There were some players that Li Ang wanted to clean up and replace. Their departures were part of Li Ang's plan. However, there were also some that were not planned.
The team's striker, Abroya Barez, found Li Ang and made a transfer request.
This caught Li Ang off guard. In his blueprint, although Barez was not part of the team's long-term plans, Barez was still qualified to play the role of a substitute in the new season.
However, it was clear that Barez was not willing to be a substitute. He had been Sporting de Gijón's main striker for the past two seasons.
Li Ang tried to persuade Barez to stay, but the latter was determined to leave.
The Segunda División team, Aravés, became Abroya Barez's new owner. This team had a lot of old grudges with Sporting de Gijón. After suffering a major blow to Sporting de Gijón in their attempt to enter the La Liga this season, the team lost many good players again. The foundation of the UEFA Europa League final four years ago was almost gone. They could only fill in the gaps from other Segunda División teams.
Barez, who had lost his main position in Sporting de Gijón, became their target.
One million euros!
This was the transfer price of Barez to Aravés.
If Jeffrey, who had previously transferred to FC Porto, was included, Barez would be the fifth player to leave Sporting de Gijón this summer.
Other than Jeffrey, who had exchanged players and cash with Pepe, the departure of the other four players brought in 2.1 million euros of transfer income for Sporting de Gijón.
In addition, the club had given him a transfer budget of three million euros. Li Ang still had 1.15 million euros left in his hands.
In this way, after bringing in five players and transferring five players, he still had 3.25 million euros of transfer funds in his hands.
Li Ang could not help but laugh at himself. He was really suited to living a hard life. After all the trouble, he did not spend a single cent of the three million transfer budget given by the club. He still had an extra 250,000 euros.
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Modric arrived at Sporting de Gijón accompanied by his family.
Then, the 19-year-old Croatian player passed the physical examination arranged by the club.
At noon that day, Sporting de Gijón announced the club's fifth signing of the summer.
For eight hundred thousand euros, they had acquired the Croatian lad named Luka Modric from the Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb.
On Sporting de Gijón's official website, there was a photo of 19-year-old Luka Modric and head coach Li Ang. The Croatian youngster had a youthful smile on his face, and his eyes were filled with anticipation for the future.
Li Ang wrote and drew on the tactical board. He had several sets of tactical arrangements in his mind. The team had brought in so many new players, and so many players had left. The team's lineup had undergone such a big change. The head coach's arrangement of the lineup and reasonable tactical adjustments were necessary.
Li Ang's target was the team's right-back position. Now, the team's main right-back was Dorado. He was a relatively mediocre player, or it could be said that he was a standard Segunda División player. In addition to Dorado, there was also the left-back, Alegre. This player's level could not satisfy Li Ang. He had no characteristics.
Sporting de Gijón now had Grosso as the left-back, which satisfied Li Ang. However, Li Ang was not satisfied with the right-back position.
He decided to continue to add to the right-side, but a practical player like Grosso, who was in his prime and did not have a high price, was not so easy to come across.
He picked up his notebook, which had a list of players he was interested in. Some of them were the future goblins in his memory, and some were star players who could be snatched under certain circumstances.
Li Ang began to focus on the players in the right-back position.
Zambrotta, the Italian national footballer, was Italy's main right-back in the 2006 World Cup. Whether it was in terms of strength or market appeal. He was one of the best. However, a player of Zambrotta's level was not something that Sporting de Gijón could covet. The reason why Li Ang recorded Zambrotta's name in the notebook was that after the 'Calciopoli' incident in the future, he thought that if his own Sporting de Gijón might have a chance to fish in troubled waters at that time. As for now, it was time to wash up and sleep. One of the best full-backs in the football world would not have anything to do with Sporting de Gijón at this time.
Li Ang put a cross on Zambrotta's name.
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Mai Kong Douglas Cicenardo was one of the contributors to Inter Milan's rise to the top of Europe. At his peak, he was regarded as the world's best right-back. Mai Kong should be twenty-three years old now.
Li Ang began to recall Mai Kong's information in his mind. He remembered that this player left the Brazilian powerhouse Cruzeiro in the summer of 2004 and then joined Monaco. Then, the question was, was Mai Kong still in Cruzeiro or had he joined Monaco? If it was the former, he still had a chance to get a foot in. If he had already transferred to Monaco, Li Ang could only regretfully pass by the future best right-back.
Sergio Ramos. Li Ang took a deep breath when he saw the name. He was a little excited. Sergio? Ramos was born in Seville, Spain. He was the youngest of three children in his family. Ramos started playing football at the age of seven. Ramos entered the Seville Club's youth training camp in 1996. In the 20032004 season, Ramos began to enter the Seville Club's first team. In this season, Ramos received seven opportunities to play. This was a good number for a young man who had just turned eighteen.
Li Ang liked to poach Real Madrid's players. Perhaps it was related to the conflict between Real Madrid and him. Of course, Li Ang would not admit that he was vengeful and narrow-minded. However, one thing he had to admit was that Real Madrid later had top-notch players in all positions. If he did not poach them, his heart would itch. When he thought of good players, he could not help but think of who Real Madrid had. This could not be helped. Another of the two giants of the Spanish Super League, Barcelona's players were trained by La Masia. You could not poach them.
Pepe was already in his hands.
What about Ramos?
Li Ang began to ponder. Although Ramos only played seven games in Seville last season, for an 18-year-old young man, this showed that Seville valued him. Under such circumstances, what was the possibility of Sporting de Gijón wanting to poach a player from Seville? Li Ang himself did not know.
PS: Regarding the right-back, does anyone have any good suggestions?
A, Mai Kong, B, Ramos, C, D, etc.
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