U-18, 2003, at exactly 10:00 am.

The press conference of Stamford Bridge Stadium gathered over 100 media and journalists from the UK and Europe.

Just now, in the middle of Stamford Bridge Stadium, they personally took a Chelsea blue jersey with his name printed behind the club's new owner Abramovich. This was officially confirmed to the public that Chelsea will officially enter the Ye Qiu era starting today.

After the signing ceremony, everyone moved to the press conference. Ye Qiu quickly walked into the venue accompanied by Abramovich. A dazzling spotlight flashed suddenly on the scene. Everyone put the focus of attention on Ye Qiu, and there was no doubt that he would become the object of discussion among fans around the world in these two days.

A black suit paired with a white shirt and a signature short hair made the person look indescribable and very neat. Coupled with the smile that always lingers on his lips, he can easily win the favor of everyone present.

"I'm very happy that today when Chelsea has just entered a new era, we have ushered in the best coach in Europe in the past few years. Ye Qiu just won the European Champions League championship. He knows very clearly how to build a brand new and combat-filled team. He is also very good at coaching a top team."

"I am very happy to announce to all Chelsea fans that today, we welcome Ye Qiu. I believe that in the next few years, he will bring us pleasing football and unprecedented results and glory to all of us, because he and I, and all Chelsea fans have the same beliefs, we strive for the best."

"Finally, I am here to represent Chelsea, represent all Chelsea fans, welcome Ye Qiu."

After saying that, Abramovich turned to Ye Qiu who was slowly taking the stage amid everyone's applause. His hands were holding each other strongly. The applause at the scene became extremely enthusiastic, and everyone was taking photos hard.

After shook hands with Ye Qiu, Abramovich took the initiative to retreat aside, allowing Ye Qiu to face all the reporters alone.

"I am very grateful to Chairman Abramovich for his praise for me, and I am very happy to be here." Ye Qiu turned around politely and expressed his gratitude to Abramovich.

"From today, I will start a new adventure at Chelsea. I know that the outside world has had all kinds of concerns and doubts about our team in the past few years, but I can tell everyone with great certainty that from today on you will see a brand new Chelsea."

"Our goal is as clear as ever, that is, we only do the best in the Premier League, we want to do the best, and in the European arena, we still want to do the best. I know it's not easy, but I have enough confidence to do it and be able to satisfy all Chelsea fans."

Ye Qiu's speech also received warm applause from everyone at the scene. Next, Chelsea's press officer directly announced that the press conference had entered the question-and-annual question-and-an instantly raised his hands high, making the entire press conference scene as spectacular as a forest.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, I am a reporter for the Times. We just heard you say you only do the best. So I believe that many readers and fans like me will be interested. Will you continue to stick to the offensive football you advocate in Ajax?"

Ye Qiu smiled and waited for the reporter to sit down, and took the opportunity to think about the wording, "You know, the Premier League is different from other leagues. The competition here is more intense than that of Eredivisie. The pace here is faster than that of Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga, and the impact is stronger. For me, it is a relatively unfamiliar league environment.

"I will work hard to adapt to this environment. I believe that I can adapt to it quickly, but there is one thing I will never change, that is, my pursuit of offensive football. I hope my team can play the most beautiful football and bring the most pleasing passion and enjoyment to all the fans who support me. This is my belief that I will not shake."

"Of course, we will encounter all kinds of problems and we will encounter a lot of trouble. For example, the football environment in the Premier League is completely different from that in the Eredivisie, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga, but I believe we will definitely be able to overcome it."

Ye Qiu's answer received a burst of applause again. After all, in the current football environment, there are not many head coaches who dare to claim that they must insist on playing offensive football. Ye Qiu just won the European Champions League, which makes him undoubtedly considered by many fans a representative figure of offensive football.

Now, his answer once again strengthens everyone's view on the direction of Chelsea.

"Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu, I am a reporter from the Guardian. We are all very happy to hear your voice adhering to the concept of offensive football. We also want to know, how do you view the current Chelsea? After you take charge of the team, will you reorganize the lineup significantly as the outside world speculates? And are you worried that this will affect the performance?"

Ye Qiu nodded constantly, "This question is very good. The first thing I want to answer is that stability is the basis for any team to achieve results and achieve glory. Without a stable environment and long-term accumulation, no team can win the championship, so stability is very, very important."

"But we must also see that the competition is very fierce, whether in the Premier League or European competitions, we must keep pace with the times and keep the team strong competitiveness at all times, so as to ensure that we can compete with strong opponents, and this requires us to strengthen and improve in some weak positions, which requires signings."

"Because I don't know much about the current situation of the team, I can't answer more detailed questions for the time being."

Next, Ye Qiu answered some questions from reporters one after another, basically revolving around Chelsea's plan for the new season, but Ye Qiu is already familiar with how to deal with the media. He is no longer the young man who just took over Ajax. In the past few years, after the media's tempering, he has been able to deal with it skillfully.

"Yes, Ferguson and Wenger are both excellent world-class head coaches, and Manchester United and Arsenal are also the most competitive teams in the Premier League, but I don't think they are invincible. I have confidence that we can do better and better than them. I personally look forward to the match against Manchester United and Arsenal, which must be very interesting."

"Mr. Ye Qiu, how do you view your ex Ranieri?" The Sun reporter asked the same question as the style of this newspaper, who likes to create conflicts and conflicts.

Ye Qiu smiled, "We have many differences, even the opposite, but Ranieri is a very excellent head coach. I think he is far underestimated by the outside world and deserves everyone's respect, including me."

And when another reporter stood up and asked Ye Qiu about the team's goals for the new season, Ye Qiu smiled and replied, "Champion"

It was concise and to the point, but everyone present felt Ye Qiu's high fighting spirit.

Young and passion have always been the two labels that the outside world appreciates the most. The former gives Ye Qiu endless energy, while the latter allows Ye Qiu to maintain a strong desire to fight anytime and anywhere. He will never be willing to accept failure and will never give up his tireless pursuit of the champion.

Through this press conference, all the reporters on the scene could clearly feel that even though he had successfully won a Champions League trophy, Ye Qiu still did not let his passion fade, and was still full of desire and pursuit for the future and victory.

Improper, this is everyone's impression of Ye Qiu's debut at Chelsea

After the press conference, Ye Qiu kept discussing with the club's management.

After Abramovich entered Chelsea, Bates' former subordinates left one after another, resulting in a power vacuum in the Chelsea management. At present, many of the things that Abramovich personally took over, and the Russians have successively inserted their confidants in Chelsea to consolidate their power.

In the field of competitive, Ye Qiu monopolized the power, and Abramovich only had one request for him, the champion

Meetings are actually communication. Ye Qiu said his thoughts and requirements to the management, and the management responded, which was very simple.

After the meeting, Ye Qiu returned directly to the Elizabeth Hotel in central London.

At this time, at the Elizabeth Hotel, several assistants who arrived in London from Amsterdam were already arrived.

With Van Basten coming to power, he will definitely want to have his own coaching team. It turns out that Ye Qiu entered the Ajax club empty-handed, which makes not all the coaching team members who have partnered with him willing to leave Ajax, such as Bobby Hams, Ricklink and Blind, choose to stay.

Bobby Hams is still a powerful old minister of Ajax. Ricklink will become the youth training supervisor of DeTok Most, and Blind is Van Basten's right-hand assistant. These three people have basically been valued by Ajax.

The only people Ye Qiu could take away this time were Roland, Mullensteen, Monitz and Peter Brandt.

Roland and Ye Qiu have been with Ye Qiu for the longest time and know Ye Qiu’s needs best. Many times, even Ye Qiu doesn’t need to say anything, he knows how to do it. Perhaps this Dutch fat man has all kinds of shortcomings, but another point is what other coaching staff lacks, that is, sociable.

Sometimes Ye Qiu feels that being in love seems to be the patent of all fat people, and Roland is a likable fat person.

Technical craftsmanship and technical analysis are all the specialties of Murensteen and Moniz. These two direct disciples of scientific training have already classified themselves into Ye Qiu's faction after they partnered with Ye Qiu for three or four years. With Van Basten coming to power, as the saying goes, the emperor and the ministers are definitely not as popular as the Ye Qiu period.

As for Peter Brandt, this person who is good at physical training and targeted analysis is Ye Qiu's focus on poaching. He promised to give Peter Brandt more complete facilities, more advanced equipment, and of course, higher salary and benefits at Chelsea.

As a result, Ye Qiu's coaching staff is basically the same, but Ye Qiu still feels that it is a little small.

"We also need a goalkeeper coach, and a chief assistant coach who is specialized in first-team training and indoctrination tactics." Ye Qiu met these old partners in his room and directly said what he needed.

The goalkeeper coach has always been a flaw in Ye Qiu's coaching staff, because he has always used Ajax's goalkeeper coach to host the work, but now as soon as Ranieri leaves, Chelsea's goalkeeper coach has a vacancy, and he needs to find someone to fill the vacancy by himself.

In the past, when Ye Qiu was designing tactics, Bobby Hams and Ricklink were able to assist, and these two people have always been Ye Qiu's right-hand man in Ajax, specializing in first-team training, targeted tactical drills and indoctrination, but now, they all choose to stay and help Van Basten.

Ye Qiu understands and feels sad about this. After all, in the eyes of Bobby Hams and Rick Link, Ajax is more important than anything else, so they are not ready to leave Ajax, especially Bobby Hams. He has been playing for Ajax all his life. How could he leave when he is old?

"I have a choice, coach of the goalkeeper."

Ye Qiu looked at Roland, "Tell me, who?"

"Frans Hawke," said Roland.

Ye Qiu frowned and shook his head, "I haven't heard of this name before, who?"

Whether it was Murensteen, Monitz, or even Peter Brandt, they kept shaking their heads. It was obvious that this was not a very famous person, at least he was not very famous.

"It's not surprising that you don't know him, because before you came to Ajax, he had already gone to Barcelona with Van Gaal," Roland said with a smile. The fat man was a little proud, as if the whole world knew it. "He trained Van der Sar when he was in Ajax, and Strekrenberg was also very influenced by him. After going to Barcelona, ​​he trained Reiner and Valdez."

"Oh, I remembered it," Peter Brandt was the first to react. "He has written many books. The Dutch Football Association, UEFA and FIFA have regarded many of his works as official designated textbooks. Although he is only in his forties now, he has more than ten years of experience."

"Yes, it's him." Roland immediately smiled and nodded.

"But he has always been Van Gaal's right-hand man," Peter Brandt also expressed his concerns.

Roland shrugged, "Van Gaal has been out of class, he is unemployed now, Frans Hawke is also unemployed, he needs a job, you know, usually the salary of us as assistants is relatively low."

"Is this a way to take advantage of the problem, complaining to me?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile.

Everyone burst into laughter and left Ajax and came to Chelsea. Ye Qiu won them a much higher salary than in Ajax. After all, this is a top league in the Premier League and one of the four major leagues.

"I have a bit of a relationship with Frans Hawke. I know he needs work now, and his training method is very different from other goalkeepers and coaches. I think he has a very similar tactical characteristics to you. He is not simply putting the goalkeeper outside the team's tactical system, but thinking that goalkeepers can contribute in both defense and offensive ends in addition to saving the ball."

Ye Qiu's tactic is to adopt high-level defense and adopt active mid-front court pressing and oppressing tactics, which will definitely cause omissions to the defense line, which requires the goalkeeper to expand his defense range. Therefore, Ye Qiu chose Van dersar because Van dersar was able to adjust and change his position and touching method according to the team's actual situation.

He can not only help the defender block the space behind him, but also launch a counterattack appropriately after holding the ball. He is also the last link in the team's ball control system, which makes Van der Sar play a great role in the entire defense system as a goalkeeper.

Of course, fans generally don't notice this. In their opinion, the goalkeeper is just a choice that he is forced to make when the offense is invalid. However, he doesn't know that the goalkeeper is definitely the one with the widest vision among all the players on the court. He can know the situation on the court better than anyone else.

When Ye Qiu heard Roland say this, he remembered it.

He once read a news in his previous life that mentioned the outbreak of Spanish goalkeeper talents, and believed that Spanish goalkeeper talent reserves are the best in the world, so a reporter went to explore the training methods of Spanish goalkeepers, but found that a large part of the training methods of Spanish goalkeepers were left by Van Gaal in Barcelona.

Finally, according to the introduction of the goalkeeper coach training course of the Spanish Football Association at that time and the goalkeeper coach Sambad of La Coruna, these were all learned by the Spanish from Van Gaal's assistant Frans Hawke.

"He made us discover that goalkeepers can also play a major role in the team's offense and defense system, and his training method is to surprise all of us, and let us discover that goalkeepers can also train like this."

Later, Frans Hawke accompanied Van Gaal to Bayern. He has always been Van Gaal's right-hand man and his work is excellent. However, due to the ups and downs of Van Gaal's coaching performance and the lack of reputation as a goalkeeper coach, Frans Hawke has never been familiar with it.

But it can be said that his role in promoting the goalkeeper position is more in line with the requirements of modern football tactics. At least, a large number of outstanding goalkeepers in Spain, including Casillas, Reina, Valdes, and De Gea, have his direct or indirect contributions.

But more importantly, his style is very consistent with Ye Qiu's taste. On this point, Ye Qiu and Van Gaal are consistent.

"Are you familiar with Frans Hawke?" Ye Qiu looked at Roland and asked.

"It's OK," Roland said with a smile.

Ye Qiu nodded, "Okay, if you go to contact him, just say I am willing to hire him to join my coaching staff at a salary higher than he will ever be, but there must be one condition, that is, before the contract expires, he must stay and help me. I don't want to see Van Gaal re-coaching, he will immediately transfer to Van Gaal."

Roland thought for a while and nodded, "I'll go and talk to him."

After getting the goalkeeper coach, Ye Qiu also had a good candidate for his chief assistant. It only took some time to convince this person, but if he was willing to join, the strength of his coaching team was only higher than that of Ajax in the past.
Chapter completed!