Chapter 533: Because You're Old!
After the embarrassing scene passed, many people really got to know Suarez.
If you look at the surface of a person, it is difficult to really recognize him, but when you see ugliness, it is easiest to understand him.
Many people admit the wrong person at a critical time, and they will immediately apologize, attribute the reason to nervousness, or compliment a couple of sentences, such as Suarez's agent Fonseca is constantly explaining, "Coach Zhang Yang is so young, it's hard to imagine that he can lead the team to win the treble at such a young age." Louis often sees your photos, but he has only seen them, and he is a little afraid to recognize them in front of him, so he will admit his mistake. β
That's certainly not the reason.
As long as you take a casual look at the photo before coming, it is impossible to recognize Bronno Burleigh as flamboyant, the hair color of the two is different, in contrast, it is like the difference between black and white, who will recognize **** as ****?
Impossible.
There is only one reason: Suarez doesn't know what Zhang Yang looks like, he just knows his approximate age.
Among the group, the only young ones are Bruno Boehly and Zhang Yang, and Suarez naturally recognized Boehly as Zhang Yang. As long as the person turns his brain, he can think of the reason, of course, it doesn't really matter, Suarez's attitude is very interesting, he is like a child who has done something wrong, he keeps his head down and does not speak, occasionally looks up, but more often glances to the side, as if he is afraid that his girlfriend Sophia will reprimand him.
That demeanor is really interesting.
Zhang Yang couldn't help but smile and comforted him, "It's okay, it's indeed the first time we've met." Then he reached out and said, "Welcome to Millwall!" β
Suarez raised his head, glanced at Sofia, and found that his girlfriend was smiling, not angry, so he relieved himself and shook hands with Zhang Yang, "Hello, Coach Zhang Yang, I'm really sorry, I really don't know what you look like." β
"You're an honest lad!" Zhang Yang patted Suarez on the shoulder and said, "Although I am not a few years older than you, I am the head coach of the team. Then, in the future, you have to call me boss like everyone else. β
Suarez was stunned, Sophia was beside him, pulled his hand, and he immediately nodded and said, "I know, boss." β
Zhang Yang glanced at Sophia and felt that Suarez was very interesting.
The next group accompanied Suarez and walked around the club, Suarez and his girlfriend Sofia walked in front, Zhang Yang walked side by side with them, and chatted with Suarez at the same time.
Bruno Boehly walked up front, helping to brief Millwall FC on training and also touched on some of the life issues.
Bruno Boehly is the club's junior coach and also works part-time as a first-team support and staff member of the club, who is there wherever the club is in need.
This summer, Boehly helped arrange the life of the newcomers.
When a new player joins the club, the first thing to do is to find a house.
The big-name stars have something to say, the stars with an annual salary of millions do not rely on the club to find a house at all, they buy one directly in London, or rent a mansion, ordinary players can also find it by themselves, but the club will also make arrangements.
Boehly was in charge of this work, he introduced Suarez to the surrounding situation of Dog Island, introduced the properties that the club could provide for rent, and asked Suarez to put forward some needs, but in the end Boehly simply talked to Sophia, because Suarez asked Sofia's opinion every time.
Along the way, Zhang Yang was also chatting with Suarez, caring about his upbringing, about his situation when he played in the Netherlands, and walked around the club, and he almost had a simple understanding.
Suarez, a girlfriend control, loves his girlfriend very much, listens to his girlfriend for almost everything, he personally, he has no opinions, like a naΓ―ve young man, and his personality is very simple.
Such a player is still very likable.
In addition to the embarrassment of meeting at the beginning, Zhang Yang's senses for Suarez are not bad, and he also has expectations for Suarez's performance.
In the new season, Suarez can only be a substitute.
In a few years, Suarez will be very famous, but now Suarez is still too immature, he is much better than when Vardy first joined the team, but age and game experience are still a big problem.
The substitute position is certain, but how many opportunities to play depends on the specific performance.
If he can score a goal on the field, Zhang Yang doesn't mind letting Suarez play the main team, and if the performance is worse, he can only wait for the opportunity, the competition in the team is very fierce, and he will not reuse a player who has not shown his form for no reason because of the memory of his previous life.
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After Suarez joined the team, Millwall FC stepped up the pace of transfers.
This is what the flamboyant demands.
The preparation for the new season starts in mid-July, and there are only two weeks left, and some ridiculous transfers can almost be over, giving priority to finalizing the transfer of important players, and he can also improve the tactical play of the new season in advance according to the lineup.
Two days later, a deal was finalised between Millwall and Birmingham City, with Mike Taylor set to join Millwall as the team's back-up goalkeeper.
Mike Taylor is an old goalkeeper, Chinese New Year's Eve is a bit old, he has played for Fulham for a long time, he has a lot of experience in the top league, last season Birmingham used Colin Doyle, Mike Taylor lost his position, he can only be the second goalkeeper, with his age to leave, can only find a main position in the lower league.
Mike Taylor had planned to continue playing for Birmingham and it didn't matter as the second goalkeeper, but when he was invited by Millwall, he was immediately moved to join a top team and maybe win the title with Millwall instead of playing as a substitute at Birmingham.
Mike Taylor has the intention of joining Millwall, but Birmingham does not want to let go, Mike Taylor is still very stable, they consider the new season, Colin Doyle may not have a stable performance, Mike Taylor is in the team, can make the lineup more stable.
Under pressure from both Millwall and Mike Taylor, Birmingham eventually relented, but they asked for a transfer fee of one million euros.
In fact, Millwall doesn't want to pay, Mike Taylor is a veteran, and the transfer fee is almost equivalent to a waste, and the transfer will always be delayed, but Mike Taylor has only played for four seasons at Birmingham, and there is still one season left to activate the player's free transfer clause, in addition, his contract has not expired and he is not eligible for a free transfer.
No way.
In the end, Zhang Yang made the deal, Millwall could only bear to shell out a million euros, Mike Taylor just made up for the lack of Heatlop's departure, he and Birmingham have the same considerations, a main goalkeeper is not necessarily stable, and it is not easy to say what will happen in the middle of the season, having a solid veteran as the second goalkeeper will make the goalkeeper position stable, and there is no need to worry about it anymore.
Goalkeepers, the most need for stability.
It is also the particularity of the goalkeeper position, Zhang Yang did not consider buying any 'little demon' to join the team, it makes no sense at all, any goalkeeper 'little demon' will be the biggest hole in the defense before he becomes a star.
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The next person to join the team was not a player from any position, but an assistant coach --
Stuart Pearce.
Last season, Pierce was still in charge of Manchester City, but was awkwardly sacked because of results.
A manager who is generally a little famous does not have to worry about finding a job after being sacked, and it is easy for a Premier League manager to find a place in the Championship, but Pierce is different, his fame is all in the players, and he is considered one of the best defenders England has ever produced.
That's all.
Pierce retired from Manchester City and immediately became the manager of Manchester City.
The name of a star is a stepping stone to a manager, but on the contrary, it is very difficult to continue as a manager after a failed coaching experience.
In world football, there are many similar examples.
Like, Maradona.
Maradona is the king of Argentina, but after he retired, he kept changing jobs, and he only relied on the support of the king's fame, and it was very difficult to find a real coach job, because the first time he failed, and the next ones basically failed.
Pierce faced this dilemma.
After two seasons in charge of Manchester City, he proved to be a failed coach, and he could not find a coaching opportunity in the Premier League and Championship, so far he is still idle at home, and is considering continuing to develop 'downward', such as coaching youth teams and developing young players.
Millwall's invitation made Pierce look forward to it and embarrassed.
Last season he was an opponent, but this season he became an assistant.
That's what Pierce portrays.
But face is not important, especially Zhang Yang led the team Millwall, won the 'Treble' last season, such a good result was noticed by the world, Zhang Yang's coaching ability has also been recognized by European football, and there are countless fans who support him, and it seems that it is not a shame to serve as Zhang Yang's assistant coach.
So Pierce agreed.
Zhang Yang invited Pierce to make up for Wise's departure.
Pierce has a wealth of professional experience and is a very good defender, and his arrival has been a great help in coaching.
In fact, even if Wise doesn't leave, the flamboyant coaching staff is short of people.
Generally, the coaching staff of top clubs will have four to eight assistant coaches, and the Millwall coaching staff, plus Aldous, who oversees the youth team, and Jedrick, the physical coach, have only just made up the number of four, and the assistant coaches are a bit too busy on weekdays.
Of course, there is also a big difference between the coaching staff of the top teams, the assistant coaches.
For example, the coaching staff of Manchester United, the important thing is Queiroz, Ferran and others, the other coaches are not famous, they are only responsible for all aspects of training, and occasionally make some suggestions, saying that they are assistant coaches, but rather 'idle people' of the coaching staff.
This kind of 'idle person' is still very useful, a bit like Bruno Boehly, with a name on his head, in fact, there is no exact position, the salary is not high, and he can do any job.
Pierce is certainly not an 'idle man', he was officially invited to be an assistant coach and will definitely become an assistant coach of the team, but he is different from Wise, Wise's contract is linked to Zhang Yang, which is equivalent to Zhang Yang's assistant coach, Pierce was signed by Millwall FC, and similar to Frederick, they all belong to Millwall FC coaches.
Zhang Yang doesn't care about this difference, mainly because he and Pierce only know each other, and without a deep personal relationship, he doesn't want Pierce to become an assistant coach with his own label.
The arrival of Pierce filled the vacancy in the coaching staff, and Zhang Yang started the position that was most lacking - the forward line.
Millwall's forward line has always been short of people, last season, the team only had three pure strikers - Bent, Vardy and Weston, in the course of the season, Simpson occasionally cameo forwards, plus Bent, Vardy is in excellent form, so there are no problems with the forward.
After Bente's departure, Suarez joined, but the number of strikers remained unchanged.
Normally, a team needs four players in the front line, and Zhang Yang needs to bring in a center forward who can score goals.
The centre-forward will be a 'semi-core' player who will be able to play plenty of opportunities, but in a tactical sense, he will not be a 'number one striker', but a tactical player.
The club's recruitment needs to consider positioning, such as bringing in a real center forward - Henry, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who are also center forwards and top goalscorers, and are certainly not willing to succumb to being the 'second scorer'.
That is tantamount to grabbing a position, and there will only be contradictions when it comes.
Zhang Yang set the goal of a center forward of about 10 million euros, a center forward player of this value level, it is difficult to play the main force in the giants, and he will play the 'semi-main force' in Millwall, he will have enough opportunities to play, and he will naturally be very satisfied.
Millwall FC is negotiating three players, one of whom is very optimistic about Zhang Yang, he can't wait for the club to slowly pull off, so he simply flew directly to Italy, ready to personally persuade the opponent to choose to join Millwall.
The player's name is Luca Toney.
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In July, Milan, Italy, does not look hot, the humid Mediterranean climate brings cool drizzle to the city of Milan, and most of the pedestrians wear cool summer clothes on the rain-splashed road, and the whole body is wrapped in raincoats, which is still very rare.
Zhang Yang walked into a cafΓ© on the corner of the street with this costume.
This is actually a helpless move.
There must still be a lot of Milan fans who remember the San Siro game in early May, when Millwall beat AC Milan strongly, Bent scored a goal to humiliate the opponent, and a brawl broke out after the game.
At this point in time, ask Milan fans, which team is the most hated, probably will say 'Millwall', the most hated manager?
I guess half of them will say publicity!
Zhang Yang felt that it was better to keep a low profile, after all, it was not his own territory, and while waiting in the cafΓ©, he was a little worried about being recognized by the waiter, but fortunately, Dongfang's face was not easy to recognize, and no one was interested in who he was.
After a short wait, the door of the cafΓ© was pushed open again.
A man in a jacket walked in, he put away his umbrella in front of the door, glanced around, and walked in the direction of Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang turned his head to look over, it was Luca Toney, and he smiled, "Coming by yourself?" β
"Hmm. Originally, I wanted to get my agent along, but he had something to do and went back to Florence, and besides, the fewer people there were, the better......"
Luca Toney's voice was a little low, but the meaning was almost understood.
Zhang Yang thought it was very interesting, he felt that he was making an unsavory deal, but in fact, it was just an appointment.
After the two of them sat down, Zhang Yang ordered something at random, and then went straight to the point, "You should know what I'm here for." If you accept the invitation, you prove that you are interested in Millwall, so what do you want? Or is there something you'd like to ask? β
Luka Toney thought for a moment and said, "I wonder, between Bayern Munich and Millwall, why should I choose Millwall?" β
Zhang Yang said something that made Luca Toney want to leave, "Because...... You're old. β