Chapter 390: They Give Too Much

What is the concept of 150,000 yuan per week?

Now Kane's weekly salary is 70,000 euros, and this is because of Kane's excellent performance in the past two seasons, Levy has just raised it to so much for him.

And that's it, in fact, it's not low in the Tottenham team.

At present, he is taller than him, that is, captain Lowry, and a few others such as Son Heungmin and Alderweireld, who have just been bought.

But this week's salary is very shabby compared to the Chelsea team.

That is, a little taller than Zouma, Loftus-Cheek and a few other young people!

Therefore, Chelsea are richer than Tottenham, or perhaps more generous.

They offered Kane a weekly salary of 150,000, which was also very sincere.

This salary, although it will still be lower than captain John Terry and top brand Eden Hazard in the Chelsea team, but it can also be ranked at the top.

This is even much higher than William, Mikel, and Ramirez, who have just left the team, because their weekly salary is between 110,000 and 130,000.

And if you put it in Tottenham, the weekly salary of 150,000 is the maximum salary!

Because Lloris, the highest salary in the Tottenham team, is only 135,000 euros.

So, it's still very attractive to the Kane family, especially Katie.

It's the equivalent of staying in a small company for many years, and suddenly a large company that ranks first in the industry comes to poach you and pays more than double the salary......

It's unlikely that you're not tempted.

Therefore, no matter which way you think about it, Katie supports Kane's move to Chelsea!

Who doesn't want their husband to make more money and have a big career development?

But Harry Kane was a little hesitant.

Because in his heart, he is still a bit like a person who would rather stay in a small company until death than move his nest.

Even if it doesn't leave London, even though it's only a few dozen kilometres from White Hart Lane to Stamford Bridge......

Just then, Harry Kane's cell phone rang again.

"It's John. John terry. Harry Kane said in surprise, then understood, "Definitely here to be a lobbyist." ”

John Terry is Chelsea captain and a veteran captain of the England national team.

Even though he has retired from the England national team, his status in English football is still very high, and juniors like Harry Kane have a lot of respect for him.

Sure enough, Terry praised Chelsea and Pan Yi on the phone, and the core idea was, Brother Kane, if you don't come to Chelsea, you will definitely regret it.

Just hung up Terry's phone.

Harry Kane's cell phone rang again.

"It's Gary. Gary Cahill. Harry Kane shook his head with a smile in his eyes.

As he had guessed, Gary Cahill had also come to be a lobbyist.

This is a conversation between two current England national team mates!

As a veteran of the national team selection in 2009, Gary Cahill takes good care of Kane, a rookie who just made his debut for the national team this year.

He also came forward to talk about his experience and feelings in Chelsea in the past few years, especially after Coach Pan Yi came, how harmonious the team atmosphere was, how high the training level was, and how high the team's tactical level was three floors......

In one word: excellent!

Just hung up Gary Cahill.

Harry Kane's cell phone rang again.

It was Lingard who called.

Lingard and Harry Kane are the same age and contemporary, and they have a better relationship with each other.

He was also named to the England squad in the same edition as Kane a few months ago.

And his experience is even more representative.

Before last season's winter window, Lingard was a fringe player who couldn't play at Manchester United, and was blown up by Manchester United fans.

But after moving to Chelsea, Jesse Lingard quickly developed into a key player for the Blues, becoming Premier League and Champions League winners!

And he was also selected for the England team with his excellent performance.

From fringe players of the club to members of the national team, it's only been half a season!

Lingard was on the phone for a while: how good, how powerful, how amazing Coach Pan Yi is, playing under his hands, it is simply beautiful......

Just hung up on Lingard.

Harry Kane's phone rang again.

This time it was Loftus-Cheek, the youngest member of the national team in the last term......

After hanging up the phone again, Harry Kane couldn't help but complain:

"You England internationals at Chelsea, are you putting me on board for team building?"

Harry Kane couldn't laugh or cry.

But he also has to admit that there is indeed a sense of satisfaction in his heart that is valued.

His wife, Katie, covered her mouth and laughed.

Then, when Harry Kane finally received a call from Pan Yi personally, the England rookie knew he couldn't turn down Chelsea's offer.

'You can make a formal transfer request to the club, but I'm not sure they'll agree.' Finally, Kane said to Pan Yi on the phone:

"Mr. Levy talked to me the other day and said that I am absolutely not for sale. The team will be built with me at the core and eventually become a strong team that can compete for the Premier League title and even the Champions League. ”

"That's why I've been hesitating. If Tottenham Hotspur really doesn't want to sell me, I can only forget about your favor for me and dedicate all my ...... to the club wholeheartedly."

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Chelsea sign England new international Harry Kane for €85 million! 》

"Harry Kane becomes the king of this summer's transfer window! The previous maximum transfer fee was 80 million euros for De Bruyne to move from Bayern Munich to Manchester City. 》

Harry Kane became the second-most player sold in Tottenham's history after Gareth Bale! 》

"Pan Yi spends money like dirt! This transaction set the highest price for Pan Yi to buy a player. Pan Yi said: This is just a task given by Boss Abu. 》

Tottenham fans ask Levy why he sold young core player Kane, Levy: They gave too much......

In the next few days, the major media in the United Kingdom, and even the major sports media in Europe, were flooded with such news headlines.

Yes, Levy sold Harry Kane.

Sold in every sense of the word.

Under Pan Yi's unblinking money, Levy really didn't resist.

In fact, he won't really go to the top, after all, there is no real non-sale in the team.

If there is, it must be at a low price.

Let's talk about Bale back then, isn't he also hailed as the new banner of Tottenham Hotspur, the emperor superstar?

Real Madrid waved the cheque and took him away.

And the number written on this cheque is: 100 million euros.

So, today's Harry Kane's 85 million euros seems to be less than Bale?

In fact, this is already a very high, very high price.

After all, Bale's achievements in the Premier League are still much higher than the current Kane.

Back in 2010-11, Bale ushered in his explosive season at Tottenham, and scored a classic long-distance run against Inter Milan in the Champions League, scoring and assisting, and was also named PFA Premier League player of the year at the end of the season.

In 2012/13, Bale swept all the Premier League awards at the end of the season: Premier League Player of the Year, Footballer of the Year and Players Association of England and Young Player of the Year.

And Harry Kane, at present, is just a Premier League bronze boot and the second best young player.

Manchester City and Manchester United, who also retreated when they learned that Chelsea were going to spend €85 million on Kane.

There is a horizontal comparison, another important transfer that was also completed in the summer window, De Bruyne's transfer from Bayern to Manchester City, which cost Manchester City 80 million euros.

The 24-year-old De Bruyne is already the core of the midfield for Hamburg to win the Champions League and the Bundesliga, and is also the core member of Bayern's regain of the Bundesliga championship and the Bundesliga assist king.

With this comparison, do you think De Bruyne's deal is more cost-effective for Manchester City?

Therefore, the check that Pan Yi threw in Levy's face this time also made him unable to refuse.

It was the perfect deal for Levy, and Chelsea were the culprit.

Harry Kane is gone, missing a centre-forward?

If you take out another 10 million or 20 million from these 85 million miles, can't you buy a high-quality and inexpensive striker on top?

The 100 million yuan he got from selling Bale that year, Levy got seven new signings including Eriksen and Lamela in one go.

It doesn't matter if you don't buy it, didn't you just buy a Sun Xingmin, you can put it on top.

On the other hand, because Levy is so decisive in selling people, this also makes Harry Kane's last illusion in Tottenham Hotspur Club also shattered.

I was going to Mingyue, but Mingyue wanted to exchange me for money!

He's now resolutely a new Chelsea man!

He is also more eager to do well in the new season to tell Tottenham and Levy that they are doing the wrong thing!

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After finalising Harry Kane, Pan Yi began to think about Chelsea's main formation for the new season.

With Romelu Lukaku and Harry Kane at the same time, it would be a waste to have anyone on the bench, so the new formation will be a two-striker based framework.

Players like Marcos Alonso would be much less powerful if they played as traditional wing-backs, so they still had to stick to the wing-back or full-back style of play.

In addition, the team's three-centre-back system is already like a fish in water, including David Luiz, Terry, or Ake, Zouma, these young players have a lot of experience, and there is no need to change.

Therefore, a new formation has surfaced -

It's not 3-5-2, it's 3-4-1-2!

In fact, the difference between the two formations is not particularly big.

Whether it's 3-5-2 or 3-4-1-2, the midfield configuration is a combination of two wing-backs and three midfielders;

The difference between the two is that the 3-5-2 is more inclined to use a midfielder and an all-round midfielder and a pseudo-winger, which is a bit like the position of Pirlo + Pogba + Vidal in the Juventus team last season.

The 3-4-1-2 is two midfielders plus a midfielder. This formation is actually a little outdated in today's world football, and there are not many coaches used.

If there is an example, it is that this formation was used in the later big Paris with MMN, with Messi playing in front of Mbappe and Neymar.

But some fifteen years ago, this three-4-1-2 formation with two wing-backs and an attacking midfielder was popular.

Especially in the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup final, the starting line-up of the Brazilian national team and the German national team, the coaches of both sides lined up in such a 3-4-1-2 formation.

Taking the Brazilian team as an example, goalkeeper Marcos, the three central defenders are Lucio, Roque JΓΊnior, Edmilson, the wingbacks on both sides are the double Ka, Cafu and Carlos, the middle double midfielders are Gilberto Silva and Kleberson, the forward is Ronaldinho, and the forwards are Rivaldo and Ronaldo.

The German side also has a two-striker combination of Klose + Noyinville, but the absence of Ballack behind them has a big impact on the German team's attacking firepower.

The final also marked the pinnacle of the 3-4-1-2 formation in the history of world football, and the Brazilian national team eventually won the World Cup with a strong 3R striker combination.

But such a configuration can do more harm than good for ordinary teams.

Attacking midfielders are bound to be closely marked by their opponents, making it difficult to organise an effective attack.

The inability to organise an effective attack up front can put the team in a difficult position, causing the full-backs to retreat to the back due to defensive pressure, transforming the formation into a realistic back five.

And once the offensive end is affected, the team's defensive end will also be dragged down by the weakness of the offense.

That's why Paris with Messi dares to use such a formation......

But not every team has Messi, and when Messi is not in good shape, or is seen to die, the team will not perform very well.

So, some coaches thought of a change.

Later, a new 3-5-2 formation represented by Juventus appeared.

The new 3-5-2 formation has made certain adjustments to the deployment of the midfield, from the original double back and two sides of the forward single attacking midfielder to a single back and two sides of the forward and double attacking midfield.

The two attacking midfielders, or sometimes central midfielders, are able to distract the opposition from the mark and make it easier to attack in the front row.

However, this improvement has its drawbacks, as when the midfielders are reduced to one man, the pressure on the players in the midfield positions increases dramatically, and he has to be responsible for a wide area in front of the back three by himself.

The midfielders also have an important role to play in attack, so for this formation to be fully effective, it is necessary to have a good midfielder – in the case of Juventus, Pirlo.

Here at Chelsea, it's Pan Yi's favorite player, N'Golo Kante.

Although the characteristics of the two men are different, they can also play the role of a single midfielder in a 3-5-2 formation.

And for such a 3-5-2, Pan Yi also has a clear understanding.

His strengths, somewhat similar to 3-4-3, but also different.

In the same vein, the addition of a centre-back has eased the defensive pressure on the two full-backs, both in attack and defence.

When attacking, the two wing-backs (wing-backs) can press the assist without worry, and at the same time, they can also increase the team's control in the midfield;

When defending, the two wing-backs (wing-backs) form a back 5 defense system with the three central defenders at the back, taking care of the width of the pitch to the greatest extent.

Unlike the 3-4-3, the 3-5-2 formation is a formation that is skewed towards the middle of the pitch, in which the players are mostly distributed in the middle of the pitch.

From midfield to midfield, the three centre-backs plus three midfielders and two strikers are almost all in the middle of the pitch, which means that the two-wing approach that was often used in Chelsea's 3-4-3 formation will need to be changed, and some players' positions will change accordingly.

Eden Hazard, for example, is likely to move more into the middle and be used as a midfielder.

In addition, the 3-5-2 formation not only has a numerical advantage in the middle, but also has a more hierarchical personnel arrangement in the middle.

Normally, the football formation is roughly divided into three lines: the back line, the midfield line, and the forward line, but the 352 formation has four lines.

It differs from other formations in the midfield, with the 3-5-2 formation having two lines in the midfield and the other formations having only one line in the midfield.

This extra line can often create an advantage for a 3-5-2 formation.

For example, the single midfielder in the formation, he roams between the back line and the midfield line, and this area is often a position that some parallel midfield formations, such as 442 parallel midfielders, 343 formations, etc., cannot take care of.

Of course, every formation has its drawbacks, and the 3-5-2 formation is no exception.

First of all, it is still the same as the 3-4-3, the inherent flaw of the back three formation - the perimeter space on the flanks of the formation. The space on the flanks of the formation is extremely easy to be exploited by the opponent's back and forth.

Because the 3-5-2 formation has a large number of players in the middle of the team, there are only two wing-backs left and right on the flanks to protect them.

When the team retreats to the half of the court to defend deeply, the full-backs cannot risk going to the top at this time, so there is a lot of space on the flanks in the 3-5-2 formation, and the opponent can take advantage of this to find a breakthrough in the left and right of the 3-5-2 formation.

Secondly, the area on both sides of the single back is easy to overlook.

From the perspective of the 3-5-2 formation as a whole, its inherent flaw is that the left and right flanks of the formation are exposed to huge gaps, and from the perspective of individual units, the single back in the 3-5-2 formation is undoubtedly the weakest link.

The new 3-5-2 formation has been revamped with only one defensive midfielder who has been pulled back in midfield, and the area on either side of the defensive midfield's midfield is also an area where opponents will focus on attacking.

As the last barrier in front of the three central defenders, he must have enough defensive ability and strong playmaking ability, and if a very good midfielder is not selected in this position, then the team's attack and defense will be limited.

Chelsea now have N'Golo Kante, so it's not a big problem, but Pan Yi needs to consider how to adjust or change his squad if N'Golo Kante is absent – as he did in the Champions League final.

And as long as there are no major changes to Chelsea's current squad of players, the 3-5-2 in the new season is fully playable.

First up is the three centre-backs, whether it's David Luiz, or Terry, Ake and others, who have already proven their quality.

Because the 3-5-2 formation has strong control in the midfield, it is usually launched from the back, and it is easy not to choose long balls or defensive counter-attacks.

Attacking from the backfield, which requires the players in the midfield to have certain passing skills and ball protection ability, and then through passing back and forth in the midfield, gradually penetrating, in order to give full play to the numerical advantage of the midfield.

The distance between the three centre-backs should be reasonable and wide, and they should also require a certain ability to protect the ball, which not only determines how the team's attack should be launched, but also affects the team's mutual protection and strategy when defending.

Left and right centre-backs need to have some dribbling ability and can play the ball accurately from behind.

Because when they spread out to the wings, they have to stay in possession when they receive passes from their teammates, and if they lack a proper passing route or pass too slowly, they can easily get caught by their opponents.

Obviously, Chelsea's centre-backs can meet these requirements now, otherwise the previous 3-4-3 would not have been clear.

The midfielders need a certain amount of playmaking ability, because the midfielders, who are deep in the opponent's relatively weak midfield, are responsible for organising the attack through accurate passing.

This position not only requires players to have the ability to participate in defense and actively run on the field, which has little to do with individual skills, but more importantly, they need to maintain a wide field of vision, grasp the situation on the field at all times during the game, and adjust their position.

Kante certainly didn't have a problem.

The two full-backs in the 3-5-2 formation sometimes do not need to press too much, but stand conservatively on both sides of the back to protect the back and avoid the opponent's counterattack after the ball is broken, and the half of the side is empty and lacking.

If you blindly press the attack, and when the opponent steals, there is only one midfielder and three central defenders behind you, a total of 4 players to defend, and the defense is stretched.

Therefore, the full-backs in the 3-5-2 formation do not need to take the risk of attacking every time, so the coach generally chooses full-backs who are suitable for attacking to play as full-backs.

Then, Marcos Alonso, Azpilicueta and others are good candidates for this position, and they can even be like fish in water and wings in this system.

In addition, "can be edged or centered, can be front and back" is ideal for the front waist position.

In a 3-5-2 formation, the forward midfielders have a wide range of movement, and when the team is playing the ball from back to front, the forward players sometimes need to drop back to help the midfielders organize.

When attacking in the front-pitch battle, the midfielders also need to seize the moment, come to the wing, cooperate with the wing-backs, strikers and finally send crosses into the box.

And "can be in the middle, can be in the front and back", such a sentence is very suitable to describe seat B.

He can play in any position in central midfield, and his attributes are the perfect candidate for the midfield position in a 3-5-2 formation.

When the midfielder needs support, he can retreat and use his long pass footwork to solve the team's difficulty in combing the ball at the back, and he has a certain lethality in the middle and on the wing.

In other words, in the new season of Chelsea, seat B will need to be pulled from the winger position to the middle, or even further back like Hazard, just like the position that Pan Yi played many times in Manchester City in his previous life.

The other young players, whether it's Gnabry or Jesse Lingard, are already playing in midfield, and there will be no problem at all.

Finally, there is the forward position, and flexibility is the key.

The striker needs to work with the two midfielders, because the forward midfielders will send the ball in, and sometimes they can wait for the pass with their backs to the goal, depending on the situation, and break through the opponent's backline through the tactics of high play.

Sometimes it takes four players up front to break through the opponent's defence with successive passes, so strikers in a 3-5-2 formation need to have a high level of individual skill and be able to pass quickly and accurately to the next player after receiving the ball.

And now Chelsea's main centre-forward, Romelu Lukaku, is a perfect fit for that position.

He can not only use his strong body to carry opponents and protect the ball with his back, but also quickly cooperate with his teammates in dribbling.

Despite Lukaku's height, this does not affect Lukaku's speed on the ball and agility at his feet, and even his attributes as a centre-forward and a winger, and his versatility on the pitch is a prerequisite for the 3-5-2 formation to work effectively in attack.

Another centre-forward, Harry Kane, could complement Lukaku perfectly.

Thanks to Kane's presence, the Englishman can often pull to the back to get the ball, and Lukaku can be more comfortable going up front and closer to goal!

And once the striker needs to tear apart the opposition defence with more speed, then Mbappe can come in handy.

In a word:

Perfect!