Chapter 197: The Devil's Schedule (Part 1)

"What's the matter?" Dad Jiang asked Jiang Chenxi.

"Wu Lei's call. There are teams in the Bundesliga that have taken a fancy to him, and he wants to play abroad. Jiang Chenxi briefly introduced Wu Lei's situation.

"It's good to play abroad." Dad Jiang said, "If you can help, you can help more." ”

"Yes, I know."

He is also happy for Wu Lei, and to be honest, if Wu Lei really joins Hoffenheim, Hoffenheim's starting point is much better than when he started again from Serie C.

If possible, Jiang Chenxi hopes that more and more Chinese players will have the opportunity to play abroad, broaden their horizons, and get a systematic and scientific football system.

It's just that those who have the courage and courage to leave behind the huge salary in the country and take huge risks to come out are really rare.

Long before Wu Lei, over the years, it was not without Chinese players who were favored by European teams. But why didn't he go?

There are reasons for themselves and there are club reasons. When you go abroad, you must not have such a high salary in the Super League, and the club believes that there is no suitable substitute and cannot release people, even if you agree to release people, you still need a high transfer fee. It is not easy for European clubs to take a fancy to a Chinese player, how can they easily pay tens of millions of euros, and several million is already the upper limit. Jiang Chenxi learned during the Asian Cup that a team from the four major leagues had taken a fancy to a national team teammate, and the other party offered 2 million euros, but the domestic club directly offered 10 million euros, which directly blocked all the roads to play abroad.

The players who stay abroad in China are basically not well-known in China, or they are marginal people in the Chinese league. In recent years, there have been too few young people like Hao Junmin going abroad. The reason why Yang Chen was able to go out in the early years was not because he couldn't play in Guoan. Sun Jihai was able to go out as the main player back then, which is definitely rare, purely from this matter, Dalian Wanda was indeed very bold at that time.

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Liverpool will have Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton and Manchester City in the next three league games, as well as a fifth-round FA Cup tie against Crystal Palace and the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final away to Schalke 04.

The media is also talking about the devilish fixtures that Liverpool are about to face.

In the words of the media, the next three weeks will be crucial for Liverpool.

Once the chain is dropped in the league, it is likely to be overtaken by Chelsea, and the Champions League match with Schalke 04 is also crucial, although Liverpool's strength is above Schalke 04, however, Liverpool's bench is thin, and the performance of the devil's multi-front battle situation is questionable.

However, one thing is recognized by the English media, that is, Jiang Chenxi's form is too good, and the new footballer will be the key to whether Liverpool can pass the devil's schedule safely.

England's "Daily Mirror" has a long report on Jiang Chenxi's performance in the game after returning to Liverpool from the national team, and offers advice to Liverpool's next league opponent, Tottenham Hotspur.

"Daily Mirror" believes that Jiang Chenxi is in very good form now and has not been affected by the intensive schedule of the Asian Cup.

Experts from the "Daily Mirror" suggested that Tottenham Hotspur should adopt a defensive counterattack in the game against Liverpool, comprehensively entrap Jiang Chenxi, and completely curb Jiang Chenxi's play.

Jiang Chenxi is the most important one in Liverpool's attacking system, and as long as Jiang Chenxi is limited, Liverpool's attacking threat will be lowered by at least one notch.

In addition, there is a very important point, it is not an exaggeration to say that Jiang Chenxi, as Liverpool's number one star, is now almost the spiritual pillar of Liverpool, although he is not the captain of the team, but the accepted view is that Jiang Chenxi's influence in the Liverpool team is even higher than the current captain Henderson.

Therefore, if Jiang Chenxi is restricted in the game and performs poorly, it will inevitably affect the performance of other Liverpool players.

This is the result of spiritual factors.

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"What do you think of this newspaper?" Perez asked Pochettino, who raised the Daily Mirror in his hand.

Perez is Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino's right-hand man.

"Unnutritious trash talk." Pochettino scoffed.

This report from the Daily Mirror seems to be very good, but in fact, it is a bunch of nonsense and worthless.

Defending against Jiang Chenxi will limit Liverpool's attack, and Tottenham Hotspur's chances of winning will be multiplied?

That's true.

However, who doesn't know that the focus of the game against Liverpool is to limit Jiang Chenxi? And this is still in the media?

But the question is, how to limit Jiang Chenxi and how to prevent this superstar?

Pochettino scoffed at such reports.

He has a headache now, the newspaper is talking nonsense, but he wants to turn the nonsense into reality: how to prevent Jiang Chenxi?!

Pochettino considered several tactical options and worked with his coaching staff, but the results were not promising.

So, at lunchtime that day, Pochettino was still struggling with the game, and he found a seat with his plate in hand.

This is a somewhat superstitious man who believes that certain metaphysical things exist in the football world.

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At this moment, for example, after Pochettino had finished eating, he decided to take a test, he stood up and sat down in an armchair next to the balcony, he wanted to see who would be the first to come and talk to him.

Out of the corner of his eye, Pochettino caught a glimpse of Kane taking a piece of fruit from the self-service counter and walking back to his table, where he was not long before he placed the dirty plate on a tray near the couch.

And then Harry. Kane walked over and sat down next to Pochettino.

The Tottenham Hotspur manager and the team's top scorer had a great conversation, with the two chatting until 3pm.

After separating from Harry Kane, Pochettino was left alone in his room, and he wrote Harry Kane's name on the tactical board.

Then, divergent thinking began to jump in the Argentine manager's mind.

Pochettino is a very thoughtful coach, and the Argentine coach is one of the most recent representatives of the young coaches in European football.

Before Mauricio Pochettino's tenure at Tottenham, Kane was far away from goal and sometimes missed a chance. But after Pochettino's transformation, Harry Kane is now always at the forefront and continues to put pressure on his opponents. Pochettino gave Kane a lot of freedom instead of standing there waiting for his team-mates to pass the ball to him, so watching Tottenham Hotspur play the game, fans were most impressed by Harry Kane being alive and kicking all the time.