Recently, a friend asked me to talk about the transfer of Roma, just counting the days, the winter transfer window of the 2021-2022 season is almost open, it is really time to look forward to it.
However, first take a preventive shot, the winter transfer market time is urgent, the difficulty has always been greater than the summer window transfer market, and most of them are to solve the urgent need as their responsibility, it is unlikely to be overhauled.
The emergence of this argument also stems from Mourinho's coaching of Roma is a long-term team building process, starting from the birth point, slowly fighting monsters and leveling, rather than directly buying a semi-finished product number, and then spending money to smash a high-quality equipment. In fact, the challenge to become a qualified team-building manager is something Mourinho has been trying to do in recent years.
Before Roma's away match against Atalanta, Mourinho deliberately made a comparison between 6 months and 6 years in an interview with the media, and once again talked about the word "empathy", and the meaning expressed could not be more obvious, "Roma is not built in a day, we are not afraid of any opponent in momentum, but the actual combat strength is not easy to say, and the results of this season are not the performance indicators we currently value." ”
But having said that, from all aspects of the news, Roma will still take action in this winter transfer window, the problems that have been found, can be made up as soon as possible, why bother to drag, waste everyone's precious time?
Then, the priority of the reinforcement position is that there is a problem that needs to be focused on. Let's leave the transfer rumors alone, any transfer rumors are more or less related to the current situation in Rome, which position is not performing well? Where is there room for improvement?
Roma's problem, countless pairs of eyes are staring at it, everyone gives the list of potential transfers, regardless of the source channel? Basically, it is not too bad, not too outrageous, which is exactly what Rome needs at the moment.
Sport Milan has laid out such a preferred transfer list for Roma: Tolisso of Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and Ahrens of Norwich a Premier League.
Personally, I feel that whether these two transfers can be finally completed or not, it depends on the business operation of the Roma transfer team, the personal willingness of the transfer target and the willingness to sell the team, the process is very complicated, and I do not have the ability to evaluate these things.
However, this list, from the position, is very reliable, although it may not be able to make Roma have a qualitative leap, but it can solve the team's urgent needs, so that Mourinho's platoon deployment is not so stretched.
As we discussed before, Mourinho's favorite 4-2-3-1 formation can not be played in Rome, a big reason is that the two sides are not strong, and the protection and coverage of the back line by the two backs is not enough, which leads to Roma playing hilariously, but always poking at each other with other teams tactically, even if winning, winning fear.
After the gradual transition to a 5-3-2 formation, the defensive line improved a lot, but because of the reduction of a winger on each side, the already less brilliant side attack was even weaker, and the ability of the right guard was too moderate, and Roma's offensive means became further unified.
Mourinho's final team building model is a 4-2-3-1 system? Or the 5-2-3 system? Or the 5-3-2 system? We don't know. But first of all, let's be clear that Mourinho is not exclusive of the three-centre-back system, and in his opinion, the formation that can solve the problem is a good formation.
Now it seems that the 4-2-3-1 system and the 5-2-3 system are relatively demanding for the four players on the wing, and Roma currently, even counting Spinazzolla and Sharawi, who are still recuperating, can only put together two such players, all on the left side.
As for the right, Zaniolo looks better suited to the shadow wing, making it easier to play when his area of activity is closer to the midfielder and centre-forward; Karlsdorp is too mediocre to play at both right-back and right-wing-back.
Then, maintaining the 5-3-2 system in the short term is obviously the most economical and practical option, because Abraham is now equally unable to take on the responsibility of a single arrow, and Mourinho has to install a knife and axe hand at his side to help Abraham resist the enemy together.
But in any case, the right-back (or right wing-back) must be changed, no matter what kind of formation, this position was previously the most rumored by Manchester United's Dalot, and now it seems that Norwich's Ahrens is obviously a more reliable choice.
As for to Tolisso's rumors, it is mainly because this player is a rare midfielder, the front, the center forward, the back position can play, but personally, I feel that his position is more like a center forward, because his position is not very good, but he has a fairly good round-trip ability and the ability to break through with the ball, which is exactly what Roma lacks at present.
On the contrary, the back position, although everyone does not look at Christant and Veletto, but in fact, it is still OK, the reason why the Roma summer window is not so resolute for Xhaka's transfer, and Dzeko quickly left the team but quickly signed Abraham, in essence, zaka for Roma, is a luxury, not a necessity.
For a simple example, if the two sides cannot be opened, then what is the use of the good scheduling of the middle road? It is better to be able to break through in the middle, force the opponent's formation to adduction, and create opportunities for the wing to be more practical.
Finally, I still have to say that about the various transfer rumors in Rome, let's take a look at it, what path will Roma's transfer go in the future, no one can say clearly at present, Mourinho is famous, and the attraction of players is also limited.
This year, everyone is very realistic, can play the Champions League team, will never play the Europa League, unless the playing time is really not guaranteed, any team, the difficulty of the early stage of the establishment of the team is this.
On the other hand, how is Roma's scouting system, it is also very important, Mourinho does not have to ask for any big players, but must import some players with the right attributes, which requires Roma's data analysis team to have quite good sea tao skills, is it difficult to get Mourinho to personally screen in the list of tens of thousands of players?