'I'll admit it's underestimating the intensity of the Premier League – when it comes time for the winter transfer, let's look at signings.'

After Christmas, it's January. Levy has long said that as long as he can win the top four, the problem of money can be made up. Now that he has this sentence at the bottom, Li Bin is also a lot bolder to buy people, and after seeing Dawson injured again, what he thought of was to buy people to supplement the lineup.

Li Bin originally thought that with three players rotating one main position, and one Thiago Silva without injury, he should still be able to survive a season. But he ignored one thing: the Premier League game is too intense, Thiago Silva is not injured much in Milan, but he is still injured in the Premier League, and the intensity of the Premier League is far better than that of Serie A. When one player is Ledley King and the other is likely to get sick, he doesn't dare to bet that his good fortune can really survive half a season. So he also thought that if it didn't work, he would bring in another player in the winter.

Dawson and Woodgate are really a bit of a chicken rib: when it comes to skills, both of them have some, but none of them are particularly good. Speaking of the body, the perennial old sick number, from time to time is injured. Staying, it didn't have much effect, Li Bin couldn't believe them, but sent them away? It's a bit of a shame to do that. However, in the end, Li Bin's original intention was to send people away in the summer. Since they are suffering from frequent injuries before the summer, it is not a bad thing to send them away early.

Originally, in this Christmas schedule, Li Bin could try to change more. However, Dawson and Woodgate were too pitiful, and he didn't dare to rotate, and only dared to use Ledley King and Thiago Silva to death, which already made him very dissatisfied, and now that Dawson is injured again, he has also made up his mind.

"So, should we buy a Premier League defender to take his place? There doesn't seem to be any of England's homegrown defenders who are of a high level......"

"We're not looking for people in England, let's buy foreign players." Li Bin shook his head, "Next season, we can take back Ramsey in the midfield, above the striker, and then look at Walker, who has promoted the youth team, there is no shortage of local players." Dawson and Woodgate sent away, so don't buy English players for the time being, the English defenders don't fit our tactics well. ”

Li Bin has always emphasized the oppression of football. An important element of pressing football is that the three lines must be well connected. A very important element of this play is the ability to switch between a back three and a back four – something the Dutchman has been certain for as early as Cruyff's play.

The tactics of high pressing are derived from German football and Dutch football, and German football cannot ignore the playing style of the back three in any case, although because of the change in the offside rule, the scavenger can not see, but the internal thing of the tactics is still there. When Loew is training, he often refines the team's small blocks and stipulates the position of the players' movements, which is a kind of training with variety. And English football, is a perennial 442, from the 90s to the present, there have been only two attempts at the back three, and the concept of four backs and three backs is difficult for them to understand. In 2002, Bielsa led Argentina and divided the team into 24 training blocks, and in the Premier League, there is this awareness, that is, Moyes divided six training blocks - the backwardness of the Premier League can be reflected here.

The British parallel position cannot achieve the free switching of the back three and the back four, and the strength of their guard line is not good, which is not a small gap with Li Bin's tactical requirements.

In fact, a very important place can be seen in the shortcomings of English defenders: in their own players, when they control the ball in the midfield, if it is a defender in Serie A and La Liga, they will press forward and help the team, while the English defender will watch in the backfield and watch his teammates attack - such a gap is a gap in skills, which few people can make up for, and Li Bin does not want to tolerate. The current Ledley King is not very good in this regard, and since he is going to be replaced, Li Bin also wants to directly replace the right person.

If you want to talk about good defenders in the Premier League, Li Bin also knows a few. Sima Lin was even in the lower divisions in the summer, and even now, it won't be difficult to poach Cahill. But Li Bin also knows that these players have serious problems, with an average sense of defensive position and weak ability to hold the ball, which makes him not very willing to use them.

Li Bin knew that it was a very hateful thing to sell local players and buy foreign players. Arsenal did something similar in the Premier League that year, a game squad was handed in, from the main team to the substitute, there was no local player of 16 players, at that time, Arsenal was scolded by the whole Premier League, as if Wenger was the worst crime. Li Bin knows what to say, and he is also very cautious about this, but he is still reluctant to accommodate the defenders. On the frontcourt, putting a player with rough skills is nothing more than a lower offensive efficiency, as long as he is diligent and willing to run, it is not a big problem, he can endure it, but in the backcourt, he hopes to be able to establish a good defense. I have been holding back for half a season, in exchange for a reputation for cultivating local players, and now, it is time to ship it myself.

Several Tottenham players are not bad at their individual level, but their tactical understanding is still at the level of English football. They are good at playing parallel guards, but they can't play more advanced tactics, and now they can barely maintain the strength of the team, but after arriving, Li Bin estimates that they still can't adapt to the requirements.

"Is there a suitable candidate?" Esposito asked.

"Agger is the best, but I'm afraid he'll get to the Premier League and he'll be glassy. As for the others......" Li Bin still shook his head, he did know a few things, but those few people were not very easy to dig. Humors is playing well at Borussia Dortmund now and there is no need to transfer, David Luiz is a little tender, Mangala and Varane are too tender - his original intention was to survive until the summer and grab Lucio, but it is only halfway through the season, and the plan has to change, which is also a bit troublesome.

"I'm still the same question, do you think we can dig up Palmeri?" Esposito asked.

"How's Palmeri doing now?" Esposito brought up the old matter again, which also made Li Bin have to ask.

"It's not good. He played the main team in Parma, and the level was no problem, but his debut was too poor, Parma went from last season's Champions League championship to now it is difficult to compete for the middle and upper reaches, and it has slipped too fast, the team has not played, and the players will naturally be scolded. Moreover, what is even worse is that two days ago, the news broke in the newspaper that Barcelona wanted to spend a huge amount of money to bring in Ague this winter, and Ag left, but I was afraid that it would be more difficult for him to do it. ”

This answer made Li Bin a little confused about what to say. He left Parma, and his results naturally plummeted. Although Allegri is still holding on to the situation and keeping Parma in the sixth position in the league, this is also supported by Rossi in front and Agger in the back, and it is estimated that once these two people leave, Parma's results will have to decline further.

It's not a good thing to debut in such a team. If you look at the level of a young player, Palmeri is still playing well. But if he has to play at the same level of defense as last season, it's impossible. Now Parma's front court has changed all over again, the front court has changed, the defenders are about to be pitted, Palmery can't satisfy the fans, and the days at Parma are not very good.

His standard is not bad, but no matter how good a player is, he can't withstand such a toss from the team. Barcelona did not buy Yaya Toure, and there are only three people on the back line, Puyol, Pique and Milito, but Milito is injured again and can not play, and Barcelona will not be able to play if they don't buy defenders, so they must buy Aguer. And as soon as Ag is gone, Palmeri really has no hope.

"Lee, I suggest we buy him. Among these young players now, there are only two people who really worry me about the future, one is Palmeri and the other is Dede from Brazil. The two of them belong to the kind of talent that is too amazing, and wherever they are placed, the coach will be tempted to use them to death, eager to squeeze their potential dry, and now Allegri uses it like this. If we don't buy him, the rest of his place will be the two in Milan, but the current virtue of those two is not suitable for good defenders. Milan has dared to release starters with an average age of 35 years old this year, and Inter Milan's backfield is not young. ”

Esposito's words are not for the team, but more for the players. He knows what Palmeri's potential is, and he also knows that such a player can really be squeezed out of the hands of people who are not good enough to develop him. They can't buy the Brazilian German, but Palmeri can't go on like this.

"If we buy someone, how much will we be able to get it?"

Li Bin discussed with the Tottenham club that the transfer fee is 30 million a year, but if the winter really needs reinforcements, Li Bin estimates that Tottenham will not particularly object, Tottenham Hotspur has a good result this season, and is still in the third position in the league, which is beyond expectations for Tottenham, and the budget overestimate is not a big problem. Moreover, if Li Bin brings in Palmery, he is also ready to dispose of Woodgate, although he is now very famous, but with the English household registration book, the identity of the fringe international is in, how can it be worth five or six million, and the number that Tottenham really needs to pay for should not be very large.

"About 15 million, Serie A defenders are almost more expensive."

"If it's not very expensive, we'll buy it in the winter. Tottenham are better than I thought they were and maybe in the second half of the season we can do something. ”

In Li Bin's plan, he originally did not plan to play any cup matches. There is no qualification for Europe, and the two cup competitions in England are not very meaningful. Getting a Champions League qualification is much more important than any domestic cup competition, and he originally made up his mind to fight on a single line and strive for fourth.

However, this season has been better than he had imagined. Although Manchester United and Liverpool are leading in front, he still can't catch up, but Arsenal's performance is very average, and Chelsea, under the leadership of Scolari, is now full of contradictions, Drogba even threatens to transfer, it is estimated that it is difficult to be competitive. Li Bin tried to recall, if he remembered correctly, in the second half of the season, it should be Chelsea who invited Hiddink, gave up the league, and fought for the Champions League, and Arsenal should have bought Arshavin to maintain the fourth - but this season, they have nowhere to buy Arshavin, Li Bin estimates, the only shortcoming in the competition for four with them is lack of experience.

Therefore, this made Li Bin's mind a little bigger. Would it be better if Champions League qualification was won at the same time as the FA Cup or League Cup?

It's just that Palmeri, can they really adapt to the Premier League?