Chapter 42: Degan's List
As a time-traveler, Degan's biggest advantage is probably that he is familiar with the future of football, and those stars who may be unknown now, but will become popular in the future, are basically all crashed into Degan's head.
Especially the future European Red Devils Belgium, the team led by Wilmoci, in the 2014 Brazil Shijie Cup European qualifiers, even the traditional giants of Europe, can't help but feel jealous, they are jealous of nothing else, that is, the Belgian team, many young talents.
Although it is only 2007, and some of the core players in the future European Red Devils, such as Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku, are still young Zhengtai, but some other top superstars have now emerged and begun to attract the attention of European giants.
In addition to Kompany, Van den Boray, and Vermaelen, who have now occupied a certain position in the Belgian national team, there are many young people who will become the pillars of the Belgian national team in the future.
After returning to Belgium this time, Dugan counted some of the players in his memory and handed them over to Antienes, who believes that Antienes' vision is not bad, and he will definitely be able to select some players who fit his tactics among these players to fill in the current Belgian national team and create a stronger squad for next year's European Championship.
A new generation replaces the old!
This is a bit unfair to the players who have contributed to Belgium's smooth qualification, but the football field is so cruel, there is no eternal evergreen, even if you were once Shijie Footballer, there will be a day of retirement.
The pace of progress in Belgian football, and the ambitions brought with it by the arrival of Digan, are clearly not what the players were able to keep up with.
Belgium now needs fresh blood, and the purpose of Degan's list is to make blood for Belgian football, so that those stars who will become popular in the future can appear on the international stage earlier.
In this list, the first person Deegan highlights is Marouan, who will become a top star at Everton. Fellaini.
Fellaini showed extraordinary football talent from an early age, and scouts from Belgian first division club Atletico Cherel found Fellaini, found his father, and told him that "your son will be the second Vieira", and Fellaini joined Race Clan.
But it was only two years later that his football career really hit the fast track when Standard Liege knocked on the door of Fellaini's house.
His first few appearances were "impressive", the kid didn't care about the formation of the team or his position, but ran around the ball like crazy.
The following year, Fellaini helped the team to their first league title in 25 years, and as a source of motivation for the team, Fellaini caught the attention of many clubs in Europe, with more and more scouts visiting Liège to check out the young star, including the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Monaco and Sevilla.
It was the Champions League qualifiers against Liverpool in the summer of 2008 that really made Fellaini famous. Marouane Fellaini was in a strong two-legged performance before losing in extra-time in the second game.
However, Fellaini's performance still shocked the European football world, at this time Fellaini was destined to stay in the small place of Belgium, and finally in the summer of 2008, he left Standard Liege and joined the Premier League mid-table team Everton, signing a five-year contract with a transfer fee of 15 million pounds, breaking the transfer fee record of Everton club.
It was also at Everton that Fellaini gradually developed into a top star under the tutelage of Moyes, with the 1.94-meter-tall Fellaini playing at the back, and because of his excellent header skills, in addition to taking on defensive duties, he often rushed into the opponent's penalty area to cause chaos.
Fellaini has an astonishing height of 1.94 meters, which is generally a bit tall for a boxtobox midfielder, but Fellaini is such a big midfielder perpetual motion machine.
Marouane Fellaini's back-to-back and header do-it-all would make him an important fulcrum in Everton's attacking back, a big man who could run and jump, and his aerial superiority was unrivalled and his back-to-back opponents were often at a loss, and he was dominant in both boxes. And unlike most tall players, Fellaini's jishu is also very good, which should be considered an upper-middle level, thanks to a considerable part of the flexibility and coordination characteristic of North African players.
However, Fellaini's characteristics are not as good as he was predicted as a child, to be a second Vieira, when he is on the pitch, he is more dependent on his strong body to play, and his style is destined to not be a commander-type player.
Although unable to play the role of commander, Fellaini is a standard midfield fighter who is not afraid of confrontation and can give his full attention in every game, a player who is exactly what the Belgian national team with Deguman at its core needs.
However, if you want to recruit Fellaini into the national team, there are also many problems, he has dual citizenship of Belgium and Morocco, and Morocco is where he was born.
Antienes, of course, also noticed the explosive big man who played for Standard Liege, and also moved to recruit him to the national team to strengthen the team's midfield defense.
It's just that in Antienes' opinion, although Fellaini is good, he is too frizzy, but after reading the characteristics of Fellaini's jishu introduced by Degan, Antienes found that his understanding of Fellaini is obviously not enough.
The second person recommended by Dugan is the striker Dembele from AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie, to say that Belgium is the most secure forward line now, but the biggest problem is also the forward line.
Although Digan is a super goalscorer, but once Digan is absent, no one can fill this position, the Mpongsa brothers are famous players and meritorious figures in Belgian football, but they are old, during the period when Digan was absent due to injury, the Mponsa brothers, who were entrusted with important tasks by Antienes, could not carry the banner of attack at all.
Dembele is the partner Digan has found for himself, one who can lurk behind him and support him, while also being able to attack the opposition defence alone.
Speaking of which, Dembele is not an unknown youngster, although he is young, not yet 20 years old, but at the end of last season, he was voted the best player of the Eredivisie in a single season, and he is also the best goalkeeper.
Dembele is so flexible and flexible that he can play as a midfielder but also as a striker, and his breakthrough ability is at the top of the ranks in the Eredivisie, where individual ability has always been outstanding.
With both passing vision and scoring ability, his outstanding performance when he first landed in the Eredivisie was even reminiscent of Zidane's name.
AZ Alkmaar finished third last season and relied on Dembele the most, scoring six goals in 33 appearances.
In fact, in the 05/06 season he represented Willem II, scoring nine goals in a single season, and his talent has already attracted the attention of many big clubs.
After joining AZ Alkmaar, he quickly impressed. The young Malian descendant proved himself in his first season at AZ Alkmaar, playing almost the entire season and scoring six goals to help the team finish third in the league.
The Dutch scouting network described Dembele as follows: "A top-class player, a skilful midfield engine with jishu, suited to a libero position, especially as a number 10 between midfield and striker. He can finish with both feet and is difficult to stop. β
Dembele plays as a midfielder and cuts inside from the left flank very efficiently. The player is a pure attacking initiator whose style of play, his composure and ability to read the game make him special.
In addition, Dembele is also quite fast, and the biggest problem now is that he needs to spend a little more time in the training room to get stronger.
Dembele can handle the ball with both feet, which makes him good enough to play anywhere up front. His erratic movement and excellent Jishu help make him versatile in the midfield position. His natural instinct combined with skilful jishu style of play has also made him a likelito to the new Zidane.
Seeing that Digan's evaluation of Dembele was so high, Antienes couldn't believe his eyes, although someone had recommended Dembele to him, but at that time, he felt that Dembele was too young, and Belgium played defensive tactics, and a pure jishu player like Dembele had little room to survive.
However, after reading Dugan's introduction to Dembele, Antienes admitted that he was impressed, and if he could arrange such a player before the midfielder and Dugan, it might really have an unexpected effect.
The third player on Degan's list is Ajax's centre-back Vertongen, who is more malleable than Vermaelen, his size is the same as Stamm's, as long as he is close to defending attacking players, the opponent cannot make normal movements, and his header is very powerful in corner kicks.
Although there is no shortage of people in the Belgian backline because of Vermaelen, Degan still recommended Vertongen, and Antienes can feel that this time Degan is really planning to have major surgery on the Belgian national team.
The fourth man recommended by Dugan, with whom Antienes is also very familiar, is none other than the standard Liege midfielder De Fort, who has been dubbed "New Hifo" by the Belgian media.
In the 2005/06 season, Defour made his debut in Genk and was immediately hyped by the transfer market, Devore is characterized by a quick start, a wide vision, accurate long passing, and a natural leader, before Degan joined Belgium, many experts believed that Devore would become a core player in the Belgian national team in the future.
Back in the summer of 2006, Ajax were desperate to sign him for β¬6 million, but the player himself chose to train in standard Liege at home first, apparently guaranteeing him more first-team games in the country.
De Fale has also been selected for the national team before, but he has not yet played for Belgium, and Antienes saw that De Fale was highly respected, and obviously moved to recruit De Fale into the national team next time.
The fifth man recommended by Dugan is also a full-back who plays for Standard Liege, Witsek, who is very unfamiliar with the name Antienes, and it can even be said that he has never heard of it at all, but Dugan has a very high opinion of Witsek, focusing on his speed and jishu, as well as his ability to cross.
Now the main force of the two wings of the national team, Simons and Boufeld are not young, although their ability and experience are still valuable assets of Belgian football, but the lack of a capable substitute makes these two veterans can only play overloaded, Digan recommended Witsek, obviously to prepare for the future.
The sixth person recommended by Degan surprised Antienes a little, it was actually a goalkeeper, and the reason why he was surprised was entirely because although the current No. 1 goalkeeper of the Belgian national team, Proto's performance was not very eye-catching, but it was stable, and Proto and Degan usually had a very good relationship in private.
When Di Gan recommended the new goalkeeper, he added a sentence in Zuihou: The future country!
That player is the current goalkeeper for Belgium Genk, who has been a mid-table player in Genk, and his performances last season have given him a solid barrier to his fragile backline. Because of his amazing performance, he is often praised by fans as "a one-man battle." β
Last season, Genke was able to finish second in the league with such a small team, and Bailly was a great contributor, and Antienes had previously looked at Bailly, but because Proto was very consistent, he did not bother to call in a new goalkeeper.
The seventh person recommended by Degan is the striker Mirallas, who currently plays for Lille in Ligue 1, which shows how dissatisfied Digan has been with the forward configuration.
Mirallas rose to fame early, moving to Lille in 2004 at the age of 17 from Standard Liege, Belgium.
He made his Ligue 1 debut on 7 May 2005, scoring a goal in the game to help them win over Paris Saint-Germain.
However, for a long time after that, he was not reused by the team, scoring just three goals in two seasons.
However, last season, due to Lille's lack of attacking strength, coach Puel finally decided to use Mirallas, and the young Belgian successfully replaced Dutch veteran Kluivert in the team's main striker position.
At Lille, Mirallas was only the team's third or fourth striker option, but he was the only attacking heart of Belgium at the UEFA Youth Championship in the first half of this year, with the handsome man of Greek descent showing incredible talent for speed and skill, and goals against Israel and the Netherlands directly helped Belgium reach the Olympic finals without being looked down upon.
In addition, people like Naeng, who is playing for Piacenza in Serie B, Martens of Standard Liege and others, have been on the list.
Among Digan's jihua, these are the backbone of the future Belgian national team.
Degan knows very well that in the future, Belgian football will show a state of talent blowout, but Degan can't wait that long, change must start now, even if because of change, in next year's European Cup, the Belgian team's performance will decline, and even the group will not be able to appear, Degan also admitted.
Degan's list is as many as a dozen pages, and there are more than 40 players recommended to Antienes, many of whom Antienes have never even heard of.
Looks like it's really going to change!
Antienes secretly made up his mind, he had never had major surgery on the national team because he estimated the thoughts of the old players, but now it can't be done, thinking about it carefully, if it weren't for Degan, the national team under his command, not to mention winning the runner-up of the German Shijie Cup and advancing to the finals of the European Cup, I am afraid that it would have been kicked into a colander long ago.
As Digan said, there is a painful process for any change, and since sooner or later it has to change, why not change it in advance before paying a major price?
"Rod! How did you get this list!? β
To be honest, Antienes doesn't want to admit that this list is completely made by Degan alone, and someone must be there to help, because in this list, the information of each player recorded and the analysis of Jishu's characteristics are too detailed, just like the work of an old scout.
How does Deegan answer?
He can't say that Lao Tzu is reborn, if you want to mix well in the future, quickly bow your head and bow down, Lao Tzu will accept you as a junior brother.
"Coach! My agent is very good, you should know that, and I think as the captain of the Belgian national team, it makes sense for me to get to know the young players in my country! β
Degan can only push everything on Mendes's head, anyway, before handing over this list to Antienes, he has already given Mendes a copy, how can he be his own agent, and if there is a benefit, he naturally has to think about it in advance.
It is estimated that Mendes is now energetically planning to catch all the young talents on Degan's list.
Antienes could only accept this statement from Degan: "All right! I believe, though, Rod! How do we explain that to the old players? After all, they also have credit for being able to enter next year's European Championship! β
Speaking from the heart, Degan plans to do this, it is really a bit of a suspicion of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, he is also a little burdened, but he can't care about achieving his goal in the European Cup in the future: "If you feel embarrassed, I will stand up and explain when the time comes!" β
Let Digan stand up, Antienes immediately shook his head, this is absolutely not good, Digan is now a national hero of Belgium, the future Belgian national team, it must be a combination of new and old players, expelling so many old players at once, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the veterans in the team, if others know that this matter is picked by Degan, it will affect the authority of Digan in the team at that time.
"Nope! Rod! You remember that this matter has nothing to do with you, I will go and explain it to everyone! β
Although this will make Antienes' situation difficult, Antienes knows that in the national team, his authority as a head coach is not as good as that of Degan, as long as he can maintain Degan, when the time comes, the unity of the locker room and the maintenance of combat effectiveness will not be a problem at all.
What can Degan say about this, although he nodded and agreed, but Degan is not in the habit of letting others take the thunder for him.
At this moment, Belgium is celebrating their successful qualification for the European Championships, and after missing out on Euro 2004 in Portugal, Belgium is once again in the finals, which is definitely something to celebrate, although Degan is banned for three games, and Belgium's future at next year's European Championship is uncertain, but in this moment of celebration, no one will think about those troubles.
Opened the curtains of the room, looking at the crowd still celebrating downstairs, Degan couldn't hide his excitement, he definitely joined the Belgian nationality, Degan was completely to be able to participate in international competitions, and never thought about anything like national honor, although in order to reconcile the contradictions between the Flemish and Walloons, Degan had repeatedly said the phrase national honor, but in fact, he never had a sense of belonging to Belgium in his heart.
Probably this is the sorrow of the traverser, Digan believes in his heart that he is a Chinese, but who can recognize him?
For Brazil and Belgium, in fact, it's the same, which national team Degan belongs to, to put it bluntly, it's all for himself.
But now, watching the celebratory crowd downstairs holding up his posters and cheering, Deegan suddenly felt that maybe he should really do something for these fans who support him, so that they can enjoy more joy from the sport of football.
"Rod! What are you thinking? β
Irina didn't know when she walked into the room, Digan looked back at Irina and said with a smile: "I suddenly feel like being a hero now, it's really cool!" β
Irina was stunned for a moment, but also smiled, walked over and stroked Degan's handsome face, and said, "Rod! You've always been a hero and you've given these fans everything they want. β
Deegan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Really!?" But I think it would be better if I could give them a trophy! β
Irina smiled when she heard this: "Really? If they do, maybe they'll make him king of Belgium! β
King?
It looks like Digan is now the king of Florence!
Thinking of Florence, Deegan felt it was time for him to go back to Italy!
Italy!
This is what he is most eager to conquer at the moment!