When Paul showed up at the training base on the morning of July 18, Paul Goddard, Pete Beardsley, Ludecker, and Ashley Roberts were all a little surprised, they all knew what Paul was doing yesterday, but why did he come back in just one day?

Could it be that the gun search failed!? But looking at the smile on Paul's face, it doesn't look like a failure, he must have made a big trip to the table, but if he can get a player in one day, then his ability to do his job is only ............ It's so strong!

"Paul, how did your trip go?" The four partners all came to Paul's side, and Paul Goddard couldn't contain his curiosity. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Paul smiled: "Of course it's done!" Or can I come back so soon? Well, I forgot to mention that this time I spent a lot of money to buy a future world-class striker! ”

Paul Goddard couldn't help but ask, "Big money?" How much did you spend? ”

"Hehe, £3oo million transfer fee............ Five-year contract ............ Annual salary of £1.9o million! ”

Belch!

Belch!

Belch!

Every time Paul said a word, Paul Goddard, Ludeck, and Ashley Roberts widened their eyes, and the last three people were completely angry at Paul, and the transfer fee of 3oo million pounds was easy to say, but the annual salary was 1.9o million pounds.................. This is almost the highest annual salary in the history of West Ham United, but the team is still in the first division, and the team's income is not as good as before!

This.................. This loser! But Paul looked triumphant in the face of the angry eyes of the three, Pete Beardsley is also a person who has no concept of money, and he also knows that Paul has spent a lot of money this time, but he feels that things are not so simple.

"Paul, who the hell did you go to Spain to buy?" Pete Beardsley was curious.

Paul didn't hide it either, and said with a smile: "David Villa Sanchez, the striker of the Spanish second division team Sporting Gijón. ”

Belch! This time even Pete Beardsley did not speak, and he, like the other three, was so unfamiliar with the name that he had never even heard of it.

Paul laughed and said: "This player is a goalscorer who has just emerged in the last two seasons of Sporting Gijón, and he is only 21 years old this year, but in the past two years, he has scored 18 goals in 4o appearances in the 2oo1~2oo2 season, and scored 2o goals in 39 appearances for Sporting Gijón last season!" ”

"Huh!?" After listening to Paul's stats, Paul Goddard, Pete Beardley and the other four are no longer angry, and they have begun to look forward to the Spanish striker named David Villa Sanchez.

Although the money Paul spent could raise a well-known striker player, but people are willing to come and say, even if they are willing to play for West Ham United, the transfer fee must be more than 3oo million pounds, not to mention that several of them are professionals in football, just listen to the player's appearances and goal statistics in the last two seasons, you can already understand a lot of things hidden behind this data.

On July 16, the Hammers travel north to Stevenage, where they will play a warm-up game against a local amateur team. West Ham still dominated the game, creating 21 chances to score, only five of which hit the woodwork, and only Joseph Sofine scored the equaliser with a second-half free-kick.

When the team was down by one goal in the first half, Paul looked at the miserable single-digit stats of the Stevenage team players on the green field, and he felt a little crying and laughing, his team's current offensive efficiency is really low.

Four days later, the Hammers were beaten 1:o by a League C side two levels below them at Huddersfield City!

Four days later, West Ham United was beaten 1:o away by League Two team Swindon!

On July 27, the Hammers finally defeated English Second Division side Peterborough 1:o with a goal from Ellington, which was also the first victory for Paul in charge.

However, although the team won, Connolly, Defio, and Steven Gillespie are still in poor form, not only can they not seize opportunities in the game, but they also feel a little unable to find a shot in the weekday training.

After careful statistics and analysis by Paul and the four partners of the coaching staff, they finally came to the conclusion that the collective slump of the forward line is not the personal problem of the players, but because the team's overall tactical play has changed too much from before, and the forwards have not yet adapted, and all are in the adjustment stage.

In the final warm-up game of the pre-season on July 27, the Hammers left London again for Luton Town, 48km away, to play a game away to League Two side Luton Town, before this game, Paul stressed the need for midfielders to invest more in attack, and Dutch teenager Mbak Busofa scored a goal in the opening 11 minutes, which he scored from the back post of the right post, but in the end West Ham was still equalised by Luton Town, and the game ended 1-1.

After the team's six warm-up games, there is only 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses, Paul can't help but feel some pressure, fortunately, the day of Villa's report is coming, now not only him, the other four members of the coaching staff are also full of expectations for this upcoming striker, who let this Spanish kid called Villa take the highest annual salary of 28o million euros for the Hammers!?

Paul finally received a call from Villa that he would arrive in London on the 3o day. This news finally relieved Paul, who had been worried about the front, he is actually really feeling the pressure now, the Hammers gang of several existing forwards with the striker, no matter how the effect is not very good, playing League B, League C and other teams are not safe, if you really meet with the team in League One, maybe you will be abused by others, fortunately, the gourd baby is coming!

On the 3o day, Paul asked Bacchus Carlton of the transfer department to pick up the airport at London International Airport, and he himself stayed in the office to watch the other members of the coaching staff train the team on the training ground.

Before the morning training was over, Bacchus Carlton had already received Villa and his agent Tamag, Villa did not understand English, and Tamargue's agent naturally wanted to come to London with him, but Villa's wife Patricia did not follow.