"Southgate, this is removed."

Soon, just two days later, Evan had already brought George all the information about the players in the current world football who met George's requirements. At the front is Southgate. However, George directly vetoed Southgate.

Southgate is very strong, and George certainly knows that. Otherwise, George wouldn't have beaten Southgate's idea last season. But last year was last year, and this year is this year.

Southgate is characterised by accurate positioning and anticipation of opposition movements, making him a very good man defender. But Southgate has a weakness in being a little short. Although he can rely on excellent judgment, his header ability is not very weak. But it's not the defender George needs.

There is no defender in the world who can really do it all at once. Any defense is a defensive system, and the defense of the back line is also a matching defense. This time last year, George was buying Southgate to partner Hyypia. The two of them can complement each other's style of play.

But with Hyypia leaving this year, George won't let Southgate and Rio Ferdinand partner him. Once this happens, there will be big problems with the air defense of the Blackburn backline. Therefore, the first thing George vetoed was Southgate.

Then look down. Evan offers a number of world-renowned players, and George flips them through one by one.

"Blanco?"

Turning to this, George paused. "Blanco is good. But it's hard to buy. He just arrived at Inter last year, and he is still the main player of Inter. Evan, you should give me a reliable player. ”

George is talking about Blanco is Laurent. Blanco. He is also an absolute mainstay of the French national team. Blanco's international career dates back to the 1992 European Championships, and all the way to the World Cup in France, where the team won the World Cup.

In the 1/8 finals, France faced their opponent Paraguay, and France was in a stalemate with the opponent until Blanco scored a golden goal in extra time to lead the French team to the 1/4 finals.

If it was placed in previous years, a player of Blanco's level, Blackburn would not even dare to think about it. A player of Blanco's level is only coaxed by the world's giants. But now Blanco is different.

Blanco was born in 1965 and was already thirty-five years old in a few months.

A thirty-five-year-old player, no matter how strong he used to be, is already starting to decline. Although the professional life of a defender is relatively long, even so, the central defender is over 32 or 33 years old.

What about Arsenal's Adams? It was the best centre-back in England ever. But now at the age of thirty-four, his performance is not as good as before. The biggest problem is the decline in physical fitness, especially the severe decline in explosiveness. Therefore, the speed and turning will be particularly slow.

And Blanco is a year older than Adams. That's why Evan put his name in the paper.

However, Blanco is Lippi's favorite general, and Lippi still likes Blanco very much. Blanco was Inter's main centre-back last season.

"George, I inquired. Lippi had a bad time at Inter. With Moratti's surname, Lippi is estimated to be on the blacklist. Blanco is too old, and as long as we make the right bid, Inter shouldn't stand in the way. ”

Evan hears George's words and explains to George.

"Possibly?"

"Absolutely. Blanco is not at his peak at twenty-seven or eighteen. Blanco will soon be thirty-five years old. And Inter lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of money, no shortage of good players. Moratti is exclusively expensive. Blanco? is old, Moratti should not look down on it. ”

George nodded.

"Good, good. Blanco can come, of course, the best. ”

Who is Blanco? That's a truly world-class defender. And he has a lot of experience, having played in Napoli and Barcelona. And with the French team has won the world championship. Who can compare to a player like him now.

One champion after another will be able to crush you.

Of course, Blanco also has weaknesses. It is the disadvantage of speed and slow turning. In a fast-paced game like the Premier League, this weakness is deadly. However, Blanco has excellent defensive qualities, especially for flanking and handling high balls.

Blanco's addition will make Blackburn's air defense strength completely lower than when Hyypia was there. As for the issue of speed and slow turns, Rio Ferdinand, as a partner, can help to fill in the position.

Of course, Blanco's age is also a big issue.

But George knew that Blanco later moved to Manchester United. He fought until he was thirty-seven years old before retiring. At Manchester United, Blanco is the vacant seat left by Stam. Although the performance cannot be compared with Stam, and it has been criticized by many fans.

But there's no doubt about Blanco's strength. And it's in very good shape.

So once you get Blanco, George can still use it for a few years.

"Blanco's information is put first. Blanco is now playing in the European Championships, so you can get in touch with his agent first. ”

George said as he flipped through the information of the remaining people.

"How come there is an Inter Milan. Do you think we can't fight with Inter? George smiled and took it out. Because among the documents given by Evan, there is another Inter player. However, the player's name caught George's eye.

"Christian. Panucci! ”

Unlike Blanco, a veteran who is almost 35 years old, Panucci is completely in his prime. Panucci is now twenty-seven years old. And Panucci had a brilliant career in the early part of his career.

Panucci is one of the exponents of teenage fame. At the age of 19, he played almost the entire season with Genoa. It took only one year for Panucci, who was supposed to be the target of Milan's scouting, to squeeze out the famous Tasotti in the history of Italy and AC Milan, and the 20-year-old Panucci became the main right-back of the team known as the dream team of football at the time.

In the five years that followed, Panucci was not only an absolute mainstay for Milan, but also after his move to Real Madrid.

But Panucci's international career has been bumpy. In the most glorious years, they were not even in the eyes of the national team coach. Panucci is currently a big name in world football. I didn't expect that even he was in the scope of Evan's investigation.

"George, Panucci and Lippi have a lot of problems, so the second half of last season was already a stalemate with Inter. I've gotten the news that Vialli is ready to take Panucci on loan. Inter also seem to have agreed to Panucci's loan. ”

'Panucci is definitely leaving Inter as well. You should know that Panucci's failure to be selected for the Italian national team has a lot to do with not being able to play in the second half of last season. ”

"You mean loaning Panucci?"

George was stunned. In the past, when he was in the lower leagues, he loaned some players from Premier League teams, and George thought about it. But after arriving in the Premier League, George didn't think about loan at all.

In George's mind, Blackburn Rovers is a team that aims to win championships. Loaning players from other teams shouldn't be something Blackburn should do.

"Yes." Evan nodded. "George, I know you don't like loan players. But we lost too much at the back in the summer. I don't need to talk about Panucci's strength, but more importantly, Panucci is an all-round defender. Right-back, centre-back, left-back can all play, we can't do without players like that. It can't be cheaper, Viali. ”

Hearing Evan's words, George pondered.

"George, we didn't really buy Panucci. Just came over to respond to emergencies, and I think he's a very good candidate. ”

George nodded slowly.

However, George said uncertainly: "Evan, we poached two Inter players in a row, can they put them?" And Vialli is an Italian coach and has a natural advantage. ”

"George, Inter. Inter doesn't have any good players, don't talk about poaching two defenders, even if it is digging three or four, Inter will not have anything. As for Vialli, he has an innate advantage. But Chelsea, the results are so bad now, why compare with us. ”

George looked up at Evan and saw that Evan had all the information ready.

It seems that Evan already knows everything about these transfer partners. It's clear how the club is doing, who's interested in them, what their current situation is. George was really pleased.

George looked through all the player profiles, and George was most interested in Blanco and Panucci.

These two guys have to be strong and experienced, and they both have a lot of experience in winning championships. There is definitely a huge benefit for the current Blackburn backline. It can even be said that although he is a newcomer to the team, he is a championship-level player who can improve Blackburn's defense.

And after selling Hyypia, George's Blackburn was widely questioned. Think Blackburn has no ambitions.

If such an impression is played, then how to attract good players in the future. So bringing in some big names is a must. Blanco and Panucci, on the other hand, are perfect for that.

"Good. Evan, that's it. Our summer backline is targeting both of them. You go and get in touch with Inter, I'm going to meet Blanco in person. George paused and continued: "As for Panucci, you go and persuade. Vialli? George sneered.

'Vialli is not protecting himself at Chelsea now and wants to bring his fellow countrymen over. You can tell Panucci directly that Vialli will definitely be out of class this season. And we Blackburn can play in the Champions League this season, while Chelsea ......"

Vialli is now truly embattled at Chelsea. The relationship with the internal bigwigs is not good, the results are very poor, and the Chelsea board is also dissatisfied with Vialli.

George doesn't believe Panucci would be willing to go to a team of Chelsea's calibre with his impressive results in previous years. Before Panucci came to Inter, he was the main right-back of Capello's Milan dynasty. In the first two years, he was the main player of Real Madrid.

No matter how good a player is, he shouldn't be reduced to going to Chelsea.

(To be continued)