“…… Are you old? ”

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

Luca Toney held back his anger and continued the conversation, "I need a reasonable explanation. ”

Zhang Yang still kept smiling, as if stating a normal thing, "You may be uncomfortable to say, but that's the truth, Luca, you're thirty years old, right?" ”

"Thirty years old, is it big?" Luka Toney said seriously, "I have a few more years to play!" ”

"Of course, I admit it. But if you join Bayern, how long will you be in shape, or how long will you be sure to be in the main position? A year? Two years? Or do you have the confidence to occupy a longer main position? Zhang Yang said slowly without hurrying.

Luca Toney thought for a moment, then finally shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter which team you choose to join. ”

"That's exactly what I'm going to say." Zhang Yang looked at Luca Toney seriously and said sincerely, "I think you should take advantage of your good condition and get more championship trophies, instead of continuing to waste them." ”

Facing Luca Toney's puzzled eyes, Zhang Yang continued, "I'm serious, you need the championship trophy very much. You've won the top scorer in Serie A, you've won the European Golden Boot, but you haven't won a top-flight trophy, you haven't won the Champions League, you haven't even played in the Champions League. ”

It's a fact.

Luca Toney is a very good goalscorer, but he is really a bit of a late bloomer, most of his career seasons, played in the lower leagues, Modena, Fiorenzola, Treviso, Vicenza, Brescia, Palermo, all of which Tony has played for, he has played in Serie A with Vicenza, Brescia and Palermo, but it was only half a season or a season, and the rest of the time is still playing in Serie B.

It wasn't until 2005 that Luca Toney moved to Fiorentina to make his career take off, scoring 31 goals in Serie A, not only winning the title of Serie A's top scorer, but also becoming the first player in Serie A's 47-year history to score more than 30 league goals in a single season.

The 'European Golden Boot' didn't bring Luca Toney anything, his luck was so bad that at the end of the season, the Italian 'phonegate' incident broke out, and he fell to the second division with Fiorentina and played in the second division again for one season.

Such a pitiful career can be said to be a tragedy in football for a goalshooter with very few injuries and extremely good performance.

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

Isn't it tragic in this way?

Luca Toney is aware of his grief and left Fiorentina without hesitation, precisely in pursuit of the title.

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

"You definitely want to win a Champions League, right? It just so happens that our goal for next season is the Champions League! ”

'The leagues, the cups, we are also fighting for, you can look at our past results, like a lot of media say, we have been creating miracles. We will continue to work miracles and the championship is what we are chasing. ”

"Bayern? I don't deny that Bayern can easily win the title, but how much gold does the Bundesliga title have? How many fans are following in the Bundesliga? You'll get more attention in the Premier League. ”

"The current Bayern has not yet come out of the pain of Ballack's departure, they have been affected very much, at least this season, they are not eligible to compete for the Champions League at all!"

"So it's better to join Millwall......"

“……”

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

Among the flamboyant words, there are encouraging remarks that have been thought out in advance, and there are also sincere exchanges with Tony.

Tony is over thirty years old.

A player over 30 years old must have begun to think about the decline in form, maybe it is a little too early for Luka Toney, but joining Bayern Munich, will face more intense and brutal competition, there may not be a main position, in the past two years, Bayern's results are not ideal, he does not know if he can wait for Bayern to re-emerge.

Millwall is not as famous as Bayern, but they have quite good results, and in the past season, they won the 'treble' of the league, cup and Champions League, and were watched by fans all over the world.

Luca Toney believes it would be a good option to join Millwall.

Eventually, Zhang Yang convinced Tony.

In fact, Tony chose to join Millwall because he also had his own ideas, he thought Millwall was good, mainly for his own reasons - he was used to staying in a small club, and he was a little uncomfortable with the big club, or rather, the experience before the age of 30 made him accustomed to the atmosphere of a small club and a little resistant to the big team.

That's why Toney has been playing for the club.

In the past few seasons, Toney has had the opportunity to join the giants, and in Italy, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, the three giants have offered him invitations, but he has all declined, and instead joined the inconspicuous Fiorentina.

It's the same now.

If Millwall hadn't joined, he would have chosen to join Bayern Munich, but Millwall didn't look worse than Bayern, and his mentality was biased towards Millwall, just trying to find a reason to convince himself.

Zhang Yang gave him a reason.

Tony eventually agreed to Millwall's invitation.

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Luca Toney's transfer is still going well, Fiorentina has confirmed that they want to sell Luca Toney, mainly because Bayern and Millwall compete, Bayern's transfer offer is 10 million euros, Millwall is 11 million euros, Fiorentina is also inclined to trade to Millwall, because it will get a higher transfer fee.

With Luca Toney himself agreeing, things get simpler.

Three days later, Fiorentina and Millwall announced the transfer of Luca Toney at the same time, which caused quite a stir.

Luka Toney is seen as an addition to Darren Bent's departure, and the move to Millwall is highly anticipated, but that's the case with the English media, who like to tout their players and resist players from other countries.

Darren Bent is an English player, and the league and Champions League double goalscorer king, Luca Toney is much worse than him, he only proved himself in Serie A, and scored sixteen goals last season, which is nothing at all, and many media believe that Luka Toney cannot replace Darren Bent.

Zhang Yang ignored these reports.

After confirming that Luka Toney would join Millwall, he didn't even care about the follow-up progress, and he was alone in the manager's office and started the all-important 'preparation' of the new season -

Study the tactics!

Many people are concerned about Millwall's preparation, but few people know that the most important thing in Millwall's preparation is not even the training of players, but the development of tactics for the new season.

It's his own work.

Before each season, Zhang Yang has to rely on the 'speech and spirit calculation' to analyze the tactics that can best exert his strength.

Last summer, Zhang Yang formulated a 'dual-core' style of play, and relying on this latest style of play, Millwall won the 'Treble'.

Now is the time to devise new tactics.

This season, the change of the team is still relatively large, but to talk about other positions, the change is not very big, the addition of forwards and wingers to replace the position of the original player, the focus is still on the change of the midfield, mainly the addition of Sneijder.

Sneijder is a pretty good midfielder and he can play at the centre.

This seems to be a compliment to Sneijder, but Millwall's core is a bit too much, there were Morris, Braniff, and even Josh Simpson before, and there are top midfielders like Livermore in the midfield, and now there is Sneijder, and the configuration in the middle of the midfield is really a little too gorgeous.

How to play the advantage of the midfield flashiness?

Zhang Yang's research is this, because there are not many changes in other positions, and tactical research is not as complicated as last year, but many things are like this, a little small change will cause a domino effect, causing one change after another.

In the manager's office, Zhang Yang was bored for a week, not caring at all about the changes in the outside world, completely immersed in the study of tactics, except for the club personnel, who occasionally delivered meals to the office, no one else met at all.

A lot has happened in one week.

Pierce came to work at the club.

Pierce went to the head coach's office, and after only a few words with Zhang Yang, he was sent away by silence.

Sneijder, Maxi Rodriguez, Luka Toney and Mike Taylor, who came to the club to report separately, did not enjoy the treatment of Suarez and could not be greeted by Zhang Yang in person.

For this reason, many players do not know why, such as Sneijder, he feels that he is the 'biggest name' newcomer, and the manager even ignores it, will he not be taken seriously in the new season?

It's no wonder Sneijder had the idea.

Also playing in the Dutch league, Sneijder knew Suarez, he met Suarez after he came, and heard about what happened to Suarez, but unfortunately he didn't even have the opportunity to meet him.

After that, Sneijder didn't want to think so much, because the other players who came to report didn't see the manager.

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

When asked about the club staff, he only got one reply, "Zhang Yang has been in the office, if you are in a hurry, you can go to him yourself!" ”

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

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

"What's the matter?"

"Handle it yourself!"

"Nope!"

"No interviews!"

"You don't need me for this, do you?"

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

“……”

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

That's the easiest way to do it.

On 14 July, Millwall FC announced that Ljungberg, who had left Arsenal, had officially signed Millwall, who had been offered a four-year contract.

Ljungberg's addition is an addition to the flanks in midfield.

When he was at Arsenal, Ljungberg was a versatile player, he could play in the middle, on the wing, and even on the left and right, but in the past two seasons, Ljungberg's performance has been mediocre, and Wenger finally couldn't stand it anymore and began to cut his staff.

Arsenal 'cut' a dozen players.

Millwall lacked a right wing-back and opted for Ljungberg to complement the squad.

Millwall is actually on the right side, Josh Simpson is the main right side, more than two seasons of experience, Simpson has also improved a lot, his defense has improved a lot, and he has been able to play the main position on the right side.

So the arrival of Ljungberg can only be a supplement.

Ljungberg didn't get much of a contract either, with an average annual salary of £1.8 million on a four-year contract, which can only be regarded as a first-class replacement, and he chose to join West Ham United to get a bigger contract, but Ljungberg believes that chasing the title is more important, and the option of joining Millwall is even better than staying at Arsenal than taking a little more salary.

This may also be the reason why West Ham have not offered a big enough contract.

If the contract is big enough, Ljungberg will definitely join West Ham United without hesitation, and the title will become less important, after all, he is over 30 years old, and in two or three years, his form will definitely not be guaranteed, and it is still important to make more money.

On the day Ljungberg officially joined, Zhang Yang was finally 'out of the customs'.

The first person Zhang Yang saw was Wilkinson, who came to ask about the transfer, the team has a complete basic lineup, and what positions need to be added need to be made by the head coach.

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

Ljungberg, who used to be a good player, can only be a good supplement now, and even whether the supplement is 'good' depends on his form.

Zhang Yang didn't care too much.

The team has Josh Simpson on the right side, Sneijder, Morris, Vardy and other players, and the right midfielder also plays well, and one more Ljungberg can only say that the lineup is more complete.

Zhang Yang thought about it seriously and said to Wilkinson, "We still need a midfielder, David alone, it is difficult to hold on to the whole season." In addition, we have signed a few players to supplement the depth of the bench, and we will have to play on multiple fronts in the new season. ”

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