Li Bin had long thought about replacing someone at the right back position this season. Chimbanda was good at the level, but did not integrate well, which also made Li Bin think about replacing him with someone else. But he did not expect that now
At this time, there was such an opportunity to poach Zabaleta. This news made him quite tempted. After all, he also knew that poaching better players was unlikely.
The start of last season was too bad, and in the end they failed to qualify for the Champions League. This also made many players who wanted to refuse to come here. For example, Maicon of Monaco, he also knows that he is very good, but his
It is difficult to handle non-European nationality. At the same time, he has also played in the Champions League. Naturally, he would refuse to transfer to play in the UEFA Cup.
For a player like this who is fighting for his position in the national team in a football powerhouse and at the same time plays the main role in the upper reaches of the five major leagues, when transferring, the general condition is a stable Champions League opportunity. To put it bluntly, he is a wealthy team.
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If Parma was still in the late 1990s, of course there would be no problem in bidding for Maicon. But if they bid for Maicon now, it would be asking for trouble. You said you are the UEFA Cup champion? But in the eyes of top players
Here, what is the UEFA Cup? Can you eat it? For top players, if they don’t win this kind of championship in their lifetime, they won’t feel that much regret. Why should people care?
To paraphrase an advertising slogan, not every kind of champion is called attractive.
If you can't buy Maicon, then is it okay to buy someone else? Sevilla now has Dani Alves, and Auxerre now has Sagna. These are also top defenders. If you buy one, you can also buy one on the right.
It can become very good. Although Alves' defense is a bit weak, and Sagna's attack is almost useless, after all, the two of them have a skill that can be used well.
However, Alves is worth 10 million pounds. This is the price that Liverpool has just finished negotiating with them and is now arguing about it. At this price, Li Bin really has no ability to intervene. And Sagna, as a veteran French youth academy Auxerre
Youth training players, in the hands of an old guy like Guy Roux, the price is not bad. If Li Bin wants to recruit people, he can't stop without 5 million euros.
5 million is not expensive in theory... but in Li Bin's tactics, the right back is responsible for attacking, and as a defender, Sagna's biggest problem is that he can't attack.
And now, Collodio told him that he can sign Zabaleta.
"Have you seen this player? Look at what I asked, for sure. Zabaleta, the captain of Argentina's World Youth Championship, what do you think?"
This name made Li Bin suddenly feel like he had found someone.
Indeed, Zabaleta's strength is also acceptable, and he has a balanced offense and defense and better skills. Compared with Sagna, who only knows defense, he is obviously a person who is more in line with Li Bin's needs.
"The Real Espanyol of La Liga seems to be contacting him. I can help you intercept this deal. After all, Parma still has an advantage compared to the Espanyol..."
Collodio's words are absolutely correct. Apart from appearing as Barcelona's rival in the same city, the Spaniard doesn't have many opportunities to appear at other times. Speaking of which, Parma has an advantage. Moreover, Serie A teams have a large tactical bias towards defenders. This
It's also a big advantage.
Li Bin immediately made a judgment, "How much does this player cost?"
"It doesn't look like more than 4 million."
"You must stop him. I bought this person."
Li Bin immediately made the decision and finalized the deal.
Zabaleta was a player he had paid attention to for a while before: after all, he was the captain of Argentina's national youth team, so it was impossible for Li Bin not to take a look at him. And he had always believed that this was a player with great potential.
The overall strength of this player is quite high - his skills are quite solid, crossing, breakthrough, support, all aspects are not bad, and he can play on both wings, has the ability to be versatile, runs actively, and has a good attitude -
Such a player's overall quality is quite strong.
But his overall evaluation in Argentina is not very good. The reason is also very simple. People always compare him with Argentina's main player Saneti, and if compared like this, he will naturally suffer. But in Li Bin's view, he
His forward penetration ability, crossing ability and shooting ability are all very good, and can even be said to be better than Argentina's main players. The current
Right back Zanetti's performance, however, is not outstanding in both physical and ball sense. His one-on-one attack and one-on-one defense were both thrown away by Zanetti by more than one position - but Li
Bin also feels that this comparison is unfair. After all, Zanetti is among the top three right backs in history in these two aspects.
But let’s not talk about it, just talk about Zabaleta’s performance: because his performance is stable, but there is nothing special, he always feels quite satisfactory, with a low limit but not a high upper limit. Li Bin has
At that time, I even felt that he was an enhanced version of Sun Jihe... However, a strong team like Argentina looked down upon such a defender, but Li Bin liked such a balanced offensive and defensive player.
Compared with Alves, who only knows how to attack, and Sagna, who only knows how to defend, a right back with a balanced offense and defense can at least make more tactical changes. When the two wingers take turns to put pressure on the opponent's defense,
It can also be more diverse, which is much better than just a wide kick.
If he is bought, then the left and right sides composed of Zabaletta and Balzaretti are not bad in Italy. It can even be said that if they perform smoothly, they will not be weaker than the top three in the north.
Already.
Because of this, although Li Bin has not yet figured out the attacking midfielder, he still doesn't know if his money is enough, but he still decided to buy him - after all, it is difficult to find such a good thing if you miss it.
Already.
And soon, Clodio gave him the answer, "No problem, the deal was settled for 3.5 million."
After all, there are not many teams that offer Zabaleta. Although Parma is not strong, it is still richer after all. It is still much better than the Spaniard who has been beaten by the city rival Barcelona all the time. And after all, Clodio has a lot of money in South America.
With his own connections, this deal can be settled without even Li Bin having to intervene.
Li Bin also understood that this had something to do with the World Youth Championship coming soon. After all, in the World Youth Championship, it was not easy for the full-back position to shine, but it was very possible to be embarrassed. This also made his team willing to start the game at the beginning of the game.
I sold him before.
Moreover, Li Bin had a rather dirty thought in his mind: This guy was really not handsome enough, which also affected his worth. In Argentina, he was still the captain of the national youth team, but his old face was
People call him an old defender. And speaking of this, his predecessor, Argentina's current right back Zanetti, although much older, does not look old, and maintains good condition, so he is called a teenager...
…
Face is also very important. Players who are not handsome cannot be hyped.
But at this time, there is still a more troublesome issue, which is the issue of Zabaleta's Argentine nationality.
Although Zabaleta is of Italian descent, at this time, he has not yet obtained an Italian passport. If he wants to transfer, he will have to occupy a non-European quota. Li Bin knows that once he obtains an Italian passport, his worth will probably be reduced.
If the price goes up, it will be difficult for me to buy it myself. I want to get it as soon as possible.
But after all, Li Bin wanted to save the quota for non-European players to buy an attacking midfielder. However, he was really reluctant to give up Zabaleta's strength, and at this time, he also heard Italian rumors in Argentina.
Another news came - Prandelli officially took office in Florence.
This made him immediately think of a solution, and soon he called Prandelli.
"You want my team to buy players and loan them to you... because you want our non-European quota." After listening to this, Prandelli understood what he meant, "I really don't go abroad to buy players.
After all, Florence is seeking stability now. There is nothing wrong with selling the non-European quota to you, but there is one thing that you have to help me with - Bresciano and Marchionni, these two people,
You have to give me one."
"Brsciano is ready." Li Bin agreed immediately, "He was planning to leave. If you agree, I will call Luca and ask him to discuss it with you. We will pay less and exchange for one of you.
Non-European quota.”
"Okay, if Luka is here, I will just discuss it with him."
After hanging up the phone, Li Bin breathed a sigh of relief, finally solving the problem.
When players transfer, besides finding people, the accumulation of contacts plays this role. Everyone cherishes a non-European quota every year, but there are always some teams that they cannot use. At this time, it is
You can try to get them to buy players and rent them to themselves - Serie A stipulates that internal transfers do not account for non-European players - the top three in the north do this kind of thing every year, and Parma does not have the ability of the top three in the north and can only rely on
I used personal relationships to facilitate such a transaction.
Fortunately, Prandelli helped him this time and he was able to overcome the difficulty with pride. But next time, I don’t know if there will be such a good opportunity.
At the right back position, spending 3.5 million to buy Zabaleta relieved Li Bin a lot. However, this unexpected expense also made Li Bin's finances even tighter.
3.5 million bought Zabaleta, 5 million bought Agger, plus other miscellaneous transactions, the attacking midfielder and substitute forward have not been settled yet, 10 million has already gone in, which really makes Li Bin a little bit
Feeling distressed.
However, he didn't regret it either.
After all, there is indeed a shortage of talent at the right back position. He can't find a few decent people in the whole of Italy, so he has to buy people outside. And Zabaleta is only 6 years old, has average ability, and is on the rise.
This period also made Li Bin feel quite satisfied.
After acquiring this player, my defense has been further strengthened. The defense composed of these four people can be trusted.
Cannavaro Jr. has made greater progress than Chiellini and Bonera in the past half season. He is just 24 years old. After untying his knot, his problems have improved a lot when playing football. He
After all, he is young now and has excellent physical fitness. Moreover, Li Bin has no intention of letting him play as a deep-lying defender. He is just allowed to play as a marking central defender. In this position, he is getting better and better.
If his peak could have arrived six years earlier, then his future would be better. Li Bin did not expect that little Cannavaro would become a stronger defender than his brother - he did not have that
Skills - However, if he is stable, does not cheat anyone, and can grow up smoothly, he will also be a very good defender in the future. Although he does not grow up to be world-class, he is still more than enough to play the main force in Serie A and even be the leader of the defense.
The players who partnered with him, Danny Agger, Balzaretti, and Zabaleta, are all people who make Li Bin very satisfied.
The only thing left is the frontcourt.
"Don't think about it Paccini, I will definitely not sell it to you." During the phone call, Prandelli also gave a simple answer, "This person is quite suitable for me."
That would be troublesome. Although Falcao is right in front of us, he does not have a non-European household registration. Where can he find someone to cooperate?
Li Bin thought about it, but he could only look for Collodio, "Keep an eye on Palacio for me, maybe I want to buy him."
"It's only been half a year since he transferred. Boca will definitely not sell him."
Li Bin shook his head, if it really didn't work, he could just pay Boka more money to let him go.
After inspecting South America, he couldn't find any treasures, so he was ready to return to Europe.