"Of all the teams I've coached, there's never been a team that has been successful through transfers!"

Outside the balcony of the rooftop café of the Park Lake Hotel on the shores of Lake Garda, under a parasol, Yang Cheng confronted Canalis, who was sitting across from him, and talked about his transfer strategy.

At a time when Manchester United, Chelsea and even Arsenal have begun to unleash an arms race, Liverpool has not made much movement in the transfer market, which cannot help but make people worry about Liverpool's prospects for the new season.

According to the statistics of the English media, Yang Cheng's first team is still 25 people, which can only be regarded as average in the Premier League team, and the training team he brought to Italy is only 30 people, of which 5 are Kirkby Academy youngsters, namely Walcott, Gareth Bale and Andy Carroll, as well as two players who were not famous in their previous lives, but performed very well.

That said, Liverpool's first team won't make much of a move this season, at best promoting some players from the second team, and won't go on a big show of signings like other teams.

'From the moment I took over Liverpool, I had a detailed plan, the first season we spent the most money, the team was restructured and we brought in a group of quality players; In the second season, we spent a lot less money and more on the introduction of deficiencies in certain positions in the team. ”

'In my understanding, there is no need for an arms race, and building up stars is never a long-term solution, I think more about the technical and tactical needs of our team, and when I took over Liverpool, I spoke to David Morse that my contract is three years, and for the last year, we probably don't need to buy a single player.

Speaking of this, Yang Cheng couldn't help laughing.

"You are recognized in football today, the manager who takes the least money, but can bring the most benefits to the team, and has also achieved success in small teams and giant teams, many people want to know, do you have any coaching secrets?"

"Nope!" Yang Cheng shook his head, "If you insist on saying that there is, it is because of the love of this sport, so I can devote myself to this career, although for many people, playing football and coaching is a job, but for me, it is not only a job, but also my greatest interest and fun." ”

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

"It's too far away, I haven't thought about it 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 you first met Yang Cheng, how old was he?

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

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

He doesn't have the sharpness of ten years ago, the immaturity of ten years ago, more sophisticated and steady, and a lot of charm that belongs to mature men, especially between speech and demeanor, he has a charming temperament.

"Never thought about it?" Canaris asked.

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

"Nope!" Yang Cheng shook his head, "I rarely plan distant things, I'm a very casual person." ”

"There are a lot of people who say that your success is full of chance, don't you think?" Canalis asked again.

"I admit it!" Yang Cheng nodded, "I'm the lucky one." "At least he's the only one in the world.

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

It's a good answer that doesn't make people feel proud or demeaning about themselves.

"At the ceremony when Corina announced his retirement, French legend Michel Platini said in an interview with reporters that Liverpool's championship was full of chance, and he didn't think Liverpool had any chance of successfully defending the title, do you have any response to this?"

Yang Cheng shook his head with a smile, "No response!" ”

After a pause, Yang Cheng said: "On our planet, there will be a lot of sensationalism involving me every day, for example, Laporta of Barcelona recently said that he asked to buy Gerrard, but I know very well in my heart that he is deliberately hyping up, because he can't give so much money at all, a poor ghost, what to buy?" Platini too, I don't have that kind of spare time to deal with this vote, I care more about my team. ”…,

Canaris liked to see Yang Cheng's confident appearance, and nodded with a smile, "The last question, I believe should also be what many female fans want to ask, that is, do you have time to eat together tonight?" With that, she laughed to herself.

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

Obviously, although their conversation is about eating, the deep meaning in it is more than just eating.

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After the interview, the film crew also specially followed up and filmed Liverpool's training camp, Yang Cheng gave them 10 minutes to shoot, and after 10 minutes, they had to leave the training ground.

According to the plan that Yang Cheng has previously discussed with Tim Hank and Chris Schmidt, the team will focus on physical training in the first week in Italy, with the aim of strengthening the players' physical reserves to help them cope with the upcoming busy season.

The second week is a combination of physical enhancement and technical and tactical coordination, and the third week is a focus on the team's technical and tactical coordination and overall tactical drills, after all, Liverpool players have been working together with each other for so long, so there is no need to spend too much time on the technical and tactical aspects.

The team's main lineup is actually very strong, Drogba's impact, Ronaldo Jr. and Robben's ability to cut back and attack from the wings, Gerrard's strength at both ends of the pitch, Carrick's passing organization and scheduling, the only trouble is Davies.

The Dutchman has more injuries, his physical fitness has dropped a lot, and his condition is relatively average, Yang Cheng began to focus on using Essien as the main force, and although the Ghanaian performed well, he was still a little far from Davis.

However, it is inevitable that Essien will replace Davis, because Davis is 32 years old, and as soon as there are many injuries, it is difficult to say that the state is always unsafe, but Essien, who is strong and more reliable.

For Plan B, Yang Cheng is more likely to consider using a double midfielder, arranging a forward central midfielder, two wingers and a center forward in front, and in the position of central midfielder, Arshavin, Ribery, Murphy, and Gerrard can all be competent, and there are still many candidates, not to mention wingers and forwards.

In the midfield position, Hamann, Essien, Aarau Diarra, Davies and others can all be competent, and even Gerrard can play this position, which is also very convenient to use.

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

The Ghanaian is a strong player, with excellent one-on-one defensive ability, strong ability to catch up and a positive counter-attack on the spot, which, combined with his crushing physicality, makes him almost a natural successor to Davis, and both men have an equally poor sense of position.

One is from the wing, the other is from a fullback, and it's strange that you can have a good sense of position!

But sculpting Essien doesn't have to carve out his sense of position, although this also needs to be strengthened, but this kind of thing is more about comprehension, but on the contrary, it is the off-ball running and playmaking aspects that can be strengthened in training.

Therefore, on the training ground on the shore of Lake Garda, Yang Cheng can often be heard blowing the whistle to stop training, and then criticizing Essien's running, because many times, the running of Ghanaians is very unnecessary, and can even be said to be stupid.

In addition to giving instructions on the training ground, Yang Cheng also asked Chris to film the training and record a video, specifically picking out the problems in Essien's running, and pointing out some mistakes, and correcting them for the Ghanaians to take back to watch.

In fact, video recording can help players improve their skills and awareness, which is a bit like a fan watching a game, watching more, thinking more, and being able to understand some technical and tactical aspects more deeply.

The biggest fear is that some players don't like to watch the video at all.

For example, Drogba's shooting skills have not progressed quickly, which is actually related to his lack of investment in this area, and there is also the problem of his physical fitness, after all, the body is too strong, and the sense of the ball and feet are affected.

In the last season, Yang Cheng recorded all the problems exposed by the team in the game in his notebook, and then made targeted improvements when preparing for the new season.

Of course, every training session is indispensable for Yang Cheng's favorite small field training.

From Germany to Serie A, and then to the Premier League, Yang Cheng has not changed his strong interest in small-field confrontation. ..., 3 vs. 3, 4 vs. 4, 5 vs. 5, 7 vs. 7...... Playing small courts every day, the intensity of a small field match can often make players tired on the grass, almost unable to get up. Moreover, this kind of small-field confrontation is fast-paced, requiring players to improve their awareness of handling the ball, passing and receiving the ball must be fast and reasonable, and the players' running strategies should also be fast and in place, which can comprehensively exercise the players' ability to handle the ball and react when they encounter a rush on the court.

When the 15-minute small-field confrontation was over, and the winner was decided, half of the Liverpool players were seen walking over one by one, lying on their stomachs in front of the goal, taking off their pants and exposing their butts.

The player in the one-on-one match will take the ball, put it on the penalty spot and shoot it hard at their butt.

Sometimes you hear a bang, it must be the ball hitting Bai Huahua's ass, sometimes you can't hear it, even if the ball goes into the net, as long as it doesn't hit the ass, the person who shot the ball will go to the back of the queue and wait for the bare ass.

It's a Liverpool neighborhood game, but it's actually a fun game, giving the players some rewards and penalties to the small-field matches, and also to work on the players' penalty skills.

In the Champions League final, Carragher's penalty won by his usual training.

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After a day's training, Yang Cheng walked to the hotel with the coaching staff, which was very close, just a few steps.

There are always some Italian fans waiting for autographs outside the training ground, many of them are here to block Yang Cheng, and some even come from Milan, Yang Cheng always takes the trouble to sign autographs and take photos for each of them before leaving.

After seeing off the fans, Ian Rush came over as he waited in the distance.

"I feel so happy to see you so busy!" Ian Rush laughs.

Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled, and went in the direction of the hotel, he was thinking about going to the hotel's open-air swimming pool to soak for a while, and then going to Canalis's room at night, he didn't want to do anything else.

"Valencia just sent us a fax of an offer!" Ian Rush said.

Yang Cheng frowned, "Do we have a fancy to their players?" ”

"No, but they're in the middle of a big purge, and when the new boss comes to power, he's going to go under the knife, you know? They have a whopping 43 first team squads, oh my God! Ian Rush was dumbfounded.

Yang Cheng felt incredible, how big a salary burden is this?

'They are in the process of purging and are hoping to bring in some suitable players, three transfers have been completed so far, Miguel from Benfica, Arsenal and Newcastle have acquired Edu and Kluivert for free, and now they urgently need a winger, but they need to sell the players in the squad who were compared to the previous ones.

"For example?" Yang Cheng continued to walk forward.

"Mohamed Sissoko, a rumored player you admire!"

Yang Cheng was stunned when he heard this, stopped his pace, thought for a while, and finally couldn't help but laugh and scold, "!" ”

He has never taken a fancy to this player, although Sissoko's defense is indeed okay, but he is really not the dish that Yang Cheng likes, and there is currently one in the Liverpool team who does not lose to Sissoko Arau Diarra, this is the later French captain, can the strength be poor?

As for the defensive midfield, Essien, Hamann, and Davies will not lose to Sissoko, so why should he go far?

"It's just a rumor in the media!" Ian Rush is also helpless.

'Liverpool's price tag for Sissoko is €8 million, and I heard that Subirac would like to get Zaragoza's leading striker, David Villa, but they need to sell Sissoko for a transfer fee for the Spanish striker.

"David Villa?" Of course, it is impossible for Yang Cheng not to have heard of this name, the future top scorer in Spain.

"Yes, a new Spanish striker who has risen in the past two years, switched to Zaragoza from Sporting Gijón in La Liga in 03 for a transfer fee of only 1.5 million euros, but he has performed well in Zaragoza in the past two seasons, scoring a lot of goals, and now the transfer fee has soared 10 times."

"There are rumours that Real Madrid are also very optimistic about the striker." After a pause, Ian Rush laughed: "Just because he led Zaragoza to beat Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey and scored goals, Real Madrid want him too." This season's Real Madrid's transfer strategy has been adjusted, and the players introduced are basically stars who are not too famous, but have very good strength, or rookies, so they will take a fancy to Villa, and it should not be surprising at all, after all, Real Madrid does not have Ronaldo, Owen has switched to Newcastle, and the forward line does need to be supplemented.

At present, Liverpool's forward line is also very strong, he doesn't think that Villa can compete with Drogba and Larsson, at best, it is to compete with Kuyt for bench depth, but he doesn't think it's cost-effective to spend more than 10 million euros to bring in a third or even fourth striker.

On the contrary, it is the general manager of Valencia, Subiratz, who is a very good manager.

In Spain, there are not many managers who can deserve to be excellent, Subirac is one, and the other is Monchi of Sevilla, both of whom have created the glory of the Bat Army and the Sevilla Youth Army, and they are both rare talents.

For this kind of cattle, Yang Cheng of course has the mood that he should get to know him if he has the opportunity.

"Tell Rick Parry that we have no interest in getting involved in the transfer race in La Liga, we don't need Sissoko!" Yang Cheng confessed to Ian Rush, and then walked through the door of the hotel.

He really has no interest in the so-called arms race.

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Liverpool trained at Lake Garda for a week before heading to nearby Brescia.

This veteran Serie A team suffered relegation last season, and almost all of the team's top stars left behind, and the team's overall combat effectiveness declined very badly, but because it was closest to Lake Garda, and Liverpool also wanted to familiarize themselves with the rhythm of the game through a game, so they played a warm-up match with each other in Brescia.

In the first half, Liverpool played the main game, although the players after a week of hard physical reserve training, the body was seriously fatigued, but the absolute advantage in strength allowed the Reds to easily control the advantage on the field, and with the goals of Ronaldo, Robben and Gerrard, they led the home team 3:0.

In the second half, Yang Cheng made a large-scale substitution, almost changing the main lineup, leaving only one Drogba, as a result, the Ivorian seemed to have his self-esteem damaged, and scored with the first shot in the first minute of the second half, which was too efficient.

As he wished, Yang Cheng replaced Drogba with Kuyt, and then joked that Drogba's shot was rare, which made the Ivorians almost die of embarrassment.

The warm-up game ended 5-1 with Brescia scoring in the final moments, but Liverpool didn't show their best form either, otherwise they might have been able to get a bigger win.

After the match, the team returned to their hotel on the shores of Lake Garda overnight to prepare for the next game in nearby Verona, a week later, with plenty of time to prepare.

The first two warm-up games were against poor opponents, but the next ones were stronger, namely Parma, Marseille and Lyon, before the team returned to Liverpool for the Community Shield.

After playing the first warm-up game, Yang Cheng did not return to the hotel with the team, but took the time to go to his villa on the shore of Lake Como. 【Sailing small also provides】