Extraordinary coach

Sun Yi was upset that he failed to keep Joe Gomez.

Joe Gomez's departure also broke Sun Yi's original plan, forcing him to look for other defenders to fill the position left by him.

Since he was not too anxious, Sun Yi asked the transfer department to provide candidates, and he could buy them back as long as they were strong enough.

Soon, the transfer department provided Sun Yi with several candidates.

Sun Yi chose a central defender named Vestergaard from them.

Vestergaard, a Dane, currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. He is 199CM tall, has good high-altitude defense ability, and is also good at clearing. A-level strength is enough to be used as a rotation player.

So, Sun Yi quickly asked the transfer department to operate his transfer.

This time Sun Yi did not intervene at all. The entire process was operated by the transfer department. If it can be done, it will be done. If it can't be done, then look for the next one.

After a slightly longer negotiation, Southampton spent 22.5 million pounds to buy Vestergaard.

This price is not expensive for a central defender of Class A strength, but it is not cheap either. It can only be said that this is a standard deal.

Anyway, Sun Yi can accept it.

With Vestergaard, Southampton will not be short of people in the central defender position.

However, when thinking about Joe Gomez being poached, Sun Yi felt that it would be safer to have more players in some positions.

Sun Yi decided to prepare another backup candidate for the central defender.

Since Vestergaard is already a current player, this time Sun Yi plans to introduce a younger player, preferably a potential player around 20 years old.

Players of this age can be sent to the field for training, and they are more able to endure loneliness and will not ask for a starting position.

So, Sun Yi thought of his former disciple.

Malang Sarr, who was promoted from the echelon when he was in Nice.

This young man who looks a bit like Kante is very hardworking and has A+ talent potential. His age of 20 is also suitable.

And because Southampton needs to fight on multiple fronts, Malang Sarr's playing time is still guaranteed.

Do it as soon as you think of it. Sun Yi quickly called Malang Sarr.

When he received the call and learned that Sun Yi wanted him to join Southampton, Malang Sarr nodded excitedly and agreed at the first time.

In fact, since Sun Yi left, Nice has long lost its glory when he was there, and quickly became a very ordinary Ligue 1 team. It can't even make it to the Europa League.

In addition, with Yu Tianhua, a senior executive who pretends to know everything, many players of Nice have long wanted to leave.

For example, Malang Sarr missed the days when he played under Sun Yi.

After hitting it off, Sun Yi asked Southampton's transfer department to contact Nice.

As Sun Yi expected, Yu Tianhua would ask for a huge amount, and he actually asked for 100 million.

100 million, although it is in Euros, it is naturally impossible to agree.

Even if it agrees, Southampton does not have that money now. After buying Felix and Vestergaard, there is not much left of the 150 million pounds transfer budget.

In addition to Joe Gomez sold back to Liverpool, Sun Yi currently has more than 30 million pounds of transfer budget.

But Yu Tianhua is really tough, and he must ask for 100 million, otherwise he will never let him go.

Southampton has no choice but to continue talking and continue to bargain down.

So the negotiations are deadlocked.

At this time, Malang Sarr went to Yu Tianhua himself to express his determination to leave.

Sun Yi was also a little surprised after hearing the news.

To be honest, he does not agree with the players' showdown with the club. This is not good for the players themselves, and it is not good for the image of Southampton.

Sun Yi does not want Southampton to become like Barcelona in terms of buying. That is a stain.

Sun Yi advocates fair and honest transactions. It is too despicable to let players make trouble.

So Sun Yi called Malang Sarr and told him his thoughts. At the same time, he advised Malang Sarr not to confront Yu Tianhua.

If Yu Tianhua is annoyed, it will be troublesome if he does not release Malang Sarr and wastes him on the bench.

If things really get stalemate, Southampton has no money to pay Malang Sarr for liquidated damages. It will hurt Malang Sarr himself.

After explaining his thoughts, Sun Yi asked Malang Sarr to hold back and not to make trouble with Yu Tianhua, let alone disappear and refuse to train.

"Leave the matter to professional transfer people to negotiate. Even if it doesn't work this time, there will be next time. Don't let it affect your career, you are still young!"

Sun Yi's statement was completely for the players themselves, which touched Malang Sarr.

Then Malang Sarr also followed Sun Yi's advice and stopped interfering in the transfer. Let the transfer departments of both sides handle the matter.

Sun Yi did the same thing for the next matter.

Sun Yi was not in a hurry, so there was no pressure on the transfer department of Southampton, and they were very patient in the negotiation with Yu Tianhua.

At first, Yu Tianhua was also stubborn and refused to give in, but after a long time, he had to give in. He lowered the price to 50 million euros.

Later, after confirming that Southampton was not short of players and was not in a hurry to buy Malang Sarr, Yu Tianhua knew that he could not extort money.

After a long period of cooling down, when Yu Tianhua thought Southampton had given up, Southampton offered another 30 million euros. This time Yu Tianhua agreed.

The price of 30 million euros is actually not low. Malang Sarr's current market value is only 18 million euros. Yu Tianhua also made a lot of money from this sale.

You should know that Malang Sarr was promoted from the echelon by Sun Yi himself, and basically did not spend much money. The 30 million euros is almost pure profit.

After Yu Tianhua agreed, Malang Sarr soon joined the Southampton team.

So far, Southampton's bench depth, especially in defense, is very solid.

Sun Yi is not going to buy any more players.

In fact, Southampton has little money and can't buy any more players.

In addition to letting the transfer department do some small things, Sun Yi no longer pays attention.

Just when Sun Yi was ready to focus all his energy on training and preparation, someone in China found him.

It was still Evergrande.

However, this time they were not looking for him to buy players. Instead, they wanted to bring domestic players to Southampton to play.

In the past year, many domestic clubs have sent players to Europe.

Last year, Shanghai SIPG sent Wu Lei to Espanyol, and he performed well.

Unexpectedly, it was Evergrande who wanted to send people out this time.

Evergrande wanted to send a few over, but Sun Yi agreed to accept only one after considering it for a while. And the position was not guaranteed.

Among the players provided by Evergrande, Sun Yi chose Wei Shihao.