Chapter 14: Complete the lineup

"I don't think there's any reason for me to disagree, let's make a miracle together!" David and Loew looked at each other the same, and from each other's eyes, they both saw the burning fighting spirit.

"Since you think this squad is a bit thin, let's study it together to see which position needs to be strengthened, and while we have just started training, we can quickly finalize the right players." David showed the courage that the president of the club should have, waved his hand, and decided to start strengthening the lineup.

Loew pulled out a tactical board that had been prepared for a long time, with a formation of 442 positions, some with two names and others with only one name.

'In my mind, the main strikers are Hubnell and Di Natale, Villa rotates, and to be on the safe side, we also need a backup striker.

'On the left wing, Andres Iniesta, Ribery on the bench; Right midfielder Kuyt and Maggio are on the bench, and these two positions do not need to be strengthened. ”

'There's Missy and Sneijder in central midfield, Alonso and Meireles in midfield, but given the change in formation, we're probably going to use a two-man midfield to limit the opposition in cup competitions, so we need a central midfielder.

'There are four players in the centre-back position, there are Lahm and Bosingwa at right-back, but there is only Grosso at left-back, although Lahm can also play left and right, but it is better to add a left wing-back.

"As for the goalkeeper, Diego López and Ben Foster are enough, and a third goalkeeper from the youth team can be promoted!"

Loew analyzed the positions one by one, and the position arrangement of the players was not different from his expectations, which shows that Loew still worked hard.

The lack of these positions is indeed a problem, since you want to make a breakthrough in the results, then these positions must be strengthened, so David immediately switched his identity, from assistant coach back to club president, and began to operate the transfer of players in these positions.

While Loew was leading the team through their early-season physical training, David quickly finalized a few players.

At this time, the Altentop brothers, who were playing for the German Northern Regional League team Watenscheid, came into his sight, the elder brother Altentop played as a midfielder, and the younger brother Altentop Jr. played as a striker.

At left-back, David's preferred candidate was the future England international Leighton Baines, who was still in the academy at Wigan Athletic at the 17-year-old and brought him to Notts County on a professional contract.

Well, the first team has finally added an English homegrown player, better than nothing.

Notts County's recruitment of players is over, and the new season has a total of 25 players in the first team, as long as it is not unlucky enough to face a massive injury wave, enough to cope with the league and cup competitions, and there is no pressure on the third line.

Of course, League Two teams can not only participate in the League Cup and FA Cup, but also the English Championship, but this event, which only League C and League Two teams can participate in, is worse than chicken ribs in the eyes of David and Loew, and they are directly and tacitly ignored.

However, the end of the recruitment process does not mean that the transfer of the club is officially over, you know, the players in the first team from last season still need to be dealt with.

David did not break his promise, those players who did not take the opportunity to threaten the club to ask for a salary increase can go looking for a next home, Notts County only charges a small transfer fee or even free transfers, 20 players transferred away, only bringing the team 120w transfer income, you know, the team has spent more than 300w pounds to bring in these players in the past few seasons.

As for the main players who jumped up and down and asked for a raise, David showed his iron skills.

Want to move away?

OK!

As long as you get a satisfactory transfer fee, then you can leave, there is no place for you in the first team for the new season.

But there is no transfer fee to match the value, then I'm sorry, I'd rather let you rot in the reserves than let you go, that's the punishment for you.

These unlucky eggs are already desperate at this time, in addition to David, the chairman who is willing to invest a lot of money, in the English League Two, he can take out a lot of pounds to bring in players, and they came to the team at a high price at that time, they were already joining at a premium, and now they want other clubs to pay this money to buy themselves, it is simply unrealistic, and no one will be stupid enough to do such a stupid thing.

Before, they also played a little trick to incite fans to protest, but they were beaten back to their original form by Notts County in the flip, the club invested more than 2,500w pounds in reinforcements this summer, and each of the players who came was stronger than themselves and had a future better than themselves, and the fans cheered to welcome the new favorite, as for themselves and others, they have long been forgotten in which corner.

No matter how cruel the reality is, there is no way to escape the sea of suffering, and in order to maintain their condition, they can only report to the reserve team, at least there is a reserve league to play.

God knows who will remember him when the contract expires.

David doesn't think about whether he is cruel in doing this, he always believes that what he does, he is responsible for the consequences, so he will not have a trace of mercy.

Besides, he doesn't have the leisure time to do that, because the president of his club still has a lot to do.

The first is the warm-up games before the start of the season, according to Loew's idea, after the physical training, the team can start the warm-up games, and before the start of the season, it is best to have 4-6 warm-up games.

And the opponents in these six warm-up games naturally need to be strong and weak, and this job requires him to coordinate and communicate with other clubs.

Weak opponents are easy to find, England is full of professional and non-professional teams, there is no need to worry at all.

Opponents of similar quality are also easy to handle, with League One and League Two sides also happy to play against Notts County, who dominate the transfer market this summer.

The only thing that scratches the head is, where to find a strong opponent?

David used the club's official approach to contact Manchester United and Arsenal, but the two giants unceremoniously refused, stating that they had no plans to warm up against the second division team.

Perhaps in their opinion, even if Notts County spends a lot of money on reinforcements this summer, it is still only a team in the lower leagues, and it is a small club that has always had a little bit of money to die, and it is a waste of time to be qualified to play against a giant club like them.

David almost didn't scold his mother in anger when he got the reply, and Notts County was despised like a hillbilly entering the city, and he would be ridiculed by the city people for everything he said and did, even if he was carrying a suitcase full of banknotes.

Maybe if Notts County were a big club, they would also refuse the warm-up requests of the lower teams, but this happened to Notts County themselves, and Notts County was humiliated, and he couldn't stand it.