With Van der Sar's height, he is the center of everyone's attention wherever he goes. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But it was obvious that he was a regular customer of the coffee shop, so after entering the door, he politely greeted the fans who recognized him around him, went to a remote box, and invited the coffee shop owner over to explain again.

After that, he sent another text message to Gao Han and passed the address of the coffee shop.

In less than ten minutes, Gao Han, accompanied by the owner of the coffee shop, walked into the box.

"It's been a pleasure to meet you, Edwin. ”

"Me too, Mr. Kohan. ”

To Van der Sar's surprise, Gao Han came alone, without any assistants at all.

As if sensing Van der Sar's surprise, Gao Han sat down and explained with a smile, "Like you, I just finished training in Harrington, and then the club informed me that I had negotiated with Fulham, so I called Mr. Coleman, and then came to you." ”

Van der Sar smiled a little wryly, he felt that the head coach of the 200 million army was really an impatient.

However, sitting up and walking is very energetic for young people.

'Edwin, as you know, we made an offer to Fulham and they accepted it and we want to be able to invite you to join us at Chelsea as our goalkeeper. Gao Han said straight to the point.

Van der Sar nodded, "I know, but I'm wondering, why me?"

"Then why can't it be you?" Gao Han asked with a smile.

Van der Sar was speechless, he really couldn't say what was on his mind to his face.

Fortunately, Gao Han was just joking and didn't embarrass him.

"Let me put it this way, in fact, back in the days of Atletico Madrid, we almost became colleagues, but unfortunately for some reason we missed it. ”

Van der Sar nodded, he also knew about it, and even had some regrets.

"I know Frans Hawke. Gao Han said.

When Van der Sar heard this, his face changed slightly, and he was a little surprised, but he quickly came to his senses, "In Barcelona, right?"

"Hmm. Gao Han nodded.

"You know, what Frans did at Barcelona is unbelievable, he has revolutionized goalkeeper training in Spain, he has not only produced Barcelona academy goalkeepers such as Reina and Valdés, but even influenced goalkeeper training in Real Madrid and the whole of Spanish football. ”

Van der Sar didn't look surprised, "He's a really amazing guy. ”

Gao Han's words were not exaggerated, but facts.

Van Gaal has brought far more changes to Barcelona than ordinary fans can imagine, and Frans Hawke is a part of it, even after Van Gaal left Barcelona, Frans Hawke still often finds time to speak in Spain to impart his experience and experience in goalkeeper training.

Gao Han has heard his assistant Pedro Harrow mention Frans Hawke more than once, and almost all of them have a very admiring tone and expression, which shows how far-reaching the changes Frans Hawke has brought to the training of Spanish goalkeepers.

'To be honest, I don't know Frans very well, but I've heard him talk about you more than once and he says you're the best player he's trained so far. ”

Van der Sar listened with some excitement, but soon became lonely again.

"That's all in the past. ”

"No, no, no!" Gao Han shook his head, "I don't see it that way. ”

Van der Sar raised his head and looked at Gao Han strangely, very puzzled.

"I've learned about your situation at Juventus and I think it's a mistake in itself that you go to Serie A, your characteristics are not suitable for Serie A, they are all shrunken and defensive, they can't give you so much space to play, and you shouldn't be the kind of goalkeeper who shrinks in the small box. ”

When Van der Sar heard this, the expression on his face changed obviously, and he didn't return to normal like before, but was a little excited, and nodded: "It's true that as you said, I'm completely unused to their training methods. ”

In the eyes of ordinary fans, the goalkeeper seems to be the same, the most indistinguishable position.

But in fact, there are a lot of differences in the goalkeepers.

Like Cech, he's the archetypal goalkeeper who can take the whole box under his control, and so does Edwin van der Sar.

For this type of goalkeeper, you can't ask them to huddle in the small box, which makes them awkward and not only fails to bring out their strengths, but rather exposes their shortcomings.

It's like trying to press a player close to two meters into an area of one and a half meters high, forcing him to bend over.

Relatively speaking, Italy's goalkeepers are basically in the small penalty area, which has a lot to do with Italy's retraction defense, Cudicini is this type of goalkeeper, and the same is true of the goalkeeper Buffon, but Buffon's personal ability is too good, even against the sky, and there are almost no shortcomings, so he is also very dominant in the penalty area.

Either way, putting a goalkeeper in a small box into a high-post defensive team is bad in itself, like Cudicini's situation at Chelsea.

Conversely, putting a goalkeeper like Edwin van der Sar in a team with a retracted defence is equally fine.

What's more, Van der Sar's problem is not just about the area of activity.

Since FIFA changed the rules of football so that goalkeepers cannot use their hands when facing a team-mate's return pass, there have been two very different differences over the goalkeeper's training route.

One believes that the most important thing for a goalkeeper is to keep the goal, is the hand, and the foot technique is the best, and there is no demand, so they often do not pay attention to the training of the foot technique when training the goalkeeper.

When on the pitch, teammates return the ball and the opponent presses, the first priority for this type of goalkeeper is to open his foot and get the ball out of the danger zone as quickly as possible.

There is also a concept of advocating a pass-and-control style of play, their philosophy is that they must not easily hand over the ball to the opponent, so they generally will not allow the goalkeeper to open his foot when receiving the pass back, and since he can't use his hands, he must strengthen the goalkeeper's pass-and-control skills, so that the goalkeeper will become part of the team's pass-and-control system.

Frans Hawke is the embodiment of this philosophy, and Van der Sar is also a goalkeeper trained by this philosophy.

From the time of Ajax, to Juventus, to Fulham, Van der Sar's foot skills have always been quite good, especially during his time at Ajax, what he is best at is when the team presses out, he also goes out of the box and becomes a member of the team's passing system.

But this style of play requires the team's overall coordination, especially at the back.

"I've watched your games against Juventus and Fulham and I think a lot of times there are differences in philosophy and habits between you and your team-mates. ”

"You made a very serious mistake last season when you got the ball and the opposing striker broke the ball and scored a single goal, which made you get a lot of blame like never before, but when I was watching a video, I was thinking, what are those defenders doing running so far and shouldn't they come back to take your pass?"

Van der Sar smiled, but there was warmth in his eyes, as if he was also happy to find someone who understood him.

"You know, not all goalkeepers have this courage, it's more to avoid mistakes, just kick forward with a big foot, anyway, pass to the front, if you lose it, naturally someone will grab it, but you don't. ”

Gao Han said this, his eyes were glued to Van der Sar, "I like this very much!"

Van der Sar was really moved this time, and it can even be said that he was a little moved.

He knew that Gao Han really understood him and admired him, otherwise he would definitely not be able to say these details.

It's something he's never encountered at either Juventus or Fulham.

'Honestly, Edwin, you're only 32 years old, he's in his prime as a goalkeeper, so I hope you'll seriously consider our offer and I promise you'll be able to play better at Chelsea. ”

Van der Sar regained his composure again, still looking very calm and calm, and after listening to Gao Han's words, he nodded slightly, "I need to think about it." ”

"No problem. Gao Han didn't plan to ask Van der Sar to agree today, "We will contact your agent immediately." ”

Van der Sar nodded, acquiescing to the negotiation process.

In fact, he didn't have much of a choice, as Fulham had already agreed.

As a professional footballer, he knows very well that Gao Han came to talk to him in person, out of respect for him, which also makes him grateful, and if he refuses, I am afraid it will be difficult to stay in Fulham again.

At least, Chris Coleman is now full of ambition to take the 10 million euros to bring in reinforcements.

Moreover, the meeting with Gao Han convinced him that at least, Gao Han knew him better than Chris Coleman.

A manager who understands him better, an environment that is more suitable for him to play, and maybe even a salary increase......

With all these advantages, Van der Sar really can't refuse.

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In fact, negotiations with Van der Sar's agent went surprisingly well.

The player himself has agreed to join, Chelsea are eager to find talent, Van der Sar's salary is high for Fulham, but for Chelsea, it can only be regarded as mid-table, and it is acceptable to add some appropriately.

Therefore, after two negotiations, in just two days, the two sides quickly reached a consensus and quickly signed the contract.

And when Chelsea announced that they would bring in 32-year-old goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar from Fulham for 10 million euros, the entire English football world was once again shocked by Alpine's move.

This time, even more than any previous one.

10 million euros for a 32-year-old goalkeeper with ups and downs?

If Makelele, although he is not young, at least performed well at Real Madrid, then Van der Sar's performance at Fulham is definitely not good, at best it can be regarded as passing.

But such a player actually cost Chelsea 10 million euros?

Money laundering! Black gold trading!

Rumours and revelations began to spread in the British media, and even Chelsea fans were worried.

But for all kinds of speculation from the outside world, Gao Han and Chelsea did not come forward to clarify, but devoted themselves to the team's training.

With the first round of the Premier League just around the corner, Gao Han doesn't have the leisure time to deal with those media.

But in the eyes of the media and some fans, this is a sign of weakness!

For a while, all the dirty water and sewage were used towards the high cold, and there were signs of swallowing him. (To be continued.) )