Chapter 311: Smug Smile
Before we get into the main topic, let's summarize Limbo's personal form, as of the second season of his coaching career, a rising star in the coaching world has been on the rise, let's take a look at his main messages and related aptitude ratings.
Prestige: Three and a half stars (out of five) - obviously there are some additional factors in it, such as his yellow status and so on;
Coached games: 93;
Wins: 70; Draws: 15; Losses: 8;
Coaching Qualifications: Intercontinental Vocational Certificate - the top;
Past Experience: Professional Player (Regional)
Favorite clubs: Real Madrid, Fiorentina, Torino;
Languages spoken: English (proficient), Portuguese (beginner), Italian (proficient), Korean (fluent) – both Italian and Kimchi have grown in strength;
Attribute:
Media Processing: 55%;
Tactical consistency: 55%;
Dedication index: 60% - an increase of 5% compared to before, it seems that his efforts are still recognized by the system;
Assets under management: 65% - also increased, Li Mudi is a good interpretation of how to become a qualified black store manager;
Handling team discipline: 55%;
Loyalty: 60% – increased due to the renewal of the contract with the club;
Use of local players: 50% - Although the number of local players in the team has been paid attention to, there are still a lot of foreign players in the main team, so it is good if it is not reduced.
Specific attributes:
Offense: 18; Defensive: 5; Stamina: 3; Goalkeepers: 2; Tactical: 18; Technique: 15; Mental Training: 17; Academy: 16; Adaptability: 18; Willpower: 14; Player knowledge: 13; Youth Knowledge: 13; Discipline Requirements: 14; Personnel Management: 15; Incentive: 13; The growth is not large, and it seems that there is little hope for training to reach full value.
In terms of medals, the Friends of the Players II (475/1000), the Friends of Colleague II (507/1000), the Master Coach (1) (977/1000), and the Master of Training (1) (58/100), among which the Master Coach upgrade is in sight, and the progress of the other three is also quite gratifying. In particular, Li Mudi seems to have found a trick to upgrade and cultivate the Master Medal, that is, to promote some young players with great potential to the first team, and only let them go back when the youth team is playing, so that their ability growth should be counted on their own heads, and there is no pressure to brush it up.
And when he observed Inter Milan's intention to sell full-back Federico Dimarco through the FM system on the first day of July, he was even more happy to show his back molars. The 20-year-old, who has a potential of 156, was not taken seriously by the manager during his loan spell at Empoli last season, playing just 13 games and playing less than 800 minutes throughout the year. Due to the lack of competition training, the pace of growth did not meet Inter's expectations, and the new coach Spalletti did not want to leave him on the bench and introduced the Italian Under-20 mainstay to the market for around 4 million euros.
Although Bareka already has a left-back with great potential and immediate ability, after the departure of Avilar, there is indeed a lack of a qualified substitute or even a player who can compete with the former, and Dimarco is currently the best prospect in Italy in this position. The Torino coach has been thinking about him before, but unfortunately Empoli cut off his beard in advance, and in the face of another good opportunity now, how can Li Mudi let him miss it easily? Although he has no money in his hand at present, he is a complete poor bastard, but he still can't hesitate at all when it's time to make a move.
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Mudi dialed the mobile phone of the club president, saying that he had received 4 million transfer funds on credit from the other party, and immediately entrusted Longo, who has always had a good relationship with the Nerazzurri, to negotiate the deal to bring in this player. The only team interested in Dimarco and ready to take action is Torino and Sion FC from Switzerland, so it is needless to say who will win the player's favor between the two contenders.
In the evening of the same day, Longo took back Inter's request for a sale: the transfer fee could be reduced to 3 million euros due to the friendship between the countrymen, but with the addition of a special clause that could be bought back for 10 million euros over a period of two years. As long as the Torino boss agrees, he can sign immediately. After thinking about it all night, Li Mudi replied that the repurchase price should be raised to 12.5 million, and he quickly got the consent of the other club.
At noon on the 2nd, the official websites of the two clubs issued a message at the same time, completing the transfer transaction of Dimarco. At this time, if someone stands in front of the Turin manager, you will find that the corners of his mouth are always turned upward, and at the same time he is constantly humming quietly: "My smug smile, and my smug smile......"
At present, the squad is still unprecedentedly strong, in addition to retaining the core of last season, with experienced champion-level veterans like Casey and good players like Immobile joining, the strength of the Torino team has been greatly improved. Although there are still many players who cannot be sure to stay when the transfer window closes on September 1, the head coach is at least in a very good mood at this time, as long as he can withstand the pressure and not let go of those key players, he only needs to make a small tinker in the next two months to achieve his goals this summer perfectly, and he should really give a thumbs up to himself and the club's marketing department.
And in just these two days, the transfer market in the entire European football has ushered in a high. tide, hundreds of player transactions have settled. Leaving aside other irrelevant clubs, let's take a look at some of the noteworthy transfers in Italian football and some of the biggest clubs.
First of all, Li Mudi's proud disciple during his tenure at Castile and Dominican striker Mariano joined the French club Lyon for a transfer fee of 8 million euros. For this young man who was born at the wrong time, but has good strength, the Torino coach felt very sorry for him, and immediately sent a message of blessing to the other party after learning the news, hoping that he could get a new opportunity in his playing career in France.
Then came the strong signing of AC Milan, following in the footsteps of Musacchio, Kessie and A. Silva, before the Rossoneri confirmed a signing ahead of July, with Swiss international left-back Ricardo Rodriguez arriving from Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga for $18 million. And their fifth and sixth signings for the new season did not make the outside world wait too long, Sunderland striker Borini, who has played for Chelsea, Liverpool and many other giants, joined Montella's team on loan with a buyout clause on the 1st. A day later, Turkish striker Hakan Calhanoğlu, nicknamed the king of the ball, also flew from Bayer Leverkusen to Milan City for 22 million euros.
On the afternoon of the 4th, Conte Jr., a right wingback who performed well in Atalanta last season, also landed at the San Siro, bringing 25 million euros to Gasperini. And the big move of "Brother Li of the Celestial Dynasty" to spend 100 million and 4 million on six players (not counting the buyout fees of Kessie and Borini) has also shocked the entire European football world, and it seems that the Rossoneri are bound to become a strong team that can challenge for the league title next season.
However, their city rivals are particularly low-key at this time, Spalletti has successively let go of strong players such as Banega, Dimarco, Caprari and Brazilian central defender Juan after taking over, and now intends to put last season's main players such as Medel, Murillo and Kondogbia into the market to test the direction of the wind, which is really strange to the outside world. Fortunately, Inter's first new signing has finally been released, which is former Torino goalkeeper Padelli, but the cost of 500,000 euros really can't attract the attention of a few people, and everyone is waiting for what Shuai will do next.
The Roma team is not to be outdone, they took the huge amount of money to sell Sahela, first used 5.7 million euros to introduce Mexican left-back Héctor Moreno from Eindhoven, and then took out 10 million to buy local midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini from Sassuolo, this player is also very optimistic about the Torino coach, but unfortunately there is no place for him in the team, so he can only regret missing it, and the Red Wolves still have a lot of leftovers on hand, I don't know where to turn the target. However, it is worth noting that the transaction price of these two new signings is lower than the valuation given by "Transfer Market", which is simply two miracles in a row, so that the Torino coach has to wonder if there is something greasy in it, after all, the current players are at a great premium, and the opposing club is not selling, how can the fee be so low?
Lazio, who sold their leading goalscorer to the Red Bulls, were relatively calm after the transfer window opened, and after bringing in two lesser-known players from abroad, it seemed as if they were asleep, leaving no sign from the outside world. However, Li Mudi has always kept an eye on his old rival Miha, although it is not yet clear what kind of medicine he is selling in his gourd, but the opponent's strength is still very strong, and it is likely that he will still be his direct competitor in the new season, so he should pay more attention.
As for the dynamics of the city's rival Juventus, it can be summed up in one word, that is, "stable one B", after exchanging the young player Coman and Moroccan central defender Madhi Benatia, the old woman not only strengthened the strength of the backline, but also made a net profit of 4 million from the Bundesliga giants Bayern, which is simply a god. However, Allegri, who finally decided to stay in office, will naturally not forget the hatred of the Champions League defeat to Real Madrid, vowing to be ashamed of his previous shame, he bought out Cuadrado on loan from Chelsea last season for 20 million before the transfer window opened, and took the 20-year-old Uruguayan midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur from Boca Juniors, the latter's transfer fee of 10.5 million, which is already a relatively high price at this age.
Considering that they are still negotiating deals for strong reinforcements such as Douglas Costa, Szczesny and Desiglio, it seems that the Bianconeri will definitely be the strongest in the entire Serie A in the new season, and the seventh consecutive league title must be in the eyes of the Old Lady's supporters.
However, I am afraid that the members and fans of Napoli will not agree to this idea, the White Dolphins, who made many mistakes last season and did not advance and retreated, are naturally unwilling to swallow the bitter fruit of failure to hit the league crown again. On July 1, Dinamo Zagreb's Croatian midfielder Marco Rogge joined for 13 million euros, followed by Bordeaux's Egyptian left wing-back Adam Onas for 10 million euros. The two new signings will obviously be substitutes for Hamsik and Insigne, and can step up to help the team tide over the storm when the two core players are rested or even absent.
It is precisely because within a few days of the opening of the transfer window, the top six in Serie A last season (except for Inter Milan are still to be seen, but Spalletti's arrival can be regarded as a strong signing) have made a big move, so that the media and fans in the Apennine Peninsula have begun to be uneasy, and they have commented that everyone agrees that the new season will be the most competitive and exciting year in recent years, and the glory of the small World Cup may be regained.
The 5th is the day when the whole team of the Torino club gathers to report, and all the new signings who have been confirmed to join and the players who will not leave the team for the time being will appear at the Fiat Athletic Training Center at half past ten in the morning on this day to officially start preparations for the new season. However, before that, the coach of the team made a special trip back to Madrid, due to the return of Ronald de Boer, the first team's coaching staff lacked an attacking coach, and Li Mudi went to Spain to hire someone. Of course, Zheng Xiaoyang, who had already been prepared and flew to Madrid two days earlier, will also return to Italy with him, and the Celestial Empire native will become Scholes' partner to help the Torino player improve his technical skills for at least a year to come.
The Torino boss has added an attacking coach to his coaching staff named Fausto Salsano, a native of Italy who is 54 years old this year. As a player, he was a regular in Sampdoria and Roma, and after retiring as a player, he tried to be the head coach of a team in the lower leagues, but found that he didn't have that talent, and then he was willing to be a green leaf. From 2002 onwards, Salsano worked as an assistant coach and coach for Fiorentina, Inter, Manchester City and Galatasaray until Frank de Boer was sacked last season and Pioli was left without a place in his team.
Last winter, he was invited by his daughter, who married in Spain, to live in Madrid, and the first purpose of his trip was to sign a contract with him and free him from the boredom of old age.
Since there had been enough and detailed communication on the phone before, there was no need to say much between the two people, just to sign and sign a two-year first-team coaching contract. After booking to gather at the airport in the evening, the Torino coach took a taxi to Zizou's home, the Real Madrid coach has been a little sad recently, as his good friend, Li Mudi naturally wants to enjoy a good afternoon tea at the other party, while listening to the so-called troubles, make himself happy.