Chapter 12: Pep Guardiola
Chang Sheng has already identified the first few people to grab.
But that's not all.
It's not just a few people.
It's just that Ibrahimovic's affairs are the most urgent.
There is one other person who is almost as urgent as Ibrahimovic.
Let's start with Valencia itself.
In the plan of winning constantly, Valencia's tactical formation in the new season will be dominated by 4231, which requires two midfielders.
Valencia have exactly two qualified midfielders.
Albelda and Baraja.
Albelda was trained by Valencia himself to become an excellent midfielder, who played as a central defender in his early years, and later changed to a midfielder, but he did not expect to find his own position.
He was loaned to Villarreal for two seasons and became a regular for Villarreal.
He also took a one-year break from action in 199798 season due to a broken leg bone.
But injuries can break his bones, but not the Jīng god of the Valencians.
He returned from injury and showed a sè when he was loaned out to Villarreal for the second time. Thirty-five appearances in the league and two goals.
He then relied on his performance in Villarreal, and after returning to Valencia, he started as a substitute player and gradually gained the main position.
And now he's only twenty-three years old.
Chang Sheng also knows how high he can reach in the future.
For a long time, he and Baraja were not only Valencia's main midfielders. It is also the main midfield combination of the Spanish national team.
The two of them worked closely together in midfield and were one of the main contributors to Valencia's second Champions League final last season.
Valencia's defense is very sè, but if it only relies on the five elders at the back, it may not be able to be so sè, and the two backs are indispensable.
Baraja was not raised by Valencia themselves, he first made his debut with his hometown club Valladolid. After five seasons at Valladolid, he moved to Atletico Madrid.
For the first three seasons he was in Atletico Madrid's B team, that is, the reserve team. He was moved to the first team from the 199899 season and played just eight games and scored one goal in his first season. In his second season, he quickly became a regular for Atletico Madrid. Played 26 years and scored four goals. But his performance did not save the fortunes of Atletico Madrid, who were relegated after that season. And Baraja is reluctant to follow Atletico Madrid to the second division - he has played enough in the lower leagues when he was in Atletico Madrid's B team.
He was taken to Mestalla by Valencia for a record transfer fee of $12.5 million.
He became a regular midfielder, scoring four goals in 35 appearances last season.
Baraja is characterized by defensive sè, accurate positioning, excellent headers, and a dangerous long shè, and a strong sense of inserting into the penalty area, so he can often score goals as a midfielder.
In his five seasons at Atletico Madrid, he scored fourteen goals. And in his five seasons with Valladolid, he scored thirteen goals.
As a back midfielder. That's not a low number of goals.
Compared to Baraja's offensive and defensive balance, Albelda is more focused on defense.
If nothing else, these two will be the main midfield combination used by Chang Sheng in the new season.
But as a result, there is no substitute at the back.
Last season's two veteran midfielders were Deschamps and Luiz. Mira. Both men are retired.
That's it. Valencia only have Baraja and Albelda in the midfield position.
It's impossible to keep these two midfielders going for a season......
Therefore, Chang Sheng has to find a substitute in the back.
If it's just a general midfielder, there's no need to worry about winning.
Chang Sheng had a plan, and that plan had been in his mind since his last days in Getafe.
He did not rule out playing the Barcelona tactics of Pep Guardiola in world football a few years in advance.
As long as there is the right opportunity.
Even if he doesn't have the opportunity to do so in the future, he wants to know more about Barcelona's tactics, especially from Barcelona's own people, or even from those at the helm.
After all, in the future. Chang Sheng thinks that Barcelona will be a fierce rival for him, and now he can learn more about the enemy, and he will have a better chance of winning in the future.
So the midfielder who is aiming for this win is ...... Josep. Pep Guardiola.
In April, Pep Guardiola announced that he would leave Camp Nou at the end of the season.
Since Gaspart inherited the mantle of Nunez as president of FC Barcelona, Guardiola has ceased to be the core of the team, and coupled with the divisions within the Barcelona team, this has made Guardiola very tired.
So he made the decision to leave Barcelona.
Chang Sheng knew that Guardiola did not want to go to Brescia at first, but because of hesitation, he lost time to choose.
If he inserts himself forcefully at this time, gives him a clear signal, and promises benefits, I believe he should be able to bring him from Camp Nou.
Valencia is better than a small team like Brescia.
The only problem is that Pep Guardiola may not be willing to stay in Spain because that would put him in a game with Barcelona.
But Chang Sheng can write such a clause into the contract: against Barcelona, Guardiola can not play.
Ibrahimovic can get rid of Llorente to deal with it, and Pep Guardiola, who plans to visit the young coach in Barcelona in person.
On the other hand, Carvalho, who wins the game, decided to hand it over to the club's general manager, Pitacci.
It stands to reason that the general managers of Spanish football clubs are powerful figures, and Pitacci is no exception. Chang Sheng robbed others of the transfer right, although the other party did not say anything on the surface. But I'm sure I'll feel uncomfortable.
This is the experience that Chang Sheng has gained at Getafe.
This time, he intends to make a big impact in Valencia, so he can't always be tied down. If you make too many enemies within the Absolute Battle, I am afraid that in the end it will be the same as in Getafe.
So he wanted to have a good relationship with the general manager this time.
In Spanish football clubs, the president is mostly a mascot, and the person with real power is the manager.
If you can have a good relationship with your manager, it will also help you a lot.
So Chang Sheng took the initiative to show goodwill. Asking the general manager Pitage to go to Cāo for a player transfer, Chang Sheng thinks that this should be regarded as a little more or less of his own power to Pitage, right?
In this way, Pitacki should be much less wary of himself.
So Chang Sheng called Pitage again.
Told him what had happened.
Pitacci is not as refreshing as Llorente. He thought about it for a moment before agreeing to take a trip to Portugal.
Chang then used the fax machine in the hotel to pass on the player information he needed to Pitacki.
Next, he began to pack the materials in his room.
At the same time, call to start booking flights.
He was going to get to Barcelona as soon as possible.
He had been in his hotel room in Valencia for several days.
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When Chang Sheng is at Barcelona Airport. He had just gotten off the plane. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and turned it back on.
He doesn't have Guardiola's phone number, he doesn't know where Guardiola lives, and he doesn't even know the phone number of Guardiola's agent.
In fact, many coaches must have the phone numbers of those well-known agents.
During this time, there have been a lot of text messages similar to self-introduction on Changsheng's mobile phone.
It was all agents selling themselves, hoping that Chang Sheng would take a fancy to their players.
Chang Sheng did not enjoy such treatment when he was the head coach of Getafe.
The brokers are all sharks behind the butts of the slave carriers, and they are sensitive to the smell of blood emitted by profits.
For them, Getafe's boss Chang Sheng is an insignificant figure. First of all, he is inexperienced and a nobody. A lot of people don't know him at all. Even if you want to text something, you don't know his phone number.
Secondly, he has no coaching experience and only has a one-year contract, and the devil knows when he will get out. In case the coaching performance is not good, and he is dismissed after only two months, won't all the thoughts and thoughts sent by the agent be in vain?
Third. Getafe is a club with no money, and they can't afford to recommend players to them......
So it's not wrong to say that the brokers are all snobs, they just look down on the poor and flock to the rich.
But that's no longer the case, with Getafe winning the Second Division and the Copa del Rey in one fell swoop. He has a reputation and is considered the best among young coaches. Now he has signed a three-year contract with Valencia, a strong team in Spain.
In the eyes of the broker, he went from a junk stock to a potential stock in an instant.
Valencia's massive investment in the transfer market over the past few years has made these agents feel like they're in the driver's eye.
And they also know a little bit about Changsheng, and they know that Changsheng likes to take the transfer power into their own hands, rather than give it to the club manager.
So when they took over as a new manager, they took the initiative to text Chang Sheng, build a good relationship, establish contacts, and pave the way for the future promotion of their players.
But none of the agents who texted Changsheng were Guardiola's.
So Chang Sheng didn't know Guardiola's phone number.
But it doesn't matter, he doesn't know, naturally someone knows.
He called his agent, Kate. Gracie: "Help me check Pep Guardiola's agent. Maria. Olowittege's phone call, and then text messages. ”
Five minutes after he put down the phone, Kate. Gracie sent a text message to Chang Sheng's phone.
The above is none other than Josep. Maria. Olovetg's phone number.
In the lobby of Barcelona Airport, Chang Sheng made a phone call to this person.
"Mr. Oloveteg? I'm Valencia's head coach and I have a partnership I want to talk to you about. ”
The strategy of grabbing Pep Guardiola has officially begun......)
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