Just a few days after the end of the Bundesliga, Pan Yi began to prepare for another job.

That's the summer transfer.

It's his habit to prepare for the sale of players as quickly as possible, rather than waiting until the transfer window officially opens.

Otherwise, the time will be delayed, and some good players will already negotiate the next home, and you will be very passive if you make another shot.

Determining the lineup as soon as possible is of course beneficial to Hamburg's season preparation, allowing the new players to use enough pre-season preparation time to adapt to Pan Yi's tactics, as well as to adapt to Pintus' devilish physical training.

This is of course very important, and the improvement in fitness of the Hamburg players after last season's winter window is evident for all to see.

So the new players must also keep up in order to have enough physical reserves to prepare for the new season.

The first is the transfer aspect of the players.

Schalke 04 has always been interested in Hamburg's vice-captain Ogo and has made an early offer to Hamburg for a loan + buyout for next season.

Since the arrival of Robertson in the winter window, Ogo has lost his main position, so he is also looking for a transfer to get more playing opportunities.

Pan Yi has no opinion on this deal.

Ogo's attacking ability is really almost meaningless, which is a certain gap with the requirements of full-backs in Hamburg's tactical system.

And if Ogo leaves, Robertson actually has a suitable replacement, and that is former Germany international Janssen.

As a winger, he can play in all positions that come down the left side: left winger, left midfielder, left back......

His speed, dribbling and passing ability are all better than Oggo's.

In this way, players who can play in multiple positions can be more flexible in their arrangements and more suitable for staying than Ogo.

Then it will be the Swedish striker Berry who will definitely go.

His contract expired at the end of the season, and he did not ask for a contract extension so that he could enter the transfer market as a free agent and get a new contract that would be more beneficial to him.

Therefore, Pan Yi must also look for a replacement for Berry in the transfer market this summer to serve as a replacement for Jamie Vardy.

Although in Hamburg's forward group, people like Son Xingmin and Wu Lei can actually play the role of center forward, Pan Yi sometimes switches to double strikers, and these two will often move to the middle.

But the ability characteristics of these people are actually a bit simple, that is, they are all speedy, but they are not good at fighting for the top in the middle, or can be a fulcrum like Milan's Ibrahimovic.

Therefore, Pan Yi also wants to take the opportunity of Berry's departure to find a big center with a different style as a substitute, which can also enrich the team's playing style and avoid being helpless as soon as he is targeted.

In addition, there are some players who have fewer opportunities to play, and in Pan Yi's view, they have not reached the level of the Champions League, such as defenders Bruma and Mancian, midfielders Sarah, Shelbre and so on.

Although they are all substitutes, due to Hamburg's excellent performance this season, these players also have some opportunities to perform in the later stages, and there are still many teams interested in them.

PSV Eindhoven, for example, are interested in Dutchman player Bruma, while Verona also want to bring Sala back to Italy.

These can only be slowly negotiated with interested teams.

There are also a few players who have been staying in the reserve team and can't even get into the first-team substitute list, such as forwards Sova, Stenberg, midfielder Insor and the like, who can sell them, and if they can't sell them, they are ready to terminate their contracts, so they don't have to stay in the team and waste their salaries.

As for the backup goalkeeper Neuhaus, who is 35 years old this year, his competitive level is also declining, and he will definitely not reach the level that Pan Yi ideals.

But he has a high level of work ethic, trains diligently, and is willing to play as a substitute for Navas, so he stays.

In addition, there is also a veteran Czech goalkeeper Drobny who is usually placed in the reserve team, but it is also possible to play as a Bundesliga substitute in terms of ability.

Anyway, the goalkeeper position is special, as long as Navas is not seriously injured, there is no need for Pan Yi to worry too much, basically these two can be topped.

In short, on the premise of meeting the registration rules for next season's Champions League (4+4 household register), anyone who wants to go can go.

After roughly determining the list of departures, Pan Yi's position as a player to be transferred will also be more clear.

In addition to a centre-forward substitute, he needs to add 1-2 midfielders and 1-2 defenders.

Perhaps a winger as well, as former winger replacement Janssen is likely to be more of a left-back role in the new season.

Since Pan Yi may have about 45 million to 50 million funds in his hands to call after selling the players, he still wants to make a few big deals this summer.

After all, it's going to play in the Champions League!

It would be great if we could bring in a few veterans who have played in the Champions League and bring the young people in the team.

It's just that before Pan Yi began to operate substantively, there was some news from Italy.

That's news about AC Milan.

Since Berlusconi's resignation as Italy's prime minister in November 2011, his family business has run into trouble, and he has even been embroiled in a number of criminal cases.

Coupled with the decline in the overall economic situation in Italy, the Berlusconi Group's poor management, and AC Milan's financial situation is also deteriorating.

Even, "Milan Sports", "Rome Sports" and many other Italian media have quoted news from Bloomberg in the United States, saying that Lao Bei is ready to sell AC Milan!

After the news was exposed, AC Milan also quickly made an official response, and Lao Bei's Finin West Company emphasized that such news is all rumors and has no basis.

Despite this, it is an irrefutable fact that Berlusconi has not invested much in Milan and is even preparing to sell the star.

Among them, it is rumored that they are going to sell Ibrahimocchi and Thiago Silva to Paris Saint-Germain in a package, and even an agreement has been reached early.

What would have happened in the summer of 2012 in Pan Yi's previous life was delayed after Milan won the treble, but after a fruitless 2012-2013 season, it still has to happen.

The economy is indeed the basis for determining the superstructure!

Pan Yi's crossing brought temporary good results, but it could only cover up temporary problems.

If they are not addressed at the root, these problems will eventually erupt.

Therefore, Pan Yi decided to suspend his original vigorous style in the transfer market first, but wait and see.

If Milan, a big supermarket, is to open, wouldn't the cheap and abundant goods in it be more fragrant than going out to buy high-end goods?

You must know that even a heavyweight world-class superstar like Ibrahimovic + brother-in-law can hold up the pillars of a team's central axis, and when it is packaged and sold to Grand Paris, it will only be sold for about 60 million euros.

This is the embodiment of being slaughtered when you need money urgently.

Putting aside Ibrahimovic, who is still very capable of playing at the age of 30, just Thiago Silva, who is in the prime of life, the captain of the Brazilian national team, and is regarded by many as the world's No. 1 central defender, can't he sell 80 million today?

Here are a few examples for comparison.

When Maguire moved to Manchester United in 2019, the transfer fee was 87 million euros;

When De Ligt transferred to Juventus in the same year, the transfer fee was 85.5 million euros;

In 2022, Fofana, who has not yet made a name for himself, transferred to Chelsea for a transfer fee of 80 million euros;

If inflation is too late, it was 50 million euros when David Luiz moved from Chelsea to Paris in 2014, and Mangala also had 45 million euros from Porto to Manchester City.

What kind of goods is Mangala? And Thiago Silva is the world's number one central defender!

Another long-term "third in the world", with its own system of forcing the king Ibrahimovic, a total of only 60 million euros, shows how cost-effective this deal is.

Therefore, Pan Yi's decision to wait for Milan to shop for goods must be no problem.

What's more, those "future stars" in Milan have also stayed under Pan Yi, and they are very familiar with Pan Yi's tactical system, which can be seamlessly connected, and there is no better choice than this.

Of course, Pan Yi will not just wait.

His decision to buy some bench rotation is not going to change.

Milan can use only Ibrahimovic as a center forward, and now he has been targeted by Paris, and the chances of winning against them are definitely not high.

And is it possible to buy Ibrahimovic to use him as a substitute? The salary is too high to stand up to another say, be careful that this taekwondo black belt sweeps you in the face.

So Pan Yi's goal is to be a little demon.

A demon known as "Serbian Vieri......

……

19 May, Belgrade, Serbia.

The flames were blazing and the smoke was billowing out.

There's a war going on here!?

No, it's just a ball game.

A match between Partizan Belgrade and Red Star at home.

But it's not a war, but it's a war.

Pan Yi, who was sitting on the guerrilla stadium, had this first feeling.

The fans were long out of sight in the stands on the opposite side, their figures were obscured by smoke and sparks, and only a few waving flags emerged from the "volcano".

And the deafening singing and cheering also made Pan Yi's eardrums buzz.

The atmosphere of the Bundesliga is among the best in Europe, whether it is the People's Park Stadium or the Westphalen Stadium, Pan Yi has seen the great atmosphere created by the fans.

But compare it to here...... It's really just a small thing.

Pan Yi even regretted a little why he came to see such a live game in person.

He always suspected that in the midst of the fire, a missile would suddenly fly out, and then smash into the stand where he was, and blow him up into the sky.

This is truly one of the hottest derbies in the world!

Sometimes, even one of them can be removed.

Because this derby is sometimes really deadly!

Known as the "powder keg of the Balkans", the Balkans are intricately intertwined with various factors such as religion, ethnicity, and geography.

Under such a premise, their football here is always unrelated to these factors.

Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, has a glorious football history during the Yugoslav period, with Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade being the two strongest teams.

The Red Star was formed by an organization called the "Anti-*** Youth Solidarity Alliance", which had strong Serbian nationalist overtones and believed that Yugoslavia should be fully controlled by Serbia.

The partisans were founded by the Yugoslav People's Army Sports Association and had a military background, and they supported Serbia to become part of Yugoslavia.

Due to their different political beliefs, the two teams have been relatively hostile since their inception, and the match between them is also known as the "eternal derby".

With the disintegration of Yugoslavia and then the Yugoslav Federation, Belgrade football has lost its glory -

You know, Red Star is the team that has won the European Cup! Now it is difficult to squeeze into the Champions League group stage steadily.

However, the clashes and contests between the Red Star and the guerrillas never stopped.

In the run-up to the Belgrade derby, there is undoubtedly a red alert for the safety of the entire city.

The fireworks in the sky and the police force that maintain order at all times make this derby also known as the "cruel derby" by fans.

Brawls, arson, chaos, and other words of discord can be played out in the stands when two teams play each other, and even large-scale bloodshed often occurs.

In such a situation, the military had to intervene. It can be said that the fans in the Belgrade derby are really no worse than the players on the field.

This derby is arguably everything Serbian is.

So while Pan Yi was looking at the ball, he also glanced worriedly at the opposite stand from time to time where the fire was at its peak.

Even if the missiles are too big for them to bring in, as a fan of the Belgrade Partizan Army, it is not too much to bring the AK47 to the ball, right?

Fortunately, the fans don't seem ready to rush right now.

They were cheering on the players on the pitch.

Especially the number 9 in the black and white home shirt.

He had just beaten the opposition centre-backs in the box in a Partizan wide attack and blasted the ball into the opposition goal.

He is also the target of Pan Yi's trip - Mitrovic!

He is not yet 19 years old this year, but he emerged from the youth system of Partizan Belgrade two years ago and gradually played in the first team.

In the last two seasons, he has made 42 appearances and scored 18 goals.

Especially this season, he helped Partizan beat Red Star and won the Serbian Super League championship ahead of schedule!

Now Mitrovic is 188cm tall and weighs more than 90kg, and his body is very strong.

On the pitch, Mitrovic is a very strong technical player, a stump-type center forward who can take on the role of a fulcrum up front.

At the same time, he has a smart movement, and in the process of attacking, he can often use it to pick up leaks.

Of course, Mitrovic's nose in front of goal is also very keen, he has a strong ability to grab points, coupled with a strong body, which makes him very dominant in the penalty area.

Despite his singular ability and almost all of his goals coming from inside the box, that alone is enough to make him an excellent centre-forward.

It is precisely because of these technical characteristics that he is affectionately known by Serbian fans as "Serbia's Vieri".

This is also the reason why Pan Yi came here.

After entering modern football, many center forwards have become more and more comprehensive, and players with more simple functions like Mitrovic are actually rare.

However, that doesn't mean that a stump center isn't valuable.

On the contrary, as long as it is used correctly, this type of player can still play a strong goalscoring ability.

In this season's games, Pan Yi encountered some situations where the opponent was swinging the bus, which made Hamburg's offensive space too compact, making it difficult to play the ideal match in the front court.

And if you have a player with excellent heading ability like Mitrovic, you often don't need too complicated routines in the offensive process, you only need to get up from the bottom line or a 45-degree angle and cross to the penalty area, and the rest of the task can be completed by Mitrovic.

Although this tactical style of play is relatively simple, it can bring significant results to Mitrovic, who is physically strong and has accurate predictions.

In Pan Yi's previous life, a player with distinctive characteristics like Mitrovic would certainly not be let go by European scouts.

Shortly after the end of the season, he was taken away by Belgian giants Anderlecht, and then was soon bought out by Newcastle United in the Premier League for a high price (about 15 million euros) due to his excellent performance.

His performance at Newcastle United was not bad, but he was bought by Fulham for more than 30 million euros after two seasons, and began to follow Fulham, the Premier League lift, up and down in England and the Championship and the Premier League.

He's been consistently at a decent goalscoring rate, even scoring 43 goals in one Championship season!

Such terrifying figures also prove that in the Championship, which is relatively not so technically high, he is a real killer, and at this time he even has the nickname "Rice God".

Of course, Pan Yi takes a fancy to Mitrovic, not only because he can work at height, but also because he has a strong ability to fight in the penalty area and grab points.

Later in his England career, Mitrovic also developed good movement and of course a very good shooting success rate.

Aleksandar Mitrovic is also very solid with his back to the ball, and when he receives a pass from a team-mate in the penalty area, he is capable enough to deal with the defence.

He is an excellent shooter and is a threat from anywhere in the box, even if he turns and scores with his back to the ball, Mitrovic is capable of scoring goals.

That said, it's not just the high ball, as long as he gets the ball in the box, he can find the chance to score and help the team score.

In addition, Mitrovic's ability to judge where the ball will land, as well as his awareness of getting back in, and his ability to score the ball without being offside, is his biggest threat in the penalty area.

This is an important reason why he was able to establish himself in the Premier League and occupy a main position in the Serbian national team.

So, although Mitrovic is certainly not as good as Vardy in terms of overall ability right now, it will definitely be a very useful addition to Hamburg's forward line!

Under the premise of playing on the third line of Hamburg next season, Mitrovic will also get a lot of playing opportunities.

Under the guidance of Pan Yi, the young man will practice leveling and rising balls, and his value will definitely only increase by then, and it will definitely not be a problem to increase at least two or three times.

And Pan Yi was able to enter this smoke-filled stadium to watch the game today, in fact, because he had negotiated a transfer agreement with the guerrilla management, and was put in as a guest.

Otherwise, how could he, a dragon from Germany, get a ticket to the Belgrade derby?

It's a real hard to get a ticket!

Since Anderlecht was already paying attention to Mitrovic at this time, but was still bargaining with the partisans, Pan Yi simply offered 3 million euros in cash + 3 million installments, a total of 6 million transfer fees, and smashed him down.

Anyway, he won't lose money, Pan Yi has always been more generous, and he is too lazy to grind with the other party.

As for why he has a huge amount of money of about 50 million to "squander" this year, he still chooses to pay in installments......

It's not like we're waiting for the AC Milan supermarket to open!

That's where the big fish really come in.

……

From time to time, bursts of applause erupted in the stands.

Every time Mitrovic took a shot, every time he won a duel, the fans of Partizan Belgrade did not hesitate to applaud him.

For this outstanding young player produced by his own academy, the fans certainly have a preference for him.

But as an Eastern European team, fans clearly understand that a team like theirs can't keep Mitrovic.

Due to his excellent performances this season, many teams from the Belgian League, Eredivisie and Portuguese Super League have already targeted him.

So the opportunity to watch him perform at the home stadium of the Partiz is becoming less and less, and the fans cherish being able to watch him every game live.

At the end of the game, the Partizan won 1-0 against their arch-rivals Red Star thanks to the only goal of the game scored by Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Mitrovic walked off the pitch with a smile on his face, a little gasping for breath, but with a very excited look on his face.

"Well done, kid!"

The coach and other players also came over to congratulate him on his wonderful performance.

Although it was only a goal, Mitrovic's performance was eye-catching.

He won almost all aerial duels and did not lose possession of the ball throughout the game, which also played a good pivotal role.

Although he is not yet 19 years old, he is already the pride of the guerrillas!

At this moment, a familiar figure came from the sidelines, it was the manager of the Belgrade partizan detachment.

Beside him, there was also a handsome Oriental man.

Mitrovic and the people around him watched with a little curiosity, because they rarely had strangers here.

"Let me introduce you to Pan Yi, the head coach of Hamburg. He wants to join Hamburg, so you can talk about it later. ”

As soon as the manager's voice fell, the scene suddenly became silent.

Mitrovic and his friends were stunned.

Hamburg?

The Hamburg side that beat Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund?

Bundesliga runners-up this season?

And this Pan Yi in front of him......

Apparently the young Dragon coach who led Milan and Hamburg to all kinds of miracles!

(End of chapter)