"How does it feel to be back on the field after being away from the field for so long?"

"Excited. I've been longing for that day and luckily we had a big win in this game! ”

After the game, Yu Liang, who contributed two assists in this game, was interviewed by domestic reporters on the sidelines.

"Although we have lost the chance to qualify at this stage, in the next third stage, we will play every game seriously, do our best to win the title, and then play in the play-offs!"

At present, the first team in the total number of points in the two stages is the Lomb team with 42 points, followed by the Mons team with 41 points. With most of the league going through the league, Antwerp currently has a total of only 31 points, 11 points away from the top of the table, and the possibility of direct promotion is relatively small if they want to win the league title. So the whole team of Antwerp is only aiming for the championship in the third stage. Based on the championship points from the previous two stages, they only need to win 8 of the 12 matches in the third stage to secure the title.

This big victory not only swept away the haze of four rounds of winlessness, but also shattered the outside world's doubts about Van Ake.

After securing his position and calming down, Van Ake began to take a fresh look at his team.

There are only three orthodox centre-forwards up front, and while Di Gregorio can also play up front, more often than not, Van Ake wants him to be behind the striker and play a role in threading the needle and feeding the centre-forwards up front.

Although the current three center forwards are enough to cope with the current two-line game, if there is an injury, even pushing Di Gregorio back to the front line will not meet his needs.

In midfield, there are only 10 players who are all healthy. That also includes Mihem and Bigga, both of whom have on many occasions had to make cameos at centre-back. Especially now that Cisse is injured, both of them have to be on the back line most of the time, so the midfield staffing is much weaker, especially in defence.

As for the backline, it is their weakest link. Although Biga and Mihem can be pulled into the central defender position at any time, apart from the two of them, the team's authentic central defenders are only Cisse and Lawan. Two authentic centre-backs are certainly not enough. Especially now that Cisse is injured, it has made their situation even worse. As for the full-backs, plus Dreyse, who is on the injury list, there are only four of them.

After taking a fresh look at his team, Van Ake let out a heavy sigh.

If such a squad wants to hit the championship in the third stage of the league, it is obviously not possible.

Not to mention the attack power of the front court, the key is that the back court is too weak. Even if you are lucky enough to get a place in the promotion play-offs, you will definitely not be able to get out of the promotion play-offs. There are only two ways to change the team's predicament, one is to promote players from the youth team, and the other is to bring in reinforcements.

However, with the winter transfer period coming to an end in two days, it is too difficult to find the right player in the transfer market. More crucially, they don't have enough money, which is why he hasn't moved in the winter transfer window. Therefore, combining these two factors, the reinforcement was directly vetoed by Van Ake.

As for the youth team, Van Ake went straight to the youth team coach Rene Viniers.

"The youth team does have two little guys who are good, but one is less than 16 years old and the other is only 17 years old, so being promoted to the first team is really good for their growth?"

After explaining the situation to Rene, Rene directly said the names of the two little guys.

But after hearing their age, Van Ack hesitated.

Although the second division is not a top league, the confrontation in the competition is not weaker than that of the first division. If a boy who is less than sixteen years old is hastily promoted, it may really backfire.

"Call Bart Brak to report to the team tomorrow!"

But Van Ack didn't want to let go of the 17-year-old, who had a lot of professional players in Europe and had to be promoted to complement the team.

René Vignès, of course, knows the current state of the team and he went straight to his opinion: "Why don't you think about Christopher? ”

Listening to Rene's words, Van Ack frowned directly, and asked Rene beside him with a hint of questioning.

"He doesn't have a new owner yet?"

"Who wants him again? But there is no doubt about his strength! The team is not in great shape right now, I suggest you think about him! ”

Christopher, 24 years old, 1.9 meters tall and weighing 83 kilograms, has excellent marking ability and position-picking ability, and was Antwerp's main centre-back before this season. But he was a gambler by nature, and was directly expelled from the club because he was deeply involved in the gambling turmoil. So far, the police have not investigated clearly. And because he was once caught in the gambling turmoil, Christopher has never been able to find a home. In addition to his personality, he is tall and not bulky, on the contrary, he is very flexible, and he turns quickly, and he is a rare talent in the central defender position.

But with him, Van Ack was a little hesitant.

"That's a good suggestion, but are there any other suggestions?"

In order to consider enriching the team, he not only brought in the coach of the youth team, but also his own coaching team.

"Why not consider a loan? We have been a pleasure working with Manchester! ”

Van Ake listened to Günther's words and patted his head.

"Great advice, there's less than forty-eight hours left before the transfer deadline, guys, hurry up!"

As soon as he said that, Van Ake began to work on the loan of the player. His team checked the information of Manchester United's echelon for the first time and made a list of players who could be considered for loan.

Van Ake has scrutinized and sifted through all the squads before selecting a centre-back, two midfielders and a striker.

"Sir, don't you really think about Chris?"

With this list in hand, Van Ake is ready to go to the team's general manager.

Upon walking out of the office door, Rene mentions Christopher again.

Van Ake glanced at Rene, and his originally relaxed expression immediately became grim. After a moment's deep groaning, he looked at Rene and turned to leave the office.

'It's the player I need.

After arriving at the office of general manager Paul Bisdoks, Van Ack didn't even say a word of greeting and handed him his list.

"Mr. Manager, we don't have so much money to buy so many players! And with less than forty-eight hours before the transfer deadline, I don't think I can do that! ”

Paul Bisdox looked at the list of four players above and rejected it outright.

Isn't that a joke?

Now even if he is given 10 million, he may not be able to get four players.

"Well, I'm sorry, Mr. General Manager, I'm only on loan, these players are from Manchester United! I don't think they would have turned us down, after all, we had a great time working together, didn't they? ”

Van Ake knew that Bisdoks had misunderstood, and immediately opened his mouth to explain.

Listening to Van Ack's explanation, Bisdox breathed a sigh of relief. If it's just a loan player for Manchester United, I believe it shouldn't be very difficult, after all, they have worked together for so many years.

"No problem, leave it to me!"

Taking over the list, Bisdox was ready to contact Manchester United.

"Well, Mr. General Manager, there's one more person I think." When he said this, Van Ake hesitated again, but thinking about Christopher's ability, Van Ake finally decided to take a gamble, "I need Christopher!" ”

Christopher's smile froze as Van Ack said the name.

Then he frowned, sat down on the seat and groaned: "This question, you let me think about it!" I'll take care of the loan players for you first! ”

As the general manager of the team, he needs to think about maintaining the operation of the team. And the most important thing in the operation of a club is reputation, so for a player like Christopher, he can't make his own decisions, after all, it may hurt the reputation of the club, and he must discuss it with the president of the club.

"Okay!"

For Christopher, Van Ake is not hopeful. As long as he can get those Manchester United players, he has the confidence to lead the team to greater achievements.

Leaving his office in Bisdoks, Van Ake began to prepare for the next round of the league.

When Van Ake led his team to the training ground for a recovery session in the afternoon, Bisdoks received an affirmative reply from Manchester United. Manchester United agreed to loan these players, and they even waived the nominal loan fee, but they had one request, and that was that they arrange for a coach to be involved in Van Ake's coaching team.

Van Ake did not refuse this, on the contrary, he was very happy about Manchester United's arrangement of coaches.

After taking care of the loan players, Van Ake breathed a sigh of relief.

However, after the training session, he was called over by Bisdox, and the two went straight to the office of Chairman Eddie Waters.

"You need Christopher?"

After entering the office, Eddie Waters looked directly at Van Ake with a frown.

"You know he's a problematic player, if you sign him rashly, not only will we be passive in terms of public opinion, but even in the league, we will be subject to stricter supervision!"

"Yes, sir, I know all of that, but those issues aside, Christopher is a good player."

"What can he bring us?"

Van Ack was about to explain further when he was interrupted by Eddie Waters.

"Victory and honor!"

"Very well, you dare to use your reputation as a guarantee, there is nothing impossible to re-sign him! But please keep Christopher in check, I don't want him to get involved in all that mess again! There is only the third stage of the league left, and I hope that by the end of the season, you will be able to deliver on your promise! ”

"Don't worry, sir! I'll do it! ”

Leaving Eddie Waters' office, Van Ake's brow was locked together. Although he has received new signings, this will be a boulder on his heart until he is promoted, and it will put heavy pressure on him.