"George, don't we need to add a striker?"

This season because of Kevin. Gallacher has retired, so Blackburn Rovers are left with just three men in their forward line. Klose, needless to say, was Blackburn's first choice. Davao. Suke is very strong, but he is already old. He is already thirty-three years old this year, and he is also at the age of retirement.

As for Drogba, he is just the right age. Twenty-three years old, but unfortunately not strong enough. Although he has been trained in the Premier League for two seasons, he still needs to continue to hone if he wants to replace Klose on his own.

That's why Evan suggested that Blake should have brought in a substitute.

George shook his head, though. Blackburn Rovers is more of a single striker, and three strikers are enough.

Coupled with the addition of Kaka, in fact, the forward line is still no problem in George's opinion. Kaka is actually not exactly playing as a midfielder at this time, and when he first debuted, he was still able to play the position of striker.

Kaka's "Special Genius Clause" application went very smoothly. With one experience, Blackburn is already at home in this area.

"And, George. Take a look at this is a transfer request. ”

George frowned and took it. Although some players were brought in, George did not think about selling players this season. Blackburn Rovers have a mature squad right now, and George is reluctant to make big changes.

And Blackburn's current bench lineup is also perfect. George wants to keep these substitutes, and the contributions of the substitutes cannot be ignored. Unfortunately, it seems that my own thoughts and the players' thoughts are not necessarily the same.

"David. Dunn? Carllow. Cudicini? ”

There are two people who have proposed the transfer. One is David in midfield. Dunn, the other one is Cudicini.

Neither George thought of selling. But now that they have all submitted transfer applications, it means that they are almost there. Usually when a player makes a transfer request, the manager will convince them if he wants them to stay.

But these two, although George didn't want them to go. But there is no idea of force to stay.

David. Dunn is Blackburn's Academy player and is Blackburn's own player. Since the age of eighteen, after being promoted to the first team by George, he has been doing very well. Over the course of three seasons, he scored 27 goals for Blackburn.

As a midfielder, the performance was still very good.

The main thing is that David. Dunn is his own man. This is the kind of person that English clubs value the most. George was reluctant to sell him if he could. Even if he is not strong enough, he must be kept. What's more, Dunn is strong enough to serve as a substitute for Blackburn.

But Dunn doesn't think so. In the past, there was nothing to be a substitute, how could he be the first substitute in the midfield. But as soon as George bought Kaka, Dunn knew he was about to fall off the second and third benches.

Dunn, who is only 21 years old, doesn't want to stay on the bench any longer. That's why he submitted the transfer application.

As for Cudicini, even more so. Cudicini is no longer the unsung goalkeeper who has just arrived at Blackburn Rovers from the Italian second division. It's the player who won the Premier League's best goalkeeper last season, and he doesn't want to be a substitute.

As soon as the news of the club's purchase of Van der Sar came out, Cudicini knew what George was thinking.

Cudicini was the Premier League's best goalkeeper last season, but he is also self-aware. Who is Van der Sar, the main goalkeeper of the Dutch national team. Previously, he was the main goalkeeper of the Juventus team. George's intention to buy this kind of person is already obvious, and he definitely does not want Van der Sar to come over as a substitute.

Cudicini is also in high spirits right now.

As the Premier League's best goalkeeper last season, he was absolutely unwilling to be a substitute. That's why we have the current one.

Seeing Cudicini, George smiled wryly. At the time, I imagined what it would be like to have two top goalkeepers. I didn't expect that Cudicini wouldn't give you this kind of face at all.

"Go talk. I don't have any opinion, but neither player can be worth less than five million pounds. ”

David. Dunn scored nearly 30 goals in three seasons as a substitute and as a midfielder. And Cudicini was the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season. Whatever the two players are, the transfer fee can't be too low.

"Yes, I see."

………… When David. After Dunn and Cudicini entered the transfer market, there are still a number of teams interested in them. Of course, many Blackburn Rovers fans are a little dissatisfied.

One is a young talent at just 21 years old, and the other is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season.

Among them David. Dunn is his own person.

Such two players were launched in the transfer market in this way, and many fans did not understand. However, because George is among Blackburn fans, he currently has a high reputation. That's why they didn't do anything else.

If it was George three years ago, maybe Blackburn fans would have been unable to sit still.

Soon there was club contact with Blackburn.

Fulham, who had just been promoted, looked like they really wanted to make a big splash. and Blackburn didn't succeed in grabbing Van der Sar, but this time he fell in love with Blackburn's David. Dunn. If it was George, he would have refused directly.

But George is not David. Dunn.

I don't know how Fulham fooled David. Dunn's, David anyway. Dunn is willing to go to Fulham. Fulham don't look like a promoted horse, people throw money without blinking. To David. Dunn has made a transfer price of £6.2 million.

Six million pounds, even if George wants to buy a player, he may need to think about it. But Fulham don't look like a promoted horse at all.

With such a good price, of course George will not stand in the way. Grandma is a bear, and she immediately earned back the money she used to buy Kaka.

Cudicini has no shortage of buyers. Whether it is Chelsea, Serie A, or La Liga, there are many clubs interested in him. George was reluctant to sell Cudicini to a Premier League club, so he sold him to Fiorentina for £7.7 million.

In fact, Giorgio did not want to sell Cudicini to Florence. They are already a club that is in debt and will soon collapse. Florence also wanted to pay in installments, but George did not agree at all. Cash or fuck off.

In the end, Florence didn't know how to get the money, but paid it in cash anyway. After Toldo left, he found a new goalkeeper.

George shook his head. Florence was truly self-defeating.

I didn't expect my players to be so valuable, and selling two casually was enough for George to buy Kaka and Van der Sar. The twenty million pounds Paul gave George was not used up at all.

By the time Dunn and Cudicini were shot, it was already the end of July. At this time, Blackburn had already started the team's training for the new season.

Goalkeeper: Edwin. Van der Sar (1); Bobby. Mims (12); Tariq (25).

Defender: Laurent. Blanco (4); Leo. Ferdinand (5); HENNING. Berg (15); Willie. Sagnol (2); William. Gala (3); John. Reeser (23); Saul. Campbell (24); Sun Jihai (32).

Midfielder: Damien. Duff (11); Robert. Piret (7); John. Miku (10); Anderson. Deco (6); Claude. Makelele (24); Gary. McAllister (19); Cragg. Bellamy(39); Irving. Hargreaves (13); Kaka (8); Alexander. Pavlovich. Hleb (16).

Forward: Miroslav. Klose (18); Didier. Didier Drogba (9); Davao. Sooke (12).

Not much has changed in the whole team. The biggest change is in the goalkeeper's position.

George is happy with the current line-up. Blackburn Rovers is at its peak right now, and it's time to make a difference.

On August 13, Blackburn Rovers went to Cardiff Millennium Stadium to face Liverpool.

This is a Community Shield match. The Community Shield and other leagues, such as the Italian Super Cup in Italy and the Spanish Super Cup in Spain, are competitions with a surname. That is, the match between the league champion and the cup winner each season.

Blackburn Rovers were Premier League champions last season and Liverpool were FA Cup winners last season.

The Community Shield, which is England's Super Cup.

The English League Cup has a low gold content, and the Community Shield has an even lower gold content.

George doesn't take the Community Shield seriously at all. But how is it also a champion, so I still sent most of the main players. However, during the game, George even replaced Miku with Kaka. Just to see the effect.

However, the effect is mediocre. Kaka hasn't been able to adapt to Blackburn's style of play. Of course, for the rhythm of the Premier League, it is not fully adapted.

But George was in no hurry. George didn't buy Kaka to make him a regular this season. Not to mention this season, even next season, Kaka may not be able to play the main team. But Kaka can bring a new style of play to Blackburn.

George doesn't pay much attention to it, but Hollier does.

An FA Cup winner finally saved Houllier. Houllier has been in charge of Liverpool for three seasons and has only won the FA Cup. If it weren't for the FA Cup title in the final stages, Houllier himself would not have known if he would have been able to stay at Liverpool.

Therefore, Houllier is now quite serious about any trophy.

For the Community Shield, Houllier played all the main players.

One is careless, the other is all-out. Blackburn Rovers were beaten 2-1 in the Community Shield at the start of the season.

But George wasn't discouraged at all. On the contrary, when facing the media, he was full of smiles. "That's a good sign. It shows how wonderful it is that we can continue to win the league title and defend the league title this season. Of course, in the Champions Cup, we will continue to break through. ”

The Community Shield has always had a spell. If you win the Community Shield, you will lose the Premier League title that season. Especially since the beginning of the '97 season and into last season.

That's why George said it was a good sign.

"Coach Levy, when you say that you will continue to break through in the Champions Cup, do you mean that you want to enter the semi-finals and the Champions League final?"

Last season's Blackburn Rovers were already in the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup, so they can only continue to break through to the semi-finals.

George shrugged and smiled, "Of course." If I could, I would certainly like to be in the last four or even in the Champions League final. And my team is already capable of reaching the last four of the Champions League and even the Champions League final. ”

(To be continued)