Volume 3 Chapter 85 Crazy Football
Spalletti sat in the former Benitez office, flipping through the team profile, and the other day he held a press conference at Liverpool to officially announce his appointment.
Mackin was the first to call him to welcome him, and Liverpool fans generally have a wait-and-see attitude towards an Italian coach, who is famous, but whether he can play in Liverpool will have to wait and see.
As assistant coaches, he brought in his old Roma duo Bardini and Martuche, and he didn't mind inviting Sami Lee to stay as an assistant coach.
From this point of view, he is a smart person who is good at allocating and using resources.
He and Bardini are both good at adjusting the attack, Sami Lee knew it before he came, he can be called a master of defensive training, and Liverpool's solid defensive system in the past two years cannot be separated from him.
And after the departure of former meritorious coach Benitez, Sami Lee was able to quickly stabilize the dressing room, which shows the role of the Liverpool legend.
Spalletti looks a bit like Giorgio Pantoriano, the traitor who misses the virtual world in Hacker One, and he's a bit of a traitor to the Italian football world himself, because his style is full of offense and flamboyance, at least so far.
At the moment he is now thinking about the list of signings for the summer team, the club does not give him much money, but he is used to being frugal in Rome, and he is actually adapting to it for a while.
Ancelotti, who was far away in London, smiled and looked mysterious.
Take a look at Liverpool's current squad:
Goalkeepers: Reina, Cavalieri, Martin
Defenders: Aurelio, Enrique, Ager, Skrtel, Carragher, Cahill, Elmer
Midfielders: Mascherano, Bruno, Lucas, Mackqin, Kuyt, Gerrard
Forwards: Torres, Valle
There are a total of 18 people, and in the past two days he has gone to the reserve team to take a look, and that Lallana is not bad, as well as Martin Kelly and Spierring, who have returned on loan, and can be mentioned as substitutes in the first team, and the others will either continue on loan or have to be sold, and there is no future.
He is good at playing the 4231 formation, the attack mainly relies on the midfield, after some weighing, he feels that in addition to an attacking right back, a few good midfield substitutes, he also needs a high striker.
The high striker is to enrich the tactical concept and use it when breaking the dense defence, and the current team's forwards are all speedy, while Kuyt is more like a midfielder.
To be honest, he is very satisfied, as long as these three lines can be retained in the summer, they are the top configuration, and Parry has indeed fulfilled his promise to renew the contract as much as possible to retain most of the main players, except for those few superstar transfer messages, everyone else has renewed their contracts.
This is my battlefield, Spalletti thought to himself as he walked to the window.
The empty training ground, in less than two days, will be back to the noise, the new journey, it is his, it is also Liverpool's, he is already a little impatient.
Red is a very special color in his heart, the red of Rome symbolizes the wolf, and he really made Rome play the team and madness of the wolf, and now, he is coming to transform Liverpool.
Nowadays, Liverpool's big names are known in world football, but their tactics have always been defensive, which has something to do with the fact that several coaches have been good at defending and counter-attacking in the past ten years.
Liverpool's results have reached the peak, and there is still a tactical effort to win him more support and recognition, he has thought clearly before he came, he wants to change Liverpool's style!
Thinking of this, he picked up his phone on the desk.
Here, it is necessary to build a good relationship with the three captains of Liverpool because they represent everything about the Liverpool team, and that is what Parry told him when he took over.
They are the spiritual core of the three lines, as well as the tactical core.
"Hey, Gerrard, I'm Spalletti, of course you can call me Lucy or Boss in the future, yes, I've already arrived at the club, I think if you're out of vacation, help me inform Mark and Carragher, we'll meet in advance to discuss the next season, yes, come to the club, OK"
Put down your phone, a green battlefield outside the window, the new season is coming!
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On July 1, 2009, the smoke rose again, and after midnight, a series of transfer news shocked the eyes of fans all over the world, too rough, but I like it.
The first is Real Madrid, the absolute purge, the absolute big purchase, the yellow submarine coach Manuel Pellegrini into Real Madrid.
Then Saviola, Sneijder, Robben, Cannavaro, Drenthe, Edu, Heinze, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Huntelaar and countless academy players were all revealed at the same time in Marca's newspaper to be leaving this summer, just to be signed by them.
And Abiol, Garay, Alonso, Granero, and Benzema were also announced at the same time that they had completed the final signing ceremony with Real Madrid and officially came to the Bernabeu, which together cost Real Madrid 120 million euros.
Boom, the entire European media is completely hilarious, Real Madrid Lafayette is extraordinary when he comes back, and it will exceed 100 million as soon as he makes a shot, but it is just an appetizer.
Then less than 4 hours, "Sky Sports" took the lead in breaking the news that Manchester City completed the recruitment of striker Adebayo and Everton defender Lescott and Lazio left-back Kolarov, spending a total of 80 million, and similarly, Manchester City's dumping supermarket was officially opened.
Perhaps the two teams were not enough to quarrel, West Ham immediately announced that Lyon's midfielder Keita, Udinese midfielder D'Agostino, veteran Vieira, Premier League stalwart Simon Davies, Brazilian striker Fabiano, and Santa Cruz joined at the same time.
The Times: The golden yuan offensive of the two Emirati bosses will completely change the Premier League landscape this season, and the traditional top four of the Premier League have not made any moves, and these two upstarts have turned the transfer market upside down.
Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger: There's nothing to say, they're rich, so fucking rich!
Spalletti, who is a thrifty housekeeper, walked around the two dumping supermarkets and signed goalkeeper Schmeichel Jr. for 1 million, because Cavalieri and Martin decided to return to China, and the other decided to go to the lower leagues to find opportunities, he needed a second goalkeeper, and the third goalkeeper was transferred from the academy.
Then, he signed Real Madrid academy defender Xavi Garcia (with a buyback) for 4 million, because Real Madrid wants to have a good relationship with Liverpool in the transfer of Mackqin, and 4 million is already the price of cabbage, half sold and half given.
After the completion of this signing, Spalletti sold Spearing, who originally wanted to mention the first team, 1.4 million, Mark Qinxindao, who had just returned to Melwood, was really a master of the family, because these two people are not stars, but they have played in the future, and they are the main level in the middle of the Premier League.
"We've got a very good squad, so our main job is to keep players and not buy them from the market," said Spalletti, who has just arrived in England, to keep a low profile with the media, but sometimes he doesn't want to keep a low profile.
Sky Sports: £65 million, Manchester City officially offer Torres! Benitez wants to take his Spanish countryman, Liverpool's leading goalscorer, with him from Anfield.
The Echo: £30 million, West Ham Lenovo bring back their midfield superstar, Mascherano.
The Guardian: Manchester City have launched a strong attack on Chelsea captain John Terry, and if Terry moves to Manchester City, Carlo Ancelotti is ready to make an offer for Liverpool's Skrtel in place of John Terry.
It is true that Torres has not signed a contract extension with Liverpool, and he has two years left on his contract, mainly because of the salary asking price of his agent Jose, which Liverpool cannot meet.
And Torres himself is hesitating, he won the Premier League title here, the Champions League, and is in good shape, in fact, he doesn't really want to go, but the contract negotiations have been deadlocked, and he can't help it.
Now there are many teams who want him, and many big clubs have also sent inquiries to see if Liverpool's supermarket will open this summer.
Mackin is very calm on his side, because all the clubs have not received a clear answer from him, the offer is meaningless, he is now the new king of Liverpool, unless he wants to go, no one can move.
Spalletti had so many superstars under his hands for the first time, and he was a little uncomfortable all of a sudden, and he didn't respond, because Parry was in charge of the contract extension, and he needed to welcome an old newcomer first.
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At the scene of the Liverpool press conference room, a light was shining, because there were three football superstars present, although he was old when he first arrived, but he was also the popular king of England.
Spalletti sat in the middle, with Gerrard and Mackin on the left, and Owen on the right, and dozens of media outlets below were agitated, which was big news.
Owen returns to Anfield!
'I spoke to Steven [Gerrard] about this at the end of last season, my contract with Newcastle ended and I wanted to go home and luckily Liverpool gave me an answer in the summer, so I'm back,' Owen said with a smile, just a little bit lonely in his smile.
'Michael is a top striker, he's older but he's still powerful and I'm sure he can bring a lot of experience and help to us,' said Spalletti.
Gerrard broke the microphone and continued: "I'm glad Michael is back, he's finally back in Liverpool, this is where he should be, and we can play together again."
Mark Qin was actually quite surprised in his heart, this product didn't go to Manchester United, he also just knew, it's better not to go, at least less infamous after retiring.
So he also said: "I grew up watching Michael play, I remember him in the Premier League and the World Cup, and now that he's back, we have another world-class striker"
In the afternoon, the headlines on the front page of the British media were the return of the golden boy to Liverpool, but the local Liverpool fans did not buy it very much, and were much more indifferent than expected.
No matter how many times he said that leaving Anfield was not his intention after Real Madrid's disappointment, he went happily without showing nostalgia, and then began to praise the greatness of Real Madrid.
He wanted to see the outside world, and he thought he could come back at any time, and then Liverpool would welcome him back as a hero, and Mackin had nothing to say but say a word of childishness.
He's not the golden boy anymore, Owen's return made a small wave, and then it was extinguished by an even bigger wave, still Manchester City and West Ham.
Rafael Benitez and Manic are arguably the happiest Premier League managers this summer.
Arsenal were poached by Manchester City again, in addition to Adebayo, Collo Toure also threw himself into the warm embrace of the blue moon, and Benitez's transformation of the back is about to be completed.
And West Ham's Roberto Mancini signed his favorite player Balotelli in Italy, and Manchester United's Carlos Tevez announced his return to the Hammers as a free agent after his contract with Manchester United expired!
Just when people lamented that oil was so powerful and too powerful, the heaviest bomb of the summer came, and hundreds of media gathered in the Bernabeu press conference hall to share the prosperity.
Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazilian superstar Kaka each held their new white shirts, and Galeries Lafayette Florentino was among them, smiling kindly at the flashing lights.
Cristiano Ronaldo: 96 million euros, Kaka: 65 million euros.
One of them is 24, one is 27, Lafayette fulfilled his promise when he was elected, and the second phase of the Galaxy Battleship was officially announced.
No superstar, no Bernabeu, that's the slogan that the old man smashed with his wrist on the Real Madrid emblem.