Chapter 414: Winter Transfer (Part I)

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The defeat in the first leg of the Coppa Italia was just an accident, after all, when people are unlucky, they drink cold water and stuff their teeth, who would have thought that Otero would be so powerful in this game, how to play, Nesta's desperate defense he couldn't play.

However, Fiorentina from the players to the fans are not too frustrated by this, after all, Fiorentina has won many championships in the past two years, and not winning the Italian Cup is not a big deal. For the Florentinans, it is clear that the Champions Cup and the league are more attractive to them.

Italian Cup, if you lose this time, you will lose, and it will be good to get the field back next time~

Under Capello's supervision, the Fiorentina players quickly gathered their minds and began preparing for the Zuihou game before the winter break - home to Cagliari in Serie A.

So, three days before Christmas, Fiorentina at the Stadio Frankie ushered in a match of Zuihou in 1996.

Facing Cagliari, who have been struggling with relegation for many years, the Fiorentina players who have been fully prepared this time did not give the visitors any chance, Ronaldo scored twice, and Inzaghi scored a goal to lead the Purple Lilies to a 3-0 victory to draw a perfect end to the year.

After 14 rounds of Serie A, Fiorentina dominated the winter championship with 11 wins, 3 draws and 36 points, and won the title of winter champion without dispute!

Moreover, Fiorentina have held a record of 41 consecutive league games unbeaten from the eighth round of last season until now, and if they can continue this unbeaten run until the end of the season, then the Purple Lilies will break AC Milan's record of 58 league games!

However, the Fiorentina players are not in the mood to pay attention to these boring records now, and after the league with Cagliari, the Fiorentina team was disbanded on the spot, and the players were given a short break to relieve the fatigue accumulated in the past half season and adjust their condition to prepare for the next game.

Although most businesses and individuals have stopped working during the Christmas holidays, for some special positions or workaholics, they obviously will not stop their work progress because of a single holiday.

So, the day before Christmas, Capello approached Zhuang Mingge, who was on vacation, and said that there were some work matters that needed to be discussed with him, the top decision-maker in Florence.

"Fabio, you're saying the team needs to strengthen the first team this winter transfer window?" Since it was still Christmas holidays, Zhuang Mingge received Capello at his villa on the outskirts of Florence, "I remember that we had an exchange in the summer, and we had an agreement on this point. ”

"Haha, it's a time and a time." Capello is also very helpless about strengthening the team in the middle of the game, because after all, it shows that he did not do a good job in the summer, "Boss, I think you should also find out that the team has some shortcomings in the midfield defense right now, and I hope to take advantage of the winter transfer period to replenish it." ”

Zhuang Mingge thought about it and found that what Capello said was not bad. Fiorentina now have Costa in attack, Effenberg and Djokaeff in attack, and a full five players in redondo, Di Biagio, Davies, Tomasi and Zanetti in defence. It stands to reason that the configuration of eight midfielders is more than enough for all competitions.

However, as Fiorentina gets better and better, the number of internationals in the team is also rising rapidly, especially after Sacchi was ousted from the Italian national team, the number of Fiorentina's homegrown internationals has also surged, and the five strikers in the first team (Glenschal was classified as a striker) are all regular internationals of their respective national teams, and if it weren't for the fact that Effenberg and Redondo were rejected by Vogts and Passarella for some reason, it is estimated that only Zanetti and Tomasi would be left.

The state of the defence is better, at least the main players who have been called up to the national team can also leave Fiorentina with a full substitute defence.

Judging from the first half of the season, the intensive schedule has already had some negative impact on Fiorentina's results, so in order to reduce the impact of the FIFA virus on the team, it is inevitable to bring in new people.

Moreover, after Fiorentina won the championship, some of the players became a little slack in training, and the hunger for glory was not as strong as before. In response to this situation, Zhuang Mingge also needs to change the blood of Fiorentina to give the players a sense of urgency, rather than letting them sleep on the credit books of the past.

According to the information provided by the Fiorentina coaching staff, since the end of last season, Billindeli's personal ability has not made any progress, on the contrary, there has been some regression in this half a year, which makes Zhuang Mingge inevitably move the idea of selling Billindeli.

However, there are only two right-backs in the team at the moment, so if Billindelly is sold, how will the replacement be chosen? Relying on Zambrotta alone for half a season is obviously not reliable.

After some exchange with Capello, the two agreed that Fiorentina would bring in a defensive midfielder, a bench striker who could withstand loneliness, and a right-back who could replace Billindeli during the winter break.

Forwards, Zhuang Mingge initially wanted to recall Luka Toney from Vicenza or bring back Inzaghi Jr. to Ajax. However, when the loan contract was signed, Fiorentina and the two clubs agreed on a one-year loan period, and now the early recall will inevitably affect the relationship between the clubs. Moreover, Toney and Inzaghi Jr. are now in the spring breeze, and it remains to be considered whether they are willing to return to Fiorentina as a bench striker who cannot play.

Hawkers, if I can't find a suitable one, I will transfer Di Natale, who plays in the youth team, to make up for it, and I should be able to deal with it.

In terms of the selection of defensive midfielders, Zhuang Mingge and Capello have also reached a conclusion, and they decided to poach from the youth team, and they decided to give more opportunities to Gattuso and Perrotta, two young people in the second half of the season, who already know Fiorentina's tactical system very well, and it doesn't take much time to integrate into the team if they are promoted to the first team.

Zhuang Mingge's substitute for Billindelli has several names in mind, such as Juventus' Di Livio, Celta's Salgado, Dortmund's Heinrich and so on. However, Fiorentina will not have a hard time bringing in these players.

Historically, Inrich's experience at Fiorentina was not a success, and the collective sinking of Spanish players in Serie A was even more depraving (the most famous example is Mendieta), which made Zhuang Mingge suspicious of bringing them in; Di Livio is a good choice as a versatile player on the pitch, but one need only look at the current poor relationship between Fiorentina and Juventus to know that the shrewd Mo Lao Fox will not make a move to support his opponents.

Zhuang Mingge basically didn't think about the names of Cafu and Zanetti, not to mention that these people had already gained a foothold in their respective teams, just to participate in the French Shijie Cup, they would not agree to be a substitute or rotation player in Fiorentina.