Simpson, Jamie Vardy and others are still very enthusiastic, they have not discriminated against 'ordinary players', but they have not yet adapted to the status of stars.

Two seasons ago, Simpson was only an academy player and couldn't play in the first team, and Vardy was still playing 'wild ball' and was not even eligible to play in the non-professional games of the ninth league.

So they are still very enthusiastic about Li Wei.

In addition, there is another reason that Li Wei is a player that Zhang Yang likes, and a large part of the reason why they can become stars is because Zhang Yang likes them and constantly gives them opportunities to play, and they believe that Li Wei will also achieve something in the future.

Li Wei is also a Chinese.

Simpson, Livermore and others are still very interested in China, and they took the initiative to communicate with Li Wei to learn more about China.

It's a pity that Li Wei's English is not good.

Before coming to China, Li Wei signed up for an English speaking class, but it was difficult to get too good results in a short one-month study, and he could only communicate simply, and there was no way to go deeper if it was more complicated.

As a result, Li Wei also learned that in addition to training and improving, he also needs to tutor in English, no matter how long he can stay in the UK, his future life will definitely be busy and rich.

In addition to the communication of new players and veteran players, everyone who comes to the stadium is also training very hard, they are not for improvement, in fact, it is difficult to improve individual training, even if there is Bruno Boehly as an auxiliary guide, the latter can not give any guidance at all, their training purpose is only to recover as soon as possible.

This is important.

After a long vacation, they have not been able to recover from the holiday, their mentality has not recovered, and their physical condition has also been affected.

Although the team will arrange recovery training, it is definitely better to recover earlier, and it will be better to integrate into the team and conduct tactical training better, so as to adapt faster than others.

This will give them a head start in terms of intra-team competition.

In fact, it is also caused by stress.

To say that last season, the pressure was not very great, Simpson, Livermore and others were not worried about their appearances, one is the importance of the head coach, and the other is that the strength level of the players in the team is limited, and they will definitely get the opportunity to play as long as they perform normally.

It's different now.

Millwall were league champions last season and will aim no less this season, with Champions League games to play, with a number of stars joining in during the summer transfer window.

Livermore was a bit better, the team didn't bring in a top midfielder.

The Simpsons are different.

Last season Simpson was the main right midfielder, with no limit on the number of appearances he can play, as long as he is in form, this season is different, because Quaresma has arrived.

Simpson and Quaresma were still very enthusiastic about communication, but Simpson knew better that the two were direct rivals.

In the Portuguese league, Quaresma is the best right midfielder, while Simpson in the Premier League, the positional sense is a bit lackluster, like some media comment, "Simpson is doing well. But he's more of a striker than a wing-back. ”

Striker?

Simpson didn't think about competing with Darren Bent.

Others are also under competitive pressure, such as Jamie Vardy, who didn't play much last season and has received a pay rise this season and wants to make more appearances.

It's not easy.

The team did not bring in strong strikers, Darren Bent and Braniff are quite good, Simpson, Smitchell and others, can also play as a guest forward, and the performance will not be worse than him, if you want to play more times, you must try to make people see ability and value.

Jamie Vardy knows he needs to improve further.

Others are feeling the pressure a little bit, and even the newcomer Quaresma is not sure if he will be able to adapt to the Premier League and perform well enough, so he has to train hard.

The day before Millwall's meeting date, many of the players returned to training, they came to train spontaneously, or rather, to see the situation at the club, among the new players, Zambrotta, Pire have arrived one after another, they are led by the staff, familiar with the Lower Millwall King Club and the training ground, but also to the training ground, and the old players in advance.

The next day is the date of the official gathering.

In the morning, the first-team training ground was already packed, with players exchanging holiday life and many talking about past World Cup matches.

Here comes the coaching staff.

Frederick, Aldous and Dennis Wise walked into the training ground together to help introduce the new players after gathering everyone.

Zambrotta, Pire, Quaresma, and others were all introduced one by one.

When the first team becomes a 'multinational group', the work of the coaching staff also becomes complicated, for example, to make introductions, Zambrotta, Quaresma and others are not good at English, they can't make introductions themselves, and the coaches help to make introductions, because Wise, Aldous and others don't speak Portuguese and Italian.

Fortunately, the club is prepared.

A week ago, for this purpose, the club hired two full-time translators, who speak a total of five languages - Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish and English.

With the help of two translators, the work can start smoothly.

After introducing the new players, the coaching staff began the roll call, and they quickly discovered that there was one person who didn't come, and it was Kevin Braniff.

"Kevin's plane is late. He's probably still in the sky...... "Vardy, who has a good relationship with Braniff, helped explain.

This explanation is of little use.

Most of the players returned to the squad yesterday, and if Braniff had returned yesterday, he would have been back in London, even if his flight was late.

Frederick and Wise looked at each other as they frowned.

Next, the warm-up training officially begins.

The holiday had just ended, and it was time for recovery training, with the coaching staff arranging loose training and then having all the players go for a medical check-up when it was almost noon.

Physical examination is still very important.

Whether it is the basic data of height and weight, or a simple blood analysis value, it is enough to explain a lot of problems, so that the coaching staff can have a clearer understanding of the player's state, and the player's data will also be taken to the physical fitness coach Jedric.

By the afternoon, the players had gradually adapted to the training and got to know each other a little, and they started to discuss.

The focus of their discussion was on publicity.

Today is the first day of collective training, but they haven't seen Zhang Yang as the head coach, which is a bit strange.

The old players are better, the new players are more confused.

One of the new players who has been communicating with his team-mates more smoothly is Pire, a world-class star who has been playing for Arsenal before coming to Millwall, and only from the north of London to the west of London.

Pire turned to Jody Morris, "What about the coach?" ”

"Boss, you say?"

"Boss?"

"Yes, Boss, that's what we call him." Morris explained.

"Okay."

Piret was a little speechless, he really couldn't call a young man ten years younger than himself 'Boss', but in order to adapt to the new team, he still said, "Where's the boss?" Why didn't I see him. ”

'If I'm not mistaken, he would have stayed in the office, which he does a lot, studying the team's tactics, studying formation changes and so on. Jody Morris guessed.

"I see." Pire's suddenly intrigued asked, "I've seen a lot of media stories saying that Millwall's tactics are interesting and are trying to get the most out of the players?" ”

"Yes, that's what the Boss is working on."

"I'm looking forward to hearing you say that."

Jody Morris's speculation quickly spread throughout the team.

At this time, it is not only the players who are interested in where Zhang Yang is, but also the management of the club, for the club, the biggest thing today is definitely not the gathering of the whole team, but the club's 'Taishang' chairman, Prince Mossad is here.

The reason why I say 'Taishang Chairman' is because Prince Mossad has no official successor to the chairmanship, and there are rumors that he does not intend to be chairman, mainly because he has lived most of his life in Saudi Arabia and does not have much energy to run the club.

Prince Mossad is only the nominal chairman, but it is clear to anyone that he is the actual owner of the club, because the club belongs to him.

In order to better integrate into the Millwall team and feel more friendly, Prince Mossad rarely took off his traditional Arab clothes and put on a formal suit.

Wilkinson has been with Prince Mossad, and other senior members of the club have also met Prince Mossad one by one.

Prince Mossad went to the first-team training ground and let all the players meet the legendary prince, who watched the training for more than an hour and talked to several players and the coaching staff.

After that, the Mossad prince began to care about Zhang Yang.

"What about Zhang Yang? He is the one I want to see the most. Prince Mossad asked Wilkinson.

Wilkinson didn't know, he could only ask Aldous, among the several members of the coaching staff, in addition to Zhang Yang, he was most familiar with Aldous.

"It should be in the office." "He's been busy for more than a week. ”

Wilkinson nodded and asked Prince Mossad, "Do you want to send someone to inform him?" ”

"No need."

Prince Mossad said, "I will stay in England for a while, and I will definitely have opportunities in the future." ”

Wilkinson joked, "Zhang Ke has been thinking about his sports car, and last week he asked me when Mr. Mossad would come, but now it seems that he is probably not interested in sports cars." ”

Prince Mossad laughed along.

At this time, a figure walked in the distance, his speed was a little fast, it seemed that he was half-walking and half-running, and after getting closer, he quickly shouted, "Brand, where is my sports car?" ”

Wilkinson glanced at Prince Mossad, and his face suddenly darkened.