Chapter 581: It's Hard to Guard Against a Thief in Your Home

Yang Huan looked down again and found another little sweetie born in 1994.

Velasquez, a young player from the Uruguayan Danube team, is 19 years old this year and plays as a central defender. He is also the captain and defensive core of Uruguayan national youth teams at all levels. He is hailed as the future defensive core in Uruguay.

Velasquez and Jose Jimenez are hailed as the future backbone of Uruguay's defense.

Today, Velasquez's price is around 1 million euros.

Further down, there is another one from 1995, from Angel Correa from San Lorenzo, Argentina.

This couldn't help but make Master Huan feel interesting, because Atletico Madrid seemed to have great potential in discovering young Argentine players.

For example, Aguero before, Salvio later, and now Angel Correa.

Among them, Salvio seems to be a bit useless in the current Atletico Madrid team and has gradually been pressed to the bench by Simeone.

This is also something Yang Huan did not expect before the season.

After all, at the beginning of the season, Simeone was still very optimistic about Salvio, but now, he is probably going to be sent away.

As for introducing Angel Correa, Yang Huan also thought there was no problem.

The reason is, first of all, the price is not high, estimated to be only about 5 or 6 million euros, which Atletico Madrid can afford.

Another thing is that Simeone is still quite optimistic about this player, which can be seen from Simeone's comments.

As for the future, I'm afraid there is no way.

There are so many supernovas emerging every year, but how many of them eventually become successful?

Therefore, this kind of investment is like casting a wide net. If you catch one, it is not considered a loss!

It would be too demanding to require coaches and scouts to achieve a 100% success rate!

Nowadays, which team doesn’t have some duds among its signings?

"Yeah!" Yang Huan nodded when he saw this.

This statement immediately put Simeone and Boggs at ease.

Master Huan’s meaning was obvious, and he agreed!

At the end of this report, Simeone wants to bring in Polish international Krychowiak from French Ligue 1 team Reims.

The 23-year-old defensive midfielder can also play as a central defender. He performed quite well in the French Ligue 1 last season. He is known for his aggressive running and fighting, and can be regarded as a powerful barrier in the midfield and backcourt.

What’s more, he’s only worth 5 million euros!

After Yang Huan read Krychowiak's information, an idea immediately flashed through his mind.

Simeone is about to start taking action on the team!

It is obvious that the Argentine is no longer satisfied with the team's current situation. He hopes to make Atletico Madrid more competitive in order to cope with the Champions League next season.

For Yang Huan, this is definitely a win-win situation with no harm!

Thinking of this, Yang Huan nodded and smiled, saying: "Okay, I think these players are all good!"

In fact, Master Huan was thinking in his heart, you have all made your choice, how can I say it is not good?

Besides, he is quite confident in the scouting team and data analysis team.

"Tesiki!" Yang Huan handed the player report to Begiristain, "Recruit players according to this report. We must make sure these players appear in our roster for next season!"

Begiristain agreed, took it, looked at it, and did a quick calculation. Twenty million euros were spent!

Sometimes he couldn't help but admire Master Huan's generosity.

At the very least, could you hesitate for a moment so that we wouldn't feel so ashamed?

Yang Huan had no idea what his men were thinking, and continued to look at Simeone.

"Diego, I called you earlier and mentioned Moutinho's transfer. What do you think?"

Yang Huan had previously asked Peter Kenyon to contact Tottenham Hotspur. Moutinho was indeed in Tottenham Hotspur's transfer plan, but due to the Portuguese's high price, it had to be put on hold temporarily.

"Master Huan, if you are willing to give me a midfielder from Southampton, I will be happy to let Moutinho transfer!"

Yang Huan was stunned. So straightforward?

He originally thought that Simeone would at least hesitate for a while, or at least pester for a while.

Who knew that the Argentines' demands were so simple?

Wait, he has his eyes on Southampton’s midfielder, who is it?

Yang Huan became more cautious and couldn't help but become serious. Could it be Pogba or Toni Kroos?

Unexpectedly, Simone seemed to notice Master Huan's expression and immediately said a name with a smile.

"Isco!"

"Isco?" Yang Huan was surprised again.

Isco was a player poached from Valencia by Yang Huan. In the past few years in Southampton, he has performed quite well and made considerable progress, but he has never been able to get a stable starting position in the Saints' midfield.

Why did Simeone fall for him?

"Isco's talent and ability are almost second to none among the young generation of Spanish players, but one of the important reasons why he is not reused by Marcelo in Southampton is that he needs the team to lean towards him tactically and give him freedom."

Yang Huan felt that Simeone's analysis was quite reliable.

It can be seen that this guy has probably been eyeing Isco for some time!

Damn it, as the saying goes, you can guard against thieves day and night, but you can’t guard against thieves in your own home. They are targeting your own people!

"In Atletico Madrid, we have Mandzukic, Diego Costa, Tevez and Griezmann up front, and at worst, Turan and Adrian."

"In the midfield, Koke, Illarramendi, Crassi, Gabi, Mario Suarez, and Krychowiak who is planning to be introduced, all of which will enable our team's midfield and frontcourt to exert strong pressure on the opponent."

"In this case, we can give Isco a lot of free space to play in the front midfield position. At that time, Isco's personal breakthroughs and dribbling organization will bring huge changes to our offense!"

Although Moutinho of Atletico Madrid has done a pretty good job in organization and passing this season, Atletico Madrid still lacks a one-on-one explosive attacker in the midfield and frontcourt.

And with Illarramendi's outstanding performance this season and Koke's high level of performance in the second half, the organization and passing of the midfield are strongly guaranteed.

Under such circumstances, Moutinho's role in the team is bound to be greatly reduced.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to introduce Isco to further strengthen the team's midfield and frontcourt offense!

"Master Huan, Isco has become quite good at running in the past few years in the Premier League, and his defensive skills have also improved. He is not as sticky to the ball as before. As long as he is willing to join, I can promise him a starting position!"

Given Atletico Madrid's outstanding performance in La Liga this season, this is definitely a big boost for Isco.

After Simeone finished speaking, Soriano also said: "Master Huan, if Isco comes, together with the two local players Koke and Illarramendi in the team, the team's entire midfield is bound to be completely renewed!"

Isco, Koke and Illarramendi are all promising stars in Spain. If they all gather in Atletico Madrid, their influence on the Colchoneros will be greatly enhanced.

Moreover, judging from Simeone's performance, his need for Isco is urgent, and he is even willing to sell Moutinho.

"Okay!" Yang Huan nodded and agreed, "As long as Bielsa agrees, I have no objection!"

As soon as Master Huan said this, Simeone, Soriano and others smiled at each other.

With Isco joining, the team will become more competitive next season!

But after talking about happy things, we will inevitably talk about some unhappy things.

For example, Atletico Madrid has performed well this season, so its players are inevitably poached.

Yang Huan absolutely detests this kind of poaching.

It has always been Young Master Huan who poached others, how could he be poached by others?

Therefore, Yang Huan’s instruction was that all the players included in the team’s formation plan must stay.

Are you kidding? The team has just started to show some improvement and we are going to sell players now?

If it is really sold, what will they use to compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona next season?

But Soriano seemed to see it differently.

"Master Huan, I think it's better to sell Mandzukic!"

"Sold?" Yang Huan was a little surprised.

Mandzukic is Atletico Madrid's top scorer this season, a tall and strong center forward. Is he being sold?

But what Yang Huan didn't expect was that Simeone actually nodded.

"Master Huan, I have the same idea as Fei Lan, sell it!"

At this moment, Yang Huan was puzzled.

"Isn't Mandzukic the team's top scorer?"

Simeone shook his head and said, "Master Huan, Mandzukic is indeed very strong, but I have tried the trident combination of Diego Costa, Tevez and Griezmann several times this season, and the effect is better and sharper than when Mandzukic was there."

Seeing that Yang Huan was a little puzzled, Simeone further explained: "Our Atletico Madrid tactics are based on running and flow, and Mandzukic's presence in the frontcourt has become an obstacle!"

Hearing this, Yang Huan immediately understood.

Yes, Mandzukic is tall and strong, so his running ability is definitely not as good as Diego Costa, Tevez and others.

"Diego, even if this is the case, we don't have to sell it, right?" Yang Huan still had doubts.

Mandzukic is the new generation of striker for Atletico Madrid after Torres, Aguero, Forlan and Falcao. Isn't it a pity to sell him like this?

"Master Huan, Mandzukic has performed well this season. If he stays in the team, there is no reason not to give him a starting role. Otherwise, he will become a major hidden danger in the team!"

After hearing this, Yang Huan agreed with it.

From the perspective of personnel management, it should indeed be sold!

"Besides, the team is full of talented players and they will recruit new players in the summer. Instead of letting Mandzukic depreciate by staying in the team, it is better to sell him at a high price as soon as possible. Now teams like Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool are all eyeing him!"

Having said that, Yang Huan really thinks that it should be sold!

Beristan, who had been silent the whole time, also smiled slightly, "Master Huan, Bayern Munich has contacted us before, and the price they offered is very tempting!"

"Very tempting?" Yang Huan was curious, "How many are there?"

"Twenty million euros!"

Yang Huan said "Oh", this price is indeed very tempting, almost doubled compared to when Mandzukic joined the team.

"But now Chelsea has also joined the competition. I estimate that the price will go up further, at least 30 million euros!"

Yang Huan laughed. Thirty million euros?

If that's the case, then you'd be a fool not to sell it!

"Teshiki, I'll leave this matter to you!"

Begiristain nodded in agreement.

"Remember, Chelsea is in urgent need of strikers right now, and Mourinho is the kind of coach who is very keen on tall and strong center forwards, so he must be very fond of Mandzukic, so..."

Although Yang Huan didn't say anything, everyone could guess it from his grinning expression.

If you think about it carefully, Chelsea is really unlucky.

Why did you mess with Master Huan for no reason?