Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 185 Valdi Walcott and Darren Bent
Millwall has started transfer work.

Gregory trusted Zhang Yang very much, he fully delegated power to Zhang Yang, and only let Ebenezer assist.

Ebenezer had no objection.

Millwall is just a small club, and the division of work is not so clear. Ebenezer is the only manager with great power, and he can also be said to be the CEO of the club. He has too many tasks and does not want to take over the transfer work at all.

If it wasn't for Zhang Yang's lack of work experience, he wouldn't want to get involved at all.

This is also the benefit of small clubs.

In a big club, the transfer work is very important. A summer transfer can involve tens of millions of pounds, and a small amount is enough to eat and drink. The rights in the transfer work will naturally be contested. Millwall is completely different. The transfer fund provided by the club is only 610 million pounds, which sounds like a lot, but for a team that has just risen to the Premier League and urgently needs to replenish the lineup, there is no need for oil and water. Having said that, it is impossible for them to introduce high-value players.

Zhang Yang's transfer power is in his hands, but he is actually a bit at a loss about his work.

Although he had thought about how to supplement the lineup, he still felt a mess when he really started to work. He simply started from the most basic-careful analysis of the current lineup.

This is what needs to be done.

To participate in the competition of the Premier League, every position in the team must be carefully considered, and there cannot be a 'makeshift' position, otherwise it will be easy to be targeted by the opponent.

There are too many 'makeshift' positions for Millwall at the moment.

The striker, midfielder, and backcourt are not complete. Analyzing the third-line lineup, the midfielder is relatively better. There are Jody Morris, David Livermore, and Marvin Elliott in the middle of the midfield. , there are Josh Simpson and Joey Healy on the two wings. The strength of several players is definitely not comparable to that of big stars, but they are basically qualified.

Millwall is relatively perfect only in the midfield.

The front line must be supplemented.

Zhang Yang attaches great importance to the ability of the striker, because the level of the striker is directly related to the team's ability to break through the opponent's goal.

In this regard, the effect of "supernatural powers" is not good. Sometimes it is very dependent on the players to have a chance to break the opponent's goal. At present, Braniff and Neil Harris can only be regarded as "half forwards" ', in the Premier League, it is not certain what can be done, so we must add a 'powerful striker who can score goals'.

The back line is even worse.

If the entire back line can be said to have the level of the "British Super", there is only one Darren Ward. Others such as Tim Clancy and Tony Clegg can only be used as substitutes at best.

The focus of the summer transfer is still to supplement the back line.

Zhang Yang set a goal.

Then the primary transfer goal is to introduce a strong striker and striker. In addition, there must be at least two defenders with good abilities, a central defender and a right defender.

The goalkeeper is a secondary consideration, and Graham's level is not bad enough to not need to be replaced.

After Zhang Yang had considered his goals, he began to study the players who played in various English teams. He mainly looked at the lower leagues. Most of the players who played in the Super League were too expensive and could be eliminated directly.

On a football data website, Zhang Yang browsed quickly, and then he realized that he was thinking too much.

Zhang Yang originally thought that he would definitely see some familiar names. After all, he often watched football matches and football news in his previous life. He would have an impression of some famous players. But he found that 90.00% of the players in English leagues at all levels had nine names. They are all unfamiliar, and occasionally a one percent appears, and they are basically loan players from big clubs, or they are veterans who are about to retire, or they have already gained a lot of fame.

He looked down from the second level league, the first level and the first level.

The time of the day was wasted on this, but there was no gain at all, so Zhang Yang finally realized that it was meaningless to do so: the players who will become famous in the future are either already famous, or they are still in the youth teams of various clubs!

This is the reason!
There are quite a few balloon stars who also started from the lower leagues, but the proportion is relatively small.

This seems to be similar to the principle of social elite selection.

Grassroots people can also have a good future, but the proportion is too small, and those who come from high-level institutions can easily emerge.

So is football.

Starting from the low-level leagues is equivalent to the grassroots. Some of them can be kicked out, but the proportion is too small. On the contrary, the youth teams of those wealthy clubs have attracted countless talents to join. They would rather become professional later. Players also need to stay in the youth teams of giants. When they leave the youth team, they will be able to play in the top league in no time, which is almost equivalent to reaching the sky in one step.

Most of the top players are born in this way.

Just like David Beckham, who came from the Manchester United youth team, Wayne Rooney, who was born in the Everton youth team, Steven Gerrard, who was born in the Liverpool youth team, etc., most of the star players came from the University. For the club youth team, it is really too difficult to find a 'familiar name' in the low-level league team lineup.

Zhang Yang sighed.

He was about to close the webpage when he touched the mouse and clicked on the website of an unknown team. Among the list listed above, a player's name immediately attracted attention.

"Jamie Vardy?"

"This is... the Stockbridge Steelers?"

Zhang Yang's mind is a little confused, Vardy is a very famous striker in the future, and he is the leading striker of Leicester City who won the Premier League with miracles.

Is this Valdi, is it Pivardi?

Zhang Yang was not sure.

In the memory of the previous life, before entering Leicester City, Vardy could be described as 'no fame', but after that, he was out of control, so where did Vardy play before joining Leicester City? ?
Too bad there are no photos on the website.

The website only counts the names of the players of this kind of amateur league team, and there are no photos at all.

Zhang Yang remembered it.

In the afternoon, Ebenezer found Zhang Yang and handed over a document, "The information you want!"

"So fast?" Zhang Yang was a little surprised.

Ebenezer explained, "It's just the information about the youth team players of clubs at all levels in England and the players listed for sale in the transfer market. The information of other leagues has to wait. I have sent people to collect it, but it will take a few days It takes time to collect it."

"It's a pity we didn't prepare earlier."

Zhang Yang said with a little regret.The transfer work of other clubs started in March or April. For example, some big clubs have professional scouts who are responsible for collecting various data. Which players perform well will be recorded. What does the head coach need? If you find such a player, you can get the information provided by the scouts, and then you can observe the player's performance on the spot.

Millwall does not have such a complete system for the time being, and their transfers can only be made through the information shared by various clubs.

"By the way." Zhang Yang took out a pen and paper, wrote the name of 'Jamie Vardy' and the team name of 'Stores Bridge Steel', and handed it to Ebenezer, "Help me look up this player , the performance of the past few seasons, it is best to have a photo."

"Stores Bridge Steelers? What team is this?"

"An amateur league team."

Ebenezer twitched his lips, "Are you sure? What kind of players can an amateur league team have?"

"It's right for you to help check."

"Ok."

After Ebenezer left, Zhang Yang began to study the new information he got.

This information contains a lot of content. It lists the names of many players, including players listed for sale by professional league clubs at all levels from the Premier League to the League Two, as well as the information of various famous youth team players. The youth team players have also been investigated. Some players who have already raised their fame, and it is impossible for their respective clubs to sell players are not included, and those players with high net worth are naturally excluded from the list.

There are nearly [-] pages in the information, Zhang Yang flipped through the pages one by one, only glanced at the players' names, and immediately looked at the next one when he didn't have much impression.

Soon he found names of interest--
Theo Walcott, who plays for the Southampton youth team, is 16 years and two months old.

Zhang Yang knows that Walcott was still in the 2006 World Cup. At that time, Walcott entered the England national team and made a sensation. His rocket-like rise is the focus of people's attention.

After Walcott entered Southampton's first team, he was favored by Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger within half a year and transferred to Arsenal. After that, he only represented Arsenal once as a substitute and was quickly promoted to the England national team for the World Cup big list.

Walcott's performance later proved that it was indeed an 'exceptional' promotion.

It was not until after 2008 that Walcott began to show his prominence. He continued to enter for Arsenal in various competitions. Before 2010, Walcott was not the main player of Arsenal. It's just a young fringe player.

This is Walcott.

Probably Southampton also knew that Walcott would be a future talent. He was only 16 years old and was about to represent Southampton's first team.

A future talent striker?

Zhang Yang thought about it and finally made a decision, "We can fight for it, but if the transfer fee is too high, forget it."

Walcott is not a necessary player.

Maybe Walcott will be a talent in the future. If you can get it for almost free, you can consider it, but if the asking price is too high, even if it is 100 million pounds, you don’t have to consider it, because Walcott will come next season. May be the main force.

When Walcott became famous, Zhang Yang didn't know whether he would still coach Millwall.

Zhang Yang looked at the next name he was interested in--
Darren Bent, 21 years and 3 months old, currently playing for Ipswich Town.

　Who knows which player was suitable for introduction back then, please recommend it in the book review area! !

　　


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