Chapter 582: Royal Spain?
On May 27, the second day of the Champions League final, taking advantage of the fact that several youth teams had not yet officially taken a vacation, Li Mudi hurried to the training ground of the reserve team in Valdebebas Sports City, and after some communication with Xavi Alonso, the owner here, watched a temporary half-time match, and maintained a high level of concentration throughout the whole process.
This kind of performance was also seen by everyone on the spot, and at the same time, it was speculated that the new first-team coach was likely to strengthen the move to tap the potential of his own youth training, and this idea was just generated in everyone's minds, which immediately aroused the excitement of the boys, making the practice match originally for the practice of tactics become more and more exciting.
Although the act of going to the academy as soon as he joins the new team to bring hope to young players is a must-do homework for every manager, and in most cases it is just a formality, in addition to the factors that young people cannot bring much improvement to the team in terms of strength, it is also related to the coaches' employment habits.
But if the man on the sidelines was Li Mudi and he was on the Castile training ground, the result would have been completely different. Because there is no shortage of talent in Real Madrid's academy, and this Celestial man is the best manager in the world to discover and develop young players, how can the two meet in the word perfect.
However, before the start of the pre-season training camp in mid-July, the outside world could not know what decision Li Mudi made after watching most of the reserve team training, but fortunately, through the official announcement in the next month, the renewal of many young players still made the majority of Meilinger see the hope of the re-emergence of their own youth training, making the future development prospects of the team more optimistic.
And Li Mudi's team building strategy is obviously not just the focus on youth training that the whole world can guess, in terms of squad adjustment, he also made early negotiations early, and even reached a preliminary agreement before the start of the European Cup, which is very efficient.
At the same time, because it is a European Championship year, other teams will always be more cautious about transfer matters, after all, they can further confirm the strength of the opponent by observing the performance of their favorite players in the tournament, so as not to make a big mistake. However, the Real Madrid manager's strategy is completely different, with the help of the FM system and scouting tools, he can determine the attributes of each player without waiting for the start of the European Championship, and avoid encountering the problem of rising the value of the target person who may be due to his outstanding performance in Germany.
On June 10, British media reported that Real Madrid director Hierro suddenly arrived in London by plane, suspected of negotiating the transfer deal of Ndidi and Torreira, two of the world's top midfielders, on the Arsenal side; A day later, Jamaican winger Leon Bailey, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, was also rumored to be involved in a transfer scandal with the Galaxy, which caused a lot of impact.
In addition, many stars in their prime, such as British midfielder Alli, German winger Leroy Sane, Italian center Manuel Pellegrini and Portuguese forward Afonso Sousa, have also been revealed to be on the list of Li Moody's reinforcements, stirring up the transfer market that has not yet officially opened.
At the same time, there is also a list of so-called Real Madrid purges on the Internet, Dybala, Coman and Varane are all on the list, although everyone knows that this is definitely fake news, but they still can't avoid the habit of playing the keyboard party, and began to analyze and predict all kinds of analyses and predictions, continuing the glorious tradition of "blind BB".
However, Li Mudi's first signing after taking office was belated on the 23rd, and it was neither Sosa, who had already expressed his "dream of being a child", nor Ndidi, who was widely expected to become Real Madrid's new midfielder, 28-year-old midfielder Alex Fabas, who was born in Castile and now plays for La Liga team Real Betis, returned to the Bernabeu for 23.5 million euros to reunite with his mentor who had coached him for many years many years.
The duo had previously worked together for three seasons in a row with Castilla and Torino, and it was during that period that Fabas maximised his potential and developed into a Spanish fringe international. Unfortunately, after a brief return to his parent club in the 2018-19 season, he did not receive enough attention from the head coach, so he left the team to join Betis during the winter break, and has been on the road since then.
This is a technical midfielder with a natural sense of rhythm, and although his passing accuracy is not quite the level of a grandmaster that Xavi and Pirlo have not achieved in 20 years, he has excellent awareness, and he can always maintain a high fighting spirit at all moments of the game, and his mental attributes are also quite high. If it weren't for his height in his early sevens and lack of athletic size that limited his ability to fight, Fabas would have been the second Xavi Alonso in the eyes of Li Mudi, and it was also a strengthened version in terms of willpower and commitment.
After taking over Real Madrid, a team that has always had the so-called king temperament - generally speaking, it is a somewhat squeamish giant, Li Mudi believes that the first thing to do is to strengthen the blood and cohesion of the whole team.
In the last two years of his leadership, Guti pursued too much flamboyance and ignored that tenacious struggle and indomitable fighting spirit are the indispensable key elements of competitive sports, which is why he has not been able to achieve good results in so many strong dialogues. And buying back Febas, the former captain of Castile who never lacks fighting spirit, can inherit the bloody spirit left by the water master back then, and his identity as a descendant of Real Madrid has a lot of appeal, hoping to make up for this weakness of the team.
However, this recruitment has not been widely recognized from the outside world, in addition to the fact that many people believe that Febas's ability is far from the world's top level and does not deserve the Real Madrid shirt, it is also because of his arrival that Real Madrid's first team is a little too bloated in the central midfield position, and it is easy to expect someone to leave soon. Whether it is Valverde, Oyar, Ceballos and academy-trained player Joaquin Rodriguez, there are many fans among the fans, and the departure of any of them will be met with a lot of resistance.
However, Li Mudi was clearly not intimidated by this situation, and three days later, he finalized the local midfielder, Peperú, who had joined Castile through him nine years earlier. The 26-year-old midfielder, who came through the Levante Academy, moved to Real Sociedad in 2020 and quickly earned his place there, as well as making 10 appearances for the Spanish national team.
The deal is negotiated, which means that fans' fears have become a reality, and several of Real Madrid's midfielders are bound to leave this summer.
Sure enough, on the morning of the opening of the transfer market window on July 1, Real Madrid's official website issued two official announcements in a row: Hussem Oyar, who is representing the Gallic Roosters in the European Championship in Germany, joined the Premier League giants Liverpool for 48.5 million euros; Joaquin Rodriguez, who had been in the Bernabeu twice, finally failed to stay as he wished, and was sold to Celta for 6 million, but with a buyback clause of 10 million, leaving a channel for a possible return later.
Immediately afterwards, Li Mudi made a drastic reform of the left-back position, first selling Brazilian international Guilherme Alana and Paraguay international Rivers Blas, who rotated under Guti, for 72 million yuan. Then throwing out 65 million of them plus a young player who doesn't have much potential (relative to Real Madrid), signing Aarón Caricol, the current No. 1 left-back from Valencia, and a 22-year-old named Álvaro Fernandez from Castile, plus the original Swiss Jordan Lotumba who can play on both wings, the team's left wing defense has also completed a renewal.
After that, Real Madrid made small adjustments in the positions of central defender and winger, and temporarily closed the team's transfer channel this summer before the European Championship final, which can be described as a clean and quick move.
Of course, Li Mudi, who has obtained a surplus income of 30 million euros through this operation, still has an important reinforcement in the process of negotiation, but because the other party's asking price is too high, it took a month and failed to make substantial progress, so he is ready to fail. It is worth noting that the new Real Madrid coach has not prepared a plan B, and if he can't get the player he values, then there is no need to make other plans, and the current squad is enough to get excellent results.
And when the Galaxy Battleship withdrew from the transfer market and flew to North America in early August to participate in this year's International Champions Cup, people were shocked to find that after more than two months of adjustment, although the main structure of the Spanish giants has not changed much, the proportion of local players in the squad has become very exaggerated, which can be said to be a situation that has not been seen in decades.
In the current provisional squad of 31 players, there are as many as 19 players whose first nationality is Spain, including Quinterra Moya, David Carmona, Odriosola, Vallejo, Mele, Aaron Calicole, Álvaro Fernández, Marcos Llorente, Peperú, Martín Calderón, Febas, Ceballos, Asensio, Mikel Oyarzabal, Miguel Baeza, Oscar Rodríguez, Kuchi, Elliot Gómez, Villarivre, enough to make a homegrown team.
And 13 of them have played or are playing for the national team, and another three or four youngsters are also very promising in terms of development prospects and will be called up to the national team in the near future, which is also evident in their strength. This situation has rarely appeared in a big team after the gradual frequent exchange of players between countries in world football in the eighties, which naturally attracted the attention of the Spanish media.
So some reporters joked that the name of this team can be changed to Real Spain, because except for the goalkeeper and left-back, the local players in the rest of the positions have at least one substitute role in the Matador team, which can be confirmed from the just-concluded European Cup. Even if Unai Emery is the national team manager who dislikes Real Madrid players the least in all time, he has called up six players from the Galaxy in his 23-man squad, and if his predecessor Enrique were replaced, that number would be at least two more.
However, whether Emery's material preference is debatable or not, his life is clearly very difficult, after taking over the Spanish national team two years ago, the former Sevilla coach who has not been able to prove himself in the big clubs has made an excellent start, finishing third in Group A of the UEFA Nations League, and in the European Championship qualifiers, he easily qualified for the right to qualify with an unbeaten record of 8 wins and 2 draws, which has been well received by the outside world.
However, in Germany, the Matadors, who had high hopes, lost the chain and lost the last game to Iceland after winning the first two games of the group stage, and could only qualify for the knockout stage as the second in the group, missing an easier route. As a result, although Croatia was defeated in the quarterfinals, Asensio was injured, and the core of the midfield, Saul, was suspended because of the red card, and finally lost to England in the eight-in-four duel, and went home very embarrassed.
Therefore, after the European Championship, the Spanish media generally did not have a high evaluation of Emery, believing that his on-the-spot adaptability and tactical choices were problematic, and he was the number one culprit for the team's failure to play the desired results.
On the contrary, after a large number of outstanding players in the World Cup two years ago were excavated or cultivated by Li Mudi, many players in the England team who played a wonderful performance in this European Championship came from the same team that dominated the whole world football a year ago, and the Gunners players such as Balco, Rodrygo and Torreira who also played exceptionally well in the Copa America, all of which have made the new Real Madrid coach who has risen to the top of the prestige rating have received a lot of praise. It has been amazing to have left his peers far behind in terms of recognition and popularity, and to cement his position as the world's number one manager before the start of the new season.
So a few people who don't know what their intentions did started to launch a voting campaign on the Internet, and the content was: 1. Whether Emery should be removed from class immediately; 2. Can the Spanish national team consider hiring Li Mudi to coach?
As a result, 56% of people chose yes to the first question, 21% chose no, and the rest said that they still need to wait and see, so it can be said that from the perspective of public opinion, Emery will not be surprised even if he is fired.
But the answer to the second question is a bit subtle, and 32% of the netizens who participated in the vote chose to consider it, which is nearly one-third, far exceeding the expectations of ordinary people. Although Li Mudi is holding a Spanish passport, he is a pure-blooded Celestial Empire after all, and he has never been regarded as his own in the eyes of Europeans, is this the rhythm of a miracle?
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