Why does Yang Huan have such strong self-confidence?

P> certainly won't be for nothing.

The reason why he is confident is because the outstanding performance of the team under the Miracle Football Group in Europe this season has given him quite a big surprise and given him enough self-confidence.

In the Champions League group stage, although Atletico Madrid was in a group with Juventus, Olympiacos and Malmo, Simeone's team won the group without danger, qualified safely, and entered the round of 16.

Southampton was without any danger, steadily winning four consecutive wins in the first four rounds of the group stage, winning the group ahead of schedule, and then playing with a full bench lineup, but also got one win and one draw.

Not only that, but Southampton were also the best attacking and defensive team in the group stage.

In six group games, they have conceded just one goal, but they have scored 21 goals, the most goals scored by the team in the group stage, and have won everyone's unanimous praise and recognition.

Even many professional commentators believe that Southampton's ability to build such a defensive system with the new generation of players such as Raphael Varane, Nastasic, Laporte, Luke Shaw, David Alaba, Chambers and Danilo after selling Xavi Martinez and Cesar Azpilicueta is enough to prove the rigor and maturity of the Saints' entire tactical system.

And the progress of this new generation of players is even more amazing at Southampton's cultivation ability.

However, it is somewhat surprising that in the group stage, there is another team that has also conceded only one goal in six games.

But not Real Madrid, not Barcelona, not Juventus, but Monaco led by Koeman.

The Ligue 1 giants have not stepped down from the top of the league this season since beating Paris Saint-Germain to top the league.

Not only that, but Koeman's team's performance in the Champions League was very impressive.

Seven goals in six group games, not very good in attack, but only one goal conceded, this defensive ability is amazing, and the astonishing record of winning all six games has also allowed Monaco to enter the round of 16 as the group leader.

Arguably, Koeman's side are the biggest dark horses in this season's Champions League group stage.

And you must know that Porto, Bayer Leverkusen and Zenit St. Petersburg, although they are not giants, are not weak at all, and Monaco can stand out from the competition of these three teams with convincing strength.

On the contrary, as a well-known black shop in Europe, Porto has not performed well in the Champions League this season, with one win, two draws and three losses in six games, ranking at the bottom of the points, and was eliminated from the Champions League early, and could not even participate in the Europa League.

But what surprised Yang Huan the most was Basel from Switzerland.

Basel met Real Madrid and Liverpool in the group stage, and the two teams were not bad at all.

Surprisingly, Basel beat Brendgers' Liverpool in the group stage, and won the Champions League round of 16 with the second place in the group, knocking Liverpool out.

This is something that Yang Huan could not have imagined no matter what.

In addition, Monaco's young player Embolo, who is on loan in Basel, performed well in the Champions League group stage, although he was not the main player of the team, but he still scored two goals and provided an assist, which was quite dazzling.

Portuguese Super League side Benfica also performed well in the Champions League group stage, winning four and drawing two in six games, and firmly qualified as the top of the group.

As for Ajax, they also achieved the plan set before the game, which was to finish third in the group and move to the Europa League under the strong shadow of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.

Belgian powerhouse Anderlecht also finished third in the group under the attack of Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal, and moved to the Europa League.

The only team that failed to continue on the European stage was Sparta Prague of the Czech Republic, who finished bottom of the group stage and were eliminated from the competition.

Eight teams competed in the Champions League group stage, five qualified for the round of 16, two moved to the Europa League and one was eliminated.

Not only in the Champions League, but also in the Europa League, Inter Milan won five and drew one in the group stage, remained unbeaten, and won the right to qualify first in the group, and the performance was also quite good.

Incidentally, in the Europa League draw, Inter Milan drew Celtic in the Soviet Super League, Ajax drew Legia Warsaw in Poland and Anderlecht drew Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Premier League.

Judging from the current situation, in addition to Anderlecht's bit of suspense, there is a high probability that Inter Milan and Ajax will successfully advance.

As for the draw for the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League, Southampton drew Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1.

The Saints clearly failed to continue their group stage draw luck and came up against the strongest of the eight second-placed teams in the group, so this game is also in the spotlight.

Not just because of the Saints and Paris Saint-Germain, but also because of Ibrahimovic's reunion with his old club.

The Basel draw met Benfica, and although it was sad, at least one team was able to reach the quarterfinals, while Monaco met Arsenal and Atletico Madrid met Bayer Leverkusen.

Judging by the draw, these games will be hard-hitting, especially for Monaco, who may not be able to bargain for a single bit from Arsene Wenger's side, but in any case, Koeman's side are surprising enough.

Yang Huan is simply satisfied with the outstanding performance of these teams this season, and naturally, he is full of strong confidence in the future development of Miracle Football Group.

But because of their outstanding performances in Europe, the players of these teams have been poached.

Yang Huan's attitude towards this is as calm as ever, that is, there is no non-sale, as long as he is willing to pay.

That's why Yang Huan agreed to Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur so readily, expressing his willingness to sell Blind, De Bruyne and Aboubakar, because to be honest, Inter Milan and Hamburg can't keep people.

Rather than force it to stay, it is better to sell it at a high price as soon as possible to cash out, stabilize the other players in the team, and then use the transfer income to strengthen the team's recruitment and steadily improve the team's competitiveness.

For example, Inter Milan, if they sell Blind, they must keep De Vrij, because the Dutch central defender is so important.

As for De Bruyne and Aboubakar, it is expected that they will not be able to keep them, but after selling them, Yang Huan is determined to do a big job, that is, to further upgrade the squad of Hamburg and Inter Milan.

This is not surprising at all.

Just like Inter Milan, why does Klopp always choose Khedira to partner Alan or Nainggolan?

But against Juventus, he chose Blind as a midfielder?

In fact, the answer is very simple, that is, choose the previous set of combinations, which have strong defensive ability, but weak organizational ability and passing ability.

Blind can be chosen to play in the back, although he has the ability to play the ball and the passing, but in terms of mobility and running coverage.

Therefore, Inter Milan is always in a dilemma in terms of midfield configuration.

However, if De Bruyne is sold, the team will have plenty of funds to retain this group of players in the team, and at the same time strengthen the position of organizing the midfield, at least to bring in a player with independent character, so that Inter Milan's midfield can be taken to a higher level.

Everyone knows that such a player is not cheap at all, at least 30 million euros.

The same thing happened with Hamburg.

Abubakar is great, but he is not irreplaceable.

Conversely, in the forward position, there are plenty of options for players who can fill Aboubakar's position.

However, the team needs to strengthen the midfield.

Clasea and Baddeley have really performed well this season, among them, Crassie is still young and has a lot of potential in the future, but Baddeley has been capped, and his level of strength is like this.

Hamburg topped the Bundesliga for the first time after many years of absence, beating Bayern Munich.

However, in this position, Hamburg only stayed for two weeks.

Before the winter break, Hamburg's results were up and down and now they are in second place in the Bundesliga.

However, the team is still quite confident in retaining the top four in the league.

In other words, next season, Hamburg will play in the Champions League.

Through the performances of the past period, it is difficult to see that the midfield combination of Claseay, Baddeley and Weigel is indeed impressive, but mainly in terms of potential, that is, the fighting power is not excellent.

In particular, it is important to take into account that the better Hamburg plays, the more teams will adopt a defensive strategy against Hamburg, and this is the need for positional battles and offensive strengths.

But Hamburg's strong point is in the wings of the front, and in the middle of the midfield, it is lacking.

In other words, Hamburg are now overly reliant on the wings, and if they want to further strengthen the team, they will have to invest in the middle.

Tuchel has tried Januzaj in the middle of midfield, but the results have been mediocre, and the Belgian is full of talent, but in Tuchel's tactics, he is not very suitable in the middle.

Therefore, if Abubakar can be sold and an attacking powerhouse in the middle of the midfield can definitely be an upgrade for Hamburg as a whole.

Moreover, whether it is Yang Huan or the Saints scouting team, they all believe that the Hamburg backline needs an experienced veteran to lead the team, so Yang Huan means to sell Alderweireld and bring in an experienced veteran to bring Jedwai and Tahe.

These two players, along with Emre Can, are the future of the Hamburg backline!

Sometimes, running a team is like that, changing strategy all the time.

While Hamburg were still aiming for a top-four finish, Clasea and Baddeley were up to the task.

But this season's performance is so eye-catching, the team has to adjust the goal, next season on the one hand, to maintain the top four in the league, but also to play a dozen Champions League, two-front combat, which needs to further strengthen the team's strength, the introduction of higher level players.

Otherwise, how can the strength of the team be improved?

There are also Monaco, the team played so well in the group stage, relying entirely on an unbreakable defense, but the team's attack is a mess, and Mitrovic is the only one in the front.

When the Serbian centre-forward is playing on multiple fronts, physically tired, or out of form, the team's offense is in trouble.

Coach Ronald Koeman has completely lost faith in Benzi, with Brazilian striker Kenedy coming to the rescue on loan from Southampton after the winter break when the transfer market opens, and has already decided to bring in youngster Poncee from Argentina and Serbian teenager Luka Jovic.

However, when it comes to summer transfers, Monaco will definitely bring in a strong striker to further strengthen the squad.

Whether it's Monaco, or Hamburg, or Inter Milan, or even Southampton and Atletico Madrid, if you want to bring in reinforcements, the first and most important thing is money.

Local tyrants like Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur are burning money, which is obviously not the way for Young Master Huan to take.

Living within your means is the most pragmatic approach.

Therefore, to buy and sell first, it is very in line with the positioning of the team.

The difference is whether the players bought can improve the competitiveness of the team.

For this, Yang Huan is very confident.

Because, he has already eyed several players in the transfer market.