West Ham go hand in hand in the league and Europa League. Although the league is not stable, Jiangshan is confident that it will hit the top three positions, and the Europa League is basically locked in the right to qualify from the group, as long as you don't meet a strong team in the round of 32, it is very easy to pass.

"I don't bother to loan out N'Golo Kante, Mahles and Harry Kane because of the simplicity of the Europa League group stage, and there are plenty of training opportunities in the squad anyway." In fact, even if he is given another chance, he will still choose to loan out a few people.

There are no high-intensity game tasks, and the players are slow to improve just by making a few appearances in the cup.

Of course, the League Cup line, Jiang Shan has not given up, he wants to break through in the Cup this season, the League Cup is a good choice. Teams competing in European competitions will join the League Cup competition from the third round.

West Ham had a good first few signings, with an easy third round against Oxford United and a fourth round against Black Cats Sunderland.

Only in the fifth round, against Potters Stoke City, it worked hard until the 90th minute, and the substitute Royce scored the winning goal and defeated the opponent 2-1 away.

The Carabao Cup is De Gea's home stadium, but his thin body has not fully improved, and the Premier League, especially the teams in the lower leagues, have been looking for him to fight physically, which makes De Gea very uncomfortable.

Last season, the team fell out of the cup competition and a big part of the pot was De Gea's. Jiang Shan also talked to him and told him about the team's future plan, he is the first choice of goalkeepers for the giant team, he just needs to keep improving, Jiang Shan promised to give him the main position in the first team in the future.

Fortunately, De Gea has grown rapidly this season, and under the training of goalkeeper coach Hawke, his goal-line response is already at the top level, and what needs to be strengthened is his attacking ability and goal-facing ability.

He was lucky enough to get through a couple of games in the Europa League and the Carabao Cup, keeping three clean sheets and his confidence is growing.

'In the next game, we have to face Manchester United, of course, they won't be in full force, so I'm going to make you the first choice in goal. After defeating the potter, Jiangshan has a heart-to-heart with De Gea.

'You'll be the first-team goalkeeper until next season at the latest. Trust me, you will be the best goalkeeper in Spain and in the whole of Europe. ”

De Gea looked like an alpaca and looked at Jiang Shan excitedly, "Coach, can I really do it?" ”

De Gea is now able to chat with Jiangshan in English, and last season in Spanish, it seems that the language teacher assigned to him by the team has been somewhat effective, and he has studied hard.

"I believe in you, you should be more confident. West Ham will be the biggest club in Europe, and if you are the main goalkeeper, you have to be effective in the consciousness of the top giants. ”

"Hey...... So good. De Gea smiled shyly, "I'll try." ”

In the Carabao Cup against Manchester United, Ferguson did not do his best, they arranged a large number of youngsters to play, Fabio, Rafael, and Cleverley, a group of players, who looked ready to give up the game.

West Ham were not polite at all, although there were youngsters like Eriksen on the pitch, but the tempo was controlled at the feet of Kroos, who was more than two levels higher in the face of United's weak midfield.

The result of the game was as expected by Jiangshan, and it was won without danger, and the score was 2:1 again. Ferguson has gone hand in hand with the Champions League this season, and his thirst for two domestic cup competitions is not too strong, and he has not regarded the young-minded Manchester United as an opponent.

He has to guard against teams like Manchester City and Arsenal, who are hopeless in the league and eager to make a breakthrough from the cup competition, and the fighting power that erupts is terrifying.

The League Cup semi-finals were decided ahead of schedule, with West Ham holding one place, the other three being Ipswich, Birmingham City and Arsenal. West Ham will take on Birmingham City.

The League Cup semi-finals are also a two-legged contest, and it is easy to be upset, of course, the semi-finals will not start until January next year, and there is still a lot of time.

As for the FA Cup, West Ham will also be in the third round and will not start to work until early January.

In the Europa League game, Jiangshan arranged for young people to play early, and has locked the promotion quota in advance and reached the top 32, and the rest of the games are all used for training, and young players have enough opportunities to play and become more talented.

As we enter December, the Premier League teams are in a dense area of competition, and they have to deal with the Premier League's most famous Christmas schedule, and every team is miserable.

Within the West Ham team, injuries also began to appear, with Bale suffering a sprained ankle and pausing his progress; Ballack's old injuries have also been repeated, Mel Thurman has started to work hard, and David Silva has also suffered injuries and muscle strain.

However, Reuss, since joining West Ham, Jiangshan has arranged physical training for him, arranged recipes, basically maintained his health, and has become one of the most high-profile stars.

Injuries to key players have prevented West Ham from rising in the league rankings, hovering around 345 places.

They are competing with Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool, and Arsenal have quietly moved into second place and are doing well.

West Ham faced Fulham on Christmas Day, beating them 3-1 cleanly, and at the halfway point of the league, they were firmly in third place, and before beating Arsenal and Liverpool, they were not at all afraid to face strong teams.

Before the holiday, Jiang Shan also had a small meeting with several high-level executives, and Woodward would go out to deal with the large meeting, and it was no problem without him appearing.

Catherine excitedly held the annual report, "Boss, we have only invested 30 million pounds in net this year, and I believe that at this pace, we will be able to achieve profitability next year." ”

During the winter break, West Ham did not plan to buy players, at most looking for a few youngsters to join the academy and start to save on them. Compared with the team's expenses and income, there are still 30 million pounds to spend, and Jiang Shan is a little distressed.

"It's too hard to buy, next season, you have to control it a little bit." He flipped through the report, "So little investment? Not quite right, the fans will definitely not be reassured. ”

Woodward made it clear that "we actually have a net investment of almost £80 million, after all, the team spends a lot of money on people and the team is constantly updating the equipment, which requires too much money. ”

"And the players' wages are also rising, at least £100 million has been invested." "In addition, we have invested at least £30 million in the procurement of equipment for the construction of our own rehabilitation centre, and perhaps, the net investment will increase." ”

Catherine is blindfolded, what's going on? A problem with statistical caliber? I use the most professional statistical caliber, what can be the problem?

Of course, West Ham is not a listed company and does not need to announce financial reports, they only announce these to unite the hearts of fans and prove their determination to promote the big team.

On the contrary, when the company is doing the accounts, it is necessary to close the accounts, which tests Catherine's skills, but fortunately, Woodward is experienced and can definitely handle it properly.

Then, before the end of the year, West Ham released their official annual report, and the team invested a net of £150 million in equipment replacement, youth training, player purchases, rehabilitation centre construction, new stadium construction and other aspects.

The bulk of the cost is in terms of player purchases, transfer fees plus wages, how much is it, even if it can't be compared with Manchester City, it is also at the forefront of the Premier League.

"We're going to be big." Jiangshan once again reaffirmed the goal.