Left-back, it's a position that almost all big clubs are struggling with right now.

Not to mention that the left foot will be hard to find, excellent left-footed defenders have always been a scarce commodity in football, and it is also a headache position for transfer reinforcements in history.

Ashley Cole, Lahm, Abidal, Vargas, Evra, etc., if any of these players do want to move, any one of them will be a sky-high transfer, for the simple reason that Lyon has brought in a 20-year-old left-back Ali Sissoko from Porto for a whopping 15 million euros.

Just imagine, if even the big black shops in Europe have to bring in left-backs at such a high price, then you can imagine how scarce left-backs are in football today.

Tottenham Hotspur's left-back is not without candidates, Marcelo as an attacking left-back, the strength is still very good, his attack on the left side and Ribery and Gareth Bale, have won recognition, but his defense is a big hidden danger, at least he can't be as reassuring as Alves.

Therefore, Ye Qiu's intention is also very clear, while further carving and helping Marcelo grow and improve, the introduction of a suitable left-back is not only to strengthen the strength of the team, but more importantly, to stimulate Marcelo, don't let the Brazilian left-back be too easy, thinking that he has won the main position.

"Here's the scouting report of the player list you've drawn up"

At Theobold's training base, Ye Qiu, who had just picked up his wife and two children from China, officially ended his vacation and came to the team ahead of schedule to prepare for the new season, and his first thing was to bring in reinforcements.

Peter Devisel previously submitted a list of players in accordance with Ye Qiu's request, and Ye Qiu selected several players from it, such as Taiwo, who played for Marseille, this player was the bronze ball award of the former World Youth Championship, and Messi and Mikel were the same class, when Messi scored a goal, Mikel was a silver ball, and Taiwo was a bronze ball.

There are also a couple of other players, like Ajax's Vermaelen, who is known as the new Kivu, who can play both central and left, and is a versatile defender at the back, and a new Kivu in Lazio's team, which is Romania's Stefan Radu, who is also a player who can play in the middle and left.

In addition, there is Lazio's left-back Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian player, Lazio's main left-back, who is currently in the competition within the team, pressing down Stefan Radu, and he has different characteristics from Stefan Radu, Romania's young players are better defensively and very solid, while Kolarov has a stronger attack.

"Lazio's transfer price for Kolarov is fifteen million euros," Peter Devisel reported to Ye Qiu on the latest developments in the scouting department, "I personally think it's a bit high, especially considering the improvement that Kolarov can bring to the team, I don't think it's a good deal." ”

Peter De Visser is well aware of Ye Qiu's positioning for Tottenham Hotspur transfer, that is, to adhere to the black store policy, buy low and sell high.

In the case that Tottenham Hotspur does not have the objective conditions of Barcelona and Real Madrid, and does not want to become an unsustainable team like Manchester City, Chelsea and West Ham United, the black store strategy of buying low and selling high has become the first choice.

This is also for what Ye Qiu, even with a player database, still increases efforts to develop the team's scouting system, not to say that it is a waste of money, but to rely on scouts to find the most suitable players for the team

"Where's Radu?" Ye Qiu asked casually.

The Romanian's first impression of Ye Qiu was that he was handsome, really handsome, much more handsome than Kifu, and Ye Qiu had called Kifu and learned about Radu's situation, Kifu admired this young brother very much, but through the understanding of scouts, Radu was like a central defender, only defensive and not offensive on the left side

"Lazio bought out Radu for 5.5 million euros last summer, not to mention that they don't want to sell it now, and even if they do, they will probably have to pay a lot of money," Peter de Vessel shook his head and laughed.

Unlike Ye Qiu's previous life, Bobby Harms did not die of illness, but continued to work at Ajax, and he was not optimistic about Tottenham Hotspur's prospect of bringing in Vermaelen, for the simple reason that he felt that Vermaelen was not suitable to play on the left wing, both in terms of personal wishes and technical characteristics

For this reason, Bobby Harms also specially let Ye Qiu watch the Kirin Cup game held in Japan at the beginning of this summer, Vermaelen played left-back in the Belgian national team, and Belgium 04 was defeated at the feet of Japan, Vermaelen's performance was as tragic as a tragedy.

"So" Ye Qiu was a little embarrassed.

Peter De Visser smiled and motioned to Ye Qiu to turn the back pages of the scouting report, "I think there is a local youngster in Southampton's academy that is worth paying attention to, that is Luke Shaw, who has just turned fourteen years old and has great development potential, known as the new Gareth Bale, who has performed well in the youth team, and he is a Londoner, born in Kingston-on-Thames near the Chelsea training base." ”

After Ye Qiu heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, "Peter, he's only fourteen years old."

"I know," Peter De Visel said with a smile, "a local rookie, as a reserve for the future, and one more"

Ye Qiu flipped down again and found that the next player was Phil Jones from Blackburn, but unlike Phil Jones, who played as a midfielder and central defender in Ye Qiu's memory in his previous life, he is now playing on the right side of the midfield.

"Phil Jones, a player from Blackburn's Academy, now plays as a traditional right midfielder, I've watched him play a few games, his skills are relatively average among English players, but his physicality is very strong, and what attracts me is his fighting spirit, which reminds me of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard

"I think he's best suited in the middle, playing with his wide coverage, whether it's a midfielder or a central defender, it's suitable, and in terms of technique, he's only 17 years old, so he can continue to sculp, can't he?"

"How much?" Ye Qiu was persuaded by De Vesser, he has always had the idea of proper localization, so Tottenham Hotspur will also appropriately introduce some young players in the team, such as Kyle Walker, and Ramsey.

"Luke Shaw, we can talk to Southampton, the Saints are now relegated to League One, which is the third division, and I believe that it will not be difficult to get him, perhaps, we only need to pay a training fee of 100,000 or 200,000 pounds."

"Phil Jones hasn't played in the first team yet, the youth team is doing well and is currently in the Hl9 youth team, but I believe the price should be under a million euros, if you agree, I'll get it"

Ye Qiu nodded, for such a small transfer, basically there is no need to use Peter Kenyon, it is directly handled by Peter Devisel, because Peter Kenyon is more focused on big business, for example, the most important thing now is to negotiate two major sponsorship contracts.

"And what about my left-back, Peter?" Ye Qiu flipped to the last scouting report, and he saw a name.

Fabio Coentrão

"That's him," said Peter Devisel.

Ye Qiu's first reaction was to shake his head, "This guy is not easy to handle, right?" ”

"For what?" Strangely turned into Devisel.

"I'm a little allergic to Portuguese players," Ye Qiu said with a wry smile, his first reaction was to think of Mourinho, and then Jorge Mendes, who is Portugal's biggest agent predator, and his players all have one characteristic, high prices.

Tottenham Hotspur are looking for value for money, but Jorge Mendes has high standards.

Hearing Ye Qiu say this, Peter De Visser immediately laughed, and even his glasses almost fell off, "He is worth about two million euros now, I think I can give it a try, he performed well after switching to left-back at Avi River Club, I think he can be introduced." ”

Fabio Coentrão is 21 years old and debuted as a right-back in the River of Ave and was dubbed Figo II, but in fact his technical characteristics are completely different from Figo, but he still attracted the attention of many teams, and was later bought by Benfica for 900,000 euros.

However, in the talent-rich Benfica, Coentrão did not get many opportunities, and then was loaned to Socinacional Verchal and Zaragoza in La Liga, but failed to get a chance in either team, and was later loaned to his old club River, Ave River, from left midfielder to left-back, and performed well, with three goals after half a season.

"His agent" Ye Qiu doesn't like Jorge Mendes very much.

"A Portuguese agent who is not well-known, but he has a little friendship with me, so I was able to get information about Coentrão."

When Ye Qiu heard this, he also understood a little that he was too worried, after all, there are so many professional players in Portugal, especially many players from South America, no matter how extensive Mendes' business is, it is impossible to recruit all professional players under his command, so he can't bear it at all, so he takes the high-end route and selects those players who perform well and eye-catching to sign.

Coentrão didn't have anything to affirm before, as for how many giants have attracted the attention of the giants, in fact, this is all media hype, if there is really a giant team to shoot, Benfica can get him at an ultra-low price of 900,000 euros?

Ye Qiu thought about it again, in fact, it is not bad to introduce Coentrão, the Portuguese have excellent offensive ability, defensive ability is not too bad, and more importantly, the price is low and affordable, if you can play it in the future, it is naturally good, if you can't play it, the team will not suffer.

"Then I'll leave it to you," Ye Qiu nodded with a smile and agreed to Peter Devisel's suggestion

"Waiting for my good news"

When the outside world has been spreading the news that Tottenham Hotspur has been poached, especially after Gareth Bale and Arbeloa transferred to Real Madrid successively, many media and fans are worried about Tottenham Hotspur's new season recruitment.

But at this time, Tottenham Hotspur announced a transfer, the team brought in Fabio Coentrão from Benfica, Portugal for a transfer fee of 2.5 million euros, the left-back who had just played half a season in the Portuguese Super League, scored three goals in 16 games, and the Portuguese left-back who performed well was like a carp jumping into the dragon and directly joined the European hegemony Tottenham Hotspur.

At the same time, the club also announced on its official website that the team has brought in homegrown rookie Luke Shaw from Southampton, as well as Blackburn's young midfielder Phil Jones, of which 14-year-old Luke Shaw will play in the youth team, while Phil Jones will play in the first team.

But soon, Liverpool announced that they had brought in Brazilian midfielder Lucas Rewa from Tottenham Hotspur for 18 million euros, and Benitez called the Brazilian midfielder the successor to Xavi Alonso, which also somewhat made up for the loss of Gareth Barry.

However, Benitez also brought in defender Aquilani from Roma, a transfer that cost nearly 24 million euros in total.

In the past few years of Lucas at Tottenham Hotspur, he has not been reduced to a back like in his previous life, because Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder pays a lot of attention to ball control and organization, so he basically maintains the offensive and defensive style of play in Brazil, which is also an important reason why Benitez values him.

Compared with Tottenham Hotspur, which is full of talents, Lucas himself also hopes to get opportunities in Liverpool, after all, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield competition is not fierce, not to mention Fabregas, Yaya Toure and David Silva, Beckham's form is still good, and the strong rise of the youngster Ramsey makes Lucas feel the pressure, and more importantly, he is twenty-two years old and urgently needs more games to improve his strength.

In this regard, Ye Qiu also gave support, he left a message on the official website, wishing Lucas a great future in Liverpool, and the Brazilian midfielder also expressed his gratitude to Tottenham Hotspur and Ye Qiu in an interview with the media.

"I hope to have the opportunity to return to Tottenham Hotspur in the future and retire here"

With the Confederations Cup coming to an end, the transfer market is also in full swing as the training camp date approaches, the most notable of which is the news of Ibrahimovic's transfer to Barcelona, but there has been no further movement in the transfer market, which has made everyone anxious.

But no one expected that the situation would turn around and it would be Chelsea who would be the first to rekindle the flames.

Ancelotti, the Blues' new head coach, has finally signed a major transfer for Chelsea, filling in an important gap in Chelsea's defensive system, and has been hailed by the media and fans as the last contribution Ancelotti has made to AC Milan, which is the poaching of Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar from Inter Milan.

This transfer cost Chelsea a total of 28 million euros, compared with the 2.6 million euros when Giulio Cesar transferred to Inter Milan, the value has skyrocketed tenfold, and Giulio Cesar has also successfully selected the second goalkeeper transfer record in the world with this transfer, second only to Buffon.

Buffon's transfer from Parma to Juventus created a sky-high price, in today's football is almost difficult to break, although there were previous media rumors that Manchester City intended to pay 70 million euros for Tottenham Hotspur's goalkeeper Peter Cech, but Tottenham Hotspur officially denied it at the first time, saying that Cech is not for sale.

Today's Peter Cech can be called the world's No. 1 in terms of momentum, his performance last season with divine help, so that Tottenham Hotspur successfully won the Champions League and Premier League double, and was also the best goalkeeper last season, selling him, for Tottenham Hotspur, is undoubtedly a self-digging move, after all, there is no suitable goalkeeper can be found now.

Joe Hart said for the time being, it's okay to play a dozen substitutes, and he really helped him to get into the position, Ye Qiu and the players are not very relieved.

But just after Cesar's transfer to Chelsea, the next day, Barcelona officially published the news that Tottenham Hotspur's main striker Van Persie transferred to Barcelona for 70 million euros at a sky-high price that surpassed Kaka, which almost caught up with Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of value, which surprised the whole world.

And Guardian reporter Shean Ingle, who is familiar with the inside story of the transfer, published an exclusive report at the first time, clarifying that this was a forced move by Tottenham Hotspur, because Cruyff personally came forward to get Van Persie, and although Tottenham Hotspur refused to let go, he finally nodded and agreed to Barcelona's transfer offer of 70 million euros.

This also made everyone aware of the madness in the transfer market, especially Van Persie, the Dutch striker who has shown a super high standard at Tottenham Hotspur for two consecutive seasons, and it is indeed unexpected to switch to Barcelona at such an astonishing sky-high price, because with such a high transfer fee, it is completely possible to bring in Ibrahimovic.

But soon, the World Sports newspaper reported a response from a senior management within Barcelona, mainly Cruyff and Guardiola felt that after Ibrahimovic entered Barcelona, the team's entire offensive system would have to change, and relatively speaking, Van Persie's integration of the team would be better.

Cruyff also openly supported the introduction of Van Persie in his column, "Barcelona should never be reduced to a team of one star, he should belong to all players"

This is also seen as the reason why Barcelona finally chose Van Persie, although Van Persie is a bit far from the definition of a top high school striker in Pep Guardiola, but Cruyff's intervention, coupled with Laporta's support for the introduction of Van Persie, ultimately led to the sky-high transfer.

Although poached, Tottenham Hotspur once again won the title of black store with successive sky-high transfer prices.

It's not just a black store, it's simply a super black store

Tottenham Hotspur sold Gareth Bale, Arbeloa, Lucas and Van Persie this summer, but received 55 million, 20 million, 18 million and 70 million euros respectively, totaling 163 million euros.

But more importantly, Tottenham Hotspur have sold four players for affordable prices, including Coentrão, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, and Ye Qiu announced the sale of Robin van Persie and then announced the signing of Romedal Falcao from Ajax.

With such a huge transfer fee, but the players brought in only spent less than 10 million, everyone is worried about the new season of Tottenham Hotspur.

But no one dares to deny that Tottenham Hotspur is still one of the strongest contenders for the Premier League and Champions League in the new season.

And Ye Qiu also announced the closure of this season's transfer after the team introduced Falcao, who had already been in his hands, and the team will focus on preparing for the new season