"One of the teams I have coached has never been successful by blindly transferring!"

Outside the balcony of the top coffee house at Park Lake Hotel on the shore of Lake Garda, under a parasol, Yang Cheng faced Canalis, who was sitting opposite him, talking about his transfer strategy.[]

Manchester United, Chelsea, and even Arsenal have begun to release an arms race, but Liverpool has not made much noise in the transfer market, which makes people worry about Liverpool's prospects for the new season.

According to statistics from English media, Yang Cheng's first team still has 25 players, which can only be considered ordinary among Premier League teams. He brought only 30 training teams in Italy, including 5 young players in Kirkby's youth training camp, namely Walcott, Gareth Bale and Andy Carroll, as well as two players who were not famous in their previous lives but performed very well.

In other words, Liverpool's first team will not make too much move this season. At best, it will promote some players from the second team and will not sign ups like other teams.

"Since I took over Liverpool, I made a detailed plan. In the first season, we spent the most money, the team was reorganized, and we introduced a group of very powerful players; in the second season, we spent a lot less money, and more were introduced to the shortcomings of certain positions of the team."

"In my understanding, arms race is completely unnecessary, and stacking up stars has never been a long-term solution. I am more considering the needs of our team at the technical and tactical level. When I took over Liverpool, I talked to David Morse that my contract is three years, and the last year, we may not need to buy a player."

Speaking of this, Yang Cheng couldn't help but laugh.

"You are the head coach who is recognized in football today, who can get the least money but can bring the most benefits to the team. He has also achieved success in small and wealthy teams. Many people want to know, do you have any secrets to coaching?"

"No!" Yang Cheng shook his head, "If you insist on saying there is, it is because you love this sport, so you can devote yourself to this career. Although for many people, playing football and coaching is a job, for me, it is not only a job, but also my greatest interest and fun."

"Have you ever thought about what you would do if one day you stopped coaching?"

"It's too far away. I haven't considered this way yet. I'm only 33 years old!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

Canalis was slightly stunned, and she noticed that Yang Cheng was 33 years old.

Remember when I first met Yang Cheng, how old was he?

23, yes, he was 23 years old that year and was the youngest head coach in the German professional league.

In a blink of an eye, ten years have passed.

He has no longer the sharpness of ten years ago, no longer the childishness of ten years ago, more sophistication and steady, and more charm of mature men, especially in his words and deeds, he has a very mi-like temperament.

"Never thought about it?" Canalis asked.

Opposite her and Yang Cheng was a camera, and the staff were filming the entire interview process.

"No!" Yang Cheng shook his head, "I rarely plan distant things. I am a casual person."

"Many people say that your success is full of accidental xing, what do you think?" Canalis asked again.

"I admit it!" Yang Cheng nodded, "I am the lucky one." At least he is the unique time traveler in the world.

"But if I feel lucky = success, it is undoubtedly the thoughts of some losers. I think my luck is because I became the head coach of a team by chance, but I don't think my success is accidental because of my efforts."

This answer will neither make people feel proud nor belittle yourself, which is very good.

"At the ceremony when Corina announced her retirement, French legendary star Platini said in an interview with reporters that Liverpool's championship was full of accidental xing and did not think that Liverpool had any possibility of defending the title successfully. Do you have any response to this statement?"

Yang Cheng smiled and shook his head, "No response!"

After a pause, Yang Cheng said: "On our planet, there are a lot of sensational topics that involve me every day, such as the La in Barcelona.

Olta recently said that he asked to buy Gerald, but I knew it was he deliberately hype because he couldn't give so much money at all. What should I buy from a poor man? Platini is the same. I don't have the free time to deal with this person, and I care more about my team."

Canalis liked to see Yang Cheng's confident look and nodded with a smile, "The last question, I believe, is it also what many female xingqian Mi want to ask, that is, do you have time to have dinner together tonight?" After that, she laughed herself.

Yang Cheng nodded, "But we have to wait until 20 o'clock!"

It is obvious that although their conversation is about eating, the profound meaning in it is not just about eating.

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After the interview, the shooting team also followed up the Liverpool training camp. Yang Cheng gave them 10 minutes of shooting time. After 10 minutes, they had to leave the training ground.

According to the plan discussed by Yang Cheng with Tim Hank and Chris Schmidt before, in the first week of Italy, the team will focus on physical reserve training, with the goal of strengthening the players' physical reserves to help them cope with the next busy season.

The second week is the complementary of physical fitness and technical and tactical cooperation. The third week is the focus of shaping the team's technical and tactical cooperation and overall tactical drills. After all, Liverpool players have been working together for so long, so there is no need to spend too much time in terms of technical and tactical practice.

The team's main lineup is actually very strong, Drogba's impact, Ronaldo and Robben's back-spin ability and wing attack ability, Gerald's strength on both offense and defense, Carrick's passing organization and dispatch, the only trouble is Davis.

The Dutch have suffered more injuries, their physical fitness has declined a lot, and their condition is relatively average. Yang Cheng has begun to focus on using Essim to take charge of the main force. Although the Ghanaian performed well, he is still somewhat far from Davis.

However, it is inevitable that Essin will replace Davis, because Davis is already 32 years old and has more injuries and is in a state of difficulty. He is always unsafe. On the contrary, Essin is strong and more reliable.

For the B plan, Yang Cheng is more considering using double midfielders, with a forward-screw central forward, two wingers and a center forward. In the position of the central forward, Ashawen, Ribery, Murphy and Gerald are all competent, and there are still many candidates, let alone wingers and forwards.

In the midfield position, Harman, Essin, Arau Diarra, Davis and others are competent, and even Gerald can play this position, which is very convenient to use.

Since Essin is to be promoted to the main position, it is necessary to integrate his technical characteristics into Liverpool's tactical system.

The Ghanaian is very strong, with one-on-one defensive ability, strong ability to return and make up for positions, and active ability to counterattack on the spot. Coupled with his devastating physical fitness, he is almost Davis' natural successor, and both of them have a bad sense of position.

One is from a winger and the other is from a full-back. It is strange that you can have a good sense of position!

However, it is not necessary to carve out the sense of position of Essin. Although this also needs to be strengthened, this kind of thing depends more on understanding. On the contrary, the aspects of running without the ball and supporting can be strengthened in training.

Therefore, in the training grounds on the shore of Lake Garda, you can often hear Yang Cheng blowing the whistle and stop training, and then criticizing Essin's running, because in many cases, the Ghanaians' running is unnecessary, and it can even be said to be stupid.

In addition to giving guidance on the training ground, Yang Cheng also asked Chris to shoot the training and recorded a video, which specifically selected the problems in Essin's running, and pointed out some wrong places, and corrected them, so that the Ghanaians could take them back to watch.

In fact, recording can help players improve their skills and awareness. This is a bit like watching a ball game. After watching more and thinking more, you can have a deeper understanding of some technical and tactical content.

What I fear most is that some players don’t like watching videos at all.

For example, Drogba's unfast shooting skills are actually related to his insufficient investment in this regard, and also the problem of his physical fitness. After all, his body is too strong, and his sense of ball and foot will be affected.

Last season, Yang Cheng recorded all the problems that the team had encountered during the game in the notebook, and then improved the situation when preparing for the new season.

Of course, Yang Cheng’s favorite small venue training is indispensable in every training class.

From Germany to Serie A and then to the Premier League, Yang Cheng has not changed his keen interest in small venue confrontation.

3-on-3, 4-on-4, 5-on-5, 7-on-7... Every day, playing small venues in different ways. The intensity of a small venue match can often make players tired and lie on the grass, almost unable to get up.

Moreover, the pace of this kind of small field confrontation is fast, which requires players to improve their awareness of handling balls, and they must cooperate quickly and reasonably in passing and receiving balls. The players' running support must also be fast and in place, so that players can fully train their ability to handle balls and reactions when they encounter pressing on the court.

After the 15-minute small court battle ended, the winner was decided, and half of the Liverpool players walked over one by one, lay in front of the goal, took off the ball, and lured their butts.

The player in one-on-one position will hold the ball, put it on the penalty spot, and shoot with the ball to their butt.

Sometimes I hear a bang, and it must be that the ball hits the white butt, and sometimes I can't hear it. Even if the ball hits the net, as long as it doesn't hit the butt, the person who shot the ball will be lined up behind the queue and wait for his bare butt.

This is a Liverpool neighborhood game, but this game is actually very interesting. It not only gives some rewards and punishments to small venues, promotes players to participate in training, but also exercises players' penalties.

In the Champions League final, Carragher's penalty kick won depends on his usual training.

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After the day of training, Yang Cheng led the coaching staff to the hotel. It was very close, just a few steps away.

There are always some Italian ball mi outside the training ground waiting for autographs, many of whom come to block Yang Cheng, and some even come from Milan specifically. Yang Cheng always signs each of them without getting tired of autographs and leaves after taking a photo.

After sending off the ball, Ian Rush, who was waiting in the distance, came over.

"I think I'm so happy to see you being so busy!" Ian Rush said with a smile.

Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled, heading towards the hotel. He now thought about going to the hotel's Lutian swimming pool for a while, and then went to Canalis' room at night. He didn't think about anything else.

"Valencia just sent us a quote fax!" said Ian Rush.

Yang Cheng frowned, "Do we have any players who like theirs?"

"No, but they are undergoing a major purge. The new coach will definitely take action. Do you know? Their first team has as many as 43 people, my god!" Ian Rush felt a little surprised.

Yang Cheng even found it incredible. What is the salary burden?

"They are cleaning up and hope to introduce some suitable players. They have completed three transfers, including Miguel from Benfica, Arsenal and Newcastle, who have obtained Edu and Cruivet for free. Now they are in urgent need of a winger, but they need to sell the players who have compared the team before."

"What about?" Yang Cheng continued to move forward.

"Mohamed Sissoko, a player you admire very much!"

Yang Cheng was stunned when he heard this, stopped walking, thought for a while, and finally couldn't help laughing and scolding, "Nonsense!"

He has never seen this player. Although Sissoko's defense is indeed OK, he is really not the dish that Yang Cheng likes. And there is currently a Liverpool team in Arau Diyala who is not inferior to Sissoko. This is the French captain later, and his strength is poor?

As for the defensive midfielder, Essim, Harman, and Davis, they will not lose to Sissoko, so why should he go far?

"It's just a media rumor!" Ian Rush was also helpless about this.

"Liverpool's price for Sissoko is 8 million euros. I heard that Subirac wants to get the Zaragoza striker David Villa, but they need to sell Sissoko for the transfer fee for the Spanish striker."

"David Villa?" Of course, it is impossible for Yang Cheng to have never heard of this name, the number one striker in Spain in the future.

"Yes, a newly-reached Spanish striker in the past two years, transferred from Sporting Gijon in the Spanish Second Division to Zaragoza in 2003, with a transfer fee of only 1.5 million euros. However, he has performed well in Zaragoza in the past two seasons, with goals scoring, and his transfer fee has now soared 10 times."

"There are rumors that Real Madrid is also very optimistic about the striker." After pausing, Ian Rush smiled: "Just because he led Zaragoza to defeat Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey and scored a goal, Real Madrid also wanted to get him."

Real Madrid's transfer strategy this season has been adjusted, and the players they have introduced are basically not very famous, but they are very strong stars or rookies, so they should not be surprised that they will take a fancy to Villa. After all, Real Madrid has no Ronaldo, and Irving has switched to Newcastle, and the forward line does need to make up for it.

Liverpool's forward line is also very strong at present. He doesn't think Villa can compete with Drogba and Larson when he comes. At best, it's just to compete with Kuyt for the thickness of the bench. However, spending more than 10 million euros to introduce a third or even fourth striker, he doesn't think it's worth it at all.

On the contrary, Valencia's general manager Subilac is a very outstanding manager.

In Spain, there are not many managers who are worthy of being a sè. Subilaz is one, and the other is Sevilla's Méngchi. Both of them have successively created the glory of the Bat Legion and the Sevilla Youth Army, and they are both rare talents.

For such a great man, Yang Cheng certainly felt that he should get to know him if he had the opportunity.

"Tell Rick Parry, we are not interested in intervening in the transfer competition in La Liga. We don't need Sissoko!" Yang Cheng explained to Ian Rush, and then walked into the hotel gate.
To be continued...