"I don't think we need to make any more signings in any position, our transfer market has closed early!"

I don't know how many times Yang Cheng has announced the closure of the transfer market in advance, and every time he has fulfilled his promise, in order to be able to let his players prepare for the new season with peace of mind.

Think about it, if every player is worried about being sold during the pre-season, how can they have the heart to devote themselves to training and games?

"Mr. Yang Cheng, some people are a little confused about your transfer policy, selling 22-year-old Baroshe, who is in his playing year, and bringing in 33-year-old Larsson, many people suspect that you made the decision because of the club's financial constraints, right?"

Yang Cheng in front of the press rostrum looked very calm and smiled, "No! ”

After a pause, he continued: "My transfer has always been for the team, the financial situation will not be my first concern, and I don't think there is anything wrong with the 33-year-old Larsson, I know him and I believe he will be the strongest addition to the team's forward line. ”

"What about Barosh? He showed great form and quality at the European Championships. ”

Yang Cheng nodded, "Yes, I regret that, and I wish him a good future at Stamford Bridge." ”

"So far this season's Liverpool, the transfer market feels like there is not enough signings, Xavi Alonso, who has been rumored before, has entered Real Madrid, and of the four players that Liverpool have brought in, Frank Ribery and Larsson are all free transfers, and Nemanja Vidic and Arshavin have not spent much money, why is this happening?" A reporter stood up and asked.

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "I'm surprised that you would ask like this, since you can do things with small money, why do you need to spend a lot of money?" ”

The reporters burst into laughter.

'At the moment we have 25 players in the first team, which I think is a very reasonable number, I don't think there is any point in the first team being too big, what I want to see is that every player is given the opportunity to express himself and be able to maintain healthy competition within the team.

"If you look at the overall quality of the team, I have every confidence that we are better than last season, and I have no doubt about that, which makes it impossible for me to decide who to choose even now!"

The reporters were all stimulated by Yang Cheng's complaint, and they all laughed.

"Winning the Premier League last season was a wonderful encouragement and stimulation for us, I believe that I and my players want to continue to play better and better, and at the same time, I would like to take this opportunity to remind my players to come on, when you want to slack off, when you want to rest, look behind you and you will see that the chasers have come up!"

Liverpool's current first-team squad is very young, and it can even be said that it is the youngest set of first-team squad in the entire Premier League.

For such a team, everyone understands that with time and experience, the strength will get stronger and stronger.

"Last question, Mr Yang Cheng, after the arrival of the new European champion coach Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge, he said that he is the most special of all the managers in the Premier League, and he is going to knock you out of the league title in the new season, what do you think?" Another reporter asked with a smile that was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

"I'm so happy to challenge him!" Yang Cheng pointed to himself and said very magnanimously.

"But I still say the same thing, always comparing him with me, this is a very unfair thing for him, because ......" Yang Cheng deliberately paused, and asked with a smile, "Don't you think this is cruel to him?" ”

A group of reporters laughed, thinking that this counterattack was powerful.

Jose Mourinho has yet to prove himself in the top flight, with one of his best results being the Champions League, but last season's Europa League slump and the mighty Inter Milan overturned in the knockout rounds, which led to Porto's rise.

But for Yang Cheng, Mourinho's European Champions Cup is really nothing. , the media's interpretation of Yang Cheng's words is: Hey, buddy, you just got one, drag a fart!

Of course, how the media wants to interpret it, that's their business, and Yang Cheng can't control it. The day after this press conference, Liverpool spent 200,000 euros on their home stadium to bring in Rickham of Wales for a warm-up match at Anfield, which attracted a total of 25,000 fans to the stadium, and finally Liverpool beat the opponent 2-1, and Gerrard scored twice.

In this warm-up game, Yang Cheng let a total of 22 players go to the pitch to slip around, Liverpool led 2:0 in the first half, but the opponent scored a goal in the second half, Vidic, who had just come to the team, was good at partnering with Ag, but the team's overall defensive coordination was a bit of a problem.

After playing this game, Liverpool left for the United States on the same day.

But just as the team was heading to the United States, Ronaldo had to report to the Portuguese Olympic team to prepare for the Athens Olympics in August, and he will also miss all Liverpool games during the Olympics, which will have a big impact on Liverpool's preparations.

Luckily, he is also the only player in the Liverpool squad to compete at the Olympics.

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Liverpool's trip to the United States looked more like a blockbuster group outing.

Not just the 25 players in the first team, but also the coaching staff, the club chef, the team doctor and so on, all came together to form a huge tour group and arrived in Washington on a Boeing plane.

A number of local media and fans have already gathered at the airport to block the arrival of the Premier League champions.

After a group of people passed through immigration, as soon as they walked out of the departure hall, they were immediately blocked by fans and reporters at the scene, who asked Liverpool a series of questions, hoping to have a chance to be interviewed by them.

But Liverpool only expressed their enthusiasm for the fans, refusing to be interviewed, and rushed back to the hotel as soon as possible to prepare for a training session in the evening.

A few hours later, Liverpool showed up at the Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington.

When Yang Cheng led the team to the scene, many fans were already waiting there, and when they saw Liverpool, they immediately responded with a warm applause to welcome the team.

During the whole training session, Yang Cheng stood on the sidelines, watching the team train for 90 minutes, and he didn't participate too much.

Xiao Xiao Luo was absent, and Yang Cheng first tried to use Kuyt to fill Xiao Xiao Luo's vacancy when he was in the group confrontation, but then used Arshavin, and then used Ribery, and the three players took turns to try.

"If you look at speed alone, Ribery has the fastest explosiveness in short distances, and we have tested that his speed can be on par with Ronaldo and Robben." Benitez stood beside Yang Cheng, looked at the players training on the court, and said.

Yang Cheng's offensive tactics rely on the players' interspersed running positions, and a very important reason for hitting behind the opponent's defense line is to test the players' running awareness and short-distance sprints.

Xiao Xiao Luo and Robben's 100-meter speed reached about 10.7 seconds, which is related to their physical condition at the time, and Ribery's 100-meter speed is also 10.7 seconds, so it can be said that the gap between them is very small, just a matter of moments.

'Ashhaven's speed isn't very fast, but his speed is mainly reflected in the dribbling, which is different from our current attacking system and can be used as a variable, so I think if you want to fill the void of Ronaldo, try Ribery.'

Yang Cheng waved his hand at Paul Beyer, who was directing the training in the distance, and made a gesture of change.

The players on the pitch were immediately adjusted, with Ribery being moved to the left, Robben being moved to the right, Didier Drogba still sprinting up front, and Arshavin replacing Steven Gerrard as a shadow striker, with Carrick and Essien behind him.

Yang Cheng has been constantly changing the offensive coordination of the midfield and midfield in training recently, and he is more about examining the players.

The Ivorian is really important in pressing the opposition backline, and when there is space, he can drop back, pull out the opposition's central defenders, force them to show the gaps behind them, and give the two wingers to exploit.

Once he encounters a team that is shrinking defensively, he can also suppress the opposition's centre-backs, leaving them with no time to juggle Gerrard at the back or the two wingers who cut inside from the wing, all of which Drogba contributed. Although Drogba does not seem to be very eye-catching in terms of goals and other statistics, his role and progress are very obvious, since joining Liverpool this season, he has always maintained steady progress, whether it is in physical confrontation, suppressing the opponent's defense, taking the ball and turning, etc., or his running awareness in the front court, he has improved a lot. It was as if this time, he suddenly pulled to the left of the box to meet Ribery, and the Frenchman immediately passed the ball to his feet, but he chose to knock it back to Gerrard and then turned and cut forward.

Gerrard didn't stick to the ball and sent it directly to the top of the penalty area, and Robben stopped and curled a ball.

After Drogba stopped the ball on his chest in the penalty area, he fired a direct volley through the goal guarded by Reina, causing a wave of amazement.

The whole process was fast and smooth, and the three veteran players worked well with each other.

"Ribery hasn't done enough in the horizontal pull, and he has to analyze this more in the tactical discussion!" Yang Cheng obviously pointed out that before Ribery got the ball just now, he did not choose to go to the right, but was ready to dribble to the left, and Drogba was a little farther away, although the final pass was successful, but it was not appropriate to run like this, because Drogba had to move to the left to respond.

But that's also Drogba's strength.

Any team, whether offensive or defensive, has a center of gravity.

In football terminology, horizontal is called pulling, and vertical is called cutting, and it is not without reason.

The role of the lateral pull is to pull the opponent's defense as much as possible, force the opposing defender to move, expose the flaws, create space, and then use the vertical of the player to play the space created by these pulls.

The reaction on the training ground just now was that Drogba, the center of attack of the main team, responded to Ribery on the left, and pulled the opponent's defensive center of gravity Ag also moved to the left, forcing the entire defense line of the substitute team to lean towards Ribery's side, and in the whole process of moving, the defenders could not maintain coordination, so the flaws were exposed.

There is not enough width, there is no disturbing pulling, and the opponent concentrates all the forces together, and the iron plate is one, that is, the iron bucket formation in the mouth of many people, which is already a nightmare for all attackers.

Having a tactical centre-forward like Didier Drogba who is both mobile and hardworking is a huge asset for any team, and the same is true of Larsson, whom Yang Cheng brought in this summer.

It's just that in terms of technical characteristics, Larsson and Drogba are a little different.

"Finnan's assist ability has improved a lot!" Benitez said with a smile.

In Yang Cheng's 433 tactics, the wingers are more inward-cut, and the wingbacks are needed to complete the wing advancement, and many times last season's Liverpool used Glenn Johnson against weak teams to play offensive tactics, but against strong teams, Yang Cheng will use Finnan, who is more reliable in defense.

Perhaps stimulated by Glen Johnson, Finnan has improved a lot in attack and looks more offensive and defensive, which is definitely good news for Liverpool.

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At the end of the evening training session, Yang Cheng specially gave the players a short time to sign autographs and take photos for the fans at the scene, which immediately attracted the welcome of many fans at the scene.

But as the self that many fans want to be able to contact the most, he chose to leave early and leave the stage to his players, which disappointed many female fans who came to him for him.

Back at the hotel, Yang Cheng called the members of the coaching staff and gathered in his room to discuss tactics.

New players have the characteristics of new players, and through a lot of training and games, discovering their characteristics, and then helping them integrate into the team, turning their characteristics into the team's weapons, is what every manager has to do.

The whole meeting lasted more than two hours before it dispersed.

After the meeting, they made an appointment to eat together and left their respective venues.

Yang Cheng took a shower in the room, changed into a dry sportswear, and when he came out again, he found that there was a missed call in his mobile phone, and checked it, it was Heidi Krum.

"Is there something wrong?" Yang Cheng called back and asked with a smile, "I was taking a bath just now." ”

"Can't I call you if it's okay?" Heidi Krum asked with a giggle. "Usually you call when you have something!" Yang Cheng was a little surprised.

Heidi Krum has always been a very ambitious woman, and she is not the type of birdie.

The other party didn't know if he was reflecting on himself, and finally just said the purpose of the call.

"Alista invited you to Avril's celebration party, do you have time?" She asked. Before Avril's single came out, it had already caused a great response, and the record company had always hoped to strike while the iron was hot and cooperate with Yang Cheng, and Heidi Krum agreed for Yang Cheng, because their company is also cooperating with Avril Lavigne to develop clothing, perfume, cosmetics and other projects in the name of Avril.

Since the two sides cooperate closely with each other, Avril personally invited Yang Cheng to write another song for her, and Yang Cheng could not refuse, so he could only bite the bullet and plagiarize two more English songs that he liked very much in his previous life.

One is [Becauseofyou], this song once appeared in World Football, the background superstar is Beckham, and Yang Cheng likes the episode called Bei Ying by countless fans.

There is another thing that even Yang Cheng himself doesn't know is that the original creators of this song, Kelly Clason, and others were originally preparing to write such a song, but it was just a simple prototype, but then they happened to hear this melody because they wanted Avril to write the song "Breakaway", and they felt that it was very similar, and finally gave up their original idea.

Because of this, fortunately the song did not crash.

As for the other song, it is the South African World Cup promotional song [Victory], which is familiar to all fans.

But Yang Cheng also said that just these two songs, he will never write songs again in the future.

"I'll talk about it when I'm free!" Yang Cheng was not interested in this.

He likes to listen to music, it doesn't mean that he likes to make music, which is the same reason that people who like to drink milk don't need to raise a cow at home.

"I see!" Heidi Krum smiled slightly, paused for a moment, and asked faintly, "Are you angry with me?" ”

"Angry? Why? Yang Cheng wondered.

Heidi Krum said apologetically on the phone, "I agreed to write a song without telling you beforehand." ”

"You're so stupid, silly!" Yang Cheng interrupted her with a smile, "If I were to be angry with you, I wouldn't answer your call, and besides, we have both been husbands and wives for so many years, and you still don't know me?" ”

The other party immediately giggled and was very happy, "I knew that you weren't so stingy!" ”

"Hey, why do you give me the feeling like you're fooling me?" Yang Cheng deliberately pretended to be loud.

"How dare I, Caesar!" Heidi Krum replied.

Both of them were laughing, and it was clear that Heidi Krum had been a little worried, but now she put it all down.

Walking to the windowsill of the hotel room, looking at the night view of Washington in the distance, he turned into the phone and said softly: "No matter what you do, I won't blame you!" ”

Over the years, Heidi Krum has always been by his side, tolerated so many gossip about him, never interfered in his affairs, and gave him so much freedom, what else could he ask for?

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a few moments, before Heidi Krum's grumble rang out again, "I'm going to die, I'm talking about this for no reason." ”

At this moment, the German woman is wiping her tears on the other side of the phone, just because of this sentence.

"I didn't say anything!" Yang Cheng laughed, "I said back then, you have the final say in business, if you let me be a nude model, then I have to sacrifice my hue!" ”

"Go, nude model? Does anyone watch it? Just your body! Heidi Krum deliberately mocked him, but in her heart she was happy.

"Heh, beauty, as an idol and a powerful person, I feel sad about your suspicions, what's wrong with my body? To have muscles, to have height, to have a well-proportioned body, height 1.8 meters, weight 70 kg, standard! ”

Heidi Krum on the other side of the phone was amused by Yang Cheng and couldn't help but ridicule him again.

The two talked on the phone, sarcastically teasing each other, and they were also having fun.

It wasn't until they came to call Yang Cheng to go to dinner together that she said she was going to hang up the phone.

"Hey!"

Just as Yang Cheng was about to press it off, the microphone rang again.

"What's the matter?" Yang Cheng brought the phone to his ear again.

I heard a sound on the other side of the microphone, and then there was a busy beep, which made Yang Cheng confused.

"Hey, Darling, should I sing a kiss goodbye?" (To be continued) [This text is provided by the ghost of sailing] point grass