Step by Step to Win

Since this period, because of Gao Shunyao's playing in Wolfsburg, Li Ze has been paying attention to the troubles of Wolfsburg. Although he himself couldn't do anything for Gao Shunyao, he still couldn't help asking for the news.

And this summer, Magath is operating the transfer of Wolfsburg, and Li Ze has been watching it all the time. And Magath's practice in the transfer also made him aware of Magath's ambitions.

In his transfer operation, the most obvious is that the players he introduced have different investment amounts according to different age groups. For young players, his investment is significantly larger, while for older players, his investment is slightly smaller.

This approach made Li Ze see something different.

Any strong team generally has a good age group. Three generations of old, middle and young people can support each other and help each other to form a good team. The veteran players are experienced, can do everything without surprises for various emergencies, and can deal with various situations on the court. The strength and skills of the prime-age players are at the top. They are the pillars of the football team and the symbol of strength. Young players mean the future of the team. Their existence makes the team vigorous and increasingly strong.

These three kinds of people are indispensable for a strong team. If not, it is easy to go wrong. Milan’s two teams are both in trouble because of too many elderly people. Inter Milan had a big deal last year, and Milan have been shrouded in the predicament of nursing homes over the years. By the same token, the youth army is equally prone to problems. Although they tend to have excellent talents, it is difficult for them to cash in on their talents. Others do not say that Arsenal is the best example. Even if they have the best youth army in Europe and play the best football, but they are not willing to spend money to buy players, it is still difficult to achieve results.

Of course, in addition to these two, there is another kind of players who are all mature players. Such a team is very likely to achieve results in the short term. But over time. A team that is full of mature players can easily face the problem of aging. If this team is a giant. It's the rich, like Chelsea, who can't buy a lot of new ones when they get old, so things are much easier to talk about. However, if you don't have that much money, it's better not to play with such a handwriting. During the Serie A Seven Sisters period, some of the once ambitious teams in La Liga and the Premier League did similar things, but in the end, the results of these teams were all embarrassed and unsustainable.

Compared with them, Wolfsburg must be more careful about this end: Schalke complained not long ago that Magath spent too much money. Schalke was seriously affected. Naturally, Wolfsburg couldn't take that old path-not to mention that they had already made this kind of attempt last year, introducing high-stakes in Diego. It was an extremely failed attempt, and it would be difficult for them to withstand such a blow again.

It may be for this reason that Wolfsburg’s transfer this year is different from last year. Their transfers brought in players from three generations of old, middle and youth. What they have to do is not to spend a lot of money to reinforce them completely, but to improve their players of all ages.

This kind of thing is actually not difficult. Because Wolfsburg is not without people. They already have a lot of good players, so now it's time to buy people. There are also many good choices.

Wolfsburg has no shortage of veterans. Andre Lenz in 1973 is the oldest player in the Bundesliga, while Josue in 79, Pollack in 1981, Madlen and Misimović in 1982 are in the new The season is also around 30 years old, for players, this is already a very old age.

These players have been left by Wolfsburg this year. Including Misimović, who had always wanted to leave before, also chose to stay in the team under Magath's persuasion. Although Wolfsburg still let go of their previous feats of Grafite, they still left enough old players to add experience to the team.

And, more than that. Wolfsburg also introduced some old players this year. Salihamidzic was signed by Wolfsburg after his contract with Juventus expired. Although the old player is already very old, the player who played for Bayern in the past can still bring a lot of things to Wolfsburg.

Also being signed for free, there is also the former German national team Thomas Hitzelsperger, this midfielder, who can provide many changes to Wolfsburg's tactics. For the same reason, Wolfsburg also announced that Hleb was on loan at Barcelona. His age and injury status are not optimistic, and the lease contract also clearly shows that Wolfsburg does not have enough confidence.

But, anyway, these old players, this year are Wolfsburg players.

These people can provide a good experience for the team. They are quite useful. Moreover, what Li Ze cares about is that the introduction of these players did not cost the team any money.

Not spending money on veterans, which is a pretty good thing. Although a veteran is indeed a good piece of capital, it is not a sustainable investment after all. Getting these veterans with free signing and loaning is very good for saving money.

In this regard, Wolfsburg has done a good job.

And Wolfsburg is not short of mature players. Benalio in 1983 was a goalkeeper, while Schaefer in 1984, Makoto Hasebe, Mandzukic in 1986, Dejaga and Helmos in 1984 are all A player in his prime. They will play the role of the backbone in the team, and they can be seen from the defensive line to the central axis.

Of course, these are not enough. If you want to make a team really strong, in addition to the main force, of course there must be substitutes. And many of Wolfsburg's signings for prime players this year are aimed at enhancing the bench.

Magath’s signings have always been known for their many signings. Although the transfer period has not completely passed, Wolfsburg has signed several good players and has done some tinkering work. For example, he recently signed Ruth and Oakes from the relegated team in Frankfurt, one spent 3 million yuan, and the other was to invalidate the relegation contract for free signings.

These two transactions strengthened the team's guard line. After all, the guard line that has kept Wolfsburg has been poor has a substitute without spending a lot of money, compared to other deals. These two transactions can be regarded as supplementary transactions with relatively little cost.

These transactions cannot essentially make the team much stronger, but with enough lineup thickness, the team wants to change its formation or face injuries. There can be better countermeasures, which is what a mature team needs.

just. In this regard, although Wolfsburg has spent money, it is clear that this is not their investment focus. Although they have investment in this age group. But the main thing is to find some solid and reliable substitutes, not for real enhancement: if you want to rely on buying the players before the game, it is definitely an expense that Wolfsburg can't afford.

It is easier to buy young players than to buy them.

In comparison, in terms of young players, Wolfsburg is the weakest. It is not that there is no one in their youth academy: Knoch, Schulze and others are also talented players. Unfortunately. After all, there are very few such players, only two or three.

This is also a common feature of football all over the world. Not all talents will be concentrated in the same training camp. Good players are scattered all over the world. If you want to have enough good players in your team, you have to introduce new talents.

And now Wolfsburg did it. This is what it does.

They bought Perisic and Matic, obviously young players who wanted to strengthen themselves. Spending the price on young players is a proven long-term investment. And in their team, it is not without other young players, Kayar was left behind. Gu Zizhe can also be regarded as a representative of young players, and Gao Shunyao is not 22 years old. For high center forwards, this is also a young age.

Moreover, these are not all of Wolfsburg's transfers, they are still sitting a lot of effort in this regard. Bi said, Wolfsburg is still negotiating the transfer of Sebastian Rong and wants to take down this young defender.

And if he counts him Wolfsburg has also signed up to 8 people, will Magat-style crazy transfers involve more people? Li Ze did not dare to predict. He is sensible after all, and he is still a little dumbfounded by Magath's crazy transfer mode.

However, he also saw that these people, Wolf Castle, had invested more than 10 million yuan in them. Compared with the two age groups, they had completely different investment strengths.

Of course, this kind of investment is nothing short of the eyes of some Premier League and La Liga teams. Some teams buy tens of millions of individuals at every turn, and the wealth is amazing. For example, when they walked out of Wolfsburg to Manchester City’s Dzeko, the value of 37 million is not the absolute main force. Such a value simply makes the people of Wolfsburg. collapse. Not to mention the real top talents such as Neymar, Bell and others, even if they have not yet transferred, their worth is incredibly high.

This kind of transfer, Wolfsburg is definitely incomparable, not to mention Wolfsburg, Bayern can't offer such a price. When Aguero moved to Atletico Madrid ~www.ltnovel.com~ Bayern, who originally favored him, looked at Atletico Madrid's offer and criticized Atletico Madrid as a vicious competition. The Bundesliga teams don't have so much money to introduce young people. Compared to buying those superstars, what they like more is to buy players for the same price and train them by themselves.

A player worth around 5 million, this is the price that Wolfsburg can accept. And such a few players grow up slowly after being together and achieve good results, which is also a better choice for Wolfsburg. Compared to those who buy enough top players directly at a high price, Wolfsburg does this because they want a better future.

And this is where Li Ze thinks Magath has ambitions: what he wants may be more than a European war place, or even a Champions League place. If he really wants to do that, he can find a few good players to take, but he finds a bunch of young players and let the old people take them forward. The real purpose of Magath is obviously more than that.

He once won the league championship with Wolfsburg. Now, he really wants to do it again? It's just that the Bundesliga is different now from the previous two years. Can he really do it?

However, no matter whether he can do it or not, if Gao Shunyao understands his thoughts, he will be very happy, right? Because in Gao Shunyao's career, it seems that there has never been a league championship... (to be continued)