For the players in the current Roma roster, Li Mudi really has a few hopes, but they are all roles that seem to be difficult to trade successfully.

First of all, the two central defenders of Germany, Hetha Rudiger and Argentine Fazio, are both first-class air defense guards in Serie A today, and can completely make up for the weakness of the Torino backline's lack of heading ability, but the Torino coach knows that he will not be able to win either of them at least next season.

Rudiger's price tag on FM and Transfermarkt is both €18 million and is set to rise, as he has only just turned 24 and is not yet at the peak of his career as an experienced centre-back. In addition, after the player recovered from a serious cruciate ligament rupture injury at the end of October last year, he quickly occupied the main position of the Red Wolves, and his performance has also won unanimous praise from the outside world, so the future in the team is still very solid, and if you want to buy him, you have to pay a premium transfer fee.

Li Mudi estimates that it is impossible to do more than 30 million, and this is almost all the funds that Torino can use before cleaning up the original players, so it is quite difficult to bring in this black tower.

Compared to the German, Fazio's chances of joining the Red Bulls this summer are even slimmer. The reason is simple, because he has been loaned to Roma City by Tottenham Hotspur this season, who have just activated a buy-out clause to buy him officially, and it is unlikely that the player will be sold.

In addition to these two defensive giants, Li Mudi is also coveted by Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah, a small attacker who has been frustrated at Chelsea and quickly seized the opportunity to realise his self-worth after arriving in Serie A. His pace, dribbling, passing and finishing are all of a parity, making him another effective point of attack for Roma when centre-forward Dzeko is besieged by opponents, and he is also particularly sharp on counter-attacks, which is very much in line with the Torino manager's philosophy in terms of technical and tactical style.

However, the immediate value given by "Transfer Market" has reached 30 million euros, and it is also rising, which almost cut off the Torino manager's thoughts. And the FM system shows that Salah is currently being focused on by the Liverpool team, and the Torino team does not have the confidence and strength to compete with the Premier League giants for the time being, so they can only give up early.

The rest of the players are not worth researching, either for sale like Dzeko and Nainggolan, or some chicken ribs, and Li Mudi does not think it is worth expending. Even the two players recommended by Longo: the main rotation of the Roma team this season, Argentina's new international defender Paredes and Portuguese left-back Mario Rui, the Torino coach directly rejected on the grounds that it did not fit the team's tactics, and it seems that the two clubs have continued the tradition of player exchange for three seasons, and it is likely to be terminated at the hands of the Celestial Empire.

As for the situation of other Serie A teams introduced by the director of the Torino club later, there is nothing to look forward to, and now the domestic transfer market is still a few strong teams monopolizing the vast majority of good player resources, and Juventus is unwilling to "fund" the sworn rivals in the same city and Napoli is more than purging the state, Li Mudi has little room to choose. If it is the Red Bulls of previous years, then it is OK to buy a few unknown players with low value from some middle and lower teams, and then take over a few leftovers from the giants. However, the ambitious head coach of the Celestial Empire will naturally not agree to follow the old path again, he has the mentality of preferring to lack to excess, and vows to use every penny in the right place.

After hurriedly finishing the information analysis of the Italian domestic team, the time had come to noon, and the three of them rushed to the cafeteria for lunch. During the dinner, the Torino coach also had a brief exchange with the assistant coach about the performance of the morning's training, and after learning that everything was going well, he returned to the meeting room with the two club executives to continue the afternoon exchange.

The person in charge of providing the information was replaced by Valentino Cairo, who sent the other two the information on dozens of foreign clubs, and after a general look at the latter two, he began to introduce them one by one.

"We have relatively weak connections in foreign teams, and there are very few long-term cooperation, coupled with the team's transfer fund constraints, Coach Moody and I discussed starting with those players whose contracts are about to expire to see if we can pick up treasures from them. However, judging from the latest situation, it is very unoptimistic! ”

After the opening summary, the prince of the club began to explain in detail the reasons for his frustration: "First of all, the goalkeeper position, after Sirigu was pending, I contacted him in order according to the agreed list. The first was Manchester City's Argentine Willy Caballero, who started after the winter break in place of the underperforming Bravo and played very well. Although he was once again on the bench after the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea, who knew that in last night's Manchester derby, the Chilean international's second-half injury gave Caballero another chance, and the Argentine goalkeeper is likely to start until the end of the season. ”

"The performance is so good, Manchester City have no intention of renewing his contract?" Longo, who has been busy with the club and the domestic market, doesn't know much about football outside of Italy, so he can't help but interject here.

Valentino replied: "The decision not to renew the contract was made last summer, Guardiola has already sent someone to inspect the new goalkeeper, even if Caballero's performance during this period has slapped Manchester City Club in the face, he can't go back on his word, then it will really lose his dignity." After explaining, he went on to recount his exchange with the veteran goalkeeper: "But we don't have a chance, his agent is already in contact with the Blues and Chelsea, and the two sides may have signed a draft contract, waiting for the official announcement at the end of the season." ”

"The second is Wolfsburg's former Swiss international Diego Benario." The head of the marketing department, who has always been unobtrusive, soon began to introduce the information of the second player, "Although the goalkeeper is 33 years old, he is still in good shape, and he regained the main position of the team at the end of October last year, and his performance is quite solid." However, he suffered a wrist contusion in early March, and finally returned from injury after three rounds of rest, and strained his back muscles again, and did not recover until the 20th of this month, but also lost his starting position. Due to Wolfsburg's poor record this season and the club's focus on developing young players, Benario decided early on to leave at the end of the season. ”

"Did any other teams contact him as well?" You must know that judging from the age of this goalkeeper, it is basically impossible to play the main role in the middle and upper reaches of the five major league levels, and it is quite rare for Li Mudi to be willing to provide him with a fair competition. However, since Valentino revealed the meaning of the failure of the negotiation in his previous tone, it is likely that Benario has reached an agreement with other clubs, because the FM system shows that the veteran goalkeeper with zero value still has a lot of suitors.

"Specifically, he doesn't like us, he wants to join a team that can play in the Champions League, although the conditions we gave are very good, but it seems that Benario, who doesn't care if he can get the main position, still wants to fulfill the dream of the Big Ear Cup at the end of his career, so ...... There is no follow-up. ”

"I really didn't expect it to be this reason, it seems that there will be many free agents who are reluctant to join the Torino team because they can't participate in the Champions League!" The Torino coach shook his head helplessly, thinking that the charm of the Champions League is really great, and in comparison, the Europa League is too chicken, and few stars will pay attention to it at all.

"That's true, our key target, the agent of the Bosnian international and left-back Sejad Kolasinac, who plays for Schalke 04, made it clear to me that his players would join a big club that could play in the Champions League and would not consider Torino." Valentino's expression was even more helpless when he spoke, and it must have been very bad to be told in front of others that his team was too weak, and Li Mudi could feel that kind of humiliation and embarrassment just by imagining.

"And the other side is no longer afraid to tell me that Kolasinac has just reached an agreement with Arsenal to play at the Emirates Stadium in the summer, which is to inform us that we can give up unnecessary delusions."

"Arsenal? I think they're only sixth in the Premier League table, so what kind of Champions League can they play? Li Mudi, who was a little unhappy that the very optimistic player could not choose to join his own team, couldn't help but be taken aback after hearing the name of the team given by Valentino, and then hurriedly called up the FM system in his head to check the information of the Premier League. Sure enough, the Gunners, who have been fighting for four every year, are now six points away from fourth-placed Manchester United, although there is a reason for one game less, but with Tottenham and Liverpool attacking strongly this year, the professor's old state is fully revealed, and the home stadium has heard fans chanting slogans to let him go to class many times.

But even such a team that seems to be gradually declining is far stronger than the Red Bulls, who have been very eye-catching this season, in the eyes of the players, how can this not make Li Mudi angry? But the truth is so cruel, whether it is from the results of the two sides in the past ten years, or their respective historical status, coaching ability and fame, it is Arsenal who have a great advantage. Even in the eyes of the Torino manager, both teams are Europa League level teams, not a single one of the 100 neutral fans will think that the two sides are at the same level, and the Torino club has a long way to go to change the impact it has had on everyone for decades.

After trying to calm his resentment, Li Mudi motioned for Valentino to continue, only to hear one bad news after another.

Paris Saint-Germain's 17-year-old Dan-Exel Zagadou, captain of the French Under-18s, is set to expire on 30 June, and although Paris are keen to keep the promising young defence, the youngster has decided not to sign his first professional contract with his parent club due to the inability to secure a foothold in the star-studded first team. Manchester City, Dortmund and other European teams are very interested in him, and the Torino team naturally wants to get involved, but the other party didn't even give him a chance to meet. Valentino just contacted the other party's agent by phone, and then was sent away in a few words. The teaching center "has one less successor to Desailly."

Bayern Munich's German international and centre-back Holger Bad Stuber also has a contract expiring this summer, and after spending the winter break on loan at Schalke 04, he announced early that he would be looking for a new club. However, just as the prince of Torino was instilling a beautiful blueprint for the team next season, the academy team Stuttgart made a move and completed the free transfer in just one day, leaving Valentino in disgrace.

Something similar happened to Spanish winger Keylor Navas, a small man who was selected in the Matadors' 2010 World Cup squad and joined the Blues in the summer of 2013 for more than 20 million euros, and was an important rotation pawn in the hands of the head coach on duty for the first three seasons, basically getting more than 60% of the playing time in all games. However, after the possession-minded Guardiola took over the coaching of the Etihad Stadium, Navas's chances of playing began to become less and less played, and after the winter break, he failed to play in six consecutive league games, and the situation was extremely bad for a while.

Fortunately, the two Spaniards communicated privately in a timely manner, and the injury of right-back Kline gave Keylor Navas the opportunity to play as a full-back, which can be regarded as turning this article over. However, judging from the form of the players shown by the FM system, it is clear that he intends to leave England this summer, and according to Ginez's insider, Manchester City also intend to terminate the Spanish player's contract peacefully and let him move to other teams as a free agent.

Although Navas's function seems to be a bit simple, he can only impact the opponent's defense on the right side, and he is not good at cutting inside, but he can still play an excellent counterattack when the team faces stronger opponents. Therefore, when Li Mudi learned that it was possible to obtain this veteran with extremely fast speed and good dribbling skills, he reminded the marketing department to follow up in time. But what I never expected was that the player's parent team, Sevilla, was also tempted and sent staff to Manchester for initial contact. Do you need to talk about the results? Naturally, a scene of "returning to his hometown" was staged, and Torino could only miss one of their favorite players again.

Li Mudi, who was a little headache by these bad news, threw the materials he had been holding in his hand to the table in front of him, rubbed his slightly sour eyes, and said, "It seems that the plan we made before was almost wiped out!" Then give me two more days and see if I can find a group of suitable players to put on the team's roster. His expression was a little tired, but the confidence in his words was very strong.