Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 536 The work of the new season can begin
"...Are you old?"

Hearing Zhang Yang's first words, Luca Toni almost slapped the table and left, but his sober sense told him that it was impossible for the other party to make a trip to Milan from London just to tease him.

Luca Tony suppressed his anger and continued the topic, "I need a reasonable explanation."

Zhang Yang still kept smiling, as if he was stating an ordinary thing, "You may be uncomfortable, but it's the truth, Luca, you're 30 years old, right?"

"30 years old, is it big?" Luca Toni said seriously, "I can still play for several years!"

"Of course, I admit it. But if you join Bayern, how long can you maintain your form, or how long can you be sure to occupy the main position? One year? Two years? Or do you have the confidence to occupy a longer main position?" Zhang Yang He spoke slowly without rushing.

Luca Toni thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with choosing which team to join."

"That's exactly what I want to say." Zhang Yang looked at Luca Tony seriously, and said sincerely, "I think you should take advantage of your good condition to win more championship trophies instead of continuing to waste."

Facing Luca Toni's puzzled eyes, Zhang Yang continued, "I'm serious, you really need a championship trophy. You have won the top scorer in Serie A and the European Golden Boot, but you haven't won one. The championship trophy of the top league, and I have never won the Champions League trophy, and I have not even participated in the Champions League."

This is a fact.

Luca Toni is a very good shooter, but he is really a late bloomer. Most of the seasons of his career, he played in the lower leagues, Modena, Fiorenzuola, Treviso, Vicenza, Brescia, Palermo , are all the teams that Tony has played for. He played in Serie A with Vicenza, Brescia and Palermo, but it was only half or one season, and he still played in Serie B for the rest of the time.

It wasn't until 2005 that Luca Toni transferred to Fiorentina and his career started to improve. Toni scored 31 goals in Serie A, not only won the title of Serie A shooter, but also became the first single season in Serie A in 47 years. Players with more than thirty league goals.

The 'European Golden Boot' did not bring Luca Toni anything. His luck was too bad. When the season ended and the Italian 'Callgate' incident broke out, he fell into the second division with Fiorentina and played in the second division again. a season.

Such a poor career happened to a shooter with few injuries and excellent performance, which can be said to be a tragedy in football.

For some star players, the biggest regret is that they have not won the Champions League. Luca Toni is also a star player, but he has not even won a league title or a cup title.

So, isn't it tragic?

Luca Toni is aware of his grief, and he left Fiorentina without hesitation, precisely to pursue the championship.

Zhang Yang said with a smile, "I can't guarantee anything, but I believe that in the past two years, it is easier for us to win the championship than Bayern, and it is a championship with higher gold content."

"You must want to win a Champions League, right? Well, our goal for next season is the Champions League!"

"The league and the cup are also what we want to fight for. You can look at our past results. As many media say, we have been creating miracles. We will continue to create miracles. The championship is what we are chasing."

"Bayern? I don't deny that Bayern can easily win the championship, but how much gold does the Bundesliga championship have? How many fans pay attention to the Bundesliga? You will get more attention in the Premier League."

"Bayern has not yet recovered from the pain of Ballack's departure. They have been greatly affected. At least this season, they are not qualified to compete for the Champions League!"

"So the option to join Millwall is better..."

"..."

Zhang Yang and Luca Tony talked a lot, expressed their thoughts, and explained the reasons for choosing to join Millwall.

In Zhang Yang's words, there are inspiring remarks planned in advance, as well as sincere exchanges with Tony.

Tony is over 30 years old.

A player who is over 30 years old must start to think about the problem of declining status. Perhaps it is a bit too early for Luca Toni, but joining Bayern Munich will face stronger and more brutal competition. With the main position, Bayern's performance has not been satisfactory in the past two years. He doesn't know if he can wait until Bayern's resurgence.

Millwall does not have the reputation of Bayern, but it has quite good results. In the past season, it won the "Triple Crown" of the league, cup and Champions League, which has attracted the attention of fans all over the world.

Luca Tony believes that joining Millwall is also a good choice.

In the end, Zhang Yang convinced Tony.

In fact, Tony chose to join Millwall because he also had his own ideas. He thought Millwall was good, and he had his own reasons—he was used to staying in small clubs, and he was a little uncomfortable with big clubs. In other words, 30 The experience before the age of [-] made him used to the atmosphere of small clubs, and he was somewhat resistant to big teams.

This is why Tony has been playing for small clubs.

In the past few seasons, Tony had the opportunity to join a giant. In Italy, the three giants of Inter Milan, AC Milan, and Juventus have all sent invitations to him, but he rejected them all. Instead, he joined the unremarkable Fiorentina. .

Same now.

If Millwall didn't join, he would definitely choose to join Bayern Munich, but Millwall doesn't look worse than Bayern, so his mentality is biased towards Millwall, just trying to find a reason to convince himself.

Zhang Yang gave him a reason.

Tony eventually agreed to Millwall's offer.

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The transfer of Luca Toni is still very smooth. Fiorentina has decided to sell Luca Toni. The main reason is that Bayern and Millwall are competing. Bayern's transfer offer is 1000 million euros, and Millwall is 1100 million. Euros, Fiorentina also tend to trade to Millwall, because they will get a higher transfer fee.

With Luca Toni himself agreeing, it's easy.

Three days later, Fiorentina and Millwall simultaneously announced the transfer of Luca Toni, which caused quite a stir.

Luca Toni is considered to be a supplement to Darren Bent's departure. Joining Millwall is still very much expected, but the English media is like this. They like to tout their own players and resist players from other countries.

Darren Bent is an English player, and he is also the top scorer in the league and the Champions League. Luca Toni is much worse than him. He only proved himself in Serie A. He scored [-] goals last season. It's nothing, many media believe that Luca Tony can't replace Darren Bent.

Zhang Yang ignored these reports.

After confirming that Luca Tony would join Millwall, he didn't even care about the follow-up progress, so he was alone in the head coach's office and started the most important "preparation" work for the new season--
Study tactics!

Many people are concerned about Millwall's preparations, but few people know that the most important thing about Millwall's preparations is not even player training, but Zhang Yang's formulation of tactics for the new season.

This is his own work.

Before each season, Zhang Yang has to rely on "Yan Ling Calculation" to analyze the tactics that can best exert his strength.

Last summer, Zhang Yang developed a 'dual-core' style of play, relying on this latest style of play, Millwall won the 'Triple Crown'.

Now is the time to develop new tactics.

This season, the team has undergone relatively large changes, but in terms of other positions, the changes have not been great. The addition of forwards and wingers is enough to replace the original players. The focus is on the changes in the midfield, mainly Sne Germany's joining.

Sneijder is a very good midfielder, he is fully qualified for the core position.

This seems to be a compliment to Sneijder, but Millwall has a bit too many cores. Before that, there were Morris, Braniff, and even Josh Simpson. With the addition of Sneijder, the configuration in the middle of the midfield is really a bit too gorgeous.

How to take advantage of the gorgeous midfield?
This is what Zhang Yang studies, because the other positions have not changed much, and the tactical research is not as complicated as last year, but many things are like this. A small change will cause a domino effect, causing one change after another.

In the head coach's office, Zhang Yang was bored for a week. He didn't care about the changes in the outside world at all. He was completely immersed in the research of tactics. Except for the club staff who occasionally delivered meals to the office, no one else saw him at all. .

In a week, a lot happened.

Pierce came to work at the club.

Pierce went to the head coach's office, only said a few words to Zhang Yang, and was dismissed by silence.

Sneijder, Maxi Rodriguez, Luca Toni, and Mike Taylor came to the club to report respectively. They did not enjoy the treatment of Suarez, and they were not greeted by Zhang Yang in person.

For this reason, many players don't understand. For example, Sneijder, he thinks he is the "biggest" rookie, but the head coach doesn't care about him. Will he not be taken seriously in the new season?
No wonder Sneijder has this idea.

Also playing in the Dutch League, Sneijder knew Suarez. He saw Suarez after he came, and heard about what happened to Suarez. Unfortunately, he didn't even have the chance to encounter Suarez.

After that, Sneijder didn't think so much, because the other players who came to report did not see the head coach.

During the period, the club held several press conferences, some were to introduce players, some were regular press conferences, to answer questions from media reporters about the club, etc. No matter what the situation was, Zhang Yang did not appear in the public eye.

When I asked about the staff of the club, I only got one reply, "Zhang Yang is in the office all the time, if there is something urgent, you can find him yourself!"

As the head coach of a team, the work is still very busy. Many people will look for the head coach, and the club staff will also help pass the news. After a few times, no one is willing to do this job, because every time I go, You can see Zhang Yang bored on the table, writing and drawing carefully, with a serious work attitude.

At the same time, the attitude towards people is not so good.

"what's up?"

"Handle it yourself!"

"not see!"

"No interview!"

"You don't need me for this?"

"If he wants to know why, let him come to me!"

"..."

Answering one by one, the tone was full of impatience, and the staff was unwilling to "pass the news". Anyone who wanted to find Zhang Yang should let him go to the head coach's office by himself.

This is the easiest way.

On July [-]th, the Millwall club announced new news that Ljungberg, who left Arsenal, officially signed for Millwall. He got a four-year contract.

The addition of Ljungberg is a supplement to the midfielder.

When he played for Arsenal, Ljungberg was a versatile player. He could play in the middle, he could also play on the wing, and he could even be versatile on the left and right. However, in the past two seasons, Ljungberg's performance has been mediocre, and Wenger finally couldn't stand it. , Started layoffs.

Arsenal have 'cut' a dozen players.

Millwall lacked a right midfielder, so they chose Ljungberg to supplement the lineup.

There are actually people on the right side of Millwall. Josh Simpson is the main player on the right side. After more than two seasons of experience, Simpson has also improved a lot. His defense has improved a lot and he can already play the main role on the right side. .

So Ljungberg's arrival can only be supplementary.

Ljungberg did not get a big contract either. The average annual salary of the four-year contract is 180 million pounds. He can only be regarded as a top-notch substitute. He chose to join West Ham United and can get a bigger contract, but Ljungberg believes that chasing the championship is more important. , Compared with getting a little more salary, the choice of joining Millwall is even better than staying at Arsenal.

This may also be because the contract offered by West Ham United is not big enough.

If the contract is big enough, and Ljungbergen joins West Ham United without hesitation, the championship will become less important. After all, he is already over 30 years old, and his state will definitely not be guaranteed in two or three years. It is better to earn more money. very important.

On the day Ljungberg officially joined, Zhang Yang finally 'leaved'.

The first person Zhang Yang saw when he was "out of customs" was Wilkinson. He came to inquire about the transfer. The team's basic lineup is complete, and what positions need to be added needs to be decided by the head coach.

When Zhang Yang heard that Ljungberg joined, he just nodded slightly.

Ljungberg, who was a good player before, can only be a good supplement up to now. Even whether the supplement is 'good' depends on his performance.

Zhang Yang didn't pay much attention.

The team has Josh Simpson, Sneijder, Morris, Vardy and other players on the right. They also performed well as a right midfielder. With one more Ljungberg, it can only be said that the lineup is more complete.

Zhang Yang thought about it seriously, and said to Wilkinson, "We still need a defensive midfielder. David alone, it is difficult to last the whole season. In addition, we need to sign a few players to supplement the depth of the bench. In the new season, we need more players." line combat."

Then Zhang Yang called Pierce and asked him to come to the coach's office, "Stuart, the work of the new season can start!"

(End of this chapter)