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The International Champions Cup China Championship was won by Southampton.

With the support of Chinese fans, it would be embarrassing not to win.

This championship is not very meaningful to Southampton.

It is not valuable, and Southampton itself is embarrassed to add it to the championships won this year.

However, winning the championship at least proves that Southampton's internal running-in is very good and the preparation is ideal.

With the end of the International Champions Cup, Southampton's pre-season preparations are also over.

Next, Southampton will return to the UK to prepare for the start of the main competition.

At this time, Sun Yi's lineup for the new season has basically come out.

If nothing unexpected happens, the following will be his main lineup for the new season.

Forward: Balotelli (A+), C Ronaldo (S), Pulisic (A+)/Goloven (A+).

Midfielder: Felix (A)/Kaka (A+), Paulinho (A+), Romeu (A-).

Defenders: Bertrand (A)/Malang Sarr (A), Van Dijk (S-), Pavard (A+), Arnold (A+).

Goalkeeper: Casillas (A).

This is the strongest lineup in Sun Yi's hands.

Looking at the strength, Southampton's advantages are obvious, but there are still weaknesses.

The forward line is undoubtedly the strongest point of Southampton.

This S-level leads a group of A+-level forwards, and its firepower is absolutely the best in the entire Premier League. Neither Manchester City nor Liverpool can match it.

In terms of midfield, it is still competitive enough in the Premier League. And in time, when Felix grows up, it can also dominate the Premier League.

As for the back line, although it is not possible to achieve the full A+ level or above that Sun Yi wants most, its comprehensive strength is also one of the best in the Premier League.

If everything goes well, Southampton's back line will fully grow to all A+ level or above.

And the goalkeeper position should be said to be Southampton's biggest weakness at present.

After all, Casillas is still a bit old. Although there is a training plan developed by Sun Yi using the system, it can only help him recover to A+ level at most.

And it is likely that he will not be able to maintain it for too long, just like Kaka.

As for Foster, another goalkeeper with A-level strength, he has no potential at all and can only be a backup for Casillas.

The above are the main players of Southampton in the new season.

And Prowse (A), Bednarek (A-), Adriano (A), Rebic (A), Lozano (A) and others are mainly used for rotation.

Among these main rotation players, except Adriano, the other few have the potential to grow to A+ level. Like Prowse, Rebic and Lozano, they may be promoted to A+ level in the new season.

If these players can grow to A+ level, the depth of Southampton's bench will be terrifying. It can almost be achieved that the rotation does not reduce the combat power.

In addition to these players that Sun Yi will often use in the new season, Southampton also has very promising young players like Targett (A-).

Of course, for young players, Sun Yi can only send them to play in games that are not so important.

Fortunately, Southampton has to fight on multiple fronts, and there are many games, so these young players don't have to worry about not having games to play.

Sun Yi is still very satisfied with the team's current strength. He is not going to toss about the lineup anymore.

Southampton is not tossing around, and there is no more action in the transfer.

But his opponents are not idle. After experiencing the grief of being robbed of all the championships by Southampton last season, they are crazy about military purchases in the new season.

Like Manchester United, they spent 87 million euros and 55 million euros respectively to buy Daniel Maguire and Wan Bissaka.

Both of them are defenders. It seems that Manchester United really has the ambition to fight for a breath in the new season.

However, they sent away Lukaku and Herrera.

This should weaken their strength in the main offensive area.

But it is certain that they will buy a strong striker. It is said that they are interested in Juventus's Dybala.

Another team that has made great efforts in military purchases is Manchester City.

They bought Rodri, the defensive midfielder, from Atletico Madrid for 70 million euros.

They also bought Cancelo from Juventus for 65 million euros.

With the arrival of these two people, Manchester City's backcourt strength in the new season may be greatly improved.

Arsenal was a bit unexpected. They have always been stingy, but they actually spent 80 million euros to buy Lille's right winger Nicolas Pepe.

They also spent 30 million euros to buy a defender Saliba.

Another competitor, Tottenham, is also constantly increasing its strength.

Tottenham not only spent 60 million euros to buy midfielder Ndombele from Lyon. They also spent 27 million euros to bring Sessegnon from Fulham.

In addition, they also rented Lo Celso from Real Betis.

These are all midfielders and forwards. It seems that Pochettino is preparing to play offensive football for Tottenham in the new season.

What surprised Sun Yi was Liverpool. Apart from bringing back Joe Gomez from Southampton, there were no major moves.

This was really surprising.

However, Sun Yi does not believe that Liverpool will be so low-key. It is estimated that they are preparing a big move. It is just that the confidentiality work is too good.

These are mainly the armaments of the Premier League opponents.

In addition, Southampton's big enemies in the Champions League, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​are also making big moves.

Real Madrid got Chelsea's Hazard. It is currently competing with Barcelona for Neymar.

Barcelona is more powerful. Not only did it get Griezmann, it also got Ajax's midfield core Frankie de Jong.

Barcelona sent Coutinho to Juventus.

But Coutinho has always been a little uncomfortable in Barcelona, ​​and sending him away will not weaken their strength.

If they really get Neymar in the new season, their strength will be really terrifying.

By then, Barcelona may become Southampton's biggest enemy in the Champions League.

From this point of view, Sun Yi hopes that Neymar will go to Real Madrid.

Sun Yi doesn't think that with Hazard and Neymar, they can be stronger than when Ronaldo is there.

If they meet Real Madrid again, Sun Yi is still confident that he can crush them.

The above are the current armaments of Southampton's main opponents.

If there is no major accident, the strength of the opponents will be improved in the new season, but Sun Yi is still more confident in Southampton.