Coaching legend

"Southgate, this is removed."

Soon, just two days later, Evan had brought George all the information about players in world football that met George's requirements. The one at the front is Southgate. But George rejected Southgate directly.

Southgate is very strong, and George certainly knows this. Otherwise, George wouldn't have had Southgate's idea last season. But last year was last year and this year is this year.

Southgate is characterized by accurate positioning and anticipation of the opponent's movements. He is an excellent man-marking defender. But one of Southgate's weaknesses is that he is a bit short. Although he can rely on his excellent judgment, his heading ability is not very weak. But he is not the defender George needs.

There is no defender in the world who can truly control the situation with one man. Any defense is a defensive system, and the defense of the back line is also a coordinated defense. This time last year, George wanted to buy Southgate's partner Hyypia. The two of them have complementary styles of play.

But after Hyypia leaves this year, George will not let Southgate and Ferdinand partner. Once this happens, there will be a big problem with the air defense of Blackburn's defense. Therefore, the first thing George vetoed was Southgate.

Then look down. Evan provided many world-renowned players, and George opened them one by one.

"Blanco?"

After turning the page, George paused. "Blanco is good. But it's not easy to buy. He just arrived at Inter Milan last year, and he is also the main player of Inter Milan. Evan, you should give me a reliable player no matter what."

The Blanco George was talking about was Laurent Blanc. He is also the absolute main player of the French national team. Blanco's national team career can be traced back to the 1992 European Cup, and he won the World Cup with the team until the World Cup in France.

Facing their opponent Paraguay in the 1/8 finals, France was in a stalemate with their opponents. It was not until Blanco scored a golden goal in overtime that the French team entered the quarter-finals.

A few years ago, Blackburn wouldn't have dared to think about a player of Blanco's level. Players of Blanco's level can only be snatched up by the world's richest clubs. But Blanco is different now.

Blanco was born in 1965 and was already thirty-five years old in a few months.

A thirty-five-year-old player, no matter how strong he was before, has already begun to decline. Although the career life of a defender is relatively long, even so, a central defender who is over 32 or 33 years old is already very old.

What about Adams at Arsenal? That was England's best centre-back. But now that I am thirty-four, my performance is not as good as before. The biggest problem is the decline in physical fitness, especially the serious decline in explosive power. Therefore, the speed and turning will be extremely slow.

Blanco is one year older than Adams. That's why Evan put his name in the file.

But Blanco is Lippi's favorite, and Lippi still likes Blanco very much. Blanco was Inter Milan's main central defender last season.

"George, I asked about it. Lippi is having a hard time at Inter Milan. With Moratti's character, Lippi is probably already on the blacklist. Blanco is too old. As long as our bid is right, Inter Milan shouldn't stop him. of."

Evan heard what George said and explained to George.

"possible?"

"It's absolutely possible. Blanco is not at his peak in his twenties or eighties. Now Blanco will soon be thirty-five. And Inter Milan lacks everything, except money and good players. Moratti It's expensive. Blanco is old, Moratti probably doesn't like it."

George nodded.

"Okay, okay. It would be best if Blanco can come."

Who is Blanco? That's a truly world-class defender. And he has rich experience, having played in Naples and Barcelona. And with the French team, they won the world championship. Who can compare with a player like him at Blackburn now.

One champion after another can kill you.

Of course Blanco also has weaknesses. The shortcomings are slow speed and slow turning. In a fast-paced game like the Premier League, this weakness is fatal. But Blanco has excellent defensive abilities and is particularly good at handling outflanks and high-altitude balls.

The addition of Blanco will make Blackburn's air defense strength no less than when Hyypia was there. As for the problems of speed and slow turning, as a partner, Ferdinand can completely help fill the gap.

Of course Blanco's age is also a big issue.

But George knew that Blanco later transferred to Manchester United. He played until he was thirty-seven before retiring. At Manchester United, Blanco replaces Stam's vacancy. Although his performance cannot be compared with Stam, and he was criticized by many fans.

But there is no doubt that Blanco is powerful. And the condition is also maintained very well.

So once Blanco is acquired, George can still be used for a few years.

"I'll put Blanco's information first. Blanco is currently competing in the European Cup. You should contact his agent first."

George said while looking through the information of the remaining people.

"Why is there another one from Inter Milan? Do you think we can't fight with Inter Milan?" George smiled and took it out. Because among the documents Evan gave, there was another Inter Milan player. But this player's name made George's eyes light up.

"Christian Panucci!"

Unlike Blanco, a veteran who is almost thirty-five years old, Panucci is completely in his prime. Panucci is now twenty-seven years old. And Panucci's early career was also brilliant.

Panucci is one of the representatives of teenage fame. At the age of 19, he played almost the entire season with Genoa in his weak championship year. Panucci, who was originally the subject of Milan's investigation, took just one year to squeeze out the famous Tassotti in the history of Italy and AC Milan. The 20-year-old Panucci became what was called the football dream team at the time. The team's main right back.

In the next five years, Panucci was not only the absolute main force of Milan, but also the absolute main force of Real Madrid after moving to Real Madrid.

But Panucci's national team career was very bumpy. In the most glorious years, he was not even in the eyes of the national team coach. Panucci is currently well-known in world football. He didn't expect that even he would be included in Evan's inspection scope.

"Giorgio, Panucci and Lippi had a lot of problems, so we had a stalemate with Inter Milan in the second half of last season. I have already received the news and heard that Vialli was preparing to loan Panucci out. Inter Milan seems to have Also agreed with Panucci’s loan.”

"Panucci will definitely leave Inter Milan. You should know that Panucci was not selected for the Italian national team again, which has a lot to do with not being able to play in the second half of last season."

"You mean loaning Panucci?"

George was stunned. In the past, when he was in the lower leagues, George also thought about renting out some players from the Premier League team. But after arriving in the Premier League, George never thought about loaning at all.

In George's mind, Blackburn is a championship-focused team. Loaning players from other teams should not be done by Blackburn.

"Yeah." Evan nodded. "George, I know you don't like loan players. But our defense lost too much in the summer. I don't need to say Panucci's strength. More importantly, Panucci is an all-round defensive player. Right back, center back, He can play as a left back, so we can’t afford to give up on Vialli.”

Hearing Evan's words, George pondered.

"George, we are not really buying Panucci. We are just here for emergency response. I think he is a very good candidate."

George nodded slowly.

But George said uncertainly: "Evan, we dug two Inter players in a row, can they let them go? And Vialli is an Italian coach, so he has a natural advantage."

"George, Inter Milan. Inter Milan doesn't have any good players. Don't talk about poaching two defenders. Even if they dig three or four more, Inter Milan will be fine. As for Vialli, he has an innate advantage. However, Chelsea's current results It’s so bad, why should you compare with us?”

George looked up at Evan and found that Evan had prepared all the information early.

It seems that Evan already knows everything about these transfer targets. They all know exactly how the club is doing, who is interested in them, and what their current situation is. George was really happy.

George looked through all the player information, and the ones George was most interested in were Blanco and Panucci.

These two people need to be strong and experienced, and they both have rich experience in winning championships. It will definitely be of great benefit to the current Blackburn defense. It can even be said that although he is new to the team, he is a championship-level player who can improve Blackburn's defense.

And after selling Hyypia, George's Blackburn has been widely questioned. Think Blackburn has little ambition.

If such an impression is created, how will we attract good players in the future? So bringing in some big-name players is a must. Blanco and Panucci are very suitable for this.

"Okay. Evan, this is it. Our transfer targets for the defense in the summer are on these two. You go and contact Inter Milan. I want to go and meet with Blanco in person." George paused and continued. : "As for Panucci, you go and convince Vialli?" George sneered.

"Vialli is now in trouble at Chelsea, and he still wants to bring his fellow countrymen there. You can tell Panucci directly that Vialli will definitely be dismissed this season. And we at Blackburn can play in the Champions League this season, and Chelsea..."

Vialli is truly embattled at Chelsea. He has a bad relationship with internal bosses and poor performance. The Chelsea board of directors is increasingly dissatisfied with Vialli.

George didn't believe that Panucci would be willing to go to a team of Chelsea's strength based on his amazing results in the past few years. Before Panucci came to Inter Milan, he was the main right back of Capello's Milan dynasty. In the first two years, he was Real Madrid's main player.

No matter how good a player like this is, he should not be reduced to going to Chelsea.