As soon as he walked to the door of the coach's office, Gao Han inside noticed Zabaleta and gestured to him, signaling the Argentine to come to the office and wait for him for a few minutes.

Zabaleta nodded and walked to the manager's office next door.

It's a very simple office, with a desk with a laptop, a TV hanging on the wall, a tactical blackboard, and a set of hospitality sofas, all of which are standard in the manager's office.

Compared with his predecessor Mark Hughes, perhaps the biggest difference in the Alpine office is the tea set on the coffee table and the coffee machine in the corner, the existence of these two things makes the air in the office seem to be filled with a smell of tea and coffee.

Zabaleta walked to the sofa and sat down, only to see a stack of materials on the coffee table, with the logo of Jorge Mendes' agency on the cover, no need to guess to know, this must be the player's material, Zabaleta couldn't help but think of rumors outside, it is said that Manchester City is interested in bringing in several substitutes and rotation players.

As a member of the team's dressing room, Zabaleta is well aware of the current situation in the dressing room, led by Xavi Alonso, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, all of whom are descendants of Alpine and have always unconditionally supported the manager, while players such as Kompany and Sturridge have been heavily used by Alpine this season and are also the bosses of the manager.

But Manchester City's dressing room is not monolithic, Stephen Ireland has recently begun to be a little disobedient to the coaching staff, and privately criticizes the manager Gao Han's employment strategy, as if not using him, the best player of last season, is the stupidity of the coaching staff.

As an outsider, and not a descendant of head coach Gao Han, Zabaleta has always stayed away from these things.

But at this moment, seeing this stack of player materials, Zabaleta was a little apprehensive.

Could it be that Gao Han brought himself here for the transfer?

Just when Zabaleta was nervous, the open door went dark, and head coach Gao Han walked in quickly.

"Excuse me, Pablo, I'm a little long-winded, it's a long time. Gao Han apologized as soon as he entered the door.

Zabaleta hurriedly shook her head and said, "You're too polite, Mr. Gao Han. ”

To press the time, it is now outside of the team's training time, and it belongs to Zabaleta's free time, Gao Han left him down, and let him wait in the office for a few minutes, and it is a matter of course to apologize.

But the manager pays the most attention to authority, where does Zabaleta dare to accept it?

Gao Han didn't say much, cleaned up the sofa and coffee table, and began to boil water, ready to make tea.

Zabaleta sat a little squarely across from him, although he had been playing under Gao Han for half a year, but there were not many opportunities to sit and talk face-to-face like today, especially in this situation, he couldn't help but think about it too much.

"Pablo, since December, with the intense pre- and post-Christmas schedule, followed by a double week in January, there are a lot of things that I haven't had time to stop and think about, and there are things that I should have done a long time ago that I haven't had the opportunity to do. ”

Zabaleta nodded, "There is no winter break, this has always been the biggest headache in the Premier League. ”

Gao Han sighed sympathetically, "After the winter break, I've always wanted to find a chance to talk to you. ”

Zabaleta barely managed to squeeze out a smile, not knowing what the manager wanted to talk to him.

At this time, the water was boiling, Gao Han poured a cup of boiling water for Zabaleta, and after cleaning the tea set, he began to make tea, and soon, a faint smell of tea filled the entire office.

"I heard, you've played as a midfielder before?" asked Gao Han, who was skillfully brewing tea in his hand, seemingly casually.

"Well, yes. ”

"Can you tell me about it?" asked Gao Han with concern.

Zabaleta was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, he nodded and replied: "I've always played in midfield since I started training in football, and in the San Lorenzo Academy, when I came into the first team as a midfielder and as a midfielder, but then I became a right-back, and then I became a right-back and joined Espanyol. ”

San Lorenzo is a professional team in Argentina and Zabaleta came from the academy of this team.

Gao Han nodded slightly, did not express his position immediately, but looked deeply at Zabaleta, who was sitting opposite, waiting for him to speak, and said softly: "There is something I want to discuss with you." ”

"You say. Zabaleta is calm on the surface, but in his heart there are already huge waves, and he is not calm at all.

"I'm thinking about playing Southampton next time and letting you try a single midfielder. ”

"Me?" Zabaleta was taken aback, forgetting how many years he hadn't played in that position.

Gao Han nodded, "You listen to me, the main reason why I think about it like this is because I think you can do it." ”

After a pause, Gao Han continued: "Mascherano is in the position of right central defender, whether it is his tackle pressing, or his sense of position, it is very reassuring, in this position, one-on-one defense is very important, but your characteristic is a large range of running, especially running without the ball on the field, and the awareness of receiving teammates is very strong, which is very important in the midfield position." ”

"Also, you're very good on the ball, so all things considered, I want you to try your hand at the midfielder. ”

Zabaleta was also confused, and some didn't know what to give a good reaction.

Long before he came to Manchester City, he often heard about his legendary deeds, especially his penchant for transforming players.

Needless to say, Kaka, Marcos Senna is a classic of alpine, and later Figo was transformed during the Inter Milan period, Schweinsteiger was reformed during the Bayern Munich period, and the right-back Lahm was also transformed into a midfielder.

After coming to Manchester City, Gao Han carried forward the characteristics of his transformation as a player, first transforming Xavi Martinez from midfielder to central defender, and then Mascherano into a defender, and now he wants to transform his own defender into a midfielder......

To be honest, Zabaleta really had mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know how to answer at all.

However, if you think about it deeply, you really have to admire the high cold.

Players such as Marcos Senna, Figo, and Schweinsteiger have been transformed very successfully by him, and they have become top stars in Europe, needless to say, and now the team's Xavi Martinez has changed to a central defender, as if he is also a defensive commander, and has won unanimous recognition.

Although Mascherano is a pity, he also has to admit that in the backline, some of his shortcomings have been covered, but his advantages have been magnified, especially in the alpine three, four, three play, the right central defender position made Mascherano shine, and his performance was not lost in the middle of the field.

But if it happens to others, Zabaleta can be seen as a hilarious, but now it is going to happen to himself, which makes the Argentines have to be cautious.

He knows very well that Gao Han is looking for a replacement for Xavi Alonso, although Michael Johnson is very important, but in the end he is young and cannot take on the big responsibility, but in the second half, the game is more critical than one game, Gao Han has to watch out for some of the games that Xavi Alonso is missing, and make some preparations in advance.

However, Zabaleta is also very clear that in the alpine three, four and three formations, there is no standard right full-back, even if he is arranged to start, it is more with Bridge, forming the two wings of the big diamond-shaped midfield, that is, the position of right midfielder.

If they can really perform in the midfield position, maybe they will get more room to play, and maybe even break new ground, like Bayern Munich's Schweinsteiger.

All of the above flashed through Zabaleta's mind, and he quickly made a decision.

"I listen to you, Mr. Gao Han, I will fight wherever you say. Zabaleta replied professionally.

And this answer is what Gao Han wants.

Gao Han has always liked to use this all-round player of this versatile type.

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The next afternoon, St Mary's Stadium, Southampton.

Gao Han stood in front of the away team's coach's seat, looking very relaxed, watching the game on the field.

Southampton are still stubbornly resisting, even if the score is already 0-4.

City were on the bench for the game, with Zabaleta playing in the team's lagging midfield, alongside Elano, Michael Johnson and Petrov in the midfield position.

The front three is a combination of Adam Johnson, Joe and Sturridge.

After many years of absence, Zabaleta returned to the midfield position, Zabaleta can be described as conscientious and walking on thin ice, but because Southampton is not strong, Manchester City's overall performance is very good, and the Argentine midfielder has also shown quite good strength, passing the ball is very solid, there is not a single mistake in the whole game, and several dangerous attacks have been planned.

This made Gao Han on the sidelines look at it and nod his head again and again.

"It's just one game, and the Saints' strength is not as good as before, so we still have to investigate it for a while. "Brian Kidd is more cautious.

As a more traditional head coach, Brian Kidd didn't really like this kind of move to transform the players, but Gao Han made a decision, and he had to listen.

What's more, in this regard, the alpine is also famous, and it is easy to master.

"In this game, he basically completed the tasks I gave him, he was very good at execution, he ran well without the ball, he was very timely in a few times, and he was quite solid in his passing, if I remember correctly, he didn't miss a single pass, so I think it may not be impossible for him to play in this position. ”

In the back-to-back position of a three, four, or three formation, a certain amount of defensive ability is required, as well as consistent passing and playing, as well as being able to receive teammates, and Zabaleta fits the requirements of this position.

Of course, judging from this match, he didn't have too much of an eye-catching performance.

On the contrary, it was the saints who made a deep impression on Gao Han.

Especially in the second half, Manchester City was already leading by four goals, but Southampton still refused to give up, always pressing and looking for opportunities to counterattack, and the team's fighting spirit made Gao Han very appreciative.

"This team is really tenacious and not bad, why was it relegated to the third division?" Gao Han was full of doubts.

He still remembers vividly that during his time in charge of Chelsea, the Saints Southampton were very good in the Premier League.

It's only been a few years, and I went directly to the third tier of the English League.

"The debt crisis, the team's finances and management affected the competitiveness of the team, and then it was restructured, but it was also relegated from the Championship to League One, and now it has been restructured and bought by a foreign consortium, and it is expected that it will recover soon. ”

Gao Han nodded.

At this point, Southampton launched a counter-attack, passed the ball to the wing, handed it to a wide player, who took the ball to launch a counter-attack, and in a one-on-one situation, broke through David Dunn's defense and sent the ball into the box, and Saints striker Lambert, who had been looking for opportunities in front, rushed to the ball before the defender and sent the ball into the goal of Joe Hart.

1-4, the Saints pulled one back.

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