Before Koeman took office, Liverpool had already signed and cleaned up. The largest number of recruits were Glenn Johnson with £17 million and Qin Xiong with £35 million. The total investment had exceeded £50 million.

In terms of cleaning, apart from the free transfers of veteran Hypia and Pennant, most of the remaining players were first-team substitutes and second-team abandoned players, and they couldn't make a lot of money. Aberoa, who was determined to go to Real Madrid for one year after the contract period, was also sent to Madrid by the club by the club before Koeman arrived, earning about 4 million pounds.

Adding up, Liverpool's transfer market revenue is close to 10 million pounds.

Koeman analyzed the team's roster with his coaching colleagues in the boot room.

Now he agrees with Mourinho's team building policy.

The first team does not need too many players, it is enough to name players.

This will make the team more stable and avoid many players who cannot play the game making negative comments, which will affect the morale of the army.

He went to see one by one.

In terms of goalkeeper position, Liverpool's first team has three goalkeepers, which can be said to be reasonable configuration. There is no hoarding or streamlining control in this position.

The first goalkeeper is Renner, the second goalkeeper is Brazilian goalkeeper Cavaleri who signed in last season, and the third goalkeeper is Frenchman Itangjie.

The reserves on the back line are not very rich, and there are almost all substitutes in the counter positions.

Right back: Glenn Johnson and Degan.

Left back: Aurerio, Dorcena, Insua.

Koeman learned that Dorsena's performance at Liverpool was not ideal last season and was often booed by fans. He decided to clean up the Italian full-back and if necessary, he would give the young Argentine player some performance and training opportunities due to Sua.

There are six people in the centre-back position.

Carragher, Scotter, and Ag. These three are the main players or the main players in rotation, while the remaining three are young players. They all performed well after being loaned, including Martin Kelly, Darby, and Ayala.

Since the growth of central defenders requires experience, Koeman is worried that he will sell the talented player by mistake, so he decided to loan Darby and Ayala, one of whom was 21 years old and the other was 18 years old. In the key position of central defenders, players who are too young can easily be defeated by pressure, and a game may lead to irreparable psychological contusions.

The players in the middle of the midfield have enough bench depth.

Qin Xiong, Alonso, Gerald, Mascherano, Lucas, and Presis.

Koeman put Priscis on the loan list.

The reserves of offensive wing players are relatively average.

Lera, Benayon, Flynn Elzar.

Of course, if players who can play wingers in the midfield or players who can play wingers in the forwards, there should be more offensive wingers.

Flynn is still young, only 21 years old, and Elzar is already.

If the offensive player cannot play at a certain level at the age of an offensive player, it is basically difficult to have any higher expectations.

So Koeman planned to rent Flynn out and sell Elzar.

Liverpool's level determines that the offense actually requires higher requirements.

The forwards are the ones who hoard the most.

Nemet, David Ngog, Babel, Kuyt, Voronin Torres.

Nemet, Babel, and Ngog are all young forwards. They are not yet old.

The latter two showed much talent and strength, so Koeman felt that this issue did not need to be confused. He directly sold Nemet.

For the three forwards over the age of 25, Torres is the star, Kuyt is a versatile player, and Voronin is over 30 years old. Koeman believes that when two forward stars can take turns to serve as substitutes, Voronin's existence is of little value, so he decided to sell him.

In this way, Koeman streamlined the roster of 30 players in the first team.

In the end, 22 people were left. If there is a need during the season, excellent young players can be dispatched from the reserve team. Their strength is not much different from the young players who loaned or sold in the first team.

The next day, Koeman handed over the list of sales and rentals to EOVercott, and then he talked to each player who left himself, telling the other party in an open and honest manner, which was considered to be taking care of the other party's emotions. At least the basis of negotiations is frank.

Then, Koeman officially began coaching the team to prepare for the new Premier League season!

Although there are few teammates on the training ground, Liverpool is full of energy, and Koeman will determine the team's technical and tactical system next.

After he fully understood the technical characteristics of each player, he discovered an embarrassing situation.

Where should Qin Xiong play?

In the midfield, Mascherano and Alonso form double midfielders, and in the attacking midfielder, Gerald.

It is not appropriate to move Gerald to the sidelines, so Qin Xiong plays in the midfield and leaves Alonso nowhere to be placed.

After the training on August 4, Koeman asked Qin Xiong to stay.

The master and apprentice walked along the training ground, and Koeman said frankly to Qin Xiong: "Qin Xiong, it is undeniable that you are the most powerful player in the team, but the problem we are facing now is, where should you play? First of all, I hope you will tell me frankly, what position do you want to play?"

Qin Xiong thought about it and said, "Actually, I don't know. At all positions in the front court, I can only answer your question by exclusion. The center is not good. I need to run space and cover to better exert my strength. Although the right winger can play, the right winger is still not as flexible as the right foot when shooting with his left foot. Then I can be competent for the remaining two positions, and ambushing the center in the front court, and the left winger can be as good as the left winger."

Koman nodded while listening. In fact, before Qin Xiong left Ajax, Koman had made a transformation on Qin Xiong.

At first he played in the midfield, and later established that Galasek was responsible for the attack in series, Qin Xiong's position became the front midfielder.

During the Arsenal period, due to Fabregas' growth and Wenger's later use of the idea of ​​defensive counterattack, Qin Xiong and Henry became counterattack double arrows in the frontcourt. Qin Xiong's position was actually not fixed, covering the entire frontcourt. He began to develop towards the wing and accumulated experience when attacking on the wing.

When he arrived in Real Madrid, Bosque transformed Qin Xiong to activate his offensive ability after inserting, making him a shadow striker. Qin Xiong was present in the entire front midfielder.

Therefore, there is no need to discuss where Qin Xiong is fixed. His flexibility needs to be adapted to, but at the same time, he also needs to be able to exert all his strength.
Chapter completed!