053: Crystal Palace’s backup center candidate

In fact, Crystal Palace's signings are basically done.

But it is still slightly lacking in one position.

That is the position of substitute center.

Currently, the team's only official center is Murray. Although Zaha can play the center position, he will still appear more often on the wing.

In addition, there are forty-six rounds of the English Championship in a season. If you add the League Cup and FA Cup games, there are really too many games. If there is only one Murray at the center position, this is obviously impossible, and Murray will definitely be tired.

Therefore, Tong Yi had previously proposed the idea of ​​introducing a substitute center.

Moreover, Tong Yi also asked Campbell and others as well as people from the transfer department to pay attention to the centers in English football to see if there are any suitable for Crystal Palace.

Now that there are only three or four days before the summer transfer door closes, this problem must be solved.

Tong Yi looked at Campbell in front of him and asked, "How's it going? Is there a suitable candidate?"

Campbell and Harman looked at each other.

Tong Yi had given this task to these two people before.

Because one of the two is a native of England and has been involved in English football for so many years, and the other has also played in English football for many years, they should be very familiar with English football and they should be able to find a suitable candidate by chance.

Recently, Campbell and Harman have also been busy with this matter.

After the two looked at each other, Campbell said, "Boss, there are not many centers in the transfer market now, and even fewer are willing to come to our Crystal Palace!"

This is indeed true.

Because before, Tong Yi also encountered rejection.

For example, Tong Yi is very optimistic about Belgian teenager Lukaku.

Tong Yi also knows that Chelsea is planning to loan Lukaku out for training this season. Tong Yi found Chelsea and reached an agreement with Chelsea, but he encountered Waterloo with Lukaku himself.

Lukaku rejected Tong Yi because he was unwilling to go to the English Championship.

He said that even if he is training himself, he must train himself in the Premier League.

Moreover, there were many teams interested in him in the Premier League. In the end, he went to the West Bromwich Albion team that promised him a starting position.

There is also Chelsea’s African monster Drogba!

To be honest, Tong Yi likes Drogba very much.

Moreover, Tong Yi also believes that Drogba is very suitable for his tactics. If he can introduce Drogba, this will be the second perfect.

Because the first perfect thing is to introduce Diego Costa from Munich 1860!

It is a pity that Drogba won all the honors at Chelsea and fulfilled his dream.

Drogba now stays in England

Grant has nothing to pursue.

Therefore, he has only one goal in playing football now, which is to earn money for himself.

Obviously, Crystal Palace can't even match Drogba's annual salary at Chelsea, let alone give Drogba a sky-high annual salary.

Therefore, Drogba also rejected him and went directly to China Yunhai with an annual salary of 22 million euros.

Anelka's situation was similar to Drogba's, and he also rejected Tong Yi.

It was only after encountering these rejections that Tong Yi handed over these tasks to Campbell and the others.

Tong Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "In other words, you haven't found a suitable candidate?"

Campbell and Harman immediately shook their heads and said, "No, we actually have a candidate, but we're just afraid that you won't like it."

Tong Yi looked at the two of them doubtfully, and then said, "Who?"

The other members of the coaching staff looked at Campbell and the two, and they were all very confused. Who are they? Tong Yi will not like them?

Campbell and Hamann looked at each other again, and then Campbell said, "It's my former national team teammate - Emil William Ivanhoe Heskey!"

Husky?

Is he the Heskey who is often joked about as "Heschi who excels like Messi and shoots goals"?

If it were really him, everyone would understand Campbell's concerns.

Heskey, who can't score goals, is indeed not easy for Tong Yi to take a liking to.

After all, he is ridiculed by people and media reporters as "the worst striker in history."

After saying the name, Campbell and Harman both looked at Tong Yi cautiously, paying close attention to the changes in Tong Yi's expression.

Unfortunately, they were disappointed, as Tong Yi didn't show any change in his expression.

Tong Yi was thinking about whether Husky was suitable for his tactics at this time, so he fell into deep thought without any reaction.

In Tong Yi's view, it is actually okay for Heskey to come to Crystal Palace as a substitute.

But he was also a little worried.

After all, Heskey is too old now, and his physical fitness has also declined drastically. Especially his explosive power, speed and physical flexibility, etc., which are very important in Tong Yi's tactics.

After all, high-post pressing requires the center to keep running and put super pressure on the opponent's ball-carrying players in the backcourt. If your center is not fast enough and his running ability is not good enough, it will have an impact on your tactics.

Of course, Tong Yi also knows that when Hesky was young, he could be very explosive and his speed was not slow.

He was even called "Eusebio of England".

But now he is indeed old.

Tong Yi pays more attention to these aspects, not whether Heskey can score goals.

Although Heskey's shooting ability is indeed not strong, nor is it very reliable. However, he is still very capable in controlling the ball in the frontcourt and helping his teammates. At this grade, he is actually a tactical center supporting the center. More often, he controls the first or second down position. Point, and then make the ball for your teammates.

In this regard, Husky is not considered top-notch now, but it can be considered good.

At least it's more than enough to be a substitute in the Championship.

The only thing Tong Yi is worried about now is whether he can keep up with his teammates when pressing in the high post, and continue to put pressure on the ball-carrying players in the opponent's backcourt.

Therefore, Tong Yi is still a little confused.

However, in the view of Campbell and others, Tong Yi has not spoken for so long because he actually looks down on Heskey. After all, Heskey's scoring ability is too poor.

Campbell immediately said weakly, "At present, we have only discovered that he may come to our Crystal Palace. If you don't like it, boss..."

After hearing this, Tong Yi immediately woke up. He immediately said, "It's not that I don't like him, I'm just worried about whether he can adapt to our high-pressing tactics. You know he is older, and our tactics need a center." He actively runs and presses in the frontcourt and participates in the defense, so..."

Only then did Campbell and others realize that Tong Yi had already thought so deeply.

Instead of seeing Husky as superficially as they did.

Hearing what Tong Yi said, Campbell and other members of the coaching staff all started thinking about it. For a while, they all nodded. Tong Yi's worries were correct.

Although they are looking for a backup center, the league schedule is so long, and their backup center will sometimes start and play the entire game. Therefore, if you really can't adapt to their tactics, you really can't introduce them casually.

Haman immediately said, "We really were careless!"

Tong Yi waved his hand and said, "It's not your fault. After all, time is tight, and there are not many centers in the transfer market now, and even fewer are willing to come to our Crystal Palace!"

Sure enough, the English Championship team is still not attractive enough!

Everyone sighed.

Tong Yi immediately said, "What's the situation here with Husky?"

Campbell immediately said, "Emile has terminated his contract with Aston Villa. He is now a free agent. It is said that he is in contact with the Newcastle Jets of the Australian League."

Tong Yi's eyes lit up and he said, "If you are free, you can let him try it. It doesn't cost anything!"