wing-back and has been very consistent, without the recklessness and frizz of his time at Marseille.

This also proves once again that the performance of a player has nothing to do with strength, it depends on whether the team and the manager will use it.

Recently, there has been a lot of fun in European football, that is, the goalkeeper Navas that he recommended to Ferguson.

Originally, Manchester United wanted to forcibly poach De Gea in Chinatown, but was rejected by Gao Han, and later Gao Han recommended Navas to Ferguson, and as a result, this player who could not play in La Liga became the team's main goalkeeper when he arrived at Manchester United, which can be called the most surprising value-added addition in the first half of the Premier League.

So much so that Ferguson later complimented Gao Han in an interview with the media, saying that his words were worth a thousand gold.

If, in the past, it was all just hearsay, Antro Enrique was a little suspicious of the media and rumors were exaggerated, then after experiencing the cooperation of Paris Saint-Germain, he was convinced of Gao Han.

However, it is a pity that the media is very close between Gao Han and Chinatown, so Gao Han will only be the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain and will not be personally involved in the transfer operation.

That's where Antero Enrique comes in.

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'The right side of the team is a big problem, maybe it hasn't been revealed yet, but next season in the Champions League we will definitely have problems, especially teams like Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp, Heynckes and Simeone. ”

After a pause, Gao Han said, "Of course, there are also Serie A teams." ”

Antro Enrique has been in European football for many years, and when he heard Gao Han say this, he immediately guessed what Gao Han meant.

Paris Saint-Germain's problem now is that the attacking strength is not strong enough, and they can play with each other, or in the less competitive Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain can still deal with it, but once it comes to the more competitive Champions League, I am afraid it may not be.

The managers he listed are good at playing as a whole, pressing and pressing are quite in place, and even the defense is quite well organized, and once PSG can't open up the situation in attack, it is bound to be easy to be counterattacked by the opponent.

"Then what do you mean ......"

"This summer, I'm going to make reinforcements in two positions. ”

"Good. Antro Enrique nodded without even thinking about it.

Now that it has entered February, it is indeed time to plan for the summer transfer, and Gao Han also proposed at this time in the hope that the technical department can prepare early, and before coming to Saint-Germain LeΓ³n, President Nasser personally told Antro Enrique that he unconditionally supported all of Gao Han's decisions.

For Qatari tycoons, as long as they can win a Champions League, it is worth spending more money.

'A midfielder, a right winger. ”

"What are the requirements?"

'Speed, our problem now is that we are slow, especially in attack, Didier Drogba is still getting stronger, we can use him as a fulcrum up front to attack, but sooner or later he will have to take a back seat, so we need to speed up. ”

Antro Enrique nodded, taking down Gao Han's request very carefully.

"The midfielders need to be both offensive and defensive, they need to be meticulous at their feet, they need to be highly executed tactically, the wide players need speed and scoring ability, according to what I've observed for a while, Suarez is in the middle of the pitch, Lucas Moura is too young, we need a strong scorer on the right side. ”

"Dig Messi?" asked Antro Enrique, blurting out.

Gao Han was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Of course, if you can convince Barcelona to let Messi transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, I will be happy to see him in my team." ”

Antro Enrique shook his head with a wry smile, I'm afraid it won't be easy.

First of all, Barcelona, Messi is their signature superstar and the only top superstar in the world who can compete with Cristiano Ronaldo, such a player is hard to come by, and they simply can't sell it.

There is also Messi, who can get the support of the whole Barcelona team in La Liga and compete with Cristiano Ronaldo in the Premier League, but once he comes to the weaker French league, I am afraid that he will inevitably be three points shorter than the Portuguese superstar, which is absolutely unacceptable to Messi.

Even if Gao Han comes forward in person, it can't be, because Messi is not the final say, but also the team and sponsors behind him.

"Then I'll look for it. Antro Enrique nodded.

"It doesn't matter, just show up for the team before next season's training camp. Gao Han smiled.

Antro Enrique promised, "Don't worry, I'll provide you with a list before the end of the season." ”

"Good. Gao Han nodded, but soon realized a problem again, reminding: "But remember, you must be young." ”

This is the tone set by Gao Han for Paris Saint-Germain, and the blockbuster reinforcements cannot be more than 25 years old.

Antro Enrique understands Gao Han's intentions, so he also spoke highly of Gao Han's professional ethics in the evaluation report, believing that with the team's current lineup, as long as the players in the team grow up, sooner or later it will be a major force in European football.

Gao Han is obviously also responsible for the investment of the Qatari consortium, otherwise, if he is irresponsible, he wantonly introduces a group of twenty-eight or nine-year-old stars, plays for a year or two and leaves, and leaves Paris Saint-Germain with a group of veterans in their early thirties, which is called really buying the championship with money.

On the other hand, whether it is in Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich or Manchester City, his coaching is well-known, and he can always leave a strong team for the team he coaches.

I believe this time the same is true at Paris Saint-Germain.

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After defeating Ivann 3-1, Gao Han was furious and seemed to have a deterrent effect.

Just as Drogba and Yaya Toure returned to the team from the Africa Cup of Nations, they were soon called up for the team's competition.

In the 23rd round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain challenged Nice away, and finally beat Nice 4-0 with Yaya Toure's brace, Drogba and Suarez's goals, and Neymar provided two assists.

The return of strong reinforcements, coupled with Paris Saint-Germain's gradual improvement, the entire French football world is in mourning, and everyone has basically decided that the French league will officially usher in the era of Paris Saint-Germain's hegemony.

The only ones who are seen as capable of sniping at Paris Saint-Germain are Montpellier, who are second in the league, and Lyon, a traditional powerhouse.

But soon, PSG crushed such rhetoric with strength.

In the 24th round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Montpellier 2-0 at home, with Neymar and Suarez scoring one goal each.

Montpellier centre-forward Olivier Giroud, who has been in excellent form this season, scored a goal, but the referee ruled that Giroud had fouled Thiago Silva on the start, so the goal was disallowed.

A week later, in the 24th round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain challenged Lyon away.

This match has been hailed as the final defence of the Ligue 1 champions against the league title this season, and if it is lost, the title will fall to Paris Saint-Germain.

As a result, in the opening 21 minutes, Neymar took the lead in assisting Drogba and scored the goal of the Lyon team, and goalkeeper Lloris could not do anything about Drogba's shot.

Then Paris Saint-Germain launched a furious attack on Lyon in the 34th, 36th and 40th minutes respectively, with the blessing of the alpine skill card, Suarez, Neymar and Yaya Toure scored successively to lead 4-0.

It wasn't until the 73rd minute of the second half that Lyon scored a goal through striker Gomi, but in the end they lost 4-1 at home.

After beating their league rivals in two consecutive rounds, Paris Saint-Germain was on a rampage and almost won the league title ahead of schedule.

But the Lyon team seems to have vented their resentment against Gao Han on Chinatown.

Three days after a heavy defeat at home to Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon ushered in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 knockout tie, and striker Alexandre Lacazette, who had repeatedly missed chances in the league match, scored a goal for Lyon just eight minutes into the game.

(End of chapter)