"On the back guard, the main players, let's set these few for the time being. A Thiago Silva 10 million, Piszczek and Kolarov combined, there are five million, and it is almost the same. 15 million, we can spend so much money on the main force of the defender. However, the substitutes also have to look at it, otherwise, if the three old sick people get sick together, we will be miserable. I think that if we buy Jerome Boateng, the younger brother of Kevin Boateng in our team, as a substitute, this player can play three positions, which is more suitable, and the value should not be high. According to the highest calculation, 5 million is good, which is about 20 million. ”

"Who will the left-back use in the future?"

"I've got my eye on the three candidates: Benfica's Coentrão, who is not playing at the moment and has been on loan, so we can give him some promises. Alba, a player in Valencia II, has a very high level of skill, that is, he is Catalan, and it will be troublesome to go home in the future. Then there's David Alaba, a young player in the Vienna FSA team, who can also be of the same level. But these three people are all people who are optimistic about their respective teams, and no one is easy to buy, you go and try to see who you can dig, if you can't dig it, then I will go to Brazil to buy Sandro in the future. ”

Now Tottenham is a big team, and such a team also has the courage to poach some players and put them in the youth team as reserves, so Li Bin doesn't care about saying a few names in one go. These people, now Coentrão is still in a hard wandering career, Alba was told by La Masia that he has no talent, and went to Valencia, Alaba is being mobilized by Bayern, but he did not go to Bayern, and anyone can poach it. And digging any of them, Li Bin can be regarded as earning.

But even so, Esposito was still very dissatisfied, "Can't you look at adult players, people who have the ability to fight more quickly?" ”

"In the Premier League, I have a crush on Ashley Cole and Patrice Evra, can I dig it? Actually, Gala is not bad, but I can't go to Arsenal to poach people, right? Money is limited, so don't think about digging too many good players. Let's make do with it. ”

Esposito sighed, in fact, the kung fu of speaking, this is already a 45 million deal ready. However, now Tottenham's bottomless hole, 45 million is really not enough to repair.

"That's it for the defenders, anyway, I can see that we can't defend perfectly in one season. Even if we get the best players, we haven't gotten used to the pace of the Premier League, so we have to get used to it, and if you want to try it first, then try it. Esposito replied, "So, let's talk about the midfield, what formation are you going to play next season?" ”

"442 - now that you're in the Premier League, you naturally have to play 442."

"But now many teams in the Premier League are playing 4231, what do you think of to regain 442?"

"Because we're in England, we have to think practically. Why do England use 442 for the Chinese? Because from the perspective of the distribution of players on the field, the running coverage of players in each position of the stadium, 442 is the most balanced and efficient. The division of labor among the players in England is very vague, when everyone is on the pitch, they have to be responsible for both defensive and attacking tasks, they have this football concept in their hearts, so you look at the England midfielder, for many years there has not been a decent forward and a midfielder, they are all central midfielders who have both attack and defense, this style of play, whether it is our England players or our opponent team, it is like this, we have to let our players slowly accept the change. ”

Li Bin also knows very well that the formation of 442 is a bit outdated in modern football. Because of the change of offside rules, it is difficult for the two-striker style of play to adapt to modern football, more often, a single striker is a better way, and the four midfielders of 442 are tightly held on the side, the midfield responsibilities are not clear, and sometimes the number is small and not dominant. However, Li Bin also knew very well that as soon as he took over the team, he changed the team to a formation such as 4231, and the players would definitely not be adaptable. To design your own tactics, you have to be realistic, even if it is a team like Manchester United, it will be very bad to suddenly bring in a Veron, let alone an old-fashioned English team like Tottenham?

You have to take your time. There are too many strikers, just a big drop back to play in the midfield. The wings are rigid, you can rely on the fullbacks to increase the style of play, the responsibilities of the midfield are not clear, you can divide the responsibilities, and you can take your time to transform the team, and you can't take drastic medicine. Manchester United cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Moreover, Li Bin also has a selfish intention: 442 is a bit outdated, but it is also the most suitable way to play the weak team of the Premier League. Next season, Tottenham's main task is to catch up with the rankings in the league, as long as there is a good ranking, it is the so-called strong dialogue that loses, therefore, Li Bin chose to be more suitable for dealing with the middle and lower teams 442, rather than more suitable for dealing with the strong team 451.

I'll talk about the changes later, but now I have to think about next season.

"In midfield, we can almost put together a line-up of key players next season: Bale, Jenas, Hoddlestone, and Lennon, all of which we can consider keeping. Gareth Bale switched to left wing-back next season, but I still need him to drop back a lot. I can put a game in the game for him to use his speed advantage better and use it to attack the opposition, but he also has to defend me – I watched him last season and he didn't defend aggressively, which is not like what a good player does. I can stop him from playing at the back, but he has to learn to defend. ”

"And on top of that, I've already said that I'm going to bring Yaya Toure, and that's another twenty million dollars. If you calculate it this way, it will already be 65 million. If 30 million is left for the forward line, we have very little money left. ”

"You mean we don't buy Modric anymore? I think this player is quite good, 17 million pounds, it's not very expensive. ”

"Not very expensive? Liverpool are now putting Xavi Alonso up for £15 million, and we're going to use Robbie Keane for it, so maybe they'll have to ask us for money. And, for 17.1 million euros, I could go to La Liga and buy out Xavi Martinez's contract to bring him here - of course, with the influence of Tottenham now, he may not be willing to come - with such a choice, why should I use Modric? ”

This made Esposito a little speechless: indeed, Li Bin casually cited these two examples, both of which were better and cheaper than Modric.

"But they definitely don't want to come! Now Alonso is full enough to come to Tottenham? It's not like he doesn't have a better choice! It's the same with Martinez, you said, he's not coming, there's Luka Modric, that's good. ”

"But Modric with Yaya Toure, who will defend? The two of them, one can't keep it, the other doesn't like to keep it, this is a big problem, there must be a person in charge of sweeping in the midfield, and neither of them is this material. "So I think next season, let Yaya Toure take on more defensive duties, and then, find him someone to be a partner to be responsible for interception, and use Bale and Lennon on the left and right wings — preferably a third person as a rotation, and that's basically the build." However, the squad is still a little thinner, but we didn't want to win the championship next season. ”

"Asia-Asia Organization...... All right? Esposito asked rhetorically.

"It should work. This season, my idea was not to play the school of flashy ground attacks, but more to use our two wings to make quick raids. Serie A and the Premier League are two worlds, Serie A can only win by playing in the middle, and the Premier League can only win by playing on the wing. We have to give full play to the attacking power of the wings, so the main task of the midfielder is to defend, insert, pass, the so-called organization, and more is some relatively simple side-splitting, long-pass scheduling, which will not be particularly difficult. The Premier League's offensive and defensive transitions are fast, the pace is fast, playing like this, the ball control skills are not easy to play, but at the same time, the card position skills are not easy to play, it is not difficult to pass out a good ball, it is not a particularly important game, you don't need to organize a master-level figure, Modric is a good player, he may be very bright when he comes to the Premier League, but I am not optimistic that he is really dominant - what the Premier League needs is an all-round midfielder, not an organization master, which is determined by the environment of the entire league, and it is difficult to change. Yaya is very polished in this environment, and he has no problem controlling the midfield. Li Bin said, "Of course, I will still try to buy Xavi Alonso, if he comes, with his fame, he can suppress Yaya and make Yaya defend too well." However, if he doesn't come, I'll have to find a partner for Yaya to defend the midfield with him. ”

"Who do you have a crush on?" Esposito asked.

"The best option is Javi Martinez, but as you said, we just want to buy him, and he doesn't necessarily want to come. On the other hand, I chose Gustavo, who played for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga last season. Buy him, it should be very suitable. And his value is not expensive, Hoffenheim has his right of first refusal, about 1 million worth, if we offer 2 million, we can definitely win it. ”

This player made Esposito frown, and after thinking for a long time, he spoke, "Lee, if I remember correctly, Gustavo, is a full-back. ”

"That's right, you can transform it into a back waist."

"We first transformed our full-backs into full-backs, and then we bought a full-back to transform them into midfielders - Lee, I think we have a good chance of failing, Anderson, Lucas, Denilson, none of these Brazilian midfielders in the top four of the Premier League have succeeded."

"I would like to add that these Brazilian midfielders in the top four of the Premier League were all midfielders before coming to the Premier League. Because the top four of the Premier League do not have a forward midfielder, they all play as a midfielder. The change from a midfielder to a back is definitely not the same as the back we changed from a full-back. ”

Esposito didn't say anything more, and after a while, he raised his head, "Lee, there's something I want to ask you: what you're doing makes me a little puzzled. Whether it is choosing 442 or transforming Yaya into an all-round midfield, they all want to adapt to English football. However, we are not here to adapt to English football, but to transform English football. Is it necessary for us to accommodate the backward football philosophy of the English people? ”

"Lorenzo, I know you don't look down on English football, you think they are behind, but why don't you not understand? A team that is built on the foundation of football in the region. If we want to lead a Premier League team, we have to take into account the way English football is now, and then transform it so that English football can be integrated into our tactics. We can't change the environment, we can only blame ourselves. Yes, tactically, we can spend money on people and immediately change the team to win the championship, but strategically, what to do with these people when they get old? Continue to spend money, continue to buy people, and constantly exchange mercenaries for blood? That's not a good idea. There is only one best way: to integrate into the local area, so that local football and advanced football can be integrated, so that the team can have a steady stream of support and build the team into a giant club that has stood for many years. It is not without reason that Manchester United has been more stable than other teams over the years. How many years have you been engaged in youth training, why don't you understand such a simple truth? The key to youth training is not how much money you spend or how many people you train, but whether you have established a system, which is enough to support your team, and after many years, it can run as usual! Lorenzo, what we want to build is a high-rise building, don't always think about getting a ticket and leaving, we shouldn't do that kind of thing! ”——

ps: Someone reminded Fletcher of the nationality problem, this is my head dizzy, in the past two days, I have checked the information and seen more English teams, and I am confused, Xie Lu Xie reminded that this problem should not be committed.