Chapter 477: Recruitment

The pre-season weighing is actually a routine thing for every team, which is mainly to warn players to eat and drink during the holidays and not pay attention to the maintenance of their bodies, resulting in body fat and even a small belly.

On the football field, physical factors have a great impact, and if you don't cherish your body and cause your body to gain weight, you are likely to lose even the main position.

Some players are lazy and don't want to train more, and they don't even bother to run during the holidays, so when they come back to the team, they are scolded by the coach for not being able to lose weight before the start of the season.

Mourinho attaches great importance to the quality of players in this regard, and he believes that a player should first have a good attitude, be diligent, and practice skills, but if the attitude is not correct, it is really useless.

When he was coaching at Real Madrid before, Mourinho could still manage Benzema, but then Munirio left there, and Benzema gradually developed a small belly, and his condition has not been very good, and he has been criticized by the media for a while.

Because everyone knows Mu Shuai's temper, so this time the weighing, the situation is not bad, in fact, as a player, especially a player in the development period, it is not a problem to increase a pound or two, after all, it is still growing, especially Chelsea, there are many players around the age of twenty, Lin Yu is one of them, but Lin Yu's weight should have increased, but it can be measured not only did not increase, but also decreased, but on the surface, Lin Yu has not changed at all.

This is what Lin Yu has always been characterized by, he doesn't look so strong, not like a muscular hunk like Schwarzenegger. His figure is still relatively well-proportioned, but not being strong does not mean that he is not strong. His strength and physical prowess go hand in hand, even against a player as physically strong as Drogba. It's not his opponent, his muscles are hidden, and only when he really uses it, will he exert great power.

For Lin Yu, whether it is the team doctor or Mourinho as the head coach, they all feel a little mysterious, they don't quite understand what Lin Yu's method of maintaining body shape and improving strength is, which can only be explained as a unique way in the mysterious ancient oriental country.

In fact, Lin Yu was just dipped in the light of the ball king cultivator, and he got the best training method for his body from the small droplet. It's a pity that this training method can only be used under the special gravity conditions in the ball king cultivator, otherwise it can be promoted at that time.

Others say that Lin Yu's success is because of his smart mind, and they all say that he has a very high ball quotient and superb skills to achieve today's achievements, but Lin Yu does not agree with this, he feels that the main reason for his real success is the physical fitness and muscle strength that are often ignored by many players.

Fitness is something that many people look down on, especially those talented players. They feel that fitness is the business of the players who do the dirty work, and it has nothing to do with them.

But looking at the general direction of football development, in the current football circle, even if you are a striker. You also need to run without the ball, you need to press in the front court, and you even need to constantly run back and forth and sprint. in order to get more opportunities.

Even Messi and Ronaldo can't be special in this regard.

A few days ago, Lin Yu watched a warm-up match of the Chinese team when he was in China, because the weather was getting hotter. The players of the national team basically couldn't play for more than 20 minutes in the second half. One by one, it's just a walk there.

After the game, some media lamented: "Such a team, let alone one Lin Yu, even if it is three more Lin Yu, I am afraid that it will not make any sense." ”

The reason why Lin Yu has always been able to maintain sufficient physical strength and be able to score wonderful goals at critical times is directly related to his abundant physical strength, otherwise he will not be able to run at the end of the game, and how can he pose a threat to the opponent, let alone score any goals.

After the weight check, there are a number of other physical examinations, which are to ensure the fitness of the players, and of course to be responsible for the team, and if you put players who are not in the right physical condition into the starting line-up, it will be troublesome.

For example, the examination of the heart, lungs and liver, etc., the heart of a football player must not have a problem, otherwise it is possible to retire directly, because heart problems may directly lead to the sudden death of athletes on the field, which is not good for anyone.

There is also a lung examination, Mourinho has always opposed players smoking, because smoking will cause great damage to the lungs, and then directly lead to a decrease in the player's lung capacity, which is reflected in the field that is poor breathing, physical decline, slow start, etc., it is also very troublesome.

Drinking is also frowned upon, but it's relatively relaxed, as long as you don't drink too much, then Mourinho won't say much, but if a player directly drinks himself into an alcoholic liver, then it's a big problem.

Thankfully, everything was normal this time, with only a few players slightly overweight, which was within a tolerable range.

Mourinho was quite satisfied with the result, he smiled and said: "It seems that everyone has not forgotten that he is still a player, he has done a good job, today's training can be a little more relaxed, after all, it is the first training after returning to the team, don't be tired, too much, and say hello to the fans, we don't have much public training." ”

When the players walked out of the medical examination area, the fans gathered outside the training ground burst into applause and shouts, although in fact, everyone had only been gone for more than ten days, but for these fans, it was almost as if a whole year had passed.

Some of these fans are the ones who beat the referee in the Champions League final, and when they see Lin Yu now, it is like seeing real relatives, which can no longer be described as hardcore fans, it is simply worship for no reason, in their minds, Lin Yu is completely deified.

Amid the cheers of the fans and the click of the shutters of the cameras, the Chelsea players began their first training session of the new season in a happy mood as they had won the treble just this past season. Crowned in Europe.

However, the glory of the past is behind us for the next season. Will they encounter tears or glory, humiliation or pride? Some have to start all over again.

At the beginning of the new season, the busiest thing is not actually the players, because the league has not yet started, the players only need to participate in training step by step, but the managers and coaches of the club are really busy.

Behind last season's seemingly brilliant season, Chelsea also have a lot of problems that need to be solved urgently.

The first is the ageing of Frank Lampard, John Terry and Ashley Cole, and while these veterans are still able to fight on the pitch, it is an indisputable fact that they are getting older. It's really hard to think sometimes when you have more than enough power.

So, if the club wants to maintain its results, it must first address the ageing of certain positions in the squad.

In fact, even Cahill and Ivan are not young, and they need more qualified substitutes.

A team with pursuits, a team that wants to win the championship, it is impossible without spending money, if they are like Wenger who only cultivates a little demon, and then becomes a talent to sell for money, then where does the championship come from?

In fact, even Arsene Wenger couldn't stand it all the time. That's why he paid a lot of money for Mesut Ozil, and after buying Mesut Ozil, they won the League Cup, although it seemed insignificant. But for Arsenal, it's not bad, and they finished second in the league and reached the final of the FA Cup last season. That's quite a good result.

Abu is not short of money, and he is not afraid to spend money. And he has long told Mourinho that as long as the team can achieve good results. He can meet Mourinho's request to buy anyone, even if he wants to buy Messi.

Of course, it is impossible for Mourinho to buy Messi, the team has enough Lin Yu, and he is buying people now, mainly for the weaknesses of the team.

For example, the team lacks a high-level left wing-back who can replace Ashley Cole, and for example, there is a need for a more qualified rotation player in the central defender position, and a player who can rotate with Frank Lampard.

Although Van Ginkel also performed well last season, he is still a little short of Frank Lampard's level, and he can be used as a substitute, but the rotation in important games is not enough.

After thinking about it for a long time, Mourinho put three people on the list and then consulted with the club's manager.

These three people are Real Madrid's central defender Raphael Varane, left wing-back Coentrão, and Borussia Dortmund's midfielder Gundogan.

Coentrão is the easiest to buy, because he has not had a good time at Real Madrid, but if the Golden Retriever can come to Chelsea, he can rotate with Ashley Cole, as a strong left-wing guardian, Real Madrid means that as long as Chelsea is willing to pay 20 million pounds, then it can be traded, and finally because of the contract, and Coentrão himself and other reasons, the price was reduced to 15 million pounds.

Anyway, Coentrão's heart is no longer in Real Madrid, and Real Madrid also intends to sell him, in fact, most of the players sold from Real Madrid are of good quality and low price.

As for Varane's acquisition, it's a bit troublesome, this extremely talented defender is already half of the main force in Real Madrid, and Zidane also values him very much, but there is no one in this world who can't buy it, it depends on whether you dance well with your hoe.

Real Madrid's biggest problem is that there are some restrictions on the salary of players, Varane is such a good player, the absolute main central defender of the French team in the future, but the salary is really low, although he didn't say it, it doesn't mean that he didn't think about it in his heart.

Jose Mourinho's much-higher salary and high transfer fee of £40 million have made it possible to make this more than a deal possible.

Real Madrid can even sell Mesut Ozil, so who can't?

So the deal was finally completed thanks to the efforts of the Chelsea team, with Raphael Varane joining Chelsea, which will greatly strengthen the Chelsea backline, and if there is an injury or something in the future, there is no need to worry.

What's more, Mourinho's ambitions this season are even greater, and he lost the League Cup last season, because the depth of the bench is not strong enough, so this season, he has strengthened the squad again in order to get better results.

In fact, Abu didn't pay for these two guys, and it was more than enough to rely on Chelsea's outstanding performances in all seasons last season, as well as the greatly increased advertising costs.

And in order to stay at Chelsea and continue to play, Terry took the initiative to ask for a salary cut to renew his contract, what he is pursuing now is not money, as long as the salary is reasonable, he just wants to get as many honors as possible at this age when he can still run, and when he retires in the future, he will not even have bragging material.

Frank Lampard also took the initiative to ask for a pay cut like John Terry, after all, the two of them are really a bit old, and if they want to continue to play at the big clubs, it is really unreasonable not to take a pay cut.

After buying Raphael Varane and Coentrão, Mourinho has not stopped his movements and is still in contact with Gundogan for a deal.

Although Borussia Dortmund are reluctant to let go, Gundogan has made it clear that he wants to play for a big club, and of course it is a Premier League team as much as possible.

Gundogan thinks this way, mainly because of Schurrle's success. In fact, Schurrle has basically stopped improving before joining Chelsea, his level has long been surpassed by Reuss in the same position, and even the position of the national team cannot guarantee one, but after joining Chelsea, Schurrle is like a rocket, and suddenly the level has risen rapidly, and now, his level is probably still above Reuss, so in the German national team, he also has a relatively stable position. (To be continued......)