Chapter 46 Let the whole world be surprised by me!

Bielsa was really shocked!

He has learned from the club's core management that the team has basically finalized Ibrahimovic's transfer, which will be announced in the next one or two days, and Neymar's transfer is also nearing completion.

In other words, in the new season he will have an attacking lineup that is outrageously luxurious even in the Premier League.

It would be a real waste to have such a lineup playing in the English League One!

But no one expected that when the team was tied by the opponent in the first game, Yang Huan actually took the initiative to propose recruiting new players.

At this time, Bielsa was not only shocked, but also more moved.

Because he felt Yang Huan's trust, support and affirmation of him.

These are all from the heart!

"Is the team still working on Pogba and Ravelle Morrison?" Bielsa asked with concern.

Yang Huan nodded. "Yes, these two players have been sidelined by Ferguson, but it will take some time to recruit them. I will try to get them before the end of the transfer period, but they are still young."

"Then I need to bring in a player from midfield."

"Who?" Yang Huan answered without hesitation.

"Leverkusen midfielder, Arturo Vidal."

Yang Huan knew this player, "Will he come to Southampton?"

"I'll try to convince him." Bielsa was quite confident.

This player was brought into the Chilean national team by Bielsa, and won a starting position in the national team under Bielsa. It is no exaggeration to say that he was promoted by Bielsa.

"Okay, as long as you can handle him, I can handle Leverkusen!"

Bielsa had already initially abandoned the 3313 tactics in the Chilean national team, and occasionally adopted a four-back formation depending on the opponent. After coming to the Premier League, he insisted on a four-back formation.

In the midfield, he tends to have a player from the wing next to the defensive midfielder, plus a comprehensive midfielder, and adopt an irregular triangle formation, so that the organizational responsibility will not be entirely on one player, while also being able to give up the wing and let the full-backs make the move.

From this point of view, Vidal fits his positioning as a midfielder.

"Is there still no way to sign Hummels?" Bielsa asked again.

Yang Huan nodded. He had wanted to introduce Hummels through Raiola before, but the Dortmund central defender had just become a starter in Dortmund and it was time for him to quickly improve his strength, so his father, who was also an agent and a youth training coach for Bayern Munich, politely declined Southampton's interest in Hummels.

But he is now using Southampton's interest to put pressure on Dortmund to extend his contract and get a pay rise.

Bielsa also knows that the team is currently only in English Football League One and lacks sufficient appeal to many players.

Perhaps this situation will improve after Ibrahimovic joins.

The introduction of Ibrahimovic not only improves the team's strength, but also is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate Southampton's ambitions, enough to make everyone clearly aware that Southampton is absolutely unwilling to lie dormant.

"I want a goalkeeper." Bielsa thought about it and made his request again.

"Jose Fonte is indeed the one who bears the greatest responsibility for the goal conceded just now, but goalkeeper Kevin Davis is also equally responsible. And considering his age and characteristics, he is not suitable to continue to be a starter."

Yang Huan nodded again. He had previously thought that a goalkeeper should be introduced. Now it seems that the efforts to recruit players need to be accelerated.

"Okay, Vidal and a goalkeeper, you'll get them before the transfer window ends!"

After finishing speaking, Yang Huan patted Bielsa on the shoulder and said, "Don't be stressed, take your time, I always support you!"

Bielsa nodded heavily.

He really felt Yang Huan's trust and unconditional support for him.

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After Southampton was tied at home by Plymouth, everyone thought it was just an accident.

And many people who are familiar with Bielsa know that the Argentine madman always has a bad start.

Although some media reported that Yang Huan went straight to the locker room angrily, no one took it too seriously.

But what no one expected was that two days later, Southampton lost 0-1 to Swansea of ​​the Championship away in the first round of the League Cup. Rodgers' team defeated Bielsa's Saints at home.

This defeat not only eliminated Southampton from the League Cup, but also caused Bielsa to be questioned by the outside world.

Southampton, as always, adopted an extremely aggressive and high-intensity pressing tactic, which put the home team Swansea in a very bad state and also had a 61% possession rate. However, on the one hand, the advantage could not be converted into goals, and on the other hand, the defensive loopholes were exploited by Swansea.

In the end, Southampton suffered their first defeat of the season and bid farewell to the League Cup.

After the game, Bielsa could hardly hide his disappointment with the result.

"We will not change our style. We will continue to adopt strong offensive tactics. No matter who our opponent is, no matter how strong our opponent is, we only have one goal, to knock him down!"

Bielsa's remarks were also strongly supported by Southampton management.

In an interview with The Sun, the team's executive chairman Nicola Cortes expressed the management's full support for Bielsa and expressed his firm belief that the team will be able to overcome the adversity soon.

But the voices questioning Bielsa and Southampton are getting louder and louder.

Amidst a chorus of doubts, Yang Huan finally came to the moment of unveiling.

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Morning, Southampton Airport.

Ibrahimovic, accompanied by his agent Raiola and lawyer Pimenta, stepped off the private jet specially rented by Raiola.

At this time, few people in the world knew that he had arrived in Southampton, not even the airport staff.

After getting off the plane, Ibrahimovic picked up his mobile phone, took a photo of himself with the private plane, then took another photo of Southampton Airport in the distance, and then sent them to his celebrity account on WeChat at the same time.

As soon as he logged in, the 350,000 fans around the world who followed his celebrity account received a reminder, and then everyone received the photos and messages he sent.

"Today, I will surprise the whole world!"

One sentence and two photos immediately caused a huge response on the Internet and in the media.

In the past three days, die-hard fans, football fans, journalists and media practitioners, as well as a large number of water armies, have made Ibrahimovic's WeChat celebrity account very popular, and there have been various speculations about the new club of the Swedish center.

The only thing that is certain is that Barcelona officials have confirmed that Ibrahimovic is about to leave the team.

Where will he go?

This became a big suspense for everyone.

Therefore, as soon as Ibrahimovic’s celebrity WeChat account was updated, everyone went crazy.

"Private jet? Where is this airport building?"

"Milan?"

"No, I'm familiar with all three airports in Milan. I can be 100% sure it's not Milan."

“That’s Madrid?”

"Impossible, this is not Madrid."

"What is that place?"

At this point, people were no longer just speculating on Ibrahimovic's next transfer destination, but were speculating on where the building in the photo was. What's interesting is that no one guessed the answer correctly, but that didn't stop all kinds of rumors from spreading everywhere.

Some say it is Manchester, some say it is London, some say it is Turin, and some say it is a city in Sweden.

In short, there are all kinds of opinions.

An hour later, Ibrahimovic updated his WeChat celebrity account again.

This time it was still a photo, a selfie of him lying shirtless on a bed in a hospital with various testing equipment connected to his body, and below it was a sentence, "They told me that my body is amazingly strong, what do you think?"

For a while, countless die-hard fans left messages below, most of which supported Ibrahimovic's words.

But there are also a small number of people who are sarcastic and mocking, and they all think that his one-year low point in Barcelona makes it impossible for him to return to the top again.

At this time, reporters, radio stations, television stations and other media organizations all paid attention to it. Even Sky Sports Channel reported on Ibrahimovic's WeChat live broadcast and contacted Ibrahimovic's agent Raiola to confirm that a press conference would be held this afternoon.

However, this press conference will not adopt the traditional press conference format of the past. Instead, it will be broadcast live and interactive on WeChat. In addition to inviting media organizations, all interested fans are also welcome to attend.

As soon as this piece of news came out, it immediately caused an uproar on the Internet. With the help of the internet trolls, countless netizens were excitedly looking forward to the convening of this unique press conference.

You know, in the field of football, this is the first time to hold an Internet press conference.

This will undoubtedly cater to the tastes of young fans, because they will not only have the right to participate, but also have the right to ask questions that was previously only available to media personnel.

Unlike before, where they could only watch from the sidelines and were unable to enter the press conference, this time they will participate in the entire press conference process on site. Many fans find this change novel and welcome it at the same time.

As time gets closer, the updates on Ibrahimovic's WeChat celebrity account are becoming more and more frequent.

It changed from updating once an hour to once every half an hour, and then to once every fifteen minutes, ten minutes, five minutes, and even taking photos and updating them while sitting in the car.

On the Internet, more and more people began to pay attention to this event.

Ibrahimovic, as the world's number one center forward, has unquestionable influence, and the rumors about his transfer have been hyped for half a year. Now, the answer is finally revealed.

All netizens and all WeChat users can see the answer at the first time. This sense of witnessing history and participating in history has attracted more and more netizens and mobile phone users to flock to it.

Everyone hopes to witness this unique moment with their own eyes.

Perhaps some people question Ibrahimovic's aura as a world-class superstar, and some people even question his influence and appeal, but so what?

At least, all participants are eager to witness together an innovation that has never happened in the history of football!

Under such circumstances, hundreds of thousands of WeChat users became the best publicity media. They promoted this event to their friends, their relatives, everyone around them and their mobile phone address books, which also led to a blowout growth in the total number of WeChat users.

In bed at home, on a bench in the park, at the office desk, under the shade of trees on the main road, in the aisle of the bus... countless people are holding their mobile phones, waiting for this unique press conference to begin.

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