"What?"

When Hill Jr. took Paul Futre to Mahada Hongda to meet Yang Hao in the head coach's office, and Yang Hao said what he thought, both Hill Jr. and Paul Futrey were taken aback.

"You want to buy Edwin van der Sar?"

"This can't be, can it?"

The first reaction of Hill Jr. and Paul Futtley was to shake their heads, which was a bit exaggerated.

"Why not?" Yang Hao was very strange.

Paul Futrey shook his head and laughed, feeling that Yang Hao was still too young.

"Do you see that the media all over Europe are scolding him all over the world right now, especially the Italian media close to Juventus, and the Bianconeri fans, so you think Van der Sar is cheaper?"

Yang Hao nodded, not denying this.

"Have you ever thought about it, why was Van der Sar scolded so badly? There are even a lot of media and fans who think that he should go and have his eyesight checked, do you know why? ”

"Of course, that mistake in the last round."

Yang Hao was talking about the 34th round of Serie A a few days ago (in 2000 Serie A was 18 teams), Juventus away to Perugia, the Bianconeri lost the game 0-1, and Van der Sar once again made a stupid low-level mistake.

But that's not the point.

Van der Sar has really made a lot of low-level mistakes this season, and what really sparked a frenzy of criticism from the media and fans was because of the peculiarity of the game.

Juventus has been leading the way since it overtook Lazio in the 15th round of Serie A on January 5 and topped the Serie A standings, and has been leading the way for about half a year now, and has never fallen behind.

So much so that Juventus coach Carlo Ancelotti said: We Juventus have always been chased and never surpassed.

The result?

In the most crucial final round, as long as he won Perugia to win the championship, Van der Sar made a very low-level mistake at the beginning of the second half, allowing Perugia to score.

It was a goal that hit Juventus completely, and no matter how much they fought back, they couldn't get on the scoresheet.

In the end, they lost 0-1 away to Perugia, and at the same time handed over the Serie A title that had been held in their hands for half a year to Eriksen's Lazio.

In this case, there must be a vent point for the fans' emotions, and this unlucky guy is Van der Sar.

But is Van der Sar really playing poorly?

"I have to warn you, Young, Van der Sar is almost 30 years old." Paul Futrey said.

Yang Hao suddenly smiled, he wanted to say, I know he is almost 30 years old, but do you know that the 30-year-old Van der Sar is just a rookie who has just debuted, and he is about to usher in the second spring of his career, or even the peak of his career.

'Molina is also 30 years old, but that doesn't stop him from being a good goalkeeper. Yang Hao retorted.

Little Hill also frowned and asked, "Young, why would you want to buy Van der Sar?" ”

"Because he's a good goalkeeper." When Yang Hao said this, he almost laughed when he saw Paul Futrey, and immediately added, "And he is one of the best goalkeepers in the world!" ”

Hearing this last sentence, Paul Futrey couldn't laugh anymore.

At this time, who else would dare to say that Van der Sar is a good goalkeeper?

Van der Sar's name is in Italy, and it's all street rats.

"Tell me about it." Little Hill said.

Of course, Yang Hao will not tell them that if Van der Sar does not leave Juventus, he will perform worse next season, and then he was swept away by Juventus, went to Fulham, a promoted horse in the Premier League, and worked there for a few years, and then was recommended by Van Nistelrooy to Manchester United's Ferguson, which ushered in a second spring.

These things that will happen in the future, Yang Hao is rotten in his stomach, and what he wants to say is the result of his own analysis.

"First of all, Italy itself is rich in goalkeepers, they have a very mature system of training and training goalkeepers, which I know from Giorgio Perizalo."

"In our team, the way Perizzaro trains is very different from the way we used to train goalkeepers, you can ask Molina, he is very unaccustomed to goalkeeper training in Italy, Pedro Harrow has also studied this.

These are all things that happened in Yang Hao's coaching staff, so he said it very clearly.

"Before Van der Sar, Juventus never had a non-Italian goalkeeper, you can imagine that a very mature Dutch goalkeeper like Van der Sar suddenly went to Italy, faced with a completely different way of training, and even didn't understand the language, the point is that Juventus and their coach have never trained a non-Italian goalkeeper either."

"How many contradictions and problems will there be between the two sides in such a situation?"

Hill Jr. and Paul Futtret were both speechless.

Yang Hao's perspective on problems is always different from theirs.

Because they always choose players based on fame, performance, data, etc., but Yang Hao will analyze them in depth.

Yang Hao has seen Simon Cooper's [Football Economics] in his previous life, and there is one in it who has specifically criticized the unprofessional recruitment methods of European clubs, thinking that they are simply fooling around.

Of course, in Yang Hao's previous life, since 2010, European football has ushered in a vigorous technological revolution, not only the technical tactics are becoming more and more refined, more and more professional, the training is also more and more scientific, and the introduction of reinforcements has also received more and more attention.

"Van der Sar has had a lot of difficulties, but if we look at Serie A this season, Juventus have only conceded 20 goals and are the best defensive team in Serie A, while Lazio are second with 33 goals."

"A lot of people think it's because Juventus' defense is so good, but we also have to see that Carlo Ancelotti has always said that he is not very happy with the defense and thinks that Juventus' defence is moving slowly."

"Van der Sar has 18 clean sheets in Serie A, which is second to none in the whole of European football."

When Yang Hao said this, he had to further elaborate his point of view, so as not to be misunderstood.

'I don't mean to say how good Van der Sar is, but to say that his performances have been up and down, good at good times, very bad at bad times, and that's what we've seen in a lot of low-level mistakes.

"For example, in the second leg of the League Cup round of 16 against Celta Vigo, after winning 0-1 in the first leg, he lost 0-4 in the second leg, and Van der Sar was bombarded again."

Yang Hao still clearly remembers that in his previous life, he had seen such ridicule.

In 2000, Carlo Ancelotti was so conservative that even fans of Juventus, the most conservative team in Serie A, could not stand it.

Juventus have only conceded 20 goals, is it very little?

But do you know how many goals they have scored?

46 goals.

Title-winning Lazio scored 64 goals, third-placed AC Milan with 65 and fourth-place Inter Milan with 58.

The attacking stats of 46 goals are only 8th in Serie A, even worse than the likes of Udinese, Fiorentina and Parma.

So much so that it is said that Juventus's best offensive routine is: Van der Sar drove forward directly with a big foot and found the big Inzaghi in front, and then the big Inzaghi fell in the penalty area, Piero took the lead with a penalty kick, and Juventus defended 1-0 to the end.

If someone told Juventus fans in 2000 that Ann Fat Man could become synonymous with gorgeous football, he would definitely be ridiculed by the crowd to the point of autism.

Yang Hao believes that the problems encountered by Van der Sar at Juventus are all-round, but they are by no means a problem of the strength of the players.

"I think the role of goalkeepers in world football is seriously underestimated at the moment, and one of the statistics that best reflects my point is that all goalkeepers in the world have the lowest annual salary level of any of the 11 players on the pitch, and the transfer fee is also the lowest."

Now Buffon has not yet transferred, and the record transfer fee has not yet been born.

Yang Hao's statement is very convincing and true.

"As the only player on the pitch who can use his hands, all the managers, including world-class managers such as Alex Ferguson and Heathfield, they are in training, and the goalkeepers are taken out individually, outside of their tactical system."

In fact, even in 2023, this is still very common.

Goalkeepers train alone in a single area, and some don't even participate in team training, but only participate in the group game, so for these managers, it doesn't matter whether the goalkeeper is tall or short, and whether the skill is high or low.

This is 2023, and after the birth of an epoch-making goalkeeper like Neuer, it is still the same.

In 2000, Yang Hao's words were almost like thunder, a thunderbolt from the blue, and Little Hill and Paul Futrey didn't know what to say.

Is Yang Hao reasonable?

It is very different from what they have always thought in the past, even subversive, but it sounds very logical.

"I see." Little Hill finally chose to believe Yang Hao.

He didn't know what Yang Hao said, but he believed in Yang Hao.

Paul Futrey frowned and thought about it, "If you want to sign Van der Sar from Juventus, I'm afraid it won't necessarily go well, Van der Sar may not be willing to come, he rejected Manchester United and went to Juventus, and now let him come to La Liga and join us, I'm afraid it's a little difficult." ”

Atletico are now in the middle of La Liga, but really?

The whole world knows that Atletico Madrid are close to bankruptcy.

In this situation, it is not easy to attract players like Van der Sar.

"Talk directly to Juventus." Yang Hao proposed.

"If Juventus wants to sell, then we have a chance, but if not, I'll go and talk to Van der Sar personally."

It's usually a way for a manager to show his sincerity.

Both Hill Jr. and Paul Futtley thought they could give it a try.

"But I'd suggest you'd better prepare for it second-hand, so as not to have an accident." Paul Futtre reminded.

Yang Hao knew in his heart that he already had a second suitable candidate.

That was the Czech door god Peter Cech.

In '99, Cech moved from the lower divisions of Plzen to Bursani in the Czech First League, and had already made one appearance in the season just ended, playing the full game, losing 3-1 to giants Spartak Prague.

At only 18 years old, Cech is still too tender.

If he could, Yang Hao still leaned towards Van der Sar.