Eight Hundred and Eighty-Eighth Transformation Madman

When the outside target of Manchester City's signings was locked on top stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Aguero, no one expected that Manchester City suddenly announced a blockbuster transfer without a sound.

Manchester City officially announced the introduction of midfielder Xavi Martinez from Athletic Bilbao in La Liga at a high price of 25 million pounds, and Athletic Bilbao officials soon issued a statement confirming the deal. .

This quickly attracted intense media attention around the world.

Harvey Martinez?

Is Harvey Martinez not worth the price?

Not really.

Don't look at Xavi Martinez, who is only 22 years old, but he has played the main force for the Basque Lions for five seasons, and his performance is getting better and better. He was also shortlisted for the World Cup in Spain in 2010. The list was the youngest player in the Spanish national team at the time.

In the past season, Xavi Martinez is also the best midfielder in Athletic Bilbao. With his outstanding performance, he has attracted the attention of La Liga giants such as Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Manchester United has also suffered from the pain of the midfielder recently. After the introduction of Hargreaves from Bayern with a lot of money, it has never been able to get out of the injury, and has never shown a satisfactory state, so Ferguson is also on Harvey Martinez. Follow for a long time.

It can be said that Harvey Martinez has received the attention of many giants.

Who would have thought that such a sweet pastry was quietly picked up by Manchester City.

After the news came out, the entire European football world was shocked.

There is no need to say much about the strength of Manchester City's midfield. The two massacres last season are the best proof.

Whether it is Manchester United or Arsenal, under Manchester City's pass control system, they are basically unable to show their strength and can only passively defend.

Even Arsenal, which is good at passing and controlling the ball, only has a ball possession rate in the early 30s in front of Manchester City, and Manchester United is even lower than 30%.

Needless to say, other teams were basically beaten passively.

In this case, Guardiola also brought in Xavi Martinez, which is really surprising.

Could it be said that Manchester City's midfield still has a weakness?

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Su Dong, who is far away in China, received the news from the club earlier than the media.

He is the captain of the team and will be more informed in this regard.

He called Harvey Martinez for the first time and expressed his welcome to him joining Manchester City on behalf of the locker room. At the same time, he also introduced him to the situation of Manchester City, saying that he would personally introduce his teammates to him.

In the end, Sudong reassured Javi Martinez that he would not be short of game opportunities at Manchester City.

This is actually information asymmetry.

Don't say that the outside media does not know, Harvey Martinez himself does not know, even many players and employees inside Manchester City do not know, only the top management and the core backbone of the technical team know that the introduction of Harvey Martinez is a last resort. s Choice.

Guardiola advocates attacking full-backs. He likes to use full-backs like Marcelo, but Zabaleta on the right is diligent and his offensive ability is not weak, but not too strong, only barely usable. .

Manchester City's style of play has been used last season and has been studied by opponents for so long. It is estimated that many teams have thoroughly studied it, and may not be able to restrain it, but it is inevitable to cause some trouble for Manchester City.

In this case, it is not feasible to remain complacent, and we can only boldly seek breakthroughs.

Guardiola's earliest plan was to introduce a strong right-back, such as Daniel Alves, Maicon and Lahm, but Lahm was obviously not good, Maicon's state declined sharply, and Alves was in Barcelona again. Refuse to let people go.

Bringing in a right-back won't work, so Guardiola can only change his mind.

So, he wanted to try to evolve.

From the current four-three-three, it has evolved into three-four-three with the tradition of Barcelona and the Netherlands.

The biggest difference between 343 and 433 is the starting point of the attack.

In the four-three-three tactics, the winger is still more closely guarding the wing, and the starting point of the attack is more on the wing, but although the three-four-three winger is also on the wing, there is one more person in the midfield. The combination of the road and the middle will be more frequent, and the starting point of the attack will actually become the rib.

This is actually an adjustment that Guardiola has always wanted to make. After all, the consumption of four, three and three on the center is too great.

Even with such a big killer as Su Dong, the offensive efficiency is still low.

But the rib penetration is different, not only in line with the technical characteristics of Manchester City's current players, but also can create more problems for the opponent, which will definitely make everyone's eyes shine.

But at this time, there will be a problem, that is, among the three backs, who will be the one who is behind?

You know, it doesn't mean that the defense is excellent, and even delaying the defender's defense is not the main consideration at all, but his overall situation, ability to read the game, and his ability to pass the ball. These are the three defenders in the middle. The most important ability of a central defender, and the Manchester City team, whether it is Pepe, Kompany, David Luiz or Jerome Boateng, do not have this ability.

There is another way to do it is to let Busquets delay, but in this way, the position of the midfielder needs a person.

Thiago is competent, but not mature enough, and needs time to experience and sculpt.

Tony Cross would do too, but not particularly ideal either.

Guardiola, Sudong and Begiristan and others, after several consultations and communications, decided to introduce a central defender.

But looking at the whole world, this type of central defender is basically not seen.

In the end, after several choices, Guardiola hand-picked Athletic Bilbao midfielder Xavi Martinez.

The reason is actually very simple, he has a height of 1.92 meters, a strong body, and a strong air control ability, but at the same time he is a midfielder, with outstanding passing ability, and the ability to see the big picture and read the game is no problem.

Guardiola's idea was to transform him into a centre-back version of Busquets.

After determining the target, Manchester City's technical team immediately took action, and immediately organized an investigation around Harvey Martinez. The transfer department also quickly started. In the end, without disturbing other giant teams, they quickly took action and got Bill. Athletic Bao and Xavi Martinez.

The transfer fee of 25 million pounds is indeed not cheap, but if it can be exchanged for Manchester City's successful evolution, it is definitely worth it.

4-3-3 is the basic formation of Manchester City, and the running-in has also been in place, but if there is an additional set of 3-4-3 formation, Manchester City's ability to deal with different opponents will be greatly improved, which cannot be bought with money.

Su Dong watched the process of the deal from beginning to end, from research to delineating the scope, to determining the target, and then signing. On the one hand, he was impressed by the efficiency brought about by Manchester City's money, and on the other hand, he was impressed by the melon. Diola's point of view in thinking about the problem is indeed different from others.

Transforming players is actually what many coaches do, but Guardiola's thinking angle is obviously different.

It's as if he let Su Dong withdraw from the center to kick Freeman before, which is actually the same reason.

Sometimes Su Dong even wondered if Guardiola had ever considered transforming himself into a central defender or even a goalkeeper?

The more he thought about it, the more Su Dong felt that this transformation madman was quite evil.

Cruyff didn't transform him in that way!

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Harvey Martinez's move to Manchester City exploded the European transfer market.

With the rise of Manchester City, and now that Paris Saint-Germain has been acquired by a Qatari consortium, the competition for players among the European giants is becoming more and more intense, especially for high-quality players.

After the Qatari consortium acquired Paris Saint-Germain, they immediately announced a blockbuster transfer. At a price of 45 million euros, the Argentine genius midfielder Pastore was introduced from Palermo in Serie A.

Through his outstanding performance, the new Kaka has been placed high hopes by the entire European football world, attracting the attention of many wealthy teams, but I did not expect that the rich and powerful Paris Saint-Germain will be the king when he makes a shot.

First, Manchester City finalized Xavi Martinez, and Paris Saint-Germain introduced Pastore, all of which are coveted players from traditional giants. This also surprised everyone to find that the entire European football pattern has happened. Earth-shaking changes.

In the past, when it came to transfers, everyone was staring at the giants, but now it's obviously not the case.

Whether it is Manchester City or Paris Saint-Germain, both have super economic strength and are not stingy in investment.

And just when the shock brought by the transfer of Harvey Martinez and Pastore had not completely dissipated, the Italian media broke the news again that An Zhi from the Russian Super League paid 26 million The high price of the euro, signed the cheetah Eto'o from Inter Milan.

If it's just that, it's really nothing, although Eto'o is thirty years old, but he is also worth the price.

The problem is that An Zhi offered Eto'o an annual salary of 20 million euros, which made him the second highest salary in the world after Su Dong.

It was absolutely like a blockbuster bomb, smashed into the European transfer market, and detonated the world once again.

To everyone's surprise, the landscape of European football has completely changed.

Especially after La Liga Malaga announced that it was acquired by Qatar members, it received capital injection and introduced European famous players such as Ruud van Nistelrooy, Toulalan, Joaquin, etc. in one breath, and its strength has skyrocketed.

And after the new boss came to power, Roma aggressively introduced strong reinforcements, including famous players such as Bojan, Lamela, and Gago, who all joined the Red Wolves one after another.

For a time, the entire European football world has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The whole world is shocked by the strong rise of these upstarts and the depression of traditional giants.

Euphemistically, it is called rational investment, but why is it not financial resources?

Just like Real Madrid, after investing heavily in 2009, they are now starting to tighten their money.

Barcelona has been pursuing Cesc Fabregas for many years and has not been able to sign the captain of Arsenal. What is the reason?

In the final analysis, Barcelona is not giving enough money.

As for the Premier League, the traditional four families, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, also do not plan to increase investment.

Only Chelsea, which almost lost the top four in the league last season, gave the Blues a sense of crisis. After Ancelotti was fired, Boas was ushered in, and the team will also start a vigorous round of youth reform.