The news of Karachi's transfer was released first by Wan Sheng. It took half a day before the Derby County official website released the news.

The media close to Derby County got the news at the first time. Half a day was enough for them to do a lot of things. Soon, all the media in Derby County got the news. However, when many hostile media in Derby County received the news, fans had already known the news, and it would be a bit outdated when they reported it again, which made them secretly hate it. They naturally knew what the reason was, and even more secretly hated Wan Sheng.

Wan Shengcai doesn’t care about the attitude of the hostile media. You are a hostile media and you still want to get news as soon as possible?

Think too much!

After the Derby County official website released the news, almost all media fans also learned about the news, and then many comments about the transfer came. The overall media comments were: "Veter Karachi may be good at all, but he is definitely not as good as Oaks."

Karachi's ability is not to be questioned. After all, he is Perugia's No. 1 goalkeeper, so he certainly has his ability. But compared to Oaks, the English media thinks that Oaks is stronger and Oaks is also younger. He is four years younger than Karachi, which means that Oaks' peak state as a goalkeeper can last for a long time. What about Karachi? Maybe it will be good for three years, which is also one of the reasons why Karachi is not worth a lot of money.

Wansheng ignored the comments from these media.

No one can see more clearly than him. Karachi is better than Oaks, which is certain. The English media has always been biased towards their own players. They also discriminate against non-European players, which is undoubtedly true, so what they say is not important at all.

But in fact, Dianping believes that this transfer is very ordinary, and most of the negative attitudes are sent by hostile media. In the eyes of neutral media, Karachi is still capable. More importantly, Karachi has proven himself in the top league, while Oaks has not. Karachi also has an advantage in this regard, with Karachi in. Derby County does not have to worry about the goalkeeper position for at least three years, because Karachi's performance will be very stable if nothing unexpected happens.

Goalkeeper, stability is the most important thing.

Some goalkeepers are nerve knifes and often perform very well. However, unstable can also cause many small mistakes, which is simply fatal in some games. Such players may have good abilities, but unstable conditions can also make people feel very troublesome.

In addition to discussing goalkeepers, the media's doubts about Derby County are mainly on the front line.

The goalkeeper problem has come Karachi, which is barely solved, but what about the front line? Cahill left, Peskisolido left for free, and there are only two players left in the Derby County forward line. One is Burton Reit and the other is Ian Taylor. Reit's strength has been questioned. He performed well last season, but it was the League One after all. When playing against Premier League teams in the FA Cup, Reit did not perform well, so the media still questioned Reit's ability.

"This young man should probably exercise for another two years."

This is a common view.

The main problem of Reit is that he is too young. After all, he has only played for one season in the League One. His strength is not too outstanding and he has little experience. He is still questioned about his performance in the Premier League. Ian Taylor has renewed his contract with the team for a year, but he is really old and his condition and strength cannot be guaranteed. At this moment, there seems to be no one in the Derby County forward line.

"Derby County needs to add at least two strikers to the fullest," some football commentators believe, "but they have not yet gained anything in the transfer market."

Without media reminding, Wan Sheng knew about this situation.

But the European Cup has not ended, and it is not easy to buy good players. Many European players who participate in the European Cup are very good, but they can only talk about their transfer after the European Cup. It is not easy for those players who have not participated in the European Cup to find those with strength. Wan Sheng has already made plans to buy a strong striker with a large transfer fee after the European Cup.

With Oaks' £5.5 million, plus Cahill's £9.2 million, minus the necessary expenses to supplement other positions, the team can spend at least £5 million to buy a powerful striker. This is a lot of money, especially for Derby County, players worth more than £10 million may be better, but those big-name stars will not choose Derby County, so preparations of more than £5 million are enough.

During this period, many media were still focusing on the European Cup.

The European Cup group stage has ended, and England and France finally qualified from Group B, and England entered the quarterfinals, but because they lost to France in the second game of the group stage, they could only qualify as the second in the group, and their opponent was the host of Group A, Portugal.

England coach Eriksson was proud when the team defeated Switzerland in a big score, but after losing to France, he didn't speak much and avoided talking about the bet with Wansheng. It seemed that he also realized that the team might not be sure to enter the semi-finals, just because after England lost to France, the quarter-finals were facing a game against Portugal.

As the host, Portugal is still very strong.

In terms of overall strength, if they are divided into levels, they are considered to be between world-class and second-rate, and there are many stars, such as the well-known Luis Figo, the rising star C-Ronaldo, veteran Rui Costa, etc. However, the problem with Portugal is that famous stars are very famous, but ordinary players play in their own leagues and have no fame at all. In other words, the strength gap between the players in their positions is still very large, and their games rely more on the performance of individual stars, such as Luis Figo, C-Ronaldo and others.

In contrast, England's three fronts are all big-name stars, which are much stronger.

However, Portugal is the host, and teams as hosts are often difficult to deal with. There is an old saying in China that "time, place, and people are harmonious". As hosts, teams often occupy three points, so even if England's overall strength is stronger than Portugal, it is not easy to defeat Portugal.

The odds given by European bookmakers against the two teams also confirmed this, with the odds for Portugal's victory slightly higher, but not much higher.

Wan Sheng cares about this game. The most important reason is his bet with Eriksen, and the other reason is...

"Wansheng, which team to buy in this game?"

Kevin Tagore asked enthusiastically the day before the game.

Gambling is really attractive, especially gambling with a winning rate of more than 90%, which makes people addicted to it. Kevin Tagore has been addicted to this recently. Since the two of them bought Greece to win the European Cup together, Kevin Tagore has come to ask about Wan Sheng in almost every game these days, and then suppressed each game. But Wan Sheng certainly doesn't remember the specific outcome of the game at that time, and can only estimate the outcome according to the way he remembers. For example, he knows that teams such as Greece, Portugal can qualify in groups, so he can roughly estimate the outcome. The odds alone are actually not high, and it can only increase by two or three times as much as 1,000 pounds, but Kevin Tagore is happy.

"I have bet with the Swedish, so naturally Portugal will eliminate England." Wan Sheng said for granted, "I think it is likely that England will lose the penalty shootout in the end."

In this game, you can still analyze it clearly by memory.

England fell in penalty shootouts several times in the world court, and the 2004 European Cup was definitely not an exception. Wan Sheng even clearly remembered that Beckham lost the penalty at that time, but he didn't remember whether the England opponent was Greece or Portugal at that time, but England lost in penalty kicks. This was enough.

"I trust you!"

Kevin Tagore got the answer and immediately turned on the computer to press the bet.

He is still very confident in Wan Sheng, because Wan Sheng had actually proved his ability to estimate the results in the group stage before, but Wan Sheng was unhappy when he saw Kevin Tagore like this. "Kevin, don't you care about your friends? If England wins the game, I'll kiss the donkey's butt..."

"No, I believe you can win."

Wan Sheng rolled his eyes.

However, he did not have the intention to joke with Kevin Tagore. In fact, when he came to Portugal to watch various games, Wan Sheng was still a little moved. He felt like an outsider, watching history develop, and imagined that feeling of being able to grasp the results seemed good, but Wan Sheng didn't know whether he was happy or sad. He hoped that his little butterfly could flap his wings and have some impact on the development of history, so that he felt that he would feel very accomplished.

So he was a little looking forward to England defeating Portugal?

But in the end, England lost the game.

This is an extremely classic battle.

The match between England and Portugal has attracted the attention of fans around the world, and this is the most popular game in the quarterfinals.

Both teams played very well at the beginning, and the game seemed extremely fierce. England gained some advantages in the field, but neither team scored in the normal 90 minutes of the game.

In overtime, Portugal's midfielder, Rui Costa, who played for AC Milan, scored in the 20th minute, which almost set up Portugal's victory, but no one could have thought that just three minutes later, Lampard's turn and powerful shot helped England equalize the score, and the two teams tied the game in overtime.

Next is a penalty shootout.

Beckham kicked the first penalty for England and kicked it away, but other players in England performed well. After the five rounds of penalty shootouts, the two teams scored three goals each, and the next was a cruel one-on-one showdown. As long as one team scored goals in one round and the other team did not score, the outcome of the game would be decided.

Finally, in the seventh round of the penalty shootout, Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo scored the penalty and saved Vassel's shot, helping Portugal defeat England.

Ricardo also became the hero of Portugal to win.

Wan Sheng stood in the stands and felt that history was interpreting in front of him. He knew the result before the race, thinking that it would change, but it still did not change in the end. The wheel of history did not seem to have any changes due to his arrival. Perhaps his influence was still relatively small.

"Ricardo..."

At the moment of the game, Wan Sheng sighed. He had considered introducing Ricardo to replace Oaks before. It was still possible before this game, but it was not necessary to consider it after this game. Ricardo definitely became famous in one of the most famous goalkeepers in the world.

Fortunately, the team has finalized Karachi.

After the game, many players from the English team cried, especially the captain David Beckham... Of course, these had nothing to do with wins. After the game, he returned to the hotel with the "excited" Kevin Tagore, and there were reporters waiting in front of the door.

Wan Sheng knew what these reporters were doing, they just wanted Wan Sheng to mock Eriksen for a few words.

The two had bet before that England could not enter the quarterfinals, and Erikson would have to kiss the donkey's butt. Now that the game is over, England lost to Portugal and ended the European Cup journey ahead of schedule. Naturally, one wins a bet. So don't you say anything as the winning side?

Wan Sheng naturally would not reject the reporter's "good intention". Even though the England team was actually worthy of sympathy at this time, the bet between him and Eriksen had nothing to do with it.

"I hope he fulfills his promise sooner."

He said.

Next, it has nothing to do with Wan Sheng. He can say a lot about why England loses, but he is just the coach of a team that has just been promoted to the English League One. He is still very young. His words are not very influential. He will not say these things uninterestingly. Those have nothing to do with him. He is more concerned about the team's transfer work.

You should know that the European Cup will not end at the end of June, and the team's training camp is in early July, which means that he must hurry up and let the club conduct transfer work.

Wansheng's next goal is Vidic.

This is the name he saw in the player information given by the club. At the first glance, Wan Sheng didn't even react, but when he thought about it carefully, he thought of who the familiar name was - the future main central defender of Manchester United.

Vidic is 23 years old this year. He is also playing football for the Belgrade Red Star team. He is a typical young and successful player in Serbia. He wears the captain's armband at a young age. However, the Belgrade Red Star Club is a club that relies on buying and selling players to develop. They believe that Vidic is excellent enough in the domestic league so that such players can be sold, so Vidic is listed for sale by the club. Of course, he himself also wants to leave Serbia to go to other leagues. After all, the Serbian league is a minor league, and every professional player wants to develop in the major leagues.

Currently, the price tag for Vidic by Belgrade is 6 million euros, which is equivalent to about 4 million pounds. This price is still quite high, so there are not many clubs that plan to buy Vidic. Vidic is also recommended by the club scout to Wan Sheng because he performed extremely well in the Serbian domestic league.

Wan Sheng never expected that the club's scouting work was so good that he could find such a player. If he had no recommendation from scouts, he would never have thought of Vidic.

But the price of 4 million pounds still needs to be considered. After all, the team's defense does not have to be supplemented with players, and Vidic can't be sure to adapt quickly when he first came to the Premier League. Therefore, Wansheng still plans to let the club negotiate a transfer with the Belgrade Red Star team first, delay the time, and consider Vidic's transfer when the new striker is finalized and the transfer funds are left.

After all, clubs are not the kind of wealthy clubs, and transfer funds should still be placed in the most important position.

Undoubtedly, the forward line is the most important position of the team. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!