Chapter 53: The Round Table (I)
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Chen Zhun woke up in the morning and received a call from Rudick and Arneson, both of whom came back at noon, so Chen Zhun invited the two to have afternoon tea together, which was regarded as fulfilling Chen Zhun's promise to Rudick last time.
Chen Zhun picked up the list of players in the previous two scouting reports. Chen Zhun deliberately handwrote a list of players in various positions, which can also more intuitively select the players he thinks are suitable for Southampton.
The two scouting reports recorded a total of 48 players with an average age of 20 or 21 years old. And these young players were all stars in the football world in Chen Zhun's previous life. Of course, most of these players are reserves, and Chen Zhun will not give them too many opportunities this season, but they will get a glimpse of the atmosphere of the Premier League. Chen Zhun can be said to have the hope of dominating the Premier League in the future, and Chen Zhun knows that if he wants to succeed in Southampton, he will need to bring in a group of quality players who are loyal to him.
Chen Zhun selected 23 of his favorite players from these 48 players.
Goalkeepers: Rene Adler, Joe Hart
Left-backs: Nicky Shorey, Bakari Sagna, Leyton Baines
Right-back: Luke Young
Central defenders: Laurent Koscielny, Mats Hummels, Michael Dawson, Phil Giagilka
Midfielders: Miguel Arteta, Las Diarra, Yaya Toure
Left midfield: Mesut Ozil, Santiago Cazorla, David Silva
Right midfield: Yakub Blaszczykwski (Kuba), Clemens Fritz, Ashley Young
Forwards: Olivier Giroud, Dirk Kuyt, Fernando Torres and David Villa
Of course, most of these 23 players are now future stars, and there are relatively few players who have come to play. Therefore, Chen Zhun also plans that after Rudick returns this time, he will no longer look for a hopeful star, but choose to find a player in his playing year, maintain the stability of the team, and by the way, he can rely on the veteran to shock the locker room. But Chen Zhun is a little worried about the transfer fee. Chen Zhun has great hopes for how much the club will be able to get in the winter transfer period, and he is also preparing to make a transfer offer tomorrow from some players who are good at starting. He also needs to discuss the matter with President Rupert Rowe tomorrow.
The British have a long history of drinking afternoon tea, since the 17th century, the British have liked this drink (black tea is preferred) but Chen Zhun does not look down on the British people to drink tea as the same habit of drinking water, Chen Zhun believes that drinking tea should be in a quiet place, savoring the enjoyment of tea to their taste.
At this time, Southampton FC's "Big Three" Chen Zhun, Arneson and Rudick were enjoying a rare afternoon tea time at a round table in an open-air café, and of course the topic was football itself.
"Hey David, you're a celebrity in the UK now!! But your celebration is too domineering!! I like it!! "The person who spoke was none other than Arneson.
"Don't make fun of me! Buddy! Let's talk about Dirk Kuyt! Chen Zhun didn't want to give Arneson any chance to talk about it, so he hurriedly diverted the topic with business.
"Dirk is a player who fits your thinking very well with the selection of players, tireless running, high tactical literacy, although he is now ranked first in the Eredivisie scorer list, but his shooting ability and small skills are not outstanding, Dirk's price I asked Feyenoord FC, but unfortunately Feyenoord's reply is that everything will be transferred until the summer."
Chen Zhun nodded, Arneson's evaluation is basically the same as Chen Zhun's memory of Kuyt in his previous life, Kuyt in his previous life did not show his ability to score goals in the Eredivisie after arriving at Liverpool, but Liverpool's coach Benitez at that time still gave him the position of the main striker, and what he valued was his attitude on the field, which was also valued by Chen Zhun. Now that Feyenoord have European games on their side, it is another matter whether Kuyt can come to the small temple of Southampton.
Chen Zhun got a satisfactory answer from Arneson, and shifted his attention to Rudick who was drinking tea.
Rudick understood and put the scouting report in front of Chen Zhun's eyes.
The first was a scouting report from Switzerland. Now 20 years old, Stefan Lichtsteiner plays for Swiss giants Zurich Grasshopper FC, and although he is young, he is already in the club's main right-back position. Scouting reports are characterized by strong defense, weak offense, strong running ability, and full of physical energy.
The second was a scouting report from Italy, with three players coming into the scout's sight. 19-year-old striker Graziano Pelle plays for Lecce, 17-year-old midfielder Marek Hamsik plays for Brescia and 24-year-old centre-back Hugo Campagnaro plays for Piacenza.
Chen Zhun also knows these three players well, but he is only interested in Hamsik, and it seems that he will be added to his list again.
The third is a scouting report from Spain, with a new player, Juan Francisco Torres from Real Madrid, also known as Juan Forlan, who was still playing as a right winger at Real Madrid, but Real Madrid at that time was in the era of the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship, star-studded, and there was no place for the young Juan Forlan, which was a good addition to the right wing.
The fourth scouting report from Germany, again with only one new player, was 20-year-old young striker Stefan Kiessling, who was playing for Nuremberg at the time. When Chen Zhun saw the name Kislin, it suddenly dawned on him that he had forgotten him. Kiessling was one of the forwards that Chen Zhun was more optimistic about in his previous life. He has the traditional characteristics of a German centre-forward, tall and tall, but he has a lot of excellent footwork and ball control skills that a high school forward does not have, and he is also relatively fast. But he also has the most fatal weakness is the low psychological quality of the competition, which is also an important reason for the development of Kiessling's career, otherwise he can get a place in the big club with his strength. Chen Zhun decided not to bring in Giroud because he saw Kiessling, and to specialize in Kiessling.
The fifth scouting report from France. There is also a new player selected here, and that is Ben Arfa, one of the four little swans of France's 87. Scouts are characterized by their perfect dribbling skills, but sometimes they are too obsessed with dribbling and lose their attacking opportunities, and they have a high ability to combine people and balls, and they also like to control the ball at their feet. The scout also claimed in his report that Ben Arfa had not had a good time at Lyon, with few playing opportunities and that he himself was looking for opportunities to get out.
Chen Zhun does lack a competent left wing-back right now, Bale and Ozil are still too young to play in a row, and Ben Arfa is a good option now. Chen Zhun didn't plan to hoard too many people in the left midfield position, because in the left midfielder position, Chen Zhun had already laid the main force, that is, Gareth Bale.
The UK's scouting reports didn't update the new players, and at that time it was very difficult to poach academy players from other teams in the UK, and it was lucky to be able to poach one or two. Chen Zhun didn't care too much. Chen Zhun thinks these players are enough for him to use.